@@digitalrandomart3049 watched the whole video. Thanks…. Like every single other bricksie video ever made since he started.. was in the original 500 viewers but thanks. TH-cam times are summary not scientific, video says three hours ago but comments on here say five.. so how’s that
In the comics and the movies, the mansion is meant to be outside the city in a more remote area. In the first X-Men movie, Xavier states that the school is located in Westchester which is just outside New York and in the first Lego Marvel videogame, the mansion is on a remote hill, just outside Manhatten. So I suggest putting it in the more countryside area where you could have lots of nice trees and bushes surrounding it.
I'd suggest putting it on the mountain, overlooking pop culture street. Then you can put a Blackbird set (I think there is one) flying in to land. Elevated on the mountain it would be visible, but far enough back that the size wouldn't look too bad.
This set is the biggest non starwars example of how greedy Lego is getting. This set is not worth the price. You're paying for the build, and in order to get a properly sized build you have to buy at least 2 of these.
Disney tax an fact new mini figs reason price is so high. Well that s what Lego. Tell s us .but with every body buying this set I'm sure thay geting back. More Mony. Than. Needed .it's hard to know ..but Lego need to understand. Manny Lego fan s. Not all. Rich..like some an cear about the price an size of a set. To get Mony s werth. Yes thay. Would no we not all rich ..it a kids set. But adult s to like X man. Most kids ..wouldent have the Mony to buy it. It's percents buying it. For them. So it's like Lego. Take s advantage on that ..than making price s lower ...to sale dubble the amount. Thay would get even more Mony. .I so find it silly. Why company's not put stuff at low price ..you would sale why. More ..than stuff at high price. Thay would sale less. But still get thay $$$ back .for what it cost them to have them. Made % mark up .on every set. Just cas it's Lego..name. Disney tax to paying the designers .
I agree, if thats what it tkes to do right then needs to go all out.... I would have loved to see this as a open doll house version where the interrior pops out too, like some of those playsets of old. It fails in playability and even display its rather bland without the sentinel.
This was such an out of touch thing for bricksie to say. For most people, $330 is an absurdly high price for a set like this. It looks ridiculously small next to most other sets from the same theme, and for something called a “mansion” it’s laughably miniscule. They didn’t design the set this tiny to “inspire creativity”. They made it as cost effective as they think they can get away with to work within their set budget and are hoping people will buy it regardless because of their loyalty to Lego or nostalgia for x-men. Not all of us are given free copies of a $330 set just to have the privilege of spending another $330 to make it into the size it should have been in the first place.
@@anonymouspenguin9876 He does but its almost as if he's trying to be careful and not be too negative since Lego sent him the set. Fact is, Lego does not deliver with this set in regards to size and value.
Why are they blowing the price up on everything? I have over 200 sets (and every single architecture set made) and have been collecting since 2015. Over the last 1-3 years the prices have skyrocketed and it’s going to get worse. LEGO is changing the way they make bricks or the packaging to go more green and everything will go up. The x men jet costs 85 bucks and it’s got like 300 pieces. It’s ridiculous and people are going to stop buying these sets.
A set like this with this price should not be made in mind to double up. For this price the amount of stickers, reuse of figures (again not using the wolverine from the cmf is criminal) and the small size of the building is criminal. Even the minigif count. The mos eisly cantina had 20 figures for 350 (Now 400 but even then). This set is a ripoff in any way that I can see and should be 250 or MAX 280
Country side and build a masonry fence around the house to build some kind of courtyard and grounds for the students , could even get a second one and double up for a huge xmen private school as it’s modular
The mansion reminds me of a school from the early 1900's so that's what I'm going to use it for. The minifigs will be in my Halloween village as kids dressed up for trick or treating. It won't be all decked out in Marvel so I'll have extra parts for my parts stash.
I think it would look great on the mountain overlooking the city. Being higher up may make it look more in-line with other sized buildings, and could do some surrounding grounds stuff without taking a lot of the countryside which already seems planned out well... and plopping this mansion in the countryside wouldn't quite look right, I don't think.
I think the mansion should be twice as wide & deep, three floors high. The two side wings, might actually, need to be a baseplate, each. Say each section, being a baseplate wide, 1.5 deep, double Boutique Hotel staircase, all the way upwards, with the elevator on the back, on one side, WC-room on the other side. Too little dormitories or class rooms. Say three of your big grey baseplates.
I hate to say it, but this building is a lot more along the lines of some of the decade old creator 3 in 1 city sets like the “bicycle shop and cafe” or “toy and grocery shop”. It’s got very simplistic architecture for a 2024 set, and like those sets I mentioned it’s too small to look like it belongs on a street of modulars (even ones that haven’t been enlarged as yours have) without a lot of custom modifications and additions. I think a lot of the cost is in all those minifigs, the sentinel, and the costly IP, so there wasn’t much left for the building. It’s a set thats good for its play qualities more than its display qualities. If I were a kid I would love this for play, but the price probably puts it out of most parent’s budget. With all that, I am confused who the intended audience really is. I am disappointed. I won’t be purchasing it, and I’m not inclined to recreate just the building only for my city because it’s not interesting by itself.
