The Quantum Realm Explorers set is a Marvel Superheroes set based off of the movie Ant-Man and The Wasp. It includes the Quantum Realm Explorer vehicle and 3 minifigures. It was released in 2018 for $19.99 and has 200 pieces.

Minifigures

Ant-Man- Great minifigure with good printing on the torso and legs. The helmet is the same one from the 2015 Ant-Man set which is a little inaccurate but still looks good. 9.5/10

The Wasp- Good minifigure with nice printing on the torso but no printing on the legs. They reuse that helmet from 2017 that really is inaccurate and needed a new piece that was more accurate. 8/10

Ghost- Good minifigure that is accurate but only has good torso printing with no leg printing. She also has a double sided head with an unmasked face. 9/10

Build

The build is really good and accurate to the movie. It was fun to build with great detail and has ok playability. There are stud shooters on the bottom sides that are not that noticeable. The sides of the cockpit are printed pieces and can open. There are two little arms on the front that can move and can hold stuff. The thrusters on the sides of the build can move around. Overall the build looks good for display and ok playability. 10/10

Summary

This set has a great build but the minifigures are a little inaccurate. Even though there are inaccuracies with the minifigures I still think this set is worth the price. It is only $20 for a great build that has nice details all around. I would recommend this set if you are a fan of Ant-Man and The Wasp or a fan of Marvel in general.

A small set from a somewhat forgettable movie (Quantumania didn't get any sets) but totally worth the money. It also has a tremendous amount of detail and creative building techniques for the size, and aside from the lackluster minifigs, it's a great buy.

The Wasp figure looks awful but the others aren't bad.

Set #76109 Quantum Realm Explorers: Ant-Man received one set in 2015 and now Ant-Man & The Wasp have gotten their one set in the LEGO MCU releases. From 2018, this set features the three ‘main’ characters and a fairly decent model. It’s a pretty decent set at the 25$ price range and harder and harder to come by as time progresses. Is it worth tracking down for your collection? Read on and find out.

Packaging

I’ve been separating the discussion of LEGO boxes for a long time, I’ve decided to do away with discussing them separately and instead going over them in the Packaging section.

Marvel Super Heroes have had red packaging for the longest time, updating them slowly with images of the Film or Cartoon/Comic series which inspired the sets in general. This set features the logo from the film in the lower left corner and shows a LEGO recreation in drawn form on the side.

The set is shown off very well. The instructions of LEGO models have been predominantly decent, the only sets I ever had issues with was the original LEGO Batman sets I bought because the pictures for construction were very hard to make out.

Some of the sets I’ve been building of late have begun to share an issue similar with colours and manuals being too dark to fully make out what piece is being used. Fortunately this set doesn’t do that.

A sticker sheet is always found in most Marvel sets, this one is no different.

Parts

Cylinders, Bricks, Plates and Tiles, everything found commonly in LEGO sets is included here. Two printed cockpit window sections are included and this set does not feature the new energy elements from the Infinity War sets. It does have some gold roller skates though, if you want your Minifigures to have gold roller skates.

Minifigures

Ant-Man: What an excellent looking print. Ant-Man has an awesome appearance with the red, black and silver/grey suit there is a load of printed detailing on his torso and legs. He’s got a pretty impressive helmet piece too, it looks really cool. His facial print is dual-sided with the smirking Scott Lang face and a terrified expression. He comes with a gun accessory of some kind, which may or may not involve collecting Pym Particles or Quantum Realm Juice or shrinking things… I haven’t seen the movie in so long I can’t remember what kind of gadget they had.

Ghost: Here is another excellent print, love the tech detailing of her suit and the fancy gadgets on her torso and back that look almost like energy injectors or stabilizers. She has a standard hood over her face, and her face is terrifying. She’s got piercing red glowing eyes and a faceless mask with no visible mouth. Turn her head around and you reveal the human beneath. Give her those flick-fire accessories and she can shoot energy at Ant-Man and The Wasp.

