LEGO Super Heroes

* Spider-Man Wrestling Scene
* Superman and Wolverine
* Bat-Hemoth

## Collectible Information

### Status

Lost (Bonesaw minifigure, Superman and Wolverine Ultrabuilds, DC Girls Wave 3, Found (half of Wrestling Scene, Bat-Hemoth)Existence Unconfirmed (CMFs and Deadpool 2016)

### Location

The homemade Spider-Man costume minifigure made its way into another set and the Bat-Hemoth is in one of the offices at the official LEGO headquarters in Denmark.

## Product Information

### Year(s)

2002, 2012-13, 2016, 2018-19

Although their first foray into comic-book superstars was a line of products based on the first two *Spider-Man* movies by Sam Raimi, as well as three years worth of *Batman* sets, LEGO has been producing a line of products for each of the biggest comic book monopolies - Marvel and DC - as well as some sets in 2018 for Disney-Pixar's *The Incredibles 2*. Though as is to be expected, some of their offerings never got a chance to take off into the great beyond.

## Summary

According to Bricklink, The Lego Group released a total of 434 Lego sets and promotional polybags as part of Lego Super Heroes theme.

The first wave of sets released included nine sets from the DC Universe line. The largest of the sets was Arkham Asylum Breakout (set number: 10937) which included 1619 pieces and eight minifigures. In addition to the first release, two promotional polybags were also released under the DC Universe line, Batman Jetski (set number: 30160) and Batmobile (set number: 30161). Nine new sets were released later in 2012 under the Marvel Universe line.

Prior to the first wave of sets, Lego had given away five different minifigure promotional sets at comic conventions in the United States. At the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, a Green Lantern minifigure and a Batman minifigure were given away to raffle winners and at New York Comic Con the same year, the minifigures of Green Lantern, Batman and Superman were given away at the DC Comics booth. In July 2012, four more exclusive minifigures were given at New York Comic Con to raffle winners - Shazam!, Phoenix, Bizarro and Symbiote Spider-Man. One year later, four more minifigures - Green Arrow, Black *Man of Steel* suit Superman, Spider-Woman, and *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* suit were released at NYCC.

In November 2022, Lego designer Mark Stafford discussed the reason for less Lego DC sets in 2022 and explained, "At the moment. We are the Super Heroes team and would love to explore Marvel and DC. Personally, I hope we can get to the point of producing as many DC sets as we are Marvel. The reason for the current disparity between them is primarily to do with what children and parents are most familiar with."

## Spider-Man Wrestling

First distributed in November 2000, LEGO Studios was a popular brand of toys that mainly focused on movie-making and the steps thereof. One of its biggest appeals was that it could be used for stop-motion animation to make films with LEGO bricks. In response, many websites have grown that are dedicated to the product and feature many uploaded videos, such as Brickfilms.com. Before discontinuing in 2003, LEGO released two sets for their Studios line based on the game-changing *Spider-Man* film from 2001. The first one was 1374 Green Goblin, which featured Mary Jane and Spidey's arch-nemesis as he appeared on film; and 1376 Spider-Man Action Studio, which featured Spider-Man, Bank robber, Policeman, Peter Parker, and the Director minifigure that was based off of Steven Spielberg.  There were also a few sets released for the sequel *Spider-Man 2* in 2004.

However, one set that was made for the first wave yet never released was 1375 Wrestling Scene, which was based off the scene in the first half of the film where Parker uses his newfound powers to compete in a local wrestling tournament. Marketed at $24, this set would've featured a Director, Parker in his homemade Spider-Man costume, and Bonesaw McGraw - the wrestler that Spider-Man faces. While its never been explicitly revealed why this set was cancelled, some believe it was due to LEGO not getting the rights to use Macho Man Randy Savage's likeness. Set #1375 is a bizarre case of **PARTIALLY LOST** as while some of the pieces can be easily recreated with the Spider-Man Action Set, most notably the panel card feautring an excited audience, as well as the homemade costume Spidey figure being included in 4850 Spider-Man's first chase,  the only pieces that are hard to recreate include the tile with an "NYW" (New York Wrestling) sticker and the Bonesaw minifigure. There have been talks of people having the set on Brickset, as well as minifigures of Bonesaw that may have came straight from the LEGO factory, though most of those claims are regarded as hearsay.

