Marvel Advent calendar revealed
Posted by Huw,
Marvel.com has revealed the contents of 76196 The Avengers Advent Calendar, which will be one of five calenders available this year, joining the usual Star Wars, Harry Potter, City and Friends ones.
Among the 24 models are minifigs of Tony Stark, Spider-Man, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Thanos and Thor.
You can view a photo showing them all after the break.
Thanks to milflinn for the news.
We will be extra busy during December this year publishing five Advent Countdown articles a day!
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I’m surprised the snowman’s arms aren’t stud shooters. It even appears to include an extra stud as if they were
Incoming Giant-man dioramas w/ Ant-man minifigs.
Very impressive. Love it.
Heck of alot better selection of figs and builds then the other choices revealed so far. Though not sure about the window distribution we'll get as 2 of them at least are just 'bits packs'. (The energy blasts and the infinity stones).
Woah that Black Widow has arm printing. Great looking calendar, might opt for this one over Star Wars this year.
Tempting
Very interesting for them to include the gauntlet and all 6 infinity stones. Great for people who missed out on the Infinity War sets, or couldn't collect them all.
Dang, that’s a very solid selection of things! Exclusive sweater Tony and Spidey are awesome, and I love the inclusion of the newer Black Widow and Captain Marvel. The full infinity gauntlet is a very unexpected surprise, a bit strange though seeing as no one in the set can wield it. I love the addition of a power blast pack, those pieces are always so useful in making dioramas. And that’s an unprinted Iron Man helmet as well, very nice! I think this’ll be the very first Advent Calendar I’m ever gonna get.
Edit: I also love some of these sidebuilds, especially Dum-E with the sock and the Proof that Tony Stark has a heart case. Also the frying pan on Avengers Tower looks so out of place and ridiculous that it’s actually hilarious, my headcanon will be that it’s just a special Avengers-merch cooking set for minifigs haha
@kongutahu: I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a snowball.
@monty_bricks: Or those who didn't get all of them, such as myself. I still need a Power Stone.
@The_Byzantine_Knight: I'm reminded of how, in the DC universe, Santa makes it through Apokolips' defenses to give Darkseid a lump of coal every year.
Loving the Christmas DUM-E and the mini Hulkbuster.
I must be missing some part of Spider-Man lore. What is he holding in his left hand?
@The_Byzantine_Knight said:
"Also, I think it's funny that Thanos has a lump of coal for an accessory. He is THAT naughty."
Well, he *did* try to kill half of all life in the universe. If that doesn’t merit getting a lump of coal, nothing does!
Now, now. Going to get this for the full Infinity Stones complete with the gauntlet.
@Zander said:
"I must be missing some part of Spider-Man lore. What is he holding in his left hand?"
I think it's a Churo; he mentioned a lady gave him one as a thank you in Homecoming.
@dragonmat89 said:
" @Zander said:
"I must be missing some part of Spider-Man lore. What is he holding in his left hand?"
I think it's a Churo; he mentioned a lady gave him one as a thank you in Homecoming.
"
Thanks for the explanation ;~) . So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense.
The presents are a bit whatever, and I wasn't impressed with the tree until it was pointed out to me that you can put the spare infinity stones on it. So almost all winners in my book, I'm hard pressed to think of a calendar with a better hit rate.
Year 2 should be interesting, this initial effort has certainly set a high standard. Harry potter started out with some strong ideas (and many flags, grr), but it's waned a bit in my opinion and I'm skipping the third HP calendar. This replaces that, but even if this marvel one didn't exist, I'd still be skipping HP this go around.
Clever use of that Technic piece to represent Churros. :)
OoooOooooOOOhhhhhh!
But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?
This may be the first time I get an advent calendar, I really like this.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
Not a big fan of micro-builds, and some of the builds seem kind of random/could be in regular city. Of course super heroes don't have a lot of unique side items to choose from so I can understand the difficulty in designing this. If it were comic based they could have an atomic steed or the Thing's sky bike thing, but I don't know what else (I have only been working on ideas for 2 minutes though).
A DC calendar could include items from the Batcave's and Fortress of Solitude's trophy rooms.
Love this. I can finally get the time stone.
Whoa! I'm very surprised. I didn't expect a calendar for Marvel. What a shock. Heck, I didn't know about a CMF series of Marvel (Disney +) coming too. Big surprises. I like this calendar--very creative!
@Zander said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
"
Seriously, I don't know what it is.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Zander said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
"
Seriously, I don't know what it is."
It's a churro.
