Atlantis
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Atlantis is an underwater LEGO theme released in January 2010. It is mildly similar to the discontinued Aquazone, discontinued Aqua Raiders, and discontinued Divers themes. The theme features several new minifigure head molds as well as a new breathing apparatus among other new elements, specifically the exclusive keys. There are currently five different variations of these keys, with Atlantis-themed pictures ranging from Crabs and Squids to Sharks, Manta Rays, and Turtles. In mid-November, a minisite was put up on LEGO.com, however, as reported by the LEGO CLUB magazine, the full site was set to be released on November 24, 2009, but the update never came. More information can be found on the new theme below. Some sets are available at a Danish website called www.legonline.dk
Contents
Preliminary information
Story
More information on the story of Atlantis will be released closer to the official released date. For now, located on the minisite on LEGO.com, you can find the Secret Journal of Dr. Artimus Rhodes, a 1919 scientist, which provides some information about the background of the new theme. The journal also mentions the doctor's granddaughter; Samantha. It is possible that she is the female Diver seen below as well as in a couple of the new sets.
LEGO.com Minisite
Recently, a teaser site for Atlantis was put up on LEGO.com. Although there is not much information up yet, you can "navigate" the bottom of the ocean and find some of the hidden secrets. Of the current information on the site, there is a downloadable desktop icon which provides free, high quality desktop images available for download as well as information about some of the theme's key locations. There is also a secret journal as mentioned above.
Previews
- In the September issue of the LEGO Club Magazine, a pull-out poster was released, showing a radar screen with a red dot that marks the position of Atlantis. Also, the date 1/1/2010 is mentioned, suggesting a release or further announcements at the beginning of the next year. Below is an English translation of the promo poster.
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- Not too long after this poster was found, several of sets were on display at a Russian Toy Event along with select other 2010 LEGO sets.
- As of October 2009, high-quality images of all of the sets (except for 8058) and minifigures were found on Flickr.
- In mid-November, some lucky people have managed to find the sets 8056, 8058, and 8060 in their local Toys-R-Us stores.
- Several of the parts and sets have been showing up on Bricklink.
Minifigures
- All of the Divers feature gray diving suits with lime-green and silver features. The minifigures have front and back printing on their torsos and legs. All of them feature a new breathing apparatus mold complete with air tanks and a full visor in trans-neon green. There is an image of a Trident on the divers' left leg.
- The Shark Warriors feature a new head mold molded like a shark. It is similar in appearance to the 2005 Viktor Krum minifigure from the Harry Potter set 4762.
- The Manta Ray Warriors also feature a new, rubber head mold and carry a Trident.
- The Squid Warriors feature a new headmold of tentacles and instead of a standard LEGO minifigure legs, they have more tentacles. They also wield a Trident.
List of Minifigures
List of Giant enemy Creatures
List of Sets
January 2010
- 8056 Monster Crab Clash
- 8057 Wreck Raider
- 8058 Guardian of the Deep
- 8059 Seabed Scavenger
- 8060 Typhoon Turbo Sub
- 8061 Gateway of the Squid
- 8072 Sea Jet (impulse)
- 8073 Manta Warrior (impulse)
- 8075 Neptune Carrier
- 8079 Shadow Snapper
August 2010
Notes
- All of the sets from the new theme include exclusive "keys" - see: Keys.

