A $550 Disaster! LEGO UCS Hulkbuster 2022 Pictures...

[@jaredhansen2521]

Judging from the fact that the model opens, I think it's safe to assume the elongated torso is designed that way in order to fit the infinity saga mk 43 inside. This would explain the hollow non-brick built head, as well as why the limbs themselves look better proportioned on their own. Tbh, I wish it was only a small cavity that allowed the mk 43 head inside, since in the film itself, that's really all that you can see of him.

[@michaelnhana]

If you look carefully, there is not enough space for mk 43. It just opens so that we can see the details inside, and that's it.

[@mervatmekhael7605]

@@michaelnhana No, there is clearly enough space for it. Some official images have been released where the Mark 43 is seen inside it. Otherwise there is no reason why they would add the extra abdomen.

[@EvolutionSquare]

the angle on the suit when it's opened up 100% means that they are hiding what is on the inside. And since box art is supposed to sell the product, that means they are hiding it because it is ugly. It probably just shows the internal structure when you look down into it. If there was something cool there, like a mini ironman inside, a place to put the minifig as an easter egg, or even a good-looking hollow space, they would have shown that.

[@jermyz.6364]

evo square watches lego vids?

[@karenanewme7520]

Evo watches Lego vids?!

[@fluffyturtle471]

Never expected to see you here lol

[@ironscatman]

This set cements my opinion that 2022 is the absolute worst year for Lego Marvel we've ever had.

[@UtarEmpire]

scratch out "marvel" from your comment and you're onto something

[@ironscatman]

@@UtarEmpire can't help but agree. Only 2 sets this year have really impressed me.

[@mrminemachine8]

i disagree i loved this years line up

[@TheOutsideEmpire]

@@UtarEmpire What about Ninjago and Monkie Kid? Those have had some amazing sets this year. As well as the Sanctum Sanctorum, I'd definitely say there's been far worse.

[@noampitlik2332]

Agreed, they seem to want to cut into the action figure/ statue market.

[@CuxtleM]

The chest also really bugged me out. It’s was too flat and big. Great video!

[@AlexisAdrian0621]

I hate that Lego is gettin’ expensive when it it comes price per piece. 4,049 pieces for $550 US is insane. Just like the Black Panther Bust that’s 2,961 pieces for $350 US

[@mathmo969]

Good news! Now I can save my money… I was thinking to get one but after looking at the pic and knowing the price..nah… I am not going to buy it.. it looks like a robot having trouble to stand…😂

[@DeSniper11]

The daily bugle which was last year has 4,772 pieces is only $350 showing how much price per piece has changed in one year.

[@year2fmp551]

Blame Disney

[@HondaOhnaka]

i'll have to point out that price per piece is not a good way to judge sets. it helps yes, but look at the art sets, they're all 1x1 bricks. 10k pieces for like 250 dollars. but it's all studs that said however, i do agree these marvel sets are overpriced. You can get one of them for cheaper and around the same size. only downside is, it's not lego if you're into building. but if you want the final product, there are way better, cheaper, and similarly sized models. there's a black panther bust for only 90$. and it even has part of the body too-

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Only one way to fix lego pricing is to not buy lego. With enough people stop spending their hard earn money. Maybe lego will finally realize that not everyone can afford $100 + sets.

[@spudmaphot]

They could have made a similarly detailed set for half the price. The people calling the shots seem to have gotten the idea from the Falcon UCS set that bigger is better but how many overpriced oversized sets are consumers willing to buy before they stop? It's going to bite them in the butt sooner or later.

[@raumanu1001]

Me looking at the £120 set: "Perhaps I treated you too harshly"

[@Alexander-tw2kw]

Lego is simply making big and expensive sets because "they want to appeal to adults" but most adults don't want big, expensive and ugly dust collectors! They want smart designs, complex functions. Just because they're adults doesn't mean they are willing to pay this much for toys. This is just my 2 cents. Time will tell what this means for lego.

