Level 3: Ramesses The Great Forges the Alliance

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These sets have been in the making for 36 years now. In sum, this is the fruit of the input of over a hundred archaeologists, scientists, and historians from six continents, most of whom have 4-to-8-year-olds of their own now. And when they see this, all of them are all asking the exact same question... "Why hasn't Lego done this years ago?!"

I carefully designed this set to be right around the $120 to $130 mark for everything you see on the whole page, just like all the bigger castle sets and headquarters sets. I planned it within that limit so they could sell this on the shelf at any store in the world... but if you want, you can vote to make it bigger or smaller when you click to support!

This design comes with enough extra shields to equip 16 Egyptian auxiliaries, plus 8 Nubian or African troops with their iconic and accurate Zulu-style shields. We definitely need more Africans in Legoland.

Isis is the Egyptian goddess of the Nile, agricultural fertility, love and marriage, and so she is the close equivalent of the Greco-Roman goddess named Demeter, who was one of the most important twelve gods who dwelled on Mount Olympus.

Anubis is the Egyptian god who led departed souls on their journey into the Mythological Underworld. Despite his seemingly frightening appearance as a jackal, he was seen as a trustworthy and benevolent guide for those whose souls were pure and true.

I just learned that the Celts had female Druidesses as well as male Druids.  We could certainly switch one of the Druids to a female, similar to what I did for Babylon.  If so, then we could certainly make the same switch here for the Egyptian scribes as well!

It is unknown if the part-mold to make Lego elephants is still in use, but it would be perfectly easy to swap in a brick-built equivalent for almost exactly the same price point.

All of the temples and all of the fortifications in my sets can come apart into neat modular sections, based on an 8x8 grid... And so they can all be rearranged in multiple ways, they can all be expanded and redesigned easily, and they can all be connected together for maximum modular possibilities! There is also great potential to do expansion sets with additional wall segments for each unique civ.

If sets like this are a success, it could lead to many new things. For starters, I know that there is tremendous potential to sell beautiful and educational sets like these in major museum gift shops around the world, as they already do with the Architecture Theme, which would boost Lego's overall brand awareness and reputation with parents from all over the world.

For the future, they could easily branch out into sets for the Aztecs, the Mayans, Africa, India, China and Japan. And it could be expanded into the Medieval, Renaissance, Napoleonic, Steampunk, Modern, and Futuristic Eras. Plus it could inspire them to add more historical details and more educational value into Castle, Pirates, and Indiana Jones-style Adventurers sets. Will it be as popular as Batman, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Ninjago, Chima, Zelda, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Only one way to find out...! If they make a few new prints, they can keep using them again and again for the next 10,000 years...! Let's do this! =D

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