phanstasm

Good point about the sticker. It probably is too late to alter the packaging, but I hope Lego does include such a sticker with the product. And thanks very much for posting that link to Brent Waller's Tumbler! That was very generous of him to create the instructions and parts list - now I found a project to hold me over until Arkham comes out January 1st.

I think this line has a lot of potential. I do very much appreciate that, like Spongebob, Lego is spending extra money to change the Turtle's faces across their sets. As shown in FBTB's Flickr account, the single minifigure image of Leo shows him with a thin mouth, while the Leo packed with the Shellraiser has an open mouth ( ). Also, I can see why people don't like the Shellraiser, but the design is fairly faithful to the new show. You can see how the action figure vehicle compares - and maybe get an idea of what Shredder's Dragon Bike looks like - here: http://www.playmatestoys.com/brands/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/toys/vehicles. For me, what hurts the Lego Shellraiser design a bit is the use of a pink plate to back one third of the graffiti. However, I think the designer's use of Technic axles above the wheels is very inventive, and captures the look of the pipes from the action figure vehicle.

I agree with you: the Bat Tumbler is a good, fun set considering the price point. They captured the "essence" of the source material vehicles well enough. If I look at them, I know exactly what Batman-related media they're from. However, personally, I would have preferred them to shrink the BAT a little, and put more detail into both the Tumbler and BAT. Right away, if you shrink the BAT it's so easy to change the rotors on the "arms." In the set, the rotors are about the size of a 4x4 plate, right? Well, you could use a piece like this from the old Episode II speeders (http://www.bricklink....asp?P=4150px21), printed or as a sticker, with a rotor graphic. They would only take up the space of a 2x2 plate. Plus, these would be easier to recess into the arms, which is how they should be (see pictures below). All of this aside, for me, getting a set that requires some customizing can be more fun than a set that is perfect out of the box. There's more to do than just build the model. And being able to use what you have to make something new is a large part of what makes Lego products so great. As for the Bugle, someone else said it's a perfect complement to last year's bank (from Super Hero set #6864), and I couldn't agree more. For those of us that can't afford the modular buildings, and haven't been collecting city buildings over the years, I'm extremely happy to see Lego providing us with city buildings and environment components in the Super Hero line (like the traffic light and mail box in last year's Catwoman set, #6858). Combining these sets is a great way to have a city background for all your Super Hero needs. I hope the upcoming "Superman Metropolis" set (#76002) continues this tradition. Lastly, I love Jameson's face plastered on the Bugle's giant TV screen. That's one of the things from the new cartoon I've grown very fond of. In the set, it makes the building very unique while playing to Jameson's ego. Thumbs up to the designer(s) for including the TV screen!

That is such a fun set! I think my household will all chip in to pick one up. Then it won't be so expensive, and it's a wonderful display piece for Halloween. Now I would really like to get the ghost Monster Fighters polybag, the one with the grandfather clock (http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=30201-1). That would be a fun addition to this set! I totally agree with all of this. Well said. This is a fantastic set on so many levels, and across so many age groups. Great job Lego!

Yes!! I would like those! Thanks, GRogall! Hopefully a global release for these and not limited to the Sun newspaper. Maybe one or the other will be the free item people get for preordering the Lego LOTR game - although those preorder items are usually just a minifigure and a brick or two (see preorder Lex Luthor minifigure and Captain Jack Sparrow minifigure).

Yes, the one seen in the flickr image you posted is probably the design most people associate with the batwing. That's only because more people, including non-regular comic fan moms and dads who buy their children Legos, have seen the live action films, but not the comic or cartoon incarnations. In terms of size and general design, either release of Lego's batplane is fine. There have been many different incarnations of the batplane, from comics to cartoons, to live action films. If you go to the following page, they have a very nice assortment of batplane variations, images, and detailed explanations: http://ourworlds.topcities.com/batman/batplane/elseworlds-batplane.html In the great tradition of Batman interpretations, Lego took the concept of a batplane and made it their own. Their batplane is not based on any one design. And with the two versions of Lego's batplane, 2006 and 2012, there isn't a correct answer as to which is better. It depends on how you like your vehicle-to-minigure relation. If you want bigger, more detailed ships, than the original 2006 design is better for you. Though some could argue it's too big for the minifigure. If you want smaller, cheaper, than the 2012 design is good for you. Some argue that this one isn't as detailed as the original. I enjoy both versions of the Lego batplane very much.

