This is my detailed building review of the LEGO Technic 42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance set, including all the interesting building details, technical solutions and functions.
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I wonder how long it will take for someone to make a motorised version.
Already available in France 👍🏻
I NEED THIS
Probably the perfect Technic set! The real rover will also not go over a big rock but rather around it. Suspension is mostly for the uneven terrain. Would have been a cool Easter-egg to add the pet rock that Perseverance carried around it's wheel for a while. I guess you can use one of the spare parts for that. 😉
great video my friend 🙂
Man I like it. That will be a nice add to the shuttle and Saturn. It has some nice functions and features. The cost is reasonable. The down side, I have to wait till August ☹️, yes I'm in America. As always, your builds and opinions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for another thoughtful and enjoyable review – this is gorgeous and I'm really looking forward to getting it and building it!
First day buy for me. This will
Be my first set of 2023.
This is cool. I bought Curiosity and never opened the box as it was so cool. I might do the same with this. As much as i love the models, some boxes are too nice to open sometimes!
I like the set quite much
The suspensions doesn't work when the set is pushed, because it reality all wheels are powered, which cooperates with this kind of suspension
Pushing it makes it less stable because forces are acting in reverse (pushing wheel over surface vs pulling surface under wheel)
This kind of suspension can climb over obstacles up to three times of wheel diameter (Imagine you car going over curb three times the wheel diamater). That's also one of the reasons why the rover is so slow
Snap this is so nice & kind of serene i could possibly get this for myself i like how unique this is 🙂
This is a very cool set. A definite buy … Keep up the great videos
I think they should instead of doing info about the rover in the instructions, it should have a QR code and it should show you the different featuresof the rover irl and show them on the build.
Once I found a missing piece in the plastic bag after a year when I was sorting my LEGO boxes 😅
Supercool build and set.. Will have to get this one!
This is probably the first time that the Technic style actually fits the build.
I'm disappointed that the wheels are a single piece of plastic and not something you assemble
The flower and carrot may be in reference to the mission to look for signs of life. In the same way as the Jurassic Park T-Rex they might have snuck in a frog. The real Perseverance does carry a dinosaur.
Very excited for this set. It’s very unique for the line and isn’t another supercar or construction vehicle. The steering is genius even if there is slack in the functionality.
Im looking forward to somone motorizing it, that mechanism is brilliant
…does have ingenious building tech'nics 😋👍🏼…
Ooh, this looks nice! I'm undecided about the new skidder because of the price, but this one I will definitely grab!
i personally know a lot of NASA offices that will definitely have one of these.
well compared to the ideas curiosity this is quite large so I wouldn't call it small
You should tell Lego they owe you commission because you just sold me this set! Not just one either, but rather one for me, one for my daughter, one for my science-ie friend, and maybe one for storage because in 10 years it’ll be worth $750 in the sellers market!
Yes sir you just made a sale for Lego Corporation. I hope they appreciate the value you provide for them and their customers! I sure value your videos! Thank you for reviewing and sharing with YouTube! 👏👏👏
Great review!
In defense of the suspension action: I think the LEGO design went in the direction of more realism than play. Moving the model by the body is a poor simulation of the design. Because the rover is driven by the wheels they will climb obstacles. The suspension does not need to bound over uneven surfaces like an off-road vehicle. It will never coast – it is always driven – slowly. The suspension needs to move to maintain stability and contact with the surface as the wheels follow the undulations – not react to them.
It looks great! Yeah, the suspension will never work great but that's because it's designed for Mars gravity 😎
A B model would have been very easy here with Curiosity.
Such a set should really be able to drive over some obstacles I think.