Since the early years of the LEGO Minifigures line,
people have been asking for a Super Heroes series.
DC fans got their fix… twice,
but we've never had a Marvel line.
What if there was a Marvel line
celebrating ten years of films,
and it was released Fall 2018?
Teaming up with Ashnflash,
I drafted an entire Marvel Studios
LEGO Minifigures Series -
with twenty minifigures in total,
one for each film in the first ten years.
For 2008's Iron Man,
the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie,
I chose the Iron Man Mark 1 outfit.
We've never had it as a physical minifigure before,
and there would be a new mould for his helmet.
I'm sure underneath would be a new Tony Stark face print.
Also, he has the new flame blast pieces and holders
for those as accessories.
For the second movie, Incredible Hulk,
we have the titular character.
You're going to notice
a unique direction for this series -
trying to capture the realism aspect,
I chose to redo a lot of popular characters
we already have minifigures of.
I feel LEGO would do this
if they ever did a Marvel Studios series,
to draw in the kids.
So yes,
we've had minifigure-sized Hulks before,
but none that were directly based off the 2008 movie.
He would have a new hair mould,
and much like the Disney Series,
no accessory since he's such a popular character.
Iron Man 2's main villain is next, Whiplash.
It's a shame we haven't had a minifigure version
of him before -
and his accessories would be his bird,
and his electrocution wires -
a resue of the vine piece LEGO has.
Here's the thing, some of these may look familiar.
That's because Ashnflash
has done two Marvel Studios series before,
and I've chosen some designs from those
to use in this series, with minor differences.
Then we have Odin for the original Thor movie,
with his staff as an accessory,
which would be our first physical Odin minifig.
There's Agent Carter for Captain America: The First Avenger,
who would have a new hair and hat combo mould,
her bag and a blaster as an accessory.
Loki would be the representation for 2012's The Avengers,
with a new updated helmet piece
that finally has his hair sticking out,
and his staff would be updated
to use the small bulb piece to represent the space stone.
And, the Iron Man Mark 38 IGOR outfit
will be the representation for Iron Man 3.
The mould for the torso is similair to Axl's -
as are the arms - but they're both new.
Igor is a very popular outfit
that we never got in LEGO minifigure form.
We'll still have the basic Iron Man helmet,
with no face printing underneath -
showing how it's a drone,
like at the movie's final battle.
Malekith, one of the worst but coolest looking villains,
is the character for Thor The Dark World.
His accessory are red power blasts,
to represent the aether.
Oh, and his helmet is a new mould.
Black Widow is the representation for The Winter Soldier,
with a new color for the trendsetter hair,
and a new disk key mould as the accessory.
For Guardians of the Galaxy,
we have prisoner Starlord -
with new prints, and his accessory
is that guy's leg that he was told to steal by Rocket Raccoon.
Starlord isn't in cheap sets on the current market,
and he is the main star of Guardians,
which is why I chose to put out a new variant in here.
Age of Ultron has Nick Fury from the farm scene,
and the accessory -
a pink slushee cup -
is actually a reference to the LEGO Marvel Avengers game.
For Ant-Man, we have Hank Pym,
with size disks as an accessory -
simple 1x1 circular tiles.
While Hank was in sets,
the version had an inaccurate face
and was never out of the costume,
so this is a good fit.
Civil war has a battle damaged Captain America
from the final fight -
finally, with boot printing,
and a scratch on the shield.
Pre-Infinity War Captain America
isn't on the shelves anymore,
so this would be a good cheap way
for kids to get their hands on them.
Kaecilius is the representation for Doctor Strange -
since I think LEGO will want to keep that updated version
of Doctor Strange in the big Sanctorum,
and there's not much variation I could do.
Kaecilius was the main villain of Doctor Strange,
and he had a super cool design,
so this will be the first time to get him in LEGO.
For Guardians 2, there's Ego the Living Planet,
with a new hair piece and a ball of energy.
We never got him in the sets,
so this would be a perfect choice.
For Spider-Man Homecoming,
the variant of Spider-Man I chose
was a popular outfit not in the sets -
Peter Parker's homemade suit.
For Thor Ragnarok, I chose this version of Thor
from the end of the film… sort of.
Realistically, if this WAS a Fall 2018 release -
I'm not sure they would choose this Thor.
You see, the LEGO Infinity War version
doesn't have his missing eye
due to when the sets were designed.
So maybe this would be a way to make it happen?
The accessories are actually
from the first act of Ragnarok,
in the arena clash scene…
a new mould for the shield.
An unmasked Killmonger
is the representation for Black Panther,
since the version we had all had masks on.
This is from near the end of the film,
and is also based off his appearance
in the LEGO Marvel 2 DLC.
There's a new hair piece for him
as well from that time in the movie.
So, much like Hulk, since we get big fig versions in the set,
I thought it would be nice
to include a minifigure Thanos here for Infinity War.
While we did have a Thanos minifigure before,
it was a comic-based Mighty Micros version.
This one would have a new Infinity Gauntlet mould.
Now, I didn't include the helmet and shoulder pad
because I'm not sure how accurate they would be in the movie,
though the big fig did, so who knows.
Here's the thing.
Realistically,
LEGO would want a more balanced LEGO Minifigures series
in male and female characters.
Now… there's only been two girls in this series -
so I took who I can add for any possible female spots
that would make sense,
and the final figure is Wasp from Ant-Man and the Wasp.
I know the version from the set has been revealed
and it doesn't look like this.
This version is unmasked,
so you also get her hair piece.
The helmet in this version is a new mould
that is much more accurate.
Realistically, I doubt this would be the choice
but I wanted to balance it out
and we don't know much
about Ant-Man and the Wasp at this moment.
So here's the checklist for the series,
again props to Ashnflash for the absolutely incredible artwork.
I wanted to differentiate the design
from his own Marvel Studios series,
but it was hard to find a background
that would match the theme.
We ended up using the Avengers Infinity War initial poster,
and the idea of a purple series theme sounds delightful to me,
so it all came together.
For exclusions, one comes to mind.
The original idea was to do figure twenty as Stan Lee,
but I saw this First 10 Years shirt made by Marvel
and they included Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Since LEGO has recently been doing 20 minifigures
for licensed series, I thought it would be fitting
to round it off with Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Anyways, five dollar up Patreon supporters
can vote on the next CMF draft,
check out the card to go to the poll.
Other options in the poll include a Harry Potter Series,
LEGO YouTubers, South Park, and more.
But I also want to hear from you guys in the comments -
who was left out,
and what accessories would you give them?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Peace out, bye.
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