Lego did the same thing with the Toys R Us Friends Lemonade Stand promotional set as well. LegoMyMama has some pictures of that set on Eurobricks here. I guess it could work as a very small kitten for the Friends line. Personally, I'm thrilled that it's the traditional cat mold. Then no one outside the US misses out on an exclusive Friends cat color, and you can use the Ice Cream Stand traditional orange cat for the DC characters Teekl (see above) or Supergirl's cat, Streaky: I'm almost positive all B&N stores running the event are requiring reservations, but I hadn't heard some stores are officially limiting the age to 12 and under. That's interesting.

Fantastic! Great job with the motor. The stairs with riders waiting in line was a good idea too.

It is a corporate-wide June event, but different stores will have the event on different days in June. For example, the Princeton, NJ store will be having the event on Friday June 22, but the Fairless Hills, PA store is having their Lego event on Thursday June 21. To check the event day and time for a specific store, visit the B&N Store Locator Page. Type in the zip code, and find the store in question in the list that comes up. Then click the link that says "See more store events" (as shown below). Then scroll through the store's June event list. If the store in question is hosting the event, you'll see a listing like this: Because the number of free sets is limited, B&N asks that you register for the event by e-mailing the store's Customer Relations Manager (CRM) or sign-up in the store.

For US Eurobricks members, Barnes & Noble will be holding a Lego building event in June. Stores are getting two small sets for kids to choose from, build, and then take home. One is the Lab Harry Potter polybag and the other is the Friends Ice Cream Stand. Although not shown in the Brickset image, the Ice Cream Stand set at B&N includes the rare orange cat from the Friends Lemonade Stand and most recent Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle. Here are the Online and print ads for the Princeton, New Jersey store's Lego Event. Sorry, I don't know why the ad writer chose to use the phrase "Lego micro bricks." They are the regular bricks and regular Lab and Ice Cream Stand sets: *Online ad: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3387219 *Print ads: MOC: I'm sure this has been said before, but for any fans of the DC animated cartoon Young Justice, or just DC fans, the orange cat from the Ice Cream Stand works well with a custom Klarion the witch boy minifgure. Here's mine: Show images provided by World's Finest. -Moderator, I put this thread here because of the chance, maybe the last chance, to get a Harry Potter building set. Feel free to move the thread if there's a better spot. Thanks!

For US Eurobricks members, Barnes & Noble will be holding a Lego building event in June. Stores are getting two small sets for kids to choose from, build, and then take home. One is the Lab Harry Potter polybag and the other is the Friends Ice Cream Stand. Although not shown in the Brickset image, the Ice Cream Stand set at B&N includes the rare orange cat from the Friends Lemonade Stand and most recent Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle. Here are the Online and print ads for the Princeton, New Jersey store's Lego Event. Sorry, I don't know why the ad writer chose to use the phrase "Lego micro bricks." They are the regular bricks and regular Lab and Ice Cream Stand sets: *Online ad: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3387219 *Print ad:

Thanks CM4S for the Spidey set image! Nice to get a small preview. Going to wait with any comments until there's a slightly larger picture. 2. Because the mask would be another tooling expense, and Lego spent a lot of money on new molds already for 2012 sets - Super Heroes, Friends, LOTR. Also, the Marvel license is multi-year. Releasing the mask-less one first increases sales because you have people buying the mask-less one just to have a Wolverine. In the future, you'll buy another Wolverine minifigure set to get the mask. Now you've bought two sets instead of just one. Don't worry, Lego did not forget about the mask. The fact that they printed the mask on Wolverine's back is proof of that. When it can fit into their budget, schedule, and the wishes of their Marvel/Disney partners, Lego will do a Wolverine mask. 4. Lego doesn't always have control over the minifigure design choices for licensed themes like Super Heroes. Most of the time, that comes down from the owners of the material. In this case, Warner Bros. The black and red Robin color scheme comes from the current "DC Batman Core" style guide. Warner Bros/DC gives this guide out to its licensed product partners like Lego, Funko, and Harper Collins publishers. For the most part, the licensed partners are required to follow this style guide, unless they can make a good case why they should deviate from it. This is also the reason why Riddler has the grey bowler hat. You can see some style guide images here: http://www.mikezeck.com/pages/licensing/bmcore/batcore.html

After almost 4 full months of the US having these sets, this is unfair. Especially because people in these areas want them, but even more because some in these areas are giving into scalpers just to get the sets. Ultimately, this hurts Lego. They lose sales in the country where these sets are unavailable via lego.com. Understandably, people would rather pay unfair prices to get the set for themselves or as a gift for someone rather than wait 6 or 7 months. That is totally understandable from the customer point of view. I'm sure it has to do with Lego trying to provide the largest amount of licensed sets to the market that will give it the most in revenue. After all, Lego is a business. They can only produce so much at one time, and no matter how memorably, it's a business. Meaning, they have to do what's best for themselves to continue delivering exceptional quality. Still, it's unfair for those in country "x" who want the sets, but are penalized because their county as a whole is not as strong as market as country "y" for the super hero sets.

