Opening up a Few Lego DC Blind Bags with my Mini Me

Better Know your Wonder Women part 2

With the new Lego DC Super Heroes Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice set 76046 Heroes of Justice: Sky High Battle we get a new Wonder Woman minifigure.  I featured Wonder Woman's previous two minifigures last year and now we need to update so here is the updated Better Know your Wonder Woman minifigures.

Know your Wonder Women!

With the first new wave of DC Super Hero sets we get some new characters, some old characters, and some already feature characters in new designs.  I've already featured the Martian Manhunter, but Wonder Woman also gets another figure and it's completely different from the one before.  While the Superman and Flash minifigures appear to be exactly the same it's nice to see that not all the characters that were featured in sets last year are.

As a matter of fact Wonder Woman is completely different.  In last year's set the Power Armor Lex Luthor we got a more classic 70's TV Wonder Woman.  In the new Gorilla Grodd set we get a more modern Wonder Woman.  Even the colors are different.  From the tiara to the body and the legs.  Plus you get her invisible plane in the set.  

Know your Martian Manhunter!

The first round of new DC Super Heroes is out and the Brainiac Attack set (76040) features a new Martian Manhunter minifigure.

I was pretty excited because I missed the previous minifigure that was given out online if you spent more than $100 at Lego.com.  But if you did get one don't fret the two minifigures are different.

Not only are the heads different but the cape, body, and legs are all different too.

2015 DC Super Heroes sets

I was perusing the posts over at FBTB they had a huge image dump of all the offical new 2015 sets set for early release next year.  Lots of new Star Wars stuff, Lego Movie (isn't that so last year?) and the new Speed line up of race cards, but what I was really interested in was the new DC Super Heroes images.  Yes the sets are still Batman heavy, but at least we get two non-movie Superman sets and we get a lot of kick-ass supporting cast.  I've borrowed this images from FBTB.

 Sweet finally a Green Lantern minifigure.  And why is freaking Batman in this set.  Why can't Green lantern carry a set.  As a matter of fact let's do a Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Hal Jordon vs Sinestro set.  That would have made me happier.  Sure we get a Space Suit Batman, but who cares I don't need anymore Batman minifigures, I do however need a Green Lantern one.

 It looks like the Batman in this set and the next one are exactly the same. I'm not sure with out consulting the great Batman minifigure variation chart if this is a new minifigure design or a reused one I'll let someone else figure that out for now.  I'm more excited to see Captain Cold.  We've already seen mini's of Wonder Woman and the Flash, would have been nice if they had been replaced with something else and I'm not sure, but at least the Wonder Woman might be different then the one in the Power Armor Lex set.

 The only thing exciting for the the Deep Sea Strike set is the Black Manta, Aquaman looks just like the Arctic set from the 2014 line up.  Although those of you who love the Bat vehicles now can get the Bat-sub. And I guess the Scuba Robin will go good with the Scuba Batman from the Penguin Face off set.

The first of the Superman sets is a big one and the most expensive of the new sets for sure.  But you go get a couple cool new figures, Mainly the Hawkman, Cyborg, and Green Arrow.  The Superman minifig looks the same from the Power Armor Lex set, but maybe not.  And of course if you love the oversized figure there's Darkseid. I guess with the Cyborg minifigure you could start a Teen Titans set.  Could Raven and Starfire be far behind, yeah probably.

This set and the Green Lantern set are by far my two favorites and I will most likely be picking these up when they become available.  What makes this set so great. J'onn J'onzz and Supergirl.  Plus that Brainiac jellyfish brings back some great comic book memories.  Plus this set won't be that expensive. I'm guessing that this one will be in the $24.99 slot.

Getting closer to putting together a Justice League

I have no idea if Lego is ever planning on putting out a Justice League themed set from the DC Super Heroes line. Right now everything is Batman related. But I just saw that March's Lego Promotion will be for this guy...

homana homana homana. That's the freaking Martian Manhunter and any fan the Justice League, especially the old school team, will  know this guy.  We are getting one step closer to having a full licensed Justice League minifigure set. Just need a Green Lantern and Green Arrow to show up, maybe a Black Canary. So far we've got a slew of Batman to choose from, one non-movie Superman, a Wonder Woman, Flash, and Aquaman.  I'm going to start working on my JLA satellite right now!!

