![]() So basically, LEGO is telling us that a 51-year-old, Paul Rudd, looks like a 24-year-old, Tom Holland. One of the newer instances of this face print re-use is Ant-Man’s from the War Machine Buster (76124) and Spider-Man’s from the Hydro-Man Attack (76129). How does Jeremy Renner, the actor of Hawkeye, look anything like Chris Evans, who plays Captain America? Anyways, it’s meme time! Not only did they reuse a face print from characters in the same theme, but they also used Captain America’s face from the Black Panther Pursuit (76047) and plopped it into the Tanker Truck Takedown (76067) – two sets that were in the exact same wave, in the exact same movie. However, LEGO dared to go one step further. So we got a few good memes from the LEGO community: That’s not even taking into consideration that Chris Pratt is blonde, while Sebastian Stan is brown-haired. I’m no detective, but Sebastian Stan, who plays the Winter Soldier, and Chris Pratt, who plays Star Lord, look nothing alike. In both the Black Panther Pursuit (76047) and the Super Hero Airport Battle (76051), the Winter Soldier used Star Lord’s face print, from the Guardians of the Galaxy wave, who is another Marvel character, as shown below: One of the largest controversies surrounding this subject occurred in 2016, with the debut of the Captain America: Civil War wave. I think this issue is something that affects collectors, rather than children. Please LEGO, give more of our Marvel minifigures leg printing. See, if LEGO just goes that extra mile to include leg printing, I believe that my complaining regarding this theme would decrease significantly. Especially as an army builder, we should be receiving high-quality troops if LEGO wants to save costs by reproducing these figures into most sets from the wave. ![]() Just that one, small change makes a difference. It would’ve cost LEGO only a few extra cents per set to print this detail onto the minifigure’s legs. As you can see, there is clearly golden detail on its legs. The following concept-art from Avengers: Infinity War, displays different views of this character. It’s a near-perfect army builder, except for the fact that it does not have leg printing. It has quite an accurate head, torso and back printing, with a great use of the neck attachment piece, to connect the extra arms. It is an army-building troop, appearing in both, the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: End Game line of sets. The above image is the Outrider minifigure. Out of my entire Marvel minifigure collection, one-third of it only has leg printing. Some of the times, it is done phenomenally, such as with the Iron Man minifigures. I’d like to start with the least controversial, yet the biggest issue that so many other LEGO Marvel fans have with this theme. So, without wasting any more time, here is my problem with LEGO Marvel. ![]() Fair warning, I will get a bit worked up. Saying that, I still want to fairly critique this theme, and I will be as honest as possible. What they do is extraordinary, and I do not wish at all to send hate their way. I also know that they are constrained by budgets, criteria, etc. My building skills cannot compare to their worst day. I speak from my own perspective and therefore do not represent other AFOLs, TFOLs, and children.įinally, I’d like to state that I do not mean to offend any of the LEGO Marvel team, especially the designers. I’ve invested a large amount of money and time (since 2015) into these sets, and I believe that I have developed an informed opinion. I am not a fake fan, nor do I want to see this theme fall. But before I do so, I’d like to add a few disclaimers. However, recently, especially in the past two years, I’ve seen a decline in the quality of this theme, and I’d like to express my opinion on it. From my past few articles, you’d assume that I am a LEGO Marvel fan. The title is a bit over the top, and I shouldn’t get worked up on this that much, but I need to call LEGO Marvel out.
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