[@Wicked_wannabe]

Knees are glow in the dark pieces similar to a few pieces from the $120 model

[@frogmouth2]

I’m picturing the guy designing this thinking to himself “what if the hulk buster had a crotch bulge”

[@RicePuddingLand]

Like Lego only had to make the Statue of liberty NWH set and we will all be paying instead of a giant mech which has been made like three times, it's easy enough ngl

[@James_Lo]

It's funny how the 2015 playscale model (which was 30 dollars) looks more accurate and well proportioned. I suppose that physics just gets in the way of creating accurate big iterations. This, of course, poses the question: Why do it in the first place?

[@car9melo]

Because ppl will buy it

[@James_Lo]

@@car9melo not like they would a Daily Bugle or Batmobile though. This will, like the Black Panther bust and Hogwarts Express, be at most, a moderate seller.

[@car9melo]

@@James_Lo lol any themes not star wars, city or ninjago are always moderate sellers

[@James_Lo]

@@car9melo No, I mean moderate in an average way. Not a best seller like the 1984 Batmobile or Bugle.

[@Knee6811]

I wonder if Ransom Fern would get this set and get the 2018 giant mark 44 hulkbuster and make a better version of the 550 set

[@arghjayem]

02:56 I have a feeling that the reason the torso is so elongated is because of another rumour surrounding the set…..allegedly the scale of the set is based on it allowing you to fit the buildable iron man figure from last year inside the hulkbuster, hence the odd proportions of the chest. 05:56 and what really irks me about the price, is the fact that the minifigure you get with this set is pretty rubbish. No leg printing barely any arm printing and no new face from the looks of it. Compare it to say the Lego Tallneck set which is a significantly cheaper set, yet you get a completely unique minifigure, with a unique hairpiece, unique face piece, printed arms, printed legs and even printed feet! Why can’t they do this in a $500 set’s minifigure? TBH Rather than a Hulkbuster UCS style $500 set, I’d rather have seen them do an Igor set in a similar size to the old Hulkbuster set.

[@MadBenHan]

For $550 I was expecting a perfect looking hulk buster 😢. All the other sets that are in this price range are better Lego sets to choose from.

[@CasualHobbyist]

Yikes, this looks like a train wreck. How did they manage to make this look like a cheap knock-off? The legs and arms look good by themselves, but that torso and head... oh my... In my opinion, Lego's hulk busters peaked right out of the gate with set 76031. I know it's much simpler and cheaper set, but I just LOVE, LOVE the shaping and the menacing posture. The minifigs and big fig are excellent as well. It's the absolute very top in my opinion and still my most prized set. In fact, I'll expand that statement to any brick-built iron man armor, including the iron monger, what-ifs, sets meant for younger children, even set 76206 Mark 43... None comes close to set 76031.

[@fennekin1750]

the original 76031 AOU hulkbuster looks vastly better imo and its my Grail lego set that ive been wanting for years

[@dericplummer9272]

Well the good news is that I dont feel any desire to buy it now! if it was another big comic book set like the daily bugle it would have been a serious struggle for me lol

[@Minidonnydoo7]

It’s too expensive for me and the head looks really small in proportion to the flat body

[@tomagunchi8816]

Imagine being a LEGO designer and incompetently choking on this harder than the Black Panther bust LMAO 😂…Let’s just hope there’s not another man-child outburst on Reddit to criticisms.

[@matoro4140]

I think the hulk buster's weird torso is built in such a way to stuff most, If not all, of that 40 dollars iron man buildable figure. I think the knees are glow-in-the-dark parts

[@DoodleBricks]

Even though I’m a huge mech fan, a $500 one is TOO big. Unless it’s a minifig scale one, there’s no need for one that big. At that size it’s hardly even poseable, which completely misses the point of a humanoid figure like that. I feel like this should’ve been a $150 set if they had to do a hulk buster. There were so many better options for UCS sets though

[@n00traC]

Sigh, why did LEGO think we wanted this. We literally have had several hulkbuster that have been decent, but what we really want is an avenger tower or even a no way home set. I’m kind of glad I don’t have the money to purchase this

[@Comindo]

Great 10th anniversary for the theme, Lego

[@gh0stly1]

You're all forgeting that we're talking about lego bricks not an action figure :))) It actually looks amazing :)

[@Roarchop]

Can't believe someone at lego actually went "this is good!" And decided to make this an official product.

