Mandalorianknight Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 58 minutes ago, Lego Nostalgia said: Helicarrier is revealed, looks nice but would have been cool if it included a Captain America Stealth suit figure from Winter Solider. Yeah, but to be fair none of the midi-scale ships they've been doing have had figures. Plus, it's not even based on that film. I dunno. I don't collect the midi-scales, but this looks solid. It's also the type of thing adults who aren't generally lego fans would put on their desks, which I assume is the rationale. I'd be interested to see a sanctuary 2 if this does well.
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 That set is just plain boring imo. Helicarrier feels completely irrelevant at this point, they're like 10 years late. The price is just bad. You pay 60€ for 500 pieces and no minifigures? Yeah, no thanks. At least they should've included a data plate with an exclusive minifigure, like the Winter Soldier.
SpiderFan44 Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 Hadn't I had the "UCS" one this would have been day one buy. Even if it's less relevant it's still iconic to the original Avengers movie. I'll probably wait for a discount though, but yeah, I'm gonna get it and mod it into something like the mini-carrier from Lego Marvel Super Heroes, with Nick Fury behind a rudder.
thebricksbear Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: I dunno. I don't collect the midi-scales, but this looks solid. It's also the type of thing adults who aren't generally lego fans would put on their desks, which I assume is the rationale. I'd be interested to see a sanctuary 2 if this does well. I think this will probably be the consensus and it'll do well because of it. Collectors of the "art" displays and the masks/helmets are the target of this set, not this board that is mostly minifig collectors.
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 Oh, the Helicarrier is 80€ actually... I change my mind then. This set is absolutely awful.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 I like the design quite a bit and appreciate how similar in style it is to the SW ones released earlier this year, but that price admittedly is a tough pill to swallow 9 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Helicarrier feels completely irrelevant at this point, they're like 10 years late. I wouldn‘t say it‘s completely irrelevant. Sure, it hasn’t appeared on screen in almost 10 years, but it‘s still a classic design from the early phases of the Infinity Saga. Plus we‘re getting other sets from that same era in this wave as well
Scarilian Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 That price is horrific, everything better be printed, no stickers for that price right? It's even worse when you see the photo on the back of the box is from Captain America: The Winter Soldier depicting three of the Helicarriers, Lego certainly wants to encourage people to replicate that by buying more copies. Set itself looks good visually, but at the same time kinda gives off the vibe of being a GWP for a different set. I'm leaning towards us getting a remake of the D2C Helicarrier soon as the previous D2C is nearly 10 years old at this point and could definitely be improved with a remake. Update time: Likely the last update for a little while as we seemingly know everything till October'ish Updated List: Spoiler AUGUST 2024 (Total 8): 76286: The Milano Spaceship 76287: Iron Man with Bike and the Hulk 76288: Iron Man & Iron Legion Vs Hydra Soldier 76289: Thor Vs. Surtur Construction Figure 76290: The Avengers Vs. The Leviathan 76291: The Avengers Assemble: Age Of Ultron 76295: The Avengers Helicarrier 76297: Dancing Groot SEPTEMBER 2024 (Total 1): 76293: Spider-man 2024 Advent Calendar OCTOBER 2024 (A book): Lego Marvel Character Encyclopedia 2024 ($44.99, 246pcs) NOVEMBER 2024 (Total 1): 76294: 'X-Men 97 X-Mansion' ($299.99, 3039pcs)Prototype had 3122 bricks, 9 minifigures (Prof.X, Magneto, Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Beast, Mystique, Sabertooth and Emma Frost) and was estimated at $300. DECEMBER 2024 (Total 3): 76292: Captain America Vs. Red Hulk Battle ($49.99, 223pcs) - Includes Sam Wilson's Captain America, Joaquin Torress Falcon, Ruth Bat-Seraph and Red Hulk big fig - Delayed from April 76296: 'Buildable Sam Wilson Cap' ($34.99, 359pcs) - Delayed from April 40668: 'Superhero Brickheadz' (202pcs) - potentially Captain America 4 - Delayed from July UNKNOWN 2024 (Total 3): 76222: (Likely DC due to delays) 76246: 76283: (Listed by Jedijacpenguin & Brickfanatics) Notes: Unidentified sets may wind up being from DC, please be aware Currency listings are taken from a variety of sources and may vary Release dates are estimated given conflicting reports Sets seem to be getting created with overlapping set numbers, please be aware fan made set titles may be reported by some sites