Tobbit_is_here

Thanks for the welcome. From my experience on this website so far, it is nice to be among like-minded individuals. Also, as you appear to be a fan of LEGO trains, what is the best place to ask advice about building a large train moc? I have no experience with trains, but it's a theme I want to get into as I have a fondness for trains.

I'm Toby, a TFOL in my later teen years. Since about 2018, I've become a more serious collector of LEGO, after many years of mistreating sets, by disassembling them and eventually placing them in one of two big boxes of random parts I've got. My passion for LEGO collecting was spurred by the relaunch of Harry Potter, and I've amassed a growing collection of sets from that theme, primarily focused on the inter-connecting Hogwarts Castle sets. I also occasionally get sets from the Marvel Superheroes, Speed Champions, and the (short-lived) Doctor Who themes. Big advocate for LEGO builds being minifigure scale focused, so cars should typically be at the very least seven studs wide, trains at least eight, etc. Kinda contradictory that I collect Hogwarts Castle sets to be honest, as those are extremely truncated and chibified... though a true-scale Hogwarts Castle would probably be the size of a small house, and cost as much as one too! I'm also a fan of custom LEGO products, such as minifigures from Firestar Toys and Citizen Brick, but those do cost a small fortune so I try to get them in sales, or with discounts, or second hand. I'm also attempting to create customs from scratch, i.e. painting them, as I'm pretty good at painting miniatures.

Instructions for this would be something that I am also interested in. I'd love to build a large, accurate, Hogwarts Express, but the only instructions I can find for one so far is a 6-wide model, which I feel is too small.

Personally, I think that minifigures are underscaled with everything; take minifigure accessories, for example: a walkie talkie is nearly the same height as a minifigure. Small accessories like wands are as long as minifigure legs... my point is, minifigures are small people in a big world, and Speed Champions fits right in. Hypothetically, if a world of LEGO existed, minifigures would surely decide that, for practicality, width is the most important factor, instead of some idea of needing to be taller than their vehicles. Addtionally, LEGO buildings, both City and Modulars, are a bit... small. Two, three stories, with relatively low ceilings... more "scaled" cars (I understand that minifigure scale is contentious, but I base it on a level of realism for minifigures) are bound to look big next to them, especially the eight wide cars. But, for example, if you were to place an eight wide car next to a large LEGO skyscraper, i think that they fit in really well. You can see that the ceilings are taller, and the numerous floors really create a scale that LEGO couldn't sell in a set. ( Skyscraper build by @wooootles on Instagram Some more examples: "Situated in the layout.' "The last shot before I dismantled my layout."

Yeah, while it would be nice that the duo are in a cheap set together, putting them in an expensive set would make the most sense from a business standpoint.

Hopefully the ~£20 set will provide a cheap way to at least get the Maguire and Garfield Spider-Men, otherwise they'll be locked in a set most wouldn't be able to afford. In regards to Wolverine's plain legs, I did make a quick mock up of a simple version and a more detailed version.

Actually, while it looks very similar to the yellow suit from 1975, it appears to actually be based upon the suit from 1992 - notice how the new Minifigure has the "X" belt buckle, which the 1975 suit doesn't have, whereas the 1992 suit does.

Well, we can at least hope that this Wolverine mech might lead to some proper sets again.

That being said, LEGO creating X-Men sets will begin to introduce children to X-Men characters; LEGO could do this strategically with Disney with their new mutant oriented MCU film by introducing the comic versions of the characters from that upcoming film into sets.