Marvel Superheroes 2018 - Set Discussion

[rob-ot5000]

3 minutes ago, Wonkyeye1 said:

I thought the same thing, but apparently since Brickheadz use their own set numbers and most have already leaked for the year, it's likely to be a regular set.

Ah, good point! There goes that theory!

[SpiderJazz]

45 minutes ago, rob-ot5000 said:

Not sure if this has been brought up, but I would not be shocked in the slightest if the hypothetical second AM&W set is a Brickheadz two-pack.

I know all of the BrickHeadz that is going to be released. It's just Groot and Rocket for Marvel. 

[LEGODalekbuster523]

15 hours ago, SpiderJazz said:

I know all of the BrickHeadz that is going to be released. It's just Groot and Rocket for Marvel. 

Baby, Teen or Adult Groot?

[legosamsonite]

2 hours ago, LEGODalekbuster523 said:

Baby, Teen or Adult Groot?

I don't have any info, but judging the other leaks, i would assume teen or adult, aren't they making some packs this year that is a full sized brickhead and a smaller one? So large groot and mini rocket, like the luke and yoda one

[THELEGOBATMAN]

There are leaked pictures of two minifigures from Solo summer sets. One of them is the main villain, and the second is actually no one. Just a henchman. But he got a totally new super detailed dual molded mask. And it just makes me sad because of The Wasp...

[THELEGOBATMAN]

https://brickset.com/article/35766/avengers-infinity-war-comparing-the-sets-to-the-film

Brickset's article about accuracy of the sets. DON'T READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET. Normal article like all the others, but something is... maybe a great info:

"[...] The Mad Titan only wears his helmet and shoulder armour [...] so it seems strange that he appears with them here. Hopefully we will see a version without these accoutrements at some point, perhaps in another set which has yet to be revealed."

Does this confirm another Infinity War set, or my ability to read and understand is worse than I thought?

[BrickSantorum]

50 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/35766/avengers-infinity-war-comparing-the-sets-to-the-film

Brickset's article about accuracy of the sets. DON'T READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET. Normal article like all the others, but something is... maybe a great info:

"[...] The Mad Titan only wears his helmet and shoulder armour [...] so it seems strange that he appears with them here. Hopefully we will see a version without these accoutrements at some point, perhaps in another set which has yet to be revealed."

Does this confirm another Infinity War set, or my ability to read and understand is worse than I thought?

The "hopefully" and "perhaps" seem to imply pretty strongly that this is not confirmation of anything.

[LEGODalekbuster523]

4 hours ago, legosamsonite said:

I don't have any info, but judging the other leaks, i would assume teen or adult, aren't they making some packs this year that is a full sized brickhead and a smaller one? So large groot and mini rocket, like the luke and yoda one

I mean really they could start off with an adult Groot Brickhead, then release a Baby Groot one later and a Teen Groot at a later date. They could sell Groot three times.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

22 hours ago, BrickSantorum said:

The "hopefully" and "perhaps" seem to imply pretty strongly that this is not confirmation of anything.

[..] another set which has yet to be revealed. Hopefully and perhaps wasn't about the set, but about Thanos in it.

[BrickSantorum]

1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

[..] another set which has yet to be revealed. Hopefully and perhaps wasn't about the set, but about Thanos in it.

It's a pretty badly worded sentence with multiple possible readings. But if the Thanos we got was helmeted because Lego was working off of old/incomplete concept art, I don't think having another month or two would have made much difference as far as getting a more movie-accurate version. And I REALLY doubt that they'd put out another Thanos fig in a single, retail-exclusive summer set, when they've got at least one more entire wave of sets for Avengers 4 coming out in less than a year. Plus, the retail exclusive licensed sets seem to usually run around $30-50, and there is no way that they'd put a Thanos fig in a set that costs less than $70 when 71607 is still available.

I don't have any insider info, but there's really no compelling evidence to suggest that we'll see another Thanos before 2019, and there are a lot of reasons why we won't.

[Falconfan1414]

The antman and the wasp set is selling on eBay for $40 

[Ultron]

2 hours ago, Falconfan1414 said:

The antman and the wasp set is selling on eBay for $40 

Hope that means Hope's face leaks soon

[LegoLord54]

Thought just came back into my head. Do you think we could get venom sets because I think Lego technically has the rights to make them despite the film being made by Sony. Back in 2014 Lego made a Polybag for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 film of Electro when they had just go the rights for it. Personally I think we could just get a Polybag of Venom himself which would certainly be good enough in my opinion.

[NXS7]

2 hours ago, LegoLord54 said:

Thought just came back into my head. Do you think we could get venom sets because I think Lego technically has the rights to make them despite the film being made by Sony. Back in 2014 Lego made a Polybag for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 film of Electro when they had just go the rights for it. Personally I think we could just get a Polybag of Venom himself which would certainly be good enough in my opinion.

