I really hope people decide to put their money where their mouths are this year and refuse to support Lego through buying overpriced sets like these at full price. I understand that the hype behind newly released Lego sets can be pretty tempting, but please just be patient and wait until they go on sale. There’s only so much satisfaction you get out of buying a set right away for a price this outrageous, and that feeling will fade pretty quickly.
100% agree. The pricing on these newest (very puny) sets are insanely over inflated. Wait til they are on sale thru amazon or something or buy the minifigs off bricklink.
Oh heck yeah, I usually wait until Amazon or Walmart tones the pricing down a little bit. You know they will because they want to make as much sale as possible.
As a fan of iron man, I really wanted to get this along with the first armoury they released a while back. The total cost in the end was just too high. My love for Lego and the movies is just not enough to justify the price. It’s just sad that I can’t engage in a hobby that I enjoy because it’s getting more ridiculous with the pricing. I know Lego actually pay there workers properly and have a high quality rating compared to most other toy companies but surely they charge extra because they know no one will challenge them and costumers accept it. I feel soon enough that they will start alienating the average person or family as the price gets higher but the salaries or spending amounts of the middle class doesn’t increase. Lego is still a toy company even if they are doing more ventures into products for older audiences that have the cash to burn. You lose your main demographic, you lose sales. We saw this in the nineties when video games took kids away from the bricks. It could easily happen again.
@@Mongalingalong only one more that the previous version. And they look very different due to the helmet which not everyone likes so far. That should not be worth 30$ extra
the sets released in the last few months have been OUTRAGEOUS. i know Lego is expensive and has gone up in price over the years, but its just spiked up absurdly high recently, with no distinct quality improvements. I'm glad I mainly focus on Minecraft sets considering they're one of the few licensed themes to not be ridiculously overpriced at this point.
This thing being $90 is hilariously ridiculous when you look at what you get with other sets that cost in the same price range. The Creator Medieval Castle and Pirate Ship are $100 and you get a good size castle or pirate ship. Sure, they have less minifigures, but no one can tell me the minifigures included here justify added cost onto such a paltry build. It seems like LEGO is really counting on people being too tempted by their love of Iron Man and the suits and won't be able to resist buying it, no matter how much it costs. I'm a hardcore Star Wars fan and a pretty big fan of Marvel too, but mixing them with LEGO never appealed to me, and I'm especially glad now, given these ludicrous prices.
These are so many things they could have done to make this set better and increase the value: more suits, a better R8 with official licencing, a different Tony Stark etc etc etc. The best probably would have been to give us a handful of Hammer Drones so the set turns into more of a playset for kids (Hammer Drones versus Iron Man suits) and and an unmissable box for adults. Hell at this price the R8 should have been an officially licenced Speed Champions set inside of this set. But why bother with effort and value when this will likely sell regardless and they can post more record profits next year.
I swear, Lego is high on its own hype recently. I'm glad that they're doing well, I love Lego and always will, but these prices! Lego is getting SUPER greedy with the pricing these days and I just cant justify the high costs. I'm sadly gonna have to pass on this set. :(
I remember when I was young and loved legos. Most sets I wanted were on the medium to small side and were never very expensive. Then, over time the sets became more expensive, especially the big ones. Now, prices are just out of control from recent inflation
I'm really not sure what to think of the new helmet piece. For some reason, it reminds me of those chocolate santas that are always sold around Christmas, where it's a generic mould with detail that doesn't fit the shaping perfectly. I get why they changed the piece, as this allows for more uses than the more specific old version, but I don't think this design is that succesful. Maybe it looks better in person.
It doesn't mean anything at this point but please: if you're a big fan but you are disappointed with the price and other decisions about this set, try not to buy it. I was really looking forward to this but now....nah lol. At this point that is the only way to not spend too much on lego. I don't know
I was excited for this set when rumor was for the MK 4, but with the reuse of MK 3 with the new helmet makes me really only want the sticker sheet to add to my existing Hall of Armor.
Honestly, this Lego pricing is actually getting insane. As buyers/consumers we really need to start deciding with our wallets what an acceptable price range is for these products.
Maybe if the R8 was of Speed Champions quality, the price would be more acceptable. But even then, it'd be over by at least £15. I don't think it's excusable.
