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Posted Apr 6, 2009 by Lando Da Pimp
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One of my favorite scenes from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, is Indyâs fist fight with the airplane mechanic. The Naziâs have possession of the Ark, and plan on taking it back to Berlin. Indy must stop the plane from taking off with the Ark. But first he has to get through the giant mechanic. LEGOâs new set 7683, Flight on the Flying Wing, re-enacts this scene with this new 376 piece set.
The first thing I noticed was the planes 23 inch wingspan! I wasnât expecting it to be that large. The main wing piece is really large, and as you build the set you add an additional movable wing sections onto either side. Two propellers on the back rotate to slice up the mechanic.
The plane has two cockpits; one for the pilot and a gunner cockpit in the back. The front cockpit opens up forward a bit different from the film. Inside is a seat and a pilot controls. The rear cockpit is not attached to a hinge. The only way to open it is to pull it off. The bottom of the plane has three landing gear. The front rotates 360 degrees allowing the plane to turn.
The set also includes a nicely designed fuel truck. I looked at the film for reference, and the truck is pretty dead on. The truck has six wheels with a fuel tank in the back. Attached to the tank is a hose, and controls to fuel the plane. Iâm not sure if this was deliberate or not, but the fuel tank rolls around. The cab only fits one mini-figure, and you canât fit Indy into the truck unless you take off the fedora.
The highlight for the set is the mini-figures. The muscular mechanic is the first figure to be shirtless. You can see his exagarated muscle tone, making this a rare figure. Marion, is included in her white dress, along with Indiana Jones and the airplane pilot with movable goggles.
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I really like this set, but it has its flaws. The landing gear fall off very easily. It would have been nice to have secured them better. Of course it is a German plane, German fuel truck, and German mechanic. Toys for kids should not include the Nazi term. What I donât get is the lack of a LEGO ark. This set comes with a box of treasure, not the Ark. LEGO stayed away from creating âThe Ark.â I assume to keep away from the religous coniltations. The confusing thing is the name of the film is Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark notIndiana Jones and The Raiders of the Box of Treasures! The set retails for about $50. Not a bad price for the size of the plane, and the mini-figures that are included.
Tags: Indiana Jones, LEGO, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review
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Lego Indiana Jones (stylized as LEGO Indiana Jones) is a Lego theme based on the Indiana Jones film franchise, licensed from Lucasfilm. The exclusive franchise (for the 'Construction Category Rights') was first announced in June 2007,[1] and followed the successful Lego Star Wars franchise, also with Lucasfilm. The first set of products were launched in 2008, based upon two of the three earlier films (Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade). Sets featuring scenes from the fourth film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, were released alongside the film, later in 2008. The Temple of Doom film was not featured until 2009, in a large set which re-created the mine-cart chase using new narrow-gauge Lego train track.
The theme also features in a video game series. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures was released on June 3, 2008, based on the original trilogy. A sequel, called Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, was released in November 2009, including scenes from the new Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film, along with a level editor feature.
A computer-animated short film, Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick, directed by Peder Pedersen, was also released on the official Lego site. It combines details from all four Indiana Jones films in one adventure.
Development[edit]
The development of the Indiana Jones Lego theme followed a similar process to other Lego themes, with sets being designed by Lego's team of designers in Billund, in consultation with franchise owner Lucasfilm. The inclusion of guns within the sets (including machine guns) was a cause of some internal controversy.[2]
Sets[edit]
Of the initial wave of sets released in 2008, Temple Escape (7623) was one of the biggest, and features the famous boulder chase scene from the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Measuring 53 cm long, the set included numerous 'booby traps' from the film, including shooting spears and tumbling rocks. As well as Indiana Jones himself, the set included minifigs of René Belloq and Satipo. Pilot Jock and his seaplane were also included as a late addition, with the Lego designer and Lucasfilm agreeing that they were an important addition to complete the scene (allowing Indy to escape).[3]
Two other medium-size sets released at the same time also featured scenes from the Lost Ark film. The Lost Tomb (7621) depicted a snake-filled tomb, which Indy must escape from, and Race for the Stolen Treasure (7622) depicted the chase scene from the film, with Indy riding a horse in pursuit of a truck.
Later in 2008, four sets were released featuring scenes from the new film. The biggest of these was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (7627), which focused on the final scene of the movie, and included a rotating circle of 'crystal skeletons', as well as the falling obelisk tower. The characters Mutt Williams, Irina Spalko and two Ugha Warriors were all included in minifig form, as well as Indy and an unnamed Russian soldier.
In 2009, the 'gap' of having no sets from The Temple of Doom was filled with two new sets featuring scenes from the film. The biggest of the two, The Temple of Doom (7199), included new narrower gauge (4-studs wide rather than the usual 6 studs) Lego train tracks in order to re-create the mine cart chase scene from the second half of the film. Six track piece were included in two shapes, four as curves and two as slopes. Straight track pieces for this new type of train track have not yet been released in any set.
