History Toys / LegoLifeOnMars

** ''LEGO Life on Mars'' participates in ''LEGO Soccer Mania'' alongside ''LEGO Soccer'', ''[[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]]'', ''[[Toys/LEGOCastle Knights' Kingdom]]'', ''Toys/LEGOAdventurers'', ''LEGO Arctic'', ''Toys/LEGOPirates'', ''LEGO Wild West'', ''LEGO Space Port'', and ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Compared to most ''Toys/LEGOSpace'' themes, ''Life on Mars'' is closest to modern technology. It certainly helps that it's a StealthSequel to the ''[[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]]'' line, which appears to be set in present day.
* AcePilot: Mac is Earth's best space pilot, and Altair is one of the best pilots on Mars.
* ActionGirl: Cassiopeia is a female Martian who takes initiative in fighting the rebels.

* AmbiguousGender:
** The official product description of 7302 Worker Robot notes that the Martian pilot might be male or female without providing a conclusive answer.
--->He (or is it she?) is geared up and ready for work, perhaps mining precious ore.
** Strictly speaking, several Martians (Canopus, Mizar, Pollux, and Vega) are not known to be referred to with gendered terms. They are commonly assumed to be male due to lacking Cassiopeia's TertiarySexualCharacteristics, and Canopus and Pollux are indirectly named after male mythological figures.

* TheEngineer: Mac is the mission's top mechanic, and Antares is the inventor of the Aero Tube Hanger.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep:
** Assistant is only known as Assistant.
** In ''LEGO Racers 2'', Canopus is merely called "Scientist". In ''LEGO Soccer Mania'', he's called "Excavation Searcher".
** In ''LEGO Soccer Mania'', the Martian with Antares's head is only referred to as "Guard".
* HumanoidAliens: Martians are humanoid enough, with an upright posture, two arms, and two legs. Though, discounting [[Toys/RockRaiders Rock Monsters]], the Martians were the first LEGO alien lifeforms to depart from the standard Minifigure design.

* {{Martians}}: It should be obvious from the theme's name, but ''Life on Mars'' is all about human astronauts discovering native inhabitants of Mars.
* TheMedic: Antares is a doctor, and he dislikes Martian flu season, which implies that he works in the medical field in addition to inventing technology such as aero tubes.

* TheMole: Arcturus was secretly providing information to the canyon Martians.

%%* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Cassiopeia.

* TheProfessor:
** Doc is the astronauts' resident scientist.
** Canopus is the Martians' resident scientist, and is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep merely called "Scientist"]] in ''LEGO Racers 2''.
* RealAfterAll: Remember all the panic that was caused by people who thought that a 1938 radio drama of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' was a true story? It ''was''. Arcturus was leader of Mars at that time, and he actually ''did'' invade Earth and was forced to retreat after being exposed to Earth germs.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Riegel is a tough ruler, but he is reasonable enough to work with the humans once he recognizes that they do not pose a threat, and he even asks for their help against the aggressive rebels.
* TheRemnant: Seems to be the case with Arcturus, who still seems bitter about the [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds failed Martian invasion of Earth]], is the most distrusting of the human astronauts, and is ultimately revealed to be TheMole.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The canyon Martians are rebelling against Riegel's peaceful Martian High Council and are plotting to steal all the Biodium and [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Mars]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Riegel and Cassiopeia, the Martians' ruler and princess, respectively. They take an active role in stopping the rebellious canyon Martians, with Cassiopeia even going out into the field.

* TheSmartGuy: Doc is described as a "super space scientist", and Antares is a brilliant inventor.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** The Martian leader's name alternates between three spellings: Riegel, Reigel, and Rigel. It's particularly egregious on [[http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/lego%20mania%20magazine%20jan%20feb%202001/3.jpg this page]] of ''LEGO Mania'', where both the "Riegel" and "Rigel" spellings are used! Since "Rigel" is the name of the star, it's most likely the correct spelling, but "Riegel" is more consistently used across LEGO media.
** The former Martian leader is named Arcturus in the online story, which matches the name of the star. But in the instruction booklet for the Aero Tube Hangar, it's spelled "Arctures" instead.
** Centauri's name is spelled "Centuri" in ''LEGO Soccer Mania''.

* StellarName: Every Martian is named after a star.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: You can tell that Cassiopeia is the only female Martian because she's the only one with noticeable eyelashes.
* ThemeNaming: All the Martians were [[StellarName named after stars]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The [[http://web.archive.org/web/20011202102341/http://www.lego.com/mars/lifeonmars/default.asp online bios]] list each character's respective favorite food.

* WrenchWench: Cassiopeia is not only the Martians' princess, but also a technician with an expertise in robotics.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: LEGO media has a tendency to mix up Antares and Pollux, with the former frequently using the latter's appearance in ''LEGO Mania Magazine'' and ''LEGO Adventures! Magazine'' comics. ''LEGO Soccer Mania'' adds an extra layer of confusion: "Antares" has Pollux's head and Antares's white clothes, "Guard" has Antares's head and Centauri's blue clothes, and "Centuri" has Centauri's head and Vega's orange clothes.

