legos version of the astro fighter was.......okayyyyy,but I agree the cockpit stank,and no controls,the pilot lies on his back and cant see where he is going, and there is a HUGE gap in the between the cockpit and the........ship?idk

I agree totally - the orginal set is a bit on the lame side and yours is actually better considering that there's not much you can do with a set of minimal parts such as this. Still, Lego does this every so often *"oh look, we've not used these pieces in a set for a while, just chuck em' together whilst wearing a blindfold and send off what you end up with to be mass marketed!"* Still - Thank goodness for the combined imaginative talents of us MOCers hey? Nice Work Shagga.

Considering the small amount of pieces you had to work with, I think you've made a big improvement over the official set.

And once again we're posting MOCs within hours of each other... this is starting to get freaky. Anyway, what official Lego vehicle DOESN'T have design problems? I think the last one that I built the actual model of was Striking Venom, and don't get me started on how flawed that thing was. I think these Mars Mission sets are horrifically ugly, but you've made a nice alternate from one.