It's very reminiscent of the 90's cartoon, so I think Beast and Jubillee should have been included instead of Iceman and Bishop. It looks a good set, though but you could expand it if you have the bricks for it and it would look great in the countryside - perhaps you could have a cave nearby where the X-Men's jet is stored.
Mountain top display, on the side of the mountains overlooking the downtown core, back behind the ninjago lake. Let's you make easter eggs below ground, that showcase the below ground training grounds under your raised platforms. Only seen when you pop up through one of your access holes, but still cool! Then you can also have Wayne Manor on adjacent grounds with a secret bat cave, with a hidden entrance in one of the "closed" arches of the raised platform coverings!
As a long time X-Men fan and a Lego modular fan I thought this was an obvious win…. But I’m super bummed out seeing how ridiculously undersized it is! I really appreciate your attempt at being positive about the set Bricksie, but I agree it doesn’t live up to the other Marvel modular buildings (or really any modular building!) Getting the $330 to buy one of these would be a stretch but needing two or three to truly make it appropriately sized and detailed is out of hand for the majority of collectors. I love the X-Men but I hope that Lego gets the message that they can’t skimp out and then charge a premium. Thanks as always for your review Bricksie!
Exactly💀💀 even avengers tower which is absolutely massive looks a bit small next to the massive daily double Daily Bugle he made. All the buildings around it are like 8-9 stories tall, so of course it’ll look small.
Thanks for the review. As a Lego ambassador though, I think you really should let Lego know what your followers think about the set. My thoughts are that any modular set over $200 should not require you to buy more bricks to make it fit into a Lego city.
This is a reason to have a Super Hero Land in the amusement park for sets like this that don't fit in elsewhere. Ride buildings are smaller scale since you go below ground to board the ride.
Now i'm even more curious about what you're going to do with the amusement park in the future. Because when you look at the scale, it doesn't make sense if some of the rides are going to be as high or even higher than the mountaintops...
Had to pause to say I think the X-Men estate is a fantastic idea and with the depth you are going for in the countryside you can build the ultimate easter egg and have the X-Jet set built into the underground with a modular style remove able landscape on top.
Unfortunately, Lego is pricing out a lot of adults with this set for it being so expensive and really so small. This is the X-men Mansion!! It should be a lot bigger ( like they should have added a 3rd floor) and they should have added more detail to the exsisting figures for this insanely high price of $330. For example, look at the Daily Buge set that is only $20 more and the Bugle set is a 1000x better and bigger than this set and with a lot more figures! I saw this set at my local Lego store the other day and it was incerdibly underwelming! I won't be buying this set unless I find it for a fantastic deal. This set is a crazy let down.
8:16 hey @bricksie That would make a very nice custom Courthouse opposite your Central Park from your Townhall. I mean it doesn't have to be the X Mansion.
The mansion looks more like a toy you would go out and buy for a kid, I can see Lego needs to keep costs down but there are other ways. One being to sell modules for the mansion with 1 or 2 figures and once you have them all they form the mansion to the correct size, it could still be customisable by getting extra modules or just using what parts you have. Each part would be affordable with the final build costing far more than this one but spread out over time as they release sections. Displayed as the mansion is now is the only thing its good for, A lot of money for a dust collector.
Should be priced around $250 USD,this would be comparable to other modular buildings and at a lower price, we would be more willing to purchase multiple sets to super size.
I have limited space, but I plan on adding a half plate on both sides with some plants and some room for any future x men. And a plate in the back for a basketball quarter for the x jet to be on, probably have room for a car or something too
You've heard about tiny houses, now make way for LEGO and their invention, the tiny mansion! Can the sentinel can stand on it's own? If so it's a waste of space to put it on the studs for their design. If they did use the blank space you'd pay even more with the increased piece size, and the height would still be dissapointing. If there is the argument of them wanting to display a battle scene it's kinda meh, there is plenty of action to be found on the box image of the Avengers Tower and the Daily Bugle and it didn't need to have this space up front to do so. On the box of this one Wolverine and Cyclops are still standing on a flat surface despite having the garden and sidewalk. This would be better without the presence of the sentinel and a increased size for the mansion all around. Give Magneto's sentinel as a GWP or make it a set of it's own with a few (missing) minifigures and you're done and people can make it a battle scene if they want to. Despite this criticism the modular design of it and the interior design is nice.
Hey @bricksie, check your local IKEA. Down here in Australia all the BYGGLEK Lego/ikea boxes are on clearance @ $5! Good for some winter village building!
Maybe you should keep the x-mansion right where it is now. In other words, it looks good there!! ❤ just a thought. Maybe you could make the base of it bigger and spread the stuff out so you see 👀, more of the building !!! 👷♂️ 😊
Thank you for a sincere review Jordan! Most LAN people are telling their followers this is awesome but I think Lego just left a big gap on this set, its just way to small!
