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LEGO Alpha Team Mobile Command Center (4746)
Explore LEGO Alpha Team Mobile Command Center 4746, with its wheeled base and ski scooters, and invent a three-station ice-field message mission.
The play at a glance
An ice-field expedition with a moving headquarters
A chunky blue vehicle carries its command post across an imagined frozen landscape. Silver sides fold outward, a white equipment arm rises above the body, and two little ski scooters give the team a way to spread out. LEGO Alpha Team’s Mobile Command Center invites a mission in which the headquarters and scouts need one another.
A base and two routes outward
The main vehicle combines a curved transparent cockpit canopy with a broad equipment area behind it. Its opening side sections make the base feel ready for a stop: this is a place where a team can arrive, compare discoveries and decide what to do next. Four agents and an Ogel drone appear in the instruction lineup.
The two ski scooters suggest shorter trips from the larger wheeled headquarters. One scout could visit a distant marker while another checks a route closer to home. The raised arm and the translucent ice pieces give those journeys a setting, while players supply the messages and decisions.
Try an ice-field message mission
- Map three stations. Draw a ridge, a sheltered hollow and a bright ice marker on paper. Leave the command center beside the map as the team’s meeting point.
- Write one clue at each station. For example: “Follow the stars,” “The short path is closed,” and “Meet beside the triangle.” Draw the matching symbols on the map.
- Send the scouts. Move a scooter or a drawn scout to each stop. Read its clue aloud, then bring the message back to headquarters.
- Combine the reports. Decide together which path reaches the triangle while following the stars and avoiding the closed route.
- Mark the completed journey. Trace the chosen path and give the mission a name. A second player can explain why the team chose it.
For one player, fold the clue cards before placing them so each arrival reveals the next message. For a group, one person can direct from headquarters while others carry the reports.
Let a discovery change the plan
On the next expedition, move one symbol or change one clue. The familiar vehicle now has a new reason to stop, and the scooters have different routes to explore. Follow the matching instructions when moving the model’s panels or equipment; the paper mission needs only a clear destination and a team willing to compare what it finds.
The historical record
Original Toysit coverage
The original product account and commentary are preserved below as historical coverage.
Mobile command center includes 420 pieces to form four agents, ice orbs, snow scooters, and ray unit
Arrow and Charge begin to approach the source of the signal they've been tracking. Suddenly, they see that one of Ogel's ice drones is planting an ice orb in the snow. Without being seen, Charge contacts the Mobile Command Center and updates Radia on the situation. Deftly pressing a combination of switches, Radia transforms the command center into Mobile mode and sets the vehicle into motion. When they arrive, Radia lowers the sides of the vehicle and moves the unit into position. Alpha Team's Mobile Command Center is on the move, tracking down Ogel's secret base. Arrow and Charge man the snow scooters and send back reports to the Command Center. Radia deploys the ray unit to melt Ogel's ice orbs. Nothing stops Alpha Team's most powerful machine. Includes four Alpha Team agents, Ogel agent, ice orbs, and snow scooters. 420 Lego pieces.
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Sources and editorial notes
LEGO’s official record identifies Mobile Command Center 4746 as a 2004 set. Its 76-page booklet was visually reviewed in page overviews, with enlarged figure and feature diagrams. The vehicle has wheels, with skis on the smaller scooters. Ice orbs and the ray equipment belong to the fictional mission; no real sensing or heating is established. Historical learning claims remain in the original account. The message mission is an original Toysit activity, and no physical testing was performed.
- Original Toysit image — Existing same-site photograph reviewed and retained unchanged.
- LEGO instructions: Mobile Command Center — Official edition record and linked 76-page LEGO booklet; figures, four-wheel vehicle, scooters and opening equipment reviewed.
- Original Toysit coverage — Complete original product account and historical commentary preserved.
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