Marvel Superheroes 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[JeanGreyForever]

On 2/11/2026 at 2:53 PM, psqidexslizer said:

It doesn’t even seem like we’re getting tie-in sets for X-Men season 2 at this point, and Lego seems more willing to merchandise cartoons over comics.

This seems to confirm that the X-Men sets undersold. I remember someone posted here that Lego was on the fence about making more X-Men sets until they saw the sales figures for the X-Mansion and X-Jet. Them skipping out on Season 2 definitely indicates those sets must not have met expectations. Which doesn't surprise me considering how pricey and underwhelming they both were. I only got them because I'm a major X-Men fan and even then, I waited a long time before getting them rather than immediately. I guess we'll never get a comic Nightcrawler, Jubilee, or Angel to match the minifigures we do have of the X-Men.

On 2/14/2026 at 2:34 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Confirmed: Boomerang, Tombstone, Tarantula, Sadie Sink's character, Zendaya, Ned

I love how we still don't know who Sadie Sink's character is. 

[psqidexslizer]

42 minutes ago, JeanGreyForever said:

This seems to confirm that the X-Men sets undersold. I remember someone posted here that Lego was on the fence about making more X-Men sets until they saw the sales figures for the X-Mansion and X-Jet. Them skipping out on Season 2 definitely indicates those sets must not have met expectations. Which doesn't surprise me considering how pricey and underwhelming they both were. I only got them because I'm a major X-Men fan and even then, I waited a long time before getting them rather than immediately. I guess we'll never get a comic Nightcrawler, Jubilee, or Angel to match the minifigures we do have of the X-Men.

Yeah, it’s disappointing and kind of surprising given X-Men ‘97 seemed to be popular enough to warrant a third season being immediately greenlit. And I desperately want to fill out the X-Men roster and give them someone to fight who isn’t named Magneto. But I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that super heroes in general are not selling as well as they once did. It used to be we’d get sets for every new MCU movie, waves of Batman and friends sets, and the occasional comic set. Now we’re reduced to Spider-Man (the only hero who actually seems to sell), MCU Legacy, and Batmobiles based on older movies. I think the only hope for the theme moving forward is if the DCU takes off or Doomsday and Secret Wars are able to revive the MCU. Other than that, I think our best hope for comic based versions of anyone is if they get snuck into Spider-Man sets.

[Mandalorianknight]

16 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

Lego hasn’t exactly done a great job adapting the finer details of Vulture’s wings and Doc Ock’s arms, opting instead to capture the general shape and focus on sturdiness and possibility. I doubt this will be any different.

Yeah, I'd be shocked if it was anything other than essentially a singular, shorter doc ock arm attached to a neck bracket with a spike instead of a claw at the end. Which I'm fine with- it's a lego minifigure, not a Hot Toys figure, I am OK with it being made of lego.

7 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

This seems to confirm that the X-Men sets undersold. I remember someone posted here that Lego was on the fence about making more X-Men sets until they saw the sales figures for the X-Mansion and X-Jet. Them skipping out on Season 2 definitely indicates those sets must not have met expectations. Which doesn't surprise me considering how pricey and underwhelming they both were. I only got them because I'm a major X-Men fan and even then, I waited a long time before getting them rather than immediately. I guess we'll never get a comic Nightcrawler, Jubilee, or Angel to match the minifigures we do have of the X-Men.

I love how we still don't know who Sadie Sink's character is. 

Yeah- regardless of how well the show did, lego shot themselves in the foot by making the X-jet double what it should have cost.

About that.... the consensus from the leakers at this point seems to be-

Spoiler

well... you- Jean Grey

, though I personally hope that's not true. There's enough going on in this movie already, and I would also much prefer if

Spoiler

Secret Wars is what causes Mutants, rather than them having been around this whole time.

 

7 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

Yeah, it’s disappointing and kind of surprising given X-Men ‘97 seemed to be popular enough to warrant a third season being immediately greenlit. 

It seemed to do well for an animated show but from what I'm seeing it didn't reach the viewership even Echo had. Especially given that it falls into somewhat of a niche where there are still plenty of adults who don't watch animated content, and yet it was clearly marketed to adults rather than kids, I can understand lego not making more sets directly based on the show.

That said, they're still the X-men. Wolverine at the least should be popular enough to get more comic sets from, and you can always throw some X-men into a Wolverine Car or whatever.... or make some sets based on a massively popular game that prominently features a number of X-men...

