2008 Mars Mission sets

[VBBN]

Wait; Glow in the dark aliens? Do the ones from 2007 do that?

[natelite]

Wait; Glow in the dark aliens? Do the ones from 2007 do that?

yes, but only the torso. the legs don't. plus the glo is very weak. weaker than the old gitd.

[casewindu]

These sound too much like this years sets, rubbish! :-P I hope this theme does go away, and then bring vikings back! :-D no but seriously a new roman line would be soooo much more welcome then MM.

Thanks for finding them anyway Sam! :-X ;-)

[zero1312]

These sound too much like this years sets, rubbish! :-P I hope this theme does go away, and then bring vikings back! :-D no but seriously a new roman line would be soooo much more welcome then MM.

Thanks for finding them anyway Sam! :-X ;-)

Oh yeah that would be cool!!! The first thing I would do then is creating Asterix and Obelix MOCs. ;-)

[iamded]

* The MT-21 Mobile Mining Unit is out on a mission, drilling for energy crystals and transporting them back to base in its detachable high-tech mobile laboratory. Just watch out for the alien and its jet pack!

* Detach the drilling vehicle to search for energy crystals! Front opens to seat minifigure driver and sides open to store energy crystals!

* Mobile Mining Unit measures 7" (18 cm) long!

* Includes astronaut minifigure and glow-in-the-dark alien with jet pack!

* 130 pieces

Hmm, mobile laboratory, eh? Sounds promising... and an alien has a jetpack? So that's what the hole in it is for.

* Transform the MX-41 Switch Fighter from 6-wheeled rolling ground vehicle to high-speed rocket jet! Features multi-mode conversion and alien attack vehicle. Transport aliens in the MX-41 Switch Fighter or store energy crystals!

* Converts from a high-speed rocket jet to a rolling ground vehicle! Open cockpit to put the astronaut at the controls!

* MX-41 Switch Fighter is 13" (33 cm) wide and is 9" (23 cm) long! Alien attack vehicle is over 4" (10 cm) long!

* Includes astronaut minifigure and 2 glow-in-the-dark aliens!

* 235 pieces

Oh. There goes my theory. Oh, and I replaced the

[Johnny 5]

*n*

I was never really into MM at all I had kinda got interested when the commercials started showing up at the movies and such. The astronaut running from the badass looking aliens looked really fun.

Then the sets came out and the aliens sucked, the sets were uninteresting and the largest base had things like the pump you hit to make the aliens fly out which really turned me off. To me sets need to be detached from our reality to make it imaginitive, none of that hand of god stuff.

Anyway these sets are not convincing me to join in with MM. :-/

[Iron Moose]

[impirius]

Snapped some shots of these at Toys 'R' Us the other day.. Lack of funds prevent purchase, but the switch fighter actually looks pretty nice. Same for the little buggy, that lame alien is hilarious. *alien* *n*

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21163896@N08/

[Lord Of Pies]

mm, Thanks for the pics, but I am not all that keen on the new switch fighter, I am interested on how it transforms however.

Edit: I just realized how it works. The wings fold in, and the wheels on it roll.

Edited November 22, 2007 by Lord Of Pies

[Siegfried]

Snapped some shots of these at Toys 'R' Us the other day.. Lack of funds prevent purchase, but the switch fighter actually looks pretty nice. Same for the little buggy, that lame alien is hilarious. *alien* *n*

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21163896@N08/

Hey thanks! Great photos! *wub* Welcome to Eurobricks! :-P

[Derek]

What the H-E-C-K is wrong with TLC! It seems as though 2008 are just the crap models they didnt want to put out last year!

[impirius]

Hey thanks! Great photos! *wub* Welcome to Eurobricks! :-P

Thanks!

[xwingyoda]

Yeay tks for those pics impirius and welcome to EB ;-)

I still think that line is a waste of time and space !! I really like the dropship and that cool 6wheler Sne bought ;-) I was expecting some better sets but judging from those pics its worse than I thought !!

Lets start with that 7648: what a piece of junk !! No need for better pics to see that its blocky, ugly and useless !!

Now onto the 7647: its a bloody rip off from the so beautifull Alpha Team on Ice (4745) !! Sure its more detailed but thats it !! The only cool thing about tht set is that sweet little alien craft !! They shoyuld have sold that one separatly !! Is that a new part on it flanks ??

Money saved big time with those ;-)

*yoda*

[ExoBuilder]

I'm not seeing much transforming going on here. Thanks for the pics though.

[mutex]

The switch fighter is pure genius ! a definitive buy for me. *y*

On the contrary , nothing to write home about the small mining unit. Looks like a 6 years old children home made moc... *wacko*

Edited November 22, 2007 by mutex

[snefroe]

don't like this. this looks like a cheap copy of the older alpha team jet :-X

[baby]

Oh god, they are reusing the Alpha Team design again, just make a little changes on it. I don't think i will buy it. But the alien craft are nice

[Archdoom]

Oh great, Looks like there won't be any catalog space for the 2008 castle sets next year where I am.

For some reason, the shops think MM will be more popular than castle, bleh.

And by the sounds of it, these two focus on the humans.

Come on, what about an affordable alien set? The aliens themselves are bad, but I don't mind the look (or some of the pieces) of their ships.

-Archdoom

[hollisbrick]

Oh great, Looks like there won't be any catalog space for the 2008 castle sets next year where I am.

For some reason, the shops think MM will be more popular than castle, bleh.

And by the sounds of it, these two focus on the humans.

Come on, what about an affordable alien set? The aliens themselves are bad, but I don't mind the look (or some of the pieces) of their ships.

-Archdoom

i agree with you, the alien ships arnt that bad.

[Lord Of Pies]

New pics, not sure where they should go:

[Hinckley]

New pics, not sure where they should go:

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I moved it here and renamed the thread a little so people know exactly where to post and discuss...Nice find! Thanks for sharing.

[Lord Of Pies]

I moved it here and renamed the thread a little so people know exactly where to post and discuss...Nice find! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Hinckley!! *y*

[RememberTheLittleGuy]

Interesting, although they should make a big MM set. Great news nonetheless :-) .

[Dino_Bot]

I'm actually liking these. I skipped out this year on Lego stuff. But these sets are making it harder for me to be "Lego Clean"...

[Navy Trooper Fenson]

I had found on Kiddiwinks.com also four new MM sets.

http://www.kiddiwinks.co.za/catalog/index.php?cPath=98_110

Crystal Hawk

MX-81 Hypersonic Operations Aircraft

MT-61 Crystal Reaper

ETX Alien Infiltrator