Customize Lego Thor: Ragnarok Figures

I won’t say much in thus post. Let the pics do the talking.

I did this about two months before SPM. :p

A few things to take note of:
1) I fold half the cape to resemble Thor’s new look like in the Thor: Ragnarok movie,
2) I used Darkseid’s left arm for the arm-covering of Hulk’s gladiator look, and
3) I used blue tack to attach the spikes on the arm-covering.

The review:

That’s all for now. I’ve reviewed the actual figures in previous posts: http://bertrandlau.blogspot.my/2018/01/review-on-decool-0280-bane-0281.html
and
http://bertrandlau.blogspot.my/2018/01/review-on-xinh-651-and-xinh-703-thor.html

Stay tune!

God Bless.

Review on XINH 651 and XINH 703 (Thor: Ragnarok minifigures)

As I’ve said in one of the previous post, I got these the first time I went to watch Justice League. These are the first XINH minifigures I got and I must say I’m very impressed with the quality of them.

I didn't know that XINH minifigs only come in plastic bags and not in boxes. So far, I only know that XINH 152 ~ XINH 158 comes in boxes. Never mind that. Moving on to the reviews…

Firstly, I’ll be comparing my customize version with these two minifigs: 

Not bad right? 

• XINH 651 and XINH 703 

• XINH 651 (front). 

• XINH 651 (right). 

• XINH 651 (back). 

• XINH 651 (left). 

• Closer look on the back torso printing. Very good printing!!! 

• Closer look on the printed left arm. Very, very good printing!!! 

• Closer look on Thor’s face. The hair tone (orange in color) seems a bit brighter than previous Thor minifigs I have. 

• Closer look on Thor’s face with the lightning eyes. No problem with the lighting eyes. Hair tone is the same. 

• Closer look on the one-sided blue sheath with two katana blades. Good and strong plastic quality! 

• XINH 703 (front). 

• XINH 703 (right). 

• XINH 703 (back). 

• XINH 703 (left). 

• Closer look on the printed left arm. Same as the other Thor minifig – very, very good printing!!! The back torso printing is also the same. 

• Closer look on Thor with the two Power Blast. Very, very, very good plastic and color quality!!! 

• Thor vs. Hulk in the Sakaarian Arena as in the movie (same pic as above). 

• I customize the Gladiator Thor minifig to make it look more like in the movie. 

Notice that in the movie Thor’s half-torn cape is on the LEFT side. Lego made the minifig with the cape on the RIGHT side. Also, following the movie, Thor’s sheath is actually double-sided, unlike Lego’s version of the minifig (which is understandable since the blue Sakaarian-shoulder pad is only on one side). Try searching for other customized version of the Lego ‘Gladia-Thor’ (Hahahahaha) online where they actually customized the minifig exactly like in the movie. Another thing missing is Thor’s ‘baton’ and his shield when he first appears in the Sakaarian Arena. *Hmm…* 

• The following pics are previous Thor minifigs (the left one is from The Avengers; the right is from Avengers: Age of Ultron) which I replace the hair pieces with the current Thor’s helmet. Looking forward to also get Sheng Yuan’s version of Thor with helmet from set number SY266, which is actually Thor from the comics. 

• I also made a comparison with his look before he got a hair cut from, (SPOILER ALERT!), Stan Lee!!! Hahahahaha!!! The short hair piece is from Star-Lord’s hair piece. Matches right? 

• Look! I’m taking ‘pho-Thors’ with my FOUR THORS. Muahahahaha!!! 

• Oh yah! My brother found a Spider-web action piece (without the handle piece) on the ground last we went to AmCorp Mall, PJ. Whoever that guy is, I wouldn’t want to be him or else I WOULD CRY!!! MUAHHHHHH!!! 

Ok. Overall, I REALLY REALLY SATISFIED for these two excellent minifigs. I’ll end my post with two videos showing Thor’s lighting Power Blast in action. 

God Bless.

Review on Decool 0280 Bane, 0281 Gladiator Hulk, & 0288 Thanos

I got these on the first week of November, a week before SPM!!! Muahahahaha!!!