The Wasp: Compared to Ant-Man and Ghost, Wasp is a tad plainer in appearance. Her helmet is not a unique sculpt, but the single piece helmet they’ve been using for Iron Man in Marvel Comic and Animation inspired sets. This is printed with the design of her actual helmet… Honestly they should have just made another new sculpt, Wasp has such an interesting looking helmet the plain grey blob with print just can’t compare.

Her torso has some nice printing though. Beneath the helmet you’ll find a smiling expression and an irritated expression, she’s really not amused with Scott’s jokes. No accessories, and no alternate hair piece so you can actually have her without her helmet on. Kind of unfortunate that.

The build

Bag #1: Ant-Man helps you build the lower section of the Quantum Realm exploration craft seen and used in the film. This section is a nice little build. Some stickers are placed on certain elements, but shouldn’t be too hard to get set properly when applied. There really isn’t much else to say just yet.

Bag #2: The Wasp and Ghost team up to complete the bubble cockpit, walls/sides and engines of the Quantum Realm exploration craft. There is a lot of mirrored building in this selection of parts because you’re making two sides of the same model. The bubble cockpit was slightly frustrating as I was building it, it liked to pop out of alignment at the slightest provocation, but once the model was finished it didn’t move around as much.

The completed model

This is just all kinds of simplistic fun, this model doesn’t feature anything too outlandish. It’s basically a model that represents a ship used to travel into the Quantum Realm and is cute, accurate to the on-screen model. It has two stud shooters, but no outlandish or model disrupting play features, the skate element is used for a lot of detailing in silver and gold and some of the LEGO bucket elements are looking great as part of the engines.

Overall opinion

This is a great 25$ set, it includes a decent selection of Minifigures and the model is just awesome, love the detailing here and the ball cockpit works so great. Simple use of stickers is also a very appreciated decision. You really can’t go wrong with the twenty-five dollar price point. Not a whole lot to discuss honestly, the set is pretty simple in design and execution, just need to finish by saying. Recommended.

This was the only set released for the Ant-Man and the Wasp movie, and because I did not purchase the set from the Ant-Man movie, I did not get an Ant-Man figure, which is why this set appealed to me when it was first revealed. However, some of the other minifigures that were included (Wasp in particular) disappointed me, and that is the main problem with this set, in my opinion.

The Build and Parts:

It's a pretty standard build process. The whole craft is situated on a helicopter landing skid piece. Other pieces, such as the printed canopy pieces on the sides of the cockpit, are interesting, and there are several nice pieces in colors such as gray and black that could prove useful in MOCs.

The Minifigs:

Three minifigures are included: Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Ghost. The Ant-Man figure has different torso and leg prints than the original, but the helmet is the same as the one from the 2015 set. I like the printing, and while the helmet may not be entirely accurate to the source material, the dual molding looks great, and it is a good mold as well. Even though it is not entirely accurate to the helmet in the movie, I have no problems with this figure and am glad to finally own an Ant-Man minifig.

Ghost is not a particularly great minifig, but it is okay. The torso printing is rather good, and the head printing for the mask looks great. I appreciate that Ghost's face is visible on the other side of the head. However, I wish the legs were printed, and I think the hood piece should have been done in light bluish gray to make the figure more accurate to the source material. Ghost also gets some power blast pieces, which I think work well. Overall, this is a decent minifig.

This is where the set loses its five star rating for me: the Wasp minifig. This figure is just done poorly. I don't think the color for the torso and legs is entirely accurate to the source material, but I think that it is probably the closest available color it could be to match the movie. The printing on the torso is okay, but it makes the figure look almost like a comic book variant of the character. Like the Ghost minifig, I wish the legs were printed. However, my main issue with the figure is the helmet. Lego keeps trying to use the same helmet mold in interesting ways, and in some cases, it has worked. However, that is not the case here. The mold is not suited to the Wasp's helmet at all, and while you can still tell who the figure represents, it just isn't good. Printing tries to cover it up, and I actually think the quality of print on the helmet is good, but the helmet does not suit Wasp's helmet in the movie. What bothers me more is that Lego released a new helmet mold for Firefly in a 2019 DC Super Heroes set. I don't understand why they didn't just release the mold early for Wasp in a different color with different printing, as it is much more suitable to the character. Fortunately, this mold is now being used for Ant-Man in an Avengers: Endgame set, so hopefully if Wasp returns to the MCU, we will get an updated figure.

