At the touch of a lever, the rover’s iconic six-wheel suspension spins a series of ball-shaped gears – to rotate four of its wheels inward, allowing you to spin the entire craft 360 degrees. You can switch back and forth between that 360-degree mode and a normal drive mode, just like you can see in the NASA JPL video here:
There are also a few extra dials on the back to move the monster arm up, down, left and right to play. It’s quite a large set, 9 inches high, 9 inches wide and 12.5 inches long.
And there’s an AR app if you want to pretend you’re collecting rock monsters. Lego says it will also include “exciting, educational content to learn about the real vehicle and its mission to Mars,” as well as a way to view the local weather on the Red Planet.
Lego says the 1,132-piece set will ship on June 1. Here are a few more photos to win you over.