I haven’t got a Decool minifigure since Decool 0237 Ra’s Al Ghul, (I haven’t got Decool 0230 Gorilla Grodd and Decool 0231 Mark 38 Igor – I don’t know why :p). I don’t know why ever since the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice series (Decool 0238 ~ 0243), Decool doesn’t include the catalogue for their future minifigures like they used to since Decool 0101 Captain America till Decool 0237 Ra’s Al Ghul. I guess we’ll just have to go online to browse for the future minifigures. I’m frequently visit http://downtheblocks.blogspot.my/, which I find of tremendous help to keep me updated on new ‘bootLegos’ products.

When I got these bigfigures, I’m very glad and impressed that Decool maintained their great brick and printing quality, especially their box design and art for each character. By far, this is the most EXPLOSIVE box art-work done by Decool. 

• Box (front).

• Box (back). 

• Box (right). 

• Box (left). 

Decool 0280 Bane. 

One thing to take note of: the red-eyes aren’t print fully, unlike the original Lego version. Other than that, the bricks are in good condition. Also, there are no extra pieces included.

• Bane (front). 

• Bane (right). 

• Bane (back). 

• Bane (left). 

• Closer look on Bane’s “Venom-pack”. 

• Closer look on the tube attached to the arms. The tubes are “fresh”, i.e. smooth and coloring is consistent for both tubes. 

• Closer look on how to attach the Venom-pack on Bane’s back. 

• Building instruction (front). 

• Building instruction (back). 

Decool 0281 Gladiator Hulk.

• Gladiator Hulk (front). 

• Gladiator Hulk (right). 

• Gladiator Hulk (back). 

• Gladiator Hulk (left). 

• Closer look on the Sakaarian spiky-arm covering (front). 

• Closer look on the Sakaarian spiky-arm covering (back). As you can see, the blue ink work is a bit messy, but I’m ok with that. 

• Based on the review by downtheblocks, XINH’s version (XINH 654) of the Gladiator Hulk ‘has more eyebrows’ compare to Decool’s, as well as removable gladiator helmet, (the fin on the helmet is also removable and Hulk’s head can be rotated), which you can replace with your Hulk hair piece from previous Sheng Yuan [the only other brand I know which makes bigfigure Hulk with removable hair and rotatable head is JINRUN (JR)] bigfigure Hulks. 

• Closer look on the weapons. Decool made both weapons including the battle-axe unlike XINH which only has the big ass-hammer.

• The extra pieces. Look! It comes with an extra left arm without the Sakaarian spiky-arm covering. 

• Hulk with the extra arm. It would be much cooler had Decool made the Hulk figure like XINH. However, Decool has always made the bigfigure Hulk like the original Lego without the rotatable head and removable hair piece. Oh well… 

• Building instruction (front). 

• Building instruction (back). 

Decool 0288 Thanos. 

• Thanos (front). 

• Thanos (right). 

• Thanos (back). 

• Thanos (left). 

• Closer look on Thanos’ face. As ever, Decool’s printing and coloring on bigfigures are the best. No complain.

• Closer looks on Thanos’ leg-jet pack. Unlike in their set (Decool 7120), the two stud shooters at the rear back of Thanos’ leg-jet pack aren’t included. 

To me, Thanos DOES NOT NEED puny ‘leg-jet packs with shooters’ – I mean, IT’S THE FREAKING THANOS!!! I’ve read Thanos Quest, Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity War, Infinity Crusade, Marvel: The End and Annihilation. At the very least, Thanos uses a ‘space-time travelling flying space-chair’, and not a ‘leg-jet packs with shooters’, to rule the universe. 

Hahahahaha!!! 

• Building instruction (front).

• Building instruction (back). 

I’m looking forward to LEGO® releasing their bigfigure Thanos from the upcoming movie Avengers: Infinity War next year. 

*Sigh*

There. I’ve finished with another post-SPM blog post. Keep visiting and stay posted.

God Bless.