Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[calebcold3]

I felt like asking this in the thread because in the New Cap construction figure reviews from both Minisuperheroestoday and Ashnflash, they both give some interesting tidbits on the sales of the Construction figures. 

Minisuperheroestoday says he hears that they sell well with kids

Ashnflash says they constantly warm shelves (has video proof and he's said this countless times)

Do you all think both can be true? I commented on Ashnflash's video what Jonathan (minisuperheroestoday's real name) heard but Ashnflash indicates he still stands his ground. It's just really interesting they both are the biggest advocates in the LEGO Superheroes community yet they hear different things about the sales of these figures.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

I'm pretty sure the reason they aren't continuing this line next year is because they aren't selling as well.

We have to remember that the Captain America figure was supposed to come out months ago, along with the No Way Home ones. It's coming out now because the movie was delayed.

[poisonbricks]

7 hours ago, brickbride said:

This! Captain Marvel's one of my favourite Marvel characters and I might well be the only person here who genuinely liked "The Marvels", but I didn't even consider getting the set. Not only was it absurdly priced, but also Yet Another Space Ship just didn't appeal to me. If they had to go that route with just a single set for the movie - and I can see why they did, given the current state of the MCU -, they should have put in one or two figs (say, a new Captain Marvel plus Kamala or even Dar-Benn) with a cheap, small build for the Hoopty, since I strongly suspect that no-one bought the set for the ship build anyway. That could have been EUR 20-30 or so and would surely have found some takers.

I dug The Marvels, and seeing it actually made me kinda want the set - it just never went on a deep enough discount to actually feel reasonable.

Conspiracy theory time, but I'm so sure they made a completely different set that met the budget for an 80(? can't remember) dollar set, but something changed on Marvel's end and it had to be changed. I literally can't see any other justification 

[Agent Kallus]

10 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

In that case, it is weird we haven't seen it yet- maybe just because it'd need a new print, but that'd be absurd even for marvel.

Now this I'm not so sure on but I think I remember reading that the Collectable Minifigure series Sam Cap only came with those wings because they could only put so many parts in a CMF and brick built wings would have passed that limit, so maybe TLG sees the brick built ones as the superior option? But we may never find out all the reasons behind their choices.

7 hours ago, brickbride said:

I might well be the only person here who genuinely liked "The Marvels", but I didn't even consider getting the set. 

No I liked the movie too. I even said Top 5 MCU films after first watching it , I think that was probably recency bais but I still think it's a great film.  I mean the plot and villain were kinda weak narratively speaking but it made up for that by the sheer amount of fun it was. Monsterous space kitten escape plan will not be beaten I reckon )

However I also had not intention to buy the Hoopty, though TBH I was hoping Kamala would come to the magazine (or even that they make her ( superior) show outfit for the CMF. I already had the Captain Marvel from the magazine and the Monica from the first CMF. 

(Side note every time someone says Captain Marvel I think of the Fawcett/DC character first ( and no it makes not sense to call him Shazam because then he couldn't say his name without activating his transformation back into Billy)  but his Movie was Worse than the Marvel one).

[BrickBob Studpants]

50 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

I mean the plot and villain were kinda weak narratively speaking but it made up for that by the sheer amount of fun it was. Monsterous space kitten escape plan will not be beaten I reckon 

I really enjoyed the movie too, despite the super-weak villain and how poorly it connected to Secret Invasion (but the latter is more to blame for that, not exactly helped by it being the only MCU show/movie I actively disliked)  The Hoopty is a great set with a not-so-great price! And having all three characters share the same accessory pack when their powers are so closely associated with specific colours was pretty lazy.

53 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

[…] but his Movie was Worse than the Marvel one).

For sure. Also, how come we have two Shazam movies that basically both have the same post-credits scene?! I wanted Mr Mind as the main antagonist of the sequel, not a bunch of Greek goddesses (no offense to the actresses!)  

5 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

Do you all think both can be true?

