Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle review

There's a very good reason we called Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle the best set for Avengers fans in our round-up of the best Lego Marvel sets. Not only is it a fun, engaging build but it looks striking too: a depiction of the ruined Avengers' compound, recreating the final battle scene from Avengers: Endgame. With a great set of minifigures, some really neat hidden 'secrets' and a clever build that perfectly comes together close to the end, we've got a set that works well as both a playset and a display piece. Really, what's not to like?

Sure, a crumbling structure might not make the most aesthetically pleasing Lego set, but somehow the designers have pulled it off here. There's a cadence to how the bricks connect; you can almost sense them crumbling thanks to their cleverly thought-out but zig-zaggy, haphazard placement. With a circular base, it's a set that you can admire from any angle, too, and it's still just as enjoyable: There's no real, discernible front or back. That's for you to decide.

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Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle review: Build

• Easy to follow, engaging build
• Takes around two hours to complete

The pieces of Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle are spread over seven bags. With just under 800 pieces in the whole set, it means each bag is of a manageable size, taking you around 15 to 20 minutes to do. Considering the set is rated age 10+, it feels about right: there's nothing too overwhelming here. With just one instruction book, though, it's not a great set for building as part of a duo or a group: It's designed to be tackled solo. 

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The first and second bags have you building just half of the footprint of the Endgame Final Battle. From the third bag onwards, you'll start building vertically, giving the set some height. But with the base coming in four parts — attached by clicking into each other once they're built — it's not until the fifth bag has been completed that the set starts to take shape. It's worth the wait as a random jumble of bricks eventually makes sense, and it looks wonderful.

There are, annoyingly, around 10 small stickers in use here. They simply add the effect of destroyed walls to the tower of the set, so if you're not a sticker fan we think it'd look perfectly fine without them. They're at least not too egregious and since they're being added to flat, rectangular or square pieces, they're all easy enough to apply, too.

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The pieces used in Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle are all fairly standard: there's nothing that stood out to us as unusual, except a fairly high count of 2x1 pieces with a brick effect. But it means if you lose anything, finding a replacement shouldn't be too much of a problem. Outside of the minifigures, no pieces have printed parts either, with the exception of two black-and-yellow 'warning' 2x1 tiles.  

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Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle review: Design

• Makes a great playset or display piece
• Some nice hidden 'secrets'

As we mentioned above, it's hard to get a grasp on what Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle is going to look like until you're close to the end of the build. But as it's begun to come together, we've 'oohed' and 'aahed' at lots of lovely details in the set. There's a car wreckage, for example, which first looked like nothing but a random tire sticking out of the wall. But as we continued building that particular section — bag five and into six — we saw a trunk begin to take shape and then, eventually, part of a hood. 

It's not something that defines Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle, but it's a nice little touch that gives some context to the ruin, as does the jagged edges you'll build around the other side of the base. Of course, taking center stage is that iconic and unmissable Avengers 'A' logo, which ensures there's no mistaking just what this set is. As we alluded to above, there are several little 'secrets' hidden around the set too, including Thor's hammer, Captain America's shield and a tiny Wasp microfigure.

Despite the rickety appearance of the Endgame Final Battle set, it's surprisingly sturdy. The tower structures are cleverly rooted to the spot with hidden poles, ensuring everything stays in place. The only fragile parts are the minifigures, which can be placed around the sets on transparent sticks to give some of them the appearance that they're flying. But these can of course be moved around freely and placed wherever — particularly important if a younger builder wants to use the set as a plaything.

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Should you buy Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle?

We've been pleasantly surprised by just how striking Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle looks once it's finished and so we wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to any Lego Marvel fan. At $99.99 it's a little pricey, but it does feel worth the money, particularly considering the excellent set of minifigures (and Big Fig) included with the set. It's multi-functional too, making both a pleasant display set and a versatile playset for youngsters. 

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Other Lego sets to consider

If you prefer your Lego Marvel buildings to be a little less… destroyed, we wholeheartedly recommend the Sanctum Sanctorum. The home of Doctor Strange is significantly more expensive at $249.99, but this 2,708-piece set packs in a lot of incredible detail — and it's built to the scale of Lego's Modular range of sets, so it can sit innocuously on a street alongside, say, the Parisian Café and Boutique Hotel. 

For something a little different, how about the Lego Marvel The Amazing Spider-Man set? This one is designed to be hung on the wall and, thanks to its comic book effect, looks absolutely stunning. If you've got a spare bit of wall, it does a great job of brightening up a room.