Marvel Advent Calendar - Day 12
Posted by CapnRex101,
Thanos was definitely an interesting addition to the Advent Calendar yesterday and I do wonder whether items focused upon the menacing Mad Titan might follow.
Let's find out today...
Despite lacking any connection with Thanos, I am impressed with this rendition of the Helicarrier. The design seemingly takes inspiration from the Avengers video game rather than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, given the dark blue accents and position of the bridge superstructure. The general shape remains similar between both sources though and seems equally impressive here.
The presence of 2x2 wedge plates forming the angled runway is particularly effective, while the rotors are neatly mounted using clips. While the more recognisable Helicarrier from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would have been appreciated, this edition looks splendid and is among my favourite items from the Marvel Advent Calendar so far.
Overall - 4.5 - This model captures satisfying detail and its shaping is almost perfect, but I dislike the dark blue colour choice.
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I thought this was brilliant. A microscale Helicarrier with barely 20 pieces.
“While the more recognisable Helicarrier from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would have been appreciated“
Is there that much of a difference? If someone had said this was the version used in the MCU I’d absolutely believe them
I really liked this. There seemed to be a lot of pieces in the bag initially, making for quite a substantial build all told.
*hate* this helicarrier
beautiful model but ridiculous minifigure selection
where is Phase II Commander Cody??
why does Lego hate fans?
@andygott said:
"*hate* this helicarrier
beautiful model but ridiculous minifigure selection
where is Phase II Commander Cody??
why does Lego hate fans?"
POV: you are MandR
I'd suggest this fantastic model makes a good toy for Tony, Natasha, and Peter to play with on Christmas morning. It's like a minifigure scale UCS build.
@Rimefang: Yeah, it'll be a fun toy for them, until Thanos breaks it in half.
I thought this was an absolutely fantastic model. A really substantial model (for an advent calendar) that also looks really great.
Never played any Avengers games (or read the comics) so I had no reason to suspect this was anything other than the Helicarrier from the movies.
I love it. Easily my favorite so far. The shape seems just slightly awkward at places, but I've been struggling to figure out how they could have done it better at this scale. The designers did a very nice job.
I really like it as well. I thought it was a good build for an advent calendar.
I’d prefer the helicarrier from Deadpool.
Bang on. Immediately recognizable. I need to see if I have the parts on hand to build this (don't have the calendar).
Hard to say that it's specifically based on the game, when the entire style of that game was the MCU with the serial numbers filed off :p
But on a serious note, an effective and recognisable model which is also surprisingly substantial for an advent model.
@Brickalili said:
"“While the more recognisable Helicarrier from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would have been appreciated“
Is there that much of a difference? If someone had said this was the version used in the MCU I’d absolutely believe them"
The biggest difference noticeable to me in this model is that it’s dark blue. The MCU ones are only shades of gray. Lego made their previous Helicarrier 76153 (loosely based on the Square Enix version) dark blue as well.
However, in the actual game footage, that Helicarrier looks almost the same colors of gray as the MCU version (maybe you could argue Lego Sand Blue would be appropriate for Square Enix but not the MCU?). So I don’t know where Lego got the Dark Blue from, or why they’re reusing it here. My guess is they just thought it needed color?
POV: you are MandR
Ooof.. i felt that too lol
@N_Cat:
What about the LEGO Marvel game? The good one based on the comics, not the one with random snippets of the MCU presented out of order. The layout seems roughly similar to what I recall from playing that. I don’t know about the color scheme, though. I do know that a lot of non-MCU SHIELD sets tend to use a dark-blue color scheme, which makes me suspect it comes from print comics.
Awesome - this perfectly captures the look of an MCU helicarrier. Great job!
@PurpleDave said:
" @N_Cat :
What about the LEGO Marvel game? The good one based on the comics, not the one with random snippets of the MCU presented out of order. The layout seems roughly similar to what I recall from playing that. I don’t know about the color scheme, though. I do know that a lot of non-MCU SHIELD sets tend to use a dark-blue color scheme, which makes me suspect it comes from print comics."
I’ve read a lot of Marvel comics over the years. It’s possible there’s a comic that has blue Helicarriers in it, but that’s very much not the norm. They’re nearly always gray in the comics. SHIELD typically only uses dark blue as a color scheme for the uniforms (and even then, half the time the catsuits are black instead), not as a default paint scheme for their vehicles.
EDIT: But you are correct that Lego has used Dark Blue as a color scheme for many of their SHIELD vehicles, even including some pseudo-MCU items like the Hawkeye plane from 2012. However, I think in the 2019-2020 waves, Lego used Dark Blue and Trans Orange as the standard color scheme for all of the "Avengers" branded vehicles, both in the MCU and not. Despite not being accurate to the game or the MCU.
Love this micro scale build of the helicarrier. Great inclusion for this calendar.