Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[poisonbricks]

I honestly think DC will get the big location with a Daily Planet model 

[HadesKing28]

6 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

What do you all think should/could be the Marvel D2C for next year?

I would love to see a Wakanda D2C featuring locations from both Black Panther films and Infinity War

[psqidexslizer]

IMO, there’s much more potential for DC Modular’s at this point than there is for Marvel. Sure, there’s locations Lego could do like Asgard, Wakanda, and Tony’s Malibu Mansion. But none of them really lend themselves well to the modular style, IMO. Then there are buildings left, like Oscorp, the Baxter Building, Avenger’s Mansion, Avenger’s Compund, and Foggy and Nelson. But only a few of them are iconic enough to justify a modular. Meanwhile DC has Lexcorp, The Daily Planet, Arkham Asylum, Wayne Mansion (yeah, I get the argument for these last two not being modular but if they can do the X-Mansion as a modular, then they can do Arkham and Wayne Manor), Wayne Tower, Star Labs, The Flash Museum.

 

tl;dr, I’d rather DC get some love with the modulars for a while.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

22 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

tl;dr, I’d rather DC get some love with the modulars for a while.

That would require LEGO actually caring about anything other from DC than Batman and Joker. 

Granted, this all could change if Gunn's Superman is really successful, giving the DCU a much needed headstart, but I don't think we'll see any kind of DC modular soon (and by soon I mean in the next two years).

[psqidexslizer]

47 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

That would require LEGO actually caring about anything other from DC than Batman and Joker. 

Granted, this all could change if Gunn's Superman is really successful, giving the DCU a much needed headstart, but I don't think we'll see any kind of DC modular soon (and by soon I mean in the next two years).

Not true. There’s plenty of Batman and Joker modulars they can make. In fact, they even start Jokerizing popular DC characters the way they’ve been Venomizing everyone.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

58 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Not true. There’s plenty of Batman and Joker modulars they can make. In fact, they even start Jokerizing popular DC characters the way they’ve been Venomizing everyone.

Modular Joker head.

Like, literally an enormous buildable Joker head. You can open his mouth to reveal an entrance (to where? no idea). All on a modular plate of course.

Minifigures include Batman (repeat from the 2024 wave) and five different Jokers (minor differences, two of them are repeats).

[psqidexslizer]

4 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Modular Joker head.

Like, literally an enormous buildable Joker head. You can open his mouth to reveal an entrance (to where? no idea). All on a modular plate of course.

Minifigures include Batman (repeat from the 2024 wave) and five different Jokers (minor differences, two of them are repeats).

Delete this before it becomes an official Lego set.

[BrickBob Studpants]

19 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Modular Jonkler head.

The Superheroes team right now:

 

Seriously though, I think Marvel is much more likely to get another modular before DC does. As much as I believe in the DCU‘s success, it first has to prove itself before a D2C set can be dedicated to any movies. The Baxter building is more likely in my opinion

[psqidexslizer]

1 minute ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Seriously though, I think Marvel is much more likely to get another modular before DC does. As much as I believe in the DCU‘s success, it first has to prove itself before a D2C set can be dedicated to any movies. The Baxter building is more likely in my opinion

Will you eat a newspaper if it is the Daily Planet? 😁

[CF Mitch]

19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Hasselhoff Fury, finally. Can't wait for him and Lucasfilm's Howard the Duck to take on RDoomJ in secret wars.

  

I was actually referring to a comic version, though

Is there any basis to determine whether we'll indeed get another D2C for Marvel next year, or whether it'll be DC?
The X-Mansion will also be a D2C, right?
Or am I mixing up abbreviations and their definition?  

