Stop Press! Daily Bugle revealed!

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Here's a press release for yet another direct-to-consumer 18+ set that will be vying for your hard-earned cash later this month:

76178 Daily Bugle

Rated 18+, 3,772 pieces

€299.99 / £274,99 / $299,99 / 499.99 AUD / 399.99 CAD

Available from 26th May at LEGO.com

Today, the LEGO Group reveals the new LEGO Daily Bugle set, an intricate version of the iconic newspaper building, complete with the demanding editor, J. Jonah Jameson’s, and Peter Parker’s offices. Designed for grown-ups, it is the tallest LEGO Marvel set to date standing at 82cm tall and containing 3,772 pieces.

The Daily Bugle offices first featured in The Amazing Spider-Man comic series over 50 years ago in 1963 and remains a much-loved setting throughout the web-slinger’s various adventures. Workplace of Peter Parker, Ben Urich, Robbie Robertson, J. Jonah Jameson and Betty Brant, it is here that the iconic phrase of “Get me pictures of Spider-Man!” was first uttered.

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Brickless

I'm so excited for it. Looks great!

Astrobricks

Isn’t it “Stop the presses!” ?

ReesesPieces

Astrobricks said:

Isn’t it “Stop the presses!” ?

Stop the press and the presses!  This announcement is worth stopping everything for!!!

Astrobricks

I’m not a huge spider man fan, but this is pretty great. I’ve been waiting for Lego to do a decent tall building and it gives me high hopes for the rumored Avengers Tower.

ReesesPieces

I was just thinking....they will definitely have to make an Avengers tower after this.

The_Rancor

ReesesPieces said:

I was just thinking....they will definitely have to make an Avengers tower after this.

Definitely feasible - brand it as ‘Infinity Saga’ and focus the set on its appearance in Avengers Assemble (UK title) with some Chitauri flying around it. Could even have a couple of slightly different labs to reference Age of Ultron in a similar way to the UCS Death Star for Star Wars with Episode IV and VI.

vizzitor

It would never happen but I'd love a mod kit to change the colour of  "Daily",  convert "Bugle" to "Planet", add a narrower floor to the top with a globe on it to replace the water tower and antennae. Then add a few typewriters at desks on the inside.

Now a helicopter precariously hanging over the edge with a dangling Lois Lane, cue the John Williams theme and spin some added revolving doors for Clark Kent to Superman action.

Russell844

I'm disappointed it doesn't include a newspaper press. It's all offices.

ReesesPieces

vizzitor said:

 and spin some added revolving doors for Clark Kent to Superman action.

 Or a phone booth to go on the opposite side of the newsstand might work.

SumoLego

I'm not sure how Punisher made the cut.

Yellowcastle

They replaced his dynamite sticks with a couple of dart guns, so it’s all good. :o)

KungFuKenny

SumoLego said:

I'm not sure how Punisher made the cut.

I think he is partial to using serrated combat knives...

Russell844 said:

I'm disappointed it doesn't include a newspaper press. It's all offices.

Maybe the DB has moved to digital subscription only...

Astrobricks

Russell844 said:

I'm disappointed it doesn't include a newspaper press. It's all offices.

It’s not uncommon for the printing plant to be located elsewhere. But I have no idea what spider man “cannon” says about such things.

Russell844

It's just a lament because I've wanted a modular building newspaper publisher for years.

madforLEGO

SumoLego said:

I'm not sure how Punisher made the cut.

I believe it is because the Punisher character was introduced as someone trying to take out Spider-man.

andhe

SumoLego said:

I'm not sure how Punisher made the cut.

I think it being a 18+ marketed set probably gave them the justification to include Punisher and Daredevil. I can only imagine the comments if Punisher had been in some 'spider-man vs' set.

Brainslugged

I only picked up the Venomosaurus set recently (at 20% off) purely for Spider Ham. I'm thinking it would make sense to return it (as it's now in the ever growing "to build" pile/loft). At least that'd reduce the price of the DB by £60. Unless anyone has any good reason to keep Venomasaurus?

Astrobricks

andhe said:
I can only imagine the comments if Punisher had been in some 'spider-man vs' set.

Especially a 4+ Spider man vs. set ;-)

Yellowcastle

That is the downside of including everyone in this set.  It may drive it’s own sales but it then could cannibalize sales of current (and/or future) sets.

