Wrap up of official news

Okay, if you read other sites like FBTB, Brickset and Brick Heroes, none of this is new, but I wanted to collect together various official news, some from this past weekend and other older news.

Figs revealed The big Super Heroes reveal at Comic Con was the set of minifigs for 2013. Ace from FBTB got a series of hi-res images:








Of those I'm most excited about Dr. Doom, along with the Joker and Magneto one of the top three villains in all of comic book history, IMO. He does have a bit of a goofy face, though, which is annoying. Aquaman is also great because he lets me finish up the original Super Friends (I'm a child of 70's Saturday morning cartoons). Now if only they would make Marvin, Wendy and Wonder Dog. Heck, I'd even settle for the Wonder Twins. ;) Nick Fury is probably the other most-missed character of these so far, though I'm sure that people will be excited about Bane with the release of Dark Knight Rises (more on that below). Oh, here you can also see the figs in all of their ABS glory at Comic-Con (follow the link for more).



Spidey set I know, this is old news, but August 1 is the release date for 6873, Spider-Man's Doc Oc Ambush. Most notable, IMO, for the relatively obscure Iron Fist (I know, he's on that cartoon, so he's not obscure to today's kids).



Movie news Batman and Superman are set to make appearances in the 2014 movie LEGO: Piece of Resistance. No idea if they will be major figures, but I'm assuming these will be more cameos. I'll bet LEGO ties a lot of merchandising into this movie.

Man of Steel LEGO announced that they will release sets to go along with next year's Man of Steel.

Dark Knight Rises LEGO announced that they will NOT release sets to go along with this years Dark Knight Rises. However, the Bane and Commissioner Gordon figs displayed at Comic-Con seem to suggest otherwise.

Iron Man

Again, I'm not sure of the builder (Brandon something?), but this Iron Man was also at BrickWorld.

ComicCon exclusive figs

I was going to wait until tomorrow to cover LEGO Super Heroes at San Diego ComicCon, but all four of the giveaway figs have now surfaced. If you're lucky enough to be at ComicCon tomorrow, be sure to get your hands on these if at all possible. I'll follow up tomorrow with other official news as it comes out, and also a few things I've passed over so far. Also, note that LEGO and Tongal.com are teaming up to sponsor contests to create videos for Marvel and DC heroes. Prizes include thousands of dollars of cash and VIP trips to ComicCon NYC. Tongal released a video featuring the new figs to promote the contest.

And more mosaics

These mosaics were also at BrickWorld (I don't know the builder or builders). I particularly like the Ghost Rider one.

Mosaics assemble!

EJ Bocan brought these mosaics to BrickWorld.

Oopserman

Dave Laswell showed off this wardrobe malfunction at BrickWorld.

Flip over this truck

Casey McCoy built this scene of Joker's truck from Dark Knight. He brought it to BrickWorld, but it doesn't appear to be in his Flickr stream yet..

Batman

M McCooey made this wonderful, and highly poseable, Batman.

Speedy

BrickBrothers98 built the Flash vs Professor Zoom.

Hellboy

Titolian made this great Hellboy bust.

Superhero Street

Captain Spaulding, LegoManiac/oLaF, and 74louloute teamed up for an amazing display at the recent FanaBriques fest in France. Here's 74louloute's section:

Here's LegoManiac's section:

No closeup in Captain Spaulding's stream, but here's a smaller pic of the whole display. Upon moderation, you'll be able to see more pictures in this Brickshelf gallery.

Helicarrier

Ewok in Disguise made this awesome micro version of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s helicarrier. He also lays down the challenge for someone to do this at fig scale.

Figs

P.lopez made a series of great images of the official figs.

Mr Xenomurphy's Superhero Contest

Be sure to enter Mr Xenomurphy's Superhero Contest, starting this coming week on the opening day of the new Spider-Man movie. First prize is a micro version of Mr Xenomurphy's Spidey vs Sandman scene, and second prize is a great custom black Spidey by Tiler. Follow the link for the rules.

Spidey

MortalSwordsman recently made this awesome version of Spider-Man.

Batmobiles

Joel Midgely brought these two Batmobiles to BrickWorld this past weekend.

Hero shields

This Saturday, Toys R Us is holding an event to build your own hero shield. Rick3691 took the TRU designs and came of with several of his own for other heroes.

JLA

These are also older, but a few years ago Monsterbrick made a numuber of Bionicle Justice League MOCs.