MOC: Marvel Racers

[Oky]

Since it is Comic Con weekend, here's my follow-up to my DC Superheroes Racers: Marvel Racers! In order to be able to compete with DC, all the Marvel heroes and villains built racers for themselves too!

First up, we have the racers of three of the Avengers. Since the Hulk is a larger than life hero, his racer is equally as big and strong. It's a military jeep that has been turned into a monster truck! Hulk gives a whole new meaning to the term road rage, so other racers would do best to stay out of his way unless they want to make him angry, and you do NOT want to make Hulk angry. Thor's racer in the colors of his costume while Captain America's racer is an American flag on wheels.

Cap's racer has a clip on the back that allows him to attach his shield there, giving him ultimate protection from the back! Meanwhile, the Hulk has a spare tire.

Here we have the fourth Avenger Iron Man together with a friend and a foe. Much like their armors, Iron Man's and War Machine's racer are very similar aside from their colors. The Mandarin's racer is a smaller version of his flame-throwing bumper cart from the Ultimate Showdown set.

Even from the back, Iron Man and War Machine's Racers look very similar. And just like in the Ultimate Showdown, Mandarin has a flame thrower on top of his cart.

Rounding out the Avengers team are Nick Fury and his shield agents. Hawkeye's racer is inspired by his truck from Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape. Fury's racer is a smaller version of his hovercar in the Spider-Cycle Chase. And Black Widows kart is, well, black.

While Black Widows racer is sleek and fast, Hawkeye's is powerful and heavily armored. Fury's car can't transform, but it's still made up of state of the art SHIELD technology.

Look out, here comes the Spider-Racer! Along with his friends, Iron Fist and Nova, they make an unbeatable racing team! Spidey's racer has the same patriotic colors as his costume as well as a big spider logo on the front. Iron Fist's racer is partly shaped like Shou-Lao, the dragon he slayed to get his powers. And Nova's is in the same colors as his costume.

Iron Fist's spoiler even has the shape of dragon wings!

Hot on Spider-Man's trail are three of his worst enemies! Venom's racer, much like his appearance, is a black and white version of Spidey's. Doc Ock's kart is a smaller version of the vehicle he had in his Lab set. Green Goblin's racer is made of the same Oscorp technology as his glider.

As you can see here, Green Goblin's racer has a similar exhaust as his glider and Venom's spoiler is a bit more spiky than Spidey's.

Here we have a few more, somewhat obscure villains. First, there is Thor's brother Loki whose racer is made out of Chitauri technology. Doctor Doom's racer has the same colors as his plane and bears the Latverian symbol. Riding alongside him is his henchman, the Beetle. His racer's headlights resemble big bug eyes.

The Beetle's spoiler is made out of the same material as his wings and Loki's racer has the same exhausts as the Chitauri ships.

Wolverine is the best at what he does, and what he does is make his rivals eat his dust! His racer is made out of adamantium and has the typical X-Men colors. That makes it indestructible, but also susceptible to his main villain, Magneto, whose racer has magnets mounted onto it of course! Meanwhile, Deadpool is just in it for the prize money. His racer has his signature colors and a big "D" on the hood.

Magneto's racer even has a magnet in the back. Wolverine's spoiler resembles a certain haircut. And Deadpool's racer has his logo on the back.

Let the race begin! Vote for your favorite Marvel racer above and let us know who you think should win, Marvel or DC?

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[CM4Sci]

Ha, these are better than your DC ones!

Awesome, Oky.

-Sci

[lightningtiger]

So cool 'Oky', but why are some cars got slicks and others have wet weather tyres on ?

Brick On Race On 'Oky' !

[Oky]

Ha, these are better than your DC ones!

Awesome, Oky.

Thanks! Glad you like them.

So cool 'Oky', but why are some cars got slicks and others have wet weather tyres on?

What type of tire the karts have depends on how much grip the driver wants them to have. I like to think that each racer has a different amount of speed, accelaration, and handling, like in racing games like Mario Kart.

[Esurient]

Very nice and cute racers! Great work!

[Tobias_Jay]

Very, very nice work Oky. These and your DC racers are top notch.

[greeny]

Wow! These are amazing! Hulk, Hawkeye, Dr Octopus and the Mandarins are my favorites!

Is there any chance we can see a picture of all of your karts together?

[Hey Joe]

Hey! They're all brilliant and thanks for sharing those with us. I kinda thought that the DC ones were a little better, but I like the DC sets and minifigs more anyway (which is a little odd as I'd always preferred the Marvel comics to DC).

One idea; you could mount Wolverine's claws so that they stick out on the spoiler. It would give a whole new meaning to side-swipe.

Joe

[Only Sinner]

These are so cool and unique. I am hard pressed to decide which driver I like best, much less pick Marvel or DC!

[Oky]

Thanks everyone! Looks like Hulk is smashing the competition, followed by Deadpool and Iron Man. And it seems that Marvel is a step ahead of DC as usual.

Is there any chance we can see a picture of all of your karts together?

Unfortunately I had to take apart the DC ones in order to make the Marvel ones, but I tried to make a group shot by photoshopping the two pictures together:

Super Heroes Racers by Oky - Space Ranger, on Flickr

[greeny]

Thanks everyone! Looks like Hulk is smashing the competition, followed by Deadpool and Iron Man. And it seems that Marvel is a step ahead of DC as usual.

Unfortunately I had to take apart the DC ones in order to make the Marvel ones, but I tried to make a group shot by photoshopping the two pictures together:

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Thank you! I must say you have done a very good job on these! Have you thought about any other themes?

[Oky]

Thank you! I must say you have done a very good job on these! Have you thought about any other themes?

Thanks! Glad you like it. And yes, currently I am in the planning stages of Nickelodeon Racers.

[Gremer]

Oky, could you do LotR racers? Those would be cool.

[Oky]

Oky, could you do LotR racers? Those would be cool.

Sorry, but as I said on Flickr and Cuusoo, since I don't have many LotR figs, I can't. Besides, most of them would look like they were made out of wood and stone, and the whole concept of cars in Middle Earth is a bit questionable anyway.

[BlueberryWaffles]

Nick? So Mikey.....vs. SpongeBob.....vs. Aang. Dis vill be very interesting.

[Oky]

Yeah... I'm also debating whether or not to include Speed Racer, seeing as there is a Speed Racer series currently airing on Nick. Might be fun to make mini versions of some of the cars.