That‘s what you call anecdotal evidence. A product can sell well in one place and poorly in another. You cannot extrapolate too much from such data. The fact we‘re still getting new ones means they sell at least decently overall!

[Scarilian]

6 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

I'm pretty sure the reason they aren't continuing this line next year is because they aren't selling as well.

Why do you think the constraction figures are being discontinued?

6 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

It's just really interesting they both are the biggest advocates in the LEGO Superheroes community yet they hear different things about the sales of these figures.

They are both speaking from what they have heard as rumors or seen in a limited location. With sales potentially being predominantly online nowadays it's easily possible for the figures to be selling well online but not moving from toy shelves - especially if people are trying to get Lego VIP points, offers, etc...

[Legocentrico]

58 minuti fa, Scarilian ha detto:

Perché pensi che le cifre di costruzione vengano interrotte?

Fake leaker gambit said it

[THELEGOBATMAN]

1 hour ago, Scarilian said:

Why do you think the constraction figures are being discontinued?

 

Simply because we aren't getting any next year. At least not in the first half.

If we don't get any in the second one, it's safe to say they won't make any more of them.

[Agent Kallus]

Probably, but the same could've been said about star wars helmets and they're supposedly having a comeback.

Edited November 4, 2024 by Agent Kallus

[Lego Nostalgia]

1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Simply because we aren't getting any next year. At least not in the first half.

If we don't get any in the second one, it's safe to say they won't make any more of them.

Let us hope it to be true, I hate them

[poisonbricks]

I've built the X-Mansion in the last few days, and despite all the flaws it has, I do wanna take a minute to just say how nice it is to have a pretty damn solid X-Men lineup nowadays 

Going from just Wolverine, Deadpool, Magneto, Storm and Cyclops for AGES to also having Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Gambit, Beast, Jean and Rogue, some of them with multiple suits that are all pretty great - having a very competent Sentinel, the actual X-Mansion, and a WAY better Blackbird than the last one (speaking on just the model, not the price) - it's awesome! It feels like X-Men finally found its feet as a subtheme of Marvel, and even if there aren't many more products for it in the pipeline, there's arguably a better lineup of comic-y (and yeah, I know a lot of it is more TAS inspired) X-Men stuff than even the Avengers have.

I'm excited for 2025 - even if there isn't really an indication that either will happen, a standalone Sentinel model and some representation in a CMF could really round out the roster.

I'm kinda making peace with the idea that LEGO X-Men might more or less be done until the films start up again, because I don't see there being THAT much left to do, but if that's the case, we're not leaving it in a bad place at all

[THELEGOBATMAN]

22 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Probably, but the same could've been said about star wars helmets and they're supposedly having a comeback.

Touché.

Still, at least for now, the line is in a limbo.

[Scarilian]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Simply because we aren't getting any next year. At least not in the first half.

We're getting one in 76314 in January... I also would'nt even be surprised if 76316's Galactus is handled with a constraction figure in April. If anything they seem to be encorporating them into sets with figures and they may be how buildable figures in sets will be tackled for larger characters moving forward. I don't think it's fair to say the line is in limbo, as it's clear they are experimenting with how to tackle the line. We've seen them released as figures, figures with additional tools, figures with a vehicle, figures with a larger vehicle and in 2025 we're seeing them releasing as figures with a playset.

Edited November 4, 2024 by Scarilian

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Well yeah, sure, but my point is that we're no longer getting buildable figures sold as action figures. They're now parts of sets, representing bigger-than-human characters, such as Surtur, Giant-Man, or even (maybe) Galactus.

[HadesKing28]

1 hour ago, poisonbricks said:

I've built the X-Mansion in the last few days, and despite all the flaws it has, I do wanna take a minute to just say how nice it is to have a pretty damn solid X-Men lineup nowadays 

Going from just Wolverine, Deadpool, Magneto, Storm and Cyclops for AGES to also having Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Gambit, Beast, Jean and Rogue, some of them with multiple suits that are all pretty great - having a very competent Sentinel, the actual X-Mansion, and a WAY better Blackbird than the last one (speaking on just the model, not the price) - it's awesome! It feels like X-Men finally found its feet as a subtheme of Marvel, and even if there aren't many more products for it in the pipeline, there's arguably a better lineup of comic-y (and yeah, I know a lot of it is more TAS inspired) X-Men stuff than even the Avengers have.

