Review: LEGO Marvel 76256 Ant-Man Construction Figure

Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Marvel set 76256 Ant-Man Construction Figure, a box of 289 pieces currently in pre-order on the official online store and which will be available from May 1, 2023 at the retail price of €34.99. We no longer present the concept of "figure construction" in LEGO sauce, each of these figurines more or less uses the same recipe as the previous ones and indirectly combines the same qualities and the same faults.

I was rather convinced by this version of Ant-Man when the first official visuals were available, I'm a little less convinced after assembling this 24 cm high figurine: children will probably find something to their liking with a few joints which allow more or less creative poses but the finish seems to me overall too succinct to make it an acceptable exhibition product: connection ball joints too visible from certain angles and gray articulation points with a bright red pine which stand out a little too much with the rest of the outfit, it's very sketchy.

The fact remains that LEGO does not include any stickers in the box and all the patterned parts are therefore stamped. So much the better for the commercial target of this product vaguely derived from the film Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania which targets the very young public, this figurine can therefore be handled for long hours without risking damaging any stickers. Nothing comes off during the manipulations, it will however be necessary to regularly readjust the respirator of the mask simply fixed on a ball joint to put it back in the planned position.

For the rest, we obviously recognize Scott Lang aka Ant-Man at first glance, knowing that he is also here accompanied by a microfig of Hope Van Dyne aka The Wasp. The latter is also provided in two copies in the box, so you will have the right to lose one before you start complaining.

The figurine is very quickly assembled and it benefits from many points of articulation whether at the level of the pelvis, the head of the arms or the legs. However, the mobility of the knees and feet remains very limited, no doubt to guarantee the stability of the character whatever the pose chosen. The arms allow a little more fantasy but it will be necessary to find the ideal pose to really highlight the figurine and they will inevitably come up against a fixed part which will determine the maximum authorized amplitude.

The character's head is a pad-printed piece that is aesthetically very well executed but whose proportions seem a bit rough to me if we compare the result obtained with the version of the outfit seen on screen. The back of Ant-Man's skull is sorely lacking in finish and it's a bit of a shame, even if it wants to produce this type of figurine, LEGO should consider a suitable mold to obtain a slightly more convincing head. The supplied microfig is very successful with a rather surprising level of detail for such a compact pad printing, it enhances the rest of the content a little.

This product could have "exist" more easily if LEGO had decided to market at least one other product derived from the film which would have made it possible to use the figurine in the context seen on the screen by destroying for example any micro-structure. This will probably not be the case.

For 35 €, we can conclude that LEGO finally provides only the minimum service with this action figure of "Giant-Man" which should however appeal to the youngest and lovers of dioramas. It's well done even if the usual recipe has its flaws, it's designed to play with and resist over time and we'll be satisfied with it on our shelves while waiting for a hypothetical version a little more accomplished. It's also a little too expensive, but we all know here that it will quickly be possible to afford this figure for a little less at the usual retailers.

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