C is for Clementoni - Toy Fair 2022

This was a funny one, it looked interesting and had figurines (actually just the one pose, once investigated!) so I went over to the sales team and asked if I could photograph them, to which they were happy to acquiesce.

But as I was leaving the controlled-entry stand (some stands don't like you wandering about and doing your own thing and have guides and booking times  an' shit in'it!) one of the chaps asked me if I'd got what I wanted and I explained it was really the figure I was after, but I'd also noticed it (the line) seemed to be partially compatible with Lego Technical, to which a swift denial was forthcoming. "Really" said I, "some of the components look to be 'like another leading brand's?' ", "No, no it's not" came the reply - with a frown, and I left with an "OK, well thanks".

But five minutes on Google, nay; 30-seconds on Google after hitting enter on 'Is Clementoni mechanics compatible with Lego Technical' reveals that it is indeed the same cruciform locking bars and wheel attachments etc . . . so either the guy was lying to me for some obscure reason, or he had been hired-in for the day/fair, not trained properly on the product and was talking bollocks from a position of ignorance?

Very odd, anyway; it's a nice line of Space Toys, with some basic construction and [definitely] Lego Technical-compatible components you could build-on/off and which is out there now, there's lots online, so I'll let the photo's tell their own story -

I think it's only the red-box stuff (above) which has the Lego-compatible components, the stuff below is more stand-alone toy, but still within a STEM umbrella of interactivity, and the same current-thought space theme?

These seem to come with faux asteroids to smash-open?

And . . .  it is another 28/35mm (I couldn't measure them!) NASA style astronaut, with an EVA back-pack! From Clementoni