To begin with, let's use the terms of press release dating from San Diego Comic Con in July 2011 and endorsing the partnership between LEGO and Disney / Marvel:

"... The LEGO SUPER HEROES Marvel collection will spotlight three Marvel franchises - Marvel's The Avengers movie, and X-Men and Spider-Man classic characters ..."

"… Marvel characters as Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Loki and Black Widow to LEGO minifigure form ... Wolverine, Magneto, Nick Fury and Deadpool… Spider-Man, and Doctor Octopus…"

But this partnership is only valid for the comic versions of Spiderman and the X-Men, while it takes into account the film The Avengers which will be released in May 2012. Indeed, the film versions of Spiderman belong to Sony Pictures Entertainment which manages the license for derivative products.

But that is no longer true since Disney which now owns Marvel (are you following?) Acquired the rights to the next movie The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Sony will continue to produce and distribute the films in the franchise, but Disney will now have the right to market derivative products based on these films.
In my opinion, the second film in this new saga will likely be produced by Disney / Marvel, Sony having been ousted from the equation by then ... 

We therefore learn that:

1. The sets will be based on the so-called characters conventional from the Spiderman universe.

2. We will undoubtedly find Doctor Octopus alongside Peter Parker.

3. Disney has the rights for the next Spider-Man in theaters. Disney has an agreement with LEGO on the characters and their universe.

And that's all...

What we know elsewhere:

The film The Amazing Spider-Man, reboot of the series which will therefore not be linked to the films released previously in 2002, 2004 and 2007, will be released in France on July 4, 2012. Andrew Garfield (seen in not much significant so far) will don the spider-man costume alongsideEmma Stone.

The scenario of the film revolves around the youth of Peter Parker and the discovery and mastery of his powers.

LEGO will obviously take advantage of the buzz around the film to promote its sets.

What do I think of it :

If we refer to the terms used in the press release [... Spiderman classic characters ...], I can't help but think of the range of toys marketed in the early 2000s by Toy Biz under the name Spiderman classics. It was a series of collectible figurines sold in blister packs and accompanied by a comic book.
This range began in 2001 to be modified in 2003 (with the deletion of the comic book) and was taken over by Hasbro in 2009 under the name Spider-Man Classics (note the dash).

I'm more and more inclined to think that we're going to be entitled to union minimums for the Spider-Man and X-Men-based portion of the LEGO Marvel lineup. For lack of anything better, we should be able to get some mini-sets containing a hero and a villain, with a vehicle and / or a piece of wall, a lamppost and a trash can. A bit in the spirit of the set 6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase from the LEGO DC Universe range which is coming out in a few weeks.

On the side of the bad guys, we should find the most charismatic of the spider-man universe. We will probably be entitled to a new version of the characters of the range under license Sony Pictures Entertainment released in 2003 and 2004 with Doc Ock (aka Doctor Octopus), Green Goblin and some emblematic enemies of Spiderman such as Venom, Carnage, or even Mysterio. All with very cartoonish and up to date minifigs (or younger ones).

 Personally, whatever the result, I would be satisfied with these new figurines. Even if those of 2003 and 2004 are already exceptionally successful.
The photo at the top of this article brings together in the background the 4 versions of Spiderman released to date and in the foreground a custom that I love and that I got from Christo after a hard battle on eBay .... 

Some information gleaned from Eurobricks, where a forumer contacted the LEGO sales department and got details on the highly anticipated set 10225 R2-D2 whose upcoming release has been the subject of more or less confirmed rumors for several months. This set as well as the 10227 B-Wing Starfighter had made a brief appearance in the catalog of the brickshop.nl merchant site in August before the reference 10227 was withdrawn (See this article from 24/08/2011 and this other article of 30/10/2011).

So today we learn that the 10225 set will consist of 2127 pieces. Its official release is scheduled for March 2012 and its retail price will be £ 149.99 or around € 175. The price remains to be confirmed for France, however, due to the differences between the prices charged by LEGO depending on the marketing zone and VAT in particular.

No information on the possible engine of this model which could probably resemble those presented on the visual above.  

The Eurobricks forumer in question has also obtained confirmation of the presence of the 10227 B-Wing Starfighter set in the internal LEGO system, but without being entitled to more details.

You thought I had dropped the Advent Calendar ... Lost ...

Today we are entitled to a mini version of Slave I rather successful if we take into account the mini format of the machine.

What's more fun is that if you look on flickr, nobody builds it in the same way in the cockpit (Cheese Slope clear or not), and I had to refer to the official LEGO visual on the LEGO Shop to get a picture of the correct version ...

I suddenly took a shot of the OG-9 Homing Spider Droid yesterday, shame on me and my problems understanding the instructions ....

Going forward for a small update on the prices of the products in the LEGO Star Wars range currently on sale at Amazon, keep in mind that the prices are fluctuating wildly at the moment and the best deal is the one you make at the. instant when you validate your order ....:

LEGO Star Wars 7869 Battle for Geonosis - € 79.95
LEGO Star Wars 7877 Naboo Starfighter - € 60.38
LEGO Star Wars 7913 Clone Trooper Battle Pack- € 11.69
LEGO Star Wars 7914 Mandalorians Battle Pack - € 12.49
LEGO Star Wars 7915 Imperial V-Wing Starfighter - € 19.99
LEGO Star Wars 7929 The Battle Of Naboo  - € 19.11
LEGO Star Wars 7930 Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship - € 43.89
LEGO Star Wars 7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle - € 54.99
LEGO Star Wars 7956 Ewok Attack - € 20.23
LEGO Star Wars 7957 Sith Nightspeeder- € 19.99
LEGO Star Wars 7959 Geonosian Starfighter - € 27.88
LEGO Star Wars 7961 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator - € 49.99
LEGO Star Wars 7962 Anakin's & Sebulba's Podracers - € 63.90
LEGO Star Wars 7964 Republic Frigate - € 114.90
LEGO Star Wars 7965 Millennium Falcon - € 109.99 
LEGO Star Wars 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter - € 65.71
LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star - € 369.00
LEGO Star Wars 10198 Tantive IV - € 147.90 

Amazon also offers good other lego products currently on sale. Do not hesitate to visit the specialized LEGO stores by theme:

LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Technic
Lego cars
LEGO City
Lego creator
Lego harry potter
Lego pirates of the caribbean
Lego ninjago

It was announced for more than two months and I was telling you about it at the end of September, and this new brick separator is finally available on the LEGO Shop in a version Orange for 2.49 €.

As a reminder, this new version brings some notable changes with the presence of an axis Technic which allows the extraction of stuck LEGO axes. The handle of this new brick separator has also been refined to allow the removal of tiles without any particular effort. Under the divider, the design has been changed in order to be able to remove the Jumper Plates (plates 1 × 2 with a central stud), something that the old model could not do.
This new version should also be delivered in the set 10230 Mini Modulars scheduled for February 1, 2012 on Lego shop and reserved for VIP members.