INDIANA JONES
ENTER THE TEMPLE
LEGO Design Master Harald Pofahl guides you through the secrets of 77015 Temple of the Golden Idol... tread carefully
77015 Temple of the Golden Idol.
THE CONCEPT
Very early in the process we decided to recreate this iconic Indiana Jones scene as a set. The first idea was to have this temple as a modular playset, so I tried many different sizes and variations. Of course, there is the classic playset from 2008 (7623 Temple Escape), which was a great inspiration – and I wanted to do an homage to that playset, but also wanted to focus on parts of the scene that it didn't capture as much.
After seeing the potential of this set, it was turned into an 18+ set to allow it to be as big and detailed as needed. Once this decision was made I started playing around with layouts. I thought its footprint should be more linear than the actual layout of the temple, to make it fit into a bookshelf and be a great display piece for fans.