Retro LEGO | All Adventurers (Desert) Sets Ranked! 

You call the 90s polybags terrible? I call them one of the few positive childhood memories of my dad. Whenever he was gone on long jobs out of town, he brought home one of them from a gas station. He is the kind of dad who would literally pop down to the gas station and return, but not with cigarettes

The lighting and filming of the Lego in this video is PHENOMENAL 😄😄😄

Oasis ambush was my first set I ever picked out , it was my 8th birthday and my dad took me to the store and I played with it so so much everyday. It unlocked story telling for me. I still have all the characters and pieces today, and I would always combine it later on with the indian sets. I treasure those memories coming home from school and using those peices and that trap door for so many other play ideas and stories.

Sam Sinister was just an NPC character in Lego Racers while Baron Von Baron was a boss. Just shows who's really in charge

Making a comment after this video popped up in my feed: I love this subset, it's super nostalgic for me and I had several of these sets. I do wanna bring a unique perspective here because I'm from Germany, and let me tell you, the Adventurers Theme here was kinda... weird. In general a lot of LEGO Adventurer characters had drastically different names depending on the region and the subset. Ultimately a lot of these different names were justified as "aliases", but it's still very funny that there has been so much lore. Here's an overview of the names and their evolution over time: - Johnny Thunder was originally known here as Joe Freeman(n), with the spelling changing in various forms of media; only with Orient Expedition did he adopt the name Johnny Thunder here, too - Dr. Lightning was originally known as Professor Arcticus during the Desert subtheme, but since Jungle the character has used the name used in Denmark, Dr. Kilroy - Gail Storm was initially known as Linda Lovely; during the Dino Island subtheme her American name was used, while in Orient Expedition her Danish name Pippin Reed was used - Baron von Barron was initially known in Germany under his Danish name Mr. Hates, and he switches his name to Lord Sam Sinister only during Dino Island, with the character at times also known as "Sam Sanister" (likely a typo) and "Sam Finster" in LEGO Island 2. In the instruction manual for the Orient Expedition LEGO board game he's also known as Ulrich Unhold - Sam Sinister is known here by his Danish name, Slyboots. Sometimes spelled Sly Boots - Harry Caine was originally known as Billy Speed here, but only during the Desert subtheme, being referred to as Harry Caine during Jungle Lastly I wanna mention that set 5938 in the German release was bundled with an audio drama on cassette titled "Die Jagd nach dem Pharaonenschatz" (The Hunt for the Pharaoh's Treasure), which was one of my favorite tapes to listen to as a kid. It features all the characters from the sets, except Harry Caine and Hotep. The Re-Gou ruby is instead attributed to the historical pharaoh Ramses IV, and Caine is mentioned but not by name. Also Baron von Barron/Mr. Hates is the brains in that story, being portrayed as an unscrupulous art collector who lost his hands as a punishment for trying to steal jewelry from an Indian maharajah. Sam Sinister/Slyboots meanwhile is his muscle and is referred to as a former prize fighter.

Production value is insane for a channel of this size

What a video, amazing production values for a theme that truly deserves it!

Imagine if they released a crossover set between Adventurers and Indiana Jones where Johnny Thunder crosses paths with Indiana Jones lol

As someone who grew up in the 2000s and never actually owned an adventurers set, this was an amazing walk through of a theme that I was nonetheless fascinated by. Thanks for this excellent video, looking forward to more in the future!

What a massive nostalgic trip. I got a few of these sets when I was around 4 or 5 and I'd lost so many of the pieces over the years that I forgot what the original sets actually looked like.

The treasure is coming home - Harry Cane

I still remember getting the Mummys Tomb (#3) for my birthday as a kid, in a ToysRUs bubdle with a Basic set of bricks and a gold suitcase. Lots of play features packed into a small space, and love the sculpting on the statue too.

Oh I remember this expedition... Crikey, it was hot as Hades in that desert, and I never knew how hard Gail could scream until that mummy rose up from its tomb. Still, I got a good laugh when Sam got crushed by that boulder and that giant gemstone payed my rent for a couple of years...

Another exquisite video! Great adjective choices! Looking forward to more retro LEGO for sure!

Watched this video and instantly subscribed. Great production! Going to watch all your stuff and will wait for more!

I would do some mildly unspeakable things for Lego to make all the adventures sub themes again. Awesome video sir!

Great video! I must've missed this and the next adventure when growing up, but I do remember having some of the Dinosaur one!

Wow, first of all, what a great video! Amazing production value. You deserve a lot more views. Secondly: Loved this theme as a kid. The vehicles was great ans so many play features. I agree with your ranking.