76009 Superman: Black Zero Escape

I'll be honest I haven't seen Man of Steel yet.  It's on my to do list. Anyway, when the movie came out Lego gave us 3 movie related sets. Unfortuneatly all three sets have the same Superman and Zod.

For my money the middle set is probably the best deal. Plus you get Lois Lane. If all you're interested in is the Superman and Zod I'd say just grab the smaller $12.99 set.

The Superman is different from the 6862 Superman vs Power Armor Lex  set. Which is currently the only other Lego set to feature Superman that is not movie related.

The control area has a sliding door and a fold down computer screen.

The escape pod is big and has all sorts of neat details

On to the minis.  Every minifigure in this set has two faces to pick from.

Zod has a lot of pieces and comes with extra hair to display him without his helmet.

Back detail with out the camp

Front detail without the armor.

A Closer Look - 76012 - Batman: The Riddler Chase

Well the selves are still really bare in the Lego aisle up here in Alaska. I did see some fresh Lego Movie minifigures finally, but no movie sets and no new other 2014 sets.  Lego has release it's first two new DC Super Heroes sets. Both Batman related.  The one I'm most interested in is this set. Mainly because I'm slowly building my Justice League minifigure set. Previously you can get Superman (non-movie), Wonder Woman, Batman, and Aquaman.  This set will let me add the Flash. Now here's hoping we get a Green Lantern and or Green Arrow soon.

I'm not sure how or why the Riddler came about a drag racer or why he seems to think that it's the best getaway vehicle, but you do get a pretty cool looking new Batmobile out of the set.

Let's look closer at the Mini's!!

 First up we get a new Batman with gray suit and black cape and cowl and lone black bat. It does look similar to previous versions, although the ones I've seen the belt is different. I think this is the 14th new Batman in the line and we get another  new suit, the aqua suit in the upcoming Penguin release. The one that comes with the new Man-Bat set is a black suit, cape and cowl with the bat in the yellow oval. That one looks very similar to previously released minifigures, although I'm not an expert. I do like that Lego has realized the potential with it's Batman figures and the different variations of suits. Now if they would just do that more with Ironman.

 Of course the highlight of this set for me will be getting an official Flash minifigure. I'm not sure if this Flash is suppose to be Barry Allen or Wally West, but it's still the classic Flash.

I'm a big fan of the comic book villians too. A hero is only as good as his rogues gallery. And while the Riddler is far from my favorite Batman villian this is a new version.

I'll have a full review and photos of the build when I get this one in my grubby little hands.

76000 - Arctic Batman vs Mr. Freeze: Aquaman on Ice

To quote Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger from the franchise killing movie Batman and Robin, "Chill out."

When I first saw this set come out earlier this year it was on my must haves. I mean you get a great Batman variation and Aquaman! Sure Aquaman gets his fair share of ribbing, but let's face it, unless Lego decides to do a full blown Justice League set you're probably not going to see another Aquaman mini anywhere else but here.

Let have a look at the set.

Mr. Freeze is up to his antics again and it's up to Batman to free a frozen Aquaman.

The Bat-Blade is pretty neat.

Those orange things on the back I do believe are suppose to be detatable mines or something like that

The push rods in the back are suppose to shoot out these discs. I'm not sure what they are supopse to be.  And they don't come out easily either.

Here's a look in the cockpit.

And a close up of the jet flame and butt mines.

The ice prison is pretty well done and actually would pair nice with the Yeti mini from Series 11.

Alright lets have a look at the minis

First up is the Arctic Suit Batman. I think it would have been cooler if the Batarangs had been white too.

Batman comes with dual faces as well.

Aquaman.  I lost his trident somewhere and still haven't been able to find it.

He's also dual faced.

Mr. Freeze.  DC has a whole stable of cold related villians. Mr. Freeze, Captain Cold, Killer Frost, you get the idea and oddly enough I think all three are in Batman's rogues gallery.

Mr. Freezes backback is a reuse of the Astronauts backpack with blue visor. I think it works well.

Here's a look at Freezy striped down.

Over all a nice little set. Can't go wrong for this set for around $20.  The variant Batman and Aquaman make it more than worth it.