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LEGO Super Heroes summer sets review

A number of much talked about LEGO Super Heroes sets were released at the beginning of the month; five for Marvel fans, and three for DC Super Heroes fans. Today we will look at each of the sets more closely to help you decide if you would like to get them. 🙂

#76054 LEGO Super Heroes

#76054 LEGO BATMAN SCARECROW HARVEST OF FEAR: This is probably the most interesting LEGO Super Heroes sets of the year. You get three very interesting vehicles that are fun in themselves (just look at that sweet red tractor!), and the minifigures are very unique. Really nice to see such a great collection in a mid-price LEGO set! Here is the official description: Help Batman rescue the farmer from Scarecrow and Killer Moth! Gas Mask Batman and Blue Beetle are racing to help the frightened farmer in the Batcopter. Shoot the harvester before it mows down the tractor—but watch out for Scarecrow’s fear gas stud shooter! Stage an aerial battle with Blue Beetle and swat Killer Moth out of the sky! Stop the criminals imprisoning the farmer in the harvester’s fear gas tank and spreading fear to the rest of Gotham City. Includes 5 minifigures: Gas Mask Batman, Blue Beetle, Scarecrow, Killer Moth and a farmer. Batcopter measures over 3” (10cm) high, 12” (31cm) long and 9” (24cm) wide. Scarecrow’s harvester measures over 3” (8cm) high, 7” (20cm) long and 5”(13cm) wide. Tractor measures over 1” (4cm) high, 3” (8cm) long and 2” (6cm) wide. 563 pieces. Price: $59.99 – BUY HERE

#76055 LEGO Super Heroes

#76055 LEGO BATMAN KILLER CROC SEWER SMASH: Yep, that’s a Killer Croc bigfig! Also, a number of other new Super Heroes minifigures. I’m not so fond of the Batman’s tank, but it does have some cool features. Here is the official description of the set: Bite back against Killer Croc with the Bat-Tank! Reinforcements have arrived! Help Red Hood and Katana stop the monstrous Killer Croc and evil Captain Boomerang from destroying Gotham City. Charge Killer Croc’s Battle Chomper with Batman’s Bat-Tank. Crush the heavily armored vehicle with the Bat-Tank’s powerful ram weapon, but don’t get bashed by the swishing tail or fall into the giant jaws. Crush the foes with super heroes teamwork and stop the evildoers once and for all! Includes 4 minifigures: Batman, Red Hood, Captain Boomerang and Katana, plus Killer Croc big figure. Bat-Tank measures over 3” (9cm) high, 11” (29cm) long and 6” (17cm) wide. Killer Croc’s Chomper measures over 3” (10cm) high, 10” (27cm) long and 6” (16cm) wide. 759 pieces. Price: $79.99 – BUY HERE

#76056 LEGO Super Heroes

#76056 LEGO BATMAN RESCUE FROM RA’S AL GHUL: This is a pretty plain set, but it’s nice to see batman in a new suit! Here is the official description: Break out Robin from Ra’s al Ghul’s secret headquarters! Take the enemy by surprise and crash Desert Batman’s Buggy through the gates of Ra’s al Ghul’s hideout. Draw your sword as you duel with Talia al Ghul at the top of the staircase! Evade Ra’s al Ghul jumping out of the Lazarus Pit and rescue Robin from the cell—but watch out for the swinging axe trap! Includes 4 minifigures: Desert Batman, Ra’s al Ghul, Robin and Talia al Ghul. Ra’s al Ghul’s secret headquarters measures over 3” (10cm) high, 7” (20cm) wide and 4” (12cm) deep. Desert Batman’s Buggy measures over 2” (6cm) high, 5” (13cm) long and 3” (8cm) wide. 257 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

#76057 LEGO Super Heroes

#76057 LEGO SPIDER-MAN: WEB WARRIORS ULTIMATE BRIDGE BATTLE: This has been one of the most anticipated sets of the year ever since it was first revealed at the toy fairs. The minifigs and the action features are great of course, but what really caught the attention of LEGO fans is the bridge itself. It is rare to see such a substantial structure in a regular LEGO set, and this bridge is definitely well detailed. Buying two to create a full bridge is an obvious choice, and something LEGO themselves recommends in the description. And while the bridge is full of action-features, they don’t take away from the overall impressive look. With some slight modifications this bridge could work in any LEGO City setting. Make sure you watch JANGBRiCKS’ review in the video-player below, as this set is full of surprises. Here is the official description of the set: Swing into a bridge battle zone and save the day! The bridge is under attack! Team up Spider-Man, Spider-Girl and Scarlet Spider to defeat Green Goblin. But beware Kraven the Hunter crawling out of his secret lair, and watch out for Scorpion’s venomous tail. Rescue the taxi with a web before it plunges off the roadway, and protect Aunt May from Green Goblin’s flaming pumpkin bomb—then round up all the villains in a web prison! Includes 7 minifigures: Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Scarlet Spider, Green Goblin, Scorpion, Kraven the Hunter and Aunt May. Bridge measures over 12” (33cm) high, 5” (13cm) wide and 17” (44cm) deep. 1092 pieces. Price: $99.99 – BUY HERE

