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LEGO Mars Mission MB-01 Command Base |  | Go Tell a Friend | |
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| Brand: Lego
Category: Toy
Buy New: $165.00
as of 9/3/2010 07:44 CDT details
New (9) from $165.00
Seller: toys-company-mc
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 36116
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 8 - 14 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 15 x 25.5
MPN: 7690
Model: 4498649
UPC: 673419091190
EAN: 0673419091190
ASIN: B000NOBA0M
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Human astronauts have landed on Mars in their futuristic space shuttle in their quest to find energy crystals | | • | The astronauts must defend their Martian base using the air-powered defense system | | • | Additional features: Human astronaut base with air locked system for transport of energy crystals & aliens | | • | Includes command base, alien transport pods, alien attack ship, futuristic space shuttle, air pump system, foam missiles | | • | Contains 763 Pieces | | • | A shuttle with two storage tanks for aliens & crystal energy - ready to launch. The pump shoots aliens through tubes | | • | Also includes 4 astronaut minifigures and 4 alien minifigures that glow-in-the dark | | • | Human astronauts have awakened evil aliens who want the crystals for themselves | | • | Turn the air pump to the left and slam the pump to launch the foam missiles in defense |
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Product Description
Human astronauts have landed on Mars in their futuristic space shuttle in their quest to find energy crystals, but they have awakened evil aliens who want the crystals for themselves. The astronauts must defend their Martian base using the air-powered defense system. Turn the air pump to the right and transfer the aliens and energy crystals through the tunnels. Turn the air pump to the left and slam the pump to launch the foam missiles in defense. Includes command base, alien attack ship, futuristic space shuttle, air pump system, foam missiles, four astronaut minifigures and four alien minifigures that glow-in-the-dark. 763 pieces. Box measures 15.12"H x 25.67"W x 4.49"D.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 In Response To the review about the guy who doesn't really understand what Mars Mission is about May 17, 2010
Lego Mars Mb-01 Eagle Command Base 7690
To the guy who doesn't understand the REAL Mars Mission story. Mars Mission is about how Astronauts (like NASA) go to explore Mars in search of rare and unknown substances, and if there is really life on Mars, which that is still a mystery. If you can go onto the Lego website and go to "Games" and play "CrystAlien Conflict" you will see in the first cutscene (or second) that when the astronauts arrive, they are mining Energy Crystals, and they have set up camp (Eagle Command Base). An Astronaut then encounters a lone alien, and waves a white flag for peace, though the alien does not care or understand, and proceeds to fire is Energy Rifle at the unarmed Astronaut. The Astros then see the aliens as a threat to not only them, but their mining operations and have to transform their mining vehicles into Assault/Defense vehicles and aircraft, etc. So, it was actually the ALIENS who started this. Astros didn't do ANYTHING wrong. (Okay, maybe except for mining their Energy Crystals without their permission). BUT THEY NEED THE CRYSTALS TO SURVIVE! (Both Astros and Aliens).
 Wonderful gift for my 8 year old son March 10, 2009
madame snooty
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This toy was a big hit with my son for his birthday. It was challanging enough for him and has provided him with hours of fun. The only problem is now he wants ALL of the Mars Mission Legos! I would recommend this product to anyone who enjoys Legos and wants to spend an hour+ building and many more hours of pleasure playing. Great toy.
Mars Mission Rocks February 13, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mars mission is really fun! Especially if you have other sets. Hours of fun for everyone.
 Eagle Command Base November 28, 2008
Sharon K. Beitler (OHIO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My six-year-old son purchased this LEGO set after saving up for it for about 7 months. He was extremely excited to receive it and open it up and begin playing with it. My son being only six years old, it fell to me to assemble the majority of this set. I don't mind doing this, as I have always like LEGO toys and still own over 100 sets - most with the original boxes and instructions still intact. Compared to other LEGO sets that my family owns, here's what I think of this set:
Positives:
This set looks really cool when it is all put together. It is the largest Mars Mission LEGO set and is the base of operations for the Mars astronauts. The base set offers some pneumatic functionality that is intended to both launch soft foam darts, transport alien test subjects through a tube system, and load the alien prisoners into the main spaceship's prison cells/energy cells. There is a small labrotary area at the top of the base that is for experimentation on the alien test subjects.
Negatives:
Getting the aliens to slide through the tubes is a challenge for me, so for my six-year-old it's pretty much impossible. Getting the aliens to slide through the tubes and actually load into the ship has proved impossible for both of us. At least the foam darts launched OK.
The base is pretty unstable, structurally, as I knew it would be just by looking at it on the packaging. Forget about building this set and leaving it on a carpeted surface. It really neeeds to be kept on a table. Better yet, assemble it and stick it onto two LEGO 15 x 15-inch Building Plates and THEN put it on a table top, shelf, or dresser. I bought a couple of these ahead of time as I knew we'd need them. Also, by doing this, I stuck a few of the small, spare pieces onto the base plate so my son could see exactly where to put the tail end of the large spaceship so that it wouldlink up well to the base. So far, with gentle play, the base has remained pretty much in one piece by assembling it in this manner. Still, it is not transportable, so you'd better assemble it in the room you want to keep it in, because if you try to move it, you'll break it.
The spaceship's canopy is difficult to open which means my son usually has to have help when he wants to put an astronaut into it. Not fun for parents! The spaceship is constructed with a "handle" that sticks out from the bottom of it. In my opinion, this "handle" is entirely unnecessary. It makes the ship no easier to hold, more time-consuming to construct, and reduces the asthetic value of the toy. Generally speaking, I've never found that having a "handle" piece on any LEGO toy is a good idea.
Overall, the toy is a nice addition and any completist will want it for their Mars Mission collection, but you need to know that this set has some major flaws to it and is not a real good buy compared to some of the other Mars Mission sets.
 Mars Mission - A wrong step for Mankind May 27, 2008
Brant Serxner (Chicago)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
We got my son the Lego Mars Mission Base for his 8th birthday. First the positives. He thinks it's cool to look at and it became the centerpiece of a major Mars battle involving all kinds of other Lego constructions. Overall, it is typical of any Lego set you ever got or will get, though Lego does seem to be moving toward exaggerated packaging. There are two real negatives with this set: 1) The pumping action is very weak. The missiles are hard to launch and the whole pneumatic tube system is ineffective and frustrating to use. 2)What's with the story here? Lego explorers go to a populated planet, start harvesting minerals and go to war when the locals resist. Not only that, the explorers use the locals for experimentation and haul them around as cargo. Pardon me, but this is not what Lego's or toys for 8 year olds should be about. The upside is that my son and I have had some good conversations about this. However, be warned, the teaching impact of a cool toy is a lot stronger than Socratic dialog with a freaked out Dad. I don't think I'm being overly sensitive here, but I say the Mars Missions are a bad trip.
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