Notice to all fans of the Marvel universe who want to expand Tony Stark's lab of the set 76125 Iron Man Hall of Armor marketed since 2019, LEGO will be offering a small extension of 258 pieces this summer compatible with the existing construction under the reference 76167 Iron Man Armory (29.99 €).

Many fans have not waited for LEGO to finally decide to offer us an "official" extension of the initial playset and the creations of fans are legion with for some of the impressive showrooms which often serve as storage space for the slew of armor already available.

No duplication in the armor provided in the two sets even if the version of Iron Man delivered in this box is identical to that present in other sets of this year, a Mark 2, a minifig of Tony Stark (with the Owen Grady t-shirt but we'll do with it), the hot rod, four storage modules 100% compatible with those of set 76125, a few accessories, everything is there to make this new little box a real extension and not a version simplified from the existing playset.

The villainous Outriders of set 76125 are here replaced by two AIM agents to respect the forces present in the 2020 version of the range, vaguely inspired by the Marvel's Avengers video game, the release of which is expected for the next school year. There are indeed other copies of these agents under the orders of MODOK in boxes already marketed or to come: 76164 Iron Man Hulkbuster Versus AIM Agent, 76166 Avengers Tower Battle, 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack, 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown, 76153 Helicarrier et 40418 Falcon & Black Widow Team-Up.

Before moving on to the boxes of the second half of 2020, today we take a quick look at the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man set. 76163 Venom Crawler (413 pieces - 29.99 €), a small set which takes the concept of the mechanical spider, except that it is Iron Venom who this time is at the controls of a machine similar to the one piloted by Spider-Man in the set 76114 Spider-Man's Spider Crawler (2019)

The youngest who will have the chance to own both boxes will also be able to stage a beautiful confrontation of mechanical spiders and if you have already had the opportunity to assemble the Spider Crawler from set 76114, you will be in familiar territory. . This new mechanical spider is, with a few details, identical to the one in Spider-Man's colors and it includes all the technical solutions allowing it to move by moving its legs.

The machine is matched to the pilot with a Stud Shooter at the end of the tail, a pad-printed shoulder pad for the head and a handful of stickers which contribute to "venomizevisually the whole thing. Carnage can embark behind Iron Venom, the designers having planned two places on the back of the mechanical spider.

If you stick to this set because you mostly want the exclusive minifig it provides, you'll have to settle for a clash between the Venom Crawler and the Spider Buggy that Spider-Man drives. Nothing crazy, it's not the level of the vehicle available in the set 76151 Venomosaurus Ambush but we still have two Stud Shooters lateral to balance the balance of power between the two machines.

Most buyers of this box will no doubt consider this small vehicle to be of little interest, but the Spider Buggy is a machine that some Spider-Man fans are familiar with and see it appear here in a format that perfectly matches that of the comics is a nice nod. For once a Spider-vehicle is really linked to a machine already seen in different comics, it was important to point out knowing that this new version is much more successful than that of the set 4+ 76133 Spider-Man Car Chase marketed in 2019.

Unsurprisingly, the Spider-Man minifig delivered in this box is the one present in half a dozen boxes released in 2019 (76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue, 76114 Spider-Man's Spider Crawler et 76115 Spider Mech vs. Venom) and in 2020 (76148 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock et 76150 Spiderjet vs. Venom Mech).

The Carnage minifigure is less common but it is not exclusive to this box, it is the one delivered in the set 76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue, here freed from the tentacles present on the 2019 version of the character.

There remains the minifig of Iron Venom, a new character at LEGO who benefits here from a new torso and a helmet, the double-sided head of Tony Stark already seen in many sets and a pair of legs unfortunately neutral. The "venomization"of the torso is interesting is rather well done but LEGO could have pushed to propose a black leg and a leg in Dark Red.

I am much less convinced by the helmet on which the fusion between the two characters is in my opinion less successful. The use of Tony Stark's usual head under the helmet is also disappointing, the character in question here deserved better with for example a face also with a hybrid look.

In short, I think that for 29.99 €, there is still nothing to complain about with a mechanical spider interesting to assemble, a playability guaranteed by the presence of two machines equipped with Stud Shooters, a nod to comic book fans with the Spider Buggy and three minifigs, one of which is exclusive to this set.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 17th June 2020 next at 23pm. 

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The LEGO Marvel Character Pack 40418 Falcon & Black Widow Team-Up is now available on the official online store. In this box sold € 14.99: Falcon, Black Widow and two AIM agents identical to those present in the sets 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack, 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown et 76153 Helicarrier.

We will talk about this little character pack soon, but seen from here, Falcon's wings seem to me completely failed. The Black Widow minifigure is partly unique with a nice torso and a pair of pad-printed arms. The rest of the figure comes from the set 76162 Black Widow's Helicopter Chase.

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LEGO unveils today through Yahoo three new features in the Marvel Super Heroes range, including an Iron-Man helmet which uses the principle of three Star Wars models available for a few weeks.

The other two sets are no big surprise, we already had their title and we therefore finally discover thanks to these official visuals of who will look like the Hulkbuster from set 76164 and the Avengers Tower from set 76166.

The bad guys on duty are always the AIM agents like in the sets 76153 Helicarrier, 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown et 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack.

In the box of the set 76164 Iron Man Hulkbuster Versus AIM Agent : Iron Man, Rescue and two AIM agents

In the box of the set 76166 Avengers Tower Battle : Iron Man, Black Widow, Blazer (Mark 22 - Hot Rod), Tazer (Mark 30 - Blue Steel), Red Skull and two AIM agents