psqidexslizer Posted January 22 Posted January 22 3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Well, 76340 is a Marvel advent calendar again! Weird, I thought they were permanently replaced by the Minecraft ones If day 18 isn’t Doctor Doom in an ugly Christmas sweater, the license should just go to Megablocks. Quote
Lemerbrix Posted January 22 Posted January 22 1 hour ago, psqidexslizer said: If day 18 isn’t Doctor Doom in an ugly Christmas sweater, the license should just go to Megablocks. Please lego, let this happen because it would be so freaking funny Quote
calebcold3 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I REALLY hope the Advent Calendar is X-Men themed, or even Fantastic Four themed. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 22 Posted January 22 7 hours ago, calebcold3 said: I REALLY hope the Advent Calendar is X-Men themed, or even Fantastic Four themed. With Doomsday coming out in December, I wouldn‘t be surprised if it was another MCU-themed one, but based on the Infinity Saga. September is too early for Doomsday tie-in sets Not sure if previous X-Men sets and the FF one last year sold well enough to have an AC dedicated to either team. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 22 Posted January 22 8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: With Doomsday coming out in December, I wouldn‘t be surprised if it was another MCU-themed one, but based on the Infinity Saga. September is too early for Doomsday tie-in sets Not sure if previous X-Men sets and the FF one last year sold well enough to have an AC dedicated to either team. It'd also be tough to make them work- the F4 one would have to have fewer minifigures than most ACs given it has 4 available re-uses, and with the new prints normally being used for sweaters (in which case 3/4 of them, if sweaters were applied, would just look like generic civilians. Not that lego's immune to that- Widow got a sweater- but it wouldn't make for a particularly engaging AC as far as figures go.) With the X-men, you've got a few more options- especially if they wanted to be Microfighter Rex level generous and throw a mansion exclusive like Gambit or Jean in the AC now that most people who bought the mansion just for the figures have done so- but I think if they were popular enough for an AC we'd see more normal sets. My guess is it'll be MCU Avengers. There aren't enough figure options for comic avengers and the last calendar was Spidey based. If the designers can make it work, it could be a good way to be a pseudo-doomsday set, by including characters who will wear roughly the same costumes as existing lego ones, and maybe even forgoing a sweater print or two to get us somebody who's costume hasn't been rendered in lego before. That opens up a few figure slots, and given the sheer size of this film's cast, they need every slot they can get. (And you know, purely hypothetically, since the part now exists in that color, maybe they use a print for a John Walker torso and throw the helmet on instead of the awful beret Doomsday's going for. Please?) Quote
Scarilian Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I'm 50/50 on whether I'll aim for all the Epic Moments collection, hopefully one or more of the April sets is from that to help me decide. I really like the Spider-man 3 set and I'm curious what else the line will give. Got the AoU: Hulkbuster fight, it is definitely the weaker of the two. The The 'Airport/Bridge' sign should have been printed. Just a lot of stickers in general. Floating display concept is neat but you can't replicate the more iconic first punch or shooting repulsor blasts. The lack of joints is frustrating for posing and makes the Hulkbuster look more like it's doing a Sumo Wrestler pose. Iron Man minifigure is cool, glad it's fully printed, only one of the Tony Stark faceprints is appropriate, the other should have been the heads-up display. Quote
Sinistereo Posted January 24 Posted January 24 76349 and 76350 are unknown Spider-Man sets, priced at $59.99 and $89.99 respectively. These could very well be our Brand New Day sets Quote
Scarilian Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Update from Lego_minecraft_goat combined with release dates from Jedijacpenguin's list: 76345 - 18+, $49.99 April 76347 - 9+, $49.99 April 76348 - 9+, $99.99 April 76354 - 3057 Pieces, $369.99 April 76346 - 'Spider-man Figure', 12+, 813 Pieces, $99.99 June 76349 - (Spider-man), 7+, 367 Pieces, $49.99/$59.99 June 76350 - (Spider-man), 8+, 534 Pieces, $89.99 June 76352 - (Avengers: Doomsday), $109.99 June 76340 - Advent Calendar, Usual Pricing September 76339 - $69.99 Unknown Release Interesting the Avengers: Doomsday set is listed as June currently via other sites, I wonder given the pricing if it's a Doctor Doom Figure which could explain the early release as a figure based on Doctor Doom would'nt necessarily spoil the movie. The lack of detail regarding 76345, 76347, 76348 and 76354 is interesting though, even if the speculation is correct and the D2C is a Helicarrier, what would they be surrounding it with? My hope is that the other three are Epic Moment Collections though. Obviously we'll probably get more sets later on in the year, Avengers: Doomsday in particular is definitely not going to just have a single set. 32 minutes ago, Sinistereo said: These could very well be our Brand New Day sets Probably so. The price per piece is absolutely horrific though... 367 Pieces for $49.99? 534 Pieces for $89.99??? What is in these sets to justify these prices or are Lego hoping that people will just buy it anyway. Quote