I'm excited for 2025 - even if there isn't really an indication that either will happen, a standalone Sentinel model and some representation in a CMF could really round out the roster.

I'm kinda making peace with the idea that LEGO X-Men might more or less be done until the films start up again, because I don't see there being THAT much left to do, but if that's the case, we're not leaving it in a bad place at all

This is so true. I honestly don’t really care about the lack of space in the mansion because it’s so nice to finally have a great x men set. Fingers crossed there is more to come down the line, like the cmf as you said, because there is so much potential.

I for one personally prefer the wings Cap has in the set over the cmf because it allows for him to do this:

 

[brickbride]

Regarding the construction figures: Harry Potter reportedly gets a buildable Hagrid and Harry with a motorbike in January. That sounds like an awful idea to me on so many levels (HP is heavily tending towards builable crap over minifigure playsets anyway, and apart from the very high-priced ones they are mostly very badly designed; Hagrid is half-giant with a very bulky stature, while Harry's a slender teenager or possibly a baby in this scenario; and the figs have to be poseable enough to sit on the motorbike/in the sidecar) but it seems that they're trying to do more with buildable figures instead of less.

Of course, they also seem to be trying to shove Dreamzzz down our throats lately (Dreamzzz minifigure parts in BAM, Dreamzzz taking up excessive space in the catalogue including the front cover ...) and I've heard people say that Dreamzzz isn't doing all that well. I certainly see their sets warming the shelves often enough. So it could be a last-ditch effort to recoup their investment in both cases. We just don't know.

Edited November 4, 2024 by brickbride

[Lego Nostalgia]

10 minutes ago, brickbride said:

Regarding the construction figures: Harry Potter reportedly gets a buildable Hagrid and Harry with a motorbike in January. That sounds like an awful idea to me on so many levels (HP is heavily tending towards builable crap over minifigure playsets anyway, and apart from the very high-priced ones they are mostly very badly designed; Hagrid is half-giant with a very bulky stature, while Harry's a slender teenager or possibly a baby in this scenario; and the figs have to be poseable enough to sit on the motorbike/in the sidecar) but it seems that they're trying to do more with buildable figures instead of less.

Of course, they also seem to be trying to shove Dreamzzz down our throats lately (Dreamzzz minifigure parts in BAM, Dreamzzz taking up excessive space in the catalogue including the front cover ...) and I've heard people say that Dreamzzz isn't doing all that well. I certainly see their sets warming the shelves often enough. So it could be a last-ditch effort to recoup their investment in both cases. We just don't know.

It makes me laugh when I see Lego try and promote a new theme of theirs that no one wants, They had it all in 2009, Agents,Power Miners,Space Police,Pirates,Castle and now we just get these weird modernized things

If they did bring back Power Miners it wouldn't be the same, it would probably be modernized with the vehicles looking futuristic, Look at Agents from 2014 or 2015, it was not the same as the OG sets from 2008

So how many failed themes have we gotten now that no one wants ? Chima,Nexo Knights,Hidden Side,Dreamzzz

And those get a big budget meanwhile Marvel figures can't even get leg printing besides a few

[cosmic]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Well yeah, sure, but my point is that we're no longer getting buildable figures sold as action figures. They're now parts of sets, representing bigger-than-human characters, such as Surtur, Giant-Man, or even (maybe) Galactus.

I gotta say I really don't like this. I really enjoyed the giant blocky builds of buildable Ares, 2016 Giant Man, and even the Harry Potter and Hermione buildable figures. Regular mini figs are so blocky that these giant figures don't look right next to them with their slender builds. I find the new Giant Man looks out of place. Surtur I'm not so mad at since he's a giant demon/god thing who had a slender build to begin with so him being a different species helps make sense as to why he is built different. But Ant-Man is a human so seeing every other human be so blocky has him standing out in a bad way for me.