The second-biggest set released in 2009 was Venice Canal Chase (7197), which depicts the boat chase scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The set includes two boats, one driven by Indy and Elsa Schneider, and the other driven by two Grail Guardians. The boats appear largely identical bar a few colour differences, but contain different button-activated actions - one boats splits in two when a button is pressed, the other one features an 'exploding' motor. The two Grail Guardian minifigs are notable for their dark red Fez hats, which is a new Lego element. The set also features a Venetian style bridge and an exploding pier.[4]
Products[edit]
see List of Lego Indiana Jones sets
Future[edit]
The line was discontinued in 2010, but since Lucas plans to make a fifth installment to the franchise, the sets may be re-released along with new sets of the possible fifth Indiana Jones film. Due to the fact Disney bought Lucasfilm and will be making a new Indiana Jones movie, chances of new sets are high.
Reception[edit]
The Indiana Jones sets proved to be one of the most popular Lego themes, and by the end of 2008 were credited, along with Lego Star Wars, of boosting the Lego Group's profits within a stagnant toy market. The product line was said to have 'sold extremely well - especially on the North American market.' [5] The sets were occasionally compared to those of the discontinued Lego Adventurers label (which was strongly influenced in its own right by the Indiana Jones franchise), which ran from 1998 to 2003.
Video games[edit]
In common with some of the other movie franchise Lego themes, Lego Indiana Jones also features spin-off video games. These combine scenes from the films with the graphic style of the Lego pieces and minifigures.
This aggregation includes more than 10 varieties; some that youâve heard of, such as Mandarin, and others, such as Pu-Xian, that you might be unfamiliar with.Spanish takes second place â and youâre part of a big club if you speak it: 437 million other people, primarily in Spain, Latin America and parts of the US, are also members.English takes bronze, although itâs far more widely spoken than Spanish or Chinese, according to Ethnologue. Most beautiful country in the world 2019. English is established in 106 countries, compared to 37 for Chinese and 31 for Spanish.
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (2008)[edit]
This was the first videogame released in the series, produced by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts in 2008. It features scenes from the first three of the original Indiana Jones films, which can be played in any order.
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (2009)[edit]
This game was produced as a sequel to The Original Adventures, and includes scenes from the fourth film in the franchise (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), as well as all-new scenes from the three original films. The game also added a new level editor.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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You remember this scene from 1981âs Raiders of the Lost Ark: Prof. Henry âIndianaâ Jones, the two-fisted archeologist/tomb raider played by Harrison Ford, slugs it out with a bald, shirtless, mountain-sized Nazi strongman while attempting to hijack a BV-38 Flying Wing which he believes to be carrying the Ark of the Covenant. Physically outmatched, Dr. Jones survives the fight only because the Nazi fails to notice that the Wingâwith its whirring propsâhas begun to pivot towards him.
The BV-38 is a fictitious aircraft, albeit one that Raiders production designer Norman Reynolds extrapolated from a number of real designs, most notably the Horten Ho 229, a jet wing test-flown by the Luftwaffe in 1943. Other contemporaneous wings include the Northrop N1M , which first flew in 1940, and the even stranger-looking Vought V-173, the U.S. Navyâs âFlying Pancakeâ first flown in 1942.
The BV-38âs memorable scene inspired a number of scale model kits, but only one full-size mockupâmore than three decades after Raiders was released. Earlier this year, amateur filmmakers Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos used the $58,000 proceeds of a Kickstarter campaign to build a 78-foot replica of Reynoldsâ fake airplane, and then blow it up for the final shot of a movie theyâd been working on all their lives.
As boys growing up in Mississippi, Zala and Strompolos had spent the 1980sâtheir entire childhoods, essentiallyâmaking their own shot-by-shot Raiders remake on VHS. Through sheer pluck and persistence, they managed to recreate almost every dangerous stunt in Steven Spielbergâs $18 million blockbuster ($52 million in 2014 currency), resulting in a charming near-complete Raiders replica that by the 90s had become a cult film in its own right. (Strompolos, who plays Jones, visibly ages from scene to scene.) Because Raiders: The Adaptation would at the very least test the legal definition of Fair Use, it cannot be shown or released commercially, though Lucasfilm has allowed charity screenings to take place. When Spielberg himself saw Raiders: The Adaptation in 2003, he was moved to write letters to its creators, all of whom were by then in their thirties, praising their ingenuity and encouraging them to pursue filmmaking.
These details I learn from a marvelous L.A. Weekly cover story by Amy Nicholson (disclosure: Nicholson is a friend of mine), who visited the Mississippi set of Zala and Strompolosâ Flying Wing shoot and conveyed the entire 33-year saga of their Raiders remake in hilarious and incisive detail. She even speaks to A-list filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Gus Van Zant, and reflects upon what it means to live in an age of cinema made by directors who grew up watching virtually any film they wanted at any timeâan advantage (or is it?) that prior generations of filmmakers never had.
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