So, whilst doing my fatherly duties today and looking after the kids on an inset day (that’s a Teacher Training Day for people my age), we stopped at Argos and picked up some back-to-school treats for the kids… My daughters choice was a plush Sven from Frozen, she is a 4 year old girl after all, and my LEGO® mad son grabbed himself the smallest of the new Scooby Doo sets “Mummy Museum Mystery“… We also noticed that they had the new Series 14 Minifigures in stock as well so, we grabbed a few of those as too…
I must admit, that the first time I saw the pictures of the new mini figures I was a tad disappointed. On first glance it seemed that LEGO® had just churned out zombie versions of some of the previous series characters, with a few exceptions like the Gargoyle and Plant Guy. It felt like the whole range was just setup to coincide with the release of the Scooby Doo sets, giving Mystery Inc. more villains to chase after and to capitalise on the Halloween market that gets bigger year by year.
That said, we bought some anyway, and our first three bags in series 14 contained the Monster Rocker, Zombie Cheerleader and the Mad Scientist… Not the Gargoyle that I was hoping to get… But, all 3 figures are actually quite good, some great new pieces like the Scientists head piece and bottle with a fly printed on it, the Cheerleaders cool hair piece and a great new guitar with a bat print on it, from the Monster Rocker. The actual print on the figures themselves is also quite cool, with some creative attention to detail, especially the back print on the Monster Rocker…
Monster Rocker, Mad Scientist & Zombie Cheerleader from Lego® Minfigures Series 14
Some great back print on the reverse of the Monster Rocker!
As for the Scooby Doo set, for anyone my age, you will be struck by nostalgia if you, like me, enjoyed watching the original cartoons as a kid. The Scooby and Shaggy mini figures are excellent representations of the characters you know and love. Shaggy’s print is simple but effective and Scooby looks, well… just like Scooby. The Mummy figure which is also included in the set is very generic, except for the great addition of a 2 sided head, one of which shows the Mummy face and the opposite side is a human face poking through the bandages, giving us the reveal that it was always the museum curator dressed as a Mummy, and he would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for those pesky kids…
The actual set itself is pretty small, but has a couple of great features, including a hanging hamburger which, when pulled by the hungry Shaggy and Scooby lifts the lid of the golden, nicely moulded sarcophagus to reveal the Mummy behind, who is protecting his hidden jewels which are safely secured in a hidden compartment under the steps… For the price range it is in, and the enjoyment my son will get out of the Shaggy and Scooby figures alone, I would say it is well worth the money…
Morgan my son rates the set as 5 out of 5
Mummy Museum Mystery Lego Set
So, if you like horror stories and the darker side of Lego, go grab yourself some of the new series 14 mini figures and the Scooby Doo sets, they will work very well together…
