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Wow, didn't realize they just brought her back. Although there's been multiple attempts to bring her back in the past but none of them stuck so curious if this one will. The thing about colors in animation and comics is that they're exaggerated or oversaturated in order to look better and more appealing. Like blonde hair is not really canary yellow but you'll see it portrayed as canary yellow in animation rather. Natural red hair is more orange but in comics, redhead characters like Jean Grey, MJ, Mystique, Black Widow will either have bright red hair or dark red hair with black highlights. Black hair is often portrayed as dark blue even if characters in-universe will acknowledge that character as having black hair instead of the blue it looks like to us (the Miraculous Ladybug kids show has a protagonist with blue hair but it's described as black in the show. Nobody in the show says she has blue hair, but blue hair is more kid friendly than black. Kids shows and toys use primary colors like bright red, yellow, and blue because they test better with kids). With comics in particular, colors were often disputed. Spider-Man's costume was red and black originally. Blue highlights were used on the black portions of his costume and that gave the appearance that his costume was really blue, hence now why his colors are automatically seen as red and blue which don't even fit a spider like red and black do. The X-Men's costumes were yellow and black but the blue highlights made their uniforms look blue, which is why the X-Men's team colors are now gold and blue. Storm's 90s costume was actually a shiny black but the metallic highlights made it look silver or white and the 90s TV show mistook her costume as white and that's how they portrayed it and pop culture associates her costume as white now. MJ is referred to as a redhead in most media whereas the Osborns never are, even if their hair looks reddish in some lighting. Even dark blonde in the Raimi movies when Norman or Harry are seen under the sun, since light brown hair can look the most inconsistent in different lighting, whether blonde, red, or brunette. Rogue's Lego minifig was a weird case because they went with show accuracy to give her more orangey hair but Cyclops they went the opposite direction with. His hair is also orange/red in the show, sometimes rivaling the red of Jean's hair color (but nobody will call him a redhead or Rogue a redhead in the show, like they call Jean one) but Lego used dark brown for his hair. Considering Rogue and Cyclops are in the same set, it's even more jarring that they got opposite treatments. Most people swapped out Cyclops' hair to give him reddish brown hair which is more comic accurate and I've seen most people who replaced Rogue's hair give her dark brown hair (like Agatha's hair). But Lego was pretty inconsistent with the X-Men minifigs in general. Like Jean and Bishop have dark blue minifigs instead of the medium shade of blue the rest of the team has. For Jean, it still somewhat makes sense because her outfit is dark blue with medium blue highlights which does make her costume look darker than the rest of the team's, but Bishop's costume has always been a very medium/bright shade of blue. No idea why they went so dark with his minifig. Then with Magneto, he wears a dark purple costume with black highlights but they went with an overly saturated and light shade of purple for his minifig in the X-Jet set. Presumably since those bright colors were more kid friendly and less villainous looking. And going back to Norman, Lego gave him dark brown for his NWH minifig even though his hair is never that dark in the Raimi movies.

Unfortunately this has been the norm rather than the exception for a while now. Didn't realize they retconned the Green Goblin to be an actual demon instead of a mental condition. This reminds me of when Nightcrawler was given an actual demon as his father. I know the whole Peter/MJ stuff is a mess right now and Marvel seems as determined as possible to ruin that relationship and butcher her character. The funny thing is that even back in the 60s, Stan Lee preferred Gwen over MJ and tried his best to make readers follow suit. He wrote MJ out and then when he was forced to bring her back due to popular demand, chopped her hair off for an ugly perm in hopes people would dislike her now. Didn't work so she got her normal hairstyle back. At least Stan gave up on making readers hate MJ and ended up being crucial in getting the Peter/MJ wedding which Marvel torpedoed. That's a good idea. Are you sure? I think brown hair just has a tendency to come across as red in certain lighting but I've never seen Norman depicted as a redhead and I looked back at the Insomniac game, and you're right that it's just brown that comes across as auburn in certain lighting. In the 60s, he had the exact same hairstyle as Sandman who's always been seen as a brunette. In the Raimi films, which I rewatched in theaters a month ago so they're fresh, his hair is also brown, albeit somewhat light brown. There's a reason the NWH minifigure gave him brown hair although it's too dark and should have been reddish brown. In animated TV shows, brown hair often is portrayed as more reddish to look more appealing. Look at how Rogue's hair is basically scarlet in X-Men 97. Same with Cyclops whose hair comes across as orange. But the only actual redhead on the show is Jean. Same with Norman. Compare him to MJ in all those media and you can see the stark difference between her red hair and reddish brown hair. Good point, it is telling they never had a full-fledged ride even in the late 90s. Nightcrawler and Mystique are in the movie but don't have minifigs yet. So they're likely candidates.