SumoLego

I meant given the fairly violent incarnations of DD and Punisher from the Netflix Marvel shows, it surprises me they weren't nixed from the set.

I am very happy to add DD and Punisher to my minifig case next to Luke Cage and Iron Fist.  We just need a Jessica Jones and 10,000 Hand ninjas to round out the display...

Also looking forward to MOCing the top of this building to make an actual minifig-modular scale back.  (Right after I finish the back of Cinderella Castle, a proper Disney World/Magic Kingdom Train Station... and that Osaka Castle that's been but a glint in my eye for a few years...)

Brainslugged

SumoLego said:

Also looking forward to MOCing the top of this building to make an actual minifig-modular scale back.  (Right after I finish the back of Cinderella Castle, a proper Disney World/Magic Kingdom Train Station... and that Osaka Castle that's been but a glint in my eye for a few years...)

What exactly are you planning to mod? You do realise that it's fully enclosed on all sides, right? Just with removable rear walls.

SumoLego

It's too tall, so my plan is to squish it down to modular height.

560Heliport

Astrobricks said:

Russell844 said:

I'm disappointed it doesn't include a newspaper press. It's all offices.

It’s not uncommon for the printing plant to be located elsewhere. But I have no idea what spider man “cannon” says about such things.

I know Spidey's had lots of motorcycles, helicopters, jets, cars, trucks... but when did he get a cannon? ;)

monkeyhanger

No Morbius or Kraven? Annoyingly, among my lost stash of unopened Lego is the ghost rider team up set with hobgoblin (I think I have 3 or 4 of them, along with 3 or 4 Dr strange sanctum sets and airport battle that I've been through all the loft cavities for, to no avail).

Wonder if there are any tie in freebies with this set's launch?

Phoenixio

SumoLego said:

It's too tall, so my plan is to squish it down to modular height.

You do whatever you wan, but I'm curious: why do you think it's too tall?  Clearly, this was meant to be part of the "financial" district of some city, very prominent in America but I'm certain also present in Europe.  The rest of the modulars are more about the shopping districts, borderline residential area.  Cutting the tower down would make it "fit" the height, but it still wouldn't fit in style, I feel.   You can also place it near the Downtown Dinner, Police Station or Brick Bank, and that'd fit more than next to the Pet Shop and other more residential looking modulars.

I for one will keep it tall and proud, and I certainly hope we see more stuff like that down the line.

Yellowcastle

I was already planning on making my own tall tower for my city so I’m really curious how this will look. :o)

Switchfoot55

Phoenixio said:

SumoLego said:

It's too tall, so my plan is to squish it down to modular height.

You do whatever you wan, but I'm curious: why do you think it's too tall?  

It's all part of Sumo's mastery of concealing exactly how much LEGO he possesses at any given time. If it looks shorter, it must be less (space and money). The fact that he would have three more full sized modulars from the piece count of one set is just a coincidence. 

I also learned the boxes inside boxes insides boxes theory from him once upon a time. Even I don't know how much LEGO I have anymore. Genius!  

ReesesPieces

monkeyhanger said:

No Morbius or Kraven? 

Morbius would have been perfect with Blade and the new movie coming up.  

SumoLego said:

We just need a Jessica Jones and 10,000 Hand ninjas to round out the display...

I would also like Elektra and a Kingpin bigfig please.

KungFuKenny

ReesesPieces said:

monkeyhanger said:

No Morbius or Kraven? 

Morbius would have been perfect with Blade and the new movie coming up.  

SumoLego said:

We just need a Jessica Jones and 10,000 Hand ninjas to round out the display...

I would also like Elektra and a Kingpin bigfig please.

And also Bullseye, Karen Page and Foggy Nelson!

stlux

Yellowcastle said:

I was already planning on making my own tall tower for my city so I’m really curious how this will look. :o)

StoneWars already created a render of the new set amongst recent modulars:

Looks pretty good as far as I'm concerned.

Yellowcastle

That’s awesome, thanks.

SumoLego

I can't say as I care for that look.  I'd probably reconsider if a similar scale Avengers Tower were to materialize, but a building that is nearly two additional stories is a bit of a sore thumb.  

And yes, being able to conceal an enormous amount of LEGO is one of my specialties.  I am happy to pass along my wisdom to others. 

Side note, I'm getting giddy about Daredevil.  I'm very, very relieved that he's not an SDCC minifigure.  (Although I am getting antsy about the Sam Wilson Captain America.  I want one!) 