#76058 LEGO Super Heroes

#76058 LEGO SPIDER-MAN: GHOST RIDER TEAM-UP: This is one of the smallest sets amongst the new releases, but it still comes with unique minifigures, and a really good looking bike with awesome flame pieces. But my favorite feature is actually the newspaper boxes and the street sign – nice little details! Here is the official description of the set: Keep the streets of New York safe and defeat Hobgoblin! Hobgoblin is causing chaos in the city with his Goblin Glider and flaming pumpkin bomb, so send in Spider-Man and Ghost Rider for a street battle! Ride the Ghost Rider Bike at full throttle and use his fire chain to stop the demon. Then topple Hobgoblin from the top of the traffic lights with Spider-Man’s Super Jumper! Includes 3 minifigures: Spider-Man, Hobgoblin and Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider Bike measures over 1” (4cm) high, 6” (17cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide. 217 pieces. Price: $19.99 – BUY HERE

#76059 LEGO Super Heroes

#76059 LEGO SPIDER-MAN: DOC OCK’S TENTACLE TRAP: This set comes with a very interesting bot and a number of unique minifigures. Make sure you check out the video-review below to see the action-features! Here is the official description: Rescue White Tiger from the Octo-Bot’s slippery tentacles! Doc Ock is wading through the water in his weaponized Octo-Bot and has taken White Tiger prisoner in one of the tentacles! Steer Captain Stacy’s speedboat with Spider-Man surfing in on his web surfboard tow and rescue her! Watch out for Vulture nosediving through the air and fend off his attacking claws, and make waves with a heroic rescue. Includes 5 minifigures: Spider-Man, Doc Ock, Vulture, White Tiger and Captain Stacy. Doc Ock’s Octo-Bot measures over 7” (19cm) high, 10” (27cm) wide and 5” (13cm) deep. 446 pieces. Price: $39.99 – BUY HERE

#76060 LEGO Super Heroes

#76060 LEGO DOCTOR STRANGE’S SANCTUM SANCTORUM: This is another much talked about set with some really great details. Lots of nicely printed elements, and this is the first time I have seen LEGO use that candle design! And that portal beast is awesome! Here is the official description of the set: Banish the portal beast from Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum! Team up and expel the portal beast from Doctor Strange’s mysterious headquarters with some super-heroic supernatural action! Fend it off with Doctor Strange’s mystical artifacts, and evade being captured by the portal beast’s tentacles using the cape of levitation. Send in Karl Mordo to battle the beast with his quarterstaff, and help The Ancient One strike with the powerful magical fans at her fingertips! Includes 3 minifigures: Doctor Strange, Karl Mordo and The Ancient One. Sanctum Sanctorum measures over 4” (11cm) high, 12” (31cm) wide and 7” (18cm) deep. 358 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

#76067 LEGO Super Heroes

#76067 LEGO SUPER HEROES TANKER TRUCK TAKEDOWN: This set can be a great addition to the #76051 LEGO Super Hero Airport Battle to stage an even bigger encounter. Here is the official description: Jump to the rescue and control the blaze with the Avengers and Spider-Man! The airport battle continues between the divided Avengers. Pitch Captain America and Hawkeye against Spider-Man and Vision. Which duo will win as they battle it out around the exploding Roxxon tanker truck? Use the Super Jumper to fly into the air and put out the truck’s flames, or explode the barrels to stop Captain America advancing. Help Spider-Man use his web blast to defend himself against Hawkeye speeding at him on his motorbike. Includes 4 minifigures: Captain America, Spider-Man, Hawkeye and Vision. Tanker truck measures over 2” (7cm) high, 9” (25cm) long and 2” (7cm) wide. 330 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

I would say that this is a very strong wave for both Marvel and DC Comics LEGO sets. Previously LEGO got some criticism that their Super Heroes sets only focused on the unique minifigures, and the sets themselves were lackluster. This time however we are not just getting a great selection of brand new collectible characters, but most of the sets are also substantial and very interesting. Also, surprisingly, the prices are not bad at all! You can find all the new sets under the LEGO DC Super Heroes and the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sections of the Online LEGO Shop.

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What do you think? How do you like the new LEGO Super Heroes sets? Do you have any favorites? Did you get any of them already? Feel free to share your own review and thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Holiday Train pictures & more!

