Category: LEGO Overwatch

  • LEGO Licensed Themes On Sale

    LEGO Licensed Themes On Sale

    Still bored under lockdown? Still have holes in your collection? Well you can kill two birds with one stone over at Amazon and Walmart. Most if not all of the sets listed below are 20% off, nothing spectacular but still better than nothing.

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    LEGO Avengers

    76126 Avengers Ultimate Quinjet

    Avengers: Endgame

    • 76126 Avengers Ultimate Quinjet 20% off $63.99 (MSRP $79.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76131 Avengers Compound Battle 20% off $79.99 (MSRP $99.99) Amazon | Walmart (I think I used to complain about how this set never went on sale considering how bad, lame, and recycled it looks, but here it is at 20% off)
    • 76144 Avengers Hulk Helicopter Rescue 20% off $47.99 (MSRP $59.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76143 Avengers Truck Take-down 20% off $31.99 (MSRP $39.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76125 Iron Man Hall of Armor 20% off $47.99 (MSRP $59.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76124 War Machine Buster 20% off $27.99 (MSRP $34.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76123 Captain America: Outriders Attack 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart

    Spider-Man

    • 76150 Spiderjet vs. Venom Mech 20% off $23.99 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart (you get Spider-Man Noir in this one!)
    • 76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76148 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76114 Spider-Man’s Spider Crawler 20% off $27.99 (MSRP $34.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76149 The Menace of Mysterio 20% off $23.99 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76128 Molten Man Battle 20% off $23.99 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 76130 Stark Jet and the Drone Attack 20% off $55.99 (MSRP $69.99) Amazon | Walmart

    LEGO Harry Potter

    • 75955 Hogwarts Express 20% off $63.99 (MSRP $79.99) Amazon
    • 75947 Hagrid’s Hut: Buckbeak’s Rescue 20% off $47.99 (MSRP $59.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75965 The Rise of Voldemort 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 78953 Hogwarts Whomping Willow 20% off $55.99 (MSRP $69.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75945 Expecto Patronum 20% off at $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart

    LEGO Overwatch

    • 75974 Bastion 36% off $31.99 (MSRP $49.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75977 Junkrat & Roadhog 20% off $39.99 (MSRP $49.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75975 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 25% off $67.86 (MSRP $89.99) Amazon | Walmart (Walmart has it lower at $59.99)

    LEGO Star Wars

    • Resistance A-Wing Starfighter 18% off $24.47 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75234 AT-AP Walker 19% off $48.49 (MSRP $59.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75254 AT-ST Raider 20% off $40.00 (MSRP $49.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75250 Pasaana Speeder Chase 20% off $31.99 (MSRP $39.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75269 Duel on Mustafar 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75258 Anakin’s Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition 20% off $23.99 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75268 Snowspeeder 20% off $15.99 (MSRP $19.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75241 Action Battle Echo Base Defense 20% off $47.99 (MSRP $59.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75238 Action Battle Endor Assault 20% off $24.00 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart
    • 75239 Action Battle Hoth Generator Attack 23% off $22.99 (MSRP $29.99) Amazon | Walmart

     

     

  • Amazon Offers $10 Off $50 On Select LEGO Sets

    Amazon Offers $10 Off $50 On Select LEGO Sets

    Amazon is taking $10 off a purchase of $50 or more on select LEGO sets. With those items already well below MSRP, you’ll be saving a bunch of money. Here’s an example:

    • LEGO Classic Green Baseplate is half off at $4.99. Add 3 of those to your cart.
    • Overwatch 75974 Bastion is 36% off at $31.99. Add one of those to your cart.
    • Minecraft 21162 The Taiga Adventure is 20% off at $7.99. Add that to your cart, bringing your cart total to $54.95.
    • The $10 off is automatically applied at checkout, bringing the price down to $44.95 before any taxes.

    Obviously, you’ll want to try and stay as close to $50 as possible to maximize the savings. There’s no limit to the number of times you can use the virtual coupon either so placing multiple orders can really net you some savings. Again, this is a complete list of the LEGO sets that qualify for the coupon.

