2009 Indiana Jones Lego

Crack that whip

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That's a preliminary minifig, made using the J. Jonah Jameson head from one of the Spider-Man sets from '04 (the same head has already been reused in our very own Indy line, for one of the German soldiers in Race for the Stolen Treasure). No doubt it's used in this photo because these pics are mock-ups using existing elements rather than newly-created deco'd ones made especially for these sets (note Shorty has Jock's body, Willie's dress is a previously existing LEGO dress torso, etc.), and considering it's a preexisting deco, the J.J.J. head is a remarkably reasonable facsimile of the German mechanic (note also that his torso is actually Patrick's, from the Spongebob Squarepants line).

I think the J.J.J. head is probably close enough that they could get away with using it in the final Flying Wing set, actually, but they might do a new face for him all the same.
 

kevblee

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I sure hope they do a lot more work on that LEGO wing. And I hope to God the tank does not look anything like the one from the Video game...should they get around to making it. (He says , like he really cares....because his custom ones came out pretty awesome, if he does say so himself.)

Who's writing this, Bob Dole? :confused:
 

Dewy9

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A lot of people are failing to realize that the perspective of the picture only shows part of the wings on the plane. The wings are bent, I guess, and it doesn't show the part which is angled down.
 

Crack that whip

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I don't think they are, actually, unless there are parts added at the tips of the main wing element (which, granted, there very well could be, but I don't think it's the case). The version of the Flying Wing shown in that pic pretty clearly uses this element, a sort of generic unified wing piece used in a number of the newer plane sets. The final set could easily use something else, though. At any rate I'm sure a lot of LEGO fans will just use the official set as a foundation on which to base their own creative versions of the craft.
 

kevblee

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Wow, I really hope the final set does not use that part! Those giant pieces really "junior-fy" any set ....and dumb the sets way down IMO. Those wings are way off from how this aircraft is built. When I built mine, I used lots of picture reference from the film, lots of screen captures...and anything I could find. The wings are bent , near the fuselage and on the tips...and that really "sells" the look of the plane!

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These are screen caps I did of my plane in CAD...when I was constructing my instruction manual of the flying wing.;)
 

ChromiumBlue37

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More rumored Indy Lego sets -

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19721&st=360


QUOTE (Batbrick @ Nov 8 2008, 09:45 PM)
Really? I'm surprised, I don't ever recall green on the plane.

Wait, since the really early list we got proved correct on these two sets, do you think it will prove correct on the others? I can't remember, but it said possible sets for later in the year. Does anyone remember what they were?




1--I don't recall any green either. Can somebody post a pic of the Flying Wing?
2--I do think it will prove correct.
3--Fortunately for you, I remember.

And to show that I actually care, the sets are:

The Graveyard from KOTCS.
The Venice Chase from TLC.
Air Battle from TLC.
The Temple Of Doom
from (no, really?) TOD.

Can't provide anymore details.
 

Crack that whip

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Cool - not new information, of course, but nice to see they're (apparently) "still on track" with those four.

Minifig speculation time! Some of these are pretty obvious; the graveyard should have the traditional Indy and Mutt, and one or two cemetery warriors (I'm going to guess simply using regular skull minifig heads, with minifig wigs on top). The Venice chase has to have Indy in a suit (huzzah!) and Elsa (huzzah again!) in her arrival-in-Venice suit, along with at least one member of the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, presumably Kazim (huzzah once more!), and the aerial battle has to have Indy, Henry and one or two pilots - it should actually duplicate or nearly duplicate the minifig complement of Motorcycle Chase, I imagine (with the sole difference being the pilot's torso deco, and perhaps the face; it should even have the same helmet and goggles, most likely).

The Temple of Doom is the big question mark. Just how big will this set be? What scene(s) will it represent? How many minifigs will it have? I'm going to go ahead and guess it'll have Mola Ram (yay!!!!) and one or more additional Thuggee cultists (priests? The chief guard? Ordinary guards?), plus Indy (but with jacket? Shirt sleeves? Single shirt sleeve? Shirtless?), and likely Shorty and/or Willie (pajamas? Sacrificial dress?). Could there also be (non-Shorty) slave children? Chattar Lal? Maharajah Zalim Singh? So many possibilities! I'm also imagining it'll have the big statue of Kali, if nothing else, but what else might it have (or alternately, what other portion of the temple might it portray)? How will the Sankara stones be portrayed (if at all) - 1x1 cylinder bricks, perhaps in some translucent color, perhaps with the lines printed on them? Or custom elements, à la the Chachapoyan idol in the Temple Escape set?

So many possibilities...
 

Zealot

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Ok, I'm a little off-topic here but I'm curious guys: what exactly are you doing with your lego's once you buy it? I mean, do you play with it or do you just build it and leave it on the shelf? Do you give it to your kids? I'm asking you this because of several reasons.
First, I see that many of you here are "old". By old, I mean not in age suitable for lego (8-14).
Second, I was a huge fan of lego, and I was excited just as much as you when I heard that lego will do Indiana Jones! And although I was tempted to buy it, I found it expensive especially since I won't use it, but just put it on the shelf as a collector's item to collect dust.
So...answers?
 

