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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]collectSPACE <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0"><A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081912a.html">LEGO may make Mars rover Curiosity toy after 10,000 fans vote</a></font> [i]NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a giant leap this weekend toward becoming an official LEGO toy. Early Saturday morning (Aug. 18), a do-it-yourself model of the car-size, six-wheeled rover that is now on the Red Planet received its 10,000th vote of support on the LEGO CUUSOO website. The model of Curiosity, which features a working "rocker-bogie" wheel suspension, was designed by a mechanical engineer who helped build the real rover. "What a cool Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover model and a very timely LEGO CUUSOO project!" wrote the LEGO CUUSOO team on the page profiling the model. "Congratulations on achieving 10,000 supporters. We now officially advance this project to the Review phase."[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081912a.html" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-081012a-lg.jpg" width="400" height="265" border="0"></a></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><BLOCKQUOTE><div align="justify">Editor's note: <A HREF="http://lego.cuusoo.com/" TARGET=_blank>LEGO CUUSOO</A> is a website where people can share and vote for fan-created LEGO sets. If 10,000 people or more support a particular model, LEGO may choose to produce it as a commercial product.The second model to receive enough votes and be chosen by LEGO to be sold recreates JAXA's <A HREF="http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/the-second-lego-cuusoo-product-hayabusa" TARGET=_blank>Hayabusa</A> asteroid sample return probe.<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/legocuusoo_hayabusa01-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/legocuusoo_hayabusa01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="300" BORDER="0"></a></center>Many LEGO fans have been inspired by space history. This thread is dedicated to those models seeking votes on CUUSOO.</div></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Brian Ramos</TD><TD>I've recently designed a model version of NASA's <A HREF="http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/3971" TARGET=_blank>Deep Space Habitat Project</A>. Please check it out — I would appreciate any thoughts/advice, and vote if you like it!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>cspg</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: The second model to receive enough votes and be chosen by LEGO to be sold recreates JAXA's Hayabusa asteroid sample return probe.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> What was the first one?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>alexbaja</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by cspg: What was the first one?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think it is the Shinkai 6500. I think that Cuusoo are following Bandai's footsteps as these two models were created by Bandai.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Yes, it was the <A HREF="http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/there-are-three-world-firsts-in-the-lego-shin" TARGET=_blank>Shinkai 6500</A> deep sea submersible. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>alexbaja</TD><TD>Could it be that Lego is also targeting the Japanese market? It seems that the Japanese market on these kind of models is enormous.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>When CUUSOO first debuted, and when the first two models were voted on and chosen for production, it was for Japan only (the Shinkai 6500 was for sale only in Japan). CUUSOO has now been expanded worldwide, such that its most popular models are more broad in scope (the latest model to reach 10,000 votes was based on the popular video game Minecraft).</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>LEGO video release <BLOCKQUOTE>Behind the Scenes: LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa being packed at the factory in Billund, Denmark<div align="justify">The second LEGO CUUSOO product, Hayabusa, is making its way from the warehouse in Denmark to Japan for release in the Japanese market. Here's a little behind-the-scenes look at the boxes being packed. Exclusives are packed in a smaller factory, which as you can see, the packing is still done by hand.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lONISRhAEbw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

alexbaja

I think the video of the packaging is really cool, let's hope that the Lego Hayabusa will have greater appeal to the international market than the Bandai Hayabusa did.

It seemed that the Bandai model was not of great appeal, could it be the price?

If so I hope that Lego would have better luck with their Haybusa.

Robert Pearlman

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LEGO launches asteroid spacecraft model chosen by fans
The world's first spacecraft to collect samples from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth, Japan's Hayabusa mission probe, is now available as a LEGO toy thanks to a homemade model and its thousands of fans.
The Denmark-based LEGO Group announced Friday (March 2) that its Hayabusa 369-piece building set has now gone on sale in Japan. A limited number of the sets will be made available worldwide through LEGO's online store at a date still be decided for later this year. The model retails for $49.

press4meco

As a matter of fact, I just picked one of these up last night. I returned to hotel with this, and then saw the headline on the homepage.

I'm in Tokyo on business and was wandering around a shopping area here (Venus Fort) and came across a Lego store that had these on the shelf.

I didn't realize it was this brand new, as in first day of release brand new. Talk about being in the right place at the right time!

Robert Pearlman

Good timing indeed!

It's a fun build, in part because the step-by-step instruction book also includes sidebars about the science instruments and other equipment you're building.

LEGO sent collectSPACE a sample model to build a few weeks ago, which is how we had our own photos ready for the release yesterday.

Robert Pearlman

collectSPACE

LEGO may make Mars rover Curiosity toy after 10,000 fans vote
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a giant leap this weekend toward becoming an official LEGO toy.
Early Saturday morning (Aug. 18), a do-it-yourself model of the car-size, six-wheeled rover that is now on the Red Planet received its 10,000th vote of support on the LEGO CUUSOO website. The model of Curiosity, which features a working "rocker-bogie" wheel suspension, was designed by a mechanical engineer who helped build the real rover.
"What a cool Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover model and a very timely LEGO CUUSOO project!" wrote the LEGO CUUSOO team on the page profiling the model. "Congratulations on achieving 10,000 supporters. We now officially advance this project to the Review phase."

Philip

Congrats to Stephen Pakbaz!

I consider this a tremendous work of art that looks like the real thing...

PeterO

I've ordered the bricks needed to build this. He also has a SkyCrane to go with it. It's shown on the CUUSOO page with Curiosity.

Ronpur

I just finished my rover! It was so much fun to collect the parts and build it. I will try to get a picture soon.

Ronpur

Here is my Lego Curiosity!

jjknap

Looks great! How long did it take you to build?

Ronpur

About 45 minutes to build and 4 weeks to gather the parts from online!

Robert Pearlman

collectSPACE

LEGO to roll out Mars rover Curiosity as toy model in fan-created line
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which for almost a year has been driving across the Red Planet, will be the next model to roll off LEGO's CUUSOO production line, the toy company announced on Friday (June 14).
The Denmark-based LEGO Group chose a fan-built model of the car-size rover to be the next release in its CUUSOO line of building brick toys.
"We learned that this product has niche appeal and strong demand from the space and education communities," said LEGO's Tim Courtney in a blog posted to the company's website. "The product aligns well with the LEGO Group's mission to 'inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow,' including those who will build our future in outer space."

GoesTo11

YES!

I reeeally hope the Sky Crane is part of this kit.

Ronpur

Really cool news!! Even though I have mine, it still will be awesome to get the kit. I built his Skycrane as well, and it is really amazing, if a bit delicate.

Jim Behling

Sky crane is not a piece of hardware. It is a technique. MSL rover was lowered to the surface from the descent stage.

Robert Pearlman

While you are correct Jim, JPL took to calling the descent stage the sky crane as attention to the technique grew.

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