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  • D.Va & Reinhardt Overwatch Set Deeply Discounted

    D.Va & Reinhardt Overwatch Set Deeply Discounted

    The 455-piece 75973 D.Va & Reinhardt set from the Overwatch theme is on sale for 35% off over at Amazon and Walmart. Regular price: $39.99. Sale price: $25.99. I still pine for a UCS D.Va and I don’t even play the game.

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  • Blizzard Exclusive Orange Omnic Bastion LEGO Overwatch Set Half Off

    Blizzard Exclusive Orange Omnic Bastion LEGO Overwatch Set Half Off

    Do you collect Overwatch sets? Did you know that Blizzard had an exclusive mini Bastion set that is 182-pieces big? I can answer ‘no’ to both of those questions but a deal is a deal. The Blizzard online store is selling their exclusive orange-colorway 75987 Omnic Bastion set for half off, just $12.50. If you want free shipping you’ll need to order 8 or more to reach the $100 threshold. This is a mini version of 75974 Bastion; that one’s MSRP is $49.99 and weighs in at 602 pieces big (it’s 20% off at Amazon right now).

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  • Lego Bastion Skin Announced

    Lego Bastion Skin Announced

    No, not that one. Or that one.

    Blizzard announced this earlier today. Nine game wins, and the skin’s yours, with some other rewards along the way, like sprays and icons. I’m on my fourth hiatus from Overwatch since other players make my blood boil, but I gotta admit, this skin is a convincing case to return.

    I do wonder why he’s different from 75974. Maybe it was an animation or scale problem.

    There’s all sorts of fun little details people are posting on Reddit. Blizzard really went all out with this skin.

    You have until September 30th to grab this skin. Right around when the annual Halloween event starts, too.

     

  • New LEGO Overwatch Sets Wrecking Ball, Junkrat & Roadhog

    New LEGO Overwatch Sets Wrecking Ball, Junkrat & Roadhog

    Some new LEGO Overwatch were announced today: 75976 Wrecking Ball and 75977 Junkrat & Roadhog. I’m not an Overwatch player, but that Wrecking Ball speaks to me on so many levels. I mean, it’s a hamster piloting a mech. And the actual Wrecking Ball design is quite appealing. I might actually get this one.

    And even though LEGO Overwatch is a theme that doesn’t appeal directly to my inner video game nerd, I definitely appreciate that more sets like these are being made. My only hope is that more video franchises will be explored and licensed because they tend to have a more lasting effect than kids movies that won’t stand the test of time.

    75976 Wrecking Ball is $19.99 USD and has 227 pieces. 75977 Junkrat & Roadhog is $49.99 and has 380 pieces. Both will be on display for viewing at San Diego Comic Con at the Blizzard booth and will be available for purchase starting in October of this year.

    And one more thing: The LEGO Group will be sponsoring the Twitch Rivals Overwatch Tournament on July 25th. More details and LEGO’s contributions to the tournament prize packs will be shared in the coming weeks.

    75976 Wrecking Ball

    227 pieces | Ages 9+ $19.99 (USD)
    Available October 1, 2019

    Immerse your favorite Overwatch® fan in epic missions with this LEGO® Overwatch 75976 Wrecking Ball set. Based on the internationally acclaimed team-based action game, this Overwatch toy set transforms from an iron-clad battle mech to a high-speed ball. A fan favorite, Wrecking Ball is piloted by Hammond, a resourceful hamster who pops up from the cockpit just like in the game. With Quad Cannons and four extractable limbs that fold out when transforming into the mech toy, youngsters will love playing with this instantly recognizable model and Overwatch character. Older fans will be excited to show their passion for Overwatch by displaying the set near their gaming setup for all their friends to see.

