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* This set is a parody of the San Diego scene from ''Jurassic Park: The Lost World''.
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* This set is a parody of the San Diego scene from the movie ''Jurassic Park: The Lost World''.
 
* According to press releases at the time, the set marked only the second time that [[Steven Spielberg]] had lent his name to a merchandise product. Spielberg wrote the foreword to the director's handbook. The releases also stated that "all of Mr. Spielberg's proceeds from the Moviemaker set will be donated to two charities: the Starbright Foundation, which helps seriously ill children, and The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which preserves testimonies of Holocaust survivors."<ref>Beck, Rachel. "LEGO plans Spielberg-branded digital movie-making set." ''The Ottawa Citizen'' May 10, 2000.</ref>
 
* According to press releases at the time, the set marked only the second time that [[Steven Spielberg]] had lent his name to a merchandise product. Spielberg wrote the foreword to the director's handbook. The releases also stated that "all of Mr. Spielberg's proceeds from the Moviemaker set will be donated to two charities: the Starbright Foundation, which helps seriously ill children, and The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which preserves testimonies of Holocaust survivors."<ref>Beck, Rachel. "LEGO plans Spielberg-branded digital movie-making set." ''The Ottawa Citizen'' May 10, 2000.</ref>
   

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1349 LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set is a LEGO Studios set released in 2000. It included 433 pieces.

Description

The set contained a LEGO video camera, LEGO Studios video editing software, 2 collapsible towers, 2 dinosaurs (Tyrannosaurus rex and Baby Tyrannosaurus rex), a cat, a mechanical dinosaur foot, a camera track with camera, a guide stalks, vehicle, mobile fan, 2 studio lights, 2 mini buildings, earthquake baseplates, 10 flames, and 7 minifigures. The road plates could split apart and reveal magma to simulate an earthquake. The mini dinosaur could be used to simulate the dinosaur toppling the two mini buildings or as a baby dinosaur for a plot element. The camera track could tilt forwards and backwards, rotate side to side, and shift left and right for different angles. The dinosaur foot could be used for close-up shots. Included was software to edit video shot through the camera. It included various sound and video clips to place in the film, as well as 3 sample short movies, which featured tips to improve movie effects. These could also be found in the director's handbook, which also came with the set.

Notes

  • This set is a parody of the San Diego scene from the movie Jurassic Park: The Lost World.
  • According to press releases at the time, the set marked only the second time that Steven Spielberg had lent his name to a merchandise product. Spielberg wrote the foreword to the director's handbook. The releases also stated that "all of Mr. Spielberg's proceeds from the Moviemaker set will be donated to two charities: the Starbright Foundation, which helps seriously ill children, and The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which preserves testimonies of Holocaust survivors."[1]

LEGO.com Desription

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Create real movies of your favorite characters in action!

First, build a cool movie set. The earthquake movie set comes with an awesome background, a breakaway road, scary dinosaur, and even a giant monster foot! Plug the special PC movie camera into your computer and film the action. Use the movie editing software to cut out scenes, create cool special effects and add sounds. Get an audience, grab some popcorn, and gather around the computer screen for the show. For a real world premiere, you can e-mail the film to your friends. Includes a big book of moviemaking tips, PC movie camera and movie editing software. All Steven Spielberg's proceeds are donated to Starbright Foundation and Shoah Foundation.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pentium 233 MMX or higher, 32 MB of RAM, 100 MB hard disk space (200 MB recommended for making a movie), DirectX compatible video card (800 x 600 VGA, 16 bit color and 4MB VRAM (8 MB recommended), Windows 98 and Millennium Edition (support for Windows XP is available upon request), Windows 98 compatible mouse, USB Port (USB 1.1 compliant), Sound Blaster 16 Windows compatible sound device, 8x CD-ROM drive.

Minifigures included

Gallery

References

  1. Beck, Rachel. "LEGO plans Spielberg-branded digital movie-making set." The Ottawa Citizen May 10, 2000.

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