I think its because lego deemed the whole franchise "too violent' just because its more realistic than star wars or super heroes, which is a real shame

Wanting to show "limited religious symbolism" while gladly showing the literal Ark of the Covenant is WILD on Lego's part

The temple of Doom set being cancelled has to be one of the biggest losses ever for Lego fans.

Lego policy is so inconsistent. They canceled Temple of Doom set, but they allowed set including German WW2 plane with german pilot who maybe member of nazi party (not all german soldiers were nazis). It makes no sense. Lego was always against war and war machines

Okay I think this is more of a Disney problem than a Lego problem. Case in point Hasbro had some TOD figures that leaked as prototypes for their adventure series line though they got cancelled. All the TOD stuff has been wiped off the planet. Think about it. If TOD really infringed on LEGO’s rules would it have gotten all the way down the pipeline? Maybe, but it was likely Disney urged them to cancel it. That was their statement where they said they worked with Disney to consolidate the line. Disney has produced almost 0 merch for KOTCS and like a tiny bit of merch for TOD. Stranger though is Lego never did anything more with the license. No sets for the fifth movie was a shocker to me. The only hope we have now is in about a year from now hearing about a new Indy D2C set like what happened with LOTR. I genuinely hope the day Lego retires the license somebody uploads a TOD onto Lego ideas. Either way, Disney sucks. Indy deserved a better 5th movie and a better set of toy lines for his final outing.

It sucks they only made 4 sets (1 canceled) I would’ve loved a remake of the Shanghai Chase Set and what Short Round and Willie would’ve looked like 😔

An “insider” on one of the Indiana Jones forums stated that both the Lego Temple of Doom set and the also announced Mola Ram figure from Hasbro’s 6” Indy Adventure Series range were pulled at the request of Disney due to “cultural sensitivities” Make of that what you will.

Anyone else remember the Johnny Thunder sets? They should have just kept going with that.

Lego does not make sense sometimes.

Such a shame one of my favourite trilogies ever had the temple of doom set when I was young but I gave all my old sets away to charity when I was 14 and was hoping I could buy an updated version

LEGO is allergic to money.

Why do people act like LEGO are complete strangers to covering more mature themes? For fs sake they literally have an 18+ collectors adults welcome section. They made the entire original lineup of sets covering all the films even TOD. And now that we know LEGO planned and intended to make a new temple of doom all evidence points to Disney interference and getting cold feet in the eleventh hour with everything related to TOD. Maybe LEGO is just concerned that Disney may continue making them cancel sets which is problematic because it’s costly for them to spend time designing and producing a set only to have it be cancelled. That’s money they’re losing for really no good reason

Doesn’t seem more complicated than the Indiana Jones hype isn’t anywhere where it was in 2008.

Its sad that LEGO didn't continue the theme, but at least there's a good selection sets on the market and original sets fans or collectors could get second-hand.

Lego really was better back then. Glad I grew up during that time, 2000-2016

It seems that tying a Ryan George reference into this video was super easy, barely an inconvenience

I was hoping the 2023 line would be a revival. Sadly they cancelled the Temple of Doom set (which was the one I wanted most since it’s my favourite film). I was expecting Dial of Destiny sets, with a few more from Crystal Skull and the other 3 films. But instead we got nothing. Updated Indiana Jones sets and figures would be great, so it’s a shame that the theme just vanished. Lego is making a big misstep if they don’t make any more.

Curiously, the numbering of the Indiana Jones sets is 77, which is the same numbering of the Animal Crossing sets and according to rumors also the supposed Fortnite sets, also being its predecessor number 76 where the set with the number closest to 77 is the horizon tallneck set placing this relaunch of the indy sets in the middle of the lego gaming line, this makes me theorize that perhaps lego wanted to use bethesda's indiana jones game as another sales driver for the sets in addition to the dial of destiny🤔

As someone who was looking forward to the reboot of the Lego franchise, I didn’t buy any sets because they were all too boring. And the one set that was cool was too expensive for me.

What baffles me the most is that they brought it back for Dial of Destiny but then didn’t even make any sets for the movie.

It's a damn shame that we're not getting more sets as this was my favorite line if sets back in the day and missed out on a lot of them and was hoping to get remakes of the sets that I missed out on that have modern building techniques and pieces and updated minifigures

They should have made more sets. Especially since they didn't even make sets for the movie they were supposed to promote.

They cancelled the one set that would’ve been most popular due to “violence” and essentially shot down all hopes of longevity for the line. Of course it failed

Honestly I’m surprised it came back at all. Hard to believe even back then, they made Nazi minifigures. Indiana Jones is literally everything Lego stays away from in a single theme. Still glad we got them though.

