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Re: WWII mini-figs and indiana jones
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lugnet.adventurers
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 02:30:45 GMT
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Bradley Dale wrote:
> In lugnet.adventurers, Michael Nelson writes:
> > Mimicking Indiana Jones and making WWII mini-figs out of adventurers is an
> > awesome idea! I bet that TLG based the theme on Indiana Jones and won't admit
> > it.
> I disagree, I think that they were mooching off the potential sucess of the
> movie The Mummy that I believe was released in 1998. Have you seen it? Very
> Adventurerish throughout. Great movie. I've seen Indiana Jones and the Temple
> of Doom too, and it is not as Adventurerish. I'm not entirely sure about the
> 1999 line, though I see a lot of things from The Lost World: Jurassic Park in
> the new sets. Is it any coincidence that we get competing hunter and
> researcher teams, the concept of loading a T.rex onto a boat for transport back
> to the city, the concept of taking the Baby T. rex, a research shack that looks
> kinda like the building where the raptors attacked, etc?
Did you see Raiders of the Lost Ark? Or Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade? Those
are more of the inspiration for the Adventurers line than Temple of Doom, which was
not nearly as good as the other two. Also, the beginning of Raiders has Indy in
South America, recovering some sort of artifact (look for a cameo by Alfred Molina,
BTW). Anyhow, all of the trap-door, axes falling, bricks falling, etc. is there,
as well as the 1930s era stuff (the cars in particular). Spielberg & Lucas made
those movies with the serials from the early days of movies in mind, and The Mummy
I believe is either a remake or another movie inspired by those same serials.
Toki
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| (...) I disagree, I think that they were mooching off the potential sucess of the movie The Mummy that I believe was released in 1998. Have you seen it? Very Adventurerish throughout. Great movie. I've seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom too, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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