LEGO stayed away from creating “The Ark.” I assume to keep away from the religous coniltations. This set comes with a box of treasure, not the Ark. What I don’t get is the lack of a LEGO ark. Toys for kids should not include the Nazi term. Of course it is a German plane, German fuel truck, and German mechanic. It would have been nice to have secured them better. I really like this set, but it has its flaws. Marion, is included in her white dress, along with Indiana Jones and the airplane pilot with movable goggles. You can see his exagarated muscle tone, making this a rare figure. The muscular mechanic is the first figure to be shirtless. The highlight for the set is the mini-figures. The cab only fits one mini-figure, and you can’t fit Indy into the truck unless you take off the fedora. I’m not sure if this was deliberate or not, but the fuel tank rolls around. Attached to the tank is a hose, and controls to fuel the plane. The truck has six wheels with a fuel tank in the back. I looked at the film for reference, and the truck is pretty dead on. The set also includes a nicely designed fuel truck. The front rotates 360 degrees allowing the plane to turn. The bottom of the plane has three landing gear. The only way to open it is to pull it off. The rear cockpit is not attached to a hinge. The front cockpit opens up forward a bit different from the film. The plane has two cockpits one for the pilot and a gunner cockpit in the back.
Two propellers on the back rotate to slice up the mechanic. The main wing piece is really large, and as you build the set you add an additional movable wing sections onto either side. The first thing I noticed was the planes 23 inch wingspan! I wasn’t expecting it to be that large. LEGO’s new set 7683, Flight on the Flying Wing, re-enacts this scene with this new 376 piece set. But first he has to get through the giant mechanic. Indy must stop the plane from taking off with the Ark. The Nazi’s have possession of the Ark, and plan on taking it back to Berlin. One of my favorite scenes from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, is Indy’s fist fight with the airplane mechanic.
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