Lego Superheroes 2013 Rumours & Discussion

[halomaster96]

I'm hoping that if they do have exclusive figs (which I'm sure they will ) that I'll be able to get one or more before they'll all out since I'm sure I'll see tons of other awesome things to buy, but I'm kind of wish that they will just be giving out the previous exclusives so I can get that Shazam, TDKR Batman, and Green Lantern (If they won't put him in a set, which I would incredibly hate). I'll be sure to take some pictures of anything new even though I'm sure others will post pics with way better quality than an Iphone.

[eldiano]

I don't think Lego let's you take pictures, you probably will have to get secret squirrel espionage gear to sneak some in hahaha

Jeez after watching Man of Steel for a fourth time, did anyone smiled or smirked when they saw the sets portrayal in the movie, playfully accurate?

Edited June 21, 2013 by eldiano

[legofreak86]

I don't think Lego let's you take pictures, you probably will have to get secret squirrel espionage gear to sneak some in hahaha

Jeez after watching Man of Steel for a fourth time, did anyone smiled or smirked when they saw the sets portrayal in the movie, playfully accurate?

I certainly did. I say they did quite well on the mos line although a krypton based set with jor el in his golden armour would've been nice and for what it represents metropolis showdown is a bit small. If they had not put that army car in and put a plane in the Smallville one that would've been completely accurate. Playfully is good too though.

Edited June 21, 2013 by legofreak86

[Sam892]

I don't think Lego let's you take pictures, you probably will have to get secret squirrel espionage gear to sneak some in hahaha

Jeez after watching Man of Steel for a fourth time, did anyone smiled or smirked when they saw the sets portrayal in the movie, playfully accurate?

Comic con pictures are fine as they only show Minifigures and no sets. They also tend to not show any characters who based on Film characters ( the expecting being the first year when they showed the Avengers, most likely because the nearly the whole wave was movie based). It's the London Toyfair who don't allow pictures, and LEGO don't allow photos of Sets based around the films. However I'm guessing like last year most of the first wave will be Comic or TV based, so there should be no problem photographing those figures.

[legofreak86]

Comic con pictures are fine as they only show Minifigures and no sets. They also tend to not show any characters who based on Film characters ( the expecting being the first year when they showed the Avengers, most likely because the nearly the whole wave was movie based). It's the London Toyfair who don't allow pictures, and LEGO don't allow photos of Sets based around the films. However I'm guessing like last year most of the first wave will be Comic or TV based, so there should be no problem photographing those figures.

Bane, TDKR batman and Gordon were all shown last year at one of the comic cons! I do see your point however. I'm hoping like with arkham last year they reveal the figures included in A Wayne manor set. I hope the actual manor is revealed in Oct like arkham a perfect way to top off the batman line. We really do need one because we still have no Alfred and its just something every self respecting Lego batman line needs. I'm hoping minfigure wise: Alfred, Bruce (black suit),Batgirl, Batman maybe grey and black that'd be nice, Ras al ghul, Riddler,Talia and Nightwing as robin is already in 3 sets 4 if you count the new polybag. That would be ideal.

Edited June 21, 2013 by legofreak86

[The Brigante]

I'm really hoping they move away from Batman. Yes, I know he sells, but the theme is meant to be Super Heroes, not 'Batman and an occasional guest appearance from Supes/other JLA member'.

-Rant over

[legofreak86]

I'm really hoping they move away from Batman. Yes, I know he sells, but the theme is meant to be Super Heroes, not 'Batman and an occasional guest appearance from Supes/other JLA member'.

-Rant over

I do also I just think Wayne Manor would be a nice way to finish the batman aspect of the line off.

[Captain Nemo]

I don't see any need for a Wayne Manor at all. I mean, it's not like anything goes on there--it's the batcave where Batman and family hang out. Wayne Manor is notable yes, but there are far better locations in the DC universe that are notable and actively used. I mean I would rather take a Watchtower build over Wayne Manor any day.

[shaggysanchez]

I also don't see the need for a Wayne Manor. I am not saying I would not take one but unless they made a new batcave that could be attached to it then I don't see how it could be a great super heroes set. I feel like it would just be a nicer version of the Haunted House set with some details that lend themselves to Bruce Wayne/ Batman.

Now if they wanted to do something similar to Jabba's Palace/ Rancor Pit sets but on a larger scale I would be all for that. I think this is the only way that a Wayne Manor works is having one set be the house and a second set be a new batcave that could be attached below it. The issue with that though is Wayne Manor would still just be a big mansion with not much going on with it and to do both sets right I would think you would need to be in the $300 - $400 price range for the two combined.

