5978 Sphinx Secret Surprise

5978 Sphinx Secret Surprise,LEGO Shop At Home Spring 1998, page 4 released as 5978 The Secret of the Sphinx in the United Kingdom,1998 United Kingdom catalog, page 3 is an Adventurers Egypt set released in 1998. It contains 342 pieces, and 7 minifigures: Pippin Reed, Dr. Kilroy, Pharaoh Hotep, Skeleton, Slyboots, Johnny Thunder, and Baron Von Barron.
== Description ==
The set features a large Sphinx on a special baseplate along with a small statue of Anubis statue and several obelisks. The Sphinx has a secret compartment that Pharaoh Hotep hides inside, and can be accessed by an exploding door. The baseplate has a secret compartment that has snakes inside. Many accessories are included like a car, a tent with a campfire, three maps, a magnifying glass, sextant, a pickaxe, a shovel, a movie camera, a 2x1 printed dynamite tile, a pistol, a rifle, and a sarcophagus.
== LEGO Description ==
== Minifigures Included ==
== Notes ==
* The sphinx appears in Lego Racers as part of the Desert Adventure Dragway track. It hosts a secret shortcut that can only be opened if the player fires a projectile based weapon at it. 
== Gallery ==
Secret sphinx.jpg|The instructions
sphinx secret surprise alterenative.jpg|Alternative builds
sphinx secret surprise instructions 1.jpg|Page from the instructions
sphinx secret surprise instructions 2.jpg|Another page from the instructions
Lens18035314_13077064241585_LEGO-Adventurers-Sph-1-.jpg|The set in its entirety
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== See also ==
* 7326 Rise of the Sphinx
== References ==
== External links ==
Category:5000 sets
Category:1998 sets
Category:Adventurers Egypt
Category:Adventurers
Category:Sets listed for ages 8-12