The Completed Build:

The completed Quantum Realm vehicle looks really good to me. The design for the canopy looks fantastic, and I appreciate the printed pieces used on the side. There is nice detailing throughout the model done primarily through greebling, and the model resembles the source material very accurately. There are stud shooters on the front, but they don't stand out too much, as the studs are clear. However, this creates a play issue, as hunting down the studs after firing them will be even more difficult for kids, should they choose to use that feature. The vehicle seats a figure well, and there are some adjustable arms on the front, which also work well. The exhaust port builds on the side of the model are attached using ball joints, so they can be rotated around. Also included in the set are a tube of quantum energy, a quantum gun, and the World's Best Grandma trophy from the movie. This trophy is not printed, but it's a nice touch.

Overall:

Despite the terrible Wasp figure, I still feel that this set is successful. The other two figures are decent, and the build looks and plays well. It is also accurate to the craft in the movie, so that should please Marvel fans. In terms of accuracy to the scene in the movie, other minifigs should be included, such as Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne. I think a second set, likely based on the car chase scene, should have been made, and it could have included some of the minifigs in this set. However, since only one set was made for this movie, I am glad that all three of the main characters are included in a relatively cheap set. This is great for both kids and adults, as young fans of Ant-Man will be able to get all the main characters from the movie in one cheap set, and adult minifigure collectors won't have to spend lots of money on a big set just to collect a minifigure. The price seems reasonable, at least in the U.S., so I would recommend this to most Marvel fans. The only people who I feel will be disappointed by this set are those focused on collecting the minfigures, as the Wasp minifig is extremely disappointing. Those who are concerned about movie accuracy may also be disappointed by Ant-Man's helmet as well.

This is a hard set to characterize. It's a small set. With a single main vehicle build and 3 minifigs. The vehicle is surprisingly the high point.

Box/Instructions - Pretty Standard Marvel red box. Standard stuffed and mangled instruction books. Very small sticker sheet for some details.

Minifigs - The main draw of the set, also the weakest element.

Ant-Man - The best fig in the set. Dual Torso printing, Leg printing. Dual head. The Ant Man helmet is however not correct for the movie. Still looks decent.

Wasp - Ugh! This is the first time we have gotten a Wasp figure. She should be great. Instead she is half arsed. She has torso printing. No leg printing. So her outfit which should run down to her legs cuts off half way. She has a double sided head with 2 faces. Why? They don't include a hairpiece? Instead we get a new single piece Iron Man helmet with some vaguely wasp like printing on the front. It looks awful. And they gave her the CMF Fairy Wings. Instead of the more tech looking wing piece. The helmet is just wrong. The wings are wrong. The figure is wrong. Bah!

Ghost - Not half bad, but not quite good either. Like Wasp she only has a dual printed torso. Just plain light bley legs. Her head is a base light bley, with her Ghost mask on one side, and her face peeking out through a mask on the other. The flesh colored printing over the darker color is as usual awful. It's also weird as Ghost never looked like that. Her mask was either on, or off. But not surrounding her exposed face. She has a dark bley hood, which also feels off. She needed a matching Light Bley one. Or better yet a bare head with hair and the new scarf piece used by Lucy in the Lego Movie 2 sets. Ghost is okay, but could have been better.

Parts - This set is a greebler's delight. Lots of little odd detail parts in bley, light bley, gold etc. Gold Roller skates stand out. Some really neat printed canopy pieces that form a near full bubble.

Build/Model - The build is where this set shines. It is a master class lesson in greebling and adding industrial detail. And they use every trick. The completed model looks great, in a sort of industrial trash heap kind of way. It's vaguely swooshable, but the most fun with it is building it. You will learn a lot of neat tricks building this one. After that?

Overview - A nice $19 set. A fun learning build. Some better detailing on the figs or a fourth figure (Janet or Hank Pym) would have made the difference. Worth getting, but you will enjoy it. Build it. Them render it for parts on a much bigger super detail part.