LEGO Adventurers 5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins

Set 5988, Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins, depicts an Egyptian inspired ruin site in the Adventurers theme, Desert subtheme. Released in 1998, it contains 720 pieces and frames an archaeological expedition with explorers, rivals, a pharaoh and a skeleton.

Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins belongs to the Desert branch of Adventurers, where expeditions, temples and archaeological discoveries drive the setting. The model provides a large ruin scene for stories about exploration, danger and competition around ancient remains.

The build forms a ruin environment with enough presence to stage searches, chases and confrontations among the characters.

It is suited to narrative play, display and collecting within the Adventurers range. In the Desert subtheme, it can be viewed as a central archaeological setting because it brings together expedition members, antagonists and tomb related figures in one model.

Inventory of set 5988

The inventory of set 5988 lists 720 pieces, spare parts excluded: 251 different lots (one shape in one color) for 198 part shapes. The box also contains 13 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 5988

Main color: light gray, making up 20% of the parts, followed by black (19%) and tan (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 5988

143 of the 198 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 5988

4 part shapes in set 5988 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 15 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 5988 from another set

Share of the parts of set 5988 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 27%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 5988 within its line

With 720 pieces, set 5988 ranks #2 out of 41 Adventurers sets in our database, which have an average of 190 parts. Among the 233 sets released in 1998, it ranks #14. That is 3.8 times the average Adventurers set size.