Yellowcastle

^ I guess I’m in the opposite camp.  I think my layout just pops more when I get some pieces of elevation interspersed.  I added the hospital next to Assembly Square but included 2 additional floors to gain some height and I really like how it turned out.  Additionally, I hemmed/hawed for a long time over the Vestas re-release but then added that too just outside the city and once again, it seems to have worked.  I wonder how the Bugle might look without the sign (and various meleeing) lol

That being said, that Daredevil figure may be the best of the bunch.

As for LEGO concealment, I freely admit that I’ve been doing a poor job of it recently with the continuing arrivals from Poland and random large set boxes now sitting on our sofa.  But I did successfully hide some Bygglek in my Bygglek after an IKEA run. :o)

Bumblepants

I like the height of the Bugle but I don't like the idea of mixing fleshie/comic characters with classic yellow ones. I will probably just end up either not getting it or getting it as a stand alone.

Brainslugged

I'm firmly in thr camp of loving how the DB looks with the other modulars. In fact ot might even improve them. By suddenly creating some real disparity between the heights of the different buildings, that little teal house next to the book store doesn't look quite so awkwardly undersized.

I also really like the building to the right of the DB in that pic. I assume that's a moc and that I didn't fall into a coma for a year without realising.

Casper_vd_Korf

Brainslugged said:

I'm firmly in thr camp of loving how the DB looks with the other modulars. In fact ot might even improve them. By suddenly creating some real disparity between the heights of the different buildings, that little teal house next to the book store doesn't look quite so awkwardly undersized.

I also really like the building to the right of the DB in that pic. I assume that's a moc and that I didn't fall into a coma for a year without realising.

That’s #10255 assembly square from 2017!
So, you did have a coma ;-)

KungFuKenny

It seems the rest of the Lego citizens are pretty unflappable... Green Goblin is blowing up a building next door and yet they are still smiling as they play guitar and take the baby for a stroll...🙂

J0rgen

Aunt May and Gwen Stacy seem pretty unflapped too, so I don't blame them.

Casper_vd_Korf

that’s just a New York Tuesday for you!

Astrobricks

One way in which the DB doesn’t make a good modular is the windows on the sides. 

Yellowcastle

If I recall correctly, there are alleys on each side which can mitigate that.  I don’t see those gaps in the render.  @CapnRex101 will hopefully show us the real look.

560Heliport

Well, windows with a close-up view of the next building are not uncommon.

Yellowcastle

Agreed, closeup but not flush with the next building lol.

Brainslugged

Casper_vd_Korf said:

That’s #10255 assembly square from 2017!
So, you did have a coma ;-)

Oh crap! I didn't recognise the section with the yellow and white awnings. I guess that should be a wake up call to actually build my modular buildings rather than stick them in my loft. I have them all and plan to build them some day but have only got round to building the Corner Cafe (because I bricklinked it) and Pet Shop (as I made a stop motion animation with it).

Maybe someone needs to start a "warning signs that you have too much lego" thread.

madforLEGO

Thanks to Thebrickfan.com there was a story about the set to have up to 60 figures and one would have been Deadpool, but it got nixed from the set, and then millions of comic book nerds cried out in terror and then fell silent.

SumoLego

Bumblepants said:

I will probably just end up either not getting it or getting it as a stand alone.

If you don't mind missing one Daredevil figure, I know a guy that may end up with an extra one.

madforLEGO said:

...Deadpool...

Well, some of us already have a few Deadpools.  And not those silly Western and Duck versions.

Yellowcastle

SumoLego said:

Bumblepants said:

I will probably just end up either not getting it or getting it as a stand alone.

If you don't mind missing one Daredevil figure, I know a guy that may end up with an extra one.

#LegoPolyBags

Phoenixio

The sales are open!   They actually started a few minutes early in Canada, got through the checkout process without hurdle.

GrannyLEGO

Got thru the checkout process just fine so if all goes well I'll get one in a week or so!! My modular city stuff is on a shelf that is much too short for the DB but I think I can handle displaying it separately!

Phoenixio

GrannyLEGO said:

Got thru the checkout process just fine so if all goes well I'll get one in a week or so!! My modular city stuff is on a shelf that is much too short for the DB but I think I can handle displaying it separately!

I'm using the Kalax for most of them, since most fit in a square and it fills them just perfectly, but I freed the top for some of the taller ones.  So it's part connected street, part individual modulars!