Marvel Superheroes 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[psqidexslizer]

On 1/25/2025 at 1:49 PM, Legocentrico said:

In fact I don't believe it. A $120 quinjet can't have three minifigures. There are always inaccuracies in the first information from January

The $100 Batmobile allegedly only has 1.

It could always be worse. And, per usual, by worse, I mean in the state that DC is in.

[hikouki]

The Spider-verse minifig book is only listed as kindle edition on Amazon. Usually they have both the physical and kindle books listed at the same time. I wonder if the book with the minifig will be exclusive to say the Lego web site???

[RobbieHxC]

Please can someone remind me when the Fantastic Four set is rumoured to release?

[Agent Kallus]

2 hours ago, RobbieHxC said:

Please can someone remind me when the Fantastic Four set is rumoured to release?

This year, June I think.

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

This year, June I think.

Correct, that’s what the current rumours say! Seems like they‘re releasing all the movie-tie ins a bit closer to release this year than usual (see JW Rebirth) with only one month in-between, rather than the usual three

[Legoman123]

18 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

The $100 Batmobile allegedly only has 1.

It could always be worse. And, per usual, by worse, I mean in the state that DC is in.

It's different though, Marvel doesn't tend to go down that road and tbh DC rumours seem all over this year. 

[Legocentrico]

An expensive display set with few or no minifigures is a normal thing for Lego. A $120 quinjet playset is not…

[Lego Nostalgia]

On 1/25/2025 at 6:49 PM, Legocentrico said:

In fact I don't believe it. A $120 quinjet can't have three minifigures. There are always inaccuracies in the first information from January

Perhaps +3 means more than 3 figures, Ultron and Quicksilver are confirmed, last quinjet had 5 or 6 figures so this should be the same, probably Cap,Black Widow,Hawkeye,Iron Man

If it's just 3 then these are a sign of dark times for the theme, I'm sure Marvel will end up like DC sooner or later

Winter Soldier was a clear sign that there will be a lack of quality now

No arm print really annoyed me

[NXS7]

Picked up the Iron Man mech Vs Ultron today, I've never really cared much for the mechs themselves, typically just the exclusive figure/s, but I always appreciated them for what they were

That was until they started using these pieces for the arms and legs

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=79846&idColor=85#T=C&C=85

 

From a play feature point of view they're just terrible. If Iron Man needs this mech to fight Ultron, he can't reach down to punch him unless he's doing the splits and his arm cannon can only aim in less than 90° direction, plus his torso needs to rotate about 45° to shoot in front of him. There's practically no point having a repulsor its his left hand, that needs to be raised in the air to shoot

I spent so long hating on the large buildable figures, but you know what... they at least have mobility. I do also see the irony of complaining since a basic LEGO person can't raise their arms or legs outwards

[Kaijumeister]

9 hours ago, NXS7 said:

That was until they started using these pieces for the arms and legs

That Ninjago limb piece has taken over all mech builds because of the stability it provides right? I definitely see the benefits of that and the bulky look it provides can look good, but I agree the lack of articulation it affords these mech builds feels like a big downgrade.

I know leakers have said not to expect much from the AoU Quinjet build but I’m staying positive regardless. Always love the large jet / ship builds we’ve been getting over the past few years. 

[Swordy]

19 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

Perhaps +3 means more than 3 figures, Ultron and Quicksilver are confirmed, last quinjet had 5 or 6 figures so this should be the same, probably Cap,Black Widow,Hawkeye,Iron Man

Not to be the prophet of (Doctor) doom, but remember that when we got word of 9+ figs in the X-Mansion, a lot of people thought “Oh surely it must be thirty since that’s more than nine, right?”. Alas, nine is what we got.

Three figures would be madness, so I seriously hope not.

2 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I know leakers have said not to expect much from the AoU Quinjet build but I’m staying positive regardless. Always love the large jet / ship builds we’ve been getting over the past few years. 

Same here. I can’t imagine they mess it up, especially after the brilliant 2023 Quinjet. Then again, they did somehow do the Tumbler dirty after 2021, so anything’s possible.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Three figures would be madness, so I seriously hope not.

There was a huge Ninjago mech last year with a single minifig, which also seemed like madness, so you never know  3 seems awfully low, but we can‘t rule it out, I‘m afraid. At least there‘s a (quick)silver lining!

[Swordy]

10 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

There was a huge Ninjago mech last year with a single minifig, which also seemed like madness, so you never know  3 seems awfully low, but we can‘t rule it out, I‘m afraid. At least there‘s a (quick)silver lining!

If they focused on the build and that alone, I guess so. Ninjago is an in-house IP, though, so LEGO can and should experiment with that more than a licensed IP.