* CoolStarship: The Solar Explorer, the humans' rocket ship.

* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: As it turns out that the events of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' are real, Arcturus's invasion of Earth was cut short by exposure to germs.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Assistant is only known as Assistant.

* TheProfessor: Doc is the astronauts' resident scientist.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The [[https://biodiumvault.wordpress.com/story/characters/ online bios]] list each character's respective favorite food.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Remember all the panic that was caused by people who thought that a 1938 radio drama of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' was a true story? It ''was''. Arcturus was leader of Mars at that time, and he actually ''did'' invade Earth and was forced to retreat after being exposed to Earth germs.

** ''LEGO Life on Mars'' participates in ''[[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover LEGO Soccer Mania]]'' alongside ''LEGO Soccer'', ''[[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]]'', ''[[Toys/LEGOCastle Knights' Kingdom]]'', ''Toys/LEGOAdventurers'', ''LEGO Arctic'', ''Toys/LEGOPirates'', ''LEGO Wild West'', ''LEGO Space Port'', and ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''.

* HumongousMecha: Most of the Martians' vehicles are mecha, and almost all of them have some mechalike traits.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Riegel's name is frequently spelled as Reigel and Rigel. It's particularly egregious on [[http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/lego%20mania%20magazine%20jan%20feb%202001/3.jpg this page]] of ''LEGO Mania'', where both the "Riegel" and "Rigel" spellings are used!

** ''[[VideoGame/LEGORacers LEGO Racers 2]]'' implies that ''Life on Mars'' might also be a StealthSequel to the ''LEGO Arctic'' line, since the game identifies an identical-looking scientist on the Arctic team as "Doc". It's possible that both scientists may be the same character, much like Brains appearing in both ''Toys/LEGOPowerMiners'' and ''LEGO Atlantis'' ten years later.

* TubeTravel: The big gimmick of the Aero Tube Hanger set is a set of tubes and a big hand-operated pump: Martian minifigures can be placed into pods that can be loaded into the tubes, and depending on how the pump is oriented, either sucked or pushed towards either end of the playset (with two possible destinations for the pushing which can be switched between like a train track).

** While it's not directly advertised as such, ''Life on Mars'' is actually a sequel to the 1999 ''[[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]]' sub-theme. BB made his debut as a trainee in the ''Rocket Rescue'' book, which even says that he is training for a mission to Mars.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Compared to most Toys/LEGOSpace themes, Life on Mars is closest to modern technology. It certainly helps that it's a StealthSequel to the [[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]] line, which appears to be set in present day.

* AllThereInTheManual: The majority of the theme's storyline could only be found the website. The LEGO Mania magazine also provided extra information, such as revealing that Cassiopeia is Riegel's daughter.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Sort of. Remember all the panic that was caused by people who thought that a 1938 radio drama of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' was a true story? It ''was''. Arcturus was leader of Mars at that time, and he actually ''did'' invade Earth and was forced to retreat after being exposed to Earth germs.

** In ''[[VideoGame/LEGORacers LEGO Racers 2]]'', Life on Mars crosses over with [[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]], Toys/LEGOAdventurers, LEGO Arctic, and LEGO Racers.
** In the November/December 2001 issue of LEGO Mania, the Life on Mars team teams up with Toys/LEGOAlphaTeam and the Toys/LEGOStudios crew to foil Ogel's plans to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-control]] the LEGO Dinosaurs.
** LEGO Life on Mars participates in ''[[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover LEGO Soccer Mania]]'' alongside LEGO Soccer, [[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]], [[Toys/LEGOCastle Knights' Kingdom]], Toys/LEGOAdventurers, LEGO Arctic, Toys/LEGOPirates, LEGO Wild West, LEGO Space Port, and VideoGame/LEGOIsland.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Riegel's name is frequently spelled as Reigel and Rigel. It's particularly erroneous on [[http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/lego%20mania%20magazine%20jan%20feb%202001/3.jpg this page of LEGO Mania]], where both the "Riegel" and "Rigel" spellings are used!
* SpiritualSuccessor: Many fans see Toys/LEGOMarsMission as one to Life on Mars, especially seeing as the former is the only other line to reuse the latter's vacuum pump tube system... oh, and yeah, because they both take place on Mars.

** To the 1999 "[[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]]" sub-theme; Buzz Bailey from the Space Port line is the same character as BB from Life on Mars. The book ''Rocket Rescue'' even says that Buzz Bailey was training for [[{{Foreshadowing}} a mission to Mars]].
** ''[[VideoGame/LEGORacers LEGO Racers 2]]'' implies that Life on Mars might also be a StealthSequel to the LEGO Arctic line, since the game identifies an identical-looking scientist on the Arctic team as "Doc".