Unrelated but I think Trigon also works well with this new building technique. That's never gonna happen at DC most likely, but worth mentioning. 

I hope Galactus has the blocky shape of Ares and the old Giant Man build. Also hope they return to formula eventually on that. Found the new Giant Man disappointing. 

Also this new Hall of Armor leak is kind of sad? Aldrich Killian is the most exciting figure and has no arm printing. Iron Patriot looks so boring without arm or leg detailing but his helmet looks wicked. The blue mech (Igor?) actually looks decent. But the build is tiny, boring and uninspired. Barely resembles the movies and I hate the Pepper Potts fig at this point. So Pepper had this black "suit-dress" with a pencil skirt in the first Iron Man movie. We got that with the Iron Monger set. Appropriate for a movie based off of Iron Man 1, right?

Well we got the same figure in the Hall of Armor based off of Iron Man 2 which came with whiplash and War Machine. She had a sleeveless tank top look, a grey look and yes, some office wear in black but this time short sleeved or again with a pencil skirt in Iron Man 2. the arms and legs could have been different but its close enough to her first film appearance where you kind of feel like you can cut them some slack.

But now using this figure again for an Iron Man 3 set? Give her some leg printing at least! but an updated version of her white suit, or her battered look from the final fight would have been cute. This figure feels tired at this point and clearly is inaccurate as well. 

Overall I think its the worst Hall of Armor we've gotten.

[JohnTPT17]

2 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

It makes me laugh when I see Lego try and promote a new theme of theirs that no one wants, They had it all in 2009, Agents,Power Miners,Space Police,Pirates,Castle and now we just get these weird modernized things

If they did bring back Power Miners it wouldn't be the same, it would probably be modernized with the vehicles looking futuristic, Look at Agents from 2014 or 2015, it was not the same as the OG sets from 2008

Ultra Agents >>> Agents. Way more variety with the minifigures and far more creative builds with the Ultra line. Most of the base Agents line has the villains in the same orange jumpsuits and the agents in the same uniform, and the set builds have aged far less gracefully than Ultra. And the Agents line also had several future-esque mechs, laser sharks, and spider-legged cyborgs anyways.

And as far as the buildable sculpture versus playset discussion goes - frankly, a lot of the "playsets" that I get end up on a shelf anyways. I do get them down and rebuild and "play" with them on occasion, but they're up on a shelf just as much. Obviously, that's more of an adult thing that something most 8 year olds would do, and I don't see many 8 year olds zooming around Shadow the Hedgehog's head like they would a helicopter - but as far as targeting a more adult audience, there may be a smaller difference between the X-Mansion and the logo set as far as "keepability/display" than a lot of AFOLs may admit (notwithstanding differences in price, minifig desirability, stickers, etc - I think my point is there though?). 

Obviously, there needs to be a balance there, and certain themes are more for "display" (Botanicals) and some that are squarely "play" (Duplo) - but I think having options for both is totally fine for a majority of themes, even if not every one of them appeals to me.

5 minutes ago, cosmic said:

I gotta say I really don't like this. I really enjoyed the giant blocky builds of buildable Ares, 2016 Giant Man, and even the Harry Potter and Hermione buildable figures. Regular mini figs are so blocky that these giant figures don't look right next to them with their slender builds. I find the new Giant Man looks out of place. Surtur I'm not so mad at since he's a giant demon/god thing who had a slender build to begin with so him being a different species helps make sense as to why he is built different. But Ant-Man is a human so seeing every other human be so blocky has him standing out in a bad way for me.

Interesting... I hadn't thought about it that way before, but that does make a lot of sense. i do think that I agree with you, though. "Oversized" minifigures are even present in a lot of other places, like video games (Galactus in LMSH, Vortech in Dimensions) - they keep minifigure proportions as they get bigger,  and it adds to the overall visual Lego style. I think that in some instances, the slimmer, non-minifigure proportioned builds look good (like with the new Sentinel or Arishem) - but I do like the charm of the older Ares and Giant-Man. Maybe that comes down to what the testers are noticing kids want to play with more nowadays?