[@car9melo]

It is, and ppl will buy it

[@mic4htron86]

Sometime bigger is not always better

[@rockymountaingypsy]

The black panther set should’ve been the size of the star wars helmet sets

[@productionsinparadise2880]

My argument for minifigures is that I don't want minifigures to turn into the funko pop craze

[@TheBenjaman]

The biggest thing thats wrong for me is the legs, the hulkbuster has long and beefy legs. The really short legs serve to make the torso look even longer and bigger then it already is. If the legs were bigger the really long torso wouldn't have been that bad.

[@augustgondek2427]

Man said "I'm not the step designer, I'm the designer that stepped up"

[@GameIdiots69]

This looks terrible and will not sell much.

[@baby__mama]

the knees look like a glow in the dark piece

[@serbiansauvage]

The Hulkbuster looks like he has been training chest every day and skipping everything else.

[@grandsuburbia4436]

The hulkbuster looks like he got a beer gut

[@Carboxylated]

$350 should have been more like it even with inflation. Half the Creator Expert and UCS sets that cost less are actually better. Plus the minifigure is lack luster at best. $550 is robbery. UCS Razer Crest makes sense at its expensive price point...look at the figs, the features, the scale etc. This should seriously be $280-350 range...something is going on at Lego, why are the sets getting outrageous. I mean $50-80 inflation hike I get but not multiple hundreds of dollars. Oh well, I won't be investing in this.

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

CEO don't make enough money. That yacht aint gonna pay itself.

[@Ravenious1]

Might buy it. Although I would then wait for a real talented Lego builder to remake it to its proper proportions as a new Moc, and then build it. Sorry Lego.. this is a fail.

[@shadow_entity9191]

"LEGO is considered a premium product!" Is it, though? Especially when other companies increasingly work to make higher quality bricks, put them in huge sets and sell them for half the price. And those companies have military vehicles as well, which could actually be identified as 18+

[@FunChums]

Oh no- this won’t sell well. Would have much preferred an Endgame Final Battle.

[@klockibymichael4825]

Great video

[@jeremyfilbert7232]

im highly hyped for this set since the first leak, after seeing this box leak, im very dissapointed, the proportion is way off especially on the torso area, at that pricepoint might aswell get the highly detail model and way more accurate version of hulkbuster. ransom fern moc hands down the best hulkbuster mk1 in lego

[@quadcards1213]

Even through the rumors I still was hoping this set was going to be the Liberty Statue Battle

[@vegstar5735]

The Exclusive Iron Man is based off the Iron Man from age of ultron when Stark fights Captain America

[@Tarriq]

Personally I think the two expensive sets they made, this and black panther was the right characters to do. However if they swapped it around and gave us an Iron man bust and a Wakanda palace or just two busts iron man and black panther. I’m assuming they wanted to make a vehicle but Black Panther doesn’t have popular vehicles yet

[@Slimshadow457]

This is laughably bad. The Iron Man minifig makes no sense, it's lazy whatwith basically just being the AoU Mk 43 print they already had just on blueish grey instead of dark red. The price is abhorrent no matter which way you slice this, even if this was a perfect brick built recreation of the iconic iron behemoth, the price is hardly justifiable. Imagine what Lego Marvel's first 500 bucks set could've been. A remake of the very sought after Helicarrier, basically doubling the original's size ? Or had they swapped the two D2Cs? 550 for a BP related set, could've been a UCS-style Wakanda scene, complete with throne room and Vibranium mine... And then for 350 do a more substantial HB. You've spoken at length about how wrong the proportions are so I won't even go into it but I definitely think this is one of Lego Marvel's BIGGEST misfires in ages.Huge disappointment, but I guess a sigh of relief for my wallet?