The other issue with a Wayne Manor is what figs would you include? If it is a large scale set like people want than it would need a lot of figs but I can't see any reason to put villians in a Wayne Manor set.

Don't get me wrong I am all for more large scale superhero sets both DC and Marvel. I love the Arkham set it was a great build that looks great and has enough play features for my kids. I wish they could have bumped it up to $200 and added some more to it but I am ok with it as is and I think it might have been more of a test to see just how much people would spend on the superhero sets. I just don't know that Wayne Manor will be the set that gets people to drop that type of money on a set.

Edited June 21, 2013 by shaggysanchez

[legofreak86]

I don't see any need for a Wayne Manor at all. I mean, it's not like anything goes on there--it's the batcave where Batman and family hang out. Wayne Manor is notable yes, but there are far better locations in the DC universe that are notable and actively used. I mean I would rather take a Watchtower build over Wayne Manor any day.

I see your point but it is the most iconic building in the batman universe and if you ever have watched btas there are always scenes with Wayne manor same with comic books. Plus bane breaks into Wayne manor before the Bat cave and knocks out Alfred and then bats and bane fight down to the bat cave. Ras al ghul fights Bruce there and then burns the place down in batman begins, The riddler and two face break in there and kidnap Dr chase in forever. Mr freeze tries to kill Alfred, Barbara and Tim in the new batman adventures there. You could say the same about mcu stark tower. An office building where tony stark is attacked by Loki. I mean apart from that not much really goes on there does it either? Its a matter of whether Lego would make either exciting and include lots of features and interesting rooms and cool array of mini figures.

shaggysanchez They could include all the villains they want! Did penguin and Mr freeze or bane and poison ivy ever team up and break into the bat cave? No! They make up their own scenarios for sets. Heck with stark tower they could add baron zemo,red skull or even galactus and justify it. My point is a set isn't just what it is its what tlg make it if the scenario is exciting then so is the set. The thing we are forgetting is the Lego sets are not aimed at us older fans they are aimed at Lego's target audience: KIDS!! kids aren't going to see it as a nicer haunted house they are going to look at it and say wow! Wayne manor! look at all the figures and play features they'll play with it for hours on end like Hogwarts like helm's deep like any other set.

I doubt we will see a watch tower until justice league movie. Not many younger kids of today have actually seen the old justice league animated series or read many comics starring the Jl. Lego's target audience have probably only seen brave and the bold and the dark knight trilogy!!! The only place that age group could've seen the watch tower either in brave and the bold or the Lego batman 2 video game. The manor on the other hand is iconic every person that age who likes superheroes are bound to have seen it. I'd love to see a watchtower but I don't think that they'll do one until the justice league movie comes out.

Edited June 21, 2013 by legofreak86

[Sam892]

The other issue with a Wayne Manor is what figs would you include? If it is a large scale set like people want than it would need a lot of figs but I can't see any reason to put villians in a Wayne Manor set.

Don't get me wrong I am all for more large scale superhero sets both DC and Marvel. I love the Arkham set it was a great build that looks great and has enough play features for my kids. I wish they could have bumped it up to $200 and added some more to it but I am ok with it as is and I think it might have been more of a test to see just how much people would spend on the superhero sets. I just don't know that Wayne Manor will be the set that gets people to drop that type of money on a set.

I don't figured would be the problem. You could easily put Tim Drake, Alfred, Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman, Talia and Ras al ghul in the set. The main problem for me would it would be a wasted chance to get something new.

Really the X-mansion would be best. All brand new figures, with a cool looking mansion. I'm sure if anyone really wants a Wayne manor they can adapt the X-mansion to look like it. That way both DC and Marvel fans get something.

[Captain Nemo]

I see your point but it is the most iconic building in the batman universe and if you ever have watched btas there are always scenes with Wayne manor same with comic books. Plus bane breaks into Wayne manor before the Bat cave and knocks out Alfred and then bats and bane fight down to the bat cave. Ras al ghul fights Bruce there and then burns the place down in batman begins, The riddler and two face break in there and kidnap Dr chase in forever. Mr freeze tries to kill Alfred, Barbara and Tim in the new batman adventures there. You could say the same about mcu stark tower. An office building where tony stark is attacked by Loki. I mean apart from that not much really goes on there does it either? Its a matter of whether Lego would make either exciting and include lots of features and interesting rooms and cool array of mini figures.

Actually, in the overall picture, Wayne Manor is very minor. I mean its really just there to keep up Bruce Wayne's persona, and not much else. But I see the biggest problem being the lack of build and play features. The examples you provided don't account for much, and its not like they could just tack on flick fire missiles (Though I'm sure they'd try!). And on top of that in most of those examples more significant scenes then take place in the Batcave, not the manor.

