B-Lister Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Personally, I feel they could do better. It seems they are only occasionally throwing comic fans a bone in the non movie years. Where are the Giant Size X-Men? The Morrison Justice League? The Doom Patrol? Heck, even the Teen Titans? And when they DO a great figure like Captain Marvel, or even Green Lantern, it's an impossible to get con or store exclusive (I'm looking at you, Martian Manhunter). But on the other hand, we do get some pretty sweet figures like Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Magneto, MODOK, Taskmaster, Nova, etc. The Hero sets are all about the characters. I think the more, the better. Gimme a full New Teen Titans lineup (crossover appeal with fans of the toon!) with The tower, and Deathstroke. Gimme the Doom Patrol, Swamp Thing, as many Lanterns of many colors as you can! The Great Lakes Avengers, Alpha Flight, Power Pack, and WHY don't we have any Fantastic Four sets yet? (I'd buy the flying bathtub in a New York minute! Toss in HERBIE and Franklin for good measure!) Do what must be done to be able to do Minifigure series. It'd fly off the shelves! Overall, they are doing good, but really should step things up a bit for comic fans. At least they seem to be in it long term, so good things may come if we are patient. Edited February 26, 2014 by Mister Blisterfists
Tereglith Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Sure, it'd be great to see all those characters you listed, but like it or not they'll never be more than a fantasy. There's simply not a large enough market to support designing new prints or pieces for obscure teams like Alpha Flight. I think we have to accept that if a character hasn't been in a movie or TV show in the past decade, it's not going to be in a Lego set either. That said, Lego is definitely dropping the ball on adapting the movies to brick form. When they got the Indiana Jones license, the started with a wave for the older movies - yet no MCU film before The Avengers has gotten a single set related to it. I wondered back in 2012 where our CA:TFA HYDRA vehicles were, or the SHIELD Mjolnir compound from Thor, or the university fight from TIH. Or hell - Iron Monger, or a Stark Expo set, from the most popular movies of the bunch. Since then Lego, has not only failed to produce any sets from the MCU's history, they've also failed to make any satisfying sets based on current movies. The Iron Man 3 wave was a joke, and they haven't even done anything for Thor 2 or Captain America 2, despite the fact that TDW had those bitchin' Dark Elf spaceships and Asgardian sky boats just begging to be made into sets. It looks like GotG will have the best and most accurate wave of the bunch just from what we've seen of the MIlano, but it's got an incredibly low bar to clear. The MCU is the biggest and most influential movie franchise since Star Wars, and Lego is treating it like it's just another Prince of Persia or Lone Ranger license for which they can toss off random sets - in fact, The Lone Ranger sets displayed far more attention to detail and craftsmanship than anything they've done for Marvel. It's a huge waste of potential.
B-Lister Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) By that logic, Teen Titans and Young Justice were both ill served. Well, Young Justice undoubtedly was. But I think you're right, regarding Alpha Flight. The days where a comic alone could get you a set are over. Sadly, it's likely any F4 set would be movie based, though I'd personally prefer a classic Kirby style. This is where minifigure series could help out. And I really wish TLG would try to break down the barriers in licensing, that may be in the way. As for MU, couldn't agree more, but I want more comic characters. I was a comic fan first. But if the films help get more comic product? Guess I have to take what I can get. Edited February 26, 2014 by Mister Blisterfists
CorneliusMurdock Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 This has been and will continue to be discussed in the current Super Hero topic. Thank you.
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