[@Belangerz]

I wish we didn’t get the black panther bust and hulkbuster and instead got one D2C and a bunch of smaller sets. Heck even some DC sets would have been nice since Marvel and DC share a budget.

[@graemevaughey7432]

ugh. You just know that someone is gonna modify this and make it absolutely beautiful (probably ChubbyBots who saved 76164 and 76104), and there's probably sufficient pieces there to do so. The problem is: other people shouldn't _have_ to do the Lego Designer's jobs _for_ them.

[@digiwefi]

If it was the hulk buster mk 2, it would be better

[@harrytheseal6566]

They're getting bigger by the minute!

[@bboysstopmotionstudio9681]

I was expecting a lego iron man minifigure for the ages, sorta like the minifigure that was included in the og 100 dollar set, I have the age of ultron minifigures displayed right next to them and you can see the difference between the minifigures both have exclusive leg and torso printing, am I still getting the minifigure, yes, am I’m going to spend 500 bucks to buy this set, no I’m going to buy the minifigure off of eBay, this would of made more sense for this set to be 250-350 dollars, I feel that this set should have been the best, especially for the 500 dollar price, especially with the minifigure, there should have been all new prints! I am not buying the set because for one, the price, and two, the build itself, I have no hate towards lego but for the 500 dollar price tag, it should have been a avengers tower, an minifigure scale avengers mansion for all the comic book lovers, or at least a avengers hq upstate, thank you for taking the time to read this whoever does!

[@kaboom7817]

Looking at the model The torso itself makes it look bad but the legs and the arms are very decent. The problem i have with this set is definitely the torso because its way too long and while the actual Hulkbuster isn't.

[@RustyBud]

Slowly Lego marvel is turning into Lego dc

[@Murdocke89]

Piece count is not equivalent to value, the Razor crest is just a tonne of grey already existing elements. This has lots of colours most likely new molds and metallic bricks with light up features? Not sure why people still seem to think piece count correlates with the price, it never was. Also this a leak, it’s hardly like they’ve gone in full detail of it or it’s interior etc.

[@AJedits65]

Tbh I don’t like how they keep making the hulk buster bigger and bigger I want one that is an inch taller then the hulk big fig instead 5 that towers over him also they’ve been using that same tony stark head since 2018 like can you finally give him an angry expression without the hud or switch the hud on the smile face and leave the angry face just mix it up a bit

[@misterdiablo1981]

I'm hoping for mods...hopefully some mod builder will improve this model without any extra parts...making it better...!

[@vincemadarang1446]

The knees are probably glow in the dark

[@benjaminsmith2367]

Maybe th e knees have glow in the dark parts? That would be neat.

[@Springboi9832]

When I first saw the thumbnail… I thought it was a bootleg set

[@Darkus_Da_Cyber-Dragon]

You’ll could have made like a Tony’s Mansion or avengers tower instead I doubt anyone gonna be jumping out of their seats unless their extreme iron man fans I will say the head piece is probably the best part of the whole set but that torso looks way too stretched out and the arms legs look small on it 😂

[@anothergol]

The price is most likely because most (but not all, as usual there will be some pearl gold parts sticking out) of the gold parts are metallized.

[@skippy6536]

Man, all I want is some more accurately proportioned, scaled, and detailed mechs, if they're gonna keep giving them to us one after another. It's the biggest issue I've had with LEGO Marvel for years now, and a collectors set would be the perfect opportunity to include a somewhat more difficult/fragile build like that into a big environment/setpiece.

[@thecamarokid4230]

It does say batteries included, so maybe something lights up.

[@Gzilla313]

The hands and arc reactor light up, I suspect the knees are glow in the dark.

[@xGhostCat]

The fig was the mk43 during the birth of vision scene!

[@studboy2456]

Not sure why Lego can't seem to figure this out despite all the source materials and references

[@cbbricks3746]

Could you make a video modifying this like you did for the lego optimis set?

