Lego Marvel Avengers (Endgame) 76125; Iron Man Hall of Armor: You know you're rich when this is your wardrobe

Ever since Iron Man 1, and especially Iron Man 3, there has been one set Marvel fans and MCU fans have been wanting for a very long time. The Hall of Armours, a place where Tony Stark stores all of his suits, creates new ones and deploys them as needed. It's an iconic location that people have been wanting to see in Lego form for a long time, especially thanks to all the Iron Man variants there has been over the years. Now that it's been a few weeks since the movie came out, I don't feel bad by saying that this wasn't in Endgame, however, it does fill a role that I hope Lego continue with going forward, but more on that later.

Lego Marvel Avengers (Endgame) 76124; War Machine Buster: I see that hatred against knees is still a thing.

Thanks to the combined interest in Bionicle and Exo-Force (probably the only thing I've been interested in that has a connection to Gundam), I've been interested in Lego Mechs. I enjoy seeing mocs that people create online, to seeing what Lego creates officially. The only problem is that official mechs nowadays have been struggling in the movement department. While it's understandable because these are still for kids, I get frustrated when I see mechs with unmoveable limbs, stuck in a single position for all time. It was my biggest issue with the Hulkbuster from the Infinity War line, and to spoil it quickly, it looks like War Machine got it even worse.

Lego Marvel Avengers (Endgame) 76123; Captain America Outrider Attack: Oh my god what's wrong with your face?

Yes, it's an old meme, but a fitting one.

Where would MAYvel be, without reviewing Marvel Cinematic Universe Lego sets? Or rather, where would MAYvel be without reviewing Lego Marvel sets in general, because with the exception of that Spider-Man wave which I don't plan to get even though I want those minifigs, the Lego Marvel Superheroes line is now just Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not complaining of course, especially because the large gaps including the Fantastic 4, a lot of the Mutants and any inhuman not named Mrs Marvel, are probably going to be filled in eventually due to how self-sustaining this thing has become. It'll honestly be interesting to see what happens now that Avengers Endgame has come out, to see if it is as self-sustaining now that the events that happened in it did happen. I won't be spoiling anything about Endgame here, including how accurate the sets are in the movie, all that I will say is that there are sets that never appear in the movie. Shall we begin?

Lego 8978; Skrall

LEGO Overwatch 75970; Tracer vs. Widowmaker: A better accidental scheule meet up, though could be better.

A smarter person than myself would have probably done a review of the one Captain Marvel set that came out, especially as the movie was released to tie into International Woman's Day. Blunder on my part, but not the biggest one I've made when it comes to content tied to International Woman's Day. Thankfully, I have a reasonable substitute. Tracer vs Widowmaker, two of the most recognizable Overwatch characters (in terms of one hero and one villain), so it's only fitting that Lego would put the two of them together in at least one set.

I'll say right up front though, while I enjoy the characters of Overwatch, I have not played the game. The main reason for this is the monetization practice implemented by the game, being a reasonably full price game, with Lootbox mechanics, a monetization practice that came from mobile "Free to Play" games, as a way of being able to make some money by locking rewards behind randomization systems. While I can tolerate (key word there being tolerated, because I don't support or defend it) them in Free to play games, I despise them being in games where you have to pay up front to begin playing, and with the ideal purchase of any game being potentially thousands of dollars worth of collectors editions, DLC season passes, and the Lootboxes which are almost uncapped money making, it becomes very insulting and not consumer friendly. Now while Overwatch doesn't do all of those practices, it did open the door to it. Why do I bring all this up? The reason is that I'll be using more generic names for the builds, rather than their actual names and their purpose in the game (aside from what I get off Lego.com).

Transformers Titans Return Deluxe Class Triggerhappy & War For Cybertron Battlemaster Blowpipe: When Transformers wanted to be Star Wars

Before I begin, Happy Birthday to the main reviews site, https://mediaholicreviews.blogspot.com/, which turned 5 years old two days ago!

The Decepticons have always been closely tied to air combat vehicles. From Starscream and his many, many, many, many clones, to flying guns, cassette recorders and cameras, to even the first Live Action movie where the first Transformer we see is an attack helicopter. It's always interesting to see what designs can come from a Decepticon flyer. The weird thing is though, there aren't many well known flying Decepticons that aren't some form of human vehicle. While yes you could include stylized interpretations and characters like the Triple changers as not being human vehicles, but in terms of genuine space planes and helicopters, there isn't much, and fewer still if you take away well-known characters who have had one as one of their incarnations. It's probably the reason why I have a fascination with the Decepticon Targetmaster, from those retrofitted into them like Cyclonus and Scourge, to the original characters like today's subject, Triggerhappy. I was excited to see Triggerhappy in Titans Return, and now that Blowpipe is out for international audiences, it's basically complete now, but how well does this hold up?

News Roundup: Toy Fair News Part 5: Lego

Time to wrap up Toy Fair news. These posts are by all means not all of the reveals, there's just too many to talk about, and most of it doesn't exactly excite me. I mean, I could talk about the Overwatch collectible figures, Marvel Legends and Star Wars figures, but I don't really collect those kinds of things. Not much to talk about with Nerf's Overwatch and Fortnight guns because, at the end of the day, those can be summed up as "Yep, it's a Nerf gun". Even the Monopoly Gamer for Overwatch can be boiled down to "Yep, it's another version of Monopoly". I have got two Lego Sets waiting for reviews that are coming soon though, they should only be a few weeks away. With that said, what was revealed? (Images sourced from https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-2019-new-york-toy-fair-set-images/ )