lego_guyon02

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    Updating Your MCU Minifigures

    Hello everyone, This thread is a place to share any custom figures or modifications to existing figures from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I hope we can use this thread to inspire each other for years to come! Did you know the Star Wars and Harry Potter themes also have topics like this? You can check them out below! - Star Wars by @Kingslayer - Harry Potter by @Seaber Enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We gotta start somewhere so here's a good chunk of the custom/modified figures from my collection, it's not everything but I hope you'll be able to take inspiration from some of these figures! I'll apologise in advance for the mediocre quality of some of the pictures Black Widow family L-R: Melina Vostokoff, Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, Yelena Belova, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Revengers L-R: Bruce Banner / Hulk, Brunnhilde / Valkyrie, Thor Wakandans L-R: Nakia, Shuri, T'Challa / Black Panther (kinetically powered up), T'Challa / Black Panther Fugitive Avengers L-R: Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Steve Rogers / Nomad, Bucky Barnes / White Wolf Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. L-R: Leopold Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Daisy Johnson / Quake, Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird Earth-bound villains L-R: Grant Ward, Johann Schmidt / Red Skull, Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, Ulysses Klaue, Erik Killmonger, Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster Spider-Man villains L-R: Hydro-Man, Quentin Beck / Mysterio, Adrian Toomes / Vulture Space-bound villains L-R: Ayesha, Yon-Rogg, Grandmaster, Hela Black Order L-R: Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight Thanks for viewing and I hope to see some of your customs soon!
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    Wizarding World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Haven't been on the forum in a while, here are my thoughts on the new sets: Thestral Carriage I love the Thestrals, both of them look fantastic. The figures and build, while pretty good, don't do much for me. I want to get 2 sets of these Thestrals but I'm undecided on wether I'll just buy the set twice or wait for them to hit BL and buy the 4 of them separately. 7/10 Sirius' Escape This is without a doubt the worst Hogwarts section they've made since they rebooted the theme, the gaps in the walls and the exposed backs of the panels and arches look really bad. The figures are pretty bland and uninteresting to me, though I do like Sirius' new head. The white recolor for Buckbeak doesn't really work for him but that's totally fine with me as Hagrid had a whole herd of Hippogriffs in the books, I want to get 2 copies of this new Buckbeak to put alongside the 2019 version (which I'll keep using as Buckbeak). 2/10 Dumbledore's Office This is probably one of the better looking sections of the new Hogwarts system but I still dislike it, it doesn't look or feel like Hogwarts to me. The figures are a bit of a mixed bag, Pince looks amazing and Filch looks good but I don't like how they reused the underwhelming Moments Snape figure and I'm getting tired of Dumbledore variants. Ms Norris should've gotten a new mold but I think she looks decent enough, also have to say I absolutely adore the little baby Fawkes. I'll get Pince, Filch, Ms Norris and baby Fawkes from BL. 5/10 Ministry of Magic I still think the Ministry, the Atrium in particular, should've been saved for a $200-250 D2C but for what's presented here at the pricepoint I think the build is good. I don't really have much to say about the minifigures other than that this is an absolute treasuretrove and without a doubt the best Potter set we've ever gotten minifigure-wise! 9/10 Hungarian Horntail This set was never going to satisfy me as it's based on the terrible movie design but I guess it's a decent representation of that version. The Harry figure doesn't do much for me as it's just a slightly better version of the 2019 figure but I do love the new broom piece. 6/10 Shrieking Shack I'm very mixed on this set. The Shrieking Shack itself looks absolutely amazing but the Whomping Willow feels ridiculously tacked on and wasn't at all necessary. I get why they wanted to include the WW but it feels useless considering this new version is only slightly better than the 2018 version, which was already subpar. The minifigures are also a mixed bag, I love the new (human) Lupin and Padfoot but the rest of them either don't do anything for me or just feel like huge downgrades on past figures. They also dropped the ball on Werewolf Lupin. I want to get the set eventually for the Shack, (human) Lupin and Padfoot but definitely won't do so until the set is on sale. 7/10 12 Grimmauld Place Definitely one of the best looking builds we've gotten in this theme and I love that this set comes with 3 of the figures I wanted to get most (OotP Sirius, OotP Tonks and Kreacher). Some of the figures are a bit bland though and I feel like the interior might be a little too colorful, that's easy to change though! 9/10 Hogwarts Express Don't really have much to say about this set. I never cared for trains and while I do want to add the HE to my collection someday a $470 version is an easy skip, this should've been $250 at best. It's also safe to say a huge chunk of the budget will be taken up by the inclusion of motorisation, which is really annoying as it's really expensive and plenty of people don't care for it. Overall this year definitely feels like a much needed improvement on last year, which was just depressing really, but the Hogwarts sets are still crap. The LEGO Harry Potter team has been making some questionable decisions lately so I can only hope they'll be able to keep these improvements up and prevent a shocking drop in quality like last year from happening again.
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Haven't been on here in a while, I don't really feel the need to adress every set individually so here are just some general thoughts: - The builds are overall much better than what we're used to, they feel more realistic and are therefore more useful. - The dinosaurs all look great. Really the only complaints I have are that Blue, though she looks great, should've used the smaller mold and the Dilo should've gotten an updated print. - LEGO dropped the ball hard on a lot of the minifigures, Soyona is literally the only figure with a fitting hairpiece. The grey shirt Owen getting reused so much also really annoys me. - The Jurassic Park set is worth getting for the display and cars but the brickbuilt Rex looks terrible and the figures are sadly a downgrade on their 2018 counterparts. Overall very satisfied with the wave so I've already preordered most of the sets. I'm waiting on a sale for the JP, Trike and Rex sets and the 4+ Rex set is definitely a pass, though I'm getting the figures.
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    Harry Potter custom builds and moc's