[@thelofilife3238]

thanks Tommy so much for the content and clarification. I was actually excited for this set despite the hate, I expected somthing of the level of detail as the Optimis Prime set (wich is not perfect but looked pretty good) now I realize the desperate cash grab set this is. thank you again Tommy.

[@SpaceRider15]

Oh that looks so good

[@connorschaffner5295]

i’m struggling to imagine this as $550….

[@dustinjones2854]

My son loves playing with the smaller hulk buster and the MK 1. They fall apart way too easy when moving and playing with. He was excited when I showed him the pictures but won’t be buying this because of the price.

[@Haze-fx7dz]

how do they mess it up twice

[@PS5SPIDER]

I was looking forward to this reveal I'm not gonna be buying it now 😭

[@gracefulnachos]

It’s hideous. I thought you were over exaggerating it, because you’ve made multiple videos where you did😂, but this is the right reaction

[@silverado4x]

What if the "Super Heroes Iron Man Figure 76206" fits inside this and the reason the torso is elongated is so that figure can fit into it? Just a thought!

[@strangerofthe2067]

There’s no way it fits, aside from where the opening part is, it’s solid bricks. The arms are solid, there’s no hollow space in the legs or arms, and the joints would also prevent it. It would have been cool if it did fit but there’s no way they could build it all hollow like that, especially the arms and legs.

[@awsomeswagg80]

I personally didn't mind the hulkbuster set. ofc I would have liked a avengers tower, helicarrier, or something else but a big ol hulkbuster is prty cool for me. but when I first saw it I was so excited, then that excitement died when I saw the build of it. it doesn't look like the hulkbuster, more like the hulkbusted. it has a cavity in it's chest which is the opposite of the hulkbuster, if they delay this and redesign and lower the price I would be happy to get it. but this isn't it, even with me who's a big marvel fan and UCS Lego collector I wouldn't get this sadly.

[@MiMi-xn2gr]

For me, I think instead of this hulkbuster we should've gotten a UCS-style S.H.I.E.L.D quinjet. I love the design of the quinjets, and having a big one to display at a 400-500 dollar price tag would be a dream come true.

[@awsomeswagg80]

I know. including Nick fury, Maria, and the 6 OG avengers, the helicarrier and a small maybe chopper or quinjet build would be worth more of a $500 price tag than just this hulkbuster

[@MiMi-xn2gr]

@@awsomeswagg80 I would kill for a UCS version of the CA: Civil War Quinjet with the 6 OG avengers, Nick Fury, and Agent Coleson as the minifigs. Same thing for your helicarrier idea since i believe they've only made one UCS helicarrier so far

[@awsomeswagg80]

yes. the Phil Coulson would be a great exclusive Minifigure. idk if they have one of him. but yeah that would also be a cool idea. but yeah they kinda fumbled the bag with this one😭

[@karenanewme7520]

@@awsomeswagg80 Yeah, there was a Coulson figure in a 2017 set.

[@disgustedfinn3069]

The torso is an abomination...

[@TFCRAFTER]

Uh those knees are clearly glow-in-the dark pieces.

[@Gzilla313]

For the figures, the Hulkbuster should have come with a Savage Hulk bigfig. Even though it'd be out of proportion, a Hulkbuster should come with a Hulk figure bare minimum.

[@subraxas]

"bare minimum" Lol!!

[@jync8301]

As someone who owns the 2018 version and the avengers tower gift with purchase this new 500$ hulk buster seems pretty pointless. The daily bugle and sanctum are the perfect marvel set in my opinion and for them to just make a remake of the hulk buster which is arguably worse than the original is weird. I think i'll just make ransom_ferns model instead.

