Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover project has reached 10K suppor

[just2good]

The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover project has reached 10K supporters on Cuusoo!

Reddit helped this happen. I don't really care for the project itself.

Here is my order of interest:

1. TLoZ project

2. BTTF

3. Portal

4. Modular Western

The ones I will not get:

-EVE Online

-Sandcrawler

Edited August 18, 2012 by just2good

[purpleparadox]

It's a neat project. I think I'll have to wait to see a finished model to decide, but if it turns out good...I'd like to have the Curiosity Rover!

[idunno101]

It's a nice loking model I might buy it depending on the price and the look of the model. The question is will people still have interest in curiosity after this model has gone through review and has been released which willmprobably be 6 months.

[Faefrost]

Wow! I called this one, and it was way faster than I expected. This one is a slam dunk for review. Fairly simple model, designed by a NASA JPL engineer that worked on the rover. Newsworthy and topical. It's just hitting all the buttons.

CONGRATS!!!

[Hrw-Amen]

That was a lot quicker than I expected it to be. I have to say it seems like something I would like, (I did support it.) and I think being designed by someone who worked on the project itself is even better. Could be good publicity for both LEGO and NASA here. Hopefully by the time the review process has been gone through and a model produced (Assuming it is of course?) there will be some good, interesting science from the rover to be released. Maybe a times release to coincide with some of the science publications would help sales and interest? I am pretty sure I will buy it anyway as long as it is not ridiculously priced.

[Fugazi]

LEGO designers are true visionaries!

[ShaydDeGrai]

Wow, for something that had nothing to do with an existing pop franchise, this thing just flew through the process. It got more _votes_ in one day than some of my projects have even gotten _views_ in their lifetimes to date.

Personally, I like the project. I've got the whole Discovery Science series and this would made a nice companion piece to the 7471 Mars Exploration Rover, I just wish it were a _tad_ bigger, a power function variation would rock (no pun intended).

[Nightshroud99]

I didn't know about this project until after it had gotten 10k votes, but I would have supported it for sure. It's a cool model and perfect for CUUSOO. I can't wait to get one.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Awesome!!!! I'm really looking forward to see this set get made.

[Robominer]

Well, after LEGO made the Haybusa, I can definitely see them doing this.

[Masked Builder]

I see this set happening, but I really only see the NASA people buying it. It all has to do with timing.

[ShaydDeGrai]

I see this set happening, but I really only see the NASA people buying it. It all has to do with timing.

If the actual build were a little bigger and more complex, I could see myself buying it and I don't work for NASA; but I am a bit of an engineering geek, so I'm not sure I'm really disproving your point, only pointing out that there might be enough non-NASA geeks out there to support it regardless of the timing. Hey, I'd buy an Apollo-Soyuz link up kit if they made one and I'd be willing to bet that most active Lego consumers today hadn't even been born when that was making headlines.

[harakiri]

instant buy for me. I am sure it will look nice besides my Shinkai sub

[Faefrost]

If the actual build were a little bigger and more complex, I could see myself buying it and I don't work for NASA; but I am a bit of an engineering geek, so I'm not sure I'm really disproving your point, only pointing out that there might be enough non-NASA geeks out there to support it regardless of the timing. Hey, I'd buy an Apollo-Soyuz link up kit if they made one and I'd be willing to bet that most active Lego consumers today hadn't even been born when that was making headlines.

The Sky-crane piece of it might meet your standards. That is an optional part of the project.

[ShaydDeGrai]

The Sky-crane piece of it might meet your standards. That is an optional part of the project.

I like the sky crane. I think it adds a lot to the project (and I mentioned this to the CUUSOO people on the support dialog so hopefully they'll keep that in mind if/when this passes review and they start adapting it to their own modelling standards)

[CP5670]

This is a nice model, and is something I could imagine actually being an official set unlike a lot of the Cuusoo stuff. I like the sky crane better than the rover itself though; it seems like some compromises had to be made on the rover due to the scale.

Stephen (the person who made this) is a great guy by the way. His models were next to mine at the last Brickfair and he had this on display alongside a clock showing the time left for the real rover to land, which was going to happen the day after the event.