The Lego Dimensions Iceberg Explained 

It’s weird that in past Lego games like Lego Star Wars they had no problem showing characters die on screen such as Obi Wan Kenobi or Luke and Leia’s mom when she gives birth to them but yet years later in Lego Dimensions they suddenly can’t mention death at all.

Honestly, I'd love a re-release of this game that makes the game play into the standard LEGO Game format, (no toypad, everything unlockable). There was so much cool stuff that was simply inaccessible because of the pay wall. It also hurts that we never got Vortech as a physical figure... or a continuation of the cliffhanger. This game was actually my introduction to Portal, but I can't believe we never got a proper Portal set beyond the Chell pack... Also can we acknowledge how dark the Doctor Who level was? PEOPLE GOT TURNED INTO DALEKS!

Something weird I noticed in Dimensions that I've never seen pointed out is that Superman uses his standard comic logo for everything, chest, cape, even on the portal to the DC world. But when you aim with his laser eyes the reticle shows his symbol from Man of Steel. Always struck me as an odd oversight.

I was gonna watch, but I didn't wanna get spoiled for Lego Universe (2010)

I need a remake of this game so badly, i know the whole gimmick of the game IS the T2L aspect, but I just want to play it again without needing to spend hundreds on characters.

bart's silence is because fox didnt let them use certain voices or any simpsons music

1:22:49 SAW is connected to LEGO Dimensions because SAW is in Dead By Daylight Michael Myers is in Dead by Daylight Micheal Myers is in Fortnite Batman is in Fortnite Batman is in LEGO Dimensions

I think it's safe to say that every universe in Lego Dimensions isn't the exact same universe from their own show/ movie. They're all universes positioned slightly to the left of their main one in the vast infinite multiverse. The multiverse is ever expanding so it'd make complete sense that there's a version of Oz that isn't a dream, or a version of the Lego Movie that has a slightly different order of events. The only exceptions I'd make is probably Lego Batman because I adore the idea that Dimensions causes the changes we see in Lego DC Supervillains

Just wanted to make a quick few notes to the section where he mentions necessary characters needed for 100%. 1. Cyborg and Superman are not at all required for 100% with the list provided. Bubbles, Blossom, and Ethan Hunt can do everything that Superman and Cyborg can do and more 2. Hermione is also perfectly acceptable for the Harry Potter representative, the most major thing she loses is Parseltongue which Bubbles has as well. Personal preference there.

I played through the entirety of Lego Dimensions on PS4 recently. Only things I bought were the game and the portal base and a ton of NFC tags to write onto. Took me a solid month to reach 100% completion at 125 hours of gameplay. Also Cave Johnson's fate in the Lego universe differs from the games: in Chell's level you find Cave Johnson's mind uploaded into a Core, but in the game Aperture Desk Job, you find Cave's mind uploaded into a computer housed inside a giant statue head. Both of these are a reference to the cut concept in Portal 2 where the player encounters Cave's mind uploaded into a Companion Cube, with the dialogue text still existing in the game's files.

The nostalgia I just got from watching this, forgot how much I loved Lego dimensions

1:05:44 my silly little headcanon is that this is actually Lord Buisness' brother from the lego movie 4D Experience at LegoLand since he is more unapologetically evil and the cast have faced him before, meaning Wyldstyle would already be familiar with him

I still gotta replay Lego Dimensions. This was awesome to work on!

Iirc the Ghostbusters being cross compatible was a glitch that they decided to leave in. It at least makes sense for Slimer since he was in both movies. As for the Simpons characters being silent, hat was confirmed to be Fox being tight with liscenses. Apparently this lead to strained relations between Fox and LEGO which is why there haven't been Simpsons sets since Dimensions.