As a lego fan from Hong Kong, I am curious as to whether all of you can only buy sets from official Lego stores or big toy shops like ToyRus. I am asking this because in Hong Kong, we have some smaller shops that sell Lego at a much lower price. For instance, this set costs about 75 us dollars, which is much cheaper. So I am just very curious about the situation in other places ; )
Here in Finland, we have a very well known online store (they also have a couple of real, physical stores) which sells Lego at a much cheaper price. This set costs 123 USD on the official Lego website, but "only" 90 USD on this particular online store. You'll save 33 bucks by just buying it from a different place, and the shipping is faster as well (2-3 business days).
I'm not sure what you mean by smaller shops. In the U.S. we can buy LEGO from of course the LEGO stores themselves, and big department stores like Wal-Mart or Target. The smallest stores I've seen LEGO at are Walgreens, which is a drug store, but they only sell a handful of smaller sets. And given everything in Walgreens is more expensive in general, I can't imagine they put LEGO sets at cheaper regular price or on sale too often. Toys R Us has sadly been gone for a number of years, killed off by Bain Capital. I don't know what happened to smaller toy stores like Kay-Bee but they are gone too. Toy stores sadly have gone the way of the dodo here. I think LEGO stores might be the ONLY dedicated toy stores we have left?! And to add insult to injury, Target will sometimes sell sets at higher than the regular price!
I absolutely agree with the consensus that a lot of Lego right now is completely unacceptably priced I don’t know how much of it is emotionally reactive in myself & the comments in general, but your opinions seem well reasoned to me. I’m definitely not going to be buying any of the more extreme priced sets at MSRP. I’m actively choosing to resist FOMO
Insane that LEGO is increasing prices later this year with things like this already on the market. Definitely the nail in the coffin for me ever buying LEGO again.
I think the piece count is very similar to the original hall of armour, and it's not as if there's a large amount of massive parts in this set. It's not unreasonable to expect two sets released within two years of each other to have similar if not identical prices.
The set is super overpriced! If they would had swapped out Fury and Pepper Potts for two more Iron Men suits, I might be a little happier, but the set is incredibly overpriced! I will probably pick it up if it is on sale.
I'd rather they sold the car as a separate (licensed) item and reduce the set by forty dollars. I don't agree with current minifig evaluations, so this set is a huge pass for me. There's no building, no backdrop, nothing even for the suggestion of a floor- for 90 dollars? Just, no.
They should of done a Stark Expo Set. Iron Man 2 is one of my favorite MCU movies. So many great scenes they could of done besides another Hall of Armor.
Just got this sealed for $30, which i feel should've been the original price to begin with. Maybe $50 tops. Lego is riding their own hype at this point.
The only reason I bought this set was because I collect the Iron-Man figures… that’s it. I have them all except the super rare toy fair 2012 iron man figure which is thousands of dollars, but Lego needs to be more reasonable and stop robbing us… I said it. Half of the figures are reused in other sets and we get ONE new villain finally Whiplash, and ONE new mark suit… and new helmets. How do you make the first two sets look alike and can be connected, but this one doesn’t look the same? The inconsistency really bothers me, and I think Lego is making cheaper looking sets, while raising the price for no reason. They must’ve thought, if gas companies can do it, why not us too? I’m not impressed with anything Lego this year so far. I even think the Optimus Prime set is a rip-off too.
I purchased enough of both of the older sets to accommodate every single Iron Man to date, which I'm still working on, so I have mixed feelings because I have enough pieces to make one huge armory of the old set but I do like the look of the new set better. Sigh* sell all the old ones?
I actually just recently got this set for sale around $50 which to me is more worth it than $90 I went into my local Walmart at saw it priced at $90 and I’m happy I got it at a good price lol
its a shame whiplash will only come in a set that's way over priced. nick fury is only in this set to further inflate the price. instead of designing an armory that can't connect to previous models, lego should have created the battle between whiplash, war machine, and iron man. A $120 set would be fine with only 5 figures (additional two hammer drone robots) and some trees and pond as the battlespace. Rather lego chose to dump a cheap build with too many figures for nearly $100 with tax? I hope this set sells terribly and they realize their customers are brainless zombies that will buy anything with a lego logo.
