New Lego sets provide insight into new Indiana Jones movie (Yes, Lego!)

Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 2:09 PM Central

by Tim Briscoe

Everyone is so eagerly anticipating this summer's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie that they are looking for tidbits in the strangest places. Gizmodo displayed just how crazy the anticipation has gotten by posting plot details -- garnered from Lego toy sets.

The popular electronics and gadget blog posted leaked photos of upcoming Lego dioramas created for important scenes within the movie. The toys, set to go on sale in May, include: 7624 Jungle Duel, 7625 River Chase, and 7626 Jungle Cutter. Gizmodo also has each set's official description and retail price.

Those hungry for details of the forthcoming Indy movie can find pleasure in these Lego reproductions. Just be warned if you consider little plastic representations of a movie's final climatic scene to be a spoiler.

On a related subject, LucasArts is publishing Lego Indiana Jones: The Video Game for all major game platforms. The games are developed by Traveller's Tales, the same people did the awesome Lego Star Wars games. The games are expected at the end of June. Oh, yeah, there is also a more realistic, but less fun Indiana Jones game coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes to theaters on May 22.