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Even when the outbreak ends, the economy will be a mess. We are entering another 'great depression' a lot of people are going to be financially destroyed, travel and trade will have more restrictions, let alone the fear that public gatherings will entail. Lego is going to be hit quite hard in sales also, a lot of sets are going to be delayed due to this and its possible future sets could be impacted by the loss of individuals who work on creating new sets. Interesting concept, but depends on execution. I think a sort of 'stained glass' style approach would be enough to justify getting one, if the design was well done. Phase 4 is going to be delayed by around 6 - 12 months regardless; Filming for Shang Chi began in Early 2020 in Australia, but has exposed the cast/crew/director to the virus They shutdown production because of the outbreak and they are losing 300k each day it is delayed The director may have Coronavirus and is being tested and self-isolating as we speak Doctor Strange 2 was meant to start filming in May 2020, but lacks a director and has no chance of filming at that time due to Coronavirus Spider-man 3 was meant to start filming in July 2020, in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Iceland - but at least two of these locations will still be in peak Coronavirus Thor 4 was meant to start filming in August 2020, in Australia, but the effects of Coronavirus on Australia may prevent this Most experts expect we wont get a peak until June/July so Eternals will be the last Marvel movie until potentially 2022

Old Fishing Store was $149.99, so i can see the Pirate Bay set working for $199.99. Obviously with some alterations to the design such as a reduction on figures to four/five and potentially the removal of the third (and smallest) hull segment with the side cannon. The key reasoning is the base plate and the actual size of the main buildings (00:08). The base plate provides the buildings with a raised height which in comparison, the Old Fishing Store had a brick-built foundation. The buildings themselves are roughly a similar size/scale to the Old Fishing Store itself also. It makes it difficult to really expect the Pirate Bay set to require more than a similar pricing to the Old Fishing Store in the state portrayed in the Ideas 10,000 video.

This is a disaster beyond words. I cannot even comprehend the massive damage this is causing to the Lego community

Forgot about Thanos. Disregarding the Endgame sets with the repeating Torso and Leg print, here is the quality we've come to expect with some of the characters; Thor introduced with just a torso print then gaining leg and arm print in the Ragnarok sets (2017) to Thor with just a torso print (2018, 2020) - The 2017 sets need to be viewed as an exception to the quality of the figure. Black Panther introduced with a printed 'ear/helmet' piece in the Civil War sets (2016) to non-printed 'ear/helmet' piece in (2017 and 2020). - The 2016 set needs to be viewed as an exception to the quality of the figure. Hawkeye introduced and retaining leg printing in every prior version (2012, 2015, 2016) to no leg printing (2020). - The 2020 sets need to be viewed as an exception to the quality of the figure. Each of these examples demonstrates different states of quality change. With characters like Captain America, the only time he has gained leg printing is in the SDCC 2016 figure exclusive so it has not set a precedence for that level of quality. As such while fans may want additional printing, they are not massively disappointed when he does not get it because it has been established as an expected quality level without mainstream deviation.

Each wave the quality drops and each wave the basic expectations of what a figure should have get lowered. We have currently seen about 6 or 7 figures from this wave and the only ones with leg printing at all are Iron Man and Spider-man Noir, so naturally people will gravitate towards them. They have flaws in the design that people seem to be accepting simply because it's Spider-man Noir and another Iron Man variant. It's why nobody seems to be talking about Thor or Cap and why people are only talking about the AIM Soldiers out of hope they'll do the comic version someday. It's easy for Spider-man Noir and Iron Man to stand out considering the state of the figures they are associated with in the wave. Feels like a lot of denial, dismissal and defensive nature you put into a sentence here It's a potential quality control issue and should be viewed as such, not a method to dismiss anyone hoping for more than just torso and head print on a figure people want a high level of accuracy for. Quality control issues have been increasingly common with Lego and it seems unless they are acknowledged quickly they become the norm. The increasing face print issues with figures heads were acknowledged most during the early 2010's and are the most common example, people accepted that as something small/random and this allowed Lego to get to the state it is now where every figure of a similar nature expresses the same issue. Contacting Customer Service does nothing at this point for that issue because is is the new quality standard expected and they have no figures with the actual fixed issue to provide. How long will it be until alignment issues are dismissed by Lego also? Visually the helmet print captures the likeness, but the chunky nature clashes with the thin nature of the actual in-game helmet. It's just really strange that they picked the thinnest helmet designs possible to replicate using the biggest helmets they have. I could have honestly seen a printed minfigure head working here - considering how small the head is.