Lego Iron Man Armory 76216 This set was purchased at Costco bundled with I am Groot 76217 Most of the build was 2 sets of windows and a cap, and 8 minifigs. There are a few other structures including a sports car. I found the build boring and repetitive. If I could return it to Costco, I would. When I tried to post this review on the Lego site, it was rejected with no explanation.
Idk why but this set kinda looks like minifigures holder case and the suit figure kinda reminds me of palpatine prerecorded pretending droid from battlefront 2 game especially when you lifted his helmet you see blue head.
I reckon the more likely reason for the car's design is that Lego didn't have the license to make an R8, so they just made a generic sports car instead. While they may have Audi in Speed Champions, this would still require a different license agreement.
Hate how overpriced this set is, and they had an opportunity to do an 8 stud wide Audi R8 to make the set unique with a 'speed champion' style car included to attract more buyers.
Just when we thought we couldn't get a worse value set than the Trash Compactor, THIS arrives! I mean the Trash Compactor already is lacking in overall volume for its ridiculous price but this Armoury carries all of the same problems as that set, while also coming off even worse, amazingly. For context, to stay within the Marvel theme and Iron Man, this is the same price as the (retired) 76166 Avengers Tower Battle, which while it didn't have much more pieces, was a much more impressive and substantial build.
I'll probably get this when they go on sale, I still don't have a war machine figure except the one from infinity war-end game im pretty sure but it has those ugly white suits I already have alot of, it isn't the best set but I'll probably just get it for the figure Edit: I know I could probably go online to buy a set or the figure of war machine but I sort of like the new helmet style so I'll probably get that one and I could possibly just slap on the old one I have to see if it looks pretty good, I might also fix the little turret on the sides and use a stud shooter with a clear red stud people
Missed out on yesterday's sale for this set. Was down to £40 something but today it's at £60ish before back to £80 again. It's not worth beyond £40 for what you get. Guess I'll check ebay
This makes me wish I got the general grievous star fighter even though that was overpriced, at least I could understand why, since the dorito tie fighter was extremely overpriced, it made me realize that grievous star fighter/ the Soulless one. And I could have gotten it for like 50 bucks but nope the builds are nice in this set, but it’s getting to out of hand with prices
I found that starfighter set on clearance at a Walmart for $46. Was a steal ar that price. With lack of sales and increased inventory, the stores will eventually put these on sale. I can't see people paying full price for most of the summer wave sets
Richter: "Die, monster. You don't belong in this business!" Dracula: "It was not by my hand that I am once again given free reign to price. I was called here by humans who wished to pay for fairly priced sets." Richter: "Fairly priced!?! You make solidly good, terribly priced sets!" Dracula: "Perhaps the same could be said of all LEGO..." Richter: "Your words are as empty as my wallet! LEGO sets ill needs a toymaker such as you!" Dracula: "What is a set? (throws Death Star on the ground) A miserable little pile of bricks! But enough talk... Have at you!"
I love the set and a good addition to my ironman minifigs collection. I got the set almost half the price and it’s original (I live in Shenzhen) i will not buy the original price, for sure Lego will give a discount for this set soon.
The only real incentive I can really justify for buying this set is the Whiplash minifigure. The remainder figs/builds are all really good, however not really all that compatible with the previous releases which absolutely kills it for me other than the pricing. I see maybe $70 worth of stuff here, definitely not $120 which is beyond overpriced. Same I think could be said for last years Ultimate battle which had 500+ pcs however was priced at about a $100. What even is Lego thinking?
I hold heartily agree with 90 is way too much for 2 of the bags being literally repeating itself also as much as I like all the side builds I kinda wish they were just one complete build so you could keep track of them all plus I kinda wish nick fury was replaced for a black widow in my opinion or a Justin Hammer Honestly I feel like we need a Tony’s Malibu mansion set instead with that price
I would pay ~$60. $90 is way too much for 3 re use figures and 2 iron man suits I do not need more more of. Not to mention not too long ago u could have bought two of the original hall of armor for a little over this set.
If this had been compatible with the original sets it would have been an auto purchase. But seeing as it’s not at best I’ll pick up one or two of the suits from a reseller.
