LEGO Dimensions Meets the Future and the Stone Age

Earlier today The Brick Fan posted some interesting news regarding secret locations in LEGO Dimensions. A photo tweeted by one of their followers, @BricksByMinds, seems to show Doctor Who and his TARDIS in the LEGO of Orbit City, the setting of the classic Hanna Barbera cartoon "The Jetsons!"

The TARDIS has most likely landed in George Jetson’s living room, in front of one of the pneumatic tubes the characters use to move around instead of stairs or elevators. If you look just outside the window you can clearly see Little Dipper School where George’s boy Elroy (the youngest Jetson child) attends the school of the future.

The Easter egg was apparently discovered by playing with the TARDIS and "The Simpsons" level pack.

What is even more surprising than the glimpse of The Jetson's futuristic world, is the appearance of another Hanna Barbera property which has never been seen before. Again using the TARDIS in one of the “Simpsons” levels you can access the city of Bedrock! The setting from "The Flintstones!" Bedrock is the home of the world's favorite, modern Stone Age family. The level prominently features the Flintstone’s home as well as Fred Flintstone’s car.

The Bedrock level was discovered by Happy Thumbs Gaming. I've included a screen cap of the video they posted on their YouTube channel but the full video is worth watching and can be found here:

Both levels are fairly short and do not include any of the characters from their respective series, however both are nice Easter eggs for fans of classic Hanna Barbara animation. What the inclusion of these two levels means for their future in the LEGO universe remains to be seen. Considering LEGO already has the rights to produce sets based on another Hanna Barbara property, the highly popular Scooby Doo line of sets which were released this fall, it would make sense that they would want to add more sets based on the company’s library of highly successful properties.

Many people, including myself, were nervous when Scooby Doo was announced as a LEGO theme; but the empty store shelves speak for themselves. You could argue that Scooby Doo was the surprise hit of 2015, since many expected Jurassic World to be the biggest hit due to the popularity of the film series and success of past dinosaur themed LEGO sets.  Leading up to Halloween it was difficult to find Scooby Doo sets, especially 75904: Mystery Mansion and 75903: Mystery Machine. I can see a set featuring the iconic Flintstone’s car doing very well, along the lines of the returns seen by 21103: The DeLorean Time Machine.

As fun as it would be to speculate on what LEGO’s ultimate plans for the properties are, I think the earliest will hear anything is next spring when LEGO announces their fall wave of sets.

What do you think of the possibility of seeing George Jetson and Fred Flintstone in brick form? If LEGO simply release a Level or Team Pack for LEGO Dimensions featuring the properties or, preferably a new line of sets based on classic Hanna Barbara cartoons I’ll be a very happy camper and I’m sure investors and collectors alike will be eager to pick up the sets.