[Mandalorianknight]

15 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

I felt like asking this in the thread because in the New Cap construction figure reviews from both Minisuperheroestoday and Ashnflash, they both give some interesting tidbits on the sales of the Construction figures. 

Minisuperheroestoday says he hears that they sell well with kids

Ashnflash says they constantly warm shelves (has video proof and he's said this countless times)

Do you all think both can be true? I commented on Ashnflash's video what Jonathan (minisuperheroestoday's real name) heard but Ashnflash indicates he still stands his ground. It's just really interesting they both are the biggest advocates in the LEGO Superheroes community yet they hear different things about the sales of these figures.

It can be true that someone told minisuperheroes today they sell well with kids, and that Ashnflash has consistent findings with many of us that they're shelfwarming hard. Actually, depending on what specifically was said to minisuperheroes, both could be completely true- they shelfwarm, but whatever copies are sold are bought by kids.

10 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

(Side note every time someone says Captain Marvel I think of the Fawcett/DC character first ( and no it makes not sense to call him Shazam because then he couldn't say his name without activating his transformation back into Billy)  but his Movie was Worse than the Marvel one).

What? I loved the shazam movies! The second one was a little weaker- although also the funniest DC movie- but the first one was legitimately great.

5 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Probably, but the same could've been said about star wars helmets and they're supposedly having a comeback.

True, but that's a collector-oriented line. The constraction figures are a kid gimmick line, and those don't tend to survive years off.

4 hours ago, HadesKing28 said:

I for one personally prefer the wings Cap has in the set over the cmf because it allows for him to do this:

Whatever faults that show had, it did truly show Sam living up to Cap's legacy by becoming the Captainball from HISHE.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

1 hour ago, cosmic said:

I gotta say I really don't like this. I really enjoyed the giant blocky builds of buildable Ares, 2016 Giant Man, and even the Harry Potter and Hermione buildable figures. Regular mini figs are so blocky that these giant figures don't look right next to them with their slender builds. I find the new Giant Man looks out of place. Surtur I'm not so mad at since he's a giant demon/god thing who had a slender build to begin with so him being a different species helps make sense as to why he is built different. But Ant-Man is a human so seeing every other human be so blocky has him standing out in a bad way for me.

Unrelated but I think Trigon also works well with this new building technique. That's never gonna happen at DC most likely, but worth mentioning. 

Absolutely. The upsized buildable minifigures were such an awesome, inspired idea. They looked so good.

Now, they might be more detailed, but they not only lost their minifigure compatibility, but their charm as a whole.

[wesker]

5 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

I've built the X-Mansion in the last few days, and despite all the flaws it has, I do wanna take a minute to just say how nice it is to have a pretty damn solid X-Men lineup nowadays 

Going from just Wolverine, Deadpool, Magneto, Storm and Cyclops for AGES to also having Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Gambit, Beast, Jean and Rogue, some of them with multiple suits that are all pretty great - having a very competent Sentinel, the actual X-Mansion, and a WAY better Blackbird than the last one (speaking on just the model, not the price) - it's awesome! It feels like X-Men finally found its feet as a subtheme of Marvel, and even if there aren't many more products for it in the pipeline, there's arguably a better lineup of comic-y (and yeah, I know a lot of it is more TAS inspired) X-Men stuff than even the Avengers have.

I'm excited for 2025 - even if there isn't really an indication that either will happen, a standalone Sentinel model and some representation in a CMF could really round out the roster.