I waited and I’m so glad. I only wanted the cassette tape from set no. 76217, so there wasn’t much interest in the set. I did however want this set, but $90 is way over priced and I was going pass on it as well. I’m in Oregon and our Costco here has a 2 in 1 pack consisting of both sets for $100. That price made it more bearable as I would have paid $145 for both sets had I bought them separately. But then again, I was going to spend $0 and now I’m out of $100, but the “deal” was too good to pass up. I definitely feel like I got my monies worth this way.
I've wanted all the iron man armouries but not at the prices they have been. And if I'm honest it's not the builds I'm interested in. Its the iron man suits! Its probably true for most people who want the sets and lego know this and that's why the price is high! Also they managed to make a 6 stud wide r8 in speed champions and they are now 8 stud wide. So lego should have put a bit more effort to make a better r8 for this set, be it 6 stud (or 8 stud so the diorama could be in the seat next to tony) especially at the price they are asking!
This is just pure "no" for the price. I got the Iron Monger set on discount some months ago and even then I still felt like I regretted it. Guess I'm "Iron-Man-ed" out.
I got like 7 or 8 of the first two sets to build a huge armory for all my Iron Man suits and was really looking forward to adding more onto it, then I got this and built it before even realizing the size difference between the two. I knew they looked different but didn’t realize the size difference until trying to put the together. Kinda bummed about it. Also, the price is absolutely horrible, I definitely won’t argue with that. This set and the new Mandalorian ship are so overpriced, I was really disappointed with what I got out of both those sets for paying like $150 or $160 or whatever it was for the two of them.
Never thought I’d say this, but I miss the days when I’d say LEGOs were $10-$20 overpriced and not $30-$40 overpriced.
I really hope people decide to put their money where their mouths are this year and refuse to support Lego through buying overpriced sets like these at full price. I understand that the hype behind newly released Lego sets can be pretty tempting, but please just be patient and wait until they go on sale. There’s only so much satisfaction you get out of buying a set right away for a price this outrageous, and that feeling will fade pretty quickly.
Spot on
100% agree. The pricing on these newest (very puny) sets are insanely over inflated. Wait til they are on sale thru amazon or something or buy the minifigs off bricklink.
Oh heck yeah, I usually wait until Amazon or Walmart tones the pricing down a little bit.
You know they will because they want to make as much sale as possible.
Agreed. And think about how good you’ll feel when you save your money and get the same set a little while later for less money!
You're 100% right but we know people: this set is already out of stock on US lego shop.
With this kind of consumers Lego sleeps very well at night...
As a fan of iron man, I really wanted to get this along with the first armoury they released a while back. The total cost in the end was just too high. My love for Lego and the movies is just not enough to justify the price. It’s just sad that I can’t engage in a hobby that I enjoy because it’s getting more ridiculous with the pricing. I know Lego actually pay there workers properly and have a high quality rating compared to most other toy companies but surely they charge extra because they know no one will challenge them and costumers accept it. I feel soon enough that they will start alienating the average person or family as the price gets higher but the salaries or spending amounts of the middle class doesn’t increase. Lego is still a toy company even if they are doing more ventures into products for older audiences that have the cash to burn. You lose your main demographic, you lose sales. We saw this in the nineties when video games took kids away from the bricks. It could easily happen again.
I know we literally say this every year but this is by far the worst pricing I've ever seen by Lego
To be fair there are many special minifigs... But yea still a little overpriced
And it’s only going to get worse
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"Little" Hmph
The fact that we are still most likely buying the sets doesn't mean it's because of their "fair prices"
Just wait until fall :(
@@Mongalingalong only one more that the previous version. And they look very different due to the helmet which not everyone likes so far. That should not be worth 30$ extra
the sets released in the last few months have been OUTRAGEOUS. i know Lego is expensive and has gone up in price over the years, but its just spiked up absurdly high recently, with no distinct quality improvements.
I'm glad I mainly focus on Minecraft sets considering they're one of the few licensed themes to not be ridiculously overpriced at this point.
I just checked the Lego website, and it's 115 € ($123 USD) here in Finland. That's actually insane.