    • This LEGO® Overwatch® playset features a Hammond hamster figure that can pop up from the cockpit by turning a handle for added fun.
    • For anyone who loves Overwatch® hero toys and buildable mech toys, this LEGO® brick-built model can transform from a mech into an epic ball and is packed with authentic details from the in-game hero. Kids and fans will love building this authentic Overwatch model.
    • Just like in the game, this action toy can transform from an epic ball toy that can roll into a cool mech toy with fold-out Quad Cannons and extractable legs, offering kids and fans many authentic Overwatch® details.
    • From Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of the legendary World of Warcraft®, Overwatch® has quickly built a global community of passionate followers, spawning animated videos, comics, and exciting global eSports events.
    • Wrecking Ball creative play toy measures over 4” (11cm) high, 4” (11cm) long and 5” (13cm) wide. LEGO® Overwatch® toy construction sets are the perfect gift for fans of the internationally acclaimed team-based action game.

    75977 Junkrat & Roadhog

    380 pieces | Ages 9+ $49.99 (USD)
    Available October 1, 2019

    Now your favorite Overwatch® fan can build a part of Junkertown out of LEGO® bricks with the 75977 Junkrat & Roadhog set. Based on the internationally acclaimed team-based action game, this Overwatch toy set recreates the apocalyptic atmosphere of Junkertown, a highly popular Overwatch map. This playset features the iconic crime duo from Overwatch: Roadhog and Junkrat. Roadhog comes as a large, highly-detailed BigFig with his Chain Hook and Scrap Gun. The minifigure Junkrat has his iconic peg-leg and Frag Launcher. Fans and kids alike will love the authentic character details, the yellow chopper bike and display diorama inspired by the Junkertown map.

    • This LEGO® brick-built model comes with two highly popular Overwatch® figures: BigFig Roadhog with his Chain Hook and minifigure Junkrat with his Frag Launcher and iconic peg leg.
    • Kids and fans will love building this highly detailed Overwatch® model, including the brick-built Pachimari figure.
    • Offering kids and fans authentic Overwatch® details, this action toy features a display diorama with the Junkertown sign and a yellow chopper bike that can be played with separately.
    • From Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of the legendary World of Warcraft®, Overwatch® has quickly built a global community of passionate followers, spawning animated videos, comics and exciting global eSports events.
    • LEGO® Overwatch® toy construction sets are the perfect gift for fans of the internationally acclaimed team-based action game.
    • Junkyard building toy measures over 8” (21cm) high, 8” (22cm) wide and 4” (12cm) long.
  • Review: 75972 Dorado Showdown

    Review: 75972 Dorado Showdown

    When Lego released the images for the first wave of Overwatch sets, the render for the Dorado Showdown set caught my eye in the most unfortunate way. At the time, I thought it was nothing more than just a bad render. Upon purchasing the set, however, it’s a little bit worse than I thought.

    Get ready, because this review ends about halfway through the article. The rest explores the somewhat depressing hypotheticals that this render, uh…rendered.

    Dramatic, right?

    The Set

    As with the Tracer vs. Widowmaker set, Dorado Showdown includes minifigs and a vehicle. But, to really justify the $30 price tag, this set also includes the front face of a building.

    Let’s start with the truck.

    One thing I appreciate about Lego – they know how to build really solid vehicles. The truck looks great from any angle. A damn near perfect representation of the truck from the game.

    It also includes this generator…thing? I have no idea what this is, but, then again, I don’t in the game, either.

    Then we have this “building”. It reminds me of the flat buildings at the Studio Backlot Tour at Disney World. It looks flashy from the front, but from the sides and back, it’s completely empty. Again, I understand that it’s representative of the Dorado level in the game, but it comes off as feeling lazy. Flat walls, few colors, it just doesn’t look good.

    The only purpose I can think it serves – rolling the truck through it. That’s…fun?

    A power line attaches the “building” to this little fruit stand. Cute enough, I guess, but it’s a hassle to move around.

    The Minifigs

    Of course, people buy these sets for one reason: the minifigs. We get Soldier: 76, McCree, and Reaper here.

    Soldier looks pretty good. He already has the stocky minifig shoulders, so it translates well, unlike it did to Widowmaker. Classy, bright colors and slick printing – there’s not much wrong with the figure.

    The gun is horrible, though. As with Widowmaker, Lego opted to make the gun brick-built. Lego has an infamous policy about “realistic” guns.