Sinistereo Posted January 24 Posted January 24 30 minutes ago, Scarilian said: Update from Lego_minecraft_goat combined with release dates from Jedijacpenguin's list: 76345 - 18+, $49.99 April 76347 - 9+, $49.99 April 76348 - 9+, $99.99 April 76354 - 3057 Pieces, $369.99 April 76346 - 'Spider-man Figure', 12+, 813 Pieces, $99.99 June 76349 - (Spider-man), 7+, 367 Pieces, $49.99/$59.99 June 76350 - (Spider-man), 8+, 534 Pieces, $89.99 June 76352 - (Avengers: Doomsday), $109.99 June 76340 - Advent Calendar, Usual Pricing September 76339 - $69.99 Unknown Release Interesting the Avengers: Doomsday set is listed as June currently via other sites, I wonder given the pricing if it's a Doctor Doom Figure which could explain the early release as a figure based on Doctor Doom would'nt necessarily spoil the movie. The lack of detail regarding 76345, 76347, 76348 and 76354 is interesting though, even if the speculation is correct and the D2C is a Helicarrier, what would they be surrounding it with? My hope is that the other three are Epic Moment Collections though. Obviously we'll probably get more sets later on in the year, Avengers: Doomsday in particular is definitely not going to just have a single set. Probably so. The price per piece is absolutely horrific though... 367 Pieces for $49.99? 534 Pieces for $89.99??? What is in these sets to justify these prices or are Lego hoping that people will just buy it anyway. well.... that $90 set could have a certain spoiler character which would absolutely (in lego's eyes) justify the price bump. Not saying I agree with it, but my money is on that set being the big battle set from the movie Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 24 Posted January 24 A Doomsday set in June already?! Weird, but I’ll take it Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 24 Posted January 24 12 minutes ago, Sinistereo said: well.... that $90 set could have a certain spoiler character which would absolutely (in lego's eyes) justify the price bump. Not saying I agree with it, but my money is on that set being the big battle set from the movie Is there a second bigfig character rumored? Lego typically doesn't look at a single minifig's desirability and go "yeah, that's enough to bump the price up $20". I assume the $60 set just includes Hulk, but I have no idea what's going on with the $90 one. That's some hoopty-level stuff. My pipe dream is that it is a final battle set that's a sort of mega battle pack featuring like 14 minifigures (Let's say: Spoiler Spider-Man, Punisher, Hulk bigfig, Jean Grey, Yelena Belova, Mr. Negative, 2x Hand Ninja, Boomerang, Scorpion, and then for some others who haven't been leaked but would fit let's say a The Beast bigfig, Daredevil, John Walker, and Sentry. but realistically this is just a Hoopty situation but with a character who might be popular enough to pull it off. Quote
Sinistereo Posted January 24 Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said: Is there a second bigfig character rumored? Lego typically doesn't look at a single minifig's desirability and go "yeah, that's enough to bump the price up $20". I assume the $60 set just includes Hulk, but I have no idea what's going on with the $90 one. That's some hoopty-level stuff. My pipe dream is that it is a final battle set that's a sort of mega battle pack featuring like 14 minifigures (Let's say: Hide contents Spider-Man, Punisher, Hulk bigfig, Jean Grey, Yelena Belova, Mr. Negative, 2x Hand Ninja, Boomerang, Scorpion, and then for some others who haven't been leaked but would fit let's say a The Beast bigfig, Daredevil, John Walker, and Sentry. but realistically this is just a Hoopty situation but with a character who might be popular enough to pull it off. Hulk is who I was referring to, but didn't want to say because I didn't know he was common knowledge yet. I could totally see him being in that $90 set Quote
calebcold3 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: A Doomsday set in June already?! Weird, but I’ll take it I've seen people suggest that it could be a buildable Doctor Doom, that would be Similar to the MK 3 we just got, since it has a similar price range. Quote
brickbride Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/21/2026 at 10:35 PM, BrickBob Studpants said: Well, 76340 is a Marvel advent calendar again! Weird, I thought they were permanently replaced by the Minecraft ones I think the fact that Marvel didn't get one last year was a combination of the 2024 (Spidey-themed) one selling badly and Marvel getting its own Spidey-themed CMF series in 2025 - LEGO might have felt that people would not buy that and still want to fork out money for an AC in December. I'm more surprised that Minecraft doesn't get its own AC anyway given how well-received the 2025 one was - why do they have to share a slot with Marvel? 9 hours ago, Scarilian said: The price per piece is absolutely horrific though... 367 Pieces for $49.99? 534 Pieces for $89.99??? What is in these sets to justify these prices Smart bricks? ;-) (Though those price to pieces ratios are actually kind of too cheap for smart brick sets IMO.) Quote