[@mrminemachine8]

i love this set i think it looks great and i cant wait to pick mine up also thoose knee things are glow in the dark and 3 ucs sets? is thors hammer a joke to you

[@alimonster1982]

Totally agree with the points you've made. However I'm going to reserve full judgement until I see some reviews. I adore the Hulkbuster, but for that price I want the absolute best and I'm not seeing it as of yet. Leaning towards the Hot Toys version myself. A Stark tower would have resonated better with Lego Marvel fans. We'll see I guess.

[@graemevaughey7432]

That side-by-side shot at 1:12 is enough to kill all interest for me. Everything about the torso is completely wrong and utterly hideous. And even before I saw the comparisons, I thought that it looked disappointingly ugly.

[@5nightsatphilip]

I just love how the mark 43 iron man build by ransom fern is much taller then the Hulkbuster also by ransom fern😅

[@_ykarcaneedits_]

Here is the all of the bad things about this set The arc reactor is too small and in the wrong place The arms look so skinny in the middle It looks like his arms weren’t armored The Head is too small Another Mech Overpriced We didn’t need this It’s the Luke’s Landspeeder of Lego Marvel

[@redbeard2474]

But let’s be honest. Youll still buy it

[@_clance_romance_]

lmao this is madness

[@british2852]

Ya'll wait til they make a $550 4+ set

[@tedkimbap]

Haha. True

[@mebadugood]

Why is the chest so angular

[@clarkpreston4630]

Because it’s a marvel infinity saga LEGO set and it’s depicting the Mark 1 hulk buster not infinity war’s version!

[@mebadugood]

@@clarkpreston4630 The aou one wasn't that angular either

[@toast_0h]

why do we need a hulkbuster before nwh sets

[@SuperJxl]

wish there was a hulk at the same size included in the set, then i would have atleast considered it

[@Machinehead8]

The proportions makes it look like a gorilla.

[@AT1754]

I feel like this set shows how out of touch Lego is with Marvel fans, and that they are just putting out money grab sets. I don’t think it’s awful but it’s a $300 set, and even then I wouldn’t be happy about that price

[@GmtheOne]

I think a good bust to start with is batman or maybe spiderman

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

Why does he have an arc reactor belly button?!

[@DeepcoverProductions]

You are so right

[@maxchin8]

Nevertheless, our Legend Ransom fern has some work to do! On behalf of Lego, sorry man 🙏🏻

[@productionsinparadise2880]

Dude, it's a Lego set stop complaining and just fix it yourself. Thats the magic of lego after all.

[@huniodieagent]

itS A lEgo sEt. yeah no shit and its $550. for that price the bare minimum is for it to look accurate

[@productionsinparadise2880]

@@huniodieagent no one's stopping you from doing it yourself

[@huniodieagent]

@@productionsinparadise2880 thats like me paying $100 for high class food and all they give me is the ingredients and i have to cook it myself

[@huniodieagent]

@@productionsinparadise2880 people like you is the reason why companies carry on to give out shitty quality products because yall keep consuming it and rejecting any criticism

[@productionsinparadise2880]

@@huniodieagent Sorry, I'm not trying to come off as harsh, I just have this complex where I believe I can build better if I practice and improve already existing sets. And sometimes I feel the need to encourage others to be better builders (probably should word those better in the future).

[@Darkus_Da_Cyber-Dragon]

Nah bro this set is not worth my money I rather buy the UCS razor crest (still not on board with 600) but at least that is worthy of my money and I get more in that set than just a giant wall that is oversized probably will be a pain to pose and display so I honestly rather buy the razor crest ucs at a discount and be happy with that

[@M4nh4TTN]

wtf when is first saw a picture of that i thaught this is a fan made picture taking a moc playset and putting it on a boxart thats just pathetic for the hulkbuster

[@aliteralchad7128]

I don’t even mention false advertising as a marvel legends collector you have no idea

[@100Creed]

Bro who ever makes your beard line has no idea what he is doing. it must be way more down on the bottom part.

[@josephinesavarimuthu6676]

I really hate the shoulder piece it's to big and weird

[@jonesstinger]

I wish instead of this Lego built a 4,000 piece building like Peter Parker’s apartment or the asguardian earth village.