That intro was amazing man, was watching with my brother and had my laughing like crazy

Great video and production quality. Something about that red background just hits right as well with the color palette of the Adventures theme. Hoping to see your channel grow!

Awesome videos Excited for the rest of the series

What a great channel full of nostalgia! Instantly subscribed. I would love to see videos on Bionicle and other classic Lego themes like Dino Island adventures set.

Incredibly well made video! Just found your channel and can't wait to see more!

YES I love seeing Adventurers get the love it deserves. My username was inspired by the theme, after all and some of the very first LEGO animations I ever did back in 2011 was an episodic Adventurers, well, adventure. As always, fantastic video and stellar presentation of the sets! Adventurers, especially the desert wave, is one of those themes where I essentially got all the sets piecemealed through thrift store or garage sale lots when I was really young. The cars in this wave were especially great. The only set I never really had in its entirety was The Forbidden Ruins...it deserves that top slot! The amount of traps and fun design choices in that one is lovely, the magnet feature in particular is something I havn't seen used that way. Am very much looking forward to seeing more Retro LEGO on Adventurers!

i bought the adventurers car 2995 by itself in america. ordered it from the "under $10" page in the catalog. its one of my favorite sets!

Great video! Production value in the roof. GJ!

The production value is incredible! Easily earned a new subscriber

As a kid I had the bi-wing baron, but have starred at those Adventurers sets on the catalog pages for HOURS! Especially the temple of Anubis 🤩. Thanks for the blast for the past! I really love your format, can't wait to see more from you!

Just stumbled upon your channel, and as other comments have said, you have an amazing editing style, and great voice over! Looking forward to further Johnny Thunder coverage, especially my childhood favorite - Dino Island!

When it came to the Egypt subtheme of the Adventurers theme, I had Scorpion Tracker and Treasure Raiders with Mummy Storage Case. I wanted to get Sphinx Secret Surprise.

Keep those amazing videos coming Sir! 👍🏻

You know this was definitely a beloved set line because it was featured in Lego Island 2

The Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins was one of my first lego sets ever as a kid, I loved it

Dude, awesome video! :D Your production quality is insane and you did these sweet sets a lotta justice. Adventurers was one of my favorite LEGO themes ever, especially 'cos I wanted to be an Egyptologist and explorer as a kid, haha. (Sidenote: I also headcanon'd at the time that Baron von Baron was the leader of the duo, LOL.)

This is awesome! Keep these vids coming!

hopefully we will see these for the other Adventurers themes, as well as some other good and forgotten themes (Rock Raiders, Monster Fighters, Agents, Pharaoh's Quest, Atlantis, Time Twisters, etc)

cool video! Oasis Ambush is my favorite lego set EVER and more than 20 years later I still have it

Fantastic video! The sets do really speak for themselves visually but on top of it the Lego group made sure also include Johnny's adventures lovingly into digital form after their release. I remember well playing the flash game inspired by the desert sets and Desert adventure driveway from Lego Racers 1 perfectly encapsulates and incorporates the sets from this video! Lego racers 2 also has a version of the truck from the temple set even though it was focused on Dino Island at that point.

Great video, I am looking forward to the jungle / safari sets video 👍

I had the oasis ambush and valley of the king when i was a kid, but i always wanted the forbidden ruin ! Your video just made me look for it on ebay annnnddd i just bought it, 26 years later ! Thanks for it ;)

Another fantastic video!

These theme revisit videos are incredible, I can’t wait to get more!

These vids are great. Just subscribed

Amazing nostalgia and video. I’m a subscriber for life. You have a great voice too.

One of my all-time favorite lines from LEGO. Looking forward to your ranking of the Orient Expedition because the Dragon Fortress was my crowning possession as a 10-year old.

This theme and The Mummy movie coming out one year later defined my childhood. I had that weird golden mummy container too, used it to store spare parts.

Scorpion Tracker is one that I have nostalgia with because it was summer 1998 and we were on vacation and staying at my Uncle's House and all the girls had gone out to do something so there was me alone with this and my Aunt, here, watch this, she gave me the VHS to Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was awesome.

This is so nostalgic. My brother an I had most of the smaller sets, but never the big ones :D

Had all the sets this was my early childhood ❤

The 1 x 6 arches on the rear of the Adventurer's car are the newer raised versions from 2009.

Wow lego from 1998 look so cool, I never got to experience these ones😮

We need to spread the word, this vidoe is way too good

"The title suggests you'll be getting a tomb, but you end up with basically a facade." Sounds to me like basically every lego set nowadays..except it has prints instead of stickers.

Love the intro!