calebcold3 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 32 minutes ago, brickbride said: Smart bricks? ;-) (Though those price to pieces ratios are actually kind of too cheap for smart brick sets IMO.) I would say one of the sets 100% has Hulk, as big figs increase the price of a set VS what the actual price should be. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 25 Posted January 25 9 hours ago, Sinistereo said: Hulk is who I was referring to, but didn't want to say because I didn't know he was common knowledge yet. I could totally see him being in that $90 set Good move to keep quiet if unsure, but yeah, the trades reported on him back in august. He and Punisher are in the camp of being safe to discuss, I think a few of the villains as well but I don't want to namedrop them outside spoilers in case they aren't. Then you've got some of the leaked villains and heroes who haven't been officially reported on, and then stuff like Sadie Sink's character where as far as I know we STILL don't have a reliable leak on who she is. 57 minutes ago, brickbride said: I think the fact that Marvel didn't get one last year was a combination of the 2024 (Spidey-themed) one selling badly and Marvel getting its own Spidey-themed CMF series in 2025 - LEGO might have felt that people would not buy that and still want to fork out money for an AC in December. I'm more surprised that Minecraft doesn't get its own AC anyway given how well-received the 2025 one was - why do they have to share a slot with Marvel? Smart bricks? ;-) (Though those price to pieces ratios are actually kind of too cheap for smart brick sets IMO.) Sets normally take about a year and a half before release to develop (I would hope the ACs take less, but even if we say it was like 10-11 months, they still wouldn't have too much sales data to go off as I assume the ACs get the most sales in late november/early december), so I doubt they had minecraft sales data when they decided to go with marvel this year- for that same reason I'm not sure the 2024 one underperforming (did it underperform? I imagine it would have- it wasn't the most inspired- but I don't remember hearing much in that respect) would have impacted the decision to swap to minecraft in 2025. As for why they have to share a slot, I assume that's shelf space and self-competition. They already do City/Friends/Star Wars and more recently Harry Potter every year. I would imagine having six on shelves at the same time might be pushing it a little, especially when it's multiples of the licensed action themes. (Which, as a side point, why do we not have a Ninjago AC over these licensed ones? Lego would assumably save some money, I can't imagine it would do poorly, etc. It's not like Christmas needs to be canon to the universe given we have the star wars one.) Quote
brickbride Posted January 25 Posted January 25 8 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said: for that same reason I'm not sure the 2024 one underperforming (did it underperform? I imagine it would have- it wasn't the most inspired- but I don't remember hearing much in that respect) would have impacted the decision to swap to minecraft in 2025. As for why they have to share a slot, I assume that's shelf space and self-competition. They already do City/Friends/Star Wars and more recently Harry Potter every year. I would imagine having six on shelves at the same time might be pushing it a little, especially when it's multiples of the licensed action themes. (Which, as a side point, why do we not have a Ninjago AC over these licensed ones? Lego would assumably save some money, I can't imagine it would do poorly, etc. It's not like Christmas needs to be canon to the universe given we have the star wars one.) The 2024 Marvel AC was heavily discounted even at LEGO's own stores (-40% if I remember correctly), the only other one I can remember seeing like this was the Disney one. So yeah I'd say it underperformed at least here. Last year we had Minecraft (instead of Marvel), Friends, City, Disney, HP, Star Wars, that's already six. HP reportedly doesn't get an AC this year so unless they pull something else (like Ninjago, which I've been wondering about myself) out of their hat there should still be a slot left. Yet it seems that Marvel and Minecraft have to share one slot for whatever reason. Quote
