Review: 76014 LEGO Spider-Man Spider-Trike VS Electro

Wow hello all!

It's been a long time since my last post.  All that real world stuff caught up with me in big way.

So to ease myself back into this blog writing thing I'll start with a small set: 76014  LEGO Spider-Man Spider-Trike VS Electro.


The Box:

Pretty standard and comes with the Ultimate Spider-Man logo

The instructions:

Pretty standard stuff with the front of the manual being a copy of the exterior box art.

And then inside it's the usual Lego instructions

The Minifigs:

The set comes with Spider-man and the one of the villains in Amazing Spider-man 2, Electro!


Electro comes with some nifty accessories to represent electric bolts coming out of his hands.

This is the same piece that was used to demonstrate Flash's speedlines.

And here we have a stock Spider-man that doesn't come with his usual web line accessory.  I guess they decided that a spider-trike with two missiles was enough for Spidey in this set.

Hey buddy do I look like Jamie Foxx?

And more of those electric discharges for Electro.  And he swiped a green gem to boot!

The Spider-Trike:

Whoops I almost forgot to mention, although I bought this set I decided to give it to my girlfriend's nephew AJ as a birthday gift.  So it was AJ who did all the building for this one.  The set of course was acquired through the help of my friend Kathryn.


Here's a highlight brick, a modified 2x2 slope with the spider symbol.  I wished it was printed though and not just a sticker.  But it does look good!

When AJ finished the top part of the Trike we both looked at it like it was a jetski.

Here's the completed trike.  Two flick missiles complete the weapons array for this Spider vehicle.

And here's a shot of the trike without Spidey.

The jetski attaches to the lift arm that's strangely in two colors.   Before it was built I thought the back wheels would be angled up a bit but apparently they were on the same level as the front wheels.

Here's Spidey responding to a crime!

In conclusion:

Not a bad small set.  The actual retail price for this set is around 1,388 pesos at local Lego retailers.  I got it for far less than that.

The pieces in red and blue offer a nice selection for other builds like jets and battle armor that will be done in Spider-Man colors.

The minifig of Electro was nice except sometimes he reminds us of the X-Men's Iceman.

The wheels are also awesome for your MOCs.

So yeah it's good to be back!  Please do come back for my new series on how to build some MOCs :)

Review: 6873 Spider-Man's Doc Ock Ambush

One of my favorite Lego themes are the superheroes sets.  I've always been a fan of DC and Marvel comics starting way back when I was 5 and my parents bought me a couple of issues of Green Lantern.  A friend offered this box with a good price and I couldn't say no.

So the name of the set is Spider-man's Doc Ock Ambush which looks to me like Webhead trying to either rescue Iron Fist or he himself gets trapped by Dr. Octopus.

The Minifigs:

Let's look at the heroes first.  We get Spider-Man of course with his usual Lego web line.  And the fig I like from this set: Iron Fist!  Danny Rand has always been one of those B-list heroes that I've always liked.

So here's Spidey:

And here's Iron Fist.

This is pretty timely since Peter Parker is back at being Spider-Man.  And Iron Fist is getting some love from Marvel with his own series running right now

And here's the villain of our story: Doctor Octopus.  For people who follow the comics Ock spent the past year being Spider-man in a twisted revenge against our favorite webhead.  In the end Ock became somewhat of a hero, managed to save New York city and die in the process.

The minifig Doc Ock has the pin connector as an attachment for four grappling arms.  He mostly needs a stand otherwise the sheer weight of the arms makes the fig unstable to stand up by itself.

But you can establish awesome shots with Ock's arms as shown below:

Ock!!!!!

Here I managed to get Ock to stand up by using the two lower arms like a tripod.

The Build:

Ok for some strange reason I seem to have misplaced my pictures showing the structures in mid build.  So I only have pictures of the structures after building.  The lab is split up into 3 major sections.  Shown below are two of those sections.  The main computer and lab table as well as the vent section.

Aside from the lab itself we have a vehicle which Ock can ride on.

Here's the vent section:

Here's Ock with his weird buggy.  Oh and look at that he even has his own Doc Ock logo!

The third section of the lab is a containment facility that can fit one minifig.

You can set-up stories where both our intrepid heroes are trapped by Doc Ock for further experimentation!

Iron Fist is trapped in the containment unit.

Ock about to experiment with Spidey!

Here's one way to make Ock stand using his arms.