Very well done! Pharoah's Forbidden Ruins is on the short list for the set with the best set of printed bricks. Not a single sticker anywhere!

Fantastic video! I do feel the need to encourage a second look at 2996 Adventurer's Tomb, though I know I'm in the minority here. Whenever I see these sets ranked reviewers don't like it much, but I think it has a lot going for it: -It's the only set with the iconic double-black-doors-and-mummy so you can reenact the ubiquitous "warning" hieroglyph from almost every other Adventurers set. While it's not a full tomb, it invites expansion and is a pretty unique structure compared to the other sets in the theme. -If taken alone, $8 is actually a pretty great deal for the mummy, sarcophagus, and printed obelisk pieces, which were usually only found in larger sets. -As you pointed out, in the US it was only available with two other sets including the pretty sweet 2995 Adventurers car, which is a pretty great vehicle, and taken together with all the other minifigures for less than $20 made it arguably an even better deal. -Only being able to get it from the Shop-at-Home catalog made it a very unique and exciting set to have in ones collection at the time. I've said my piece, lol--I'm 100% with the rest of the rankings. ;)

interesting video! i subscribed

This is great! adventurers was a fun theme to grow up with. So many accessory pieces to play with. The desert theme looks excellent but is definitely plagued by all those limited release sets and double/triple set numbers! The orange background you used for photography works really good with these sets. If you’re making videos on the rests of the Adventurers does that mean you have all the sets? 😁 I love that your brother lent you the container for your video. Is he still a Lego fan too?

10:55 Funfact: In Germany, Set 5938 came with a radio play on audio cassette.

It would be cool to see a rehash of this theme today with the massively large options of pieces now

Charles Lightning is suprising badass name for that professor dude. Well, he has access to guns.

These were always on clearance in the early-2000's, so we managed to get a lot of them.

I think I had a tank tracked car from these sets, it was so cool

I had some the small ones. I could probably put them back together if i still had the instructions. I wish i had that last one though! Wow! The biggest is the best! ❤New subscriber here!

This first wave had such a sacred sincerity towards adventure at its purest. Sadly, they were released in my first dark age.

I had the biplane, oasis and sphinx, probably still got them somewhere They absolutely slapped

Awesome series..do more

These were my favorite as a kid

i love the jackal tomb one, I have it and it's so lovely

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 1.8K SUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!

In Germany there was a cassette included in the "oasis ambush" set which spun a marvellous story around the sets and ancient Egypt. In that story, BvB was the mastermind and SaSi was his not-so-bright sidekick. Also in German the names were different (JT = Joe Freeman, Dr. K = Prof. Aticus, GS = Linda lovely, BvB = Mr. Hates, SaSi = Slyboots). And I somehow have the name "Pippin Reed" in my head than thinking about Gail Storm. So maybe other markets (GB?) had different name aswell?

I have the 5918 Scorpion Tracker and loving it. But I regret not getting 5958 Mummy' Tomb, too. That is a marvelous set. It had everything that I wanted but I cheaped out and didn't get it. I Shouldn't have. Well, can't have them all.

Nice voice. Love the vid

Another fantastic video, as always. What website do you use to buy these lego sets?

Good Job

The planes where amazing and still are!!

Adventurers was a favorite of mine. While Castle & Space were my top picks, these made up for their seeming disappearance to me.

God I love this

awesome

Board up your windows: it's Harry Cane season!

good video

Johnny Thunder is back in the lego jungle set. I hope we get him in a new adventures set with Egypt, Dino or Making a reboot of Lego island games so we can get Pepper Roni, johnny thunder and all! Vote if yall agree, will make an Ideas project.

Bless You!

I remember I got the 3055 mini poly bag from my dad who got it for free in the gas station with some loyalty card rewards, back in the early 2000's. So nostalgic. Ps: I remember I saw a fake version of these in a store, it was fake lego inspired by this set. It was so unique besides being awful.

Great job! Name of song in the outro?

the pharoah's toes be like oooO Oooo

Johnny Thunder is my childhood.

I remember my only adventurer set was the hot air balloon i miss playing w that set😂

The original Sam Sinister may have been a decoy :p

Golden age❤

we need a new adventures theme so badly

6:24 isn’t that Dr Kilroy? I’ve never heard of Charles lightning

in my Lego-MC the baron is the leader of the two ;-)

Bro, those were some of the best poly bags ever made! You smoking Lego crack or something?!

Realy nice Video, but not a big fan of AI voice 😅 Jonny was my fav lego dude as a child and omg the sets Look awesome

Let’s share our thoughts on the message of the video.

Is that your real voice or do you use AI? If it's real, you have a really pleasant voice to listen to.

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