And honestly speaking, the X-Men brand hasn't been all that strong since the 90s/2000s. Even in the comics, the Avengers started to eclipse the X-Men in popularity years before the MCU and the whole Fox movie rights issues. The only X-Men movie that ever made a billion was Deadpool & Wolverine, which shows that it's these two specific characters who are the moneymakers rather than the team as a whole. Lego assuming anything with an X-Men brand would instantly sell was a mistake. They've made a similar mistake with the FF set. They assumed that because fans have been asking for the FF and Galactus for years, that they could make an overpriced set with barebones figures and little to no accessories, let alone a Fantasticar, and it would be an instant seller. I'd love to see sales figures for that set because I have a strong inkling it's probably also failed to catch on. I had to look that up and I guess that is a real thing now. No wonder Ultimate Spider-Man was selling better than Amazing Spider-Man lol. Uncle Ben would probably be made up of completely reused parts anyway, so his lack of minifig doesn't bother me. Captain Stacy's also mostly known for his death but he did last longer in the comics, and appeared in at least two movies, only dying in one of them (ASM) so I can see why they didn't mind including him. Especially being a police officer, he's easy to integrate in a set. It's pretty telling that we could get Captain Stacy but not his daughter in her classic 616 incarnation to this day. I agree, I doubt we'll ever get Richard Parker. I think Mayday/Spider-Girl could one day get get a minifig and I'm a little surprised we haven't gotten her already. Technically we have her baby form in the Spider-Verse CMF but it's strange that they've never made a proper Spider-Girl minifig considering how popular she was in her prime and how for the longest period, she was the female Marvel character with the longest ongoing solo title. Norman Osborn isn't a redhead though but the Insomniac version is, and the Lego minifig took a hairstyle heavily modeled off his depiction there. He's even got a black striped suit in the game so I think the implication was that they were using that version since he looks nothing like the Raimi version or the comic version. And we've seen how they've pictured the comic version of Norman in the Daily Bugle billboards so there's precedent for what a comic version of Norman could look like in minifigure form. With Spider-Man, Lego seems comfortable drawing from whatever popular sources of media there are, hence why we can get a set with an Ultimate Green Goblin, an Insomniac Norman, while using modern characters like Spider-Gwen and Miles and having a separate CMF series modeled on the Spider-Verse movies. Based on how Lego has been so reluctant to do more than one set for recent MCU releases (or in the case of Thunderbolts, no sets whatsoever), I don't think there's any guarantee that any future X-Men movies will get the star treatment. I'd expect 1-2 sets as tie-ins max, with the main focus still on MCU Avengers movies like Endgame, Civil War, Age of Ultron and the usual Spider-Man sets. I'm glad you liked it. I had high hopes but wasn't a fan myself, preferring the 2005 and 2007 movies. Agree with you, was never super fond of the MCU. I think it's possible a Doomsday/Secret Wars set could feature a Fantasticar since I'd imagine it'll show up in one or both of these movies. If we get the real Silver Surfer in Secret Wars, then we might get a chance for a minifig. I don't know if he'll be a priority though based on how many characters are supposed to show up in that movie. Here's hoping.

Completely understand. I did splurge on the X-Jet just to do my part in showing there's a market for X-Men sets but it probably wasn't worth it. And the X-Mansion was completely lacking in terms of minifigs and the size. Which is a pity because the mansion's interior is really well done but it's so undersized and very evident if you put it next to any other set, particularly the modulars. Reminds me of the DC Arkham modular and how people have to buy two of them to combine them to make something more impressive. Honestly, I think you put more thought into the whole thing than the set designers probably ever did lol. But I'd like to think they were more on your wavelength to try and explain why Spider-Man suddenly has so many vehicles and expendable income, hence the gold detailing. That makes sense. Honestly, when I first saw the minifig, I thought it was some original design since the obviously evil face threw me off. An attempt to modernize the Green Goblin since they like to use modernized outfits for their villain minifigs (Doc Ock, Vulture, Kraven, Mysterio, etc.) Didn't realize until later it came from the Ultimate comics. Spider-Man has a black suit in the Ultimate comics (worn by his son) so I wonder if they could get away with the "taboo" on black suit Spider-Man if they technically gave us his son as a minifig since it wouldn't be Peter Parker's Spider-Man. Uncle Ben is alive in the Ultimate comics too which would be a nice way to get a minifig for him, but I don't expect they'll dip into that well again. They seem to pick and choose what Spider-Man media they like to represent between the Insomniac Norman in the same set as Ultimate Green Goblin, along with a whole CMF line dedicated to the Spider-Verse movies. And now the Raimi movies getting their own sets.