## Ultrabuild Figures

In 2012, LEGO designer Christoph Röttjer was commissioned by the LEGO Group to design three ultrabuild figures for each of the two Super Hero subthemes. For Marvel, he designed 4529 Iron Man, 4530 The Hulk, and 4597 Captain America. For DC, he designed 4526 Batman, 4527 The Joker, and 4528 Green Lantern. Much like the *Hero Factory* figures, they had a gimmick known as the "Combiner" in that when you purchase two of three sets, you can combine them to make an entirely new character; for example, the Iron Patriot and Lantern, the latter of which was only accessible through instructions found on a January 2012 issue of LEGO Club Magazine.

On Christopher Jojetter's portfolio on Coroflot, in his concept art for the Super Heroes Ultrabuilds are portrait sketches of what appear to be prototypes of figures based on DC Comics' Superman and Marvel's Wolverine. For reasons unknown, they never made it into official sets, pssoibly due to lack of compatibility with the other figures, and will indefinitely remain: **LOST**. However, in May 2023, LEGO unveiled that they would be releasing a set of Logan as part of their new Construction Figures line that started back in 2022.

## Collectible Minifigures

* *See also: **LEGO Collectible Minifigures***

In 2012, LEGO made a big change to their retired Batman theme by rebranding it as DC Super Heroes; incoporating the rest of the characters from the Detective Comics lore like Superman and Wonder Woman. That same year, LEGO introduced a new theme of theirs named Marvel Super Heroes that focused on many of the iconic Avengers like Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Spider Man. According to an article from 2013 by All About Bricks/Blogspot, LEGO announced that there would be two different Super Heroes-themed Minifigure series for each license. Though due to the continued success of the non-licensed Collectible characters and how it would bump the $3 price big time, both ideas were cancelled. Its fate, somewhat, remains: **UNKNOWN** as very little is known about what characters were to be included with each series, though some of the Marvel/DC minifigures that were released as San Diego Comic Con exclusives were actually started off this scrapped concept. Eventually, both DC and Marvel received their own stand-alone CMF sets with two series for The LEGO Batman Movie released in 2017 and 2019, and a series based off the four recently-released MCU Disney+ shows (*WandaVision*, *The Falcon & the Winter Soldier*, *Loki*, and *What If?*) in 2021.

## Deadpool Set #2

As part of the very first wave of LEGO Marvel sets released in spring 2016, an *X-Men* set was released on April 9th titled 6866 Wolverine's Chopper Showdown, which featured James Logan in a helicopter against Magneto, though the real highlight of the set was a minifigure of Deadpool - a wisecracking mutant with superhealing abilities and a meta sense of humour that relies on breaking the fourth wall. The figure itself has become more valuable than the set itself as it goes for upwards to $60 on online auction sites and sometime in 2015, LEGO planned on releasing an X-Men set centered around the Merc with No Mouth. It would've been released as a store exclusive around spring 2016 and was labeled #76070, though the number ended up going to the Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sactorum set that was released to promote the first *Doctor Strange* movie. Although the authenticity of the set's existence has never been certified, rendering it in **EXISTENCE UNCONFIRMED** territory, many believe that the second Deadpool set ended up getting cancelled because LEGO found out that the first *Deadpool* movie, which released in March 2016, was R-rated and therefore, not appropriate for kids.  As of writing, the latest Deadpool figure to be released by LEGO is a Sheriff variant minifigure that was exclusively made for San Diego Comic-Con 2018.