Difference between an Electro polybag and a Venom polybag is Electro was in a kid friendly film, Venom is in a R rated film, seems rather unlikely to get anything based off an R rated film

[BrickSantorum]

6 hours ago, Quicksilver838 said:

Difference between an Electro polybag and a Venom polybag is Electro was in a kid friendly film, Venom is in a R rated film, seems rather unlikely to get anything based off an R rated film

I’ve got my fingers crossed for an unofficial tie-in Spidey set that includes Venom, like LEGO did for the Suicide Squad sets. I think it’s a long shot at best, but at least there’s some precedent for it...

[NXS7]

12 minutes ago, BrickSantorum said:

I’ve got my fingers crossed for an unofficial tie-in Spidey set that includes Venom, like LEGO did for the Suicide Squad sets. I think it’s a long shot at best, but at least there’s some precedent for it...

Maybe not even an unrelated movie tie in, but I would like to see an updated Venom, maybe a big fig, or just a new figure with the Outrider arm pack. Truth be it, I'm actually uncertain about any more Marvel comic sets as next year will likely be the same format as this year;

-Black Panther/Captain Marvel: Two winter sets

-Avengers Infinity War/Avengers *$&(-@£%!?*&)/: Multiple spring sets

-Ant Man and the Wasp/Spider Man 2: One or two summer sets

[BrickSantorum]

1 hour ago, Quicksilver838 said:

Maybe not even an unrelated movie tie in, but I would like to see an updated Venom, maybe a big fig, or just a new figure with the Outrider arm pack. Truth be it, I'm actually uncertain about any more Marvel comic sets as next year will likely be the same format as this year;

-Black Panther/Captain Marvel: Two winter sets

-Avengers Infinity War/Avengers *$&(-@£%!?*&)/: Multiple spring sets

-Ant Man and the Wasp/Spider Man 2: One or two summer sets

Yeah, when I looked at the slate of MCU movies coming out in the next 10-12 months, it didn't seem to leave a lot of room for non-movie sets in the release calendar. Plus, I'm pretty sure that the movie-based sets have consistently outsold the non-movie sets on average.

Does Marvel even have any high-profile animated series aimed at Lego's target demographic (kids 8-14) right now? I don't count Marvel Rising, since that seems like it's just going to be a handful of digital shorts and one animated movie, at this point.

[NXS7]

40 minutes ago, BrickSantorum said:

Yeah, when I looked at the slate of MCU movies coming out in the next 10-12 months, it didn't seem to leave a lot of room for non-movie sets in the release calendar. Plus, I'm pretty sure that the movie-based sets have consistently outsold the non-movie sets on average.

Does Marvel even have any high-profile animated series aimed at Lego's target demographic (kids 8-14) right now? I don't count Marvel Rising, since that seems like it's just going to be a handful of digital shorts and one animated movie, at this point.

Well there's Avengers: Secret Wars (soon to be Avengers: Black Panther's Quest), Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout and Spider Man. However really if you think about it, the TV animation based sets stopped in 2016 with the Red Skull sub/Avenjet v Thanos

Marvel Rising could be a good opportunity for one or two sets that could give us Spider Gwen, Quake and Squirrel Girl, but it does seem unlikely

[THELEGOBATMAN]

23 hours ago, BrickSantorum said:

It's a pretty badly worded sentence with multiple possible readings. But if the Thanos we got was helmeted because Lego was working off of old/incomplete concept art, I don't think having another month or two would have made much difference as far as getting a more movie-accurate version. And I REALLY doubt that they'd put out another Thanos fig in a single, retail-exclusive summer set, when they've got at least one more entire wave of sets for Avengers 4 coming out in less than a year. Plus, the retail exclusive licensed sets seem to usually run around $30-50, and there is no way that they'd put a Thanos fig in a set that costs less than $70 when 71607 is still available.

I don't have any insider info, but there's really no compelling evidence to suggest that we'll see another Thanos before 2019, and there are a lot of reasons why we won't.

Probably they wouldn't throw Thanos in 7th set. We got this totally inaccurate Thanos not because of the concept art, but because Lego being lazy. I think they would do all hero set, or throw one Outrider.

[linnormlord]

I just want to point out that there is a difference between cutting costs as a company and being "lazy." I keep seeing this criticism here, that Lego has gotten "lazy" but I don't understand it. It would appear to me that Lego has tried to simplify many of their minifigure designs for this theme as a way to cut costs. Many people here aren't happy about it. I agree that plain legs without printing are a little boring. But stop calling it "lazy." It has become a lazy criticism that is too often repeated here. If you don't like something, just say so. E.g.