The figures look minimal effort Even the ones that actually have more than just a torso and head print have problems with quality control or design; - Spider-man Noir has alignment issues with its printing - Iron Man Game has one of the biggest Lego helmets with the widest printing possible despite the smallest thinnest helmet in-game It keeps feeling like the Marvel figures are getting reduced in quality in order to save budget for something - but then never feels like the budget is used for anything in the Marvel line-up. At this stage it feels like we wont get passable figures/sets unless they are based around Spider-man or Iron Man. The decreasing sales due to the reducing quality are bound to further cause this problem also.

Comic accuracy is a bit of a catch-all term. Comics have varied in quality and story approach so almost every interpretation of Spider-man imaginable could be considered 'comic accurate'. In regards to the character portrayal, personally i find this one to be most similar to the 'Ultimate Spider-man' portrayal, he's reliant primarily on pop culture references and is very dumbed down a majority of the time while also being demonstrated as clearly inferior to the Avengers and always looking up to them in order to make the Avengers seem more important. Personally if we get an additional set for Far From Home my desire would be;

Although we are missing a lot of Endgame figures - admittedly i would like to see an additional set for Far From Home. While i must admit i would not rank the film highly, i could easily see a set based on an additional elemental with the red/black suit. Seems really odd for them to only include two of the elementals though admittedly its somewhat understandable. My main desire at this point is just for scale Cap, though if we were going to get a detailed scale Cap figure chances are we would have gotten him in the Hulk set if that is the biggest.

76144 Avengers Hulk Helicopter Drop is meant to pair with the '76131 Avengers Compound Battle' - giving a more accurate (to the scene) Prof Hulk, the missing Infinity Stones, Rescue to recreate her scenes with Iron Man and finally Black Widow who spent most of her time as leader of the Avengers in Endgame commanding from a 'board room' which the Avengers Compound Battle has. I'd speculate that the second largest feature Scale Cap, Thor and Iron Man Mk85 facing off against Thanos - Thanos would probably just be an angry variant of '76131' with his sword, but the appeal of the set would be the the figures and the accessories which would include Mjolnir (Last seen in AoU sets), a broken Captain America Shield piece and Iron Man having his back attachment piece and a red minifigure gauntlet piece. Thor would probably just be in his armour with a slightly more accurate hair piece that gives him the hair/beard combo he had during the final fight. One of the sets could form as a sort of connecting piece between '76131 Avengers Compound Battle' and '76125 Iron Man Hall of Armor' - featuring an Iron Man variant, a War Machine variant and updated Rocket Racoon. This would serve as a way of adding to the hall of armours. In regards to which variant to include, the Mk 40 makes the most sense at the moment meaning someone can collect an uninterupted chain of armours from Mk37 to Mk47. An additional minifigure pack could include Tony Stark (In his Iron Man 1 appearance with the suit and shades), Mk 2, Mk 3 and Mk 4 to allow a complete line-up of Mk1-7. Cheapest and smallest set could be based on Ronin using a smaller variant of ' 75971 Hanzo vs. Genji' design giving us Ronin, Yazuka member and Black Widow in her normal outfit. Sanctuary II is definitely needed, would be great to have one in scale with the Avengers Compound set even if it has no interior it would be great for display :P Similar to how Thor was treated Ant-Man 3 will probably happen as some form of team-up movie with whoever resides in the Quantum Realm.

