And, just like last year, I’m lucky enough to be taking a look at both sets of the brand new LEGO Superheroes Mighty Micros wave and we’re kicking off with the DC offerings!

Immediately, it’s nice to see a more varied selection of characters; having the Big Three represented is a good choice but also an eclectic selection of villains too! Speaking of eclectic…

BIZARRO LOVE SUPERMAN! It’s everyone’s favourite Kryptonian son and his evil(?) twin! This is a fantastic set in concept and it really pays off!

Superman and Bizarro are perfect mirrors of each other, Supes being all perfect and Bizarro looking grim as anything, and that even extends to them coming with their opposite number’s particular flavour of kryptonite poisoning!

Now, I was all ready to not like this set due to Superman’s kart being a plain-jane plane with fists on it but because Bizarro’s is the exact same vehicle but BACKWARDS — I’m instantly sold! It’s a clever idea that I wholly approve of.

Batman’s back (Go see The LEGO Batman Movie, I hear it’s really good!) and this time he’s battling a odd choice of villain but one he’s faced in a set I reviewed previous; Killer Moth!

Killer Moth isn’t just a downsize of his previous minifigure. I mean, he IS, but he’s also looking comically simplified like he’s straight out of the Batman ‘66 series. Which is funny because there’s a definite Adam West vibe from this Batman. Between the light grey and blue costume and his vehicle, I do get a retro vibe.

Killer Moth rides in a bug-mobile that’s more mosquito than moth but it’s goofy-looking and neon-coloured so I naturally love it but I’m also a big fan of the understated Batman ‘66 homage with the black and red helicopter. It’s a much more interesting set for Batman than last years, that’s for sure!

Rounding off DC’s trinity, we have Wonder Woman fighting Doomsday! Why not Ares or Circe? Probably the same reason for Hulk vs. Ultron last year, because it was part of a big movie!

Wonder Woman, like everyone else, is made up in a simplistic rendition of her iconic costume, decked out with a sword and shield and a cocky grin. Doomsday, meanwhile, looks utterly ridiculous with his bone neck beard and brown cudgel.

Doomsday’s vehicle is suitably chunky and covered in spikes and teeth and fire in his signature colours. Wonder Woman is riding in her invisible jet! It’s got wheels on! I like the idea but the execution is a bit lacking. I wonder how much it would add to cast all of the jet parts in clear plastic so you don’t have the design interrupted by the ugly grey bricks. Still, it’s a fantastic idea!

Unlike the previous assortment, where I only recommended the Flash/Captain Cold set, I think each of these two-packs have their own merits and I recommend every one of them if you’re a big fan of the characters involved! The LEGO DC Comics Superheroes Mighty Micros retail for £8.99 each and are available in stores and online!

At some point, we’ll get it right…

]]> https://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/normal-kombat-men-playing-games-on-couches/feed/ 0 https://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/articles/pooles-polls-april-2011/ https://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/articles/pooles-polls-april-2011/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:26:42 +0000 http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/?p=1964 Well hello there! I decided not to put this month’s poll up yesterday because there was enough ridiculousness going on as it was. I didn’t need you lot thinking that my poll was a joke! (It’s tough not using that last sentence as sleazy inuendo, but I’ll try to carry on).

Welcome once again to my monthly questionaire to help the fine folks of DOOM figure out what you love and what you’re so disinterested in you couldn’t be bothered to click a button beside their name. It’s the electronic version of the colluseum and you’re Cesar.

Let’s get on with this shall we?

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Congratulations goes to March’s winner Wonder Woman!

You managed to trounce the competition (especially Super Girl who, it appears, nobody likes) and win our hearts once again just in time for a new TV show. I bet the actress playing her now is happy she doesn’t have to squeeze into the old costume.

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This month I’ve decided to focus on those cracking tunes that won’t leave your head. The ones that you end up singing in the shower without even realising it. TV shows and films have had some great belting tunes over the years, but which is your favourite?

STAR WARS

Have you heard of it? It’s kind of a big deal. There is this big black guy with a deep voice who hurts people. But his son is this whiny blonde kid who wants to kill him. Then there is a giant hairy thing and a little green thing who help him out. And this gay robot couple who follow them everywhere. Oh yeah and Han Solo. He’s a bad-ass. But most of all it has this great theme tune. BAH-BAH-Bububu-BAH-BAH-bububu-BAH-BAH-bububu-BAAAAAAAAAAAH!

SUPERMAN

Can he avenge his fellow Kryptonian’s brutal defeat last month at the hands of Wonder Woman? They say this film was cursed because of the fate of the actors in the movie, Margot Kidder became diagnosed as bipolar and Christopher Reeve famously became paralysed from the neck down… I was going to write some sort of “but hey the theme tune rocked, am I right?” end to that paragraph but I just depressed myself. Sorry.

INDIANA JONES

Did you ever find yourself running for a bus and singing this song? Or jumping over the gate in your garden while pretending you were being chased by a giant boulder and singing this song? What do you mean that would be stupid? Yes, well, I obviously haven’t done it myself. That wouldn’t be cool… but… you see… DAH-DUH-DAH-DAAAAH duh-di-duhhhhhhh DAH-DAH-DAH-DAAAAAAAH DUUUH-DI-DUH-DUH-DUH!

THE A-TEAM

I pity the foo’! Huh! I ain’t gettin’ on no damn plane! Huh! You a sucker! Huh! Say your prayers and eat your vitamins. No, wait, that last one was Hulk Hogan, nevermind. Anyway, if you lived in the 80s you watched The A-Team. And while the number of people killed was low, the rockingness of the theme tune was very high indeed. You’d be lying if you said the song wasn’t already in your head as soon as you read the name.

THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR

It’s hard to imagine a time before Will Smith was Will Smith but when he was The Fresh Prince there was a little bit of magic about him. He had a credible music career, for one. However, he was also the victim of playground bullying. Luckily, he had an uncle and auntie in a nice area who were able to take the troubled teen in. The theme tune to this hard hitting factual documentary was pretty good, even if he couldn’t pronounce “mirror”.

BATMAN

Dananananananananananananananananana BATMAN! dananananananana BATMAN! dananananananana BATMAN! BATMAN! BATMAN! DananananananananaNA! BATMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

… I rest my case.

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So, now that you’ve had a good time singing along, you must choose. Which one will bring honor to it’s composer and which one will you fast forward through in the great DVD of our lives.

CHOOSE NOW!

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