The seek and you shall find comment was urging you to read the previous comments. There were a few that had mentioned it is a churro.
@ResIpsaLoquitur, The answer has already been mentioned three times in this not-very-long thread. I could, of course, just tell you but I really believe that posters should read threads before posting in them or provide a good excuse why they haven’t.
I was a bit worried they’d missed out on a fire extinguisher in a Marvel set, but I’m glad to see it’s there.
@Zander said:
"So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense."
It's a potted cactus and you can't convince me otherwise. Don't ask why it is yellow though.
@Baldarek said:
" @Zander said:
"So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense."
It's a potted cactus and you can't convince me otherwise. Don't ask why it is yellow though."
I feel a meme coming on consisting of two camps: churro vs yellow cactus :~P
@tkatt said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Zander said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
"
Seriously, I don't know what it is."
It's a churro.
The seek and you shall find comment was urging you to read the previous comments. There were a few that had mentioned it is a churro."
Y'know, I tried and I still missed it. I'm sorry. Written language blurs together when you're reading on a phone.
I'm a little on the fence about this one; the good parts are VERY good, but some others I fail to see the significance of? Then again, I'm still an MCU newbie who's only seen six of the movies (and played the Lego Avengers video game), so maybe as I get further context more of it will make sense!
I've never got a Lego advent calendar before now... but since I am new to Marvel, that means I don't have any of these things already, so it'll be 100% new to me. I might, *miiiiight* see about getting it, just for a treat, nearer the time. We'll see ^^
Genuine question, though: what's the blue and red model with the binoculars, the one just up from the snowman and next to Thanos? I can work out or guess at everything else in the calendar, but that one's eluding me; I can't think what it's supposed to be.
sheesh
the use of a car door for a roll of wrapping paper is very inspired!
@Zander said:
" @Baldarek said:
" @Zander said:
"So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense."
It's a potted cactus and you can't convince me otherwise. Don't ask why it is yellow though."
I feel a meme coming on consisting of two camps: churro vs yellow cactus :~P
"
In spiderman homecoming Peter calls happy and leaves a msg that he helped an old lady and she gave him a churro to say thank u
I'm not huge on advent calendars or the holidays in general but this has some cool stuff in it. I can only imagine that they're dedicating an entire day of the calendar to the power burst pieces, though, which is kind of strange albeit understandable since they always come in the same bag. The inclusion of the Infinity Gauntlet with all six stones is really cool of LEGO and I'm glad I stopped by this article because I had no idea what Peter was holding. I thought it was a weird mug with something in it the first time I saw it if I'm gonna be honest. An inclusion of something related to the "Spidey Bells" song from Into the Spiderverse would've been cool but this seems to be an MCU-only calendar so it's understandable why that wasn't included. On that note, why are they using the Square Enix Captain Marvel if the rest of the Minifigures are MCU-based? The game kind of died plus I think people would prefer the Endgame or Captain Marvel versions in this.
What exactly is the symbol on Spider-Man's jacket?
@Trigger_ said:
"On that note, why are they using the Square Enix Captain Marvel if the rest of the Minifigures are MCU-based? The game kind of died plus I think people would prefer the Endgame or Captain Marvel versions in this."
I'm pretty sure almost all of these are Gamerverse Avengers. Black Widow definitely is, Fury is the same as the Helicarrier model, and Thor is almost the same except for the hair. Tony could go either way (though he has a Gamerverse helmet) and Spidey is specifically movie.
Something's got to be done about that Thanos, though. We need a compromise figure between BigFig and Minifig. Comic book Thanos has always been bulky, but not a giant.
Looks like we have a winner for my Advent Calendar this year.
Who am I kidding? I’ll probably get them all anyway…but this one is REALLY good.
@Trigger_ said:
"I'm not huge on advent calendars or the holidays in general but this has some cool stuff in it. I can only imagine that they're dedicating an entire day of the calendar to the power burst pieces, though, which is kind of strange albeit understandable since they always come in the same bag. The inclusion of the Infinity Gauntlet with all six stones is really cool of LEGO and I'm glad I stopped by this article because I had no idea what Peter was holding. I thought it was a weird mug with something in it the first time I saw it if I'm gonna be honest. An inclusion of something related to the "Spidey Bells" song from Into the Spiderverse would've been cool but this seems to be an MCU-only calendar so it's understandable why that wasn't included. On that note, why are they using the Square Enix Captain Marvel if the rest of the Minifigures are MCU-based? The game kind of died plus I think people would prefer the Endgame or Captain Marvel versions in this."