I would be more confused that they include Quicksilver, but exclude four or five other Avengers, his sister Wanda, and somehow the main villain of the movie. The minifig count needs to be somewhere around six. (Maybe something like Pietro, Wanda, Hawkeye, Vision, Iron Man Mk. 45, and Ultron Prime?) I do agree it can’t be ruled out, though.

Edited January 28 by Swordy

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

There was a huge Ninjago mech last year with a single minifig, which also seemed like madness, so you never know  3 seems awfully low, but we can‘t rule it out, I‘m afraid. At least there‘s a (quick)silver lining!

That was essentially a proto-UCS set, though. I agree it can't be ruled out but I can't see the quinjet only having 3 figs, as to the extent that the milano/quinjet/benatar have been "proto-ucs", they've all had more than 3 figs.

16 hours ago, NXS7 said:

Picked up the Iron Man mech Vs Ultron today, I've never really cared much for the mechs themselves, typically just the exclusive figure/s, but I always appreciated them for what they were

That was until they started using these pieces for the arms and legs

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=79846&idColor=85#T=C&C=85

Totally agree. If they kept using mixel joint elbows and knees I'd be buying up every mech day 1 instead of just inevitably getting the iron man ones. 

The worst part to me is that it's designed in such a way that it evokes a ratchet joint being in that middle circular section, but it's just one molded piece. It's like it's taunting us. I modify the few mechs I've bought since to remove the part and replace it with an actual joint when I can.

I know they claim stability issues, but honestly I never noticed that. I feel like kids would be a lot more upset that a lot of them can't grab guys without moving their arm weird or aim their blasters right.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

On 1/27/2025 at 8:51 PM, Lego Nostalgia said:

Perhaps +3 means more than 3 figures, Ultron and Quicksilver are confirmed, last quinjet had 5 or 6 figures so this should be the same, probably Cap,Black Widow,Hawkeye,Iron Man

I'm pretty sure Ultron was specifically confirmed not to come in this set.

[Rwbricks]

12 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

I'm pretty sure Ultron was specifically confirmed not to come in this set.

He was originally said not to be coming in the initial report, but then Ashnflash said that he is coming in it, so it’s become a bit muddled. Additionally, I don’t remember if it was here or somewhere else, but someone pointed out that Ultron’s legs in the Iron Man mech are a 1:1 match for his legs in AoU. 

Edited January 30 by Rwbricks
Clarified wording

[squiz18]

Hall of armour pic has leaked. 

[NXS7]

The verdict everyone has been waiting for... Iron Patriot DOES indeed have leg printing

[NXS7]

Here's some stats on the set to consider before buying it

Between 5 minifigures there are 23 pieces (not counting Iron Patriot's shoulder cannon), only 5 of which are exclusive (this is assuming Rhodey has the same face, otherwise this makes 6)

Clearly the inclusion of Aldrich Killian and Iron Patriot would base this set around Iron Man 3... Yet the Mark 6 and 43 are both reused (we already knew this, but now it's a clear picture). Mark 6 I can understand reusing, there was no way this set wouldn't have repeats (why has Pepper not changed her outfit between Iron Man 1/2/3 or Avengers?), I can see the cost effectiveness here, the Marvel logo set had 5 new prints across the figures, and the only new part of the Mark 6 in that set was the torso. So at least for now Cap, Hulk and Thor are still exclusive, that's okay... WHY is the 43 here instead of the 42? That's 3 sets now, one of them was meant to be an army builder/battle pack, so some people might have a couple of spares already. This set features the villain from Iron Man 3 and the secondary heroes new suit from Iron Man 3, why would they omit the main suit from Iron Man 3? Usually the exclusive Iron Man armours are the draw for the Armoury sets (who'd have thought) yet this one features no new/exclusive/updated actual Iron Man

Btw I believe the suit display sticker on the right is the Mark 46/Civil War suit for those wondering

 

Igor... the torso of the suit looks like a good improvement over the last one, however the arms use the same single mold piece as the mechs, meaning it has less mobility than the previous version. BUT the legs have the Mixel joints type build... so going back to my prior rant about the mechs, why can Igor have moveable legs but not arms? And if Igor can have moveable legs, why can't the mechs?

And lastly on my unintentionally large rant on the negatives (my apologies if anyone has actually read this far to see this), the design has been slightly modified from the previous Armoury. Extension sets don't really work if you can't make your mind up on if the stands need a whole 2x3 elevation for the suits, or a different colour used for the base

 

Personal positives for the set... Iron Patriot does look fantastic. And there's something about the simplicity of DUM-Es build that I really like over the previous ones. It's probably the size of him too, definitely more accurately proportional (when writing this I didn't realise he was in the Iron Man car Vs Red Hulk set, but my point still stands, the longer treads look better, though I am on the fence on if the black or yellow hand looks better)

 

Edit: okay after posting that is definitely a lot, I know damn well I wouldn't read all of that so my apologies for all who encounter this 'mess'-age 

Edited February 1 by NXS7
Spacing

[Kaijumeister]

From a minifigure point of view, Iron Patriot Mk. 1 really is the draw of the set.

