Lego Mars Exploration Rover (7471)

by Lego

Product Features

• Goes great with the LEGO International Space Station
• Contains 858 pieces
• Children that love to gaze at the stars, or dream of being an Astronaut will love this Mars Exploration Rover
• Perfect toy for imagination play
• Makes a great gift for any occasion.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 18.9 x 2.9 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00008WFWM
• Item model number: 7471
• Our recommended age: 10 - 12 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,976 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Blast into outer space with LEGO. Be part of the 2003 Mars mission by building your very own Mars Exploration Rover. This detailed replica is modeled after the "robot geologists" that is set to explore the surface of the red planet. The Mars Rovers will make history in 2004, but you can create your own adventures today.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cool Lego for the accomplished builder, January 21, 2005

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William Erskine "Lego Kid-within" (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Mars Exploration Rover (7471) (Toy)

I just finished building the Rover with my 11 year old son over the last three evenings. For us, Lego's with lots of gears and manipulating parts are the best, and this model is great. Although hard to tell from the pictures and descriptions, it has a knob to steer the 4 corner tires in a coordinated fashion, a button that deploys and unfolds the 'solar panels', a knob that releases the 'camera boom' and then rotates it when upright, another knob to rotate the 'antenna', and lastly a knob to extend and move the 'drilling probe' and retract it again.
As usual, the pictorial instructions are very clear if you can keep your eleven year old from jumping ahead to build the cool parts. A small complaint is that the model contains white, light grey, dark grey and black parts of the same shape, and it's not always clear from the pictures if light or dark grey are to be used. The only consequence of picking the wrong color early is that you'll have to use the opposite color later in the construction.
My son and I have found a good way to share the building of Legos'. For each page, we take turns being "parts man" and "assembler". And then keep each other focused by doing Quality Control (playful ragging) on each others work. So find a kid (or the kid in you) and build it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mars in Mexico, April 9, 2005

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Lego Freak "Allan" (Mexico) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Mars Exploration Rover (7471) (Toy)

Brought the toy to Mexico (where we live) and on a Friday night I presented my 10 year old son with this gift. By Saturday night he had finished it and enjoyed himself very much. This is one of the best Lego's he has put together and is already looking forward to the next. It was very entertaining and challenging. We are continually looking for harder Lego's to assemble.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, fair product., October 31, 2008

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Thomas Wilson - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Mars Exploration Rover (7471) (Toy)

The product is informative in the basic requirements of a mars exploration rover. But it lacks the more important aspect of the true versions design, such as all terrain traction and shock absorbers. It is also lacking self propulsion. But this is, of course, only a toy.