Lego Adventurers
Encyclopedia
Lego Adventures is a Lego
theme based on an 'explorer
' 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 Egypt
, the Amazon rainforest
, the Himalayas
, India
, and China
. 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 Jones
, to which the theme had numerous similarities.
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 helmet
, 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
Minifigs: Pharaoh Hotep
Minifigs: Baron von Barron
Minifigs: Harry Cane
Minifigs: Baron von Barron, Sam Sinister, Dr. Lightning, Skeleton, Harry Cane
Animals: 2 Black Scorpions
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.
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
Minifigs: Gail Storm, Dr. Lightning, Johnny Thunder, Pharaoh Hotep, Sam Sinister, Egypt skeleton, Baron von Barron.
Animals: Red Snake, Black Scorpion.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Green Baby T-Rex.
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Brown Pteranodon
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
Animals: Green Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Tan Pteranodon
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.
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,
Minifigs: Mr. Cunningham
Minifigs: Mike
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.
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.
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister, Skeleton.
Minifigs: Pippin Read, Yeti.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy.
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Lord Sam Sinister, Sanje, Ngan Pa.
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
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.
Lego
Lego 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 'explorer
Exploration
Exploration 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 Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , 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 rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The 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 Himalayas
Himalayas
The 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...
, India
India
India , 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 China
China
Chinese 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 Jones
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego 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 helmet
Pith helmet
The 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".
- 1094/5900 Johnny Thunder
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: Black Scorpion
- 1182/3020 Little Raft
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: Black Scorpion
- 1183/3021 King Pharaoh the Third
Minifigs: Pharaoh Hotep
- 2541 Adventurers' Buggy
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
- 2996 The Lost Tomb
Minifigs: Sam Sinister, Pharaoh Hotep
Animals: Red Snake, Black Scorpion
- 3023 Sinister Car
Minifigs: Sam Sinister
- 3055 Adventurers Car
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
- 3722/5919 Treasure Tomb
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.
- 5918 Scorpion Tracker
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
Animals: 2 Black Scorpions.
- 5928 Bi-Wing Baron
Minifigs: baron von Barron.
- 5938 Oasis Ambush
Minifigs: Sam Sinister, Pharaoh skeleton, Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Black Scorpion.
- 5958 Mummy's Tomb
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
- 5901/5902 River Raft
Minifigs: Rudo Villano
Animals: Red Snake
- 5906 Ruler of the Jungle
Minifigs: Achu
Animals: Black Spider
- 5925 Pontoon Plane
Minifigs: Harry Cane
- 5936 Spider's Secret
Minifigs: Skeleton, Gail Storm, Señor Palomar.
Animals: 2 Black Spiders, Black Scorpion
- 5956 Air Zeppelin
Minifigs: Rudo Villano, Dr. Charles Lightening, Johnny Thunder, Harry Cane
Animals: Black Spider
- 5976 River Expedition
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.
- 1280/5904 Microcopter
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
- 5911 Johnny Thunder's Plane
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder
- 5912 Mike's Swamp Boat
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Brown Pteranodon
- 5913 Dr. Lightning's Car
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
- 5914 Sam Sanister and Baby T-Rex
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
Animals: Green Baby T-Rex
- 5920 Island Racer
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister
- 5921 Research Glider
Minifigs: Mike
Animals: Tan Pteranodon
- 5934 Track Master / Dino Explorer
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy
Animnals: Red Pteranodon
- 5935 Island Hopper
Minifigs: Pippin Read
Animals: Brown Pteranodon
- 5955 All Terrain Trapper
Minifigs: Mr. Cunningham, Lord Sam Sinister, Alexis Sinister.
Animals: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Green Baby T-Rex
- 5975 T-Rex Transport
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
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops 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...
- StegosaurusStegosaurusStegosaurus 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...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , 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:- 7410 Jungle River
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Animals: Red Snake, Green Crocodile
- 7411 Tygurah's Roar
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy, Tygurah
- 7414 Elephant Caravan
Minifigs: Babloo, Pippin, Lord Sam Sinister.
Animals: Dark gray Elephant.
- 7418 Scorpion Palace
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Maharaja Lallu, Lord Sam Sinister, Dr. Kilroy, Guard.
Animals: Light gray Elephant.
- 7422 Red Eagle
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
Mount Everest
- 7409 Secret of the Tomb
Minifigs: Lord Sam Sinister, Skeleton.
- 7412 Yeti's Hideout
Minifigs: Pippin Read, Yeti.
- 7415 Aero Nomad
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy.
- 7417 Temple of Mount Everest
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Lord Sam Sinister, Sanje, Ngan Pa.
- 7423 Mountain Sleigh
Minifigs: Dr. Kilroy
China
- 7413 Passage of Jun-Chi
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Jun-Chi
- 7420 Thunder Blazer
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder.
- 7416 Emperor's Ship
Minifigus: Lord Sam Sinister, 2 Emperor Guards.
- 7419 Dragon Fortress
Minifigs: Johnny Thunder, Pippin Read, Dr. Kilroy, Dragon Fortress Guardian, Lord Sam Sinister, Emperor Chang Wu, Jing Lee, 2 Emperor Guards.
Animals: Dragon Oriental
- 7424 Black Cruiser
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 RacersLEGO RacersLego 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 2Lego Racers 2Lego 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 UniverseLego UniverseLego 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 RallyLEGO Stunt RallyLego 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 WindsorLegoland WindsorLegoland 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'.