Huh... seems i was kind of on the right track with the idea that Tony would have started work (or created) the Rescue suit prior to Infinity War - just incorrect about the numbering. So with the confirmation of Rescue being the Mark 49 armour, i am leaning towards the Russo's misleading us with concept art. In concept art Thor was more similar to his Infinity War appearance - maybe the labelling of the Endgame suit is listed as the 'Mark 85' to mask the fact that Tony abandoned creating suits for five years. E.g. Mk 48 - Hulkbuster 2.0 Mk 49 - Rescue Mk 50 - Infinity War Nano Suit Mk 51 - Endgame suit Until we get visual confirmation of the Mk 51-84 i am going with the idea that the Endgame suit was intended to be the Mk 51. I doubt the suit is included in enough of the movie to justify it being included in the sets - it likely gets the final battle and that'd be it.

For those wondering, this is the Mark 6 War Machine. It is damaged during battle leading him to use this suit, which is never named and could be either the Mark 5 or the Mark 7. One of the Avengers Infinity War concept art books teased the idea that Rhodey/War Machine was supposed to have a much larger role in Infinity War that would have seen him gain the Mark 5 armour - so i think Endgame is just featuring the Mark 6 and Mark 7.

The Captain Marvel Art Print is '1 of 3'. So we have 2 additional art prints and potentially the Iron Man QRS suit that need releasing at some point directly via Lego - which definitely is going to require additional set/sets. Given this we have to be getting at least one additional set - similar to Hulkbuster the 2 remaining art prints would be a normal and black/white art print of a Lego style Endgame poster or 10 years poster with all the characters. If we do not get an additional set we simply have no method for Lego to distribute the additional art prints without forcing people to buy multiples of the sets they already have. If i had to guess, a D2C is the most likely option even if it may not be based on Endgame.

Considering the Lego art print for Captain Marvel is supposedly 'one of three' does this imply additional sets this year - especially given the QRS/ATS polybag of Tony Stark has not been released officially via Lego. How else would Lego distribute the remaining two art prints? In addition, vaderfan_2187 has posted images of the promotional 'Avengers Compound' - images have been spoiler tagged for size but they contain no spoilers :) Personally i think this is a better version of the Avengers Compound than the retail version. Looks rather amazing and is a nice place to display the team.

No need to apologise. The big figs take up most the price point - while the attempt to appeal to a wider demographic of ages has resulted in a simplified design where allocation of pieces was moved to vehicles in the hopes of generating more interest. In essence the allocation of pieces was designed to make more builds/vehicles and if it was more focused then we'd have gotten something akin to 76038; Attack on Avengers Tower. Unique printing is also probably a factor in these things along with the decision to include the Gauntlet piece, extra Infinity Stones and the license fee bumping the price a bit. Comparing to another scenario with two big figs; 76078: Hulk vs. Red Hulk is 375 pieces for $59.99 76131: Avengers Compound Battle is 699 pieces for $99.99 So the difference in pricing is not actually that bad, it's more that the figures and the build of the rest of the set does not really justify the pricing.

Agreed, definitely would like at least an additional set with updates for several of the characters.

Spoilers regarding accuracy of Thor & Hulk as per the leaked footage; So far it appears that the QRS/ATS are very briefly included and may not feature in the film for more than a few minutes. Some of the footage leaked is incredibly spoiler heavy even without context, would advise people to avoid the internet entirely at this stage up until you have seen the film if you want to avoid getting spoiled.

It is indeed a double-bladed sword, perfectly balanced, as all things should be...

Hall Of Armour fun facts; Each set can be altered to make 7 complete pods + 2 additional pods (lacking the slope pieces) for a total of 9 pods per set 16 Pods makes a complete circle Bag 4 entirely devoted to Igor build and an Outrider Waiting on more Iron Man stuff to arrive, but i'm fairly pleased with how the set turned out. It was definitely not worth the full price, but on the bright side will have a lot of storage for suits.