6:00 The Home Alone house is $300 with 3955 pieces and the X-Mansion is $330 with 3093 pieces. So for $30 less you almost get a thousand more pieces and a bigger building. I love X-Men, but this set isn’t a great value considering how small it is and the number of stickers.
I'm sure didn't ask because you wanted to be invited back... But did you happen to ask the designers or any Lego representative why they continue to put out so many sticker pieces vs print!? Especially when it is a number one complaint to fans. They also need to stop using the cost excuse. There are so many sites and ppl on whatnot selling custom UV printed tiles and figs... On real Lego pieces. These questions need answers! P. S. I hate stickers!
The answer is production costs. It’s a lot easier for a 3rd party company to custom print a part for sale than a massive company making parts all over the globe that go into sets.
It needs one more story, and the 4 extra studs in the back need to be taken away and used for more space inside if you do decide to re do it look at some pictures from xmen 97 as reference it's mainly based off that design
It DOES need to be outside the city as Xavier's mansion has always been depicted in a non-urban environment. It's supposed to look like its in upstate New York or (for a local reference) a gated mansion in Sherwood Park
Definitively, each floor had to be at least 2 bricks taller, and the frontyard should be a little smaller to become something "modular" compatible. But you can give the illusion of making it bigger by placing it somewhere isolated from the rest of the city.
I only have the avengers tower, the bugle, and a custom parking garage. This would be my 4th modular building. I was wondering what everyone else was doing with the mansion because it would look crazy in combination with what I got. My plan for now is to put it on the nightstand I have next to the dresser with the other buildings. Everyone knows the X-men mansion is isolated. It’s like just like Wayne manner. Until I get my own place and have more space I’ll probably do an L desk and do one side city and other rich residentials.
Remember the X-Mansion is not just what is above ground. What is below ground takes up even more space. Then there’s also the launch for the Blackbird out the wide of the hill/cliff. Hilly countryside would be better than city or suburbs. Watch X-Men the Animated Series for inspiration. The danger room and other elements were below the school as the dorms and regular schoolrooms were in mansion. The Xavier estate was large. The hangar is usually featured as being under the basketball court. There is also a cemetery on the grounds.
Thank you Jordan. I was on the fence with this one, as I love Sanctum which fits in perfectly with standard Modulars,, but this is just far too small to be considered a "Modular" building (especially for the price). So your video has saved me the disappointment of buying this for myself.
I actually wonder if rather than doubling up building back to back might be a solution with this set to feel more Mansion like, the reverse would need some heavy edits. so you can incorporate the easter eggs on the back.
How about at your layout access point in the countryside (the cut out section of the tables) you place the X-men mansion on the mountain right at the edge and detail the bases lower levels. Maybe more interesting building the lower levels then just more rocks of the cut away mountain.
I feel like this should have been like five sets? Like having a danger room with some figures and so on. So if you get all of them you make the whole mansion. This would get you the figures and more space. Coming back to lego, I am shocked at how tiny the interiors are in a lot of sets.
The question I am about to ask is not a criticism against Jordan. I understand the situation the people invited to Billund are in, but do any of them actually call out the developers on the criticisms? Did anyone ask why the set is so small, why so many stickers when AFOLs hate them or why the price is so high? It’s the one chance to really get the answers everyone wants to know. I’m sure it could be done respectfully.
Another reason why it does not look good on pop culture street is because you have modified the size of the buildings. If left original…. It would have looked better
What about a "mansion expansion pack" with just the parts needed to expand the building? I don't think a whole second set is needed... you don't need another roof, another sentinel, another cerebro, another beast desk. All you need are the parts to make the rooms taller and wider. Could be an opportunity for some entrepreneur out there! Fan made expansion packs for LEGO sets that are too small or just need some beefing up.
You could put it on the raised platform above the residential section. Yes I know that you plan to put mountains there but perhaps the could go around it.
I would increase the size of the mansion. Customize the interior and place it in the countryside with a walled and gated perimeter. I would also place it close to the mountain and create the underground areas inside with an access tunnel.
It is not only way too short and with far too wide an empty a front, but it lacks the detail required to match the modulars. No thanks, is my view, because I couldn't give a fig for the minifigs. The Sanctum is a different matter - the building is gorgeous, it fits perfectly in the modular city and you can just hide that port-hole by placing it in the back.
If it isn’t upscaled it should be set back in a more country area behind the urban area so that the scale makes it seem like it’s farther in the distance
Does it actually have to be in the Lego City at all? It seems like it needs to grow so much that you may as well make a MOC from scratch, and that's even if you want it there. Sounds like it needs to eat so much into the countryside just for it to be enough of a spectacle to work, and that's a lot of retail space It's interesting on the surface, but like everyone else seems to be saying, they dropped the ball on this, and it feels like a Creator-standard set with an 18+ price
What if you placed it behind pop culture row across you opening in the table up against the stone wall backdrop. Will give it a sense of being out of the city and maybe add some force perspective until you can increase it in size.
It seems like a more stand alone set than meant to be in a lego city. I agree that it definitely looks more like a 14+ set as well. It does have a huge amount of potential though! It can be made into so many things if it isn’t used as the mansion.