[psqidexslizer]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That said, they're still the X-men. Wolverine at the least should be popular enough to get more comic sets from, and you can always throw some X-men into a Wolverine Car or whatever.... or make some sets based on a massively popular game that prominently features a number of X-men...

Unfortunately, I think the Wolverine that is most popular is the Hugh Jackman one not the comic or animated, just like despite how popular Iron Man has been for the past decade, it’s particularly the RDJ version not the comic or animated ones. Which is why we’ve only gotten a few comic Iron Man sets but plenty of MCU sets with the character. The problem with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine though is that 1) he’s mostly just some dude in a tang top or a jacket and only wears his costume in a film that Lego isn’t touching with a ten thousand mile foot pole and 2) his best films are over twenty years old or Rated-R. Which is why I think, despite the embargo against X-Men merchandise finally being lifted, Wolverine still doesn’t get as much love as he should.

I do agree though that the occasional Wolverine set is probably our best chance at getting more X-Men and I wouldn’t be surprised if within the next year or two we get a Wolverine vs Sabertooth set. A Wolverine vs Hulk set also seems long overdue.

[calebcold3]

Isn't the Upcoming Advent Calendar technically a Wolverine set? (Since he is in the set with a Christmas Sweater)

As the AC seems more than likely to be comic based given the figure selection we know of so far? 

Edited Tuesday at 05:01 AM by calebcold3

[psqidexslizer]

5 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

Isn't the Upcoming Advent Calendar technically a Wolverine set? (Since he is in the set with a Christmas Sweater)

As the AC seems more than likely to be comic based given the figure selection we know of so far? 

In the same sense that it’s a Ghost Rider set and a Dr Doom set, yes.

[CloneCommando99]

3 more minifigs have been revealed for the AC

• Captain America (please be WW2 Suit)
• Spider-man (please be iron spider)
• Holiday Iron Man (please don’t be a sweater and instead be a red and white suit of armour)

Edited Tuesday at 10:43 PM by CloneCommando99

[psqidexslizer]

26 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

3 more minifigs have been revealed for the AC

• Captain America (please be WW2 Suit)
• Spider-man (please be iron spider)
• Holiday Iron Man (please don’t be a sweater and instead be a red and white suit of armour)

Dr. Doom invited everyone to his super awesome Christmas bash except for Reed Richards, just so poor Reed would have to spend Christmas alone. 

[calebcold3]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

3 more minifigs have been revealed for the AC

• Captain America (please be WW2 Suit)
• Spider-man (please be iron spider)
• Holiday Iron Man (please don’t be a sweater and instead be a red and white suit of armour)

Where did you see the Holiday Iron Man? I saw where Cap and Spidey are going to be included because of Unibrick's Instagram story, but I didn't see anything about the Holiday Iron Man. 

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

3 more minifigs have been revealed for the AC

• Captain America (please be WW2 Suit)
• Spider-man (please be iron spider)
• Holiday Iron Man (please don’t be a sweater and instead be a red and white suit of armour)

The fact that it's holiday iron man and wolverine does unfortunately imply they're both sweaters, which in turn implies I was right that Doom will be a re-use since there's no way we get 4-5 unique prints in a marvel AC.

If i had to guess, it would be:

Wolverine (X-men '97) with sweater, comic Iron Man (from the mech or car) with sweater, Cap (from the 4+ set), Ghost Rider (From the bike), Spider-Man (basic variant), Doom (From a yet-unseen spider-man set)

It is possibly they've finally decided to mix comic and movie designs and we get movie doom, which would put Iron Spider on the table, but between the two options I think I'd prefer the one that gets us a comic book doom minifigure.

2 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

Dr. Doom invited everyone to his super awesome Christmas bash except for Reed Richards, just so poor Reed would have to spend Christmas alone. 

He would do this. And Reed's daughter would go to Doom's party, too.

[doclord]

Doom has a gold chain and brown belt. Also the other figures are all comic based (so comics Cap?!) so very likely Doom is comics too, if the color scheme wasn't a giveaway (Movie Doom doesn't have gold).

Edited Wednesday at 01:32 AM by doclord

[Mandalorianknight]

38 minutes ago, doclord said:

Doom has a gold chain and brown belt. Also the other figures are all comic based (so comics Cap?!) so very likely Doom is comics too, if the color scheme wasn't a giveaway (Movie Doom doesn't have gold).