When I saw the title and thumbnail I thought maybe 70. That would be a terrible price. But this... holy moly
This thing being $90 is hilariously ridiculous when you look at what you get with other sets that cost in the same price range. The Creator Medieval Castle and Pirate Ship are $100 and you get a good size castle or pirate ship. Sure, they have less minifigures, but no one can tell me the minifigures included here justify added cost onto such a paltry build.
It seems like LEGO is really counting on people being too tempted by their love of Iron Man and the suits and won't be able to resist buying it, no matter how much it costs.
I'm a hardcore Star Wars fan and a pretty big fan of Marvel too, but mixing them with LEGO never appealed to me, and I'm especially glad now, given these ludicrous prices.
It's great that Lego still produces 50€ sets, but they somehow put the wrong price tags on them.
These are so many things they could have done to make this set better and increase the value: more suits, a better R8 with official licencing, a different Tony Stark etc etc etc. The best probably would have been to give us a handful of Hammer Drones so the set turns into more of a playset for kids (Hammer Drones versus Iron Man suits) and and an unmissable box for adults. Hell at this price the R8 should have been an officially licenced Speed Champions set inside of this set.
But why bother with effort and value when this will likely sell regardless and they can post more record profits next year.
I also love how they come up with a system just to completely scratch it two years later. ALL THE TIME
I swear, Lego is high on its own hype recently. I'm glad that they're doing well, I love Lego and always will, but these prices! Lego is getting SUPER greedy with the pricing these days and I just cant justify the high costs. I'm sadly gonna have to pass on this set. :(
So basically 3 figures I/you REALLY want and 8 of the hall of armor chambers…
50€ and I’ll buy it… but NINETY EUROS is just absolutely ridiculous
It genuinely hurts to see that price
I remember when I was young and loved legos. Most sets I wanted were on the medium to small side and were never very expensive. Then, over time the sets became more expensive, especially the big ones. Now, prices are just out of control from recent inflation
I'm really not sure what to think of the new helmet piece. For some reason, it reminds me of those chocolate santas that are always sold around Christmas, where it's a generic mould with detail that doesn't fit the shaping perfectly.
I get why they changed the piece, as this allows for more uses than the more specific old version, but I don't think this design is that succesful. Maybe it looks better in person.
It doesn't mean anything at this point but please: if you're a big fan but you are disappointed with the price and other decisions about this set, try not to buy it.
I was really looking forward to this but now....nah lol. At this point that is the only way to not spend too much on lego. I don't know
I was excited for this set when rumor was for the MK 4, but with the reuse of MK 3 with the new helmet makes me really only want the sticker sheet to add to my existing Hall of Armor.
Honestly, this Lego pricing is actually getting insane. As buyers/consumers we really need to start deciding with our wallets what an acceptable price range is for these products.
Maybe if the R8 was of Speed Champions quality, the price would be more acceptable. But even then, it'd be over by at least £15. I don't think it's excusable.
Cripes! For that price, the Audi should look better, and there ought to be more figures and armor spots.
I am counting the value of stuff...without figs, max 20 euro's / dollars, with 45 at most. Lego must do the walk of shame.
I'm curious whether the original design sits on top of this new design? That would probably look good as an option to combine them.
As a lego fan from Hong Kong, I am curious as to whether all of you can only buy sets from official Lego stores or big toy shops like ToyRus. I am asking this because in Hong Kong, we have some smaller shops that sell Lego at a much lower price. For instance, this set costs about 75 us dollars, which is much cheaper. So I am just very curious about the situation in other places ; )
There are other strores both local and online but in the review he is mentioning the official MSRP
Here in Finland, we have a very well known online store (they also have a couple of real, physical stores) which sells Lego at a much cheaper price. This set costs 123 USD on the official Lego website, but "only" 90 USD on this particular online store. You'll save 33 bucks by just buying it from a different place, and the shipping is faster as well (2-3 business days).
I'm not sure what you mean by smaller shops. In the U.S. we can buy LEGO from of course the LEGO stores themselves, and big department stores like Wal-Mart or Target. The smallest stores I've seen LEGO at are Walgreens, which is a drug store, but they only sell a handful of smaller sets. And given everything in Walgreens is more expensive in general, I can't imagine they put LEGO sets at cheaper regular price or on sale too often.
