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Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | March 11th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, MOC Spotlight

Legohaulic’s “Brute” Strength

Iron Man 3 Hulkbuster Armor

LEGO isn’t waiting until the highly anticipated Iron Man 3 hits theaters on May 3rd to release it’s sets based on the property and the fans aren’t waiting to build either. Legohaulic built this version of what many are calling the “Hulkbuster” armour as a commission and the overall shape of the body is great. Seeing it in the trailer bust through the shipping containers in a full tilt dash reminded me much more of Marvel’s unstoppable Juggernaut. The only info attached to the original concept art where it appeared in the standard red and gold described it as “Brute” armour and that certainly fits. Its chunky design, hunched back and forearm hazard stripes (not included on the model, but that would have been impressive to pull off in purist form) indicate this guy was built less for busting monsters and more for Tony’s heavy lifting. I expect to see a great many suits pop up when the movie comes out and everyone has had a good look, but the early bird gets the worm.

With suits of armour in the trailer resembling the Stealth, Deep Space, Silver Centurion and other classic looks, which would you most like to see in LEGO form? Brick-built or minifig? I’m still down for Iron Patriot, but I’d take a Silver Centurion any way you build it as well…

Ace "onions" Kim | March 9th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, Sales News

Amazon Restocks and Discounts Iron Man vs. Mandarin Set

Title says it all. Amazon has restocked and also discounted 76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin Ultimate Showdown. MSRP is $12.99 but you can pick up this set for just $10.92. And this is where being an Amazon Prime member pays off. No minimum order for 2-day shipping. Amazon has also restocked 76007 Iron Man Malibu Mansion Attack but it’s still full price at $39.99. The War Machine set is still sold out, only available via third party, but Shop@Home still has it.

Thanks to forum member MCoad for the tip.

Ace "onions" Kim | March 7th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Iron Man 3 Sets Now on LEGO Shop@Home

Did you miss out on the Iron Man 3 sets when they went on sale at Amazon the other day? Fear not cause LEGO Shop@Home just listed the three sets. If you order all three sets, you’ll be a few dollars shy of reaching the $75 dollar free shipping threshold. Throw in a keychain and you’ll be good to go.

Ace "onions" Kim | March 5th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

New Iron Man 3 Trailer

Watch the latest and final Iron Man 3 trailer above and curse LEGO for not making more armors.

There’s also an article which may give minor spoilers so be warned. And I’d like to state in the most modest way possible, that I WAS RIGHT!

Ace "onions" Kim | March 4th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, Sales News

Iron Man 3 Sets Now on Amazon

Iron Man 3 sets have appeared on Amazon. Unknown if the official on sale date has passed or if Amazon is jumping the gun a little. If the latter, don’t expect the products to be available for very long. Links and prices are below:

Ace "onions" Kim | February 28th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, Sales News

[UK] Argos Sells 6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle for £39.99

Reader submission time! FBTB fan Robert writes in to let us know that Argos in the UK is now selling 6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle for almost half off the list price. It is now £39.99, down from £69.99, a savings of £30!

Ace "onions" Kim | February 20th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics

New LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Game Art

Wolverine

These images popped up over at ComicsAlliance. You have your usual Avengers crew as well as presumably playable characters of Spider-Man and Wolverine. The game is supposed to have over 100 characters to play as. Part of me wonders if some of those included in the “over 100″ cast are just different versions of the same character. Mohawk Storm? Sign me up! And seriously, they need to start selling these things as posters.

The game’s release date is set for October 31. No pre-order bonus announced just yet but you can be sure we’ll report it as soon as we hear something.

Wolverine Thor Spider-Man Scene 6 Scene 5 Scene 4 Scene 3 Scene 2 Scene 1 Loki Iron Man Hulk Captain America Black Widow
Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | February 18th, 2013 | DC Universe, LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Spieletest Videos Presents Iron Man & Superman Sets

UPDATE: The video has been made private, little doubt through a request from LEGO.

I know people have been wondering what the Iron Man and Superman sets looked like at Toy Fair and I’ve tried to give details, but it’s difficult. I didn’t spend much time looking at them because of the photography embargo, so this video popping up is a definite help to all the curious fans. Spieletest posted this and another quick video featuring Iron Man sets on Toyark.com and another comment on the post indicates the Iron Man sets may be trickling out already. Taking another quick view, I can tell you that the smaller Black Zero Escape set had Zod emerging from the building/doorway and Lois Lane was in the escape pod/containment cell thing. The Smallville set, as I mentioned previously, focuses on the Kryptonian ship and it does have a number of nice parts. Take a look at the video and I think you’ll see why they chose to stick a bright yellow car in the smallest set as the theme seems to have a generally dark palette and seems pretty meh overall. The video also shows the new Kryptonian battle armour that I’m sure will be popular with the customizers out there.

So with this video, you’ve seen pretty much everything LEGO offered at the Toy Fairs. I’ll do up a post highlighting Hasbro’s contribution/dilution to the brick wars and I think that’ll wrap things up for this trip.

Ace "onions" Kim | February 13th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, Sales News

6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle Finally Discounted

Finally. A discount. I’ve been monitoring this set since around November hoping to see it at a nice discount, but it never dropped more that 14% and that was to coincide with the DVD release. But now, you can pick up 6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle at a pretty nice discount: down 20% from MSRP of $69.99. It is now priced at $55.99. Pretty nice!

Ace "onions" Kim | February 7th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Iron Man 3 Sets Revealed

Brickset is reporting on new Iron Man 3 sets revealed by Barnes & Noble. Three sets have been shown so far, which matches up to what the press release released today states: 76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle, 76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack, and 76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Showdown. The supposed released date is set for March 15. So unless there’s an account exclusive that hasn’t been revealed yet, this is all we can expect for Iron Man 3 sets. And if that’s the case, pardon my french but where the hell is Iron Patriot?!?!

Thanks to ninnymuggins for the heads up.