Minifigure Spotlight Series 13 Fencer

I'm still looking for that elusive Hotdog Guy, but I did manage to find another Series 13 minifigure I didn't have.  En garde!!

This guy is pretty easy to feel for, just look for his epee.  And FYI know that a fencing sword is called an epee is a great crossword solution.

Know your minifigures - Black Widow

Last one until the rest of the sets are reveled. 

Black Widow gets new hair, body and head. Gone are the ginger eyebrows.  But don't worry she still has a scowl face too.

Better know you minifigures - Hawkeye

Continuing our look at the new versions of previous Marvel minifigures we have Hawkeye.  I read an interesting article the other day on how Hawkeye might become a much bigger player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after Avengers: Age of Ultron comes out.  He's also suppose to be making an appearance on Agents of SHIELD later this year.  To me he was always the weakest of the non-superpowered heroes in both the movies and comics.  I mean he shoots a bow and arrow and is going up against gods. At least Green Arrow tends to fight to his level.  But I digress.  Here we have a comparison from Hakweye's two minifigures. He was originally put in two sets from the original round of Avengers movie sets, 6867 and 6868, and we know he's in the new helicarrier set.

Completely different heads, body and hair. I think the bow is the same though.

Minifigure Spotlight Simpsons Series - Scratchy

I got to visit a Lego store down in Bellvue, Washington around New Years.  I picked up a couple great sets that will eventually be featured and they also had Simpsons blind packs on sale so I picked up a couple.  I didn't take time to feel out the contents, but since I only had one other figure from the series I figured it was worth a shot.  One of those figures was this great Scratchy minifigure.  I think Lego did a great job on these figures.  The head molds are fantastic.

Minifigure Spotlight Series 13 Female Cyclops

When Lego put the Cyclops in Series 9 it was by far my favorite of the Series.  However the Series 13 female cyclops is overshadowed by the Hotdog man.

That doesn't mean she's not great.  I will say that the only reason you know she's a girl cyclops is the lipstick. 

She also comes with two "faces". Just like her Series 9 counterpart.

Better Know Your Minifigures - Nick Fury

Continuing the Better Know Your Minifigures from the new minis in the SHIELD Helicarrier set and their old counterparts.  

The original Nick Fury was found the the Ultimate Spider-man set, Spider Cycle Chase (76004). It was a great set that also had Venom in it and a SHIELD truck that converted into a flying truck.  There was also the standard Spider-man.  With the new Nick we get a Movie version, the head looks the same, but  a whole new body.

Better know your Minifigures - The Captain Americas

If you didn't already know the Lego world is abuzz with the announcement and official images of the new SHIELD Helicarrier mega set.  It looks pretty cool, I won't be picking it up way out of my price range and it's set #76042, so I'm interested to see what fills the gap with the new Avengers sets and the Stark Tower and this set.  With the Helicarrier set we also get 4 old characters that get totally new minifigures.  This might be premature seeing as there might be another Captain America minifigure with his mask on in one of the new unannounced sets.

Anyways so far since Lego has acquired a new Marvel license we've had 2 previous versions of Captain America.

The new Cap also comes with a dual face.

From the released photos  I can't tell if Cap's shield is different, but it doesn't appear to be.