Fun fact if you do a hire a hero on jake you can transform and then it will actually let you build his game boy for free

this is the first time me learning that missy was planned as a character, i am livid that they cancelled this

11:32 "Look Mom, I'm On TV!" For clarification if anyone reads this, all of those tags are original merchandise, many of which I bought off of resellers, not copies (You can tell because of the colors). I sanded down the studs with an electric sander to get them flat.

What brings this game together imo is how much love is shown for every single world included. There’s so much love and care in every detail.

This is the greatest iceberg based on the greatest Lego game

21:03 it's general zod's ship from the man of steel sets in 2013. Hope that helps

I will pat myself on the back for this. In a comunity post RuggedEagle made he asked for secrets in lego games. I told him about the Cyberman gold secret and he both hearted the comment and said he never knew that. So… I'll take the slightest bit of credit.

This game was lit. The highlight was the ghostbusters levels. I love ghostbusters

Green being the foundation of everything really explains the Ninjago movie

Man, I grew up with this game in middle school. It literally had all of my favorite franchises, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Portal, Sonic, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park. So. So good. Great iceberg video!

Randomly showed up in my feed and I’m so happy for it. Great video

This game definitely needs a reboot! I think Tt Games’ next LEGO game could be a crossover game like Dimensions and why it’s in development for a little while. It’s also being made using Unreal Engine because of the development crunch using the NTT engine. The last LEGO game we had from them was in 2022 with the Star Wars Skywalker Saga (the ONLY LEGO game using NTT).

I am so goddamn glad you don’t have an annoying voice I love lego dimensions to pieces (pun non intended) it’s generally my most favourite game of all time so hearing someone who’s voice I can tolerate talk about it for 2 and a half hours is a blessing

1:20:56 I like to think that glados somehow turned HAL into a core

One thing I like to see is seeing an adaptation of like a two part avengers endgame and infinity war defeat this new vortex

Vortech should return to be the main villain for multiversus as it would be a nice callback.

1:22:53 well if you think about it if simpsons is connected to rick and morty which is connected to fortnite which is also connected to michael myers and michael myers being in dead by daylight which is has a saw chapter. then down the line lego dimensions is connected to saw :)

I was absolutely obsessed with this game as a kid too, i bought WAY too many sets, but i loved all of it, and this video was so freaking cool in reminding me of how fun this crossover was

53:08 I'm surprised the Paul Fieg jokes stayed let alone having Mr. Director voice them. 2016 really changed me... :)

21:01 - that spaceship is from the set 76003 Superman: Battle of Smallville

AYOOO NO WAY!! IM THE GUY WHO MADE THAT SHAUN OF THE DEAD CLIP AT 1:35:40!! My jaw genuinely DROPPED when it came on since I wasn’t expecting it at all! I rlly appreciate you using my animation and I loved this video! It was EXTREMELY well researched and it made me feel really nostalgic for when I used to play this game so many years back! Looking forward to seeing more of your content in the future!!

Amazing video man, this was so up my street. Thanks for all the gard work you poured into it

I just wanna say thank you so much for making this video, sometimes it feels like im the only one who remembers this game sometimes, so its nice to see a multi hour long video about this game. Theres something i do wanna mention that i dont think anyone else has talked about, but in the lego game lego racers for the ps1 and n64, there was this white brick power up that when collected would warp the player further into the race track, the reason i mention this is because the blue portal cutscene that is used for the power up looks very similar to the loading screens in lego dimensions, where the characters are seen flying through the portal. The only difference is that the version in dimensions has a bunch of white bricks flying around, which makes me think that the more white bricks, the more powerful the warp is, where only using 1 would just be more of a teleport, using a ton more allows multiverse travel. And also foundation prime is made of a bunch of white bricks, so this makes me think both dimensions and lego racers are connected in some way

This is criminally underrated.

