Review of Ant Man: Final Battle

Hi, I'm going to give you a break from the Kalaxir shenanigans. Instead, I'm going to give you a semi-serious review of Ant-Man Final Battle.  This is the only Lego Ant Man set, which seems as though the set is contractually obligated, but Lego didn't really want to make it. Nevertheless, they did an excellent job.

First off, we have the real point of the set, the minifigures.  The rest of the set doesn't have to exist and I'd still be happy.

I suspect Hank Pym is going to be a villain in this movie towards the end.  I mean, it's not like that hasn't ever happened in the comics.  Also, black and red are traditional villain (or anti-hero) colors.  Of course, this is a guess, but...  I suspect there will be a three-way fight at the end of the movie between Scott Lang/Ant Man, Hank Pym, and Yellowjacket/ Darren Cross. *

 Scott Lang/Ant Man has Ezra Bridger's head from Rebels, while Hank Pym has Gandalf's head.  Hank Pym also comes with an all-black head for no evident reason. The minifigures really don't come with too many accessories ,which is kind of annoying.

 Yellowjacket is the best minifigure of the bunch.

He uses the generic badguy face, and his suit comes with two stud shooters.

 The ant is a bit of a complex build, which is nice.  It is the largest part of the set by far.  It also scares my mom whenever she sees it.

This is clever. The two lego pieces are both real size and giant size.  Those two blue things are supposed to be ants.  They are exclusive to this set.

The giant-sized legos are cool, but the screw catapult is a bit odd.  It makes for an interesting play feature, but toy screws and legos don't really go together.

The set also comes with a transparent super jumper piece.  Don't use them, however, as they damage minifigure legs remarkably fast. and don't work well enough for me to consider using them,  Overall, this set gets a 7 out of ten, with points docked for generic faces, few accessories, and super jumpers.   Pros include a lot of nice pieces on the ant and unique minifigure body designs, as well as the clever lego bricks in two sizes. I heavily recommend this set, especially for Star Wars or Super Heroes fans.

*Spoiler:  I was wrong.  I don't know why Hank's suit is all black,  It's created for the set, it seems.

Update #3

Hi, this is an interruption from our regularly scheduled content.  Ok, so there is no schedule.  Who cares?

Anyway, there has been some major news lately that I feel is important to reveal.  All reveals and images come from The Brick Fan.  Spoilers where noted.

1. There's a Big Bang Theory set in production. I've never gotten into the show so this doesn't really excite me.   I believe most if not all of the series' regular characters will be in it. Below is an official picture.


2.  There are Angry Birds Legos coming.  Yippee-skippee.  This is for an incredibly dumb-looking Angry Birds movie, which if it is at all successful will probably start an Angry Birds cinematic universe.


3.  SPOILERS!!!!!!



So there's a new Star Wars movie coming out.  It looks like it'll be pretty good from the trailers.  Lego, as usual, is making sets for it.  Thanks to The Brick Fan, a copy of the sets and prices is here, and appears to be official.  Also, thanks to Reddit, a picture of what I would guess to be Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle has appeared.  No minifigures are to be seen, sadly.  I suspect they'll change the front end of the ship, because what is there looks to be a placeholder for a cockpit window.  Overall, the Force Awakens sets look pricey but loaded with pieces.

Rey’s Speeder (75099) – 193 pieces, $19.99 USD

First Order Snowspeeder (75100) – 444 pieces, $39.99 USD 

First Order Special Force TIE (75101) – 517 pieces. $69.99 USD 

Poe’s X-Wing Starfighter (75102) – 717 pieces ,$79.99 USD

First Order Transporter (75103) – 792 pieces, $89.99 USD

Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle (75104) – 1004 pieces, $119.99 USD

Millennium Falcon (75105) – 1332 pieces, $149.99 USD 

All of these sets will be released September 4 as the fall lineup of Star Wars.  I really can't wait until then!  

Blog Update

The Council has decided the fate of this blog: it shall remain but be changed. Jared has been promoted to becoming an Admin and I have been demoted to an author. Jared will now have the reign and control of the blog. I will simply post articles every now and again. In short, this is now Jared's blog with me as a guest author. As some of you may know, I know predominantly write for a diecast car blog (which can be found at lald.co and I am dtg11). I am slightly less interested in the blog, so this was a necessary change for the blog to survive. Please let us know of anything else you would like changed via comments, texts, emails, smoke signals, etc.