I’ve been fortunate enough to grab almost an entire series of Lego sets recently. The Pharaoh’s Quest line feels like a re-imagining of the Egypt sub-theme of Lego Adventurers. You know, the ol’ Johnny Thunder days. This time we get some interesting variations on the theme.

At this stage of my collecting and play, I’m trying to add variety to my minifigure collection. I have been known to buy bulk brick (40lbs) before, so I have a good amount to build from, but of course never enough…

These sets don’t disappoint. Although there is some repetition in figures when one acquires the whole series, the accessories help make them feel different, and it’s perfect for quickly building small armies. The overall theme hints at a steampunk feel, but more colorful and not as steam powered. With slight modifications the sets could shine.

When I placed my order, I missed the small scarab set, and have since been told not to order anything else for myself because of the upcoming holiday. Because of this I’ll speak like I have the full series, but any of you eagle eyed followers will be aware of the slight untruth. This review also currently excludes the battle pack. It’s not yet available at the time of writing in the US, and I’m not sure I count these as sets, although I love being able to buy straight up minifig packs.

Total figure count for the sets comes to 20 while you only get 1771 pieces if you buy one of each set. I’ll be using the names for them that come from Brickpedia, since otherwise, I have no idea how to name them. What I find interesting, is that out of 20 Figures, only 1 is female. I’m surprised in this day and age we continue to see a clear indication that women can’t be explorers? Either way, the breakdown and totals for the figs is in the table bellow.

What can get a little confusing is there are two variations of one of the human males (Jake) and 3 variations of mummies, the mummies all with the same kind of printing on the torsos and equipped with different accessories. Because of that, I’ve tried to indicate the variations bellow, while trying to give a clear cut total of each figure across the series in the right most column. In addition, a total figures per set is the last row of the table. I apologize, too many years of providing dense statistical reports to managers has ruined the way I work with data…

I question, just like good people wearing uniforms with skulls, just who are ‘the baddies‘. I mean really. The way I see it, this Pharaoh has settled in for a long Egyptian nap. All of a sudden, these Brits, as indicated by RAF symbol on plane and steering wheels on the wrong side of the cars [I'm yelling this at you Clarkson] come along with dynamite trying to steal all his bling. Seems clear cut to me…

The figures aren’t the only things that add up. In these sets you get 4 creatures all that have the only printed bricks for faces and some good articulation as needed to make them walk and destroy the enemy. The thieves come well equipped too. Armed with the old style western rifles and newer tommy gun machine guns mounted to one biplane and two wheeled/tracked vehicles and one motorcycle.

Overall, I’m in love with the series. I’m not excited about price per piece, but we get some really sweet minifigures and accessories, including the golden loot being ‘liberated in the name of history.’ I haven’t enjoyed sets, read: actually assembled them all, in a very long time. I also haven’t been excited about new figures like this since the introduction of Ritter der Drachenarmee, which before that, I don’t remember. If given the opportunity, I hope you too can get these sets. There’s no one set that is bad, they’re all great.