thank you so much for covering my iceberg as part of this video! with the expanded entries, even i didn't know all of this, haha. you got pretty much everything on point with the actual facts, but i do have a few minor corrections: - if i recall correctly, the podcast was referring to the minecraft pack as a story pack, the same kind of pack used by the lego batman, fantastic beasts, and ghostbusters 2016 ones; i think this is why you remembered it as having some relation to minecraft story mode, due to the use of the word "story". as far as i know, they never mentioned any relation between the pack and that game, but since it never came out, i guess we'll never know. sucks super hard that the podcast is seemingly lost now, i had no idea until watching this, and i would've saved it myself if i had known it might've gone offline - there's no reward for *full* 100%, but getting all year 1 gold bricks gets you "vorton disco", which is i believe a red brick? point is, it makes the hub play disco music and makes the characters dance. it's definitely sunshine postcard-tier content, but at least it's something - i take no offense to the use of he/him pronouns here because i use the username "babyjeff" online as a joke, but i'm actually a girl lol that's it, loved the video! you did an incredible job researching these points and editing everything together, and it made me super happy to see everything from my "vorton is xen" theory to my silly iceberg level names make it into something like this. thanks!

Hey, I am the person who redesigned the UI of the Lego Dimensions fandom wiki! It is super nice to see someone use it. Im a admin over there, and we still have a Discord server! Loved the vid. Even as a fan of the game since launch, I didn't know some of this stuff. A cool thing I can see you missed is some year 2 E3 footage that differs from the final game, like a demo edition of the Shard, and even a beta version of the Harry Potter world portal with it. A model of the cancelled Lord Vortech (yes, its different from the story mode, it is opaque and not clear) and his vehichle, which is similar to X-po, was found by a user on the subreddit a few weeks back. Just some cool stuff people scrolling through may want to see.

HOLY SHIT IVE BEEN WATING FOR ONCE OF THESE😭😭 (I get into lego dimensions like every 3 months)

No way this is how I figure out one of my favorite childhood RU-vidrs transitioned! Congrats to Sarah!

B A Baracus’ name was always Bad Attitude

this is one of the most in depth and interesting iceberg videos i have seen. great work!

1:22:31 Well, didn´t expect my Tommy Westphall Map to be used in something! Thank you!

Thanks for the video ❤

Amazing iceberg, you just missed Captain Jack Harkness for "voice performances that didnt age well" LMAO

You could also mention that in the Lego movie world there are a series of secret tunnels under the ground that lead to treasure.

One glitch I encountered is when you are inside the console room of the TARDIS and tap the TARDIS on the toy pad, the TARDIS will spawn inside the console room (referencing the two part minisode “Time” and “Space” from around the series 5 or 6 era of Doctor Who). The glitch is if you try to enter the console room from the spawned TARDIS nothing will happen (because you are already in the console room) and if you leave the console room, you will fall into a void of nothing, infinitely dying making it almost impossible to leave the game

Hey dude i know this doesn’t have many views but me and many other people appreciate you making this hella long iceberg for us to enjoy. W video and please make more!!

This vid was really well put together, great job!!!! Loved the Tommy Westphall reference

I love watching this, it’s sad that all my lego dimensions toy tags all stoped working for some reason

You know, I didn't expect Fnaf to get intertwined with a Lego game about having Homer Simpson being able to drive a pink Batmobile while in Green Hill Zone with Owen Grady tagging along

Why does bro sound like the smash bros announcer 😂 💀

about time someone explained the lego dimensions iceberg to me.

I don’t need the game. I don’t need the game. I definitely don’t need the game. I NEED IT!!!