Crack that whip

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Well, I was already getting LEGO before they began doing Indy sets anyway; there's a whole community of AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO), adults who continue to play with and enjoy LEGO. Different people enjoy it differently - some may keep the original, official sets together once assembled, some may not even open the boxes, but I think most AFOLs enjoy putting together the official sets and then having them together for a while, but eventually taking them apart and using the pieces for their own creations, or altering the designs of the official sets or using them as starting points for quasi-original creations.

I have scads of LEGO bricks from hundreds of sets, and when I get a new set I typically assemble it and play with it a while, maybe display it a while, but eventually disassemble it and store the pieces with the rest of my expanding collection; I plan to eventually devote a room or large area of my dream home to LEGO, and to make various large displays and models, constantly revising and refining things, taking stuff down and replacing it with other stuff, etc.
 

kevblee

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Um, yeah, ...exactly what "crack that whip" said. I have , at this point, thousands of bricks, but I've been collecting since 1980. I still buy vintage sets, and I build lots of customs. I "played" with them when I was a kid. Now, I build and as you say...."sit it on a shelf". Then tear down and display something else for a while. The most fun is to build a "set" or "creation" that does not exist in retail. Then, if it "breaks the mold" I will turn it into an instruction manual that others can use to build the same model. Not everything I create goes that far.....(I don't have hundreds of hours to put into every model I design.) One instruction manual can take 3 months to complete. I have been working on the manual for my AT-AT now....and at 2,400 parts for just this model...it will take me at least 3 months to create a step by step manual for this beast!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8751
 

Lambonius

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kevblee said:
Um, yeah, ...exactly what "crack that whip" said. I have , at this point, thousands of bricks, but I've been collecting since 1980. I still buy vintage sets, and I build lots of customs. I "played" with them when I was a kid. Now, I build and as you say...."sit it on a shelf". Then tear down and display something else for a while. The most fun is to build a "set" or "creation" that does not exist in retail. Then, if it "breaks the mold" I will turn it into an instruction manual that others can use to build the same model. Not everything I create goes that far.....(I don't have hundreds of hours to put into every model I design.) One instruction manual can take 3 months to complete. I have been working on the manual for my AT-AT now....and at 2,400 parts for just this model...it will take me at least 3 months to create a step by step manual for this beast!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8751

Holy crap! That AT-AT is VERY impressive! Are the leg joints functional--i.e. can they bend? Also, does it have a modeled interior? Wow! Fantastic work! (y)
 

Dewy9

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Zealot said:
Ok, I'm a little off-topic here but I'm curious guys: what exactly are you doing with your lego's once you buy it? I mean, do you play with it or do you just build it and leave it on the shelf? Do you give it to your kids? I'm asking you this because of several reasons.
First, I see that many of you here are "old". By old, I mean not in age suitable for lego (8-14).
Second, I was a huge fan of lego, and I was excited just as much as you when I heard that lego will do Indiana Jones! And although I was tempted to buy it, I found it expensive especially since I won't use it, but just put it on the shelf as a collector's item to collect dust.
So...answers?

I guess in a way that it's no different than what people do with the action figures. I do admit that I'll tinker around with them for a few minutes, but that's about it. They're fun to display and I enjoy building them. I keep saying that I'm going to start building scenesand taking pictures of them... but I never get around to it.

I'm thinking the TOD set will be big, around the $100 range.
 

Lambonius

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Dewy9 said:
I'm thinking the TOD set will be big, around the $100 range.

Man, I hope so! I have had a hard time spending a lot on the Legos because I really do feel like they are WAY overpriced, but I would definitely spend around that much for a really big, complete-feeling Temple of Kali. :whip:
 

kevblee

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Lambonius said:
Holy crap! That AT-AT is VERY impressive! Are the leg joints functional--i.e. can they bend? Also, does it have a modeled interior? Wow! Fantastic work! (y)

Thanks, the legs do move....but you have to be really careful. This guy is way heavy at a 2,400 piece count. The knee joints could move....but I dont trust them with the weight...so I just move the legs at the top joint. Bottom feet pads are positionable as well...and that helps. Interior has a ton of seats and computer consoles and some open space for speeder bikes. I should have the step by step instructions completed by Christmas! With any luck!:gun:
 

Dewy9

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Here's the latest rumor, including some of the older ones we've heard about and the removal of another (the Graveyard Duel). So take this with a grain of salt.

7195 - Egyptian Bazaar
7196 - Mutt Chase
7197 - Venice Race
7198 - Plane Race
7199 - Temple of Doom

I've REALLY been wanting a set based on the Marshall College chase. Hopefully we'll get a new build for Mutt's cycle instead of a rehash of the Motorcycle Chase style.

