LEGO Avengers Peking opera masks go on display in Shanghai

The hype train for Avengers: Endgame is barrelling towards its final destination now, and to celebrate, a series of superhero-themed LEGO opera masks have gone on display in Shanghai.

According to Radii China, the display is “the world’s first Chinese-style Marvel heroes opera makeup exhibition”. We guess it’s like those ultra-specific Guinness World Records, only this is the first of its kind. Which, to be fair, means it’s surely also breaking a record for the biggest Chinese-style Marvel heroes opera makeup exhibition. Someone call Guinness.

The masks are based on the original sextet of superheroes from 2012’s Avengers Assemble: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Hulk. They’re the brainchild of Certified LEGO Professional Prince Jiang, who used approximately 600,000 bricks for the masks in total.

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Assembly took around 180 hours, and each mask measures 1.3 metres tall by 1.1 metres wide. If you’re in Shanghai and want to check them out in-person, head down to Nanjing East Road – one of the city’s main destinations for shoppers – where they’re currently on display.

Yesterday, official images were unveiled for the latest LEGO Marvel Super Heroes promo, 40334 Avengers Tower. The full range of Avengers: Endgame LEGO sets are available to buy now.

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Chris Wharfe
I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

Chris Wharfe

I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

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