Saw the second rollercoaster from your Lego haul. Would be cool to combine that with your other one for a larger custom ride. Maybe difficult to maintain functionality but sure would display well.
The x mansion was never in a city - it was out in the country. You could put it in the county side and build the basketball court out back for their jet to live and come out off.
You need to double its size! Its so small. I also agree that it's needs to be in the residential area with a large “grounds”area and basketball court (where the launch the blackbird from)
@bricksie you should put the mansion on top of a hillor on the greenside of the city Like in the comic its doesnt have neighboring houses! With no conparing houses next to it, it will appear bigger than it is!
i mean it looks like a shelf display, if it had been meant to fit in with the modulars or a city it would have been designed that way. i think i would like it better with at least a little landscaping, there's a lot of empty green studs
You should put it in the park area. There was a time in the X-men comics where the mansion was located in Central Park. Would make the set visible and close to the other super hero related sets in the city.
Apart from there being so little depth to the mansion, its floors are not tall enough. This is notable when it's compared to the residential area - the 3-story mansion is as tall as a 2-story house.
I think to make it really stand out, it should be in the countryside, and maybe increase the size by another two sets, to make it wider deeper and taller
I already said this set requires a rebrickable build to beef the mansion up. Im fine with an open back too, but it needs a 3rd floor and needs to be a little wider
why are all the youtubers so critical of these builds after the fact they have sat across the room from the creators of the set and dont raise there concerns or what they dislike and its not only this channel its overs to and its a lot of the same issues with this set
I get creators not wanting to express their concerns to designers especially with how strict the LAN is for example brixie being put on watch for accidentally leaking the rocket raccoon set despite it being Legos fault. It’s a difficult situation where being a successful Lego content creator is often reliant on LAN despite them being a pain to work with.
@shimarindango7810 I do agree but if there going to listen to anyone's opinion it will be the content creators as they definitely do no listen to the general public and they still remain with LAN after the critics in there later videos in most cases
@@robertdavies3842that would require a lot of creators to express the same concerns though, because people have spoken out and have been subsequently removed from LAN only to cause no change as to how LEGO works. I would love to see a mass criticism of LEGO from content creators for the many issues they seem to ignore but I just can’t see it happening. The only thing that has changed how they work in the past was due to them almost going bankrupt.
I dont think it should be in downtown or pop culture street… the mansion needs grounds, a gated drive etc.. maybe in the country
But it also needs to be larger. The central piece should be about the McAlistor residence's size.
I think this set is too expensive.
you posted this comment 10 min after the video was uploaded. maybe watch the video first
@@digitalrandomart3049 watched the whole video. Thanks…. Like every single other bricksie video ever made since he started.. was in the original 500 viewers but thanks. TH-cam times are summary not scientific, video says three hours ago but comments on here say five.. so how’s that
@@samwalker8893 seems to me like your answer was to confirm what Bricksie said, right?
@@samwalker8893 yeah but your comment makes no sense since he mentioned he will do that in the video
In the comics and the movies, the mansion is meant to be outside the city in a more remote area. In the first X-Men movie, Xavier states that the school is located in Westchester which is just outside New York and in the first Lego Marvel videogame, the mansion is on a remote hill, just outside Manhatten. So I suggest putting it in the more countryside area where you could have lots of nice trees and bushes surrounding it.
Ik how to fix it, use brick link to order pieces from first floor copy it to 2nd then it will be taller and then just , yeah
Thanks for saving me $330... This set is embarrassingly undersized and overpriced.
i had such high hopes and i'm severely disappointed
And where's the classrooms
@@kurt-di5emtheres one
I'd suggest putting it on the mountain, overlooking pop culture street. Then you can put a Blackbird set (I think there is one) flying in to land. Elevated on the mountain it would be visible, but far enough back that the size wouldn't look too bad.
That would be awesome.
This set is the biggest non starwars example of how greedy Lego is getting. This set is not worth the price. You're paying for the build, and in order to get a properly sized build you have to buy at least 2 of these.
Disney tax an fact new mini figs reason price is so high. Well that s what Lego. Tell s us .but with every body buying this set I'm sure thay geting back. More Mony. Than. Needed .it's hard to know ..but Lego need to understand. Manny Lego fan s. Not all. Rich..like some an cear about the price an size of a set. To get Mony s werth. Yes thay. Would no we not all rich ..it a kids set. But adult s to like X man. Most kids ..wouldent have the Mony to buy it. It's percents buying it. For them. So it's like Lego. Take s advantage on that ..than making price s lower ...to sale dubble the amount. Thay would get even more Mony. .I so find it silly. Why company's not put stuff at low price ..you would sale why. More ..than stuff at high price. Thay would sale less. But still get thay $$$ back .for what it cost them to have them. Made % mark up .on every set. Just cas it's Lego..name. Disney tax to paying the designers .
