Movie news comes via some strange sources; take these new LEGO sets for example. New LEGO displays at the 2013 London Toy Fair have revealed some spoilers for such upcoming films as Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and The Lone Ranger. The spoilers come mostly in the vein of action sequences or locations for epic battles, but there are a few character inclusions that may raise an eyebrow or too as well. Hit the jump to check out images and descriptions of the new LEGO sets. All of our LEGO information comes via BrickExtra. Check out the images and descriptions for Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and The Lone Ranger below: Released in April for the Iron Man 3 film, each set recreates a major scene from the movies: 76006 as yet unamed … includes figures Iron Man, War Machine (yes, the picture looked like the leaked picture we’ve seen on this forum!) and Aldrich Killian. Price Point is £19.99. 76007 as yet unamed … includes figures Tony Stark, Pepper Potts (exclusive to that set), Mk42 Iron Man, The Mandarin and another, as yet unamed, figure!
Price Point is £34.99 76998 as yet unamed … includes an exclusive Iron Man and The Mandarin. That’s all I noted down. Price point is £11.99. Released in May for the Superman Man of Steel film, again, each set recreated major scenes from the movies: 76002 as yet unamed … includes Superman and General Zod minifigures. 76003 as yet unamed … includes Superman, Colonel Hardy, General Zod, Faora and another figure perhaps, but I can’t read my own handwriting … maybe Lorvan?! 76009 as yet unamed … includes an exclusive Lois Lane, Superman and General Zod. All of the Lone Ranger sets were on display, although the minifigures for 4 of the sets were not present at the Toy Fair … they were all replaced with standard yellow figures. The release date were were given was 19th July, although the dealer catalogue I have suggests May. The sets overall looked really good and may we drive a resurgence is interest in cowboy themes. The guy who was showing us these sets said that the Lone Ranger figure is different in each set, although I can’t vouch for that as we didn’t see all the variants.
79106 Cavalry Builder Set … a nice little “battle pack” set, with 3 cavalry figure and the Lone Ranger. Comes with a horse (the one that can rear up, that first came in the LOTR sets) and a small fort & cannon. 79107 Comanche Camp … a set consisting of a wigwam, canoe and a scorpion pit. Comes with 3 figures, Lone Ranger, Tonto and Chief Redmeat (if I heard my audio recording correctly). 79108 Stagecoach Escape … a pretty nice looking stagecoach (with proper suspension), featuring 5 minifigures … Tonto, Lone Ranger, 2 bad guys and Red Harrington, plus 3 horses. Apparently, the safe that’s on top of the Stagecoach was a Lego invention and they liked it so much, they put it in the film! 79109 Colby City Showdown … a bank and a jail, both of which have plenty of play features where parts of the sets will blow up … a safe, the front of the bank and the jail cell. Figures include 2 bad guys, Dan Reid, Tonto and the Lone Ranger. 79110 Silver Mine Shootout … a pretty nice playset, again featuring parts of the set that will blow up.
Set features Tonto, the Lone Ranger, 2 baddies and another Indian. There seemed to be some nice chrome silver parts too (Coins, bullion bars etc), which is the treasure the baddie is trying to steal, I assume. 79111 Constitution Train Chase … a great looking train, including a complete circle of track and seven minifigures – Rebecca Reid, Tonto, Lone Ranger, Rebecca Reid’s son, cavalry officer (that had a rather nice cavalry hat and hair mold) and another bad guy who also has a working gattling gun, which was a good play feature indeed. As you might have heard by now, the Lone Ranger movie tanked – badly. Disney is expecting to loose at least $150 million on the film. Of course this wasn’t a surprise. A couple of years ago a similar film, Cowboys & Aliens, flopped as well. I have no idea why they keep pushing these Western-themed films; today’s movie-going crowd is just not as enamored with cowboy movies as previous generations. They should have known that…
For LEGO fans however this is not so bad news; it just means that the LEGO Lone Ranger sets are going on sale! And, as you know, LEGO did a wonderful job on these sets! The design, the selection, the colors, and the minifigs are all really sweet. So if you are into Western, you will love the sets, and even if you are not, the dropping prices will allow you to pick up some nice parts and minifigs on the cheap for your own LEGO creations. Oh, and don’t forget about that lovely train! The LEGO Lone Ranger sets are currently on sale on Amazon, and you can also expect local retailers to clear them out soon as well. At Amazon you get free shipping for orders over $25 and no tax to most states, plus the convenience of not having to go shopping. 🙄 ➡ #79106 LEGO Lone Ranger Cavalry Builder – Includes 4 minifigures with weapons and accessories: the Lone Ranger and 3 cavalry soldiers. Great army-building set! This set is not on sale right now, but the regular price of $13 is not at all bad. –
➡ #79107 LEGO Lone Ranger Comanche Camp – Includes 3 minifigures with weapons: the Lone Ranger, Tonto and Red Knee. Good set if you need Native American minifigs. Price is $20 – BUY ON AMAZON ➡ #79108 LEGO Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape – Includes 5 minifigures with weapons and accessories: the Lone Ranger, Tonto, Red Harrington and 2 bandits, Jesus and Barret. One of the nicest LEGO sets ever released! If you only get one Lone Ranger sets get this one! And right now the price is only $25, that’s 17% off! – ➡ #79109 LEGO Lone Ranger Colby City Showdown – Includes 5 minifigures with weapons and accessories: the Lone Ranger, Tonto, Texas Ranger Dan Reid and 2 bandits, Ray and Frank. This is a very nice set for some Western-style buildings, and the minifig selection is also excellent. Current price: $44, that’s 13% off. – ➡ #79110 LEGO Lone Ranger Silver Mine Shootout – Includes 5 minifigures with weapons and accessories: the Dusty Lone Ranger and Tonto, Chief Big Bear, Butch Cavendish and the bandit, Skinny Kyle. Th
is set is excellent if you are looking for a good selection of brown, tan and gray elements. Current price: $59, that’s 15% off. – ➡ #79111 LEGO Lone Ranger Constitution Train Chase – Includes 7 minifigures with weapons and accessories: the Lone Ranger, Tonto, Rebecca Reid, Danny Reid, Butch Cavendish, Latham Cole and Captain Fuller. This is one awesome train and you also get a full set of tracks! Plus a bunch of minifigs! Current price: $85, that’s 15% off. – Please keep in mind that prices on Amazon fluctuate quite a bit, so sale prices can be even better by the time you read this. Sets can also sell out quite fast, but I expect LEGO Lone Ranger sets to be around until the end of they year before they fully sell out at various retailers. Once the theme gets fully discontinued prices will rise again on the secondary market. I think these sets will be great-resellers; especially the stagecoach and the train. 🙄 What do you think? Are you planning to pick up any LEGO Lone Ranger sets before they get discontinued? How