There, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised. This set largely satisfies me and from all points of view: the two podracers are very successful, well brought up to date with beautiful colors and the use of transparent pieces which give them a little lightness.

Each pod is highlighted by a base much more discreet than what we had known until now.

The minifigs are the best of this batch of sets, Sebulba and Watto finally look alike and Anakin gets a double-sided face and a new helmet. 

Wald and Obi-Wan are no surprises, but welcome to this set.

This set, although very close to the 7665 Republic Cruiser set, seems successful to me.

The same principle as for its predecessor was used regarding access to interior space.

We have cannons everywhere, big reactors, well-finished antennas and a cockpit that looks nice.

What more could you ask for a Star Wars set ....

But again, what are these Tan parts doing on this ship?
 

Anyway, luckily the minigifs of Eeth Koth and Quinlan Vos are attractive, Commander Wolffe and the Clone Trooper are my favorites. Another Yoda is starting to get a lot going, but the character is central in both the original films and the animated series, hard to avoid.
 

At first glance, the stickers are confirmed, but hey we are not going to be too difficult and be satisfied with what we have.

LEGO or the art of knowing how to take advantageous photos of its products. Decidedly this Falcon is ordinary despite the efforts to make it presentable. What are these touches of Tan and Dark Red doing on the ship?

The front empenage seems very empty and fragile, and the finish leaves something to be desired: Even the antenna located on the front left would have deserved an additional dish.

The minifigs are given a makeover, pupils and hairstyles brought up to date. Leia has a new hairstyle, Luke has a new double-sided head and a new hairstyle and Han Solo has a new print on the legs.

Not enough to whip a cat.

Obi-Wan seems to have a new face.
Note the presence for Luke of a helmet and the training module.

The Falcon is equipped with missiles under the hull (?) And there again the finish is more than summary.

Regarding the playability, nothing very exciting, you have to open the upper panels one by one to access the interior space with the basic layout.
Watch the video below to see the Falcon from all angles.

Finally, below is a view of the 4504 model released in 2004, for comparison:

You are probably wondering what this news is doing there ....

This is neither LEGO nor Star Wars and yet Hasbro, a serious and reputable manufacturer has just launched its KRE-O range on the Transformers theme, and announces some rather nice new products.
 

In addition, the manufacturer announces full compatibility with LEGO parts, which is unusual for a major player in the toy market, if we exclude MegaBlocks (and we gladly exclude them)

The different models presented are remarkably well designed, like this Bumblebee (Photo left) and do not shame the principle of the building brick ....

However, minifigs are really awful, LEGO can rest easy on this land ......

To see more, visit the website http://tformers.com à cette adresse.

The American LEGO Store Calendar for March 2011 is online and it brings us some interesting information, judge instead:

We see two new Star Wars keychains, Cad Bane Keychain (853116) & Boba Fett Keychain (853127) and above all a new series of 3 magnets with Anakin Skywalker, Talz and a Clone Pilot (853130).

The new Boba Fett is beautiful as far as we can judge from this image ...

As for the magnets, they will certainly be stuck and it will be necessary to use trickery to take off the base without destroying the minifigs.

Search this blog, I told you about it before and gave you a link to some solutions to this problem.

We also learn that the release of the LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars III game is scheduled for March 22, 2011.