as being official titles for these new sets 35 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Sure, it hasn’t appeared on screen in almost 10 years, but it‘s still a classic design from the early phases of the Infinity Saga. Plus we‘re getting other sets from that same era in this wave as well They seem to be revisiting films from around 9 years ago, presumably to have them on shelves for the 10th anniversaries, with the return to AoU (2015) sets and the rumored Civil War (2016) set/sets next year, I'd imagine Ant-Man would be sorta covered by Civil War but perhaps one set would be nice. I'd hope they revisit Doctor Strange (2016) to give us Kaecilius (Perhaps with a upper torso version of Dormammu). Will be interesting to hear what the slate of films is shifting to later in the year, as we could easily wind up with them revisiting Infinity War in 2027 alongside Avengers 6 if the 9 year revisits of legacy films continue.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 45 minutes ago, Scarilian said: I'd hope they revisit Doctor Strange (2016) to give us Kaecilius (Perhaps with a upper torso version of Dormammu). That one’s been at the top of my wish list ever since the Infinity Saga subtheme started. GIVE MADS MIKKELSEN HIS DANG MINIFIG YOU COWARDS! His brother Lars will soon have two, despite Mads having had roles in 5 major franchises TLG make sets for! Granted, Lars’ are the same character twice, but still I can’t help but wonder if that ever gets brought up at family meetings. It’s a question of national pride!
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 54 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: That one’s been at the top of my wish list ever since the Infinity Saga subtheme started. GIVE MADS MIKKELSEN HIS DANG MINIFIG YOU COWARDS! His brother Lars will soon have two, despite Mads having had roles in 5 major franchises TLG make sets for! Granted, Lars’ are the same character twice, but still I can’t help but wonder if that ever gets brought up at family meetings. It’s a question of national pride! Well, at this point our only hope is that Mads joins the DCU in a prominent-enough role to warrant a minifigure.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 (edited) 42 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Well, at this point our only hope is that Mads joins the DCU in a prominent-enough role to warrant a minifigure. Good one Actually, there’s another one I think I brought up before, but I’ll tag it as a spoiler anyway: Rumour has it he might be in talks to play Doctor Doom , but I’m taking this with an enormous grain of salt. The Marvel rumour mill isn’t exactly what it used to be And even if it’s true, we’d have to wait a looooooong time for a minifig of that character So long in fact, Mads might be cast in another franchise and receive his minifig that way (like Jurassic Park 8, a voice role in a Pixar movie, etc) Edited July 1, 2024 by BrickBob Studpants
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 57 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Good one Actually, there’s another one I think I brought up before, but I’ll tag it as a spoiler anyway: Rumour has it he might be in talks to play Reveal hidden contents Doctor Doom , but I’m taking this with an enormous grain of salt. The Marvel rumour mill isn’t exactly what it used to be And even if it’s true, we’d have to wait a looooooong time for a minifig of that character So long in fact, Mads might be cast in another franchise and receive his minifig that way (like Jurassic Park 8, a voice role in a Pixar movie, etc) But even then, it would be cruel irony since we wouldn't actually get any of his features. Literally anyone could be playing him, and the minifigure would look the same.
Agent Kallus Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 He could quite easily show up in Andor S2 as Galen Erso again, but that probably won't get sets.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 1, 2024 Posted July 1, 2024 1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Literally anyone could be playing him, and the minifigure would look the same. True, but it doesn’t matter. It would count 1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said: He could quite easily show up in Andor S2 as Galen Erso again, but that probably won't get sets. I don‘t think he will though, and as you say, it‘s not likely Andor S2 will even get sets in the first place Kaecilius is way more likely than Galen ever was. Grindelwald and Voller have no chance since TLG skipped those movies and ditched the respective (sub)franchises, while Le Chiffre only would‘ve made sense if they started to do 007 sets outside of Icons or Speed Champions cars
BoyLego Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 The new avengers magazine is due out tomorrow (with Thor), has anyone seen anything about what will come with the issue after?
