Review: Avengers Truck Take-down

Captain America & Hawkeye have brought in the big guns to face off against AIM. But does this set have fire power it needs?

ID	76143
Series	Marvel
Release Year	2020
Piece Count	477
Minifigures	4
MSRP	49.99 CAD \| 39.99 USD \| 39.99E

The Build

Despite the drop away walls this is a pretty simple build. The moving elements are held together with technic pins. Its simple and functional but lacks the finesse more advanced building techniques might have.

Not a big fan of the design. The best part is the rapid fire cannon that pops up from the back. When it is deployed it looks a little cooler. When it is not, it looks a bit like the frame of a garbage truck. It also have a sizable hole in the roof, for no reason.

Minifigures

The set comes with four minifigures. Two AIM agents, Hawkeye, & Captain America. The AIM agents are the same minifigures we have seen all year (my collection of AIM goons is really piling up). I will give the designers credit though because although the figures are all identical at least they try to make up for it by providing a range of interesting accessories. In this case a flaming jetpack with a flamethrower weapon and a cute buggy/drone combo.

The real draw of this set was Hawkeye. I love new torso, repping that classic purple. Captain America also looks good in a new torso variant with a little more muted colours. He comes with a choice of hair or a helmet. I am not a big fan of the Captain America helmet. It looks a bit bulky compared to the rest of the figure especially with the chinstrap printed flat on the head.

I assume that was because molding a helmet with the chinstrap was either too difficult or proved not durable enough. What ever the reason, I prefer my cap with the hair piece. Although it should be noted that the face print with the chinstrap can be clearly seen from behind, even with the hair piece. A design flaw the result of a few decisions.

Value

At $50 CAD this was a hard sell for me. I am almost certainly going to break it down for parts. The collector in me definitely got the best of me with this one.

Overall

It is a fun set for kids, I think they will enjoy racing it around to have Hawkeye or Captain America pop out with their Gatling gun. For me, I am mostly excited for the minifigures, and happy to add some navy blue bricks to my collection.