Regards,
Mitch

[Lego Nostalgia]

20 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Will you eat a newspaper if it is the Daily Planet? 😁

I feel like that's easier to eat than a Deadpool Minifigure (Not speaking from experience btw)

[BrickBob Studpants]

56 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Will you eat a newspaper if it is the Daily Planet? 😁

No, because a Daily Planet D2C set is still magnitudes more likely than D&W sets ever were  

Edited August 5 by BrickBob Studpants

[wesker]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Seriously though, I think Marvel is much more likely to get another modular before DC does. As much as I believe in the DCU‘s success, it first has to prove itself before a D2C set can be dedicated to any movies. The Baxter building is more likely in my opinion

I don't think cinematic universes play much of a deciding factor in whether the Daily Planet gets made or not. It ultimately comes down to how confident Lego are in Superman as a character first and foremost and whether they feel he's marketable enough to carry such a set. In their eyes the release of a blockbuster movie could be the perfect time to do so while public interest in the character is at an all time high. There's no rule stating that a potential Daily Planet set would have to be based on the new film specifically either. Lego might opt for a broader approach that takes inspiration from Superman's legacy as a whole.

Right now I'm still 50/50 on which direction it could go. Marvel is a stronger brand than DC at the moment is but Superman still eclipses the Fantastic Four when it comes to popularity that it could really go either way

[psqidexslizer]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

No, because a Daily Planet D2C set is still magnitudes more likely than D&W sets ever were  

That’s why I suggested something magnitudes more edible. 😊😝

MTDbricks has a new figure list for the Civil War airport battle. Spider-Man, Falcon, and Bucky are the new recruits. Not sure what happened to figure #8.

Edited August 5 by psqidexslizer

[poisonbricks]

44 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

That’s why I suggested something magnitudes more edible. 😊😝

MTDbricks has a new figure list for the Civil War airport battle. Spider-Man, Falcon, and Bucky are the new recruits. Not sure what happened to figure #8.

He just posted to his story saying he forgot Black Panther haha 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Sounds like a solid minifig selection  I wonder if the Giant-Man figure will be more like the 2016 version or last year’s construction figure  Fingers crossed for the former, but after Surtur, I wouldn’t be shocked if it was the latter

[psqidexslizer]

34 minutes ago, poisonbricks said:

He just posted to his story saying he forgot Black Panther haha 

Ah. I’m not surprised it’s Black Panther. I am disappointed we didn’t get another Vision. It’s been since, what, 2019 since we last got a Vision in a set that isn’t $500? (Not counting Albino Vision.)

[squiz18]

11 hours ago, Huigberts Builds said:

Or maybe even some of the GoTG locations, like Knowhere with a new Collector, Cosmo, Howard etc.

A  modular Knowhere would be great. 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

54 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sounds like a solid minifig selection  I wonder if the Giant-Man figure will be more like the 2016 version or last year’s construction figure  Fingers crossed for the former, but after Surtur, I wouldn’t be shocked if it was the latter

Really hope it's the former. Brickbuilt minifigures have an actual charm—I don't think it'd work well for Surtur, but Ant-Man is a perfect example of case where it should be used.

[NXS7]

1 hour ago, poisonbricks said:

He just posted to his story saying he forgot Black Panther haha 

The Civil War Black Panther suit is my favourite of his (and Shuri's) costumes, plus the original minifigure is one of my favourite Marvel figures, so I'm interested to see how it'll be updated. I have no doubt the ear piece will be unprinted though

 

15 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Really hope it's the former. Brickbuilt minifigures have an actual charm—I don't think it'd work well for Surtur, but Ant-Man is a perfect example of case where it should be used.

The Surtur style works for large 'monster' type characters, but if the character in question is an enlarged human, that's where the charm works. Not like when Harry Potter and Hermione got them, that's just gimmicky

[Agent Kallus]

12 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

  

I was actually referring to a comic version, though

Is there any basis to determine whether we'll indeed get another D2C for Marvel next year, or whether it'll be DC?
The X-Mansion will also be a D2C, right?
Or am I mixing up abbreviations and their definition?  

Regards,
Mitch

Well D2C is direct to consumer but I just tend to think of them as a huge sets. A lot of them don't stay exclusive and sold at Smyths and the like.