As far as the Egyptian Bazaar goes, I'm guessing this might be a smaller set. Maybe a jacket-free Indy, Marion, swordsmen, and a fruit stand. This could also be a big set with the Monkey Man, Belloq, and Sallah. We'll just have to wait until we get some pictures.

Source:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19721&st=360&gopid=391972&#entry391972
 

Crack that whip

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Hey, sweet!! Thanks for the tip!

Dewy9 said:
Here's the latest rumor, including some of the older ones we've heard about and the removal of another (the Graveyard Duel). So take this with a grain of salt.

7195 - Egyptian Bazaar
7196 - Mutt Chase
7197 - Venice Race
7198 - Plane Race
7199 - Temple of Doom

Holy smokes! :eek:

Part of me is disappointed about the removal of any planned set, but if one had to go, I'm glad it's the Graveyard set; that would probably be the easiest one to satisfyingly represent with one's personal creation, sans any "official" minifigs specific to the scene - one can probably easily create perfectly compelling "cemetery warriors" by just using regular minifig elements with torsos and legs in the appropriate colors, one of the regular skull minifig heads for the heads, and the tousled hair element (like Satipo's, Harry Potter's, etc.) on top; I'd guess that's how they'd do those minifigs anyway. Indy and Mutt would be the same figs already abundant in other sets, no doubt.

(Not that it'd keep me from buying the set if they do go ahead and do it anyway, of course! Perhaps it'll be set # 7194?

Dewy9 said:
I've REALLY been wanting a set based on the Marshall College chase. Hopefully we'll get a new build for Mutt's cycle instead of a rehash of the Motorcycle Chase style.

What I'd really like to see would be the return of this old motorcycle element, which is more appropriately "vintage" for the Indy line than the current design of this piece on a separate chassis, which debuted in an Indy set but which appears designed more for general use in various LEGO City, etc. sets to come over the next many years (which would naturally have more use for more modern-looking bikes than old ones) than it is for a set depicting action in the 1930s or '50s. The older bike naturally reflected older bikes in the real world, and I think it would be great, but LEGO seems to have completely discontined the element around 1999. I'll have to scrounge up some old sets to get some for use in my own Indy LEGO creations.

Dewy9 said:
As far as the Egyptian Bazaar goes, I'm guessing this might be a smaller set. Maybe a jacket-free Indy, Marion, swordsmen, and a fruit stand. This could also be a big set with the Monkey Man, Belloq, and Sallah. We'll just have to wait until we get some pictures.

Source:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19721&st=360&gopid=391972&#entry391972

Given the set numbering, I'd imagine it would be a small set. Typically, when LEGO releases a bunch of new sets in a theme together, the set numbers will go from the lowest number for the smallest set up to the highest number for the largest set.

Lambonius said:
Dewy9 said:
I'm thinking the TOD set will be big, around the $100 range.
Man, I hope so! I have had a hard time spending a lot on the Legos because I really do feel like they are WAY overpriced, but I would definitely spend around that much for a really big, complete-feeling Temple of Kali. :whip:

Based upon the set numbers Dewy9 gave and what I said about it, I think you're going to get your wish (and mine, too!).

:D :D :D
 

QBComics

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Hmm...

I like mostly all the sets. If anyone of them had to go it was either Graveyard or Air Battle. I'm glad they kept Air Battle, because of the lack of LC sets. Though, I wonder what kind of neat traps we could've gotten from Graveyard.

I think Bazaar could work well. Mabey a good Belloq or better yet: Sallah.
 

Trennas

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Very curious about these rumors! I sure hope they are true! Especially for the Temple of Doom and Last Crusade sets, since those were largely ignored with the first Lego Indy batch.. I was actually hoping for an awesome Grail Temple set, but who knows, maybe that will come some day in the future :gun:
 

Crack that whip

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom wasn't merely largely ignored with the first batch; it was totally ignored. I think they really weren't planning on doing any specific sets from that particular movie, until the stuff they did was so well received and people also immediately started clamoring for ToD sets.

With Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I think it wasn't so much intentionally ignored as merely "pushed aside" by Raiders of the Lost Ark sets - I think they wanted to do a bunch of really iconic, "classic Indy" scenes with the first wave, and so many of them are from Raiders (especially when limited to "iconic, classic Indy scenes that aren't from Temple of Doom"), and those are really the first three sets we get - Peruvian temple with the giant boulder and other traps, the Well of the Souls with Ark of the Covenant and lots of snakes, and the truck chase. The remaining set was not so much about a classic scene (though it's a great one, of course), but about a classic supporting character (Henry Sr., of course), and they also needed a small ($10) set to round out the first wave, since all the other price points were taken up by Raiders sets.

I'm sure though, that if the line continues to do well, we'll eventually get very representative samplings of all four movies in LEGO (and if we're really lucky, maybe even a little of the TV show - no, I'm not holding my breath, but it's nice to dream...).
;)
 
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