I'd vote for anyone any Eurobricks member has suggested so far. I'm still in shock that we're getting official DC Legos (outside Batman) and Marvel charcters. Great idea! I think a lot of great characters are easily made. Some of the ones on my wishlist that are easily made: Marvel: Doctor Doom and Fury (included together in a Helicarrier set (see episode 3 of Ultimate Spider-Man)), Namor (using the elf headpiece with black hair), H.E.R.B.I.E (because after seeing the robot in the Friend's lab and Baron Sat's brilliant Galactus I'm up for some Fantastic Four nostalgia). DC: Ra's al Ghul (featured in modern movies, plus a long time Batman foe), Mr. Mytzlplik (use the new bowler hat in purple, and Mytzlplik is from the 5th dimension, so it's an excuse for the designers to run wild while adding another Superman villain), and Krypto (as agreed above; he's doable with the existing dog mold and a newly shaped red cape). And Phantasm, because the visual is cool, and she's an interesting foil for Batman - and, yes, I know it will never happen. Still, I can dream!

That set looks fantastic! Easily the the coolest Spider-Man set ever. I'm surprised how many many white bricks are included, but that printed Flickr brick is great. Nice review, Oky .

It's not so much the Ultimate comic as the new Ultimate cartoon that you have to look at. The Ultimate Spidey comics are a separate entity from the new Ultimate Spidey cartoon. Though the comic might inspire the cartoon, they're not always the same. The Doc Ock designs are a good example. I remember he wore a coat in the Ultimate comics, as shown by Marvel Select action figure released a few years ago (as shown here: http://i.toynewsi.com/g/generated/Marvel/DST/MSDocOck__scaled_800.jpg ). In the Ultimate Spidey cartoon, Doc Ock's main wardrobe is that battle armor, as shown by the Lego minifigure. They used Iron Fist because he appears in the cartoon. You can see him in this image here: The other guys you mentioned, Daredevil, Punisher, X-Men, may or may not be in the cartoon. We've seen Doctor Doom is in the cartoon, though, so maybe a Doctor Doom minifigure is in our future.

Thanks to everyone for the pictures! Iron Fist is such a surprise, and a welcome addition! I do like all three figures. However, I can understand why people would have preferred a more classic Doc Ock. Also, it's great to see that the Spidey set is proven to based on the new cartoon. If Warner/DC sees Disney/Marvel using Lego to market its television shows, we may see some DC sets based on contemporary Warner cartoons: Young Justice, Green Lantern the Animated Series, Beware the Batman. Lego Aqualad, Superboy, Kilowog, and Atrocitus anyone? Hey, come on, we were half right . We guessed that the set would be based on the new Spidey cartoon, and it is. Fury is a large part of that cartoon, so the logic was there. Since the "Sam Jackson" Fury is the look for both the Spidey cartoon and Avengers movie, it could have worked. That Nick Fury minifigure in the above poster could work equally well in an Avengers set or a set based on the new Spidey cartoon. I always thought it was possible because of cross marketing. If you have kids interested in the Avengers movie, but not Spidey, how do you get them to buy the Spidey set? By putting Fury in the Spidey set. Now they have to buy the Spidey set to complete their Avengers movie collection of minifigures. Legally it would have been okay, since Fury is featured in both the Avengers movie and Spidey cartoon.

This is so cool!! Love the light up power functions on the wand! Nice job on Fluffy, too. Great use of parts, like the minifigure headgear, the minifigure arms, the palm tree trunk for the legs, and all the rest. I couldn't help but notice that you built the stairs up and out of the MOC. Was that to give them some depth and cast light on them, or to connect this room to future MOCs? I'd be really interested in seeing power functions applied to the Winged Keys and Chess challenges.