Just realized this…daily bugle is $20 more than this 😬😬😬😬😬 this definitely needed to be bigger. I still want it but that’s a terrible realization
I would have rather had a $500 mansion properly scaled to other sets and the city and additional minifigs with proper printing
I agree, if thats what it tkes to do right then needs to go all out.... I would have loved to see this as a open doll house version where the interrior pops out too, like some of those playsets of old. It fails in playability and even display its rather bland without the sentinel.
I don't think we should give Lego a pass saying they made it so small to "inspire creativity". Fact is they dropped the ball on this set, big time.
This was such an out of touch thing for bricksie to say. For most people, $330 is an absurdly high price for a set like this. It looks ridiculously small next to most other sets from the same theme, and for something called a “mansion” it’s laughably miniscule. They didn’t design the set this tiny to “inspire creativity”. They made it as cost effective as they think they can get away with to work within their set budget and are hoping people will buy it regardless because of their loyalty to Lego or nostalgia for x-men. Not all of us are given free copies of a $330 set just to have the privilege of spending another $330 to make it into the size it should have been in the first place.
@@justl4809 couldn't agree more. At the end of the day, I'm saving $330 that I was planning to spend a couple weeks ago...
@@justl4809 to give the man credit he continuously says it's absurdly expensive, tiny and out of scale with the rest of the modulars
Doll house style sets inspire more creativity than fully complete modulars. But im not gonna say it's a plus to have an open back design.
@@anonymouspenguin9876 He does but its almost as if he's trying to be careful and not be too negative since Lego sent him the set. Fact is, Lego does not deliver with this set in regards to size and value.
The X-Mansion is traditionally situated firmly in Westchester, an area of New York STATE that is quite a ways from major metropolitan areas.
Why are they blowing the price up on everything? I have over 200 sets (and every single architecture set made) and have been collecting since 2015. Over the last 1-3 years the prices have skyrocketed and it’s going to get worse.
LEGO is changing the way they make bricks or the packaging to go more green and everything will go up. The x men jet costs 85 bucks and it’s got like 300 pieces. It’s ridiculous and people are going to stop buying these sets.
Don't buy it... i stopped buying Lego since 2022 too expensive and way too much garbage
A set like this with this price should not be made in mind to double up. For this price the amount of stickers, reuse of figures (again not using the wolverine from the cmf is criminal) and the small size of the building is criminal. Even the minigif count. The mos eisly cantina had 20 figures for 350 (Now 400 but even then). This set is a ripoff in any way that I can see and should be 250 or MAX 280
Country side and build a masonry fence around the house to build some kind of courtyard and grounds for the students , could even get a second one and double up for a huge xmen private school as it’s modular
Sounds like another 2 sets needed to bulk it up. Also needs a basketball court/swimming pool opening up with the x-jet below 😉
X-jet could work as a set. Though that probably wouldn't end up in a usable scale to include in the city.
I don’t understand why X-men has an even higher IP premium than say Starwars. The X-men 97 X-wing is also absurdly priced.
Are you calling the Blackbird an X-Wing lol
The mansion reminds me of a school from the early 1900's so that's what I'm going to use it for. The minifigs will be in my Halloween village as kids dressed up for trick or treating. It won't be all decked out in Marvel so I'll have extra parts for my parts stash.
When I first looked at it, it reminded me of the clock tower in the Back To The Future movies. Maybe a rebrickable model is in the future…. 😊
I think it would look great on the mountain overlooking the city. Being higher up may make it look more in-line with other sized buildings, and could do some surrounding grounds stuff without taking a lot of the countryside which already seems planned out well... and plopping this mansion in the countryside wouldn't quite look right, I don't think.
I think it does match the scale of the sanctum. The sanctum is just tall enough to not look out of place next to other modulars.
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I think the mansion should be twice as wide & deep, three floors high.
The two side wings, might actually, need to be a baseplate, each.
Say each section, being a baseplate wide, 1.5 deep, double Boutique Hotel staircase, all the way upwards, with the elevator on the back, on one side, WC-room on the other side.
Too little dormitories or class rooms.
Say three of your big grey baseplates.
Even 2 could get the job done!
I hate to say it, but this building is a lot more along the lines of some of the decade old creator 3 in 1 city sets like the “bicycle shop and cafe” or “toy and grocery shop”. It’s got very simplistic architecture for a 2024 set, and like those sets I mentioned it’s too small to look like it belongs on a street of modulars (even ones that haven’t been enlarged as yours have) without a lot of custom modifications and additions. I think a lot of the cost is in all those minifigs, the sentinel, and the costly IP, so there wasn’t much left for the building. It’s a set thats good for its play qualities more than its display qualities. If I were a kid I would love this for play, but the price probably puts it out of most parent’s budget. With all that, I am confused who the intended audience really is. I am disappointed. I won’t be purchasing it, and I’m not inclined to recreate just the building only for my city because it’s not interesting by itself.
it's seems like an 10+ build
It looks like a friends set. The new Heartlake School. Lol
I think it’s quite an ugly set actually. I’d break it up and use it for parts!
