Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then.

Looks nice for what it is. If it had proper space minifigs I might get it - at a decent discount. As it is I'll pass.
Too many unbuilt sets waiting to be completed anyway.

I wonder if employees can switch out their gift for this…

Edit: ...or anything...

@darthnorman said:
"Looks great, 50€ is a bit much for what you get, I mean.. look at 60431

This and 42605 should fit perfectly together."

The wheels alone use at least 68 pieces, so there you go. Luckily, we have Amazon.

Blue aliens? Changing it up a bit, are we?

I will say though that the wheels look comically large on this

Teeny weeny T. rex arms!

This set looks amazing! A great-looking rover, a new type of alien, and a SPACE PUPPY!

William from this set is returning from 41713.

I wonder if this new color of alien will also appear in any City space sets?

I didn't expect them to expand the Friends Space sub-theme already. What gives? Why not just reveal it with the previous set in the theme?

Life on mars vibes.

That space dog......

Looks like a pretty cool set, though price seems a bit steep for what you get.

Love it! Curious if/how the paralell universes of City and Friends are going to merge. These aliens are different yet clearly related to the green ones of City. Lego Multiverse crossover events in 2025?

FLYING BLIND on a ROCKET-CYCLE?
We're in Arboria. I'll send you a homing beam.

Is the dog wearing a full space suit? Looks weird.

Dear LEGO Friends Designers, please make a Space Goat next! :)
Those fern elements are not trans dark blue, but satin trans-dark blue...

Just me? At first glance, the wheels look like big eyeballs...

I can't believe that the features on this one actually look better than on the big City Rover...

The fact that the entire cab section is detachable from the wheelbase piques my interest. I wonder what else can be placed there. Maybe there will be a way to link them into a land train?

@R0Sch said:
"Dear LEGO Friends Designers, please make a Space Goat next! :)
Those fern elements are not trans dark blue, but satin trans-dark blue..."

I second the Lego space goat!

Whoa, this looks great! Those big 7x7 wheel pieces are always a lot of fun, and they look especially great here in Reddish Orange. It's also really neat that this rover uses some of the same window/windscreen pieces as the Mars base but combined to form very different canopy shapes. It's good to see William from the Space Academy once again, not to mention the newly recolored aliens and space dog!

It does surprise me a bit that the setting for this model is "an uncharted planet", unlike 42605 which was set on Mars — suggesting that the two sets portray entirely different space missions! Of course, this set can still easily be used together with that one for a Mars mission simply by setting aside the little alien landscape vignette.

The new Medium Azur aliens are a fun surprise, as are the big ferns in Tr. Blue Opal. And I love the space dog! I wonder what its name is? I guess we might not find out until the instruction manual is released, since like a lot of this year's sets, it doesn't list any names for the animal characters on the LEGO.com product page.

@Electromistress said:
"I can't believe that the features on this one actually look better than on the big City Rover...

The fact that the entire cab section is detachable from the wheelbase piques my interest. I wonder what else can be placed there. Maybe there will be a way to link them into a land train?"

Since the chassis has a robotic "face", I'm guessing the idea is that when you separate the chassis from the cab, the former can function as an autonomous rover while the latter functions as some kind of landing craft. A lifestyle video on the LEGO.com page for this set adds credence to this, since it shows a girl swooshing the cab around on its own before connecting it with the chassis.

Also, the cab itself separates into separate lab and cockpit modules using the space airlock system, so both can be combined freely with modules from this year's other City/Friends/Technic space sets.

@naranek said:
" @Brickmasterboy said:
"Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then. "

Well, I've heard on good authority that minidolls are to replace minifigures in City next year, and in the 2026 Modular!"

LEGO would never do that, as they would alienate a lot of their fanbase. It would be corporate suicide to change over fully...

@naranek said:
" @Brickmasterboy said:
"Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then. "

Well, I've heard on good authority that minidolls are to replace minifigures in City next year, and in the 2026 Modular!"

Amazing! Can’t wait!!

@Brickmasterboy said:
"Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then. "

FRIENDS will always be a minidoll theme.

@jkb said:
"I'm hyped, but the release date is sus."

It's a legit set that has been known about for some time.

@naranek said:
" @Brickmasterboy said:
"Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then. "

Well, I've heard on good authority that minidolls are to replace minifigures in City next year, and in the 2026 Modular!"

And my uncle works for Nintendo.

@HJB2810 said:
"TRANS PINK FERN ELEMENTS!!!
PAB ASAP!"

We already had these. The blue ones are new!

@Brickmasterboy said:
"Interesting color scheme, unique design, reasonable price - what’s not to like?

Mini dolls. I’m no hater by any means but knowing there’s much more flexible and versatile options - like minifigures, it makes me question why it wouldn’t be a good idea to make the switch one day.

They can be equipped with more accessories and still have different skin tones. I’m sure despite bright colors, the theme would be so much more appealing… maybe more so than City then. "

I like to have both minidolls and minifigs. If I am building something centered around action (ninjago, adventure, sci-fi...) I go for minifigs. If I am building something more about people interactions (retrofuturistic city, space colony, fairy tales) I go for minidolls.

Looks like "No Friend's Sky"