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Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.adventurers
Date: 
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:36:27 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, William R. Ward wrote:
   In lugnet.mediawatch, John Gerlach wrote:
   NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO Group, the world’s leading construction toy manufacturer, today announces a partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. to produce building sets based on the Indiana Jones franchise -- one of the most globally successful movie series ever made.

I suppose this means the death knell (or at least on-hold status) for the Adventurers theme, the way Star Wars killed Classic Space?

Still I doubt most people will be quite as emotionally attached to Adventurers..

Classic Space and Star Wars have two distinct looks. I think the only real difference between the Adventurer’s line and anything they do with Indiana Jones would be in the characters. Vehicles, temples, tombs, etc. are pretty generic. Unlike Space and Star Wars, the Adventurers and Indy could easily mix. Pippin Reed could play a leading lady, and Professor Kilroy already looks like Indy’s father.

I’m actually looking forward to the line as a way to increase my Adventurer’s collection, as opposed to replacing it.

-Elroy



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  Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
 
--snip-- (...) Not to mention the joy of not getting any more Johnny Thunder's... if I see that minifig head again I think I'll scream ;) Tim (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
  Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
 
(...) But wait - since the old Adventurers and upcoming Indy line share so many similarities, wouldn't it make more sense to only have one and not both? Besides, despite the two distinct looks of Classic Space and Star Wars, it was generally assumed (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
  Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
 
(...) Unlike Space and Star Wars, it was always pretty obvious that Johnny Thunder and the Adventurers theme was flirting with sparking off a copyright lawsuit from Lucasfilm. (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)

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  Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
 
(...) I suppose this means the death knell (or at least on-hold status) for the Adventurers theme, the way Star Wars killed Classic Space? Still I doubt most people will be quite as emotionally attached to Adventurers.. (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

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