As for Stark Tower (Which I don't think will happen simply because the Avengers movie wave is long over), it offers far more play features then the manor ever would. Heck, almost all of the Avenger characters have their own scene there--Loki battles Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor there, plus it's the source of the Cosmic Cude doorway.

My point is a set isn't just what it is its what tlg make it if the scenario is exciting then so is the set. The thing we are forgetting is the Lego sets are not aimed at us older fans they are aimed at Lego's target audience: KIDS!! kids aren't going to see it as a nicer haunted house they are going to look at it and say wow! Wayne manor! look at all the figures and play features they'll play with it for hours on end like Hogwarts like helm's deep like any other set.

Yes Lego sets are 100% aimed at kids, however Wayne Manor is not a set a kid would play with. It's likely at first they would say "wow! Wayne Manor!" But it's not then hard to believe they would say "Where's the Batcave?" The manor by itself is really nothing, and there would not be any good play features other then have Alfred read the mail and build Bruce Wayne's bed so he can sleep during the day. Wayne Manor cannot compare to sets such as Hogwarts or Helms deep either--as those two examples both hold significance importance in their respective franchises as well as offer tons of memorable (from the films/books) play features. Really, I just think Wayne Manor is something that could easily be left out and not missed by most kids.

I doubt we will see a watch tower until justice league movie. Not many younger kids of today have actually seen the old justice league animated series or read many comics starring the Jl. Lego's target audience have probably only seen brave and the bold and the dark knight trilogy!!! The only place that age group could've seen the watch tower either in brave and the bold or the Lego batman 2 video game. The manor on the other hand is iconic every person that age who likes superheroes are bound to have seen it. I'd love to see a watchtower but I don't think that they'll do one until the justice league movie comes out.

I truly believe we will see a Watchtower set at some point in the near future, and we many not have to wait for the JL movie (if that ever happens, but that's a different problem) it's very notable and recognizable, and it appears in basically every JLA thing kids would know of. I'm sure many kids know about the Watchtower too, even if you say the JLA show is too old (though the scenes you pointed out for the Manor set, with the exception of Batman Begins, are far, far older then the JLA show). Anyways, I do at some point expect the Watchtower set, among other things (come on Flash!), but I cannot at all say the same for the passable Wayne Manor.

Edited June 21, 2013 by Captain Nemo

[legofreak86]

I don't figured would be the problem. You could easily put Tim Drake, Alfred, Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman, Talia and Ras al ghul in the set. The main problem for me would it would be a wasted chance to get something new.

Really the X-mansion would be best. All brand new figures, with a cool looking mansion. I'm sure if anyone really wants a Wayne manor they can adapt the X-mansion to look like it. That way both DC and Marvel fans get something.

Good point. I'm a fan of both so I don't mind either way I just really wanted Wayne manor because of the fact that my bat cave is missing an Alfred and the original is ridiculously expensive to get hold of. An X mansion though would be fantastic it would be nice to have an Xavier to play chess with my magneto and if they like they did with the magneto figure and Ian Mckellen cheekily make the prof's likeness look like Patrick Stewart! It would also make a change from the barrage of Spiderman. It would be something unique!

Actually, in the overall picture, Wayne Manor is very minor. I mean its really just there to keep up Bruce Wayne's persona, and not much else. But I see the biggest problem being the lack of build and play features. The examples you provided don't account for much, and its not like they could just tack on flick fire missiles (Though I'm sure they'd try!). And on top of that in most of those examples more significant scenes then take place in the Batcave, not the manor.

As for Stark Tower (Which I don't think will happen simply because the Avengers movie wave is long over), it offers far more play features then the manor ever would. Heck, almost all of the Avenger characters have their own scene there--Loki battles Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor there, plus it's the source of the Cosmic Cude doorway.

Yes Lego sets are 100% aimed at kids, however Wayne Manor is not a set a kid would play with. It's likely at first they would say "wow! Wayne Manor!" But it's not then hard to believe they would say "Where's the Bat cave?" The manor by itself is really nothing, and there would not be any good play features other then have Alfred read the mail and build Bruce Wayne's bed so he can sleep during the day. Wayne Manor cannot compare to sets such as Hogwarts or Helms deep either--as those two examples both hold significance importance in their respective franchises as well as offer tons of memorable (from the films/books) play features. Really, I just think Wayne Manor is something that could easily be left out and not missed by most kids.

I truly believe we will see a Watchtower set at some point in the near future, and we many not have to wait for the JL movie (if that ever happens, but that's a different problem) it's very notable and recognizable, and it appears in basically every JLA thing kids would know of. I'm sure many kids know about the Watchtower too, even if you say the JLA show is too old (though the scenes you pointed out for the Manor set, with the exception of Batman Begins, are far, far older then the JLA show). Anyways, I do at some point expect the Watchtower set, among other things (come on Flash!), but I cannot at all say the same for the passable Wayne Manor.

