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The Ultimate Player’s Guide to LEGO® Dimensions™, Unofficial Guide
Your Adventure Begins!
In LEGO® Dimensions™, you can bring together all your favorite heroes, from Batman™ to Scooby-Doo™, or The LEGO® Movie to The Lord of the Rings™. To master this great game, you need a great guide. Here it is!
You’ll love this full-color book no matter how old you are–whether you’re a player or a parent who wants to help your kids succeed. It will help you discover Dimensions’ most powerful secrets–and it’s so easy!
James Floyd Kelly guides you through everything: setup, rules, characters, vehicles, puzzles, game play, strategies, and more. You’ll get started quickly, explore the entire Starter Pack, master all the adventure worlds…even the Bonus Levels!
You won’t just read: This is your complete traveler’s notebook, packed with space for planning your travels, sharing your discoveries, and even displaying your own game pictures!
· Set up the game and start your adventure
· Explore and fix the broken gateway
· Survive meltdown at Sector 7-G, and beat the Joker-Bot
· Team up Wyldstyle, Batman, and Gandalf to defeat Master Chen
· Overcome Cybermen and Daleks in your Doctor Who™ adventure
· Defeat Sauron and Two-Face in the streets of Metropolis
· Liberate Minas Tirith from The Riddler and his army of orcs
· Master the tricky new puzzles in LEGO Movie Story Mode
· Transform yourself to escape the citadel and defeat Lord Vortech
· Enter DC World with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Joker, or Bane
· Save Bricksburg! Restore the Saloon, Billboards, Rainbow, and Octan Tower
· Master six bonus levels: Back to the Future™, The Simpsons™, Portal™ 2, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters™, and Mystery World
Bonus: Available online only are two appendixes: “Character Abilities” and “Vehicles and Upgrades.” See the table of contents for more information.
Appendix A: Character Abilities (47 KB .pdf)
Appendix B: Vehicles and Upgrades (20 MB .pdf)
Download the sample pages (includes Chapter 3 and the Index.)
Introduction xvii
PART I Dimensions Storyline
Chapter 1 Gameplay and Story Mode 1
Chapter Summary 1
Navigating the Main Menu 1
Understanding the Controls 3
Using Vorton and the In-Game Toy Pad 4
Getting to Know the Gateway Options 10
Level Select 11
Upgrades 12
Characters 12
Red Brick Unlocks 12
Minikit Viewer 12
Extras 13
Playing Keystone Puzzles 13
Figuring Out Where to Start 18
Up Next… 19
Chapter 2 The Adventure Begins 21
Session Summary 21
Missing Friends 21
A Strange Machine 27
Finding and Repairing Three Parts of the Gateway 28
Batman’s Challenge 29
Gandalf’s Challenge 31
Wyldstyle’s Challenge 32
Putting the Gateway Back Together 33
Providing Power to the Gateway 36
Up Next… 38
Chapter 3 The Wizard of Oz™ 39
Story Summary 39
“Not in Kansas Anymore” 39
Follow the Yellow Brick Road 42
The Road Through the Forest 44
The Winged Monkeys 46
The Search for the Wicked Witch 47
Up Next… 47
Chapter4 Meltdown at Sector 7-G 49
Story Summary 49
742 Evergreen Terrace 49
Attack of the Micro Managers 52
Another Day at the Office 54
Business Time 57
Return of an Old Friend 59
Up Next… 60
Chapter 5 Elements of Surprise 61
Story Summary 61
Only One Can Remain 61
Destroying Griffin Turner 61
Getting Gravis 63
Take a Shot at Master Chen 63
Defeating Karlof 64
Master Chen’s Maze 65
Saruman’s Sneaky Snake Surprise 67
Elemental Showdown 68
Up Next… 70
Chapter 6 A Dalektable Adventure 71
Story Summary 71
An Unwanted Upgrade 71
A Puzzle of Perception 76
Quantum Lock Chaos 78
Rise of the Daleks 81
Up Next… 82
Chapter 7 Painting the Town Black 83
Story Summary 83
Lex Tech Lockdown 83
Oliphaunt in the Gloom 87
The Dark Lord Restored 88
Up Next… 89
Chapter 8 Once Upon a Time Machine in the West 91
Story Summary 91
The Good Samaritans 91
A Test of Skill 93
A Show of Strength 96
Up Next… 98
Chapter 9 GLaD to See You 99
Story Summary 99
Test Chamber 01 99
Test Chamber 02 100
Test Chamber 03 103
Test Chamber 04 105
Test Chamber 05 106
Test Chamber 09 107
Take on GLaDOS 109
Up Next… 110
Chapter 10 Riddle Earth 111
Story Summary 111
The Great Gates 111
You Shall Not Pass 113
Double Doors 1 (of 3) 113
Double Doors 2 (of 3) 115
Double Doors 3 (of 3) 116
Riddle on the Citadel 118
Up Next… 120
Chapter 11 The Phantom Zone 121
Story Summary 121
Who You Gonna Call? 121
Haunted Headquarters 125
Kneel Before Zod 127
Up Next… 128
Chapter 12 All Your Bricks Are Belong to Us 129
