Zed Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) I found this little Life on Mars poster in a box of instructions and mini-catalogs: Not my scan, but it was much better quality since mine was all crumpled Those characters in Arcturus' speech bubble are apparently letters from a writing system used by Martians. It made me think of the Mars Mission alien font (which can be downloaded here), although I have no idea if the LoM site had its own downloads page or an official font. What also interested me was that a few of the letters look strikingly similar to those in the MM font, such as A (slanted eye) and E (swirl). EDIT: Here's another poster that came with set 7303: Edited December 17, 2015 by AaronBurner05 Lind Whisperer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Huh, I'd forgotten about this. I remember having posters like that, and I wanna say one of them maybe had a translation guide... maybe. I also recall something about it being very similar to the Mars Mission text like you said... Maybe it was even the same thing? Gah, I don't remember. I'm curious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 I found another mini-poster included with a set I don't own (7303), so I updated the post. These actually go together to form a much larger poster: Pretty nice, but it's a little weird that most of the Martians appear in multiple spots. Huh, I'd forgotten about this. I remember having posters like that, and I wanna say one of them maybe had a translation guide... maybe. I also recall something about it being very similar to the Mars Mission text like you said... Maybe it was even the same thing? Gah, I don't remember. I'm curious now. While I don't recall there being a printed translation guide, one of the early radio logs included a game to translate a message for the astronauts. Maybe it had a guide or at least utilized the font? Who knows? If the archived LoM site wasn't so broken, it might be easier to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenpons Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 A Google search has yielded no results, unfortunately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noghiri Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 TIL I have the Altair minifig somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 TIL I have the Altair minifig somewhere. ...and I have an unnamed Martian from 7300 Double Hover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 ...and I have an unnamed Martian from 7300 Double Hover that set is overrated; i prefer 1017 FOREIGN EMISSARY: much better aidenpons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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