New Mars Mission set found at TRU

[Hinckley]

Found this set today at a TRU in Merrilville, IN...

Will try to get a review up ASAP... :-)

[Batbrick]

Found this set today at a TRU in Merrilville, IN...

Will try to get a review up ASAP... :-)

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Another one! X-O

No offense Hinckley, I dislike the look of this, but I look forward to the review! :'-)

Batbrick-wants-a-2008-set Away! >:-)

[Brickmaster]

Oh wow, very nice find! I hope the other new set looks better, though..

Looks like a great parts pack in any case, but even though it does look ugly I can see it being fun to play with, and with some nifty parts and such.

But nice luck and find on this one!

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Hurrah. |-/ I personally wasn't impressed by the MM sets - this one just looks like the same old bad news.

EDIT: Btw, is that really Lego? The box art is crappy, and the the design....I smell a fish.

Edited November 22, 2007 by Lt. Col. Thok

[Siegfried]

Thanks Hinckley! *wub* Unlike many, I loved the Mars Mission sets (not the jellies mind you) and I am glad that there is at least a second wave. This one looks great; minimal jelly distractions, a little probe, another cockpit in that colour... *sweet* Look forward to more photos!

[Zarkan]

Unlike many, I loved the Mars Mission sets (not the jellies mind you) and I am glad that there is at least a second wave

Same here! Mars Mission had some great stuff as well as some bad stuff, but overall I liked it and also though it deserved a second, smaller year (though, not as small as the 2006 vikings, of course |-/ ).

This looks like a pretty decent set. 8 orange wheels, cool alien jetpack, and yet another old windshield recolored in the new trans-orange. I might just pick this up someday... tk's Hinckley! ;-)

[ExoBuilder]

I want that! I like the new mini robot as well. Finally the aliens can do something without a vehicle.

[Derek]

How much was it? If it was $10-15 that is a great deal. But I agree on how un-legoish it looks

[Hinckley]

How much was it? If it was $10-15 that is a great deal. But I agree on how un-legoish it looks

It was right in-between at $12.99! :-P TRU usually jacks it's prices up a bit so I guess it'll be $9.99 in other places. Quite honestly, I wouldn't have bought it if it weren't 2008 and the first time I saw it...

[iamded]

Woohoo! 2008 is so ON! The alien jet-pack is, well, it's pretty cool. I still find that hole in their torso really weird. The mini robot gem collector rover thing is awesome though! :-D I actually like the human vehicles in the Mars Mission line, as orange is my favourite colour. :-) Looking forward to your review!

~Peace

[PSPguy]

Whats with the giant drivers head in the cockpit? *wacko*

[natelite]

you didn't see the new fighter craft? MX-41? it's quite hedious though. the cockpit is extended and it shrinks back in like a turtle. the wings are foldable to form the wheels. MM '08 sets are a joke. oh well more money for the good stuff. :-P the cockpit is crap. the pilot has to lie flat like the astro fighter. poor man can't even reach the controls. :-( unfortunately my cell phone doesnt have a camera so i couldn't take a pic. and i didnt want to buy it.

[Tohst]

So help me, I like it.

Why? Well, it doesn't have the unfinished feel that I didn't like from the other MM sets.

It has a stupid alien but at least didn't waste bricks on a ship for it.

It has a cockpit that a mini-fig actually fits in without lying down.

It looks like a little exploration vehicle.

Am I in love with it? no. Kinda a sad little version of Mobile Tracking Station.

But I do think its a step in the right direction.

-Tohst

[Deinonychus]

Wow...I get a very Classic Space vibe off that. I'm sold!

[Darth_Legois]

Against everyones opinion i like it especialy the price *y*

[hollisbrick]

I didnt really like the first wave of MM but i actually really like this set!!!! It will probly be about $20 in Aus. so i probly have to get it!

[john cleese]

I think this a really neat little set myself. I agree that it has a very classic space feel. I actually said the same thing when I saw this. Heck I might pick up two of these for the new windsheild. I'm liking 2008 a lot.

Edited November 22, 2007 by john cleese

[Lord Of Pies]

Thanks for the pics Hinckley!!

I do not like the set much, it looks "chunky"! :-D

[LegoFranks]

Anyone know if they're making more Aqua Raiders stuff next year?

As for this, it's horrible with a capital H. So ugly!

M.

[casewindu]

I think this set is cool! small but has potensial I think I probably will buy it! I like the classical kind of look to it aswell thanks for the find Hinck! ;-)

[snefroe]

Wow...I get a very Classic Space vibe off that. I'm sold!

you took the words right out of my mouth! If this isn't old lego space, then i really don't know what is! i don't know if this is what many people are waiting for because it looks like a copy of an old set, but if this a first step to some more "down to earth space sets" with a little bit more normal (space)bricks then i'll take a dozen! :-$

[Bionic-Sun]

I don't have any MM sets yet, but out of all the ones I've seen, I like this the most.

[Piranha]

I don't know what to think *wacko*

I like how it seems more classic and its cheap :-)

Thats about all though...

Piranha

[Asuka]

That looks pretty great, thanks Hinckley! A lot more solid that the somehow more

hollow looking previous MM set designs.... *y*

[Norro]

This has a very different look for a lego product (or is that just me?) It almost appears to be a $20 concept model/drawing that's been crushed down to the $10 level with the aid of large pieces and a few nice ideas.

God Bless,

Nathan