Story Summary 129
Defender 129
Gauntlet Level 17 131
Gauntlet Level 28 133
Super Sprint Track 1 134
Super Sprint Track 2, Track 3, and Track 4 135
Robotron 136
Up Next… 137
Chapter 13 Mystery Mansion Mashup 139
Story Summary 139
A Mysterious Mansion 139
A Good Old-Fashioned Investigation 140
Mummy’s Mine Cart Madness 143
Unmasking the Villain 145
Up Next… 146
Chapter 14 Prime Time 147
Story Summary 147
Endless Sea of Possibilities 147
High-Tension Dimension 154
Up Next… 156
Chapter 15 The End Is Tri 157
Story Summary 157
Destruction of the Dimensions 157
Not-So-Nice Tri 162
Up Next… 166
Chapter 16 The Final Dimension 167
Story Summary 167
Vortech’s Descent 167
A Lord on Vorton 169
Final Face-off 172
Up Next… 174
PART II Dimensions Adventure Worlds
Chapter 17 Adventure Worlds Overview 175
Worlds Summary 175
The Gateways 175
Getting Your Bearings 176
The Map 178
Hire-a-Hero 181
Studs, Gold Bricks, and Red Bricks 183
Have Fun 185
Up Next… 185
Chapter 18 Scooby-Doo™ World 187
World Summary 187
Areas to Explore 187
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 188
Available Quests 189
Don’t Miss 192
Up Next… 192
Chapter 19 DC Comics™ World 193
World Summary 193
Areas to Explore 193
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 195
Available Quests 196
Don’t Miss Out on These Areas 198
Up Next… 198
Chapter 20 The LEGO® Movie World 199
World Summary 199
Areas to Explore 199
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 200
Available Quests 201
Don’t Miss Out on These Areas 202
Up Next… 203
Chapter 21 Back to the Future™ World 205
World Summary 205
Areas to Explore 205
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 208
Available Quests 208
Don’t Miss 209
Up Next… 210
Chapter 22 Jurassic World™ 211
World Summary 211
Areas to Explore 211
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 212
Available Quests 214
Don’t Miss 214
Up Next… 215
Chapter 23 Legends of Chima™ World 217
World Summary 217
Areas to Explore 217
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 219
Available Quests 220
Don’t Miss 221
Up Next… 222
Chapter 24 The Simpsons™ World 223
World Summary 223
Areas to Explore 223
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 224
Available Quests 226
Don’t Miss 227
Up Next… 227
Chapter 25 The Lord of the Rings™ World 229
World Summary 229
Areas to Explore 229
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 230
Available Quests 232
Don’t Miss 232
Up Next… 233
Chapter 26 Ninjago™ World 235
World Summary 235
Areas to Explore 235
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 237
Available Quests 238
Don’t Miss 239
Up Next… 240
Chapter 27 Portal™ 2 World 241
World Summary 241
Areas to Explore 241
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 243
Available Quests 244
Don’t Miss 245
Up Next… 246
Chapter 28 The Wizard of Oz™ World 247
World Summary 247
Areas to Explore 247
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 249
Available Quests 250
Don’t Miss 251
Up Next… 252
Chapter 29 Doctor Who™ World 253
World Summary 253
Areas to Explore 253
19th-Century London 255
Mars 255
Skaro 256
Telos 256
Trenzalore 256
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 257
Available Quests 258
Don’t Miss 259
Up Next… 260
Chapter 30 Ghostbusters™ World 261
World Summary 261
Areas to Explore 261
Locations to Repair/Upgrade 262
Available Quests 264
Don’t Miss 264
Up Next… 266
PART III Dimensions Bonus Levels
Chapter 31 Bonus Level: Back to the Future™ 267
Story Summary 267
Gotta Get Back in Time 267
Up Next… 272
Chapter 32 Bonus Level: The Simpsons™ 273
Story Summary 273
The Mysterious Voyage of Homer 273
Up Next… 281
Chapter 33 Bonus Level: Portal™ 2 283
Story Summary 283
Test Chamber 89 283
Test Chamber 90 284
Test Chamber 91 285
Test Chamber 92 288
Test Chamber 93 289
Up Next… 291
Chapter 34 Bonus Level: Doctor Who™ 293
Story Summary 293
The Dalek Extermination of Earth 293
Travel Back to London 2015 294
Welcome to Victorian London 295
Dark and Dangerous Trenzalore 299
The Final Battle at Skaro 301
Up Next… 302
Chapter 35 Bonus Level: Ghostbusters™ 303
Story Summary 303
Firehouse 303
Foyer Throw-down 304
Ballroom Blitz 306
Speeding to the Sedgewick 308
Something Big on the Horizon 309
Cleanin’ Up the Town 310
Ghost Central 311
The Traveler 311
Up Next… 313
Chapter 36 Bonus Level: Mystery Dimension 315
Mystery Dimension 315
Up Next 316
Online Only
Appendix A Character Abilities
Appendix B Vehicles and Upgrades
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