Another thing I'd like to mention is that the Xbox achievement art uses concept art for the photos

i swear to god every blagus iceberg video has to reference saw in someway

Another note about the LEGO Movie timeline thing being confusing: Emmet has Master Builder (you can also pause the game playing as Emmet, who is specifically referred to as Emmet (Master Builder), as he was in the LEGO Movie Game). If it weren’t for Lord Business and Cloud Cuckoo Land, this really would been definitive that it takes place after the first movie. Oh, hey! I dunno if the Atari 2600 was mentioned on the iceberg before, but I remember recently bringing it up in the LEGO Dimensions subreddit since I couldn’t find any other mention of it online- and to the same confusion as to why it wasn’t in the ET world If there’s something else I would’ve added to the iceberg, it’d be the weird Spinal Tap reference in that Ghosbusters 2016 level, like, such a weird reference

One little thing I wanted to add on. I think the Jurassic World team pack was originally meant to be a Level Pack. Reasons why I believe this why was the ACU trooper the second character in the team pack and not a named character and with the ACU trooper being an enemy in the bonus level too for the Jurassic World wave. On the back of the box Owen Grady is shown using both Vehicles, without the ACU trooper being showcased. Plus the fact even on the box cover Owen Grady is the only one showcased with his character artwork. Every other team pack showcases both packs. With the fact that LEGO Jurassic World released as a full game earlier in the year they didn’t see a reason why they should release a level pack when they had already released the game and with the ACU trooper being very easy to program with his only ability being electricity. And since he has the same voice actor as Alfred it can’t be hard to argue that he just recorded some extra voice lines for him. Plus the fact that he is the only minion esc playable character also what leads me to think this. And the whole idea of Jurassic World having a level pack would lead into the whole post credit scene of LEGO Jurassic World teasing LEGO Dimensions with that it doesn’t have a main story level with that it was going to have its own level pack. This has something that I have always thought with the character and his inclusion

Yo, It's me the guy who talked about the secret 8th Doctor Music on Reddit, Just Wanna say even tho you didn't inclued it, the video was extremely INTERSTING.

Amazing video dude you did great research on each subject and have to say your voice narration is great very booming and captivating hope to see more from you

So the Simpson not talking isn’t a glitch only Homer had archived audio and the rest of the characters were completely mute on purpose

This is probably the best iceberg video I’ve ever watched

This was a fantastic video, I love Lego Dimensions (who here doesn't) and saw this iceberg on reddit, hoping someone would make a RU-vid video but doubting it. The fact that it exists, goes into such depth and is so well-written and edited is amazing. You've earned a new subscriber 👍

16:31 Why didn’t they use Scooby Snacks as a Foundation Element!? It makes more sense for that franchise.

Lego dimensions is fr such a goated game 🔥🔥🔥

i would like to point out that canonicly chell is mute, and that is why she does not speak

I don't know if there's any way to say this with certainty, but the reskinned cannons featured on the Destiny's Bounty, shown at 2:10:38, are used in both S4, "Tournament of Elements," and, more importantly, Season 5, "Possession." Tournament of Elements introduces a variety of other characters with unique powers, similar to LEGO Dimension's array of characters and their unique abilities, and Possession introduces the Realm Crystal and the 16 realms, which are similar to Vorton and the dimensions featured in LEGO Dimensions. Based on walkthroughs I found on RU-vid, prominent references are a soundtrack featured in S4E1, the Master of Sound featured in S4E1, S4E2, S4E3, S4E4, S4E7, S4E8, and S4E10, an anchor used in S4E10, S5E1, and S5E6, 2 energy coils that could reference S5E2, a cage that was used to temporarily trap a side antagonist in S5E5 and S5E6, and a flag that could reference S5E5.

In Avengers: Endgame, when the Tesseract was being 'stolen' during the "time heist," Loki was able to use the Tesseract to teleport to a then-unknown location. As explained by the Time Variance Authority in the "Loki" series, those events resulted in a separate timeline- one in which Loki ultimately avoided being suffocated by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, and one in which a plethora of other events were not as they should have been. Similarly, 'stealing' items/characters from various points in each show's timeline could be an excuse for the events of LEGO Dimensions being somewhat canon- they're just part of an alternate version of the original film/series. That could solve any and all inconsistencies that conflict with the original source material. The portal that took Robin and the kryptonite crystal when Batman and Robin were chasing Bane in the beginning of the game could have spawned a separate timeline as soon as it was opened. This is also in keeping with other instances of time travel, like in the Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu episode "Lost in Time"(S7E10), the Lego Ninjago: Legacy short "Golden Hour," the Apple TV+ adaptation "Calls," the video game "Life is Strange," and mainstream films and novels like "Inception" and "Dark Matter." (This could also become justified by the yet-to-be-released video game "Life is Strange: Double Exposure.") Also, all of this could make Foundation Prime a sort of dimension that exists beyond definite space and time, like Nether-Space in Lego Ninjago: Dragons Rising.