None of them ( except Fury) are the MCU versions.
@tkatt said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Zander said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
"
Seriously, I don't know what it is."
It's a churro.
The seek and you shall find comment was urging you to read the previous comments. There were a few that had mentioned it is a churro."
" @Zander said:
"So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense."
It's a potted cactus and you can't convince me otherwise. Don't ask why it is yellow though."
Yes, yes. This is all very well and good, but the question I have is: what is that thing Spider-man is holding?
@CarolinaOnMyMind, It’s a mug or cup, a white one ;~)
What’s the significance of the BBQ chicken leg???
^^^Churros chat
I was hoping that was a Miles Morales Spider-Man since he *obviously* (wink) has a churro. But other posters’ grasp of MCU ephemera wins out.
Still, every friendly neighborhood crime fighter deserves a churro!!
@CarolinaOnMyMind said:
" @tkatt said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @Zander said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"But WHAT is the axel in Spidey's other cup supposed to be?"
Seek and ye shall find.
"
Seriously, I don't know what it is."
It's a churro.
The seek and you shall find comment was urging you to read the previous comments. There were a few that had mentioned it is a churro."
" @Zander said:
"So he’s holding a paper or card cup and the axle represents the churro? That makes sense."
It's a potted cactus and you can't convince me otherwise. Don't ask why it is yellow though."
Yes, yes. This is all very well and good, but the question I have is: what is that thing Spider-man is holding?"
What thing? The yellow potted cactus?
Nice variety of minifigs and small sets. My Marvel-loving nephews will be getting this one for Christmas.
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
" @ThatBionicleGuy said:
"Genuine question, though: what's the blue and red model with the binoculars, the one just up from the snowman and next to Thanos? I can work out or guess at everything else in the calendar, but that one's eluding me; I can't think what it's supposed to be."
If i had to hazard a guess, i’d say that’s a drone from Spider-Man: Far From Home, repainted in Spidey’s color scheme, based entirely on how similar it looks to the drones in the tie-in sets."
Oh, right! That's one of the MCU movies I've seen, so I should possibly have recognised that... though in my defence, it was a while ago now! Thanks for answering :D
This looks pretty solid. I'll have to pick it up (on sale since they are way overpriced otherwise).
I'm really thankful I didn't overpay on bricklink for the extra stones I needed. And now since the TVA showed outside of Earth they are useless, LEGO will just throw them around as free gifts.
I like the plain white Iron Man helmet for some reason.
@Brikkyy13 said:
"Woah that Black Widow has arm printing. Great looking calendar, might opt for this one over Star Wars this year. "
Same. I'm more impressed with marvel than Star Wars this year.
Assuming the Australian price isn't obscene, I can see myself snagging this. Getting the Infinity Gauntlet and the stones alone would make it worth it but there are other cool things as well (like the Iron Man ugly xmas sweater)
I am more impressed with this set now. The leak only showed a couple of builds, and not all of the minifigures. This looks awesome!
Thanos gets coal, nice easter egg
Well, looks like there will be 2 calendars in the house this year (along with Star Wars). If nothing else than to get a full Infinity Gauntlet. Minifigs look tremendous.
The only stuff in this that I’d be interested in is the blue effects pack. I got a huge bag of orange ones through LUGBulk, though, so that seems a far more efficient way to build up a collection of all the colors.
Its very nice although it is frustrating that the infinity gauntlet and all the stones come with this set. Kinda feel that something like that shouldnt be in a set this small or cheap?
@monty_bricks said:
"Very interesting for them to include the gauntlet and all 6 infinity stones. Great for people who missed out on the Infinity War sets, or couldn't collect them all. "
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Which is why this will likely be the first advent calendar I've decided to get in a couple of years.
@ShadowBlue93 said:
"Kinda feel that something like that shouldnt be in a set this small or cheap?"
Why? They're just paperweights :)
@Baldarek said:
" @ShadowBlue93 said:
"Kinda feel that something like that shouldnt be in a set this small or cheap?"
Why? They're just paperweights :)"
That truly was an lol moment for me right there! The moment in the show, and reading your comment!
Everything is perfect
@Zander said:
"I must be missing some part of Spider-Man lore. What is he holding in his left hand?
@The_Byzantine_Knight said:
"Also, I think it's funny that Thanos has a lump of coal for an accessory. He is THAT naughty."
Well, he *did* try to kill half of all life in the universe. If that doesn’t merit getting a lump of coal, nothing does!
"
Very funny
Just picked one up at a Costco in NJ.