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had made a brief appearance in the catalog of the brickshop.nl merchant site in August before the reference 10227 was withdrawn (See this article from 24/08/2011 and this other article of 30/10/2011).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. 

Already have all the key chains, pens, magnets and other watches from the LEGO Star Wars merchandise line? Here are others announced for 2012 ....

On the menu, minifig-pens with retractable heads and watches a little less ugly than those already released in the past.

The new watches seem to have been the subject of an effort on the serigraphy of the dial which is a little less cartoonish than on the previous models. These new models should have an easier time attracting an adult clientele despite the classic bracelet a little too LEGO for my taste to be worn on a daily basis ...

As for the pens, we will have to wait to see more, but it seems that these are retractable models and that the body of the minifig acts as a stopper. Apparently a desk stand would also come with these pens.

I am an avid collector of LEGO Star Wars products, but I do not buy these merchandise for the simple reason that like magnets or key chains, the minifigure is hijacked and is no longer a full-fledged character benefiting from of all its features, but just a commercial argument to sell another product ....

I'll let you make up your own mind and if you have an opinion on the subject, feel free to post a comment ....