Even as an X-Men fan, I waited months to get both the X-Jet and the X-Mansion because the pricing and lack of quality meant neither were a main priority. And I remember a lot of posts here mentioned skipping out on the X-Jet altogether. The X-Mansion works fine as a standalone set but when you compare it to something like the Natural Museum set, you realize how badly it pales in comparison. I'd rather they stick with the classic colors. Like the Spider-Buggy in the Daily Bugle set which came from the 70s comics. It's more consistent with his overall color scheme. I think Rhino depends if they're willing to include him as just the minifigure without the mech he's in. Mysterio seems very likely especially since I didn't realize he'd been missing from sets for so many years. For them to finally bring him back now, it's likely that was done with the purpose of dropping him in more sets. They changed the face to make him look more villainous. But a heroic Green Goblin in the first Oscorp set we've gotten probably wouldn't have made much sense and would have been way too confusing for most people who don't follow the comics. Honestly, no other Marvel comic has gotten the level of promotion or media attention that USM did so I can see why Lego went out of their way to include a minifigure from that but no other modern Marvel run which will usually end up cancelled within a year. Comics are incredibly niche now and basically just used as a wellspring of more material for the movies. When Disney first bought Marvel, they seriously considered shutting down the comic publications since they're not lucrative enough.

People have been suggesting that sales for the X-Jet and X-Mansion have been pretty soft due to being overpriced and the lack of minifig quality. I think the X-Jet was even marked down a few times so that makes me think there's no real incentive for Lego to keep making more X-Men sets if that's true. Especially since someone posted here or in the leaks thread about how Lego was waiting to see the profitability of the current X-Men sets before bothering to make more. The MCU has two of the biggest releases so all Marvel sets in 2026 will likely focus on Spider-Man and Avengers like you said. I wouldn't expect anything X-Men related outside of Doomsday minifigs. There's no more Marvel CMF series based on the Disney+ shows so that also makes it unlikely we'll get any more X-Men '97 minifigures. That makes sense although as someone who doesn't care for the Iron Man/Spider-Man connection that the MCU really focuses on, it's probably why I don't care for the gold detailing on Spider-Man and his paraphernalia. Yes, thankfully! If we do get a Spider-Man modular set next year, I'd expect one or both to reappear, particularly Mysterio. Ultimate Goblin shocked me because it was so unexpected. I think Lego made a rare exception here just because of how critically acclaimed and commercially successful the new Ultimate Spider-Man series was, even selling better than the main ASM title for almost a full year. I can see Marvel pushing for this minifigure for that reason, but no other new title or costume design will probably get that level of hype. Kraven reusing Dr. Strange's head got a lot of criticism. I use Whiplash's head for Kraven.

Is there an Oscorp building in the first Spider-Man movie? There was one in Amazing Spider-Man but I don't recall one in the Raimi movie. Just the Osborn's home and some facility/lab where Norman works. If you'd like to be safe, you could wait until the summer. Usually by then, we know what the next modular is and if we're getting an Oscorp modular set next year or not. This current Oscorp set isn't retiring yet. It's possible one or two of the minifigs might remain exclusive (maybe the Norman one or the Ultimate Green Goblin one).

Lovegood house is amazing. Can't believe it's taken us this long to finally get it. Is this the first time the house points hourglasses were made in an official set? His exclusion in sets keeps getting brought up here but it's never surprised me. He's never been as popular as Harry and Hermione, who represent the male and female leads of the franchise. Ron comes across as expandable in comparison to them. His merch getting skipped out on seems to confirm that he doesn't sell as well as the other two. I remember reading some stats on which HP characters sold the most wands and Harry and Hermione were #1 and #2 and there were a bunch of other characters who sold more than Ron like Dumbledore, Voldemort, Luna, Draco, etc. When it comes to other HP toy brands, I've noticed they skip out on Ron there as well to focus on Harry, Hermione and other female characters so it's not just a Lego thing.

