I’ve given my share of love and attention to Lego’s Marvel sets, but it’s long past time I check out the DC side of things. Why has it taken so long? Well, I’m not the biggest Batman fan around, and while I’ll likely get some of those eventually, the Bat-centric DC sets haven’t been a priority for me. Today’s set, on the other hand, has caught my eye on more than a few occasions and my Lego addiction has been flaring up something fierce lately, so I decided it was time to give it a go.

At odds with the usual landscape or squared off boxes, this one comes in a portrait style and features the blue DC banner at the top, as opposed to the red Marvel deco. I dig the orientation as it kind of makes it look like a comic book cover. There’s also some cool artwork on the side panel that shows some of the DC character minifigs as comic art. The front of the package has Supes and Wonder Woman attacking Lex in a giant mech, and looks so awesome that I’m pondering how it took me this long to buy the set. The back panel of the box has an actual photo of the completed model in action.

Inside the box you get an instruction booklet, a comic book, two loose hoses, and three unnumbered baggies containing a total of 207 pieces. When all is done you build Lex’s Power Armor and three minifigs. Shall we start with the Minifigs?

We shall! You get Superman, Wonder Woman and Lex Luthor. The Lex figure is nice enough, but at the end of the day he’s still just a bald guy in a suit. Wonder Woman and Supes on the other hand are both awesome. I love the way the bright, colorful costumes translate into the minifig paintwork and the hair pieces on these are exceptionally nice. Wonder Woman has her gold tiara sculpted onto the hair and Supes naturally has his trademark cowlick. Superman comes with a cape and Wonder Woman has her golden lasso. Great stuff!

The Power Armor was a fun build, even though there was some obvious redundancy in the legs. The cockpit opens to fit a minifig, and I think it’s hilarious how the entire mech is controlled by two levers. The arms are actually slightly different builds as one is bigger to accommodate the giant kryptonite powered cannon. The cannon itself is very cool, as it has a little transparent case to hold the kryptonite piece and a hose that connects it to back of the cockpit. You get an extra hose too, which I just used to connect the tanks on his back. I do think the Power Armor would have benefited from longer legs with actual knees, but I might be able to make that happen with some Kre-O pieces I have lying around.

The green and purple mixed with black and grey give this build a really nice deco. I especially dig the translucent neon green pieces, which shows off this thing’s kryptonite power source. The clear tops on the tanks are pretty cool too.

Lex’ Armor sports a lot of useful articulation. There are ball joints in the hips and ankles, shoulders and elbows. Each of the fingers are also articulated so you can use it to pick up minifigs, or small Lego cars and such.

The set retails for around $20, which is pretty good for what you get. This one actually has a little higher brick count than the two Marvel sets that I own at the same price point, but the differences are negligible. Even still, the build was more substantial than I thought it would be, and that’s always a plus. Honestly, I bought this set as much for the Wonder Woman and Superman minifigs as anything else, so in the end I was pleasantly surprised. I will still get around to picking up some Batman sets, but I really hope Lego lays off the Batman a bit and starts in with some other Justice League sets. I realize that Batman was a big property this year and all, but how about a little more variety on the DC end of things, Lego?