7:10 “least problematic 3 featuring limited war and religious symbolism” 1 of the 3 being a nazi fighter plane

I think what happened is that most of those sets were produced and disney pulled the plug at last moment thus lego deemed it unprofitable to make anymore sets

The 2023 Indiana Jones sets don’t contain limited religious symbolism. 2 of the 3 are infact overtly religious and are steeped in religion. One of them is even called “Temple of the Golden idol” and the other one hosts one of the most famous religious artefacts of all time and has brick built depictions of Anubis the Egyptian deity

Tragic it was one of my favorite themes. I had most of the sets. Loved the plane and Cutting machine thing? Either way its sad the more mature licensed themes all did so poorly.

Maybe it failed because I didn’t see a single set in stores I would have got em all

I was 6 when kingdom came out. Was obsessed with the movie and the sets. I was ecstatic when Lego released those three sets last year. I’ve been slowly purchasing the old sets brand new from eBay. Can’t wait to have a full collection of them! The Shanghai chase was my first set I remember getting

Real shame. I loved Lego Indiana Jones sets and the two video games when I was a kid.

I would love a skywalker saga treatment of indiana Jones.

I managed to buy the New Golden Idol Set brand new from Kmart for $140 AUD a couple of weeks ago, I was shocked that such a high quality set was being sold at such a steep discount.

I'm honestly just tired of all the Licensing. There's no wonder, joy or creativity in these sets. Bring back Adventures theme and make sets that tell a neat little story throughout.

Say what you will about Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny. Kinda disappointed we didn’t get any sets for those movies in the newest wave of sets.

I'm honestly shocked that Lego made Indiana Jones sets in the modern era. I remember arguing with a Redditor a few years beforehand that those movies had become too brand unfriendly by modern standards and Lego would never touch it. I wish they did more sets, but having an official Lego German WWII pilot is pretty amazing. If only they had done a set for the book-burning scene.

downloaded that rebrickable instructions! Thank you, looks awesome.

So unbelievably bummed. Those three new sets got me more excited than anything LEGO in a long time. If the canceled Temple of Doom set came out, I wouldn't be that heartbroken. But as is, it just leaves such a hole.

They killed Apu and now this…

Ohh wow, I remember seeing the 《Ambush In Cairo》 set in stores in 2009-2010. I wanted it because of the one minifigure with the black head wrap so I could make Lego ninja and terrorist minifigures.

The fact that they just re-did older sets is just lazy

I think Lego should have an 18+ store. Just like how grown ups cannot get into LegoLand without a kid, kids cannot get in without a grown up. This could be a place where they can make and sell more "sensitive" sets and products without having to worry about it affecting their primary child focused marketing.

This was literally my favorite Lego series. I was like 9 then.

I don’t think it’s all legos decision. Take Hasbro’s Indiana jones adventure series of six inch action figures. It was also similarly short lived (3 waves in ~6 months) and avoided possibly controversial characters like Molar Ram and characters from Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. I think it speaks to Disneys approach to marketing the Indiana Jones brand. It feels like the whole promotion and roll out of merch was only designed to last a few months around the release of the new movie. It’s strange that the first 4 films only made it to Disney+ in the run up to Dial of Destiny despite Disney owning the IP since their acquisition of Lucasfilm.

Indiana Jones Legos started in 08

Where did you find those sets for 50% off? Amazing!

At least I bought all the sets, kid me would be happy.

I love the 2023 fighter plane chase, I gotta snap up the rest of the sets before they are gone. It seems like they sold well, at least on Amazon...they were all fairly priced. They sold out fairly fast at a small local retailer near me as well. I was in a Target a few months ago that had a ton of the sets languishing on shelves, so maybe the big box stores couldn't move them.

I think this theme was definitely a step forward for Lego, as they included the first military and army figures like the German and Russian soldiers.

You missed the chase from the raiders of the lost ark which was my personal favorite hahaha

There were rumored sets about the dial of destiny idk what happened

Oh, random Pitch Meeting clips are... *TIGHT!*

I bought all the sets that came out recently and they were awesome. Sad to see the theme go.

I bought all the new sets because I thought they were all great. Really wish they would have released the temple of doom.

Johnny Thunder was way before Indiana Jones Lego Sets.

You should do one on Lego club and how are used to be a Lego mania magazines in the mid90s to how it is now Lego life and how the app is kind of abandon. on my channel I gathered every mention of Lego club on Legos, KZfaq channel I wanted to make the video on the topic but I’m really busy. Ps The Lego club channel pre-existed Legos on KZfaq, I found similar facts like this, if you’re interested in it, that I found.

