More images and pricing information for summer Marvel sets
Posted by CapnRex101,
Some new Marvel sets, arriving on the 1st of August, were revealed last week. These sets have now been added to LEGO.com, so we have more images and pricing information to share.
View the sets after the break...
76286 The Milano Spaceship
- 2090 pieces
- £159.99, $179.99, €179.99
- Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Baby Groot, Drax
76288 Iron Man & Iron Legion vs. Hydra Soldier
- 135 pieces
- £19.99, $19.99, €21.99
- Iron Man, Iron Legionnaires (2), Hydra Trooper
76289 Thor vs. Surtur Construction Figure
- 245 pieces
- £24.99, $29.99, €29.99
- Thor, Fire Demons (2)
76290 The Avengers vs. The Leviathan
- 347 pieces
- £44.99, $49.99, €49.99
- Hulk, Black Widow, Captain America, Chitauri, Loki
76291 The Avengers Assemble: Age of Ultron
- 613 pieces
- £89.99, $99.99, €99.99
- Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk, Hydra Troopers (3)
76297 Dancing Groot
- 459 pieces
- £39.99, $44.99, €44.99
Which of these sets are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.
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Wasn't the whole point of Groot to make the cassette and use the rest for spares... maybe I got that wrong!
76291 has some really nice trees.
I am good on Marvel sets now, and not really into the display sets that they have released lately; but those are some nice trees.
76288 allready has iron man so another avenger in 76291 would be better
76290 is nice since you won't need to buy the tower
The leviathan box art is incredibly misleading. Even beyond perspective, it seems deliberately upscaled. Yet it's so dinky and small when you look at the back. It feels like the small side build in Avengers Tower, yet this is a dedicated set with no other side builds. They should have at least made it big enough for Iron Man to fly into its mouth.
I know that like, by nature, LEGO is always going to have issues with scale. I accept that. But yikes, that Leviathan is laughable. Like, completely missed even the point of why they are scary in the film it’s so small
I still need to see that groot dance...
Just noticed how they did the Mjolnir lightning effect in 76289. Pretty clever, but 76290's not-so-Leviathan is nowhere near big enough for $50.
The Milano looks incredible. Lots of clever sloping and snotting going on there. Heavy price for a hefty model. Going to be another expensive one to add to the ever growing 'expensive list', and I am strict with myself these days!
Man it will be the definitive version though...
The Leviathan at $50 is hilarious. Go home, Lego, you're drunk, that's a $30 set from the eyeball test, and no, named character minifigures aren't $5 of value and bigfigs aren't $10 of value.
Is that a new head mold with a thick neck on Surtur? If so, that's kinda weird unless they plan to reuse that for other large figures, but if so, what...?
Dancing Groot at $45 is weak. That thing is pretty darn small and I'm unconvinced with the head build.
@watcher21 What other Avenger? Those are the only Avengers in that scene... unless you mean putting in one or both of the twins (who weren't members yet). I guess Pietro would work because he was in that forest, but the set is trying to accomplish a particular shot, the focus of which is the Avengers team itself, so I think cutting out Tony and making him $20 DLC to this set would be bad.
I own exactly 1 Marvel set, but I’ll be picking up that Milano and dancing Groot.
I really wish Marvel/Disney would let LEGO make some comic-based sets again because these feel really uninspired and like rehashes of things we’ve already gotten multiple times; while this is the best Milano we’ve ever gotten, it’s also like the fifth.
The Milano looks amazing. I sold off my Guardians figures a while ago so I’m in dire need of another Drax and baby Groot. Wish it included Nebula, though. Pretty sure her usual “attire” hasn’t been in a set since the GotG 2 wave.
Nice, I've been waiting for a Milano like that since the release of the Benatar. And at a decent price, too.
But did they lose the mold for Starlord's Helmet ? That piece hasn't been seen since 2014 and is thouroughly missing here.
@DaLegoNerd1 said:
"I still need to see that groot dance..."
I figure Groot might be able to "vibrate" on a connection surrounded by rubber bumpers.
Another lost opportunity to use that Sound Brick...but figure their might be music licensing issues LOL.
@R1_Drift said:
"im looking forward to the new speed champions sets"
priorities I respect
Look closer at the dancing Groot box art and you will notice Groot has some bootie cheeks
As others have said, that Levitation looks deceptively bigger on the box.
@watcher21 said:
"76288 allready has iron man so another avenger in 76291 would be better
76290 is nice since you won't need to buy the tower"
76291 is supposed to recreate the slow-motion part of the opening of Age of Ultron, so any other minifigure wouldn't have worked.
Why is the definitive Milano, called the 76286 The Milano Spaceship. Ugghhh just call it the Milano. It sounds bad and everyone knows it's the guardians of the GALAXY'S spaceship. Literally has galaxy in their name, if your dumb enough to think that's a submarine you won't be able to follow the instructions :)
Advent Calendars are a 'Summer' thing now?
