LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2014 Set Images

Now that I am back from being on holiday last week, we can get stuck back into the latest LEGO news and, in particular, 2014 set images. Brickset has reported that images of next year’s first wave of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets have been revealed in a catalogue.

I received that early 2014 consumer catalogue with December’s Australian/New Zealand LEGO Club Magazine and it does show five Marvel sets (76014 Spider-Trike vs. Electro, 76015 Doc Ock Truck Heist, 76016 Spider-Helicopter Rescue, 76017 Captain America vs. HYDRA, 76018 Hulk Lab Smash). All these sets will be released in March and April 2014.

It seems as though LEGO is starting to take a different approach with the latest Super Heroes sets (the Spider-Man ones in particular ) and focusing the sets and minifigures on the comic books rather than the current films that are being produced.

This probably is result of MEGA brands (who are the parent company of Mega Bloks) has the license for the Spider-Man movies and LEGO has the one for Ultimate Spider-Man (a comic book series running from 2000 – 2009 from which a cartoon TV series was based off).

Personally, I’m not that much of a LEGO Super Heroes fan as much as some people are, but for this wave my favourites are the Captain America and Spider-Man helicopter sets.

What is your opinion on the first wave of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2014 sets? Do you prefer the cartoonish look over minifigures and sets being based on current super hero movies? Share your thoughts on these five sets in the comments below.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game Details and Demo

This year’s New York Comic Con ended a few days ago and, even though LEGO themselves didn’t attend the event, TT Games, the makers of the upcoming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game, were and they revealed some more details about the game. Read all about the latest information on the game below:

• New playable characters include Black Bolt, Ant Man, Electro, Shocker, Pyro, Nightmare, Absorbing Man, Malekith, Kurse, Taskmaster, Power Man, Iron Fist, Havok and Moon Knight.
• There will be Future Foundation Alternate Costumes
• Spider-Man’s Aunt May and Superior Spider-Man will be playable
• The game contains more than 50 vehicles and 150 characters
• She-Hulk will appear as a playable character
• The Thor: The Dark World DLC pack that was revealed earlier will include Malekith, Kurse, Sif, Volstagg, Odin, Hogun, Fandral and Jane Foster

TT Games also revealed that a PC demo for the video game would be released and LEGO has released it on the LEGO.com Video Games site today. So, for all those who have pre-ordered the game and are waiting for it to arrive and those who want to see if its worth purchasing, head over to this page to download the 600MB demo installer. Demos have also been announced for the PlayStation network (PSN) and Xbox and they are expected to be released later this week.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game is released in the US on October 22nd and in the UK on November 15th. PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game will be released at launch.