I probably have no obligation to say this since I got back into LEGO this year after previously having fallen off of it for years, but WHO THE F*CK KEEPS BRICKHEADZ GOING WHILE THIS GETS CANCELLED? WHO???

That minifig looks cursed I dont even know why It just does

I wanted to buy these sets mostly the Temple of the golden idol but the lack of Natives annoys me no BATTLE PACK or set with Jock 😤😤😤. The Fighter Plane Chase is still on my radar but I've still never got around to them i was HYPED for it's revival and thought theyd make sets on the 4 films and the 5th one too, possibly hinting at the next LEGO game being Indiana Jones The Complete adventures+ Young Indy DLC. The temple of doom cancellation is RIDICULOUS I'm sure it would have been the best selling plus two battle packs of Thugee Guards and Indian British Soldiers would have been siiiiiiick.

To be honest within the new Louis and the fact other temple of doom stuff buy Disney got canceled it was Disney that pulled the plug and people think Lego got annoyed and not wanting Disney to think they have enough control to cancel a set so late in production they stopped the theme to basically go you cant do that so late without consequences also I’m one of the few people with a pair of voodoo dolls from the cancelled temple of doom

I love this theme and I’m glad I got all three of the sets it’s just so sad that this theme can’t fit with modern lego

Great video!

LEGO is kinda hypocritical with the whole "too adult" thing considering they literally have a set for Dune, which I would argue is more violent for kids

I love how the pilot in the fighter scene set is historical accurate to a german n@zi pilot from ww2

Think they could’ve gotten away with an 18+ TOD?

My dad showed me Indian Jones and my one regret is being born after lego released the sets

I have all the originals. Rather than buying the new ones, I’d rather put money into updating and adding more detail to the OGs

its barrelly the first year back im sure they will make more sets and better sets overall

Part of the issue is if I want a brick built WW2 German plane, I'd buy a Cobi one as it actually looks like what it's supposed to be, and that's the other issue this theme has IMO, the vehicles look WEIRD due to LEGOs standards.

I think people weren’t in the mood for jones at the moment

“It was a pretty good punch” 😂

Indiana Jones is tied with Star Wars for me as my all time favorite franchise. That includes the two Lego themes.

They shouldn't jave pulled the temple of doom last minute.

I prefer Johnny Thunder personally

I’m not surprised that the Temple of Doom set was cancelled-I’m a fan of the original movie series, but at its best, it’s kind of a problematic subject matter for today’s taste. What some people see as treasure hunting or even just procuring pieces for a museum can also be seen as robbing another culture. It’s a sensitive topic for sure. But Temple of Doom in particular is pretty off; I know there’s a lot of Hindu iconography and allusions in the movie, but it’s like the writers didn’t really know anything about Hinduism and just swung for the fences with things they thought would be shocking and/or exotic. For example, most Hindus are vegetarian and I’ve never known anyone, vegetarian or not, to just chow down on a bowl of chilled monkey brains. Lego is bigger and more expensive than ever before, there’s more scrutiny on them now than in the past and they probably didn’t want to invite the controversy. The brand exists on its goodwill with customers, they wouldn’t want to test that. For the record, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be more culturally sensitive and there’s also no reason to, say, want the movies changed or locked in a vault; films are like time capsules in a way, it’s important that they continue to exist, but are given context when they do broach sensitive subject matter that was okay in the past, but wouldn’t be okay now. I’m not saying you shouldn’t be able to enjoy Temple of Doom or that people should stop watching it or that they did a bad thing by making it. It should just be known that the depiction of Hinduism in that movie isn’t accurate at all. And, at the same time, I can understand not wanting to associate something new and made today with a problematic past depiction.

I loved all three sets (purchased them as well). I blame Disney for botching (as they love to do to things) this release.

Tragic what Lego has become

I feel like if Lego was concerned about religious depiction then why didnt they cancel stuff like Agatha Harkness minifigure or Scarlet Witch . theyre both witches and depict similar themes to Salem Witch trials especially with Agatha, and the whole thing with witchcraft. I mean all of this stuff is fictional storytelling i dont see a reason for lego to cancel a set like the temple of doom.

