>>6394424Life on Mars was an immense failure from what I've heard (it only lasted one wave) and most of the time when I see people address it they just talk about how "ugly" the sets were and how the martians were just lazy battle droid reskins (something I completely disagree with). It's entire philosophy as theme with it's numerous exclusive parts and even exclusive colors are a big reason lego was going under in the early 2000s. Not to mention it's a completely peaceful space theme.
Mars mission later on was basically a reboot "fixing" all the perceived issues by having it only use very common colors, have an extremely combat focused plot and aliens unlike anything else in lego. From what I can tell that line sold very well in comparison so I guess they were right in a way.
Despite all this, life on mars is my favorite theme. As a kid I always wanted a sci-fi city theme and the aero tube hangar was the closest lego ever got to that. Currently I'm extrapolating on the concepts in the tube hanger to make something closer to what I always imagined as a child. a sprawling modular alien city Kind of like the travelling display you see part of here
>>6394448. I'm also sticking with the same module guidelines the theme abided by for modular building.
I've completely loaded up on parts exclusive to the line to the point where if I had to buy the tube hanger multiple times to get these rare pieces I would of had bought it over 8 times. Though since nobody likes life on mars the pieces are dirt cheap and I've hardly even spent more than $120 on the project.
>>6394434It always bothered me when the torsos and legs were differently colored. As a kid I always assumed the color of their suit determined their job.
I'd post pics of what I'm working on but at the moment it's all packed up and I have no place to take nice pictures. I'll try and do it once I have more together.
