Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
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Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
Hop on a plane and fly to Egypt or Japan because Lego is going back to its late to mid 90s roots! Lego has put out the US versions the mini-sites of "Pharaoh's Quest" and "Ninjago", two new themes. There's not much on either sites, although Pharaoh has more than ninja.
I was pretty pleasantly surprised by Pharaoh's Quest, but yet still surprised because of the release of the Pharaoh collectible minifig and the Lego game "Ramses Pyramid". I thought that was all the Egypt we were getting. For those of you who can't figure out the password to the book laying in the sand, it's "Pharaohs Quest". Right now, it looks like an Atlantis style adventure because of the journal, with a quirky main character of "Prof. Archibald Hale". He has awesome explorer minifig parts! I'm already eating this up.
With Ninjago, it's just kind of "meh" for me right now. I'll be looking forward to what happens. I know my little brother will love it.
So, it's official! What's your opinion?
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I was pretty pleasantly surprised by Pharaoh's Quest, but yet still surprised because of the release of the Pharaoh collectible minifig and the Lego game "Ramses Pyramid". I thought that was all the Egypt we were getting. For those of you who can't figure out the password to the book laying in the sand, it's "Pharaohs Quest". Right now, it looks like an Atlantis style adventure because of the journal, with a quirky main character of "Prof. Archibald Hale". He has awesome explorer minifig parts! I'm already eating this up.
With Ninjago, it's just kind of "meh" for me right now. I'll be looking forward to what happens. I know my little brother will love it.
So, it's official! What's your opinion?
~FB~
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
Hey all,
Just a note of clarification on policy. We do not traffic in illicit leaks - for instance, the photos of upcoming sets that were obviously stamped "confidential" and posted online (and in some cases later taken down). But LEGO has started to post some preliminary information on their site. So please keep discussion limited to what can be gleaned from the two links FB gave above, and not what you may happen to know from illicit leaks that you may or may not have already seen. So, for instance, with the Ninjago.lego.com link, all we can really say is "Wow! Ninjas are coming back in some form!" We can see more on the Egypt one, including the winged minifigs.
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Just a note of clarification on policy. We do not traffic in illicit leaks - for instance, the photos of upcoming sets that were obviously stamped "confidential" and posted online (and in some cases later taken down). But LEGO has started to post some preliminary information on their site. So please keep discussion limited to what can be gleaned from the two links FB gave above, and not what you may happen to know from illicit leaks that you may or may not have already seen. So, for instance, with the Ninjago.lego.com link, all we can really say is "Wow! Ninjas are coming back in some form!" We can see more on the Egypt one, including the winged minifigs.
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Pharaoh's quest, thoughts
Given that the microsite is up, I'm assuming this is now fair game.
So, what are your thoughts, ladies and gentlemen?
I'm interested on the genesis of this theme as it relates to either old adventurers or IJ. I'm pondering the chicken/egg causality here.
So, what are your thoughts, ladies and gentlemen?
I'm interested on the genesis of this theme as it relates to either old adventurers or IJ. I'm pondering the chicken/egg causality here.
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
Hey,
I've merged these two threads to help keep the conversation together.
Bruce
I've merged these two threads to help keep the conversation together.
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On the Egypt theme I am most excited. Finally some serious Jaffa minifigures to back up my Goa'uld Ra from the minifig series 2.
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I think that we'll have great part sets for Near and Far east.
All the tan sets and the mummys are a must-have thing for me.
Ninjago is also cool. Ninjas fighting skellies that have machines.
I think that there'll be much for ninja fans and for Apoc fans.
Great themes I think. I have to save some money for them...
All the tan sets and the mummys are a must-have thing for me.
Ninjago is also cool. Ninjas fighting skellies that have machines.
I think that there'll be much for ninja fans and for Apoc fans.
Great themes I think. I have to save some money for them...
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Hmm, both of the pages the original post linked to have been pulled. Methinks they weren't quite ready to publicly announce this.
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...both pages are still there...
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according to toysnbricks the sits work best in firefox, and can go wonkie with other browsers.
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
I had that problem too, and thought the same at first. Then I reset my browser (cleared cache, cookies, etc.) and then I could link to them okay.porschecm2 wrote:Hmm, both of the pages the original post linked to have been pulled. Methinks they weren't quite ready to publicly announce this.
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
I love this idea! Gaters unite!Count Blacktron wrote:On the Egypt theme I am most excited. Finally some serious Jaffa minifigures to back up my Goa'uld Ra from the minifig series 2.
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
I actually saw the pages from a confidential catelogue in Dutch before it was removed. I expect the Holiday Catelogue to have sets from both these themes.
Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
I think Egypt would be the near East... or at least middle East...
I'm rather excited about the Egyptian sets. Though I don't know how many angry mummies I really need...
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I'm rather excited about the Egyptian sets. Though I don't know how many angry mummies I really need...
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Not really sure whats up with a flying mummy?
I mean its creative but?
I mean its creative but?
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Re: Two NEW Lego Themes from the Far East
Winged goddesses are a fairly common motif. Probably just drawing on that, especially given the sketch that illustrated it...but the Horus mask with the wings? Not so much. Bad mashup maybe?
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