Personally I believe it’s due to the constant reference to Nazis and the third reich. It didn’t stop them in the 2000’s with them even making iron cross stickers, because everyone was a bit more tolerant then, but just like the slave Leia upset, it’s not something they can get away with now. I theorise that a higher up saw the fighter pilot, did some research, and extremely late into the theme’s production vetoed it completely, as the minifig from the last crusade set is an EXTREMELY ACCURATE depiction of a arid/desert lands Nazi Air Force jumpsuit. Prior to this their German and USSR minifigs were rather vague depictions of each antagonist faction. Let us remember they made the LITERAL ARK OF THE COVENANT from Jewish and Christian religious texts - TWICE. it’s gotta be the cornerstone of the Old Testament, since it held the tablets which had the Ten Commandments inscribed upon them. Lego is okay with that, but not the temple of doom? I doubt religion is the purpose.

It’s interesting they did a one-off stranger things set which is definitely not for kids. Same with the Dune set which is also an adult oriented film. But Temple of Doom is riské? The film wasn’t portraying Hinduism, it was a cult and people under the spell of it.

I dont think it was Lego's call but rather Disney/Lucasfilm. Why do I say this? Because rhe same thing happened with Hasbro's Adventure series. Mola Ram was in rhe pipeline but got canceled. With Lego I can maybe understand it with Lego appealing to kids. However with the adventure series despite the box saying 4+? These 6" figures are undoubtedly aimed at older collector's. I get that marketing toys of nazi villains is a tough sell. But I feel they should let the parents be parents. As far as Mola Ram and Temple of Doom? I think a lot of controversy around that film is overblown. Even Indian actor Amish Puri found the controversy to be silly. And he was labeled anti nationalist just for playing the part. There are ways they could have done german soldiers. They gave us Toht afterall but didn't put the swastika on his lapel. They even made an alternate melting face headsculpt. The german soldiers wouldnt have been too difficult. With Vogel they could have given him a red arm band sans swastika. I dont think collector's would have been upset if it meant getting a figure and not. But even putting that aside? The adventure series had so many gaps. There was nothing from crystal skull. No Lao Che, No willie Scott, etc. Heck they could have done a last crusade Salah. At the end of day regardless of it being Lego or Hasbro figures? Indy is an old IP with an aging fanbase. It hasnt had the kind of franchise care Star Wars had through the years where you were constantly getting new stuff here and there. Whether it was books, toys, etc. The irony is that both Hasbro and Lego left money on the table. More people would have bought Mola Ram than DoD figures.

Luckily my parents divorce was taking place during the 1st wave of lego indiana jones . I had every single 1st wave set🤣 and the mother fuckin star destroyer . Watching them buy me lego to be the better parent🤣😁

In short, Lego Indy was no Johnny Thunder

Ironically, Indians would not care about this at all. They aren’t as culturally sensitive as us westerners whose feelings get hurt at anything we slightly disagree with.

Lego always pisses me off when they say they want to stick to family content uhhhh 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

Lego Indiana Jones failed in 2023 because Indiana Jones itself failed as a popular franchishe. No one cares about Indy, it's just not a hot property anymore. It became underused and put on ice for so long that it was deemed a "dead franchise" by modern culture. When they finally resurrected him, too much time had passed. The world outgrew Indy as a hero character.

Failed or not.. i bought every set. 😊

I think the franchise just doesn't appeal for today's audiences with the nazis, violence, cults, and much more controversial subjects for now a days. The release of the sets from last year were just to please the audience or at least that's how I received it.

This is the worst case scenario but it’s possible that LEGO saw all the reactionaries hate on Dial of Destiny and The Acolyte about as soon as they were announced and backed out of making sets for them. I’m furious if this is the reason why and I doubt it is but with the growing audience and influence of reactionary content, with South Park mocking Disney for being “woke” and Elon Musk buying out Twitter (to say nothing of the widespread viewership of Ben Shapiro and Fox News), there is the off-chance that this happened.

I think that Indiana Jones is too mature, in theme, for Lego to make sets based on.

I just didn’t really care for Indiana Jones

The religious argument is kinda dead since they released a real church 😂

Indiana Jones is just worn out, Harrison Ford was already getting too old back in 2008 and people don’t care anymore nowadays.

Terrible Lego sets lead to great failure.

Lucasfilm was better before Disney took it over

Too little too late.

LEGO's just gone soft and weak. They've gone TOO PC.

So we won't be getting anymore lego Indiana jones sets?

Lego can't do nazis, obviously, ans that's a problem with Indiana Jones sets.

Indianna Jones fans are to old and the sets are rubbish and if you gonna spend at that age many many more sets to choose from than those . Let me make the sets I’ll fix it . Anyone want 100 or more Lego snakes of all sorts in one set ?😅 Edit : there are a few really nice sets worth it about 5 and that’s it . But 100’s of different things to choose from I’d pay massive money for HeMan Lego and Thundercats but it’s to old and naff now over Indiana Jones . It’s cool but a yawn 🥱 sets