This set is a great homage to the X-men. It is amazingly detailed with many small references to the animated show from the 90s. The minifigures selection is great and they all look really well done. Gambit is my personal favorite. It would have been nice to get Cable with this set though. My only criticism is the mansion should have been a bit larger. Everything inside is a bit to crammed together and I think an two more room areas would have made it better.
I’m not one to write reviews but this is an exception for both good and bad reasons. Let’s start off with the good: the mansion itself is absolutely beautiful to look at. It has a lot of minute details that only fans would notice. The sentinel is also really cool. The figure selection isn’t bad either just couldn’t use a little more printing on the arms and legs for some. Now with the bad: the interior is small. It’s hard to fit characters in there much more actually try and pose them. That’s not really what I look for in these sets but I can be disappointing for those who do. Another thing is that while building one of the pieces necessary was almost snapped in half right out of the bag. This is the first time I’ve had a QC issue with Lego but it’s still disappointing. It hasn’t hindered the build process but could have if it was completely snapped. You can see the stress line on the 2x10 in the photos I uploaded. I’m willing to send to a Lego employee if they would want the proof. Other than that the process was fun and is a good display piece
I'm surprised this set isn't larger when there are others with 25% more pieces at a similar price point. If Charles Xavier can't fit into the house, that's...ironically funny but a clear problem. It feels like this set prioritizes form over function seeing that there's an expectation to position figures both inside and outside of the house—this is not unique to this set, either. Often, builders have multiple sets and can't realistically display the default "action pose" you see in the promo images. It would be nice if a combined arrangement was a minimum requirement LEGO enforced to keep all the pieces together for display.
I'm not really big into Legos. In fact, I've built maybe 3 sets my whole life. But I absolutely love X-Men, especially based off the 90s animated show.
And this didn't disappoint to me. Had a lot of fun put it together and reliving some old memories from my childhood. I really enjoyed it and will likely buy a couple more sets now to fill out a little Marvel neighborhood.
Highly recommend this set to beginners who are X-Men fans.
It was great building a set that brought back so many memories from watching the animated show in the 90's. The extra tidbits and easter eggs from the comics and movies were also great.
So I really love this set, it checks all the nostalgia boxes as I watched the original cartoon as a kid. It’s has really nice Easter eggs in it. My only complaint is the cerebro helmet should’ve been a molded piece. Overall though it’s a great set and I would highly recommend it.