Toys R Us has sadly been gone for a number of years, killed off by Bain Capital. I don't know what happened to smaller toy stores like Kay-Bee but they are gone too. Toy stores sadly have gone the way of the dodo here. I think LEGO stores might be the ONLY dedicated toy stores we have left?!
And to add insult to injury, Target will sometimes sell sets at higher than the regular price!
We can get them from other stores too! But they’re always the same price as the Lego store
In Europe is the same. You can find them at 20% discount from the beginning.
I absolutely agree with the consensus that a lot of Lego right now is completely unacceptably priced
I don’t know how much of it is emotionally reactive in myself & the comments in general, but your opinions seem well reasoned to me. I’m definitely not going to be buying any of the more extreme priced sets at MSRP. I’m actively choosing to resist FOMO
Insane that LEGO is increasing prices later this year with things like this already on the market. Definitely the nail in the coffin for me ever buying LEGO again.
Lego is becoming the Apple of the toy market.
It's 119 Swiss Francs here.
Need to actually be Tony Starks to buy this one and think it's "affordable"
I think the piece count is very similar to the original hall of armour, and it's not as if there's a large amount of massive parts in this set. It's not unreasonable to expect two sets released within two years of each other to have similar if not identical prices.
I was actually able to pick up a combo pack set of this and Baby Groot at my local Costco for $100 even!! Excited to build them both!!
The $60 hall of armour had more pieces for a better price.
The set is super overpriced! If they would had swapped out Fury and Pepper Potts for two more Iron Men suits, I might be a little happier, but the set is incredibly overpriced! I will probably pick it up if it is on sale.
I'd rather they sold the car as a separate (licensed) item and reduce the set by forty dollars. I don't agree with current minifig evaluations, so this set is a huge pass for me. There's no building, no backdrop, nothing even for the suggestion of a floor- for 90 dollars? Just, no.
This is a miss on Lego. The gig was having a "modular" system that they could expand on indefinitely. Now you throw on ridiculous price smh.
They should of done a Stark Expo Set. Iron Man 2 is one of my favorite MCU movies. So many great scenes they could of done besides another Hall of Armor.
I just pick this up at Walmart on clearance for $25!!! SCORE!
I just bought it $57 on Amazon today and I feel good about that :)
Just got this sealed for $30, which i feel should've been the original price to begin with. Maybe $50 tops. Lego is riding their own hype at this point.
The only reason I bought this set was because I collect the Iron-Man figures… that’s it. I have them all except the super rare toy fair 2012 iron man figure which is thousands of dollars, but Lego needs to be more reasonable and stop robbing us… I said it. Half of the figures are reused in other sets and we get ONE new villain finally Whiplash, and ONE new mark suit… and new helmets. How do you make the first two sets look alike and can be connected, but this one doesn’t look the same? The inconsistency really bothers me, and I think Lego is making cheaper looking sets, while raising the price for no reason. They must’ve thought, if gas companies can do it, why not us too? I’m not impressed with anything Lego this year so far. I even think the Optimus Prime set is a rip-off too.
I purchased enough of both of the older sets to accommodate every single Iron Man to date, which I'm still working on, so I have mixed feelings because I have enough pieces to make one huge armory of the old set but I do like the look of the new set better. Sigh* sell all the old ones?
Nice, but I wish Lego would open a Ironman Comic and realized that Ironman does have other villains that they could throw in .
For the price, I found this at Costco as a duel pack with the I am Groot set for 100 dollars for both.
Whiplash should use the new skin tone
The hairpiece of Aquaman (Jason Momoa version) is perfect for Whiplash.
Is it just me or does the whiplash fig look like Johnny Depp?
For 90 bones they could have given use a Speed champions level fake Audi. The age limit is just poor marketing to not get a better car for the price.
I wish they'd make a whole or consistent set with the hall of armor. It's been 3 years 3 sets, 2 visual styles - and a handful of suits
I still want to see a UCS Ironman set with a full armoury and all the armours. Probably never going to happen but one can dream
I really only want this for the NEW minifigs, the car and the Expo prints
I actually just recently got this set for sale around $50 which to me is more worth it than $90 I went into my local Walmart at saw it priced at $90 and I’m happy I got it at a good price lol
I got mine from costco in a bundle with I am Groot set for $99. The baby groot set is $55 if bought separately. So that is $45 in savings.