Witness me, nonbelievers. Doom arrives all the same.

I'm 100% confident on my list then. Glad there'll be a better way to get cap from the 4+ set, unless we actually are getting a non-venomized comics cap this summer.

[psqidexslizer]

Just a thought, but what if the buildable Dr Doom isn’t actually the Doomsday version. What if it’s a comic version and includes a comic Dr Doom minifigure. 

[doclord]

6 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Just a thought, but what if the buildable Dr Doom isn’t actually the Doomsday version. What if it’s a comic version and includes a comic Dr Doom minifigure. 

Yeah, I think there's a minute chance that there actually isn't a 2026 Doomsday wave, but maybe a Doomsday-inspired comics wave (hence why we may have a comics Cap and Doom, two Doomsday MCs). Similar to Endgame and NWH having weird sets?

I would be over the moon if we got comics Sentry, Doom, Cap and the Fantastic Four all in the same year.

Edited Wednesday at 02:44 AM by doclord

[psqidexslizer]

19 minutes ago, doclord said:

Yeah, I think there's a minute chance that there actually isn't a 2026 Doomsday wave, but maybe a Doomsday-inspired comics wave (hence why we may have a comics Cap and Doom, two Doomsday MCs). Similar to Endgame and NWH having weird sets?

I would be over the moon if we got comics Sentry, Doom, Cap and the Fantastic Four all in the same year.

There’s no way we’d get that lucky.

Only way I could see that happening is if Marvel was so secretive with this film that they gave Lego zero to work with so they just “megabluck it, we’ll just make comic sets and throw every rumored character in there.”

Edited Wednesday at 03:03 AM by psqidexslizer

[calebcold3]

26 minutes ago, doclord said:

Yeah, I think there's a minute chance that there actually isn't a 2026 Doomsday wave, but maybe a Doomsday-inspired comics wave (hence why we may have a comics Cap and Doom, two Doomsday MCs). Similar to Endgame and NWH having weird sets?

I would be over the moon if we got comics Sentry, Doom, Cap and the Fantastic Four all in the same year.

I know you said a minute chance, so I don't wanna come across as raining on a parade, but IIRC, Tandnbricks said recently that the Doomsday sets wouldn't be like the initial Endgame sets where it's made up stuff/stuff that is from other movies/barely in Endgame

So that means we should expect something like the Infinity War/Average Marvel Movie wave for Doomsday. 

Edited Wednesday at 03:10 AM by calebcold3

[Mandalorianknight]

26 minutes ago, doclord said:

Yeah, I think there's a minute chance that there actually isn't a 2026 Doomsday wave, but maybe a Doomsday-inspired comics wave (hence why we may have a comics Cap and Doom, two Doomsday MCs). Similar to Endgame and NWH having weird sets?

I would be over the moon if we got comics Sentry, Doom, Cap and the Fantastic Four all in the same year.

Very unlikely (even those movies had film-based minifigures despite... whatever was going on with the actual sets), but it would be awesome.

Good idea. I'm adding comics Sentry to my Kaine, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Luna Snow algorithm joke I use. 

9 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Only way I could see that happening is if Marvel was so secretive with this film that they gave Lego zero to work with so they just “megabluck it, we’ll just make comic sets and throw every rumored character in there.”

You were right, the AC WAS doomsday based all along and some designer got tricked by a fake leak saying Nic Cage's Ghost Rider would be leading the fight.

1 minute ago, calebcold3 said:

I know you said a minute chance, so I don't wanna come across as raining on a parade, but IIRC, Tandnbricks said recently that the Doomsday sets wouldn't be like the initial Endgame sets. 

So that means we should expect something like the Infinity War wave for Doomsday. 

Good, all things considered. The first endgame wave had a few great figures and what I'm sure were fun toys for younger kids, but the infinity war wave had some great sets. We already know some of the vehicles that will be in doomsday, so hopefully lego's able to make solid representations of them like they were the Benatar.

42 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Just a thought, but what if the buildable Dr Doom isn’t actually the Doomsday version. What if it’s a comic version and includes a comic Dr Doom minifigure. 

It's certainly possible. I'd be a little surprised if they were that generous with him being in the AC, but there's definitely a chance.

[calebcold3]

I wonder what some of the builds of the Advent Calendar will be?

