We continue our exploration of the first series of BrickHeadz with three characters from the first wave: Iron Man ( ref. 41590) and Black Widow ( ref. 41591) and Hulk (ref. 41592).
While the announcement of the Jack Sparrow ( ref. 41593) and Armando Salazar ( ref. 41594) figures , both rather convincing, had almost reconciled me with this range, the three Avengers in question here remind me once again that the concept has its limits.
To make it short and not to get lost in uninteresting artistic considerations, I will content myself with highlighting a few details that seem embarrassing to me on each of these figurines.
Iron Man is almost successful except he appears to have eyes on his stomach. I do not see more than that.
The Hulk's hands, thought to be closer to a certain reality, are really misshapen and there certainly had to be some other way to make them look bulky. The bar on the forehead only reinforces the impression that the eyes are too low.
Black Widow, probably the most successful of the three minifigures, looks like she stepped straight out of a Jacques Dessange salon with her voluminous hairstyle. LEGO's inability to properly pad print its own colors (here, Tan for the minifigure's neck ) onto a black background creates annoying color variations.
For the rest, the internal structure is the same, with a few details, as that of the other figures in the range.
A common flaw with many of these figures is the visible molding marks and injection points on the tiles . This is probably the case with many other similar pieces in other sets, but this detail really stood out to me on the Iron Man figure.
In short, as tastes and colors cannot be discussed, it's up to everyone to find in this range the figurines that deserve to spend € 9.99 to acquire them.
More interestingly: Beyond all the creativity generated by the launch of this range, with hundreds of creations proposed by fans , I particularly note two structural modifications that bring a bit of fun to these static figurines:
As seen at New Elementary : The addition of a 2x2 Turntable and some Tiles at the neck level allows you to orient the head as you wish, with the only limitation being the possible hair of the character which will hit the body of the figure:
This is an elegant trick that will give some perspective to the alignment of characters on a shelf.
Another rather nice modification, which this time allows you to transform these figurines into BobbleHeadz , is detailed in the video below:
This is also the real stroke of genius of this range: To offer figurines whose internal structure is defined and easy to reproduce. The buzz is assured, the fans are having a blast and we are talking about BrickHeadz on all forums. The possibilities are endless and LEGO will therefore only have to "take inspiration" from the most popular creations to perpetuate this range and meet the demand of potential customers. If sales follow, it can last a few years ...
Note: The sets shown here are being given away as a single lot, to which I'm adding the fourth Avenger in the range: 41589 Captain America ( reviewed here ), making a total of four sets. To participate, you must leave a comment. You have until March 7, 2017, at 23:59 PM to contribute to the discussion, and a random draw will determine the winner. The winner's name/username will be posted here within 24-48 hours of the contest closing date.
Update: The winner has been drawn at random, their username is shown below.
| Fabinoulefou - Comment posted the 01/03/2017 at 10:47 |
