The magazine itself follows suit with all its predecessors, with a ton of puzzles and activities, such as dice based games and mazes. These are great fun for the intended younger fans, offering up a fun yet somewhat educational experience.

A fun addition to this magazine, and others in the LEGO family, are the comic book stories, usually centred around the character that comes bundled to the front cover. Obviously Spider-Man is going to be the main guy and rightly so, it’s his magazine after all. But the story usually centres on the character that comes with the issue, in this case its Carnage.

What I particularly like most about the comics is the art, there are some truly astounding set pieces to see and bring alive when reading the captivating storylines. The one pictured below really caught my attention, I’m a sucker for bright colours and cool Superheroes.

It even tells you all about the many Spider-Man varients, including where they live and what they like to do, kind of like a basic encyclopedia. The many powers they possess are listed too, from wallcrawling and swinging to Spidey-sense.

What I like most about these Magazines as an AFOL, after the Minifigure of course, is the double sided poster. The art work is usually stunning and well worth keeping. My plan is to one day have a LEGO room where I can showcase some of them, which I now haveany of, probably 10s if not 100s!

The main draw for the magazine is the included Minifigure, which is Carnage! 

The design and printing is done to the high standard we all know and love from LEGO, it even comes with leg prints.

If you like Carnage and don’t yet have this Minifigure then grab this issue now, it’s a must get. The characternisnt as well known as Spider-Man but don’t let that put you off, he is a villain not to be messed with, especially with his tentacle-like appendages.

Thank you for reading this LEGO Spider-Man Magazine Issue 2 rundown, we hope you manage to find one in your local Newsagent or Supermarket. Unfortunately these Magazines are still not available in the US and other regions, currently UK and Europe are the only places lucky enough to get them.

If you’ve made it this far here is a sneaky peek at the Minifigure available in Issue 3.

As per usual with these sorts of posts the set images haven’t been officially unveiled yet and we’ll have to wait until Summer time for them.

The upcoming Summer 2021 Marvel sets are as follows:

Avengers: The Infinity Saga

• Black Panther Dragon Flyer (76186) – 202 pieces / €19.99
• Captain America and Hydra Face-Off (76189) – 49 pieces / €9.99
• Iron Man: Iron Monger Mayhem (76190) – 479 pieces / €39.99
• Avengers Endgame: Final Battle (76192) – 527 pieces / €89.99
• Benatar (76193) – 1,901 pieces / €149.99
• Sanctuary II (76200) – 265 pieces / €29.99

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

• Escape from the Ten Rings (76176) – 321 pieces – €29.99
• Battle at the Ancient Village (76177) – €29.99

Spider-Man: No Way Home

This will probably continue where the second movie (Far From Home) ended with Peter Parker’s secret identity exposed.

• 76184 – 73 pieces – €19.99
• 76185 – 355 pieces – €39.99
• 76195 – 198 pieces – €19.99

The Eternals

• Deviant Ambush! (76154) – 197 pieces – €24.99
• In Arishem’s Shadow (76155) – 493 pieces – €59.99
• Rise of the Domo (76156) – 1,040 pieces – €89.99
• Eternals’ Aerial Assault (76145) – 133 pieces – €9.99

Helmets

• Carnage (71687) – €59.99
• Venom (76187) – 565 pieces – €59.99
• Infinity Gauntlet (76191) – 590 pieces – €69.99

Disney+

• 76194 – 369 pieces – €34.99.

Unknown set name, but based on a Disney+ Series – Fingers Crossed it’s WandaVision!

There were rumours floating around the Internet of new additions coming to the popular LEGO Helmet series based on the Venom franchise and the new Movie coming this Summer.

This sneak peek comes from users of the Target app, more precisely a notification informing members that pre-orders will be available from 11th March 2021. 

The RRP will most likely be $59.99 (USD) which would keep it similar to previous helmets, with exclusivity to Target – it seems.

Are you a fan of these helmets and will you be picking this up on release day? Let us know in the comment below.

I personally really like the look of those Carnage Helmet and may be tempted to grab one and give the Helmet series a go!