I could see a Micro X-Jet (since Wolverine is in the set) and a Small Christmas Themed Bike for Ghost Rider being some builds

Edited Wednesday at 07:20 AM by calebcold3

[Scarilian]

Advent Calendar is probably comic inspired. Guessing they also want to make use of any molds or prints they will use for Doctor Doom, just recoloured.

@psqidexslizer

 

Yeah, sadly that's probably right, guess it makes sense. I was hoping Scorpion's tail would look better in the movie so the figure would have more options.

11 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

Just a thought, but what if the buildable Dr Doom isn’t actually the Doomsday version. What if it’s a comic version and includes a comic Dr Doom minifigure. 

I should clarify that a buildable Doctor Doom is just speculation from myself and probably others.

I think it has a likelihood of happening as its a masked prominent character and would pair well with the buildable Iron Man as bookends to the franchise while opening the door to us getting buildable versions of the villains (Ultron being the next logical choice once again pairing well with Iron Man)

Edited Wednesday at 02:14 PM by Scarilian

[Swordy]

On 2/11/2026 at 7:54 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

(if someone says Agents of Shield, I'm gonna hit you with the penance stare)

Swordy, who just finished watching Season 4 for the first time, loved Ghost Rider’s inclusion in said show, and was planning out a thesis on how the season is still canon to Earth-1999999, also remembers how Ghost Rider’s victims ended up and stays quiet.

However, Swordy then realizes that MandoKnight is an agent of Khonshu, not vengeance, so he pips in, I wish I had bought that Ghost Rider car when I saw it for $16 all that time ago.

On 2/12/2026 at 5:30 PM, psqidexslizer said:

The majority of Spider-Man sets we’ve gotten over the past 10 years have been based primarily on the comics. So not only can there be comic sets, there definitely have been. (Unless you really want to argue that, for example, Spider-Man never had a truck in the comics so therefore it’s not a comic set despite including figures solely based on the comics. But, in that case, you’d have to also argue that most of the MCU sets we’ve gotten weren’t really based on those because they include nonsense like flame-thrower Dune buggies and War Machine busters.)

To absolutely be pedantic, “primarily” is incorrect; “adjacent” would be the appropriate term in my not-so-humble opinion, since every Spider-Man set and related minifig ever has been based on either a cartoon or video game. I can prove that with multiple examples from Doctor Doom’s odd inclusion with the Daily Bugle (pulled from his appearance on then-current Ultimate Spider-Man show) to the ‘21 designs of Doc Ock and even the classic Spidey being lifted from Spider-Man PS4. Nowadays TLG seems to just make up new designs, which makes collecting boring for me. If the design looks pulled from the comics, it’s likely because some non-comic media pulled it from there first; thus the comic basis is adjacent, not primary.

 

Hearing news about a buildable Herbie is nice to hear from fan of the FF film, although he was probably fourth on my wishlist, following a FantastiCar, Baxter Building, and literally anything else.

Shame that the Spider-Man BND sets sound so overpriced. It’s especially jarring after the moderate to great pricing of the January wave, that I wonder why. Just two sets is also a step down from previous years’ movie waves. LEGO MCU sets don’t have to be on a decline like this.

 

The Marvel AC might be a lock for me this year—although the Star Wars one is making some heavy competition for me.

Advent Calenders (at least for LSW) tend to not reuse figures from sets past July 31st, i.e. no summer or fall wave sets. (This is beside holiday-themed figures.) Now, yes, LSW Advents in particular have featured exclusive non-holiday characters before, but it’s been seven years since the last time that happened (2019) so I find that possibility present but unlikely.

Thus, that would mean that some comic set involving Doom is on the table… perhaps the alleged Doomsday sets allegedly releasing in the alleged June will be comic Avenger sets? Perhaps sets originally developed for an earlier version of Doomsday which had to be scrapped, until Marvel Studios pushed back the film, giving opportunity to redevelop and release those sets?
However, I wouldn’t get too excited for other comic characters just yet. We already have a generic Iron Man, Black Panther, Cap’n America, and Hulk to fill out any set’s roster. Maybe a new Thor?

Of course, the set with comics Doom could just as easily be a buildable Doom. I’m not so sure about that, though; the buildable Iron Man seemed more organically made, or at least carefully curated than even the SW buildable helmets. I can’t see any more buildable characters this year besides Spider-Man (already rumored) or Venom (who had the next buildable bust after Iron Man). Doom does make sense if you connect those dots so, but again, I don’t completely buy that theory.