@winbrant said:
" @DaLegoNerd1 said:
"I still need to see that groot dance..."
I figure Groot might be able to "vibrate" on a connection surrounded by rubber bumpers.
Another lost opportunity to use that Sound Brick...but figure their might be music licensing issues LOL."
it pictures a crank on the back of the box
@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Just noticed how they did the Mjolnir lightning effect in 76289."
Same here; here's hoping it gets used elsewhere and in other colors.
@yellost said:
"Nice, I've been waiting for a Milano like that since the release of the Benatar. And at a decent price, too.
But did they lose the mold for Starlord's Helmet ? That piece hasn't been seen since 2014 and is thouroughly missing here."
Starlord's Helmet last time I remember seeing it was in the CMF series with the "What If?" figure with T'Challa as Starlord (it might have been modified to fit T'Challa's hair actually, but I am pretty sure the classic Starlord helmet appeared then in either the Infinity War sets or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 wave). LEGO retires molds if not in use after five years, so while the helmet isn't "lost" it might have been destroyed and it would require the Marvel team requesting to re-tool it before they can use it again.
As for the new sets, the Milano is cool; and I like the cheap Iron Legion set since I missed out on the Iron Legion figures in the original Age of Ultron wave. But... it does feel like LEGO is replaying the "Marvel greatest hits" a lot lately. I get that Deadpool & Wolverine is not exactly providing LEGO new material to make sets on due to being an R-rated film (and the latest PG-13 films haven't exactly been drumming up huge audiences who want to buy LEGO sets based on them), but I also agree with the sentiment earlier that they need some comic based sets to spice things up since the film stuff looks a lot like stuff they have already done elsewhere.
Of course we don't know how LEGO's licensing with both Marvel and DC works really, since LEGO DC has become "the Batman show" and LEGO Marvel is becoming the "MCU's hits"... Maybe Disney as the licensing partner is directing LEGO to do stuff focused on the MCU and is barring comics from being approached (and likewise Warner Brothers might be barring non-Batman stuff in the DC line until the James Gunn Superman movie comes out)? There is a possibility that LEGO is just playing with the hand they were dealt by the IP owners.
Surtur is the perfect base for a GWP-style Makuta
@Alia_of_AGL said:
"Is that a new head mold with a thick neck on Surtur? If so, that's kinda weird unless they plan to reuse that for other large figures, but if so, what...?"
It looks to be the same head as Kro from the Eternals 76156 Rise of the Domo.
Re: 76288 Iron Man & Iron Legion vs. Hydra Soldier… “Soldier” in the singular. … Yeah, that guy’s toast.
@Alia_of_AGL Ah I forgot was ages ago that I watched that movie.
But still annoying to get a lot of double, they could also make 76288 a battlepack: 2 Hydra vs 2 Iron Legion
@RwBricks said:
" @Alia_of_AGL said:
"Is that a new head mold with a thick neck on Surtur? If so, that's kinda weird unless they plan to reuse that for other large figures, but if so, what...?"
It looks to be the same head as Kro from the Eternals 76156 Rise of the Domo. "
Ah, that looks right. Sorry, the designs of the deviants in the Eternals sets went in one ear and out the other, much like the product wave itself, so I didn't recognize the piece.
76289 has my early vote, anything else likely not until after sales (especially the Age of Ultron set).
@Norikins said:
"The leviathan box art is incredibly misleading. Even beyond perspective, it seems deliberately upscaled. Yet it's so dinky and small when you look at the back. It feels like the small side build in Avengers Tower, yet this is a dedicated set with no other side builds. They should have at least made it big enough for Iron Man to fly into its mouth."
I know not everyone could obtain Avenger's Tower at its price-point, but even so, why not make it a more distinct/meaningful set, or, say, hold off another year at least?
Learned nothing from the Hoopty or War on the Water, have we LEGO Marvel? Well at least these have characters in them that people actually care about.
"Leviathan" in name only, I see.
The Surtur set may be interesting, and that may be the only one I pick up, which is sad because I'm a Marvel fan. Another print for the Mark 43? No thanks. Another slight Hulk variation? Another Milano? I get that, like with other IPs, a new generation of fans might be coming of Lego age so we need a new X-Wing, a new T-Rex set, a new Batmobile, ergo, reintroduce original Avengers. But there is just so much content even if restricted to the MCU that remains entirely untapped.
How about a Helicarrier fight between Cap and Winter Soldier with a beaten-down Cap? A Nick Fury Shield Truck escape set from Winter Soldier? How about a Hulk v. Abomination set? Even a small Thor: The Dark World? A proper Mark 1 Escape from the terrorists set from Iron Man? Can we get a brainwashed evil Hawkeye from Avengers or Ronin from Endgame? How about a single set of the big fight with Ego from Guardians Vol. 2? The High Evolutionary? A proper Ravagers ship? Any excuse to have a Luis minifig from Ant-Man? And again, can we please have a better-designed Quicksilver?