Ended up getting the XINH purple Rescue, does not include a helmet, but it's a pretty good figure and with an Iron Legion helmet it looks alright. It's difficult to tell how Rescue will end up looking in the movie as toys depict her as purple and gold while the movie suit we have seen is purple and silver so definitely will have concept art as a factor if we get a surprise Lego version. Ended up falling for this one :P Well played. I share your pain, brought a few of the Iron Man Hall Of Armour sets as planning a full armoury... may take a while for my wallet to recover. Full armoury being the Mark 1-50, potentially more if we see all the other suits appear in Endgame. Hopefully the large amount of sales of the Hall Of Armour convince Lego to make more Iron Man suits. The promotion for the UK ended up being just double VIP points so passed on the other sets for now, will save them for later if we get a shot at the polybag or Avengers Tower or something else later down the line.

7 hours or so into April 1st, wondering if the Endgame sets are part of a joke as the site has updated to state they are available but has none of them listed. Any other location still waiting on S@H?

The bootleg is pretty awesome, it's taller than a bigfig so it helps with a bit of variance from the standard bigfig scale. The printing and design is incredibly accurate. Cannot really fault it, especially for the price. The UK is definitely getting something - just checked promotions and it states; "Offer applies to items 76131 and 76126 only." So, something will be happening to incentivise those sets. Should get confirmation when the site fully updates. Perhaps your site is still updating and/or the other promotion will be later in the month? It could be Avengers Tower or Iron Man polybag or something different... may end up getting the Quinjet after all

A user on Instagram confirmed the sets were meant for a release on the 31st. Makes sense why shops might not have put them out yet, but UK S@H is notorious for delayed updates or promotions not being added when they are meant to. Normally i dont mind about VIP points, but would be an added incentive. No mention of QRS/ATS Iron Man on that - guess it'll be a Walmart exclusive for the US. Wonder what will happen regarding the promotions in the UK.

The official release date is meant to be 31st March, which would enable us to get them during the double VIP points promotion. Unfortunately whoever updates the UK side of Lego seems to be unaware of this and will put them up tomorrow instead, meaning we all miss out on getting the Endgame sets with double VIP points =/

It's a way of increase profits when sales seem to be levelling out to a similar amount each year; Increases prices, fire workers, etc... It's all so they can claim Lego is doing better each year, when in reality it hit it's peak in terms of sales a while ago and has been roughly at the same level since. We have the sets to discuss along with eventually movie-to-set accuracy and potential modifications to the sets to be more accurate - which should give us stuff to talk about until late July/August (A while after Far From Home is released). We then have the potential for additional sets to be released in December - I believe the Venom Mech came out on December 1st. Normally year based threads turn into a 'catch-all' scenario until confirmed 2020 set information appears. https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-marvel-super-heroes-avengers-endgame-iron-man-and-dum-e-30452-polybag-found-at-walmart/ Walmart possibly?

Off-topic aspects have always been a thing on Legoleaks, originally it was somewhat related to Lego though with posts containing customs, knock-off's or self-mocs generally being accepted by most. About a month or so ago corporations and individuals started using the Legoleaks hashtag to promote themselves - this extended to a Jurassic World account spamming photo's of dinosaurs and trying to promote the DVD release of the film. The community started to band together and started nicely asking for them to stop using the hashtag and thanks to a combination of that and reporting the offending posts it helped clear Legoleaks to be just related to Lego. Fairly recently a group of people looking to provoke a reaction have been spamming Legoleaks with off-topic material purposely to promote a reaction - they are not doing it for any other reason and they are intentionally trying to destroy the Legoleaks community for fun because they are simply trolls. Your best option is to report and block them without interacting with them. They want a reaction and attention. Actually looks alright with a figure head underneath, any suggestions anyone has for a potential Jake Gyllenhaal head we could use? Seconded, would like to see how it looks currently. Did you need to use any additional pieces? Or is it easy to simply have 9 identical compartments per set? (allowing for easy army building)