It's very reminiscent of the 90's cartoon, so I think Beast and Jubillee should have been included instead of Iceman and Bishop. It looks a good set, though but you could expand it if you have the bricks for it and it would look great in the countryside - perhaps you could have a cave nearby where the X-Men's jet is stored.
Mountain top display, on the side of the mountains overlooking the downtown core, back behind the ninjago lake. Let's you make easter eggs below ground, that showcase the below ground training grounds under your raised platforms. Only seen when you pop up through one of your access holes, but still cool!
Then you can also have Wayne Manor on adjacent grounds with a secret bat cave, with a hidden entrance in one of the "closed" arches of the raised platform coverings!
I will say one thing that it has over the standard modular buildings I appreciate the fact that the floors are completely tiled off.
As a long time X-Men fan and a Lego modular fan I thought this was an obvious win…. But I’m super bummed out seeing how ridiculously undersized it is!
I really appreciate your attempt at being positive about the set Bricksie, but I agree it doesn’t live up to the other Marvel modular buildings (or really any modular building!) Getting the $330 to buy one of these would be a stretch but needing two or three to truly make it appropriately sized and detailed is out of hand for the majority of collectors. I love the X-Men but I hope that Lego gets the message that they can’t skimp out and then charge a premium.
Thanks as always for your review Bricksie!
While the set is on the small side, your Sanctum Santorum and Daily Bugle are modified to be bigger, which exacerbates the size difference.
Exactly💀💀 even avengers tower which is absolutely massive looks a bit small next to the massive daily double Daily Bugle he made. All the buildings around it are like 8-9 stories tall, so of course it’ll look small.
Thanks for the review. As a Lego ambassador though, I think you really should let Lego know what your followers think about the set. My thoughts are that any modular set over $200 should not require you to buy more bricks to make it fit into a Lego city.
This is a reason to have a Super Hero Land in the amusement park for sets like this that don't fit in elsewhere. Ride buildings are smaller scale since you go below ground to board the ride.
Home alone house should be the x mansion hope thay do separate bigger danger room later awesome review 🍕
Now i'm even more curious about what you're going to do with the amusement park in the future. Because when you look at the scale, it doesn't make sense if some of the rides are going to be as high or even higher than the mountaintops...
It belongs in the country side and it needs a pool for the jet to come out off😊
Can’t wait for someone to add to it as a moc on Rebrickable cause I definitely wanna add more pieces to make it larger
You and me both!
Had to pause to say I think the X-Men estate is a fantastic idea and with the depth you are going for in the countryside you can build the ultimate easter egg and have the X-Jet set built into the underground with a modular style remove able landscape on top.
Unfortunately, Lego is pricing out a lot of adults with this set for it being so expensive and really so small. This is the X-men Mansion!! It should be a lot bigger ( like they should have added a 3rd floor) and they should have added more detail to the exsisting figures for this insanely high price of $330. For example, look at the Daily Buge set that is only $20 more and the Bugle set is a 1000x better and bigger than this set and with a lot more figures! I saw this set at my local Lego store the other day and it was incerdibly underwelming! I won't be buying this set unless I find it for a fantastic deal. This set is a crazy let down.
Have you considered doubling the size of that mansion, like what you did with the daily bugle?
Exactly lol. His bugle and other buildings around it are like 8 stories tall which makes it look even smaller
8:16 hey @bricksie That would make a very nice custom Courthouse opposite your Central Park from your Townhall. I mean it doesn't have to be the X Mansion.
The mansion looks more like a toy you would go out and buy for a kid, I can see Lego needs to keep costs down but there are other ways. One being to sell modules for the mansion with 1 or 2 figures and once you have them all they form the mansion to the correct size, it could still be customisable by getting extra modules or just using what parts you have. Each part would be affordable with the final build costing far more than this one but spread out over time as they release sections. Displayed as the mansion is now is the only thing its good for, A lot of money for a dust collector.
Should be priced around $250 USD,this would be comparable to other modular buildings and at a lower price, we would be more willing to purchase multiple sets to super size.
If you create an Estate, you could have it elevated, hinting that there is more underground.
I agree with the estate idea. Currently waaay too small for the city.
He might eventually have to supersize it even with spending another whopping 430 dollars 😔
I have limited space, but I plan on adding a half plate on both sides with some plants and some room for any future x men. And a plate in the back for a basketball quarter for the x jet to be on, probably have room for a car or something too
You've heard about tiny houses, now make way for LEGO and their invention, the tiny mansion!
Can the sentinel can stand on it's own? If so it's a waste of space to put it on the studs for their design. If they did use the blank space you'd pay even more with the increased piece size, and the height would still be dissapointing. If there is the argument of them wanting to display a battle scene it's kinda meh, there is plenty of action to be found on the box image of the Avengers Tower and the Daily Bugle and it didn't need to have this space up front to do so. On the box of this one Wolverine and Cyclops are still standing on a flat surface despite having the garden and sidewalk.
This would be better without the presence of the sentinel and a increased size for the mansion all around. Give Magneto's sentinel as a GWP or make it a set of it's own with a few (missing) minifigures and you're done and people can make it a battle scene if they want to. Despite this criticism the modular design of it and the interior design is nice.