    “However, to make sure to maintain the right balance between play and conflict, we have adhered to a set of unwritten rules for several years. In 2010, we have formalized these rules in a guideline for the use of conflict and weapons in LEGO products. The basic aim is to avoid realistic weapons and military equipment that children may recognize from hot spots around the world and to refrain from showing violent or frightening situations when communicating about LEGO products. At the same time, the purpose is for the LEGO brand not to be associated with issues that glorify conflicts and unethical or harmful behavior.”

    I mean, I get it. However, I’m not certain whether or not Soldier’s gun fits. There aren’t many guns utilized by an armed force that resemble this gun. Considering some of the guns that have come out of the Star Wars line, I find not making a new piece for this bright blue pulse rifle a bit strange.

    Next, McCree. Or, more appropriately, standard cowboy. Maybe Red Dead guy? Generic cowboy. Doesn’t-look-like-McCree cowboy. Whatever you want to call him.

    The face of a minifigure is important. Remember the demonic Black Widow from the 2012 Avengers line? In that same vein, McCree looks so incredibly unlike himself that he’s barely recognizable.

    This is McCree. Even adding the hair under the hat, as Lego’s done multiple times, would have helped.

    Also his belt doesn’t say BAMF. Which is disappointing, but I get it.

    He has a tiny revolver. The most accurate game counterpart yet.

    And finally…Reaper. Who, on a more personal note, makes it impossible for me to play as tanks in the game anymore due to a recent update. Thanks, Blizzard. He looks great here, though. Dark, mysterious, scary…the usual. In his model, the back printing goes over his cape, and I wonder if there was some way to make the cape reflect that. I can’t think of anything, and it may be beyond Lego’s capabilities. Still, as a minifigure, it works.

    His guns, like Soldier’s, are too large and too unwieldy. They’re not as bad, but they just look ridiculous.

    The Lack of Play Features

    What it feels like, ultimately, is one of those crappy Lego Ideas sets that gets 20 supporters. Add (mostly) well made minifigures to already pre existing pieces, and you have this set. I could have made this set in LDD probably five years ago. Most of it, anyway. These sets feel like minifigures + filler. And that could be the route Lego is starting to move towards. The minifigures battle packs released in 2008 for Star Wars, Collectable Minifigures in 2010, adding more series to that like Harry Potter, the Simpsons, etc. Ever since Lego started getting licenses for popular media, they’ve been able to use that to sell lackluster sets. There are so many examples in the Star Wars sets alone. Overwatch reflects this as well.

    This is a $30 set without what I, as a reviewer, calls “play features”. Play features don’t have to be good, or creative, but they are interactive. Pull a lever. Something falls over. Open a box. They aren’t the main draw of the set, ever, but they’re generally nice little things to have. They make these toys feel a little more like overall toys. A coherent set, not just pieces stuck together.

    Compare the Lego Store description of this set against a equally priced Star Wars set:

    Features a hinged Death Star setting with entrance, lever-activated closing door, retracting walkway, and a pillar section with platform, access ladder, hidden Mouse Droid, an opening box with a pair of electrobinoculars, and a function to send the Stormtrooper toppling off the tower.

    I know, but this is quantity over quality. Especially if the competitor has 0. This is what the Lego Star says about Dorado Showdown:

    Payload truck features space for a minifigure, a generator payload that can be taken off and hidden wheels to simulate the payload truck hovering like in the game.

    Take a thing off! Put a minifig in! Roll a truck!

    See? They added wheels! Having fun yet?

    Conclusion

    In closing, I don’t have a problem if these sets are about the minifigs. But what I’m ultimately doing is paying $30 for three minifigs and some fluff. Release Overwatch as a bunch of collectable minifigs with different skins, like in the game. I’d buy those!

    The problem comes when Lego pretends that the set is about anything but the minifigs when it so obvious is.

    Remember the bad render of the set from the beginning of the review? That’s what’s on the back of the box. Goodbye play features, hello crappy render.

    These Overwatch sets create a lesson about afterthought, or maybe what happens when Lego scrambles to do something with a license they may not have wanted in the first place.