But technically Both Marvel and DC have been getting D2Cs for the last few years, it's just that a lot of them haven't been minfig compatible.

Recent Super Hero D2Cs include: The Shadow Box Batcave, the Black Panther Bust, the Sanctum Sanatorium, the Avengers Towers, the Gotham Skyline, the Large 89 Batmobile, the huge hulkbuster, the large 89 batwing and so on.

Technically as well as the X-Mansion we do have another Superheroes D2C rumoured, it being a Large Scale Adam West 66 Batmobile.

[poisonbricks]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Well D2C is direct to consumer but I just tend to think of them as a huge sets. A lot of them don't stay exclusive and sold at Smyths and the like.

But technically Both Marvel and DC have been getting D2Cs for the last few years, it's just that a lot of them haven't been minfig compatible.

Recent Super Hero D2Cs include: The Shadow Box Batcave, the Black Panther Bust, the Sanctum Sanatorium, the Avengers Towers, the Gotham Skyline, the Large 89 Batmobile, the huge hulkbuster, the large 89 batwing and so on.

Technically as well as the X-Mansion we do have another Superheroes D2C rumoured, it being a Large Scale Adam West 66 Batmobile.

Yeah, I couldn't have phrased it better.

I think what Mitch was meaning to ask is it there's any way to know if the trend of the Marvel modular building/D2C minifigure scale location will continue or jump over to DC

And no, there's no way to know for sure yet, we can only speculate.

I personally think that given the options I can think of, a DC one with the Daily Planet makes the most sense (Oscorp is ANOTHER Spider-Man thing, the F4 are essentially untested in merchandising in the last ten years so I can't see a Baxter Building) 

[JohnTPT17]

5 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

I personally think that given the options I can think of, a DC one with the Daily Planet makes the most sense

If you'd want a second DC option, I think a Hall of Justice could also do well - and, open the door to more characters than just those who are Superman-adjacent.

That being said, i do think that a Baxter Building will probably be coming in the next couple years. The big Sanctum Sanctorum D2C is loosely based off of Multiverse of Madness (a movie which only did okay as far as MCU standards go) with a few other characters thrown in, and I think the upcoming Fantastic Four movie will do at least as well as that movie. At the very least, I'm sure someone working at Lego is testing out prototypes for it and waiting to see how the movie goes before they fully greenlight the project.

[CF Mitch]

11 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Well D2C is direct to consumer but I just tend to think of them as a huge sets.

Yeah, that was my thinking as well.
As you say, lately they're not always minifigure compatible anymore, which makes it a bit harder for me to keep track, so to say, since I am mainly interested in the sets such as Avengers Tower and Sanctum Sanctorum, that you mentioned. 

5 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

I think what Mitch was meaning to ask is it there's any way to know if the trend of the Marvel modular building/D2C minifigure scale location will continue or jump over to DC

Yes, those were the words I was looking for  thanks!
I thought it was something like Marvel the one year, DC the next and so on, but it kinda seems we get both, sort of, lately, in one year...
That's for the general definition of D2C's that is, when it comes to minifigure scale locations they might still be alternating, with one each per year.

 anyhoo

Regards,
Mitch

[thebricksbear]

5 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

And no, there's no way to know for sure yet, we can only speculate.

I personally think that given the options I can think of, a DC one with the Daily Planet makes the most sense (Oscorp is ANOTHER Spider-Man thing, the F4 are essentially untested in merchandising in the last ten years so I can't see a Baxter Building) 

Agreed. I'd call out that lego fans love to recognize patterns in the time and sets that lego releases, but they aren't beholden to do one thing or another.

In my opinion, we can be sure that the Baxter Building won't be a D2C (at least the MCU version that will be more than a random skyscraper) for a few years after the new movie. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if we get a non-d2c version with the release.

I know "MCU Lego city" is a big driver for D2C collectors but there are some great opportunities for non-city D2Cs. Asgard is the obvious one but the fact that Mt Bashenga with the giant panther hasn't been done is an actual travesty