Lego Adventures is a
LegoLego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
theme based on an '
explorerExploration is the act of searching or traveling around a terrain for the purpose of discovery of resources or information. Exploration occurs in all non-sessile animal species, including humans...
' concept. The characters explore new areas, and go on adventures. Unlike other lego themes, which take place in a fictional "Lego Universe", most of the Adventurers sets takes places in real-world locations, such as
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, the
Amazon rainforestThe Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, the
HimalayasThe Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
,
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and
ChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. The only fictional sub-theme took place on an island where prehistoric creatures still lived. The theme was discontinued before Lego acquired the license for
Indiana JonesLego Indiana Jones is a Lego theme based on the Indiana Jones film franchise, licensed from Lucasfilm. The exclusive franchise was first announced in June 2007, and followed the successful Lego Star Wars franchise, also with Lucasfilm...
, to which the theme had numerous similarities.
Egypt (1998–1999)
Characters introduced:
Johnny Thunder: The leading man in the Lego Adventurers line. He is Australian and is a daring, compassionate archaeologist. He sports a khaki shirt with a red bandanna, black legs, and a bush hat.
Dr. Charles Lightning: One of Johnny Thunder's companions on his epic adventures. He is a professor and is like a father figure to Johnny. He sports a
pith helmetThe pith helmet is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith...
, a white shirt with a red bow-tie, and green legs. He was later renamed "Dr. Kilroy".
Gail Storm: The female companion of Johnny Thunder who is a budding journalist, recording all of the adventures. She sports a green jacket, red legs, and either a pith helmet or pilot helmet. She was later renamed "Pippin Reed".
Harry Cane : A companion of Johnny Thunder who is an experienced pilot. He wears a pilot helmet with a leather jacket and black legs.
Baron von Barron: Formerly Sam Sinister's best goon. The main villain in the Adventurers line, he seeks to take things he considers valuable, including trapping dinosaurs. He has a scarred face and sports a monocle, khaki shirt with holster, grey legs, epaulets, and a either a pith helmet, top hat, or pilot helmet. His left hand is a hook. He was later renamed "Lord Sam Sinister".
Sam Sinister: The boss of Baron von Barron. One of the main villains, he dresses entirely in black and is a representation of the archetypal "villain". He also went by the nickname "Slyboots".
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: Black Scorpion
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: Black Scorpion
- 1183/3021 King Pharaoh the Third
Minifigs: Pharaoh Hotep
Minifigs: Baron von Barron
- 2542/3022/3039 Adventurers' Mini Plane
Minifigs: Harry Cane
- 2879/5909/5948 Treasure Raiders
Minifigs: Baron von Barron, Sam Sinister, Dr. Lightning, Skeleton, Harry Cane
Animals: 2 Black Scorpions
- 2995 Adventurers Car & Skeleton
Minifigs: Dr. Lightning, Pharaoh skeleton
Animals: Black Scorpion
Minifigs: Sam Sinister, Pharaoh Hotep
Animals: Red Snake, Black Scorpion
Minifigs: Sam Sinister
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Minifigs: Pharaoh skeleton, Baron von Barron, Johnny Thunder.
Animals: 2 Yellow Birds, 2 Dark gray Birds, 2 Red Snakes, Black Scorpion.
- 5381 Adventurer's Accessories
Animals: 2 Black Scorpions, Red Snake, Black Snake.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: 2 Black Scorpions.
Minifigs: baron von Barron.
Minifigs: Sam Sinister, Pharaoh skeleton, Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Black Scorpion.
Minifigs: Sam Sinister, Johnny Thunder, Pharaoh Hotep, Dr. Kilroy
- 5978 Sphinx Secret Surprise
Minifigs: Gail Storm, Dr. Lightning, Johnny Thunder, Pharaoh Hotep, Sam Sinister, Egypt skeleton, Baron von Barron.
Animals: Red Snake, Black Scorpion.
- 5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Pharaoh Hotep, 3 Skeleton, Dr. Lightning, Gail Storm, Sam Sinister, Baron von Barron, Harry Cane.
Animals: 5 Dark gray Birds, Black Scorpion, Dark gray Bat, Dark gray Crocodile, Black Snake, Red Snake.
Amazon (1999)
Characters introduced:
Señor Palomar: The main antagonist of the Amazon Jungle theme. He was hired by Baron von Barron.
Rudo Villano: Señor Palomar's closest criminal partner.
Gabarro: A sailor who works for both the adventurers and a main villain Señor Palomar.
- 1271 Jungle Surprise/5905 Hidden Treasure (Virtually the same set)
Minifigs: Gail Storm.
Animals: Black Spider, Red Snake
Minifigs: Rudo Villano
Animals: Red Snake
Minifigs: Achu
Animals: Black Spider
Minifigs: Harry Cane
Minifigs: Skeleton, Gail Storm, Señor Palomar.
Animals: 2 Black Spiders, Black Scorpion
Minifigs: Rudo Villano, Dr. Charles Lightening, Johnny Thunder, Harry Cane
Animals: Black Spider
Minifigs: Gabarros, Johnny Thunder, Dr. Charles Lightening, Rudo Villano, Señor Palomar, Skeleton, Achu.
Animals: Red Snake, Black Snake, Black Spider, Black Scorpion, Monkey, Parrot.
