Wait, is this where the function from 75965 came from?
Good re-use if so, if not, still cool, still good for scaring.

The secret is that this man was buried alive!

"You, foolish human, are no match for my two power jewels," the skeleton cried

Nothing like a good corpse-launching system to make a tomb feel extra-deluxe.

Ah, Orient Expedition... I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was exactly 20 years ago that Johnny Thunder & Co. sailed off into the horizon after finding the legendary treasure of Marco Polo - the Golden Dragon! Since then, we have only gotten tidbits of classic Adventure-goodness. A Johnny-knockoff in Pharaoh's Quest, Thunder's grandkid, Josh Thunder, in Dino (2012 theme), the CMF look-alike and the man himself in the TLM 'Super Secret Police' Dropship set.

We NEED an proper Adventurers reboot! None of this Indiana Jones stuff is doing it for me. (Who does this guy think he is, muscling in on Johnny's turf?)

This set has quite the backstory with me.

Back in 2003, I was 10, and wanted it so bad. New Adventures sets! It was so awesome! But I was terrible at saving money. I convinced my 6 year old brother to buy it with me. It was $6. I had $4, and my brother had two.

My brother got Lord Sinister with pistol, and the extra gems (It had an extra for each colour, so nice) While I had the little tomb and the extra pistol. Eventually I bought most of his share back. Looking back now, my younger self had absolutely no patience, and terrible saving skills.

And a few Black and white parts, always useful in Blacktron.

I think this might’ve been the best follow up theme of Adventurers. It also gave us our first elephant!

Adventurers was such an awesome theme, the characterisation was great! Really not sure why Lego can't bring it back. We have new animal moulds and more sophisticated printing for minifigs. I'd really love to see some more vintage vehicles and aircraft, plus Adventurers is a great way to explore different regions and cultures.
An Adventurers computer game would be excellent.
I miss fun sets like this.
I was always puzzled why Pharaohs Quest was a thing instead of just bringing back Johnny Thunder in Egypt. Like why come up with new characters no one knows (and who weren't really given much backstory), whose villains are basically just walking mummies (okay?) and the sets are dumped on shelves and that's it. Adventurers would have been able to benefit from the already existent fanbase, as well as easily attract new fans with its great interesting and unique characters and locations.

@Brickchap said:
"Adventurers was such an awesome theme, the characterisation was great! Really not sure why Lego can't bring it back. We have new animal moulds and more sophisticated printing for minifigs. I'd really love to see some more vintage vehicles and aircraft, plus Adventurers is a great way to explore different regions and cultures.
An Adventurers computer game would be excellent.
I miss fun sets like this.
I was always puzzled why Pharaohs Quest was a thing instead of just bringing back Johnny Thunder in Egypt. Like why come up with new characters no one knows (and who weren't really given much backstory), whose villains are basically just walking mummies (okay?) and the sets are dumped on shelves and that's it. Adventurers would have been able to benefit from the already existent fanbase, as well as easily attract new fans with its great interesting and unique characters and locations. "

I agree but the reason it's not happening is simple - Indiana Jones. Somehow, Lego concluded that this Johnny Thunder knock-off is more profitable.

Skeletons with flappy arms were the best skeletons.

The Secret of The Tomb...It's already been "Raided"...:D

Oh, Sam. Didn't you know? The real skeleton was inside you, all along.

One of my favourite themes, and one of 2-3 I completed every set of. Of all that, this was the first! I was given this by my late grandma :)

Lord Sam Sinister is a wonderful figure but he does appear a LOT in the theme. And I'll leave his confusing identity to the lore guys, as he's similar to Baron von Baron and Slyboots both. And Baron von Baron himself is another can of worms in terms of name...

The tomb is simple. You press a plate with towball to make the skeleton pop up from under the lid (which has an ornament on it like all Mount Everest subtheme buildings).
The skeleton however can bend its back from this, resulting in it teabagging the one opening the tomb if your skeleton's legs aren't a stiff connection. Sometimes it also pops off the plate. If the legs are stiff enough it will stand up straight.

This set -while small- has given me a lot of fun. There's even two alt builds on the back of the box! These were my first skeleton and diamonds too.

@Brickchap said:
"I was always puzzled why Pharaohs Quest was a thing instead of just bringing back Johnny Thunder in Egypt. Like why come up with new characters no one knows (and who weren't really given much backstory), whose villains are basically just walking mummies (okay?) and the sets are dumped on shelves and that's it. Adventurers would have been able to benefit from the already existent fanbase, as well as easily attract new fans with its great interesting and unique characters and locations. "

Because at the time, LEGO was introducing new one year themes - AC, PQ, MF, GS. They were exploring fresh new ideas but based on older subject areas, instead of bring back themes from the past. They could have chosen no to do AC and GS but instead done a Classic Space revival but doing new ideas gives them the chance to explore different ideas based n similar subjects. I imagine LEGO assumed that there were not many fans of the Adventurers sets still buying LEGO. These were aimed at kids, and the older sets were 10+ years before.

I'd rather have a new Adventures theme retail release than a $450 black Batman box.

@Rimefang said:
"I'd rather have a new Adventures theme retail release than a $450 black Batman box."

It isn't an either-or situation here though. The markets for a large Batman set and a child-aimed adventure theme do not really intersect much. A new Adventurers theme would overlap significantly more with the new Indy and to some extent with Monkie Kid and Ninjago.