Today we are also discovering a new reference in the LEGO Marvel range: the set bearing the reference 76152 Avengers: Wrath of Loki whose short video presentation below was uploaded by Rakuten.

It is in fact a reference 4+ of 223 parts with a really ultra-simplified tower which will be assembled in a few seconds ... Probable retail price: 59.99 €.

We will have the pad printed piece fixed on the facade of the tower and the minifigs of Loki, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Thor and Iron Man to console us ...

No visuals for the moment of the other set with an Avengers Tower in the box, the reference 76166 whose public price announced at 89.99 € suggests a tower in the spirit of that of the set 76038 Attack on Avengers Tower marketed in 2015 at the public price of € 75.99.

(Visuals via brickfever.nl)

This is thanks to a video uploaded by Rakuten (and still online at the time of this writing) that today we discover the content of one of the LEGO Marvel Avengers expected for the month of June: the reference 76153 Helicarrier with its 1244 pieces. Probable public price: 119.99 €.

The construction is not of the level of that of the set 76042 The SHIELD Helicarrier marketed in 2015 and we find ourselves here more with a very rich playset for young fans than with a detailed model. A Quinjet is included in the box.

This set will allow us especially to obtain Captain Marvel, Thor, Black Widow, Nick Fury, Iron Man, an agent of the AIM, War Machine as well as a MODOK figure to assemble.

With the presence of the AIM agent and MODOK, this box will be logically connected with the sets already marketed and based on the Marvel's Avengers video game published by Square Enix expected for the month of September.

(Visuals via brickfever.nl)

We continue the tour of 2020 novelties around the Spider-Man universe with the LEGO Marvel set 76148 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock (234 pieces - 29.99 €). This box features a new Spider-Cycle which vaguely recalls the version of the set 76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue (2019), but here the machine has a transformation "function". Indeed, the motorcycle includes a detachable element which allows Spider-Girl to also have a vehicle to face Octopus and try to recover the 200 dollars that the villain stole somewhere.

The initial idea is not bad, I am still interested in the modularity of a machine capable of splitting into several sub-vehicles and this is a mechanical spider separated into two elements that come to clip on the sides of the motorcycle. Overall, the "assembled" version of the bike remains acceptable, although there is only room for Spider-Man on the vehicle.

Once the mechanical spider has been removed and assembled, the bike, on the other hand, looks less proud with its visible blue pins. For its part, the mechanical spider benefits from very limited mobility and the only points of articulation are placed at the level of the "claws", the rest of the frame of the construction being fixed. No controllers for Spider Girl, she's just sitting on her spider, her arms dangling.

Only the motorcycle is equipped with two Stud Shooters placed at the front of the vehicle and the mechanical spider has no coin launcher. The gameplay is therefore a little limited even if we can pretend that Spider-Girl throws webs using the complete assortment of white pieces provided. It should be noted that Spider-Man adopts as usual a driving position that is far from natural.

The Spider-Cycle is equipped with the rims already seen on Black Panther's bike in the set 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack  and on the AIM machine seen in the set 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown. This element that I find very successful will eventually arrive one day on the chassis of a vehicle in a LEGO Creator Expert box or a set from the Technic range ...

As for the three figurines delivered in this box, it is minimum service: The Spider-Man minifigure, the other very common variant in recent years with its legs injected in two colors, is the one already seen in the sets 76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue (2019) 76114 Spider-Man's Spider Crawler (2019) 76115 Spider Mech vs. Venom (2019) 76150 Spiderjet vs. Venom Mech (2020) et 76163 Venom Crawler (2020)

The torso and head of Doc Ock are the elements already delivered in 2019 in the set 76134 Doc Ock Diamond Heist and the hair provided here already equipped several versions of the character marketed since 2004. The exoskeleton is here dressed in stickers which do the job quite well by bringing an additional level of detail to all the parts that form the mechanical appendages of the character.

The Anya Corazon (Earth-616) figurine delivered in this box is the only one to be unseen and it is currently exclusive to this box. It takes over the hair of many "civilians" seen in different sets of the LEGO CITY range and on the head of Toryn Farr (Star Wars) or Erin Gilbert (Ghostbusters). To really stick to the character's outfit and offer a more successful finish, a few white lines on the legs of the minifigure would have been welcome. The design of the torso is very correct here, but like the Ghost Spider minifigure in the set 76149 The Menace of Mysterio, the spider-shaped black area turns gray and looks a bit sloppy to me.

According to the official descriptions provided by the manufacturer, this is not the first time that Spider-Girl has made an appearance in a LEGO set. The character was indeed indicated as delivered in 2016 in the box 76057 Spider-Man: Web Warriors Ultimate Bridge Battle, even if we remember that it was then in fact Spider-Woman in Ultimate version, more than Spider-Girl.

In summary, for a collector, this box is only of interest for the original minifig it allows to obtain, the rest being already seen or dispensable. For the little ones, there's plenty of fun with an acceptable 2-in-1 vehicle and a super villain to fight. € 30 for all that, however, is a bit expensive. As usual, patience will be rewarded with a few euros saved at Amazon and others within a few months.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 3th May 2020 next at 23pm. No emergency for the draws, the shipments will only take place when the sanitary situation allows it.

Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man set 76147 Vulture's Trucker Robbery (93 pieces - 24.99 €), a box flanked by the 4+ logo which is therefore aimed at an audience of very young fans of the Marvel universe.

Even if it is self-sufficient with a very balanced content that allows three young fans to stage a clash between Spider-Man on his motorcycle, Vulture and his mechanical wings and the armored van to escort, I see this box as a nice addition to the set 76149 The Menace of Mysterio of which it takes again the general framework, the robbery, and some elements like the white chests containing ingots and precious stones. It will be necessary to accept the idea that Spider-Man is duplicated but the two sets together allow for really fun.