Spider-Man 3 set is amazing. Would have liked the final battle scene so we could get MJ and Harry/New Goblin but including Venom in this Spidey vs Sandman fight really helps make up for that. Really hope this means that later in the year or in 2027, we can get a set on the first Raimi movie with the Green Goblin. The emphasis of these Raimi sets seem to be on the villains. Daily Bugle set is nice and reminds me of the first one Lego made. Rhino and Mysterio both look decent although I find it funny that J. Jonah Jameson keeps getting a different hairpiece in every set now. They can't seem to decide what to use for him. I agree with everyone else that constantly shoehorning both Gwen and Miles in every set is plain annoying now. They have literally no connection to the Daily Bugle anyway. I'd even rather have more civilian minifigs with reused parts over them at this point. Venomized Cap getting dual molded legs is insane considering Lego never gives his regular minifig that treatment. Ghost Rider set is okay but I was expecting more. As a Wolverine fan, I'm actually interested in getting a Symbiote version of him. The Spidey car is really bad though. The gold detailing seems really out of place because comic Spidey doesn't wear gold. The car's color scheme seems a closer fit to MCU Spider-Man. I guess J. Jonah Jameson's balding hairpiece counts as a new minifigure lol. That's true about Aunt May although I wonder if she's just way too iconic (the old version of her anyway) that they feel she can conflict with the MCU version and not cause problems with synergy. Although the same can be said about MJ but Disney/Marvel might have been more worried about the racial implications of "replacing" her by continuing to promote the original version. And in general, Marvel's always had an axe to grind against MJ. But in comparison to Flash anyway, Aunt May is a lot more iconic and a household name which is probably why there hasn't been any desperate need to make a Flash minifig. Eddie Brock gets to basically be every Venom there is, between the original, Anti-Venom, and now Carnage. Had no idea MJ is Venom now but like what was said by someone else, I can see that becoming a future minifig if the comic version has gotten any traction. My guess is that the new comic designs (like Ultimate Green Goblin) are only prioritized if it's an especially popular run or character design that's taken off.

I have high hopes for Rhino but considering Lego's track record, I probably shouldn't. The minifigure for him in that mech set was terribly done. I could see us getting something more like that again. We know the Daily Bugle set didn't include MJ because Marvel felt she didn't synergize with the MCU version and they didn't want to "confuse" people. So I wonder if the lack of Flash Thompson is for similar reasons that the comic version doesn't resemble the MCU version they're promoting now. That's my best guess for Flash. As for his Agent Venom iteration, it was probably a similar case where they didn't want to use a Venom who's retired from the comics and not the one being promoted in the movies. Wouldn't synergize with the classic Eddie Brock Venom they've been pushing again (a bit like how the 2000s was pushing Mac Gargan as Venom). They only just gave us Anti-Venom for example.

Really happy we're getting a Grey Lady who will presumably be based on the original design from the first two movies.

Rhino is promising and it'll be nice to see Mysterio again, even if I doubt he'll have leg and arm printing. Venomized Captain America is a joke but the least surprising part of the set. Lego seems obsessed with this idea of venomizing every character they can think of. Agent Venom has a pretty different design than Symbiote Spidey though. Venom (Eddie) is closer to Symbiote Spidey and there's no shortage of his minifigs. I think the lack of Agent Venom has more to do with him not being a thing in the comics anymore so Marvel doesn't see the need to promote him. Also why we've never gotten a regular Flash Thompson minifig.

Honestly, you probably put more thought in what the civilian characters would wear in a potential Lego set than Lego themselves. Like how the Spider-Man 2 set randomly included J. Jonah Jameson and Aunt May with Aunt May not even wearing an outfit that comes from the movie. Lego will just reuse random torsos for characters like Peter, MJ, Harry, Eddie, Gwen, etc. MJ's supposed to be in her waitress outfit in the final battle but they'll probably recycle any female torso that they're currently using in another set.

I don't think it's that unproven. Last year when they re-released all the Spider-Man films, SM3 was the second highest grossing of the re-releases. Right after SM2 and even ahead of the first Spider-Man. Let's hope. Just saw it and agree with you. Better they don't include new minifigs and parts since the majority of Lego consumers won't ever get these.

Exactly, there's no reason not to remake those figures now. Unfortunately I think you're right. I do think we'll get more Raimi sets in the future but I think the train set was a test to see if there's a market. And multiple posts in this thread indicate the set was a big hit and its date to be retired has been pushed back due to how well it's selling, so based on this I expect that Lego will start working on more Raimi sets. But they probably won't come till 2027 at the earliest. Unless we're really lucky with a late 2026 release for something. Lego must know there's a market especially for Raimi Green Goblin.