Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Star Wars book 5008878 The Force of Creativity, a derivative product sold on the official online store since May 1, 2024 at the public price of €149.99.

The price charged suggests an exceptional product intended for the fans most committed to the Star Wars universe, it is therefore advisable to check if the promise is kept before committing to a pre-order with delivery scheduled for July 2024 .

It is difficult to criticize the packaging of the product, the work of just over 300 pages is delivered in a high-end box which suggests that we are dealing with something exceptional and new.

The box set is indeed magnificent, it is almost too much for a simple book but LEGO specifies that the work is accompanied by an "exclusive" time capsule described as a treasure made up of collector's items and which one could legitimately imagine filled with exceptional products.

Worse, this product is excluded from current promotional offers, its exceptional character probably placing it above the lot of boxes containing common plastic bricks. I reassure you right away, this is not the case.

First observation, not a LEGO brick on the horizon. Not even a pad-printed collector's brick, let alone a copy of the brick celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range that we find in many boxes. There is only cardboard and paper here, a lot of paper.

Concerning the work itself, the most dedicated fans will not learn much from the pages. It is more of a collection of information available for a long time in other books or quite simply online and even if the quotes from the many speakers remain interesting, there is nothing to make it a real investigative work. and journalism. This book at least has the merit of approaching the LEGO Star Wars universe from all angles, including through fan work.

It is therefore a somewhat lazy summary of fan service printed on glossy paper and certainly richly illustrated which focuses everything on its appearance to the detriment of its content and we are left wanting more while having the impression of having already heard or read the information distilled throughout the pages. I would point out for those who do not understand, this book is only available in English and it is necessary to master the language of Shakespeare to really benefit from it.

We could say that the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range needed to be celebrated with this beautiful book, but at €150 per item and promised delivery on the Greek calendar, I think we have the right to hope for a little more than visuals already seen elsewhere and anecdotes worn to the core.

This book being a pure product to glorify the manufacturer, do not expect to find any perspective on the work of designers or marketing people. It's advertising, certainly well packaged, but it's advertising above all.

As for the promised "time capsule", that's also the disappointment: The box contains some reproductions of documents relating to the launch of the LEGO Star Wars range in 1999 but you also have to make do with a postcard, instructions for products offered in LEGO Stores (without the bricks) and a few boards of little historical interest.

Still no plastic in sight but a mini diorama in low-end corrugated cardboard to assemble yourself which is unspeakably sad and whose manufacturing quality leaves something to be desired. It's definitely very meager for a "treasure" made up of collector's items.

I am not going to do more about this product, you will have understood that I am frankly doubtful about its interest and its price. In form, it is very well executed with a pretty box containing a book with careful layout and very clean visuals, but the substance is not there. In any case no more than in many other books which deal with the same subject and which present us with the same anecdotes for ten times less expensive. The time capsule, for its part, is a huge joke. This is obviously only my opinion and you will be able to form your own when the book is actually available.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 15th May 2024 next at 23:59 p.m. Simply post a comment below the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. Avoid “I’m participating” or “I’m trying my luck”, we suspect that this is the case.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

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Onward to a series of offers at LEGO which should in principle motivate us to properly celebrate the annual May the 4th event and go to the checkout, obtaining some promotional products along the way and taking advantage of more or less interesting discounts .

On the program, products offered according to the purchase level, coupons to download from the Insiders rewards center in order to benefit from an immediate reduction on the public price of nine products in the range and some VIP rewards with a medallion available in exchange of 1500 points and a poster in exchange of 1800 points.

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As for the products that are available today, here is the list of sets concerned, including the posting of the set online Ultimate Collector Series 75382 TIE Interceptor and a collector's book sold for €150:

A few hours before the launch of the promotional operation which will allow you to get this product, today we take a quick tour of the contents of the LEGO Star Wars set 40686 Trade Federation Troop Carrier which will be automatically added to the basket as soon as the minimum required purchase amount of €160 in products from the LEGO Star Wars range is reached. In this small box of 262 pieces, enough to assemble a Trade Federation troop transport with its six generic Battle Droids and its two pilots.

The set is part of the celebration of 25 years of the LEGO Star Wars range and pays homage to the set 7126 Battle Droid Carrier marketed in 2001 by taking up some of the ideas implemented at the time on a model which was then cruder and much less accomplished in terms of finish. The and 75086 Battle Droid Troop Carrier of 2015 displayed an aesthetic bias very different from what LEGO offers today with this return to the sources in terms of design and aesthetic refinements to best exploit current possibilities.

The product also benefits from some welcome features with the possibility of removing the rack which accommodates the battle droids and there are moving parts to visually simulate the ejection of the six figurines provided. Nothing crazy, but we're not going to complain that LEGO is making an effort to offer a construction offering a minimum of playability, even if it's a promotional product.

The supply of figurines is correct even if we all already have several handfuls of droids in our drawers from collecting them from LEGO Star Wars Advent calendars and we even get two pilots here with their distinctive torsos. Too bad, the pad printing of these elements is not really up to par with a beige area on a blue background which does not match and which is affected by defects due to the presence of the manufacturer's logo.

We also get a new copy of the brick provided to celebrate 25 years of the LEGO Star Wars range, it is still the same and it would have benefited from being available in personalized variants depending on the subject covered in the box concerned. We'll be happy with that. No stickers to stick here, the product didn't need them anyway.

This promotional product seems to me to live up to what we can expect from a manufacturer who imposes a relatively high minimum purchase on us to receive it, €160 in this specific case, and this box would have could also have been sold without having to blush in the face of other products in the LEGO Star Wars range which are sometimes much less convincing. Taking advantage of the offer will therefore allow you to celebrate two anniversaries with dignity: the 25th anniversary of theEpisode I. (The Phantom Menace) and 25 years of the LEGO Star Wars range.

It will also be possible not to fall for the official online store and to turn to the secondary market to obtain your copy of this little box, there should be many sellers there from the launch of the operation and prices should logically drop as supply increases. It's for you to see. In any case, I'm not going to complain about being entitled to a real product with an accomplished design as part of a promotional offer, it's always better than a simple polybag without much interest or a scrap metal charm off topic.

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Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 10th May 2024 next at 23:59 p.m. Simply post a comment below the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. Avoid “I’m participating” or “I’m trying my luck”, we suspect that this is the case.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Onwards to a new competition which will allow the lucky winner to win a copy of the LEGO Star Wars set 75337 AT-TE-Walker with a value of 139.99 € put into play.

To validate your participation, as always, simply identify yourself via the interface below and follow the instructions provided. As usual, it is a question of finding information on the official online store and then answering the question correctly. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by lot from the correct answers. Participation is free and without obligation to purchase.

Your details (name/pseudo, email address, IP address, postal address and phone number of the winner) are only used in the context of this competition and will not be kept beyond the draw which will designate the winner. As usual, this competition without obligation to purchase is open to all residents of metropolitan France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The prize at stake is generously provided by LEGO France via the annual allocation allocated to all members of the LAN (LEGO Ambassador Network), it will be sent to the winner by me upon confirmation of their contact details by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any entrant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Grumpers and bad losers abstain, the others will have a better chance of winning.

For information: the name / nickname of the winner is displayed in the participation interface once the draw has been made. I also notify the winners by email, but remember to check anyway.

Two clarifications: all the products involved are physically in my possession and are shipped by me, no risk of having to wait weeks for the brand to send the batch. The products are shipped very quickly to the winners, those who have received their prize in the past can attest to this.