Agreed. The failed on the scale of the building for this set.
The sticker with the multiple mutants that say collected/ missing is a reference to the ‘Days of Future Past’ comic
Hey @bricksie, check your local IKEA.
Down here in Australia all the BYGGLEK Lego/ikea boxes are on clearance @ $5!
Good for some winter village building!
Maybe you should keep the x-mansion right where it is now. In other words, it looks good there!! ❤ just a thought. Maybe you could make the base of it bigger and spread the stuff out so you see 👀, more of the building !!! 👷♂️ 😊
So disappointing, the modular town hall is a better x-mansion.
Thank you for a sincere review Jordan! Most LAN people are telling their followers this is awesome but I think Lego just left a big gap on this set, its just way to small!
6:00 The Home Alone house is $300 with 3955 pieces and the X-Mansion is $330 with 3093 pieces. So for $30 less you almost get a thousand more pieces and a bigger building. I love X-Men, but this set isn’t a great value considering how small it is and the number of stickers.
I'm sure didn't ask because you wanted to be invited back... But did you happen to ask the designers or any Lego representative why they continue to put out so many sticker pieces vs print!? Especially when it is a number one complaint to fans.
They also need to stop using the cost excuse. There are so many sites and ppl on whatnot selling custom UV printed tiles and figs... On real Lego pieces. These questions need answers! P. S. I hate stickers!
The answer is production costs. It’s a lot easier for a 3rd party company to custom print a part for sale than a massive company making parts all over the globe that go into sets.
There's a reason it's canonically in upstate New York.
Yeah I feel like this set needs to beefed up to at least 2 full baseplates and 3 floors.
It needs one more story, and the 4 extra studs in the back need to be taken away and used for more space inside if you do decide to re do it look at some pictures from xmen 97 as reference it's mainly based off that design
It would be cool built into the mountain somehow so when you look down pop culture street you see it in the background.
It needs to be in the country
It DOES need to be outside the city as Xavier's mansion has always been depicted in a non-urban environment. It's supposed to look like its in upstate New York or (for a local reference) a gated mansion in Sherwood Park
Definitively, each floor had to be at least 2 bricks taller, and the frontyard should be a little smaller to become something "modular" compatible.
But you can give the illusion of making it bigger by placing it somewhere isolated from the rest of the city.
It really needs to be in a country estate type setting.. with enough room an X-Jet as well.
I only have the avengers tower, the bugle, and a custom parking garage. This would be my 4th modular building. I was wondering what everyone else was doing with the mansion because it would look crazy in combination with what I got. My plan for now is to put it on the nightstand I have next to the dresser with the other buildings. Everyone knows the X-men mansion is isolated. It’s like just like Wayne manner. Until I get my own place and have more space I’ll probably do an L desk and do one side city and other rich residentials.
Remember the X-Mansion is not just what is above ground. What is below ground takes up even more space. Then there’s also the launch for the Blackbird out the wide of the hill/cliff. Hilly countryside would be better than city or suburbs. Watch X-Men the Animated Series for inspiration. The danger room and other elements were below the school as the dorms and regular schoolrooms were in mansion. The Xavier estate was large. The hangar is usually featured as being under the basketball court. There is also a cemetery on the grounds.
Thank you Jordan. I was on the fence with this one, as I love Sanctum which fits in perfectly with standard Modulars,, but this is just far too small to be considered a "Modular" building (especially for the price). So your video has saved me the disappointment of buying this for myself.
You should build it in the country. Triple the size, build a tennis court that opens and then have the jet raise out of it.
I actually wonder if rather than doubling up building back to back might be a solution with this set to feel more Mansion like, the reverse would need some heavy edits. so you can incorporate the easter eggs on the back.
Definitely the set needs more width depth and height. At least 2 more sets would accomplish that.
How about at your layout access point in the countryside (the cut out section of the tables) you place the X-men mansion on the mountain right at the edge and detail the bases lower levels. Maybe more interesting building the lower levels then just more rocks of the cut away mountain.
I feel like this should have been like five sets? Like having a danger room with some figures and so on. So if you get all of them you make the whole mansion. This would get you the figures and more space. Coming back to lego, I am shocked at how tiny the interiors are in a lot of sets.
The Mansion isn’t even in the city. You need to put it the country side like the shows and movies.
What if you put the X-Mansion in the countywide on the green hill/lower mountains creating a forced perspective
If you put it in the countryside or near the mountain, you could make a secret door that allows the x-jet to take off.
Put it in bedded in the mountain facing pop culture street. That way it’s size looks bigger as it’s higher and further away
The question I am about to ask is not a criticism against Jordan. I understand the situation the people invited to Billund are in, but do any of them actually call out the developers on the criticisms? Did anyone ask why the set is so small, why so many stickers when AFOLs hate them or why the price is so high? It’s the one chance to really get the answers everyone wants to know. I’m sure it could be done respectfully.
