{"id":7005,"date":"2015-07-20T22:52:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2015-07-20T22:57:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:57:23","slug":"the-ant-man-final-battle-set-will-not-be-sold-in-australian-retail-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/news\/the-ant-man-final-battle-set-will-not-be-sold-in-australian-retail-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ant-Man Final Battle set will not be sold in Australian retail stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LEGO<\/a><\/p>\n

I took an extended break in Adelaide over the weekend and managed to catch Marvel’s latest blockbuster Ant-Man<\/a> in the cinemas. I’m a huge fan of Paul Rudd and thoroughly enjoyed the entirety of the movie. Unlike other Marvel films which usually focus on titanic struggles between the forces of Good and Evil, dueling to prevent utter destruction to Earth or the Galaxy, I really liked Ant-Man’s refreshing change of pace and lowkey setting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no big bad guy threatening to blow up Earth, no immensely powerful cosmic foe out to exterminate the human race or even a super-powered nemesis to deal with. Ant-Man is a clever heist movie<\/strong>, relatively isolated (but still occupying the main Marvel Cinematic universe) from the feats of The Avengers or Thor in a very satisfying self-contained microscopic bubble.<\/p>\n

Paul Rudd is as lovable as Paul Rudd can be,\u00a0Michael Pe\u00f1a steals almost the entire show with his comedic genius and other than Marvel’s trademark move of serving of a very weak and uninspired villain, Ant-Man is more than capable standing toe to toe against some of Marvel Studio’s biggest hitters.<\/p>\n

Anyway, apologies for digressing from the point of this post with my mini movie review. I left the cinema in light spirits and immediately my mind turned to the lone LEGO set that was released to coincide with the film’s release – Ant-Man Final Battle<\/a>\u00a0and how I was looking forward to building and reviewing it.<\/p>\n

\"LEGO<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s almost August and the set is nowhere to be seen on Australian shelves<\/strong>, even though it was slated to be released in June according to the latest 2015 Australian LEGO retail catalogue<\/a>. There have been well-publicized issues with the structural integrity<\/a> and design of the set which caused it to be delayed in other territories. The set did eventually start showing up around the world after the issue was fixed but its absence has not gone unnoticed here in Australia.<\/p>\n

I reached out to LEGO Australia to get an official comment on the availability of this set, and I have to be the bearer of bad news – 76039 Ant-Man Final Battle will not be ranged in Australia and\u00a0will therefore only be available online<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As an Australian LEGO fan, I have to say that this is yet another disappointment<\/strong> since I’ll have to jump through unnecessary hoops to get my hands on this set. This follows a disturbing trend of a selected number of sets and themes that have simply not shown up in Australia at all. Ant-Man joins the illustrious list of:<\/p>\n