Life on Mars Recon Mech Re-Connected!

I was always fascinated by LEGO themes that had unique elements or characters. Life on Mars was no different.

7314 Recon Mech was the first major set I got for the theme and I fell in love with it. I adored the red color scheme and hot rod look to it. I wasn't sure what an alien needed with a flamethrower on Mars, but I looked past it pretty easily. On top of that the modular features were such a fun and uniquely LEGO thing to do.

For my design I decided to embrace those characteristics I loved about it so much. Sand red is unfortunately no longer in the color wheel, so I decided to go for a dark red look that I think complements the Mars surface beautifully. I kept the modular abilities faithful to the original in my model too.

I even took inspiration from a later space theme for the cockpit. I wanted to give our little alien friend a way to fly around the surface of mars if his robot legs run out of power. I wanted included a little homage to the human explorers as a fun ester egg.