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=== Visit-based === | === Visit-based === | ||
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The Viking statue was planned to have an Easter egg where it [[Wikipedia:Mooning|mooned]] the player; while the graphics still exist in the game's files, it is currently unknown if it can be triggered. Intelligent Games founder Matthew Stibbe claimed that the mooning Easter egg is still in the game, and that it was kept in after a [[LEGO Group]] executive had "roared with laughter" upon seeing it. Development team leader Dee Jarvis instead said that the statue had an Easter egg of it "taking a piss" that was only intended to be seen by the game's developers, and gave a similar story that specified [[Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen]] as the executive who saw the animation, albeit ending with the urination animation being removed.<ref name="Bits N' Bricks 23"/><ref name="rru Stibbe and Jarvis"/> | |||
=== Date-based === | === Date-based === | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="Bits N' Bricks 23">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blte6610f363e13c7e2/bits_n_bricks_s02e23_lego_loco_feature_and_transcript_(1).pdf |title=Episode 23 – LEGO Loco: The LEGO Group’s Take on SimCity |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |last2=Vincent |first2=Ethan |others=Participants: Suzanne Maddison, Kevin Shrapnell, Rob Smith, and Matthew Stibbe |date=9 June 2021 |work=[[Bits N' Bricks]] |type=Podcast |publisher=The LEGO Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213132248/https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blte6610f363e13c7e2/bits_n_bricks_s02e23_lego_loco_feature_and_transcript_(1).pdf |archive-date13 February 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=27 January 2026}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyveIakTzuU Audio version] via YouTube.</ref> | |||
<ref name="Mania 1999-03">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/LEGOManiaUS-MarchApril1999-BioMedia/pdf%20version/2%20March/page/n18/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Tips From the Brain |department=LEGO Software News |magazine=[[LEGO Mania Magazine]] |date=March 1999 |number=27 |publisher=[[LEGO Systems, Inc]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Enfield, Connecticut|Enfield]], [[Wikipedia:Connecticut|Connecticut]] |edition=US |page=19}}</ref> | <ref name="Mania 1999-03">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/LEGOManiaUS-MarchApril1999-BioMedia/pdf%20version/2%20March/page/n18/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Tips From the Brain |department=LEGO Software News |magazine=[[LEGO Mania Magazine]] |date=March 1999 |number=27 |publisher=[[LEGO Systems, Inc]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Enfield, Connecticut|Enfield]], [[Wikipedia:Connecticut|Connecticut]] |edition=US |page=19}}</ref> | ||
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<ref name="rec.toys.lego Wolf">{{cite newsgroup |first1=Fenrir |last1=Wolf |author2=Lego Media Technical Support |date=15 April 1999 |title=LEGO LOCO Easter Eggs! |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/VM2zqwxyDCA/m/ZeZ05kxYObAJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260127041220/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/VM2zqwxyDCA/m/ZeZ05kxYObAJ |archive-date=27 January 2026 |url-status=live |access-date=27 January 2026 |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref> | <ref name="rec.toys.lego Wolf">{{cite newsgroup |first1=Fenrir |last1=Wolf |author2=Lego Media Technical Support |date=15 April 1999 |title=LEGO LOCO Easter Eggs! |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/VM2zqwxyDCA/m/ZeZ05kxYObAJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260127041220/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/VM2zqwxyDCA/m/ZeZ05kxYObAJ |archive-date=27 January 2026 |url-status=live |access-date=27 January 2026 |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="rru Stibbe and Jarvis">{{cite interview |first1=Matthew |last1=Stibbe |first2=Dee |last2=Jarvis |collaboration=Intelligent Games<!--there are 37 people interviewed here, I am not listing them all--> |title=Research Mega Dump |website=[[Rock Raiders United]] |interviewer=Brickome |url=https://rockraidersunited.com/blogs/entry/2571-research-mega-dump/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924061634/https://rockraidersunited.com/blogs/entry/2571-research-mega-dump/ |archive-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> | |||
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== What egg == | |||
interaction between different buildings | |||
Many ''LEGO Loco'' Easter egg guides online list vehicle and animal spawns as | |||
Some guides also say to "wait a little while" after placing objects for the Easter egg to happen, despite all placement-based secrets happening instantly upon closing the Toybox. | |||
== List of Easter Eggs == | == List of Easter Eggs == | ||
=== Placement triggered === | === Placement triggered === | ||
* Placing a field next to at least one other field will cause sheep and pigs to spawn in it, rather than only cows.{{citation needed}} | * Placing a field next to at least one other field will cause sheep and pigs to spawn in it, rather than only cows.{{citation needed}} | ||
=== Resident triggered === | === Resident triggered === | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 27 January 2026
This guide for the 1998 video game LEGO Loco lists all known Easter eggs in the game and explains how to find them.
List of Easter eggs
Placement-based
- Placing four road corner pieces in a circular formation causes them to fuse into an "island" with a palm tree in the centre.[1]
- Placing two red houses with yellow roofs next to each other causes them to fuse into a large red house.[1]
- Placing a radar station to the right side of the Intelligent Games office building causes the office building to turn into a giant robot.
- Placing two radar stations directly next to each other causes them to fuse and turn into a launch pad with a space shuttle.[2] Once at least one launch pad exists in the world, flying saucers will start to appear.
- Placing sunflowers around the entire perimeter of a lake causes the Loch Ness Monster to appear in it.[2][3] It will eventually hide in the lake again, but will reappear after each time the Toybox is closed.
- Placing four fountains into a square formation causes them to fuse into a large fountain; a rainbow appears out of the large fountain when this happens.[1] The large fountain unlocks in the Toybox after this, but placing it from the Toybox will not create a rainbow.
- Placing a dinosaur statue on the left side of a Paint Shop will turn it red.[1]
- Placing a dinosaur statue in between two Paint Shops will turn it blue.[1]
Visit-based
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The Viking statue was planned to have an Easter egg where it mooned the player; while the graphics still exist in the game's files, it is currently unknown if it can be triggered. Intelligent Games founder Matthew Stibbe claimed that the mooning Easter egg is still in the game, and that it was kept in after a LEGO Group executive had "roared with laughter" upon seeing it. Development team leader Dee Jarvis instead said that the statue had an Easter egg of it "taking a piss" that was only intended to be seen by the game's developers, and gave a similar story that specified Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as the executive who saw the animation, albeit ending with the urination animation being removed.[4][5]
Date-based
- On October 31, all trains are ghost trains.[2]
References
- ↑ a b c d e Wolf, Fenrir; Lego Media Technical Support (15 April 1999). "LEGO LOCO Easter Eggs!". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 27 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026 – via Google Groups.
- ↑ a b c "Tips From the Brain". LEGO Software News. LEGO Mania Magazine. No. 27 (US ed.). Enfield, Connecticut: LEGO Systems, Inc. March 1999. p. 19.
- ↑ Intelligent Games (6 November 1998). "Easter Eggs". LEGO LOCO Instruction manual. London: LEGO Media International. p. 34. Serial IB2G-LOC3.
- ↑ Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (9 June 2021). "Episode 23 – LEGO Loco: The LEGO Group's Take on SimCity" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Suzanne Maddison, Kevin Shrapnell, Rob Smith, and Matthew Stibbe. The LEGO Group (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2026.
{{cite web}}:|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help); Text "archive-date13 February 2024" ignored (help) Audio version via YouTube. - ↑ Stibbe, Matthew; Jarvis, Dee; et al. (Intelligent Games). "Research Mega Dump". Rock Raiders United (Interview). Interviewed by Brickome. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021.
