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Epic Battle: Hulkbuster vs. The Hulk

A pocket-sized Hulkbuster brawl that punches above its price, if not above its piece count.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 76343 · 2026

Pieces413

Minifigs2

Year2026

Set number76343

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The verdict

The moment I clicked the Hulkbuster's shoulders into place and realized it could actually turn its torso and swing a punch, I understood exactly what this set is going for.

It is a display piece built for play, not a shelf trophy, and at 413 pieces and under fifty dollars it knows its lane. I would not call it a masterwork of engineering, the frame under that armor is pretty bare bones once you dig in, but it delivers a genuinely fun little battle scene with a street's worth of rubble to smash. This is the set for a kid (or a kid at heart) who wants to reenact Age of Ultron on their desk, not the one for a collector chasing detail for detail's sake.

Best for: kids and casual Marvel fans who want a posable Hulkbuster to actually play with, not just display

The full review

What it is

This is LEGO's budget-friendly answer to the Hulkbuster obsession, built around one of the most quotable fights in the Marvel movies. You get Iron Man's Mark 43 armor squared off against a Hulk bigfig in the middle of a collapsing city block, complete with a traffic light Hulk can rip up and swing. It is a scene, not just a model, and that is what makes it fun to actually mess with rather than just look at.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the tradeoffs. At 413 pieces the Hulkbuster's frame is simple underneath the surface, and the fixed elbows and knees mean the posability stops short of what the shoulder and torso joints promise. It reads as a smaller, friendlier cousin to LEGO's bigger licensed Hulkbuster builds rather than a scaled-down version of them, and reviewers have noted the overall design leans minimalist for what it costs.

Who it's for

Get this one for a kid who wants a Hulkbuster they can actually swing at a Hulk, or for a Marvel fan who wants an affordable desk diorama of the Age of Ultron brawl. Skip it if you are hoping for the intricate, fully armored Hulkbuster builds LEGO has made at larger scales, this set trades that detail for accessibility and price.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one moves fast. It is short enough to finish in an evening, with the street rubble and collapsing steel elements going together first before you move on to stacking the Hulkbuster's limbs and torso. The joy here is mechanical rather than architectural, snapping the arm into the shoulder socket and feeling it actually rotate is the payoff, not some clever brick-built texture trick.

The standout piece is the Hulk bigfig's head, which carries a new, energetic paint job that reviewers called one of the best-executed prints on a Hulk figure yet. The Hulkbuster shell itself is mostly specialized Technic-style armor pieces rather than new molds, so the part-count value leans more toward play function than rare collectible bricks. Iron Man's minifig is a straightforward Mark 43 helmet piece, serviceable but not loaded with extras.

Fun facts

01The set recreates the Hulkbuster versus Hulk street fight from Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), one of the most requested battles from Marvel fans for a LEGO version.
02LEGO shifted this set's retirement window forward, moving its scheduled exit from late 2027 up to July 2027, so it has a shorter shelf life than some other Marvel Epic Battle sets.
03It launched January 1, 2026 as part of LEGO's Marvel Epic Battle collection, a line built specifically around affordable, playable movie-moment dioramas rather than premium display models.
04Despite its compact size, the base includes a nameplate so the finished scene can double as room decor when the minifigures are not out being played with.