The Hulk
- This article is about the minifigure. For the Ultrabuild figure, see 4530 The Hulk.
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- “Hulk Smash!”
- ―The Hulk in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
The Hulk, also known as Bruce Banner, is a big figure in the Marvel Super Heroes theme.
Description[edit | edit source]
The Avengers[edit | edit source]
As Hulk is a human with distorted proportions, he is depicted using a big figure. Hulk has moulded black shaggy hair, his face depicts him as being angry with his mouth open and teeth showing. He is sculpted to be extremely muscular and only his arms and hands are moveable. Hulk's hands are designed to still be capable of holding minifigure accessories, and their feet. He wears dark tan pants and has huge feet the size of a 2x3 brick. Besides his face, legs and hair, Hulk's body is coloured green.
This version is based on his appearance in The Avengers.
Minifigure[edit | edit source]
The minifigure is made of basic minifigure parts. This version has Harry Potter's hair and a double sided face angry and slightly angry. The torso is printed to have muscles similar to the printing on Dastan's shirtless version and has back printing to show his back. The legs are green with purple printing that represents ripped trousers. The pants show the signature purple pants, unlike the Avengers variant.
Avengers Assemble[edit | edit source]
This version uses the same mould as the previous, except that this version now has purple pants. The face has also changed: the mouth is still open but is now clenched, larger bushier eyebrows, check bones, and lines above the eyebrows.
Avengers: Age of Ultron[edit | edit source]
A new variant of the Hulk appeared in spring of 2015, as a part of the Avengers: Age of Ultron line. He has an updated design to match his film counterpart. His hair is now shorter, spiked and messy. His body colour is changed to olive green. His face is largely the same with different facial designs with check bones, and the teeth are clenched. The pants are printed instead of moulded and purple, printed with black lines to represent seams, red strips down the side of each leg, and a small red Avengers logo on the left leg. Like Gorilla Grodd, this version features printed-on toes rather than having them as a part of the mould.
Video game variant[edit | edit source]
His Avengers variant is used in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. He has super strength which he can use to lift and throw large objects. He can also change back to Bruce Banner to solve problems the Hulk can't, such as climb a rope, or build. In fact, if you try and build anything with Hulk, he attempts it but can’t figure it out, so he becomes angry and kicks the blocks around.
Background[edit | edit source]
Bruce Banner was working on recreating the super soldier serum (which created Captain America) with gamma radiation. Convinced that he had recreated the super soldier serum, he tested it on himself, which involved exposing his body to dangerous levels of gamma radiation. As a result, he became a huge green monster, which almost killed his girlfriend Betty Ross and her father, General Ross.
General Ross wanted Bruce's monster as a weapon for the military, and pursued him across the world for years. He finally located Bruce at a soda factory in Brazil, using newly recruited soldier Emil Blonski to track and subdue Bruce. However, Bruce turned into the Hulk again, destroyed the factory, and fled.
Banner went to find data held by Betty, was reunited with her and retrieved the data. This lead to a battle at Culver University between the Hulk and General Ross, which resulted in Emil being seriously injured. Hulk ran away with Betty in his arms after he protected her from a helicopter firing at him.
Bruce and Betty then traveled to New York City to find Dr. Samuel Sterns in order to cure his "condition". Stern's formula was successful, but it only suppressed the Hulk within. Emil and General Ross arrived and captured Bruce. Emil, who was already enhanced by the super-soldier serum in him, added Bruce's blood into him and became the Abomination.
As the Abomination, Emil left a trail of destruction on the streets of Harlem immediately after, prompting Bruce to turn into the Hulk to fight him and protect the people of the city. He battled with the Abomination and won, almost killing him before Betty intervened. He ran away from a news helicopter while Emil was taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D., feeling he has more control of his power.
Later, Banner was recruited by the Black Widow and Nick Fury to help locate the stolen Tesseract (Cosmic Cube), and to be a part of a team called the Avengers, which also consists of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye. However, he was not supposed to be there to fight as the Hulk but merely follow the Tesseract's trail because it let off gamma radiation, which Bruce was an expert in the field of. Tony Stark tried to talk Bruce into using the Hulk as a hero, to which he disagreed. During the attack on the Helicarrier, Bruce hulks out, clashing with both Widow and Thor in his anger. Fury then ordered a jet to open fire on the Hulk, causing him to attack the jet and be thrown off into a building on the ground far below. After being knocked unconscious by the fall and turning back into Banner as a result, he decided to head toward Stark Tower and rejoin the others.
After Loki and the Chitauri attacked, he turned back into the Hulk and is ordered simply by Captain America to "smash". Hulk ultimately defeated "puny god" Loki and saved Iron Man from falling to his death. Bruce is then seen driving off with Stark after Thor left with Loki as his prisoner.
Tony later recounted his trauma with Aldrich Killian to Bruce, but Banner fell asleep at the start of the story.
LEGO.com Description[edit | edit source]
This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Please do not modify it. (visit this item's product page)
Hulk™
Belted by gamma rays, brilliant scientist Bruce Banner discovered that whenever he lost his temper, he transformed into a giant green creature of unstoppable strength and power – an incredible Hulk! On the run from those who would capture him and lock him away, Doctor Banner has tried for years to control the raging beast within. Will the Hulk battle the Avengers, or help them save the world?
Gallery of variants[edit | edit source]
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| The Avengers | Minifigure | Avengers Assemble | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Age of Ultron minifigure | Mighty Micros | Classic | Thor: Ragnarok |
Video game variants[edit | edit source]
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| Normal | Grey | Minifigure | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- 6868 Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout (The Avengers)
- 76018 Hulk Lab Smash (Avengers Assemble)
- 76031 The Hulk Buster Smash (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- 76041 The Hydra Fortress Smash (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- 76066 Hulk vs Ultron (Mighty Micros)
- 76078 Hulk vs. Red Hulk (Classic)
- 76088 Thor vs. Hulk: Arena Clash (Thor: Ragnarok)
- 5000022 The Hulk (Minifigure)
- 5003048 The Hulk (Age of Ultron minifigure)
Video game appearances[edit | edit source]
TV appearances[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
As seen on the Avengers sets box art
CGI
5 of the parts of Hulk, excluding the blue pins
Hulk lifting up Max
The Hulk's back printing
Hulk's alternate face
With Captain America
An ad for the promotional comic variant
Icon on the Marvel Super Heroes game on LEGO.com
The Hulk fighting Chitauri Warriors
The Incredible Hulk in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Hulk on Asgard
Fighting Sandman
With Spider-Man and The Human Torch.
Hulk and Jean Grey in front of the Blackbird
The Hulk and Abomination
The Hulk and Wolverine
Promotional Image
A digital rendering of The Hulk's Age of Ultron variant