Today LEGO officially announced the upcoming #10254 LEGO Winter Holiday Train, which will be the latest in the winter holiday sets series. The LEGO Winter Holiday Train has been rumored for a long time, and LEGO fans have been eagerly waiting for specifics. Below is the set description, pictures and other details. Enjoy! 🙂

#10254 LEGO Holiday Train Box #10254 LEGO Holiday Train Box Back

Here is the official description of the LEGO Winter Holiday Train: Climb aboard the magical Winter Holiday Train! Gather the family for some festive LEGO building fun with this charming model featuring a full circle of track, boarding platform with bench and lamppost, a Power Functions upgradable train engine with brick-built smoke bellowing from its stack, coal tender, flatbed wagon with a rotating holiday tree, toys and gifts, and a red caboose with a detailed interior and table. The train engine also features large and small red-colored locomotive wheels and the train is decorated with green wreathes, string lights and white tree elements. Includes 5 minifigures: a locomotive driver, ticket collector, grandmother, boy and a girl.

  • The Winter Holiday Train includes 16 curved pieces of track, engine, coal tender, flatbed wagon with holiday tree, toys and gifts, caboose, boarding platform, bench and a lamppost.
  • Decorate the tree and drive the train to see the tree rotate.
  • Join the ticket collector in the cozy caboose for a delicious cup of cocoa.
  • Includes dual building instructions for a perfect family build.
  • Accessory elements include green wreathes, decorative lights and white tree pieces, plus wrapped gift elements and tiny brick-built toys, including a micro train, wind-up car, fire truck, remote controlled robot, sailboat and a spaceship.
  • Upgrade with LEGO Power Functions (not included) for a motorized engine.
  • Special elements include small and large red train wheels, dark tan windows, train buffers, cow catcher, white tree elements and roller skates.
  • This set includes 734 pieces, including 16 curved tracks.
  • The Holiday Train in total measures over 4” (12cm) high, 20” (52cm) long and 2” (7cm) wide.
  • Curved rail track diameter measures over 27” (70cm).
  • Recommended for ages 12+
#10254 LEGO Holiday Train Coming

And here is the designer-video with Morten Rauff introducing the set. I like how he mentions that the train can transport passengers from LEGO City to the LEGO Winter Village – sort of tying the two themes together.

The #10254 LEGO Winter Holiday Train will be available directly through LEGO beginning October 1st, with early access to LEGO VIP members on September 15th. Prices are as follows: US $99.99 – CA $129.99 – DE 89.99€ – UK £69.99 – DK 799.00 DKK (Euro pricing varies by country). It will be listed as “coming soon” shortly under the Seasonal Items section of the Online LEGO Shop.

#10254 LEGO Holiday Train Press Release

I find it very interesting that the description specifically highlights building the set with your family, and also provides dual building instructions (which I assume means that there will be two instruction booklets so family members can work on different parts of the set). This seems to be in direct response to feedback LEGO got last year when the #10249 Winter Toy Shop was pretty much a re-release of the #10199 LEGO Winter Village Toy Shop from 2009. People were not happy that the same set was released twice, and mentioned about their holiday tradition of building the sets together as a family. Paying attention to their customers is one of the reasons LEGO is such a great company.

#10254 LEGO Holiday Train Minifigures

Besides being undeniably charming, another great feature of this set is that it comes with a full circle of train tracks. It will be perfect to have it run around the Christmas tree, or around your LEGO Winter Village setup! As mentioned in the description, the train can also accommodate Power Functions to make it run on its own. I hope that LEGO will list this set with an optional Power Functions bundle already added, to help shoppers understand what they need to make the train motorized. Holiday shoppers are often not die-hard LEGO fans, and they can have trouble figuring out all the Power Functions parts, and where to find them. They are listed at the back of the box as the #8879 LEGO Power Functions IR Speed Remote Control, the #8884 LEGO Power Functions IR Receiver, the #88000 LEGO Power Functions AAA Battery Box, and the #88002 LEGO Power Functions Train Motor – that’s a lot for a grandma to think about when shopping for their grandchildren. So please, LEGO, have a bundled option available!

#10173 LEGO Holiday Train

It is also interesting to compare the similarities and differences with the #10173 LEGO Holiday Train that was released in 2006 (see above). The older train was much larger; basically a regular LEGO train with full-size carts, decked out in holiday colors. If I remember correctly, it didn’t sell very well and LEGO had it listed on sale for a long time. I guess it was too Christmas-y for regular LEGO train fans, and not cute enough as a Christmas decoration. The #10254 LEGO Winter Holiday Train on the other hand is not meant to represent a full-size train, but it is a cutified version with adorable details (still runs on full tracks though). Just love it! 😀

#10254 LEGO Holiday Train Side

By the way, in case you don’t have the previous winter holiday sets, two of them are still available: The #10245 LEGO Santa’s Workshop from 2014 and the #10249 LEGO Winter Toy Shop from 2015. If you want to get them I would suggest you don’t wait until the holiday rush. You can find them under the Seasonal Items section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Winter Holiday Train? Are you planning to get it when it becomes available? Would you add Power Functions to make it more awesome? How would you display it? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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