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LEGO Turns the Boat from ‘Jaws’ into an Official Set This August
You’re going to need a bigger boat this summer, and LEGO is here to deliver. LEGO teased their forthcoming Jaws set on Instagram with a video that playfully riffs on the iconic Jaws poster.
The official 1,497-piece LEGO set will be released on August 1, 2024.
LEGO insider Falconbricks shared a first look at the new set, image below, which was first approved by the LEGO company in May 2023 after the fan-submitted project from Jonny Campbell reached the necessary 10,000 supporters in 2022. The set will retail for $159.99 and features a 14-inch-high LEGO replica of the boat, as well as the iconic shark, which is situated on a wide diorama base.
As if that’s not enough, expect the set to include three minifigs: Chief Martin Brody, Matt Hooper, and Quint, played respectively by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw in the Steven Spielberg film.
The news arrives just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, an important date in the blockbuster classic. It all began with Steven Spielberg’s horror classic in 1975, an adaptation of Peter Benchley’s same-titled novel that has been keeping people out of the water for almost 50 years now.
In Jaws, “When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.”
The horror classic spawned three sequels.
With Jaws turning 50 next year and a documentary on the way, expect to see even more Jaws-related news in the coming months.
In the meantime, LEGO’s new set arrives August 1.
John Carpenter’s The Thing is featured heavily in the upcoming video game Funko Fusion, but when are we getting an actual Funko toy based on the movie? This August!
Funko has announced today that Kurt Russell’s iconic character from The Thing is getting his own Funko toy, part of the company’s brand new wave of toys based on Funko Fusion.
The wave also includes a battle-damaged version of killer doll M3GAN.
Toys in the Funko Fusion wave come with a redeemable code for an in-game item.
Funko Fusion is Funko’s first ever upcoming action-adventure crossover video game developed and published by 10:10 Games. Check out the recently revealed gameplay trailer HERE!
Experience a festival of fandom like never before in Funko Fusion. Play through iconic worlds and mashup characters inspired by some of your favorite franchises in an action-adventure game with uniquely authentic, irreverent humor from the creative minds of 10:10 Games.
Express your fandom with 60+ unique playable characters from more than 20 fan-favorite franchises, all lovingly recreated in Funko Pop! form. Explore incredible worlds inspired by Jurassic World, Back to the Future, JAWS, The Thing, Chucky, Battlestar Galactica, Hot Fuzz, The Umbrella Academy, Masters of the Universe, Invincible, and many more!
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