[MOC] - 25 Years of Adventure Cat. C - 5968 The Cursed Race (Adventurers Product Concept)

[Rui Miguel]

Celebrating 25 Years of Adventure
Category C

5968 The Cursed Race (Product Concept)

By Rui Miguel

“Not again! Another mummy chasing us” – Johnny Thunder
“Well at least this one isn’t making any jokes” – Gail Storm


5968 The Cursed Race is the second chapter in the new journey on the Classic LEGO Adventurers theme. Shortly after Baron acquired the map it lifted the curse of Pharaoh Yuy. Our heroes still managed to get the map from Baron and Sinister but must now race against Pharaoh Huy. The only way our Adventurers can break the curse is to find the missing Jem of Anut.

Features:

- 292 pcs/pzs
- Playfull Vehicles
- 4x Minifigures (Johnny Thunder, Gail Storm, Dr. Charles Lighting and Pharaoh Yuy)

Behind the Adventure

Chapter II

What kind of an Adventure would it be without cool vehicles and a mystical mummy? 
In this concept I wanted to bring vehicles that haven’t been made into a set previously. For example, a car capable of sitting all three main characters and an Egyptian chariot. The car is heavily inspired by the classic Excalibur cars. It was around two years ago, in a summer classics expo, when I saw an Excalibour car and when I saw it in real life I told myself if one day I was ever to do an Adventurers project this would be the heroes car. No more, no less. The model, the colors and the design just felt visually right and of course I added some small variations to fit the LEGO System.




In the process I left my favourite part for last… The Mummy! Since I was a kid I always had a soft spot for villains, I don’t know why but they have always looked cooler than the heroes, always had the best musical scores and the best quotes, it’s just my opinion. In my draft story I wrote a new character, Pharaoh Yuy, a distant relative to Pharaoh Imoteh. He would be this cursed spooky ghost and for that I would use the Yellowish Green and Transparent Bright Green color pallet to that effect. The music themes of Ra from Stargate and The Mummy from composers David Arnold and Jerry Goldsmith inspired the design.





I also found pressure in making this concept because it featured the minifigures of the heroes. Each to their own with their unique look and dressing. I maintained the color scheme and focused on refreshing with little drawing notes from my visual memory and movie culture inspirations and on top of that I adopted nowadays guidelines for minifigure design.

Here is a detailed look at the graphic design of the characters and as well a closer look at the printed/stickers elements.

 

And that concludes, for now, my take on Adventurers :D I hope you enjoyed my work, thank you for viewing it. Feel free to comment or add any ideas of what you would like to see in another chapter of Adventurers.

Until the next project 😉

 

 

[kritch]

That is brilliant. Contest over.

[Rui Miguel]

2 hours ago, kritch said:

That is brilliant. Contest over.

 Hahaha Thank you @kritch I love your Above the Cloud Forest entry it's super cool as well 

[CDKiii]

What an impressive work!!!!

Did you secretly work in the marketing/designing office of lego 25 years ago?

[Rui Miguel]

10 minutes ago, CDKiii said:

What an impressive work!!!!

Did you secretly work in the marketing/designing office of lego 25 years ago?

Thank you @CDKiii 


Hahahaha  I didn't I'm from 94! I was 5 back then but I was already playing with Adventurers hahaha. But I guess in a way they help me get here  

 

[Kai NRG]

Really sweet designs on both these vehicles, I can hardly decide which one I like better.  The convertible is very well shaped, but I just love the colors of the chariot.  Super impressive presentation as well!

[Rui Miguel]

1 hour ago, Kai NRG said:

Really sweet designs on both these vehicles, I can hardly decide which one I like better.  The convertible is very well shaped, but I just love the colors of the chariot.  Super impressive presentation as well!

Thank you again for posting a comment @Kai NRG  Well the good part is that both are in the same set, if this got a release you would get them both. The car shape was challenging it took me 1-2 days to get it right. Initially, I had planned to have soft goods for the convertible/drop top part but then I thought hypothetically that would increase the price of the set since two minifigures would have printed legs. It's a crazy thought process, but fun. 

[Fraunces]

Really nice idea and design  great entry

[Rui Miguel]

1 hour ago, Fraunces said:

Really nice idea and design  great entry

Thanks 

[Powder Monkey]

I totally love what you did with the box design! I'm so into that kind of stuff, cause imo that's where the magic is happening, isn't it? Cool box -> imagination kicks in -> decision already been made

[Rui Miguel]

8 hours ago, Powder Monkey said:

I totally love what you did with the box design! I'm so into that kind of stuff, cause imo that's where the magic is happening, isn't it? Cool box -> imagination kicks in -> decision already been made

Thank you for commenting and supporting @Powder Monkey Yes, I'm 100% with you. The most important selling point is always the product: the LEGO model comes in first. But the first contact you, me, or anyone has is with the packaging. Each LEGO package always tells a story/scene to motivate exactly what you describe "Cool box -> imagination kicks in  -> decision already been made" as a starting point, this enables the imagination and after that, the imaginative world is ours :) 

Sometimes I go with the flow, like an idea sparks another idea, but in this specific project, since the initial phase when I was building the models I had a very clear idea of the visuals I wanted to use, but I was also careful enough to balance that line between what came before and the nowadays modern LEGO.  

[mrcp6d]

Dang, the car is awesome.   Love the chariot as well!

[Rui Miguel]

On 8/16/2023 at 11:43 PM, mrcp6d said:

Dang, the car is awesome.   Love the chariot as well!

Awesome  Thank you again for commenting on both projects.

[CollinsAnimationStudio]

What a wonderful build! I love the car, and how it fits all the adventurers, as well as its classic look. The chariot is also a gorgeous design, and wonderful colours. 

[Rui Miguel]

20 hours ago, CollinsAnimationStudio said:

What a wonderful build! I love the car, and how it fits all the adventurers, as well as its classic look. The chariot is also a gorgeous design, and wonderful colours. 

Thank you so much for commenting  Yes having them all together fit in a vehicle and getting some space for their gadgets and accessories was a must. The combo of dark turquoise, yellowish green, pearl gold and transparent bright green were definitely MVPs 

[Bricknave]

This needs to be an actual LEGO set.

[Rui Miguel]

On 8/23/2023 at 12:02 AM, Bricknave said:

This needs to be an actual LEGO set.

Thank you for the support @Bricknave  I wish as well. Adventurers theme has so much potential. 

[Captain Braunsfeld]

I'd buy that immediately! Great job!

[Rui Miguel]

4 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

I'd buy that immediately! Great job!

Thank you @Captain Braunsfeld   More Adventurers concepts are coming in the future for sure! I will see if some of them can be moved into an unique LEGO Ideas proposal. Because I use unreleased colors the only way to get this real is by the LEGO Ideas platform. The future will tell. 

@Bricknave I hope that hint was for me  

[BeaconCat]

Wish this was real