Buckethead Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 3 hours ago, BoyLego said: The new avengers magazine is due out tomorrow (with Thor), has anyone seen anything about what will come with the issue after? Is there a subscription with the magazine, and is so, how do I register?
HadesKing28 Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 5 hours ago, BoyLego said: The new avengers magazine is due out tomorrow (with Thor), has anyone seen anything about what will come with the issue after? Yes I saw somewhere that it was rocket in his volume 3 outfit
BoyLego Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 59 minutes ago, HadesKing28 said: Yes I saw somewhere that it was rocket in his volume 3 outfit Gotcha, thanks!
Scarilian Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 23 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: That one’s been at the top of my wish list ever since the Infinity Saga subtheme started. GIVE MADS MIKKELSEN HIS DANG MINIFIG YOU COWARDS! I'd imagine he gets one eventually, they can probably just bundle him with a buildable Dormammu and Doctor Strange and it'd sell. 23 hours ago, Scarilian said: That price is horrific, everything better be printed, no stickers for that price right? Seems like everything is stickers... so it's an easy pass from me, can probably make my own from the pieces I already have.
Swordy Posted July 2, 2024 Posted July 2, 2024 Love the Helicarrier. It reminds me so much of The Avengers and LEGO Marvel Superheroes. It looks really clean, despite the multitude of stickers. So it’s a shame that it seems like LEGO sabotaged the set with a high price, just like they did with the X-Jet and Star Lord helmet. Is it me or does the LEGO Group (the corporate overheads) legitimately dislike the Marvel line? A limited budget, overpricing, uninspired selection as opposed to very inspired builds. I believe that the LEGO Marvel theme has the potential to become the best selling license with the rich amount of comics and now movies from which to pull inspiration. The only thing holding the theme back seems to be mandates from corporate, but at Marvel or at LEGO?
Mandalorianknight Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 4 hours ago, Swordy said: Is it me or does the LEGO Group (the corporate overheads) legitimately dislike the Marvel line? Wait until this man finds out about the theme formerly known as lego DC superheroes.
CloneCommando99 Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 8 hours ago, Swordy said: Is it me or does the LEGO Group (the corporate overheads) legitimately dislike the Marvel line? A limited budget, overpricing, uninspired selection as opposed to very inspired builds. I believe that the LEGO Marvel theme has the potential to become the best selling license with the rich amount of comics and now movies from which to pull inspiration. The only thing holding the theme back seems to be mandates from corporate, but at Marvel or at LEGO? Hype for the MCU has significantly dwindled these last few years. Don’t believe me? Look at the box office numbers. These translate into a dwindle in Lego sales of sets based off the new rims. And the films that people are hyped for (Deadpool and Wolverine) Lego won’t make sets for. Lego Marvel isn’t one of Lego’s top 5 bestselling themes. And for a theme that large you’d think that it should do better than Ninjago. Also there’s the fact that there aren’t a lot of vehicles/ locations in the MCU that would be recognisable to kids. That’s why we get Hulkbuster after Hulkbuster. I believe we got more Hulkbusters than Hulk bigfigs between 2018-2022. Anyway, why do you speak such heresy against Star Wars? @Swordy, my allegiance is to the republic, to the Star Wars theme. You have allowed this dark Feige to twist your mind. Also if you really want to see what happens when a once great theme that still has potential is neglected by Lego, go visit the DC Aslume.. I mean discussion thread.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 I can‘t help but chuckle every time I see the „company hates their own product!“ argument That is not how companies operate. If a theme has a smaller budget, that‘s simply because it doesn‘t do as well as others. Those decisions are purely financial, not due to personal animosities or preferences. Also, keep in mind that Marvel and DC share their budget.
Surge Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 was looking at the potted groot set and couldnt figure out what one of the nameplates says. got the 'i am groot' and 'guardians of the galaxy' ones, but cannot figure out the yellow text one. does anyone know what it says?
Agent Kallus Posted July 3, 2024 Posted July 3, 2024 1 hour ago, Surge said: was looking at the potted groot set and couldnt figure out what one of the nameplates says. got the 'i am groot' and 'guardians of the galaxy' ones, but cannot figure out the yellow text one. does anyone know what it says? It's in a fictional alphabet like star war's aubresh.
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