Dear Lego,
Please give Iron Man and War Machine suitable armour pieces like you design for Space MFs etc. The heads look disproportionate or too bulky.
Please create/get license for,more comic based sets. With the examples above they should be amazing!
I feel like these should have been released 8-10 years ago. Milano is a definite but the rest, not so much. May get Surtur, Assemble and Hanky The Christmas Poo on sale eventually..
If it’s possible to pick up The Leviathan, for £30 I’ll get it. I don’t have any of those figures yet and really want The Hulk.
Lot of reused figures in the Avengers sets. These are the new ones I'm seeing (counted once per wave):
76286 The Milano Spaceship
- Star Lord
- Drax
- Gamora
- Baby Groot
76288: Iron Man & Iron Legion vs. Hydra Soldier
- Iron Man MK 43
- Iron Legion
- Hydra Agent
76291: The Avengers Assemble: Age of Ultron
- Hulk
76290: The Avengers vs. The Leviathan
- Hulk
76289: Thor vs. Surtur Construction Figure
- Surter (debatable)
- Thor
- Fire Demon
Every other figure has appeared before.
This might be a noob question:
Have big figs always had such obviously hollow arms?
I've never had one, and it could be that I've just missed it in previous pictures, but it looks awful to me...
@bananaworld said:
"
This might be a noob question:
Have big figs always had such obviously hollow arms?
I've never had one, and it could be that I've just missed it in previous pictures, but it looks awful to me..."
It is the same reason that Minecraft villagers have hollow heads- fully filling them out
would require a lot of pastic.
(also, that is a genuinely good question)
Milano great, everything else shit.
they managed to ruin the Iron Legion drones with the certified DERP helmet mold.
and 10 years later, still no CA2 / Winter Soldier sets, despite it being by far the best movie.
I like the new cape piece that is used for the thor figs
Oh look at the cute baby leviathan!
The Avengers are going to strangle it in its aerial cradle!
@BillingsBrix said:
" @bananaworld said:
"Have big figs always had such obviously hollow arms?"
It is the same reason that Minecraft villagers have hollow heads- fully filling them out
would require a lot of pastic."
Ah, I should have made my question clearer! I realise that the arms, like most LEGO parts, need to be hollow; I would never expect them to be solid plastic.
So I am not concerned WHY they are hollow; I am wondering if they have always had that obvious lattice structure on the surface nearest the big fig's body.
@bananaworld said:
" So I am not concerned WHY they are hollow; I am wondering if they have always had that obvious lattice structure on the surface nearest the big fig's body."
As far as I'm aware they've always had the hollow areas on the big-fig arms since they settled on the standard 'wide-stance' for the big-fit model with the early Hulks in 2014. Not sure about earlier big-figs such as the Trolls they released in the castle theme in 2008, and the rock monster from the Power Miners theme and before those. As said though, early Hulk seems to have made it a standard.
76291 Dark Blue motorbike! Yay!
Modern Marvel is complete trash and this lineup is further proof. LEGO aiming at the Infinity Saga is the only interesting target for consumers. …They probably could have done some X-Men sets. …Still, this is interesting to see.
@GrizBe said:
" @bananaworld said:
" So I am not concerned WHY they are hollow; I am wondering if they have always had that obvious lattice structure on the surface nearest the big fig's body."
As far as I'm aware they've always had the hollow areas on the big-fig arms since they settled on the standard 'wide-stance' for the big-fit model with the early Hulks in 2014. Not sure about earlier big-figs such as the Trolls they released in the castle theme in 2008, and the rock monster from the Power Miners theme and before those. As said though, early Hulk seems to have made it a standard."
I'm somewhat of a bigfig collector. This topic sent me off to examine my displays.
Like to many things, the quality has diminished over the years. The Rock Raiders bigfigs have no gaps on their one moving arm. The Fantasy Castle trolls have a small circular gap just under the armpit that's barely noticeable.
The modern bigfigs (including the Rancor) have gaps with lateral bracing that run almost the entire length of the interior of the arm.
Unfortunately, I can't speak about the awesome Power Miners bigfigs as I have been neglectful in adding them to my collection. But, they appear to have less gapping than the modern versions.
That Surtur figure looks amazing, poor Hydra soldier but the wall is useful for a project.
Would be nice to get a regular Drax in a somewhat cheaper set
@xboxtravis7992 said:
" ... it does feel like LEGO is replaying the "Marvel greatest hits" a lot lately. "
Love that they recognize the good movies from the not so good.
Also love your idea of more comic book stuff. Been a while since the Daily Bugle came out.
The 76289 Thor vs Surtur set is not too bad value at £25. Less VAT for which LEGO isn't responsible, it's actually about 15% less than the US RRP of $30.
I might pick this one up especially if I can get it with my Nectar points from Argos :~)
The picture on the box of Hawkeye minifigure has sleeves but in the other photos he's without sleeves. So we're getting the sleeveless one because box art are unreliable?