The lab table!

And here's our final picture.  Doc Ock triumphant!

In conclusion:
The set was a simple straight forward build.  There weren't that many gimmicks involved but there were a lot of parts that can be useful for other future builds.  The air vent for one has a turbine piece that can be used for spaceships and robots.  The containment unit has a cockpit like transparent buble and OCk's arms can be repurposed for future robots.

The vehicle's wheels are great and the nice computer screens are good pieces.

The figs of course are outstanding and buying this set let's you get Spidey with one his most iconic villains. This is also the only set so far where you get Iron Fist.

Until next time.  Leg Godt!

Review: Lego Captain America's Avenging Cycle #6865

I really waited a long time to get this set.  It was available at Hobbes and Landes and various stores in the metro but I found the price a bit steep for Cap and two Chitauri warriors. At 1,500 pesos I said no.

Good thing a friend had an extra box and sold it for 900 pesos.  Good enough for me.

The main thing that drew me to this set, aside from Cap, was the bike.  On the box cover it already looks so cool!

Captain America telling me BUY ME! BUY ME!

Okay Captain I'll buy your box.  Notwithstanding the 2 Chitauri which really doesn't excite me in anyway.

That bike piece looks really nice!

Hmmmm... I can't wait to build that bike...

A guest appearance from my Sluban mechanic...checking out the bike for Cap.

The Sluban crane set I recently acquired fits perfectly here!  HaHa!

The parts are already out! Yes!

This set actually has a couple of specialized pieces that can be useful in future builds.  Those yellow brown pieces can double as wicked blades for one.  Nice!

The minifigs. Cap and the Chitauris

Go Captain!  Take down those aliens!

Nice rubber wheels!

I always love the Lego rubber wheels.

FUN FACT:  Lego is one of the biggest manufacturers of rubber wheels.

Bike and Chitauri sky chariot almost done!

Avengers Assemble!

RAWRRRR!

Time to bash this alien chariot!

Cap stalking the Chitauri!

You have one cool bike there Earthling!

In the end the long wait for this set was worth it.  Cap is a nice addition to all the other Lego superheroes in my collection.  Getting it near the US SRP of 12 US Dollars was sweet.  Thanks KC!

If you like superheroes and The Avengers and Cap get this set!

Review: LEGO Super Heroes Iron Man vs. The Mandarin Ultimate Showdown (76008)

I've been looking to get an Iron Man minifig since I passed up on the initial sets that contained Tony Stark's superhero persona.  It's a good thing that Iron Man 3 came along and with it the toys and merchandise.

So it was with great delight that I procured one of the smaller sets which had Iron Man and the Mandarin!  Yes!

Well as with most Lego toys sold through the official distributors here in Manila the set comes in at a pricey Php 1,499.75 that's about US$ 35 at current exchange rates.  On Amazon this set is listed at US$ 12.99 and sometimes goes on sale for less than that.

So I pay through the roof for this small set (and that's why I passed up on the bigger Marvel sets.).

Let's go check out the minifigs:

The Mandarin:

Santa has the same beard!

I will get you wit my freeze ray! 

The Mandarin comes in a military style suit and carries a Sci-Fi type pistol.  He gets the same beard that Santa Claus and Gandalf minifigs get (or was that Gimli's beard).   Not bad at all but not outstanding.  The gun is the same as a lot of minifigs in the Superhero line including Deadpool and some aliens in Lego's own minifig series.


Iron Man:

Tony Stark is almost the same minifig from previous sets.  The biggest difference being the Mark 42 armor stylings on the minifig's body.  It still uses the old gimmick of transparent bricks to represent the repulsor effect.

Repulsors in blue!

Well ain't you the handsome goateed feller?!?!

Iron Man's helmet opens up so you can see Tony Stark's handsome mug :)

Ready for Action!

The set comes with a vehicle piloted by the Mandarin.  It's a bit on the weird side as it is supposed to represent some sci-fi attack vehicle:

Wanna go for a ride miss?!?!

Great rotating scientific weapons platform with flaming effect!

Fire breathing dragon?

With the proper angle that there looks like a fire breathing bug!

Rotate please!

A view from the front.  Nice hose there lol

Next time focus!

Overall tis was a nice set.  The price tag I paid was a bit stiff but hey I wanted an Iron Man minifig.  And getting the Mandarin in the process wasn't so bad