30:08 i thought you switched to a random Guptill89 clip. what a very excited voice when talking about Sonic

Love the nods to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, but the fact you called Classic Universal Monsters CUM made me chuckle a little

Very good and informative playlist. A shame about the Inside LEGO podcast, someone really should look into that. Some corrections/notes I have: -This iceberg missed one of my favorite obscure things with the Dr Who content: Every Doctor has their opening titles theme for the TARDIS interior music except the 8th Doctor. Said Doctor is infamous for only appearing in a 90s TV movie co-produced btw the BBC and US distributors for an ultimately-failed pilot. (Luckily 8 returned in a 2013 mini-episode to provide a narrative ending). Because of this co-production's murky copyright status it's become increasingly harder to market stuff related to 8's movie, which is likely why the game skipped on using its opening theme... and yet through glitches players have discovered said theme IS in the game and partially coded to play in 8's TARDIS interior. So it nearly made it in before someone legal spoke up. -Pretty sure the core GLaDOS gets at the end of You Wouldn't Know is meant to be HAL transferred into a core, following up on that last scene. -The devs paid some proper respects to Titanic beyond the Jack & Rose shoutout. You can raise her in a secret area in the Ghostbusters story level and go inside the ship's Grand Staircase, which is shown in great detail in both derelict state and in pristine condition with a BTTF time travel treadmill point. impressive attention to history since the ship's interior never comes into play in Ghostbusters -I think the franchise cameos in LEGO Jurassic World are all just meant to be Spielberg homages, considering his role in the JR series. Particularly with something like the Jaws/Orca crew bit. -The missing Dr Who episode the Goonies level's secret area references is actually Power of the Daleks, not Tenth Planet -Hoopy the Hoop IIRC was actually more of a meme the Valve devs latched onto more than the community; there's some BTS interviews saying they got real attached to it and joked about it being the breakout star, but it was never really part of the meme fest the way Cake is a Lie and the companion cube were. The community has sorta-embraced it in retrospect though, and it did show up in a blind box assortment with a companion cube

Did anyone else notice that when he mentioned spoilers, he use a clip for the Henry Danger episode with a character named The Spoiler

I played this game with my brother when we were younger. I want to replay it however I can’t without ruining my credit

They need to make a lego dimensions 2 The game left off on a cliffhanger

2:08:50 It me! I'm the Tyler guy! As for X-PO not mentioning any of it... Uhhh... I will have an explanation for that in my fan comic, Multidimensional Ventures, when I eventually get to the Dimensions arc. I will note, however, I no longer believe Crux Prime and Foundation Prime to be the same place. As a side note... Nobody tell the folks on my comic's website about that theory, it'll make a future twist WAY too obvious.

I actually read BunnyCuteTyler’s theory about dimensions being the sequel to universe before. If this is true then this would be the PEFECT prequel game. Imagine a vortech origin story that bridges the gap between universe and dimensions, as we slowly and tragically watch our hero become the monster we fight in dimensions! It would be perfect for bringing the franchsie back without toys for life (since vortech and maybe Xpo might be some of the only playable characters) plus it could integrate chima into thr storyline and explain why it wasnt in the main story of lego dimensions.