TL;DR I believe at least one comic playset with Doom is on the table. I don’t expect anything more as of now, though.

Edited 21 hours ago by Swordy

[psqidexslizer]

36 minutes ago, Swordy said:

To absolutely be pedantic, “primarily” is incorrect; “adjacent” would be the appropriate term in my not-so-humble opinion, since every Spider-Man set and related minifig ever has been based on either a cartoon or video game. I can prove that with multiple examples from Doctor Doom’s odd inclusion with the Daily Bugle (pulled from his appearance on then-current Ultimate Spider-Man show) to the ‘21 designs of Doc Ock and even the classic Spidey being lifted from Spider-Man PS4. Nowadays TLG seems to just make up new designs, which makes collecting boring for me. If the design looks pulled from the comics, it’s likely because some non-comic media pulled it from there first; thus the comic basis is adjacent, not primary.

Doctor Doom was included in a set specifically labeled as being based on Ultimate Spider-Man, so I wasn’t counting that as a comic based set anyways. And while you are correct that we’ve gotten minifigures based on other media in these sets, most notably the ‘21 Doc Ock which is clearly inspired by the video games, it’s simply untrue that every minifigure in these Spider-Man sets has been based on video game or cartoon appearances. It wouldn’t even be fair to say the majority of them are. 

Take, for example the Doc Ock minifigures we got in 2014 and 2016. Both of those designs are ripped straight out of comic, but that specific design has not been used in any other media. Same with the 2016 Vulture, Kraven, Hobgoblin, and Scorpion minifigures. 2020 Mysterio is also distinct from his animated and videogame counterparts, but dead on for his comic book appearance. As are 2016 Green Goblin and 2025 Kraven and Hobgoblin. Ultimate Spider-Woman hadn’t appeared in anything except comics when we got her in 2016. 

And moving on from just Spider-Man, we’ve got Storm, Wolverine, and Cyclops from the 2014 Blackbird set. I can’t think of a single cartoon before X-Men ‘97 that has used those specific designs and I doubt Lego designers made sets based on a show that came out 9 years later. Or what about Red She-Hulk? The character has barely had any appearances outside of the comics with her most notable appearance being in the Lego Marvel Super Heroes video game. Unless you really want to argue that a Lego videogame that took its design from comics is somehow not a comic design. There’s also 2020 Hawkeye who was included in the Avengers videogame wave sporting his comic design instead of his game design.

And there are dozen more examples I could pull from such as Iron Spider, Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider, and Julia Carpenter Spider Woman to name just a few where their appearances outside of comics are so few and sometimes even obscure that I find it hard to believe those were the inspiration for their minifigure designs.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Swordy said:

Swordy, who just finished watching Season 4 for the first time, loved Ghost Rider’s inclusion in said show, and was planning out a thesis on how the season is still canon to Earth-1999999, also remembers how Ghost Rider’s victims ended up and stays quiet.

However, Swordy then realizes that MandoKnight is an agent of Khonshu, not vengeance, so he pips in, I wish I had bought that Ghost Rider car when I saw it for $16 all that time ago.

 

The Marvel AC might be a lock for me this year—although the Star Wars one is making some heavy competition for me.

Advent Calenders (at least for LSW) tend to not reuse figures from sets past July 31st, i.e. no summer or fall wave sets. (This is beside holiday-themed figures.) Now, yes, LSW Advents in particular have featured exclusive non-holiday characters before, but that has been seven years since the last time that happened (2019) so I find that possibility present but unlikely.

Thus, that would mean that some comic set involving Doom is on the table… perhaps the alleged Doomsday sets allegedly releasing in the alleged June will be comic Avenger sets? Perhaps sets originally developed for an earlier version of Doomsday which had to be scrapped, until Marvel Studios pushed back the film, giving opportunity to redevelop and release those sets?
However, I wouldn’t get too excited for other comic characters just yet. We already have a generic Iron Man, Black Panther, Cap’n America, and Hulk to fill out any set’s roster. Maybe a new Thor?