The latest Thanos figure is disappointing. The printing on the figure is much simpler than the earlier version, and the design doesn't match his appearance in the film. Lego has reused the earlier Thanos mold, probably as a cost-cutting measure, but it only works for his armored appearance seen only briefly in the film. The plain arms however resemble his appearance after shedding most of the heavy armor, making the figure a weird mash-up. However, a bald and helmet-less Thanos would probably look very plain and unremarkable in big-fig form, giving TLG a dilemma in how to design the figure and make it look distinct. While I can't say I have a better solution, I don't think this version is the best we could have gotten, and I can't help but wonder what the figure could have looked like if it were made before TLG's recent financial woes.

[Agent Kallus]

26 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Probably they wouldn't throw Thanos in 7th set. We got this totally inaccurate Thanos not because of the concept art, but because Lego being lazy. I think they would do all hero set, or throw one Outrider.

Spoiler

I think the bigfig we got matches well to Thanos seen in the opening scene, not the best choice though. 

 

[BrickSantorum]

53 minutes ago, linnormlord said:

I just want to point out that there is a difference between cutting costs as a company and being "lazy." I keep seeing this criticism here, that Lego has gotten "lazy" but I don't understand it. It would appear to me that Lego has tried to simplify many of their minifigure designs for this theme as a way to cut costs. Many people here aren't happy about it. I agree that plain legs without printing are a little boring. But stop calling it "lazy." It has become a lazy criticism that is too often repeated here. If you don't like something, just say so. E.g.

The latest Thanos figure is disappointing. The printing on the figure is much simpler than the earlier version, and the design doesn't match his appearance in the film. Lego has reused the earlier Thanos mold, probably as a cost-cutting measure, but it only works for his armored appearance seen only briefly in the film. The plain arms however resemble his appearance after shedding most of the heavy armor, making the figure a weird mash-up. However, a bald and helmet-less Thanos would probably look very plain and unremarkable in big-fig form, giving TLG a dilemma in how to design the figure and make it look distinct. While I can't say I have a better solution, I don't think this version is the best we could have gotten, and I can't help but wonder what the figure could have looked like if it were made before TLG's recent financial woes.

Wonderfully put. Thank you.

[x105Black]

50 minutes ago, linnormlord said:

I just want to point out that there is a difference between cutting costs as a company and being "lazy." I keep seeing this criticism here, that Lego has gotten "lazy" but I don't understand it. It would appear to me that Lego has tried to simplify many of their minifigure designs for this theme as a way to cut costs. Many people here aren't happy about it. I agree that plain legs without printing are a little boring. But stop calling it "lazy." It has become a lazy criticism that is too often repeated here. If you don't like something, just say so. E.g.

The latest Thanos figure is disappointing. The printing on the figure is much simpler than the earlier version, and the design doesn't match his appearance in the film. Lego has reused the earlier Thanos mold, probably as a cost-cutting measure, but it only works for his armored appearance seen only briefly in the film. The plain arms however resemble his appearance after shedding most of the heavy armor, making the figure a weird mash-up. However, a bald and helmet-less Thanos would probably look very plain and unremarkable in big-fig form, giving TLG a dilemma in how to design the figure and make it look distinct. While I can't say I have a better solution, I don't think this version is the best we could have gotten, and I can't help but wonder what the figure could have looked like if it were made before TLG's recent financial woes.

Well said.

As to Thanos himself, the Brickheadz is a better representation of the character as he appears for most of the movie.  I would have preferred that the bigfig be either a helmetless, bare armed version (like the Brickheadz), or a helmeted, fully armored version (perhaps too close to the earlier version).  Preferably both.

[linnormlord]

43 minutes ago, x105Black said:

Preferably both.

Both ... at the same time? Look no further than 76107! /s but I had a good chuckle about it. Yes, either of those options would have been better, and getting both would have been neat. 

I feel like Lego's Marvel minifigures peaked in 76049 Avenjet Space Mission. Among the minifig bounty in that set: the first and probably superior Thanos big-fig, extra head for Captain Marvel, leg printing on 3 figures, dual molded arms on Hyperion, and only one boring figure in Captain America with no unique parts and plain legs. I pointed out way back in 2016 that 76049 had the same number of new printed/molded arms and legs as the entire Civil War line. 

Come to think of it, the Civil War line also had a large number of plain legs and arms just like we got for this year's IW war sets. For some reason, TLG is trying to save money on move-based sets by keeping the prints simpler? Maybe they put the fancier arms and legs into the more children-oriented cartoon-based sets to entice the AFOLs to buy them too, but don't feel they need to in the move sets?

I just checked the legs on the IW figures. The numbers are interesting. 6 sets, only 4 new leg prints (one of them used twice). There are 3 additional reused legs prints from earlier years. Three of the four new leg prints appear in one set together (Sanctum Sanctorum), arguably the most AFOL-oriented set in the series.

[BlueberryWaffles]

Honestly most of the plain legs don't bother me, they're usually accurate enough to the character. Even with all the complaining about Black Panther not having ears and leg printing, looking side by side with the movie suit the top of his helmet and his legs are mostly black anyway.

The one quibble I do have is that I really wish Iron Spider had dual-molded legs.