I love this set so much! I'm not decided yet, but I might just pick this one up in the toy section if I see it
If you have a Costco they have a bundle where it is this set and the new groot for 90
its a shame whiplash will only come in a set that's way over priced. nick fury is only in this set to further inflate the price. instead of designing an armory that can't connect to previous models, lego should have created the battle between whiplash, war machine, and iron man. A $120 set would be fine with only 5 figures (additional two hammer drone robots) and some trees and pond as the battlespace. Rather lego chose to dump a cheap build with too many figures for nearly $100 with tax? I hope this set sells terribly and they realize their customers are brainless zombies that will buy anything with a lego logo.
The only way they could do the helmets to not look overly large would be for them to just be head sculpts without a head underneath.
Not sure I agree these bays are superior. They look shallow and unnecessarily tall.
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This set was purchased at Costco bundled with I am Groot 76217
Most of the build was 2 sets of windows and a cap, and 8 minifigs. There are a few other structures including a sports car. I found the build boring and repetitive.
If I could return it to Costco, I would. When I tried to post this review on the Lego site, it was rejected with no explanation.
It's crazy that this thing is more overpriced than most City sets.
lego should try to make a functional suitcase iron man thing
I brought this set of ebay a few weeks ago for 45 pound so im glad i waited
I just picked this set up today and i got it for $20 pretty great deal honestly
Idk why but this set kinda looks like minifigures holder case and the suit figure kinda reminds me of palpatine prerecorded pretending droid from battlefront 2 game especially when you lifted his helmet you see blue head.
I reckon the more likely reason for the car's design is that Lego didn't have the license to make an R8, so they just made a generic sports car instead. While they may have Audi in Speed Champions, this would still require a different license agreement.
I got one of these with the new baby groot set at Cosco for only 100$!! That's 45$ off from regular price
I wonder why did LEGO decide to quit doing the armor display maybe they were not show or movie accurate and the new system is but that’s my guess
At my city this is sold for 68€ so thats fine I think
That's far too high.
Just got this set from Walmart for $65, which I think should've been the original price and not $90
As a lego fan- I’m scared by these prices
Target will put it on sale in about six to eight months. I'll get it then.
Why do a new helmet when the new doesn't open the visor like the real version, it flaps open and doesn't slide as it should be
Is This A Good Set For $50 Bucks ?
Most outrageous priced Lego set of all time, $50 max 😤
Hate how overpriced this set is, and they had an opportunity to do an 8 stud wide Audi R8 to make the set unique with a 'speed champion' style car included to attract more buyers.
$60-$70 feels better considering what they charged for 60234 plus the rather plain armory
I want it, but not for that price. If you had multiples of the new stuff, you could form a pillar in the center of the old set to go together.
Whiplash in set that´s 90€ is steep...
Will we get an expanded Hall of Jangs?
Just when we thought we couldn't get a worse value set than the Trash Compactor, THIS arrives! I mean the Trash Compactor already is lacking in overall volume for its ridiculous price but this Armoury carries all of the same problems as that set, while also coming off even worse, amazingly. For context, to stay within the Marvel theme and Iron Man, this is the same price as the (retired) 76166 Avengers Tower Battle, which while it didn't have much more pieces, was a much more impressive and substantial build.
Nice video
I'll probably get this when they go on sale, I still don't have a war machine figure except the one from infinity war-end game im pretty sure but it has those ugly white suits I already have alot of, it isn't the best set but I'll probably just get it for the figure
Edit: I know I could probably go online to buy a set or the figure of war machine but I sort of like the new helmet style so I'll probably get that one and I could possibly just slap on the old one I have to see if it looks pretty good, I might also fix the little turret on the sides and use a stud shooter with a clear red stud people
Missed out on yesterday's sale for this set. Was down to £40 something but today it's at £60ish before back to £80 again. It's not worth beyond £40 for what you get. Guess I'll check ebay
That 90 dollar price tag is hard . For that price
This makes me wish I got the general grievous star fighter even though that was overpriced, at least I could understand why, since the dorito tie fighter was extremely overpriced, it made me realize that grievous star fighter/ the Soulless one. And I could have gotten it for like 50 bucks but nope the builds are nice in this set, but it’s getting to out of hand with prices
I found that starfighter set on clearance at a Walmart for $46. Was a steal ar that price. With lack of sales and increased inventory, the stores will eventually put these on sale. I can't see people paying full price for most of the summer wave sets
Anyone else want to see a new Hall of Jangs?
