X-Men

76294 The X-Mansion: New Marvel Modular Revealed

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Its been rumored for some time now, and now it is finally here: 76294 The X- Mansion. The most iconic location in Marvel’s X-Men Universe and home to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, this is the fourth in the range of ‘Marvel Modular’ sets and only the eighth LEGO® set in the 12 year history of LEGO® Marvel Superheroes to feature the X-Men.

Priced at $AUD499.99/ €329.99/ £289.99/ $USD 329.99, set 76294 has 3093 pieces and comes with 10 minifigures. The new minifigures include Professor X, a new variation of Jean Grey, Gambit, Iceman and Bishop.

Unveiling the set at the 2024 Recognised LEGO Fan Media Days, Senior Designer Justin Ramsden described the set as “…our love letter to the X-Men Universe”

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Please, Let me X-Plane [76281 X-Men Jet – Review]

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The final episode of the first season of X-Men’97 – an animated series on Disney Plus – drops today. Branko has taken a look at the latest version of the X-Men Jet. How does it shape up on its own, or in comparison with the previous version?

Today, we will be exploring one of the background heroes from the X-Men universe (X-maniverse?), the X-Men Jet. This jet shows up in many X-Men comics and movies but never really takes the lead. Like many X-Men characters, the jet changes appearance regularly, so we’ll have a look at how swooshable and showable this new jet is. In doing so, we will also compare it to a previous incarnation: 76022 X-Men vs The Sentinel.

This 76281 X-men jet contains 359 pieces retailing at AU$99.99/ £74.99/US$84.99/€84.99, which, let’s be plain, is expensive. The LEGO Group provided this set for review purposes. All opinions are our own. And that opinion is: It’s very expensive, but is there more?

What makes this Jet tick? Is it worth the upgrade if you already have the previous one? How about the mini figures? Do they offer anything special? Why don’t you come along for a meander across various aspects of this 76281 X-men jet after the break.

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