    Redesigned Frank to look more natural and be more accurate:
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    Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

    The €12 treshold is only to bypass the €6 euro service fee, shipping has been changed to €5,95 on orders below €55.
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    Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

    Looks like B&P will now be using S@H's shipping costs with 5,95 euro for every order under 55 euro. Not amused, looks like I'm gonna have to wait with B&P orders every time to pass that free shipping treshold As for the new filter and sorting features, they are nice on paper but an absolute mess to navigate (why the hell are minifigure neck-attachments in the "machine arms" category?!). Safe to say LEGO changed something for the better screwed it all up again.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    5x? The official Marvel Legends 1:1 scale Mjolnir replica, with built-in lights/sound and voice recognition, is merely 10 euro more expensive than LEGO's grey block on a stick.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Yikes, that's bad. The hammer is completely lacking of all of the finer details Mjolnir has, the strap is way too small, the rockwork looks unnatural and feels like an afterthought, the Fake Gauntlet uses the wrong mold and the Thor figure reuses a head that doesn't fit this version at all. The only good thing about this set is the new Thor 2011 torso, making this grey block on a stick a very hard and easy pass.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    It's a new piece made for this set.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    More Shang-Chi sets are unlikely to happen anytime soon. The only real possibilities would be if the sequel is shrouded in as much mystery as No Way Home or if Disney decides to do a marketing push for whatever name the Phase 4/5 Saga will get, though that may be years from now.
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    Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

    I thought B&P didn't count towards GWP tresholds? At least not until they've merged B&P and PAB.
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Direct quote from the article: "it is expected to lead into more traditional film adverts during the NFLs ‘Big Game’ on February 13th." So nothing is confirmed, this is just a matter of people reading what they want to read instead of what the text actually says and probably some influence from that moronic idiot Brycen Roberts.
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    The Olympics spots, 4 of them, were officially announced by NBC/Universal and one has already been released. The Superbowl trailer is still nothing more than speculation.
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Probably the same as Mattels JWD products. The black is for the Amber/Hammond Collection products.
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Set reveals have been kinda all over the place, just look at Marvel's summer 2021 wave for example. I don't think the middle of February is impossible but it's definitely pretty optimistic Got my fingers crossed we'll see them asap though
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    Jurassic World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Past years aren't really indicative of what will happen now. Given the April releasedate we'll probably see the official setpics around late February/early March. Wether or not there will be leaks before that, who knows?
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    LEGO Ninjago 2022

    Sadly have to agree here. Storywise Ninjago peaked with Sons of Garmadon and Hunted (at least imo) but ever since March of the Oni the quality of the story has been all over the place. Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu and Prime Empire are seasons I'd rather forget, Master of the Mountain was very enjoyable and Seabound was decent but with a lot of missed potential. Hard to see what category the next season will fall in but I'm cautiously optimistic
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    LEGO Ninjago 2022

    That's the new Core sets that came out in January, this upcoming wave aligns with the show again.
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    LEGO Ninjago 2022

    Aspheera's description honestly kinda reminds me of Kai's Jombies from Kung Fu Panda 3, that could be very interesting. Honestly the only of these returning villains I'm not really feeling is Harumi, it'll be cool to see her in sets again but I'm a bit worried the writers might screw up one of Ninjago's best villains Also, considering the Core sets just reused the Pyro Viper heads it wouldn't surprise me at all if these new Crystal Samurai reuse the armor and helmet pieces created for the Ice Samurai.
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    LEGO Ninjago 2022

    The sets themselves sound pretty standard, just more of what we're used to getting from Ninjago. The figures sound very intriguing, particularly the returning villains.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    We still don't know if the Netflix shows are true MCU canon though (and no, D'Onofrio's Fisk comments don't mean anything).
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    The Homemade suit could be included in a potential Spider-Man: Freshman Year set. As nice as that would be the Infinity Saga ends with Far From Home so Shang-Chi TIS sets won't happen.
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    LEGO Videogame Tie-Ins - Rumors & Discussion

    Preliminary images often use existing prints as stand-ins, I highly doubt the final product will actually use the Overwatch and Ninjago torso's.
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    Wizarding World 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Pretty sure they were referring to the set feedback page.
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    Marvel Superheroes 2022 - Rumors & Discussion

    Gaspard Ulliel, the actor playing Midnight Man in Moon Knight, passed away today after a skiing accident. We obviously don't yet know what the character's role will be in the show but it seems like this may be our only chance to get a MM fig.