At least the speed champions are still cheap for how good they are.
Richter: "Die, monster. You don't belong in this business!"
Dracula: "It was not by my hand that I am once again given free reign to price. I was called here by humans who wished to pay for fairly priced sets."
Richter: "Fairly priced!?! You make solidly good, terribly priced sets!"
Dracula: "Perhaps the same could be said of all LEGO..."
Richter: "Your words are as empty as my wallet! LEGO sets ill needs a toymaker such as you!"
Dracula: "What is a set? (throws Death Star on the ground) A miserable little pile of bricks! But enough talk... Have at you!"
I love the set and a good addition to my ironman minifigs collection. I got the set almost half the price and it’s original (I live in Shenzhen) i will not buy the original price, for sure Lego will give a discount for this set soon.
The only real incentive I can really justify for buying this set is the Whiplash minifigure. The remainder figs/builds are all really good, however not really all that compatible with the previous releases which absolutely kills it for me other than the pricing. I see maybe $70 worth of stuff here, definitely not $120 which is beyond overpriced. Same I think could be said for last years Ultimate battle which had 500+ pcs however was priced at about a $100. What even is Lego thinking?
I hold heartily agree with 90 is way too much for 2 of the bags being literally repeating itself also as much as I like all the side builds I kinda wish they were just one complete build so you could keep track of them all plus I kinda wish nick fury was replaced for a black widow in my opinion or a Justin Hammer
Honestly I feel like we need a Tony’s Malibu mansion set instead with that price
I would pay ~$60. $90 is way too much for 3 re use figures and 2 iron man suits I do not need more more of.
Not to mention not too long ago u could have bought two of the original hall of armor for a little over this set.
If this had been compatible with the original sets it would have been an auto purchase. But seeing as it’s not at best I’ll pick up one or two of the suits from a reseller.
I waited and I’m so glad. I only wanted the cassette tape from set no. 76217, so there wasn’t much interest in the set. I did however want this set, but $90 is way over priced and I was going pass on it as well. I’m in Oregon and our Costco here has a 2 in 1 pack consisting of both sets for $100. That price made it more bearable as I would have paid $145 for both sets had I bought them separately. But then again, I was going to spend $0 and now I’m out of $100, but the “deal” was too good to pass up. I definitely feel like I got my monies worth this way.
For $90 that R8 should be a Speed Champions sized build.. and $90 would still be too much.
If I got it for 50% off, I would consider
Otherwise nah
I can’t afford this set with my pocket money so I will ask Santa for the set for Christmas
I've wanted all the iron man armouries but not at the prices they have been. And if I'm honest it's not the builds I'm interested in. Its the iron man suits! Its probably true for most people who want the sets and lego know this and that's why the price is high!
Also they managed to make a 6 stud wide r8 in speed champions and they are now 8 stud wide. So lego should have put a bit more effort to make a better r8 for this set, be it 6 stud (or 8 stud so the diorama could be in the seat next to tony) especially at the price they are asking!
This is just pure "no" for the price. I got the Iron Monger set on discount some months ago and even then I still felt like I regretted it. Guess I'm "Iron-Man-ed" out.
The direction Lego is going lately reminds me of years 1997-1998 when they started juniorizing every theme. This does not bode well to me.
So is Lego just abandoning the idea of their sets being affordable for everyone except the mega collectors?
I got like 7 or 8 of the first two sets to build a huge armory for all my Iron Man suits and was really looking forward to adding more onto it, then I got this and built it before even realizing the size difference between the two. I knew they looked different but didn’t realize the size difference until trying to put the together. Kinda bummed about it. Also, the price is absolutely horrible, I definitely won’t argue with that. This set and the new Mandalorian ship are so overpriced, I was really disappointed with what I got out of both those sets for paying like $150 or $160 or whatever it was for the two of them.