In the exclusive LEGO MOVIE legoland film in 4D, Lord Business betrays the Lego Movie gang

I literally cried when I saw this in my feed. I LOVED THIS GAME❤❤❤

1:06:39 "I know I'm probably the only person who cares about this" Don't you dare say that. I care man... I care...

8:24 Small correction, The Tornado is Sonic's plane, Tails' is the Tornado II

56:17 true most have seen someone die I mean Zane literally died and rebuilt himself.

It would be nice if they made a LEGO Dimensions Remastered version Digital Edition and all these characters could be just DLC for this game and a multiplayer version for 4 players with a network in future

If disney can put all of disney infinity on steam for 1 price, skylanders and lego dimensions can too. I know with dimensions listening would make it near impossible but a boy can dream

One idea I've always had about Lego Dimensions is it being remastered for PC and the newer game consoles, but without the toys to life stuff, like it has all the released characters, all the hub world's and vehicles, but you unlock those 3 categories like a traditional Lego game, maybe add more DLC and characters for existing world's or new ones It would be so cool if it did end up like that but I get it's never going to happen because TT games needs all the licences and stuff for it, and WB games sucks I can easily just emulate the Wii u version (toy pad and all, it's a complicated process) and play the game with all the dlcs but it's a whole thing to set up, I just wish TT games remade it into a traditional Lego game

Spoilers for: the death of Superman. Oh boy, I wonder what the spoiler is.

Chima and Jurassic world didn't have levels because the developers didn't know what to do with them

Well took me a while to get to watching this, but I've finally got around to it and finished it. Overall, amazing job on getting all the info in one place, and actually getting a lot the footage of Dimensions yourself, the fact that you committed to this despite the obvious hurdles of the game. This is unironically one of my favorite games ever, (Despite not owning all the packs I need to 100% it, I should probably get on the🏴‍☠part of the equation, even if I do still want to collect the packs) and it's a shame we still don't have an easy way to play it, maybe one day, but until then, we have what we have, and the fact we have it at all, is amazing. Again, great job man. I also couldn't really add anything to the iceberg either, but I do think Emmet and Owen's interaction could've had its own entry, (You could've called it something like, "Chris Pratt converses with himself" or whatever) considering it's the only interaction besides the TT team that goes beyond one sentence, or one character, not to mention it having multiple parts if you wait long enough.

Loved the game, I wish they made a sequel since the ending hinted at it

1:32:38 Rob Westwood also composed the music for both games (w/ Ian Livingstone for Dimensions).

I believe the reason the Ghostbusters have access to each other's worlds is purely because of legal reasons, since they're the only series to share the exact same name, bar the date, and they didn't want to risk any lawsuits from angry parents.

21:01 that was Zod’s spaceship from the Man of Steel movie set I believe

We're getting out of vorton with this one

Great video 👍🏻.

1:49:47 I wonder how they would do connectables as I’d imagine it’s like skylanders swap force and I wonder how they would do it for existing toy tags and all.

All I ever wanted.. the only thing I ever needed in my collection… was a Lego Lord Vortech mini figure. I wanted this character more than any other. More than Mr Gold More than the super rare Boba Fett More than any other. Why? Because Lego Dimensions was an amalgamation of practically every Lego IP there was. And Lord Vortech was the villain against all of em. Lord Vortech is essentially the most evil Lego Minifigure you could get. And just before they released him in Wave 3… they cancelled it…

The gryosphere glitched after you upgrade it to its 3rd model. The simpsons world is missing dialogue because of copyright issues.

Phenomenal video!! I have a lot of love for lego dimensions as the crossover aspect is so cool and can expanded so much but unfortunately the game was cancelled. I learned a lot of stuff I never knew about from this such as the Vortech lego universe theory and replica finder being exclusive!

Another annoying thing about upgrades is that the third upgrade of the Dalek (Silver Shooter) is the most useless upgrade as the CYBERMAN can already destroy silver by himself by shooting a laser after targeting, and he COMES WITH the Dalek