I'm kinda making peace with the idea that LEGO X-Men might more or less be done until the films start up again, because I don't see there being THAT much left to do, but if that's the case, we're not leaving it in a bad place at all

I hope they can keep the momentum going forward when Season 2 rolls round in 2026. It would be a shame if the X-Men sets dried up until the films start up again post-Secret Wars and Doomsday. There's still a lot of ground to cover and I think the three main areas that need to be focused on before the MCU takes over are:

• Completing the '97 Roster (Jubilee, Nightcrawler, Morph, Cable, Sunspot and Forge)
• Release the remaining core X-Men from the comics (Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Angel, Emma Frost and Psylocke)
• Expand the roster of villains beyond Magneto

[JeanGreyForever]

2 hours ago, cosmic said:

I gotta say I really don't like this. I really enjoyed the giant blocky builds of buildable Ares, 2016 Giant Man, and even the Harry Potter and Hermione buildable figures. Regular mini figs are so blocky that these giant figures don't look right next to them with their slender builds. I find the new Giant Man looks out of place. Surtur I'm not so mad at since he's a giant demon/god thing who had a slender build to begin with so him being a different species helps make sense as to why he is built different. But Ant-Man is a human so seeing every other human be so blocky has him standing out in a bad way for me.

Unrelated but I think Trigon also works well with this new building technique. That's never gonna happen at DC most likely, but worth mentioning. 

I hope Galactus has the blocky shape of Ares and the old Giant Man build. Also hope they return to formula eventually on that. Found the new Giant Man disappointing. 

Also this new Hall of Armor leak is kind of sad? Aldrich Killian is the most exciting figure and has no arm printing. Iron Patriot looks so boring without arm or leg detailing but his helmet looks wicked. The blue mech (Igor?) actually looks decent. But the build is tiny, boring and uninspired. Barely resembles the movies and I hate the Pepper Potts fig at this point. So Pepper had this black "suit-dress" with a pencil skirt in the first Iron Man movie. We got that with the Iron Monger set. Appropriate for a movie based off of Iron Man 1, right?

Well we got the same figure in the Hall of Armor based off of Iron Man 2 which came with whiplash and War Machine. She had a sleeveless tank top look, a grey look and yes, some office wear in black but this time short sleeved or again with a pencil skirt in Iron Man 2. the arms and legs could have been different but its close enough to her first film appearance where you kind of feel like you can cut them some slack.

But now using this figure again for an Iron Man 3 set? Give her some leg printing at least! but an updated version of her white suit, or her battered look from the final fight would have been cute. This figure feels tired at this point and clearly is inaccurate as well. 

Overall I think its the worst Hall of Armor we've gotten.

I agree, I really liked the design of those old buildable figures. They actually looked like minifigures, just zoomed in. The new Giant-Man looks awful compared to the old man. There's nothing about him that even remotely resembles a Lego minifig.

I'm also hoping Galactus is styled in the old blocky way. He's not supposed to be a slender character anyway considering how bulky his armor is.

I agree with you on your criticism on the minifigures. But be careful! Apparently anyone here who dares to say anything critical about the minifigures isn't a true Lego fan and should seek another hobby. Then the posts starting coming in from the defenders and shills to keep quiet and censor yourself. How if we were true Lego fans, we wouldn't complain and should be thankful for the scraps we get no matter the inflated prices or low quality.

4 hours ago, brickbride said:

Of course, they also seem to be trying to shove Dreamzzz down our throats lately (Dreamzzz minifigure parts in BAM, Dreamzzz taking up excessive space in the catalogue including the front cover ...) and I've heard people say that Dreamzzz isn't doing all that well. I certainly see their sets warming the shelves often enough. So it could be a last-ditch effort to recoup their investment in both cases. We just don't know.

I don't follow this theme but I've always been impressed by the actual minifigs, sets, and the level of quality that goes into the new molds made for this theme. If I had more disposable income, I'd probably collect some of these sets because they're quite creative. But I do think the fact that Dreamzzz is a completely new theme, not based on any existing franchise or IP, means it'll be a niche theme for most people and never really catch on. 

Especially going by what you're saying that the sets aren't selling. I think most kids or families will probably opt for a theme they're more familiar with, like Marvel, Star Wars, or Harry Potter than something brand-new they're not familiar with.

