So LI2 canonized stuff from a fansite

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Serwithed posted this in the discord and I think it's way too funny and deserves to be on the forums too.

 

First up, remember this old LEGO Island fansite?

It predates LEGO Island 2 (Serwithed says it goes back to August 1999 at least), and in the plot twist of the century, it seems some LI2 devs actually used it as reference when creating the sequel - certainly the GBC game, if not the other platforms as well.

 

Compare this image from the homepage:

 

 

With Captain Click's GBC trading card, especially the mouth:

 

 

And the fansite's screenshot of Captain Click vs his GBC trading card:

 

 

 

Also, while not from the fansite, Gabbarro's card comes from how he appears in Adventurers set instructions:

 

 

 

Anyway, back to the fansite - here's what it says about the Flying Legondos:

 

 

Except, as Jeremy points out, Jack O Trades is actually one of the two mechanics/painters/construction workers (the other being Bumpy Kindergreen)...

 

 

... and none of the Flying Legondos had names at all (all the names the fansite gave to them actually belonged to other characters).

 

Flash forward to LEGO Island 2, and somehow we've ended up with Jack O Trades being the "O" Flying Legondo, who also inexplicably owns a hardware store.

 

We know the LI2 devs received info directly from LI1's development, but with proof the GBC game at least referenced the fansite as well, it seems very possible that the PC/PS1/maybe GBA teams did too - and so we ended up with a weird "Jack O Trades" character that's actually an accidental fusion of two unrelated characters from LI1 because some fan said so in 1999.

 

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