  • Review: 75970 Tracer vs. Widowmaker

    Review: 75970 Tracer vs. Widowmaker

    I love Overwatch. One of the best games I played in 2018. At the same time, I hated the sets when the were initially announced. Unfinished box art, clunky guns, lazy minifigures – my hopes weren’t set high.

    This set kinda helped. A little bit.

    The biggest pull for these Overwatch sets are the minifigs. Overwatch, the game, is 100% about the characters. These sets, as with pretty much all licensed sets, are the same. Even the title of the set – it isn’t Payload Battle or something stereotypically Lego like that. It’s Tracer vs. Widowmaker. The set is an afterthought.

    Which is a shame, because I really like the little model. It’s a solid, tight build that feels good to hold.

    Not much in the way of play features, other than being able to remove two 2×3 tiles to fit a minifigure in. According to the back of the instructions, you’ll be able to connect the ship to the larger ship from 75975 Watchpoint: Gibraltar. That isn’t quite enough to convince me to buy the overpriced 73-dollar set.

    The two prints in this set. I had a short moment of “oh, that’s nice” upon building the health pack, and promptly forgot about it.

    As I said, Tracer and Widowmaker (hence the name) are the main feature here. But Widowmaker has one of my problems with most of Overwatch’s figures (with one exception). She’s instantly recognizable as the character from the game, and she has a nice quality headpiece, a double-feature head, and fairly accurate colors (it would be interesting to see how Lego would do a shiny minifig). Despite all that, however, something about her is just off. I don’t know what it is exactly. I’ll do an article on it once I figure it all out.

    Her giant, oversized gun doesn’t help, either. She can’t even hold it in two hands to the side.

    Tracer, on the other hand, I absolutely adore. She’s simple enough, full of character, she’s just cool to look at.

    Especially attaching this little blue dash thing to her back.

    Her guns work for me as well. They’re oversized in a cute Lego way, not in an oh-my-god-this-gun-is-impossibly-large way. Tracer’s design in Overwatch is ace, and it’s completely epitomized here.

    CONCLUSION

    All in all, you’re going to buy this set for the minifigs. The Overwatch line has 12 of the current 29 heroes (and 2 Bastion models, which I don’t know if they count). I haven’t heard any plans about a new line of Overwatch sets, so this may be all we’re getting. If you’re in it for the minifigs, then you already have it. My recommendation won’t do anything for you.

  • LEGO Overwatch Sets Are Coming

    LEGO Overwatch Sets Are Coming

    In a press release released earlier today, Activision Blizzard announces their partnerships for their video game IP’s. One surprise little tidbit is a licensing agreement with The LEGO Group to make LEGO Overwatch sets.. Here’s the relevant snippet:

    Additionally, LEGO® Group has plans for multiple Overwatch building sets across various price points.

    Short and sweet. Sounds like your standard range of sets priced from $14.99 all the way up to $99.99, give or take.

    I don’t exactly play the game, and by that I mean I don’t at all. So I may not be in the best position to make a judgement call but here’s what I do know: it’s a team-based, first-person shooter. There aren’t a lot of vehicles other than D.va’s MEKA unit and maybe the payload vehicle in that escort game mode. I can’t imagine arena based sets would be all that popular so I’m super curious about LEGO Overwatch sets will look like.

    The real draw, of course, would be the minifigures. All of the Overwatch characters have multiple skins available to them. I’m guessing the initial assortment of sets would come with the default skin, but how cool would it be to get Winter Widowmaker?

    LEGO isn’t the only construction toy company with an Activision Blizzard. Mattel/Mega still has the Destiny license and will continue to make sets based on Destiny 2. So if LEGO doesn’t work out for them, Mattel/Mega might pick it up after. And if it does work for them, it could open doors to more video game licenses, like Spyro or World of Warcraft.

    Please, LEGO Gods, let there be a UCS LEGO D.va and MEKA set. Because if Blizzard can make a 20″ statue, why can’t LEGO? I don’t even play the game and I want that statue.