It’s weird to get a Hall of Armour without any actual new Iron Man suits though - isn’t the point of revisiting the Armoury sets specifically to put out more cool Iron Man variants? Again, the lack of a Mark 42 is an absurd omission (frankly I wouldn’t have minded skipping jacked Han Solo / Killian if that would have freed up some print budget). 

I can’t imagine any reason for omitting the Mark 42 (and some more variants) other than, as usual for this theme, budget. I’m not sure if I’m being overly dramatic here but it’s crazy how restricted the budget seems to be for superhero sets compared to other themes. Hopefully the Mark 42 will be covered sometime in the future, it’s one of my favourite suits.

Edited February 1 by Kaijumeister

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, NXS7 said:

The verdict everyone has been waiting for... Iron Patriot DOES indeed have leg printing

Called it. That'd be a bridge too far even for this theme.

28 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

From a minifigure point of view, Iron Patriot Mk. 1 really is the draw of the set.

It’s weird to get a Hall of Armour without any actual new Iron Man suits though - isn’t the point of revisiting the Armoury sets specifically to put out more cool Iron Man variants? Again, the lack of a Mark 42 is an absurd omission (frankly I wouldn’t have minded skipping jacked Han Solo / Killian if that would have freed up some print budget). 

I can’t imagine any reason for omitting the Mark 42 (and some more variants) other than, as usual for this theme, budget. I’m not sure if I’m being overly dramatic here but it’s crazy how restricted the budget seems to be for superhero sets compared to other themes. Hopefully the Mark 42 will be covered sometime in the future, it’s one of my favourite suits.

It's brutal. 384 pieces for $55 isn't, like, a unique horror, but the price for volume of stuff? This is like a $15 mech, and then a $20 set with three figs. This is a $35 set. 

[brickbride]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is like a $15 mech, and then a $20 set with three figs. This is a $35 set. 

See, that's where you're wrong. The current price for a LEGO Marvel set with three figs is EUR 95 (and you even get three cats thrown in for free!). Though it goes down EUR 10 with each extra minifig, so a four-fig set is only EUR 85. By this logic a five-fig set should be EUR 75 so EUR 55 is actually a bargain.

(I'm open to being hired by LEGO as a Pricing Manager any time.)

[CloneCommando99]

Oh god!

It’s blonde Han Solo?!!?

How the heck is Tony going to survive?!??

 

Also the Oscorp figlist leaked.

I was Kraven for more than 1 newish villain.

Please let Spider Girl refer to Mayday.

Edited February 1 by CloneCommando99

[Legofan04]

The new Hall of Armor's is... interesting. The Igor build is definitely an improvement over the 2020 version and overall looks sleeker while still properly bulky( the new face design helps with that). Don't like the mech arms in general but here I'll make an exception. Those pieces are thicker then then the mixel balljoints  that would have other wise been used; it would have taken a lot more pieces for arm mass.

As to the rest of the figures the two highlights are Adrian and Iron Patriot. While disappointed that Adrian doesn't have an exclusive face print representing the extremis  virus (an absent that is sorely felt) the printing on his chest is cool. Iron Patriot is such a wonderful update from the one that released with Lego Marvel Superheroes in 2013. Pepper is whatever and so is the Mark six but it should have been the mark 42 instead of 43 (as has been pointed out).

Overall the building is just stale by this point as all of them have a raised platform where an a suit can be looked over by Tony. It's understandable given the source material but if they are going to be taking  creative liberties with continuity, cough* MK 43 or nanotech scanner sidebuild cough*, then would love to see some more unique creation. Will say though that the platform feels more in scale compared to the oversized ones in previous models. Speaking of oversized the price is  just not good. It would be one thing if the set came with a greater number of new figures  suck as MK 40 or 36. Where it stands though, this set is $15 overpriced .

[Legofan04]

The disappointing thing about the Oscorp list is that theres not much potential outside of the new Kraven ( which hopefully won't be taking inspiration from the Sony movie) and the Spider Girl. There are so many different villains they could have used given Oscorp's reputation across continuities. THere's even multiple goblins in the comics that could have been used: hobgoblin (remake), Demo Goblin, Red goblin, Grey Goblin, Goblin Knight...

 

Also the Hulk vs Thanos truck set  leaked. The monster truck doesn't look bad but hulk is the last character that needs a vehicle. Sigh