Actually good point about the manor missing the cave I hadn't thought about that! Stark tower was just an example of somewhere where not much happens. I don't expect one unless they make an avengers tower for avengers 2. Good point I suppose with the internet and replays of the show and popular culture kids would've seen the watch tower. I'd love to see one if nothing else than for Martian manhunter! You're right I just fancied an Alfred maybe they'll shove him in a smaller set!

[Im a brickmaster.]

I believe lego could use the watch tower from young justice, the design would fit nicely. Does anyone know when comic con starts??

[mattb]

San Diego comic con is July 18-21

[Masked Builder]

I picked up several of the MoS LEGO poster at a LEGO store today. It's really quite neat.

[just2good]

From FBTB, a picture of the Robin polybag in flesh!

(The picture is in spoiler tags due to the large size!)

I'm amazed the chose to use the 2012 Batman artwork in the corner. It looks nice with the 2013-style border!

Edited June 22, 2013 by just2good

[halomaster96]

After this polybag, I really don't think we need Tim Drake robin anymore, I would love it if they made Jason Todd/Red Hood and/or Damian Wayne. Also, I think a Wayne Manor set would be good, only if they make it to be able to go over the batcave and includes at least Alfred, Ra's Al Ghul, Batgirl and Nightwing or the other robins that we don't have yet. But, while I would like to see this, I'd much rather they made a Watchtower first with at least 7 or 8 members of the JLA with Darkseid or Sinestro or some other villain. Although since we did get Arkham Asylum this year, next year we'll probably get a big Marvel set like the Helicarrier or the X-mansion.

[kissyfur_ok]

I'm expexting a Marvel set for sure. An X-Mansion makes the most sense to me because we're expecting more X-sets anyway, it could easily follow a similar layout to Arkham (ornate and detailed exterior/playable and varied interior) and because the Wolverine and DOFP films are in full hype-mode now (just like TDK trilogy was with Batman sets and MCU with the Marvel sets) so TLG can be confident in the awareness and popularity, even though they're not direct movie versions due to licensing.

They could quite easily make a couple of rooms/scenes too; a section of Cerebro, a classroom, part of the danger room and a hallway or something, much like the variation seen in Arkham.

And then there's the minifigs!

Xavier, Logan, Cyclops, Storm, Beast... Loads to choose from and any would be relevant to the set.

They could even do the jet and a sentinel within or seperate from the set as both will be movie relevant too and add the usual vehicle and mech builds.

I really think this is more likely than a slightly 'un-playable/caveless' Wayne Manor or 'too-long-since-movie' Stark Tower/Hellicarrier (despite me being more than willin to pay a hefty amount for either!).

The Avengers and JLA HQ's are just too unknown at the moment to expect one this/next year IMO.

I'm desperate to see the comicon minifigs so we can stop speculating on the next wave and get excited!!! I'm so impatient...

[legofreak86]

After seeing Agent Coulson in the Lego Marvel Super heroes gameplay. I think with this new shield TV series its high time we got an Agent Coulson minifigure in physical form. perhaps they'll do a set based on the new shield TV show in the January line. Maybe we might see Coulson if they make a Set From Thor 2011 in the Thor the dark world line. Hopefully Coulson is in captain America 2 so then we'll see him and fingers crossed Nick fury mcu version as he has a large part in the film. Just saying I think with them teasing the design of the Coulson figure in The Gameplay trailer it's about time Coulson made it into the marvel line. Just had a crazy thought! Maybe if they do another ultimate Spidey set then Coulson will be included with that as he is quite frequent on that show and looks exactly like his mcu design!

[Im a brickmaster.]

Well, if anyone has seen the Avengers then they know about his, uh, " retirement ". Unless there is

some big avengers set, like Orthnac, we won't likely see him.

Edited June 22, 2013 by Im a brickmaster.

[Spider-Man]

Well, if anyone has seen the Avengers then they know about his, uh, " retirement ". Unless there is

some big avengers set, like Orthnac, we won't likely see him.

[legofreak86]

Indeed here's hoping we see him in avengers 2!

[The Brigante]

Just a thought here. With Nova being in GotG, do you think LEGO will use the current Nova mini-fig or create a new version, should they do a GotG set?

[Vindicare]

They could even do the jet and a sentinel within or seperate from the set as both will be movie relevant too and add the usual vehicle and mech builds.

Definitely should be a separate set. If they were included with the Mansion that would mean one of 2 things, hefty price tag or a "dumbed down" Mansion. I think a Blackbird vs. Sentinel set would be perfect.