Revisiting Mars Mission: The First Wave

Let's take a look at another 2000's theme - LEGO Mars Mission. This theme draws a great deal of its inspiration from the 2001 theme, Life on Mars. The first wave kits include -

7960: MB-01 Eagle Command Base
7691: ETX Alien Mothership Assault
7692: MX-71 Recon Dropship
7693: ETX Alien Strike
7694: MT-31 Trike
7695: MX-11 Astro Fighter
7697: MT-51 Claw-Tank Ambush

[rothgang]

There will never be a Lego like the mid to late 2000s. Exo force, mars mission, aqua raiders, power miners. Such a rich myriad of themes just bursting with personality.

[zxsyyiw]

I miss original themes like these. No hate towards Ninjago, since that’s a huge pillar for Lego, but please, give some more original ideas, that’s how I fell In love with Lego, not Star Wars or marvel. Monster Fighters was what brought me into original themes. Then I got into Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, Alien Conquest. Just awesome original themes that I still remember full heartedly.

[defaltdj]

I still remember playing the absolute life out of the game on the Lego site which was my first experience with a Command and Conquer like game. What memories...

[JamesW]

I love how organic the alien ships were. That can be hard to do with Lego

[robertcaie]

the mid 2000's had the best sets. they just exploded my imagination.

RIP for lego universe for those who remember too

[slufffyg]

I love how fairly priced everything from this first wave was. So much bang for your buck here. I was a kid when it came out, but If I had a job I could see myself owning the whole wave

[artoozybuilds]

I remember really wanting to have the smallest set as a kid - still probably my favourite from the theme alongside the Mini Robot set from 2008 :) Great video, brings a lot of nostalgia!

[spensirmclife]

The 00s themes will always hold a special place in my heart for giving me my childhood

[jinskyliner]

Glad to see these amazing lego sets again! 'Crystalien Conflict' was the best Lego online game ever. Thanks for your upload :)

[BrownFoxWarrior]

I loved Mars Mission. Especially that Command and Conquer clone they made for it on Lego's site. It's a shame the theme never quite did so well overall.

[Kileoy-wh]

I remember modifying all the small astronauts vehicles to be able to be picked up by the drop ship. Was probably my favorite sci-fi themes from my time

[williamcooper]

This brought up a lot of nostalgia. The recon drop ship was actually my first ever proper lego set (before that I would just buy bionicles) and I was instantly hooked to this theme. One thing you forgot to mention about the command base was the tubing system could actually link up to all the vehicles in the theme that had those orange cylinder pieces. So the idea was you would have all these vehicles mining crystals and collecting alien samples, dropping them off at the base, then putting them on the rocket and sending them to earth. I thought that was really cool as a kid.

[thatoneguy]

Some of my first sets were from this theme and it’ll always have a special place in my heart

[cvwp]

One of my favorite themes they have done. I was 12 when the 1st wave came out. And I was hooked with the sets and the game on the website too.

[mcsaltychips]

I think my all time favorite Mars mission set was the MT101 armored drill. I remember going to Toy r us as a kid and being in absolute awe when I looked at the box art. Then 7 years later I bought it hahaha

[shreksnow]

I remember having these sets as a kid. This, Bionicle, Exoforce, and Aqua Raiders were my favorite sets as a kid. Those were so cool back in the day. Too bad they didn’t last longer.

I played that flash rts Mars Mission game a lot. Sure it’s really bare bones, and the two factions are literally just reskins. But, I look back at it fondly because it’s from my childhood, and it got me into rts games. Luckily you have people dedicated to preserving all these old flash games. It’s really weird that Lego hasn’t made more rts games. Sure there was Rock Raiders (before my time. Luckily Baracklava is remaking the game so people who haven’t played the original, or want to experience a newer version with quality of life changes can experience it), and the Lego Battles. But, you’d think there would be more games like that.

Great video. This was a fun trip down memory lane.

[skyler]

These are all so well priced! The builds are HUGE. You really feel like you’re getting some substantial in all of these

[Mrcookieonyt]

crystal alien conflict was definitely my first video game addiction. absolutely loved that little rts

[kaiserintoast]

I remember my first encounter with these themes was actually the lego battles RTS game, which I had a copy on my DS. The mars theme was my favorite one, and the game is the reason why I love RTS games now.

Even without actually getting any of the Mars sets, I still have fond memories of the theme.

[dalekdozer]

I forgot about the recon dropship until today. Man, that thing is glorious. 10/10 am going to recreate somehow. the angled cockpit, the big swivel guns, downswept wings with big gun hardpoints underneath, and rotating engine pods to boot.

gotta be the best ship lego ever made.