## DC Super Hero Girls

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls was a subtheme based on the DC Super Hero Girls franchise that essentially depcits superheroines and villainesses from the Detective Comics universe in a high school setting predominantly marketed towards girls. The first wave of sets were released in November 2016, though they were discontinued by 2018 as most of the sets from the 2017 wave sold poorly, along with receiving a lawsuit by Hasbro, due to the possibility of the Bumblebee character being confused with the *Transformers* character of the same name, that attempted to block sales of the set that featured her.  The sets for Wave 3 were revealed in a preliminary catalog that revealed a release date of January 2018. The first set was 41242 Batgirl's Batcycle, which would've featured Batgirl, builds of a bike and street side, Ace the Bat Hound, and a red Kryptonite for around $15. The second was 41243 Supergirl's Dorm, which would've featured a Supergirl minifigure and a minibuild of her dressing room, as was the case for other DC Super Hero Girls. For about $20, it included a Green Kryptonite and Krypto the Superdog (was first featured in 41233 Lashina Tank). And finally, the third set was 41244 Starfire High-Flying Wonder Woman Rescue, which was priced around $25 and would've included a jet build, one for a yellow Kryptonite to capture Wonder Woman, and the first mini-doll figure based on Starfire, who is seldom included in LEGO sets. Due to the line's discontinuing, these sets will remain: **LOST**.

## LEGO Movie 2 Batman Battle Vehicle

While this doesn't officially classify as a LEGO Super Heroes product, for *The lEGO Movie 2: The Second Part*, a direct-to-consumer set was to have been made after a hefty vehicle that Batman would've driven during the first few minutes that take place in Apocalypseburg. Designed by famed LEGO builder Mark Stafford and taking tips from the vehicles seen in *Mad Max: Fury Road*, it is essentially an over-the-top battle tank that boasts a driller ala the Ultra Agents theme, the body of a construction truck with multiple wheels, and the chassis of a Batmobile on the very top. While the set would've been released as "Batman Battle Vehicle," concept art refers to it as the "Bat-Hemoth" and on the sheet below the display model are several other Batmobile designs that went unused, though its unknown if they would've been made into sets. Had it been made, the D2C set would've possibly featured a minifigure of Batman in his outlandish Apocalypseburg costume. Although the design was approved by both Warner Bros. and the LEGO Group, the "Bat-Hemoth" ended up getting cut from both the movie and the set was cancelled. The prototype was last seen pictured in the offices of the LEGO headquarters in Denmark and unless its been moved or even taken apart, we can consider it safe and: **FOUND**. Also next to the "Bat-Hemoth" is another scrapped vehicle from *LEGO Movie 2* named Chainsaw Dave’s Battle Vehicle, which was created by Nick Vas and features a rig for the "Apokalips" version of Surfer Dave from the first movie. Said vehicle is a two-wheeled vertically raised Volkswagen Camper with a large protruding chainsaw blade that ocilitates. Although the concept was also scrapped from the movie,, the VW Camper cab was incorporated into Justin Ramsden’s Welcome To Apocalypseburg! set.

## External Link

* LEGO Super Heroes. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Wikipedia. Online article.
* just2good. (2016 ). Top 10 Cancelled LEGO Sets - The Sequel. YouTube. Online video.
* just2good. (2016, April 30). Top 10 Cancelled LEGO Sets - The Sequel. YouTube. Online video.
* just2good. (2019, November 15). Top 10 Cancelled LEGO - Part 5!. YouTube. Online video.

## References

1. ↑ LEGO Studios. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Wikipedia. Online article.
2. ↑ SPD012: Spider-Man 2. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Brickset. Online page.
3. ↑ Spider-Man's first chase. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Brickset. Online page
4. ↑ MiniSuperHeroesToday. (December 6, 2021). The UNRELEASED LEGO Spider Man Set: 1375 Wrestling Scene. YouTube. Online video.
5. ↑ [https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Iron\_Patriot\_(Ultrabuild) Iron Patriot (Ultrabuild). (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Brickimedia. Online article.
6. ↑ Lantern. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Brickimedia. Online article.
7. ↑  Jay Ong. (May 2, 2023). LEGO BATMAN, WOLVERINE AND CAPTAIN AMERICA CONSTRUCTION FIGURES REVEALED!. Jay's Brick Blog. Online article.
8. ↑ just2good. (August 13, 2017). Top 10 Cancelled LEGO - Part 3! YouTube. Online video.
9. ↑ Sheriff Deadpool (Comic-Con 2018 Exclusive). (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Bricklink. Online page.
10. ↑ LEGO DC Super Hero Girls. (Retrieved May 12, 2023). Wikipedia. Online article.
11. ↑ Adam White (February 28, 2019). LEGO Movie 2 on the Cutting Room Floor BricksFanz. Online article.