Of course, the set with comics Doom could just as easily be a buildable Doom. I’m not so sure about that, though; the buildable Iron Man seemed more organically made, or at least carefully curated than even the SW buildable helmets. I can’t see any more buildable characters this year besides Spider-Man (already rumored) or Venom (who had the next buildable bust after Iron Man). Doom does make sense if you connect those dots so, but again, I don’t completely buy that theory.

TL;DR I believe at least one comic playset with Doom is on the table. I don’t expect anything more as of now, though.

Khonshu IS vengance. He represents real, plastic justice. He... agrees that $16 would have been a good deal for that set. But he warns you to be careful- your slot is Thor, after all, and Uru is made of moon rock.

 

This is good analysis, I think you're onto something. There's definitely a set with comic doom coming soon. I would add that I think it's unlikely buildable doom is ONLY in a buildable character and the calendar- including someone exclusive to a likely $130+ set in a $45 set just a few months later feels uncharacteristically generous. @CloneCommando99's talked about a doom mech a lot, and given those are pretty much always comic based (or whatever you want to call them- I don't have a horse in that race), that would be a good spot for him to show up. I wonder who they'd have fighting him- maybe just spider-man?

Edited 21 hours ago by Mandalorianknight

[JeanGreyForever]

On 2/16/2026 at 1:32 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah- regardless of how well the show did, lego shot themselves in the foot by making the X-jet double what it should have cost.

About that.... the consensus from the leakers at this point seems to be-

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well... you- Jean Grey

, though I personally hope that's not true. There's enough going on in this movie already, and I would also much prefer if

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Secret Wars is what causes Mutants, rather than them having been around this whole time.

 

It seemed to do well for an animated show but from what I'm seeing it didn't reach the viewership even Echo had. Especially given that it falls into somewhat of a niche where there are still plenty of adults who don't watch animated content, and yet it was clearly marketed to adults rather than kids, I can understand lego not making more sets directly based on the show.

That said, they're still the X-men. Wolverine at the least should be popular enough to get more comic sets from, and you can always throw some X-men into a Wolverine Car or whatever.... or make some sets based on a massively popular game that prominently features a number of X-men...

I've heard that rumor too. I wouldn't mind it but it seems random to insert in a Spider-Man movie. But based on how they're filming the X-Men film soon, I can see them sprinkling certain characters in earlier movies.

Animated shows in general don't get much views compared to the live-action ones. I think X-Men '97 was on par with S1 of What If? So even the lowest watched live-action shows, like Echo, will have exponentially more viewership than the highest-rated animated shows. Also the show was based entirely on nostalgia for the 90s show and it was way too esoteric for any small kids, who aren't familiar with the X-Men, to watch and become fans. So I can see why the Lego sets catered to adult collectors.

Wolverine has the Insomniac game coming out which makes me hope Lego will at least make some sets featuring him to "tie-in" with the game even without being officially based on the game. There should be quite a few major X-Men characters in the game listed below.

Spoiler

Jean Grey, Sabretooth, Mystique, Lady Deathstrike, Omega Red, Mr. Sinister, Forge, Callisto, etc.

 

On 2/16/2026 at 6:16 AM, psqidexslizer said:

Yeah, it’s disappointing and kind of surprising given X-Men ‘97 seemed to be popular enough to warrant a third season being immediately greenlit. And I desperately want to fill out the X-Men roster and give them someone to fight who isn’t named Magneto. But I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that super heroes in general are not selling as well as they once did. It used to be we’d get sets for every new MCU movie, waves of Batman and friends sets, and the occasional comic set. Now we’re reduced to Spider-Man (the only hero who actually seems to sell), MCU Legacy, and Batmobiles based on older movies. I think the only hope for the theme moving forward is if the DCU takes off or Doomsday and Secret Wars are able to revive the MCU. Other than that, I think our best hope for comic based versions of anyone is if they get snuck into Spider-Man sets.

I guess it was popular enough for Disney+ in terms of animated show viewership but that didn't translate to sales for toys or Lego sets. Spider-Man and Batman seem to be the only two really marketable superheroes left. Not sure if even the MCU Phase 1-3 movies will be popular for Lego in the next generation, the way Harry Potter and LOTR remain evergreen franchises. 

9 hours ago, Swordy said:

SHearing news about a buildable Herbie is nice to hear from fan of the FF film, although he was probably fourth on my wishlist, following a FantastiCar, Baxter Building, and literally anything else.

I think most people would have wanted a minifigure-scale HERBIE to go with the FF minifigs.