Thanks for digging that up again. Brickset posted a different, more finalized looking version of the Lego Batman Visual Dictionary. There's also a description from DK in the image. I thought this sentence was interesting: "Other famous DC characters like Wonder Woman, Superman, and Green Lantern will also be featured in minifigure form alongside their corresponding sets that will be hitting stores in 2012." DK has put promotional minifigures in their books before (silver Storm Trooper and gold Boba Fett), so they could just mean the GL given away at the SD and NY Comic Cons. Or it could be an error in the description. Or, what we all want, GL will be released in an upcoming set in 2012. They also have an image for the Lego Batman Sticker Book. What's interesting is the Riddler on the cover has the torso from the old line, but is holding a new weapon. It's similar to Joker's bang guns from the old line, but has a Riddler question mark print. Upcoming Riddler weapon or unused production image? You decide!

Is that guess based on the Joker having the same print in the original Tumbler movie set (7888) as the helicopter set (7782)? That's a good point. I'm holding out that we will get new prints for the Bane and or Catwoman for TDKR set or sets. They did give Barbossa two different prints for the first wave POTC set (Isla de la Muerta - 4181) and the second wave set (Fountain of Youth - 4192). Like Barbossa's different outfits, Bane and Catwoman have very different masks in TDKR movie than their existing DC Super Heroes counterparts. If not a new torso print, I bet Lego will at least fit new face prints into their budget.

The sets look like a lot of fun, both for the initial build and expansion! I'd love to buy the Hulk set, the big SW Malevolence ship, use bricks from my collection, and try to build my own SHIELD helicarrier - with all the great LOTR sets, I probably will have to wait until the Malevolence is on sale. If I could, I'd buy all the Marvel sets, but I think I'll go with the ones I need to get the all minifigures: *Cap's Avenging Cycle *Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout (the space invaders decal will be nice for any Lego City video game consoles, or arcade MOCs) *Wolverine's Chopper Showdown *Quinjet Aerial Battle. I agree with everyone's guess that Furry will come in the Spider-Man set. It might have something to do with the new Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon coming out - since we know Lego has the comic rights, which probably includes the ultimate universe, it would be legally possible. Disney's licensing division might have put a little pressure on Lego to find a way to tie the set into the new cartoon. Including a Sam Jackson Furry figure would fit because he is in this trailer for the show: Full trailer: Show information and concept art (thanks, Toonzone.net!): http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=764 Show's release date (US) is April 1st on Disney XD.

That's a great idea !! I'd buy both a DC and Marvel one up for 3 reasons: 1. If we get mini-scale vehicles or buildings for the microfigures (like in the Hoth game), those could be fun quick builds - maybe even a mini-scale SHIELD helicarrier or Daily Planet! 2. Any printed parts, like extra SHIELD logos or Luthor Corp logos, would be great for MOCs 3. If they make Antman (Marvel) or the Atom (DC) in microfigure form, they'd work with regular minifigures! The microfigures are a good way to display both of the characters' shrinking power.

The original press release, the only one I know of, specifically says access to the Avengers movie (along with "classic"/comic for X-Men and Spider-Man). It doesn't actually say they have the Avengers comic license: "The LEGO SUPER HEROES Marvel collection will spotlight three Marvel franchises – Marvel’s The Avengers movie, and X-Men and Spider-Man classic characters." (http://aboutus.lego.com/de-de/news-room/2011/july/marvel-entertainment-and-the-lego-group-announce-strategic-relationship-in-construction-toy-category/) Was there a second press release that says they have access to the Avengers comic material too? I'd love to get minifigures of Wasp, Antman, etc. With all the other new parts in the Marvel theme, Lego might have already used up their tooling budget, and couldn't make the mask. It's also a better business strategy to release the one people want less (no mask) before the one that's the most accurate interpretation (with mask). For people only buying the set for Wolverine, they'll buy the set now to at least have a Wolverine minifigure. In the future, they'll buy another set to get Wolverine's mask. Wolverine is maskless enough around Xavier's mansion that I'm happy for an unmasked version. If nothing else, a brown "leather" jacket minifigure torso would instantly turn Wolverine into civilian Logan.

Thanks for the pic. I would like to have these figures too. I like the printed Iron Man head more than the large helmet. I'm amazed that's the promo Cap. That outfit belongs to Cap's protege, Bucky Barnes. When Steve Rogers became director of SHIELD for a while, Bucky wore that outfit and was Captain America in the comics. Having Bucky-Cap minifigure would be like getting a whole other character! I guess if Lego can make that promo Bucky-Cap they have access to the comic and movie license for Avengers. Cool!

Agreed. Even the tree from the Werewolf has a lot of cool parts for MOCs. Plus, the tree itself would be a nice backdrop piece for some LOTR stuff. And all those traps and and features in Drac's castle are wonderful! Lego really did a fantastic job with this theme!