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S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

The Avengers' flying carrier, rebuilt sleeker and smarter, with six exclusive figs.

Set 76354 · 2026

Pieces3,057

Minifigs6

Year2026

Set number76354

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The verdict

If you're an MCU fan who missed the 2015 original (or just wants the far better looking version), this one's an easy yes.

The shaping, the runways, and the minifigs are all genuinely great, and the interior scenes are a lovely surprise. The only thing holding it back is the price, which stings for the size you end up with, so go in knowing you're paying for detail and screen accuracy, not sheer bulk.

Best for: MCU fans who want a display-worthy Avengers centerpiece

The full review

What it is

The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier is one of those LEGO® sets Marvel fans have been quietly hoping would get a redo, and this 2026 version is exactly that. It's the Avengers' flying aircraft carrier at proper display scale, 68cm long and standing 30cm tall on its included stand. The 2015 original was a bit of a boxy, stickered affair, and this one fixes basically all of it. The proportions are more true to the movie, the surface is cleaner, and the whole thing is sturdy enough to pick up and swoosh one-handed if the mood strikes. If you're the kind of person who rewatches The Avengers just for the Helicarrier scenes, you already know whether you want this.

The catch

Now the honest part, and it's the same note every reviewer landed on: the price. At $399.99 (£329.99 / €369.99) it's a lot, and here's the kicker, despite having more pieces than the old set, the finished model is actually 12cm shorter. That's because modern LEGO uses loads of smaller elements to get finer detail, so you're paying for intricacy rather than a bigger footprint on the shelf. There are also some reports of sticker batch issues, where the printed stickers don't quite match the plastic they sit on, which is annoying at this price. And if you loved the play functions and motorization potential of the 2015 set, know that this one leans much harder toward display, so there's less to fiddle with.

Who it's for

So who's this for? MCU die-hards, display builders, and anyone who missed the first Helicarrier and regretted it. The six exclusive minifigs alone make it tempting for Marvel collectors, and the build itself is the sort that's genuinely hard to put down. Who should skip it? If you want maximum size-per-dollar or a heavily playable set for kids to swoosh and crash, your money stretches further elsewhere. But if you want the best looking Helicarrier LEGO has ever made and the price doesn't scare you off, this is a really satisfying one to own.

The parts story

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

The build flows in big satisfying chunks, and reviewers kept saying the same thing, that it's hard to stop. You work through the hull and deck in sub-assemblies that slide neatly into place, and the runways are the standout technique: instead of stickered tiles, the designers built the roads sideways using a bricks-on-their-side approach, which adds texture and quietly removes a ton of potential user error. There's a lot of angled plates and gentle curvature going on to get that sleek, low-stud finish, and four large turbine engines anchor the corners with newly designed circular elements and internal spoke detail. Along the way you build out the interior scenes, a control room, a S.H.I.E.L.D. meeting area, and the Loki containment cell that ejects from the underside.

On pieces, the real draw is the minifigs. Captain America in his Stealth Suit is brand new head to toe, including dual-molded legs and printed arms, which is a first for a non-zombie version of the character and the kind of detail fig collectors actually track. Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Agent Coulson, Hawkeye, and Winter Soldier all get new heads, torsos, arms, or legs too, and all six are exclusive to this set. The turbine parts and the sideways road technique give you handy elements for your own builds, and there's a fun micro Iron Man scene recreating the turbine repair moment. At 3,057 pieces the per-part value looks fine on paper, just remember a lot of those are small detail elements rather than big plates.

Fun facts

01At 3,057 pieces it's the largest LEGO Helicarrier ever made, edging past the 2015 set's 2,996 pieces, yet the finished model is 12cm shorter thanks to modern LEGO's smaller, denser elements.
02The designers deliberately based it on The Avengers helicarrier rather than the Insight ones from The Winter Soldier, because that's where the iconic moments happen, the guy playing Galaga, the Hulk jumping on the jet, and the big hangar bay fight.
03Stealth Suit Captain America is the first non-zombie version of the character to include printed arms, a detail minifig collectors genuinely care about.
04There's a tiny Loki imprisoned in the Hulk-proof containment cell, and the whole prison can be ejected from the base of the ship just like the pod-drop scene from the movie.