6 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

I've built the X-Mansion in the last few days, and despite all the flaws it has, I do wanna take a minute to just say how nice it is to have a pretty damn solid X-Men lineup nowadays 

Going from just Wolverine, Deadpool, Magneto, Storm and Cyclops for AGES to also having Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Gambit, Beast, Jean and Rogue, some of them with multiple suits that are all pretty great - having a very competent Sentinel, the actual X-Mansion, and a WAY better Blackbird than the last one (speaking on just the model, not the price) - it's awesome! It feels like X-Men finally found its feet as a subtheme of Marvel, and even if there aren't many more products for it in the pipeline, there's arguably a better lineup of comic-y (and yeah, I know a lot of it is more TAS inspired) X-Men stuff than even the Avengers have.

I'm excited for 2025 - even if there isn't really an indication that either will happen, a standalone Sentinel model and some representation in a CMF could really round out the roster.

I'm kinda making peace with the idea that LEGO X-Men might more or less be done until the films start up again, because I don't see there being THAT much left to do, but if that's the case, we're not leaving it in a bad place at all

I'm glad you liked the set. And it is nice that we've gone from having only a handful of X-Men minifigs, including the SDCC exclusive Phoenix that basically nobody has, to having a full lineup of characters. Even if the wide majority of the new minifigs really need some improvements. I include Firestar in this because even in the Daily Bugle set, she felt incomplete to me without dual molded legs to represent her red boots. Her arms could arguably be dual molded as well to portray her gloves.

I never got the first Blackbird so I'm glad to hear that the new one is considered superior to the original in terms of design. I do wish it was larger to accommodate for all the new X-Men minifigs but there are some MOCs that can fit about 10 minifigures inside.

I think we X-Men fans are used to slim pickings from Lego so we'd be content with even just a standalone Sentinel set or a few more minifigs in the CMF series. Based on the show's success and all the fan demand, I think we'll at least get Jubilee, Nightcrawler, and Cable in the next CMF series. Maybe if we're lucky, we can get an additional character or two like Mr. Sinister, the Goblin Queen, Bastion, Forge, or Sunspot. We definitely need a new villain besides Magneto.

The rumors were saying that Lego is waiting to see how the X-Mansion set sells before making new X-Men sets. So it may be a long wait. But representation in the next CMF series is likely, especially considering that Marvel doesn't have many more shows they can use for material.

[poisonbricks]

13 minutes ago, wesker said:

There's still a lot of ground to cover and I think the three main areas that need to be focused on before the MCU takes over are:

• Completing the '97 Roster (Jubilee, Nightcrawler, Morph, Cable, Sunspot and Forge)
• Release the remaining core X-Men from the comics (Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Angel, Emma Frost and Psylocke)
• Expand the roster of villains beyond Magneto

I definitely agree that all these figures should be made, but I can't really think of much else that could be done in the way of models that'd be appealing to the average shopper - Sentinel, absolutely. Master Mold or the Wild Sentinel? I'd like them, but will most people care enough for the larger price tag? And beyond that... Stratojet? Another plane thing... and I'm lost on many other ideas.

[JeanGreyForever]

46 minutes ago, poisonbricks said:

I definitely agree that all these figures should be made, but I can't really think of much else that could be done in the way of models that'd be appealing to the average shopper - Sentinel, absolutely. Master Mold or the Wild Sentinel? I'd like them, but will most people care enough for the larger price tag? And beyond that... Stratojet? Another plane thing... and I'm lost on many other ideas.

A Madripoor set for Wolverine. Since Madripoor has shown up in the MCU and will be a major setting in the upcoming Wolverine video game. Could include Sabretooth, Mystique, Lady Deathstrike, or Omega Red as a villain.

Similarly, they could do a Wolverine set based in Japan with ninjas and the Silver Samurai. Using a basic dojo as the backdrop.

Asteroid M is a major location. Could easily feature a few X-Men, Magneto, and some Brotherhood characters.

And even the first X-Men set was just a basic helicopter belonging to Deadpool. They could just include some generic vehicles like that, whether a cycle, plane, car, etc. themed to whichever character they'd want to include.