It needs to be in the countryside, after all, that's where it would be canonically anyways
Another reason why it does not look good on pop culture street is because you have modified the size of the buildings. If left original…. It would have looked better
I agree - this all started with the sanctum that was cramped out of the box too - will still get it but it def needs another floor or more depth
What about a "mansion expansion pack" with just the parts needed to expand the building? I don't think a whole second set is needed... you don't need another roof, another sentinel, another cerebro, another beast desk. All you need are the parts to make the rooms taller and wider. Could be an opportunity for some entrepreneur out there! Fan made expansion packs for LEGO sets that are too small or just need some beefing up.
You could put it on the raised platform above the residential section. Yes I know that you plan to put mountains there but perhaps the could go around it.
I would increase the size of the mansion. Customize the interior and place it in the countryside with a walled and gated perimeter. I would also place it close to the mountain and create the underground areas inside with an access tunnel.
I’ve got an idea! Don’t put it in your city at all!
It is not only way too short and with far too wide an empty a front, but it lacks the detail required to match the modulars. No thanks, is my view, because I couldn't give a fig for the minifigs. The Sanctum is a different matter - the building is gorgeous, it fits perfectly in the modular city and you can just hide that port-hole by placing it in the back.
If it isn’t upscaled it should be set back in a more country area behind the urban area so that the scale makes it seem like it’s farther in the distance
The X-Men live in a secluded place in the country. The X-Mansion has always been depicted as being in the countryside.
Does it actually have to be in the Lego City at all? It seems like it needs to grow so much that you may as well make a MOC from scratch, and that's even if you want it there. Sounds like it needs to eat so much into the countryside just for it to be enough of a spectacle to work, and that's a lot of retail space
It's interesting on the surface, but like everyone else seems to be saying, they dropped the ball on this, and it feels like a Creator-standard set with an 18+ price
A suggestion would be to place it on the mountain (just other side of the raised line wall) overlooking the residential area or closer to dntn core.
I'm glad you're thinkging of making an x mansion estate that's exactly what I was hoping you'd do
What if you placed it behind pop culture row across you opening in the table up against the stone wall backdrop. Will give it a sense of being out of the city and maybe add some force perspective until you can increase it in size.
It seems like a more stand alone set than meant to be in a lego city. I agree that it definitely looks more like a 14+ set as well. It does have a huge amount of potential though! It can be made into so many things if it isn’t used as the mansion.
Saw the second rollercoaster from your Lego haul. Would be cool to combine that with your other one for a larger custom ride. Maybe difficult to maintain functionality but sure would display well.
The x mansion was never in a city - it was out in the country. You could put it in the county side and build the basketball court out back for their jet to live and come out off.
That set is 1/4 the size of what it should be. Great video!
You need to double its size! Its so small. I also agree that it's needs to be in the residential area with a large “grounds”area and basketball court (where the launch the blackbird from)
Scale wise this set is the X-Men mansion guest house located behind and adjacent to the actual mansion.
@bricksie you should put the mansion on top of a hillor on the greenside of the city Like in the comic its doesnt have neighboring houses! With no conparing houses next to it, it will appear bigger than it is!
i mean it looks like a shelf display, if it had been meant to fit in with the modulars or a city it would have been designed that way. i think i would like it better with at least a little landscaping, there's a lot of empty green studs
I think this is gonna end up like a lot of your buildings where you’re gonna have to buy a second set and just make it larger to fit into your city
You should put it in the park area. There was a time in the X-men comics where the mansion was located in Central Park. Would make the set visible and close to the other super hero related sets in the city.
What a fun video! I predict someday in the future an expanded X-Men Estate will be placed in the countryside with an X-Jet hovering over it.
Apart from there being so little depth to the mansion, its floors are not tall enough. This is notable when it's compared to the residential area - the 3-story mansion is as tall as a 2-story house.
I think to make it really stand out, it should be in the countryside, and maybe increase the size by another two sets, to make it wider deeper and taller
I already said this set requires a rebrickable build to beef the mansion up. Im fine with an open back too, but it needs a 3rd floor and needs to be a little wider
why are all the youtubers so critical of these builds after the fact they have sat across the room from the creators of the set and dont raise there concerns or what they dislike and its not only this channel its overs to and its a lot of the same issues with this set
Yes and the designers haven’t built them to accommodate and fit into peoples cities .
I get creators not wanting to express their concerns to designers especially with how strict the LAN is for example brixie being put on watch for accidentally leaking the rocket raccoon set despite it being Legos fault. It’s a difficult situation where being a successful Lego content creator is often reliant on LAN despite them being a pain to work with.
@shimarindango7810 I do agree but if there going to listen to anyone's opinion it will be the content creators as they definitely do no listen to the general public and they still remain with LAN after the critics in there later videos in most cases
@@robertdavies3842that would require a lot of creators to express the same concerns though, because people have spoken out and have been subsequently removed from LAN only to cause no change as to how LEGO works. I would love to see a mass criticism of LEGO from content creators for the many issues they seem to ignore but I just can’t see it happening. The only thing that has changed how they work in the past was due to them almost going bankrupt.