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Wolverine's Adamantium Claws

Three claws, one blue glove, and a whole lot of feelings about the price.

Brick Rated Score

3.5/5

Set 76250 · 2023

Pieces596

Minifigsn/a

Year2023

Set number76250

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The verdict

I have a soft spot for Wolverine, so the moment those three claws snapped into the knuckles I grinned like a kid.

Standing over 14 inches tall on its plinth, it's a genuinely striking silhouette on a shelf, and the fingers actually pose so you can set that mid-slash snarl. That said, the build under the surface is simple and the dark blue glove gets a little one-note, so this one really is for the person who wants the character on display, not the person chasing a clever engineering puzzle.

Best for: X-Men fans who want Logan's claws looming on a shelf, not a technical challenge

The full review

What it is

This is Wolverine's clawed glove rendered as an adult display piece, tied to the X-Men '97 wave, and it stands over 14 inches tall on a black plinth with a little name panel. I'll be honest, the claws are the whole show, and they earn it. When you slide those three long blades into the three notches on the knuckles and the layered armour clicks together at their base, it lands exactly the way you want a Wolverine set to land. The fingers move independently too, so you're not stuck with one flat pose, you can curl them into a proper snarling slash. For a character I've loved since the cartoon, seeing him summoned in brick form on my shelf genuinely made me happy.

The catch

Now here is where I have to be fair to you. The build itself is simple. The base doubles as the internal structure of the hand, which is a tidy idea, but the glove is essentially a blue-gloved fist and there is not a lot of engineering drama once you get past the claws. And the price is the sticking point almost everyone raised. At 69.99 dollars it sits awkwardly next to the Infinity Gauntlet and Nano Gauntlet, which cost similar money and give you drum-lacquered pieces and far busier builds. A lot of the dark blue also runs together, and more than one reviewer wished for chrome silver claws or a second blue tone for contrast. A little Wolverine minifigure tucked in would have softened the cost too, and its absence stings a bit.

Who it's for

So who is this actually for? If you love Wolverine, or you are building an X-Men shelf and want a bold centrepiece, this delivers the look and it holds up from across the room. It is a display object first and a build second, and if you go in knowing that, you'll be pleased. If you build for the joy of the engineering, or you are pinching pennies on cost per piece, I'd point you to the Gauntlets instead, since they give you more to sink your hands into for the same outlay. This one is heart over head, and that's completely fine, just know which one you are buying it with.

The parts story

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

The build opens the way a lot of these adult display sets do, with a black plinth that matches the Gauntlets and the helmet busts, and that base quietly becomes the skeleton of the hand. From there you work up through the glove and knuckles, and it moves quickly because the interior is fairly straightforward. The real moment of the whole thing is fitting the claws, where the notch system on the knuckles gives you that satisfying seat, and the fingers are engineered to pose so the model never feels frozen.

The standout element is the 2x2 faceplate used to build the layered armour where the claws emerge, stacked to catch the light like overlapping plates. The claws themselves are long sculpted blades that carry the model. The recurring complaint from parts fans is what is missing rather than what is there, namely no chrome silver or drum-lacquered claws to lift the finish, and a heavy reliance on dark blue that a second tone would have improved. As a parts haul the 596 pieces skew toward that display base and glove structure, so it's more about the finished silhouette than a bin of exciting new molds.

Fun facts

01The set is tied to Marvel Studios' X-Men '97 series and released on August 1, 2023 for 69.99 dollars.
02The finished model stands over 14.5 inches (37cm) high, and the plinth deliberately matches the other Marvel display busts and Gauntlets so they line up on a shelf.
03You can display it with or without the claws, and each finger poses independently to recreate Logan's mid-slash attack.
04On the secondary market a sealed copy has climbed to roughly 90 dollars, about 29 percent over its original retail price.