The Red Planet Beckons
In the early aughts—and with Star Wars accelerating the company to even higher highs—Lego realigned Space back away from, well, wars in the stars. The first original Space theme of the 21st century was Life on Mars, which imagined a future colonization of the planet by co-existent humans—using the classic white and blue coloration of Space’s prior “good guy” factions—and native Martians. A few years later, the Lego-branded Discovery line brought things back to our own world with sets inspired by real-world space exploration initiatives, like the ISS and Mars Rover programs.
Although Life on Mars wouldn’t last, six years later Lego returned to the idea with Mars Mission—except this time, once again, things were explicitly confrontational, with humanity and invading aliens battling over the red planet.