Looking more closely, we see that this set is a good example of recycling many elements already used more or less frequently in the past: The armored van is logically composed of a few large parts including the gray frame which was already used as a base. for the vehicle from the LEGO Juniors Jurassic World set 10757 Raptor Rescue Truck in 2018 and for the garbage dumpster from the LEGO CITY set 60220 Garbage Truck in 2019.

The big green hood is a bit rarer, it had not been seen in a set since 2008, when it was used for the CITY set truck 7733 Truck & Forklift. We especially remember the two green panels stamped with a diamond and the windshield holder already used for the green locomotive from the LEGO CITY set 60198 Freight Train (2018) but also for the truck of the set 76015 Doc Ock Truck Heist marketed in 2014.

The red motorbike also returns regularly in different sets since 2016, including some LEGO CITY and DC Comics boxes. Despite the inevitable assortment of colors reminiscent of the Spider-Man costume, here it lacks a few designs that truly identify the vehicle as Spider-Man's. Designers usually put it everywhere, so this bike without specific decoration seems a little too neutral to me.

Too bad the "armored" van is not completely closed, as it is, it looks more like a public works truck than anything else. The designer will no doubt have wanted to facilitate access to the rear of the vehicle to allow Vulture to steal the load when arriving by air. The same goes for the driver's cabin, which is not covered. It's far from believable, even for a very young fan, but we will do with it. Small funny detail, the rear part of the van is ejectable via a very simple mechanism.

In the minifig department, we also recycle many elements: The torso of the driver of the truck who has the features of Tina Goldstein is that of the guardian of the Arkham asylum in the set 76138 Batman and The Joker Escape (2019). Spider-Man minifig is the one seen in the sets 76133 Spider-Man Car Chase (2019) 76134 Doc Ock Diamond Heist (2019) 76146 Spider-Man Mech (2020) et 76149 The Menace of Mysterio (2020)

The torso of the vulture is the one delivered in 2019 in the set 76114 Spider-Man's Spider Crawler and the character's face also appeared in the sets 76059 Doc Ock's Tentacle Trap (2016) et 76083 Beware The Vulture (2017). Only the wings also used for the character of Falcon, here delivered in L, are really new and for the moment exclusive to this set.

In short, this box is not enough to wake up a seasoned collector but it does offer something to have fun for one or more young fans of the Spider-Man universe. This is the whole point of these sets stamped 4+. The public price of this box is set at 29.99 € and it is as usual a little excessive. We will wait a few months for the price to drop at Amazon to have fun.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at April 21th next at 23pm. No emergency for the draws, the shipments will only take place when the sanitary situation allows it.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man set 76149 The Menace of Mysterio, a small box stamped 4+ which combines a very basic assembly experience with a varied assortment of minifigs but far from being able to satisfy the most demanding collectors.

As usual in the 4+ boxes intended for the youngest, the two machines delivered here are based on meta-pieces that you have to dress up to obtain simplified but frankly playable constructions. Between Spider-Man's helicopter and Mysterio's robot, we find ourselves in the Mighty Micros atmosphere, less assembly pleasure.

While the pocket helicopter will not pass into posterity despite the good idea of ​​using claws in place of the usual skates, Mysterio's robot, an enlarged version of the character's torso, is a little more interesting with his post of control covered with a bubble and its movable arms. As you probably already know, there are no stickers in these boxes, so this is an opportunity to get some pad printed elements that can be reused for personal creations.

The gameplay of the set does not only depend on the possibility of a confrontation between Spider-Man, associated with Ghost Spider on his skateboard, and Mysterio at the controls of his robot: There is an additional stake with a bank to rob.

Here too, the construction is really very basic, but despite the cartoonish aspect of the thing the functionality of opening the trunk by removing the thick door on which the handle is located is interesting. The three fingers of each hand of the robot can grip objects or characters and Mysterio can therefore remove this element to allow access to the two small chests placed inside.

On the minifig side, of the three characters provided, two are not unpublished and are also delivered in sets marketed in 2019 and 2020. The Spider-Man figurine appears in four other sets: 76133 Spider-Man Car Chase, 76134 Doc Ock Diamond Heist, 76146 Spider-Man Mech and 76147 Vulture's Trucker Robbery and Ghost Spider was already present in the set 76115 Spider Mech vs. Venom (2019)

The big flaw of the Ghost Spider minifigure: The black color pad printed on the white background of the torso which tends to turn gray. It's far from fitting with the legs and on this specific point, the version of the set 76115 Spider Mech vs. Venom seems more polished to me.

The only truly new minifig in this box is that of Mysterio with his minimalist torso and his neutral head in Light Aqua placed under the globe which also served as a helmet for Mr Freeze in 2019. All the parts used here work quite well and we find a comic version of the character very faithful. Too bad for the legs which remain hopelessly neutral instead of benefiting from the basic yet basic pattern present on the torso.

The minifig is here equipped with a purple cape which covers the pad printed pattern on the back, with a piece of cape. It's a bit strange to find this piece of cape printed on the back of the figurine, but we'll do with it.

Finally, this little box does not deserve despite its public price a little too high (34.99 €) even if the most assiduous collectors of minifigs will be hungry for a single new character. There is plenty of fun here and, for the little ones, get your foot in the LEGO-style Spider-Man universe with simple builds but instant playability.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at April 13th next at 23pm. No emergency for the draws, the shipments will only take place when the sanitary situation allows it.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.