LEGO Indiana Jones 7199 The Temple of Doom

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You need to help him escape by climbing the massive Anubis statue and finding the hidden passage. But watch out for a scary mummy and the snakes coming through the wall! 77015 Temple of the Golden Idol – 1545 pieces At first glance, there’s nothing seemingly wrong about the structural design, but it’s the presence of the Santa’s Naughty List tile in the set, which LEGO might have felt didn’t quite meet their values and standards that have caused it to be pulled. At the moment, none of the rumoured LEGO Indiana Jones 2023 sets are said to be based on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Sad. Every LEGO Indiana Jones set rumoured for 2023

With the reveal of the 2023 LEGO Indiana Jones set, it’s now confirmed that 77014 The Temple of Doom will not be coming out. It’s not delayed, but we now have definitive confirmation from LEGO that it won’t be expected to launch.

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Throughout 2022, the LEGO Group worked closely with Lucasfilm to optimize our planned product line up for the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones product launches in April 2023. A shame as the illustration and art looked really interesting, and I’ve always loved seeing Mesoamerican history and culture represented in LEGO. 40489 Mr and Mrs Claus’ Living Room (2021) I'm cynical, but if you have moral principles, you shouldn't even present Star Wars...the most loved character has "only" massacred children....now I'm going to be lynched :) Another recent example of LEGO pulling sets due to incompability with their brand values was a 2021 LEGO City set – 60278 Crook’s Hideout Raid. This one was featured in promotional material but was soon stripped from the portfolio because LEGO felt it didn’t keep with the values of LEGO City.

Honestly, I am surprised by many of the comments that I just read above. Chill out! All of these CRT buzzwords like cultural appropriation, colonization, values, etc, etc… Let’s avoid being woke snowflakes. Not likely anyone will melt if this set is re-released. Earlier this year, rumours began to emerge that LEGO Indiana Jones would be returning in 2023, comprising four sets numbered between 77012 and 77015.Kids can experience all the excitement of the Raiders of the Lost Ark film with this LEGO Indiana Jones Escape from the Lost Tomb (77013) building set. A great gift for kids aged 8+, the playset features a temple with 2 statues, a secret passage, a mummy, and snakes both on the ground and coming through a wall. Recapture the thrills of the Indiana Jones films Another LEGO Games set unreleased around this era was 3867 Maya Mystica of which only a blurry image of the box exists. As it was meant to be released in 2012, just prior to the cancellation of LEGO Games, it may have suffered the same fate Phineas and Ferb and was culled when the decision was made to sunset the theme. Reminder, these are toys, made for kids, mostly bought and built by adults, based on mostly adult film properties, marketed to children. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this Temple of Doom set, nor the Indy theme, itself. This is a fictional work, based on a beloved IP. To say that Indy sets are somehow insensitive or inappropriate, is both hypocritical and pure hyperbole. If you don’t like it, vote with your wallet, don’t buy it! Enjoy hours of thrilling adventures with this detailed playset inspired by the Indiana Jones™ Raiders of the Lost Ark film. Indy has fallen into the snake-infested Well of Souls while looking for The Ark of the Covenant.

Personally, I was delighted to learn that LEGO Indiana Jones would be returning when rumours began to circulate earlier this year. I enjoy the films and loved the original sets produced in 2008 and 2009. However, I was also surprised to hear that the new sets would include 77012 Fighter Plane Chase and 77014 The Temple of Doom. Personally, my family took me to see Temple of Doom, at the theater when I was 13-14ish years old. I loved the film then and I recently watched it about a month ago, enjoying it even more at age 52. This film has amazing set pieces / scenes that should be depicted in LEGO form. But like yours, which I respect, this is just my opinion.

It's been 14 years since Lego last released a wave of sets based on the Indiana Jones franchise. But with a new movie imminent – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny– Lego has revitalized the IP, releasing three new sets based on the famous fictional archeologist. The reason he goes out on these expeditions to get the artifacts, antiquities away from characters like Belloq, since they will cash in on these things for profit and exploitation. Indy's philosophy is, he'd never take from an indigenous people (see Temple of Doom) but if there are 'Raiders', he wants to beat them to it, and have it protected in a museum for ALL the world to see and know the history of these forgotten cultures (see The Last Crusade). Watch out as the plane fires its stud shooters before landing and chasing Indy through a tunnel where its wings come off. You need to help Indy and Henry escape! 77013 Escape from the Lost Tomb – 600 pieces Throughout 2022, the LEGO Group worked closely with Lucasfilm to optimise our planned product line up for the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones product launches in April 2023. This isn’t the first time a LEGO set has been cancelled at the last minute. In 2020, the LEGO Group halted the release of 42113 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey just before it hit shelves, citing its policy not to manufacture military vehicles. The explanation for 77014 The Temple of Doom’s cancellation is much vaguer by contrast, leaving the door open to debate and speculation around exactly why the 801-piece set has faced the chop.