Lego Nostalgia Posted January 25 Posted January 25 I really hope we get the Punisher Van or at least The Punisher, he's supposed to be the 2nd important character in the movie, no way lego would leave him out Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 25 Posted January 25 12 hours ago, brickbride said: The 2024 Marvel AC was heavily discounted even at LEGO's own stores (-40% if I remember correctly), the only other one I can remember seeing like this was the Disney one. So yeah I'd say it underperformed at least here. Last year we had Minecraft (instead of Marvel), Friends, City, Disney, HP, Star Wars, that's already six. HP reportedly doesn't get an AC this year so unless they pull something else (like Ninjago, which I've been wondering about myself) out of their hat there should still be a slot left. Yet it seems that Marvel and Minecraft have to share one slot for whatever reason. That checks out- I couldn't remember hearing anything but like I said it makes sense that it would have. I didn't remember the disney calendar but if anything that would amplify the point- there are just enough of these out there at this point that doing one for every theme becomes self-defeating. I doubt lego views it specifically as a "marvel or minecraft" spot, but I would assume they do have limited slots and as such can't make a calendar for every theme. 5 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said: I really hope we get the Punisher Van or at least The Punisher, he's supposed to be the 2nd important character in the movie, no way lego would leave him out I think we have a pretty good chance- while an 18+ set, he has shown up before, and now he's going to be a major character in a PG-13 movie. Quote
LegendaryArticuno Posted January 27 Posted January 27 I regret going all-in on Marvel Lego, LOTR is just more classy and sygnergizes really well with both Zelda or Medieval. Ninjago is overall way more creative and innovative as well. That said I don't regret dropping Starwars or never getting into Harry Potter. We need more quality Marvel sets, tbh I havent really enjoyed any recent Marvel sets since Daily Bugle, Sanctum or the Quinjet, there are some outliers here and there like the Subway scene but otherwise the mini-modulars and playsets are overpriced trash. Quote
squiz18 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 3 hours ago, LegendaryArticuno said: I regret going all-in on Marvel Lego, LOTR is just more classy and sygnergizes really well with both Zelda or Medieval. Ninjago is overall way more creative and innovative as well. That said I don't regret dropping Starwars or never getting into Harry Potter. We need more quality Marvel sets, tbh I havent really enjoyed any recent Marvel sets since Daily Bugle, Sanctum or the Quinjet, there are some outliers here and there like the Subway scene but otherwise the mini-modulars and playsets are overpriced trash. If you regret it why not just buy some other themes? I bought most marvel sets for a few years but like you say there havent been many good sets providing anything new lately. I've bought some ninjago, bricklink designer programme sets and some ideas and they are great. My son has really got into Harry potter lately so weve been building some of those together. I'll come back to marvel if there are some amazing sets and/or doomsday is good. Quote
LegendaryArticuno Posted January 27 Posted January 27 1 hour ago, squiz18 said: If you regret it why not just buy some other themes? I bought most marvel sets for a few years but like you say there havent been many good sets providing anything new lately. I've bought some ninjago, bricklink designer programme sets and some ideas and they are great. My son has really got into Harry potter lately so weve been building some of those together. I'll come back to marvel if there are some amazing sets and/or doomsday is good. It's too late and costly to switch over to a new theme, once you're in deep you can't get out that easily. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 27 Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, LegendaryArticuno said: It's too late and costly to switch over to a new theme, once you're in deep you can't get out that easily. For Lord of the Rings specifically I understand this, because the sets are all ~$500, but for most themes, would you not simply take whatever budget you planned on using for the old theme and transfer it to the new one? Quote
squiz18 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 14 hours ago, LegendaryArticuno said: It's too late and costly to switch over to a new theme, once you're in deep you can't get out that easily. This sounds like you are buying sets you actively don't like just because of the theme? That seems crazy to me. Quote
JeanGreyForever Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/27/2026 at 4:46 PM, Mandalorianknight said: For Lord of the Rings specifically I understand this, because the sets are all ~$500, but for most themes, would you not simply take whatever budget you planned on using for the old theme and transfer it to the new one? The issue might also be that once you've spent so much money on one theme, it feels like a waste if you stop collecting that and move onto something else. You have to justify all the money and time you spent on all those previous sets, so you double down on getting more rather than moving onto something else. On 1/27/2026 at 4:22 PM, LegendaryArticuno said: It's too late and costly to switch over to a new theme, once you're in deep you can't get out that easily. Exactly. I know the feeling lol. Quote
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