- 5986 Amazon Ancient Ruins
Minifigs: Dr. Charles Lightening, Johnny Thunder, Gail Storm, 2 Skeletons, Señor Palomar, Achu, Rudo Villano, Gabarros.
Animals: Black Snake, Red Snake, 2 Black Spiders, Black Scorpion, Black Bat, Green Crocodile
Dino Island (2000)
Characters introduced:
Alexis Sinister The sister of Sam Sinister who helps him with his latest plot against the trio.
Mike A young friend of Johnny Thunder who helps him out on Dino Island.
- 1278/5903 Johnny Thunder & Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Green Baby T-Rex.
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
- 5911 Johnny Thunder's Plane
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Brown Pteranodon
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
- 5914 Sam Sanister and Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
Animals: Green Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Tan Pteranodon
- 5934 Track Master / Dino Explorer
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy
Animnals: Red Pteranodon
Minifigs: Pippin Read
Animals: Brown Pteranodon
Minifigs: Mr. Cunningham, Lord Sam Sinister, Alexis Sinister.
Animals: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Green Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Mike, Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy, Alexis Sinister, Lord Sam Sinister.
Animals: Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Green Baby T-Rex.
- 5987 Dino Research Compound
Minifigs: Mike, Dr. Kilroy, Johnny Thunder, Pippin Read, Lord Sam Sinister, Mr. Cunningham.
Animals: Light gray Spider, Green Baby T-Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Red Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Black Scorpion, Black Spider,
- 1279 Adventurers' Airplane
Minifigs: Mr. Cunningham
- 1281 Adventurers' Ultralight
Minifigs: Mike
Animals
- Tyranosaurus Rex
- Triceratops
Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well...
- Pteranodon
Pteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
Orient Expedition (2003)
Babloo: Babloo is trying to find the sunstone and save his village from the evil Maharaja Lallu.
Maharajah Lallu: The maharajah is a ruthless tyrant who plans on using the sunstone to take over Babloo's village.
Sangye Dorje: Sangye Dorje is a sherpa with a lot of experience in the mountains.
Ngan Pa: Ngan Pa is a greedy and ruthless yeti hunter. He is happy to help Lord Sinister for a share of the treasure hidden in the mountains.
Jing Lee: Jing Lee is a freedom fighter who helps Johnny Thunder find the Golden Dragon.
Emperor Chang Wu: Chang Wu is a cruel and oppressive Chinese mandarin. He seized control of the city of Xi'an and rules it with an iron fist and a large force of bodyguards. He is known as "the false emperor" by those over whom he rules, such as Jing Lee. He is another of Lord Sinister's partners in crime.
India
Characters introduced:
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Red Snake, Green Crocodile
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy, Tygurah
Minifigs: Babloo, Pippin, Lord Sam Sinister.
Animals: Dark gray Elephant.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Maharaja Lallu, Lord Sam Sinister, Dr. Kilroy, Guard.
Animals: Light gray Elephant.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Mount Everest
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister, Skeleton.
Minifigs: Pippin Read, Yeti.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy.
- 7417 Temple of Mount Everest
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Lord Sam Sinister, Sanje, Ngan Pa.
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
China
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Jun-Chi
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Minifigus: Lord Sam Sinister, 2 Emperor Guards.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Pippin Read, Dr. Kilroy, Dragon Fortress Guardian, Lord Sam Sinister, Emperor Chang Wu, Jing Lee, 2 Emperor Guards.
Animals: Dragon Oriental
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister.
Games
- The Lego Adventurers, Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy, Miss Pippin Reed, and Lord Sam Sinister (under name Mr. Hates) can be seen on the game, Lego Island 2: Brickster's Revenge.
- Johnny Thunder, Gail Storm, Slyboots (under the name Sam Sinister), and Sam Sinister (under name Baron von Barron) appear on Lego Racers
Lego Racers is a racing video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by Lego Media, released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and PlayStation. The player races various characters made of Lego in custom-built go-karts based on the Lego Racers product line in an...
in courses for the Egypt, Jungle, and Dino Island subthemes.
- There is a world on Lego Racers 2
Lego Racers 2 is the sequel to Lego Racers, released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance in 2001.There are five large worlds, starting with the hometown, Sandy Bay. The player then moves along to Dino Island, Mars, Arctic, and finally Xalax...
called Dino Island, which reflects the Adventurers theme.
- Johnny Thunder make an appearance in Lego Universe
Lego Universe is a massively multiplayer online game developed by NetDevil. The game was released on October 26, 2010, with an early opening for LEGO "Founders", which consisted of users who pre-ordered the game. It is globally distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment...
as a Non playable character
- The Adventurers make a guest appearance in LEGO Stunt Rally
Lego Stunt Rally is a Lego video game, originally released in 2000. The game is part of the racing game genre. The game also features a track builder mode that builds tracks for single player races and multiplayer matches. It was released for many consoles...
intro.
- Multiple characters from the series can be found on various teams in LEGO Soccer Mania
- There is a land at Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor is a child-oriented theme park in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego toy system. The park opened in 1996 on the former Windsor Safari Park as the second Legoland after Legoland Billund in Denmark. The park is located within close distance of Windsor Castle and...
called "Kingdom of the Pharaohs" and a ride based on the series. 'Laser Raiders' follows the story of Sam Sinister who has captured Miss Pippin Reed and plundered the temple of its riches; in 'Scorpion Tracker' the participants zap Sam and his skeleton crew with laser blasters to stop his 'evil plan'.
External links