''LEGO Life on Mars'' was a short-lived Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]] from 2001, and a subtheme of Toys/LEGOSpace. Basically, a small group of human astronauts crash-landed on Mars, discovered {{Martians}}, and sat down and observed them for a while. It is unusual among LEGO Space themes for its stronger focus on exploration and discovery over combat; the human astronauts had no interest in conquering the Martians and instead preferred to observe their lives. The only conflict takes place in the online story, where the human astronauts help the friendly Martians deal with a violent rebel faction.

This was the last true LEGO Space theme for several years, until its SpiritualSuccessor ''LEGO Mars Mission'' turned up in 2007. Unrelated to the TV show ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', though that would be awesome in its own right. Provides the Martians for ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic''.

''LEGO Life on Mars'' was a short-lived Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]] from 2001, and a subtheme of Toys/LEGOSpace. Basically, a small group of human astronauts crash-landed on Mars, discovered {{Martians}}, and sat down and observed them for a while. It is unusual among LEGO Space themes for its stronger focus on exploration and discovery over combat, the human astronauts had no interest in conquering the Martians and instead preferred to observe their lives. The only conflict takes place in the online story, where the human astronauts help the friendly Martians deal with a violent rebel faction.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Compared to most Toys/LEGOSpace themes, Life on Mars is closest to modern technology. It certainly helps that it's a StealthSequel to the [[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]] line, which appears to be set in present day.

''LEGO Life on Mars'' was a short-lived Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]] from 2001, and a subtheme of Toys/LEGOSpace. Basically, a small group of human astronauts crash-landed on Mars, discovered Martians, and sat down and observed them for a while. It is unusual among LEGO Space themes for its stronger focus on exploration and discovery over combat, the human astronauts had no interest in conquering the Martians and instead preferred to observe their lives.

* AcePilot: Mac.
* ActionGirl: Cassiopeia.

* CoolStarship: The Solar Explorer, the humans' ship.

* TheEngineer: Mac and Antares.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Assistant.
* HumanoidAliens: Though, discounting [[Toys/RockRaiders Rock Monsters]], the Martians were the first LEGO alien lifeforms to depart from the standard Minifigure design.

* MineralMacGuffin: Biodium.
* TheMole: Arcturus was secretly providing information to the [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized canyon Martians]].

* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Cassiopeia.

* TheProfessor: Doc.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Riegel.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Riegel and Cassiopeia.

* TheSmartGuy: Doc and Antares.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Many see Toys/LEGOMarsMission as one to Life on Mars, especially seeing as the former is the only other line to reuse the latter's vacuum pump tube system... oh, and yeah, because they both take place on Mars.

* StellarName: Every Martian has one.

** In the November/December 2001 issue of LEGO Mania, the Life on Mars team teams up with Toys/LEGOAlphaTeam and the LEGOStudios crew to foil Ogel's plans to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-control]] the LEGO Dinosaurs.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Many see Toys/LEGOMarsMission as one to Life on Mars, especially seeing as the former is the only other line to reuse the latter's vacuum pump tube system... [[CaptainObvious oh, and yeah, because they both take place on Mars]].

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Compared to most LEGOSpace themes, Life on Mars is closest to modern technology. It certainly helps that it's a StealthSequel to the [[Toys/LEGOCity Space Port]] line, which appears to be set in present day.

** In ''[[LEGORacers LEGO Racers 2]]'', Life on Mars crosses over with [[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]], Toys/LEGOAdventurers, LEGO Arctic, and LEGO Racers.

* BadassPrincess: Cassiopeia.

''LEGO Life on Mars'' was a short-lived Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]] from 2001, and a subtheme of Toys/LEGOSpace. Basically, a small group of human astronauts crash-landed on Mars, discovered Martians, and sat down and observed them for a while. It is unusual among LEGO Space themes for its stronger focus on exploration and discovery over combat, the human astronauts had no interest in conquering the martians and instead preferred to observe their lives.

* HumanoidAliens: Though, discounting [[Franchise/RockRaiders Rock Monsters]], the Martians were the first LEGO alien lifeforms to depart from the standard Minifigure design.

** In the November/December 2001 issue of LEGO Mania, the Life on Mars team teams up with Franchise/LEGOAlphaTeam and the LEGOStudios crew to foil Ogel's plans to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-control]] the LEGO Dinosaurs.

This was the last true LEGO Space theme for several years, until its SpiritualSuccessor ''LEGO Mars Mission'' turned up in 2007. Unrelated to the TV show ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', though that would be awesome in its own right. Provides the Martians for ''IrregularWebcomic''.

''LEGO Life on Mars'' was a short-lived Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Toys/LEGOThemes theme]] from 2001, and a subtheme of Toys/LEGOSpace. Basically, a small group of human astronauts crash-landed on Mars, discovered Martians, and sat down and observed them for a while. It is unusual among LEGO Space themes for its stronger focus on exploration and discovery over combat - unlike its successor ''Toys/LEGOMarsMission'', the human astronauts had no interest in conquering the martians and instead preferred to observe their lives.