Hello, welcome to Mephitsu bricks and today I will be reviewing set 76205 (spoilers) Gargantos Showdown. The set retails for £24.99 and I found this set early in my local game. The set includes Gargantos and three mini-figures: Stephen Strange, America Chavez, and Wong - all characters from the upcoming film: Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness.
The set's box art is beyond cool including all the main characters from the film. However, strangely Wanda (aka the Scarlet Witch) is included in the box art and yet, is not in the set. I, and many others, believe this is down to the fact her outfit in this film is the same as Wandavision and is already included in the marvel CMF series.
The box art also looks similar to the infinity saga line from earlier this year with some small differences to include America Chavez. I love the 'Legoized' poster on the back and the background of the box is cool as well.
Stephen Strange is of course the main character and has a new design from the recent No Way Home set. Some of the differences include more details and higher placement on the Eye of Agamoto. I believe the legs are the same, but I can not be sure as I do not have the No Way Home set or figure just yet. The torso is also a bit different but not by a lot. The detail on the figure is good on both sides and the newish molded cloak is made of rubbery plastic. The black hair with grey highlight is one of the highlights of the minifigure for me next to the cloak. My final thoughts on the figure are that it's probably the best figure of the set only because the other figures have some flaws I will expand upon in a moment.
America Chavez is the new character of the set and my second favorite figure. The detail on this figure is phenomenal and my only problem is found with the hair and legs. First of all the smaller mid-legs don't work for me. From what I saw from the trailer she is almost as tall as Strange, but I could be wrong. Second, the hair doesn't look very accurate from what I saw on the trailer. She seems to have hair more accustomed to the pajama girl from the CMF series 20. But other than those nitpicks I love this figure, and to be honest I can look past the hair as it looks close to how she wears it. Finally, she comes with an accessory an LBGTQ+ badge, and am sure we will find out more about this in the movie.
Wong is by no way a bad figure but is not the best of the set. The detail is as good as anyone else and the hair works fine but the face doesn't look like Wong at all and neither does the expression. Wong has nice detail and sadly no alternate face leaving us with not a very good expression. Like America Chavez, I can get past it because no matter how inaccurate it is I now have a Wong figure which is awesome. And with that, we have finished off the Minifigures and time to get to the build. One last spoiler warning before we get to the build as it is very 'spoilery'.
First, for those wincing at that £24.99 price point, it is very much worth it. The box makes it look smaller than it actually is. At first, I was a firm believer it should be around the £17.99 price mark but having it in hand makes the pricing accurate - though a fourth figure would have been nice.
However, let's talk about Gargantos. The build of Gargantos is great and I love how the eye was portrayed with what I believe is a new piece but I'm not sure. The tentacles are really posable and are great. The colors are cool and accurate I just would have liked more spikes as we see in the teaser, but I understand Lego deals with concept art most of the time so it's understandable.
I love this build but I don't love Gargantos's mouth I assumed it could open, but I was wrong. Aside from that, Gargantos is perfect and I wouldn't change anything else. I'm so glad I found this early - and I feel privileged to have it as well.
In conclusion, this set isn't perfect but it is really good and to be honest, no lego set is rarely ever perfect. I love this set yes it has flaws but if you can get past them it's a really good set and definitely worth picking up when you have the chance. That's it I'll see you in the next review
goodbye.
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