

1349 LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set is a Studios set released in 2000. It includes 433 pieces, and is one of the only sets to include the director, a minifigure similar to Steven Spielberg.

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Description

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

Notes

This set is a parody of the San Diego scene from the movie, Jurassic Park: The Lost World .

. This set also bares a resemblance to Godzilla.

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]

This set was featured in an old online game, Backlot.

This is the most expensive Studios set.

LEGO.com Desription

This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Do not modify it. ( ) 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

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