A point on the minifigs that will contain the next sets Star Wars sets of June 2011 (Subject to modification).

In all, no less than 29 minifigs will join our collection, with a few new characters from the Clone Wars universe, some revisited classics, and the essential minifigs that we already have in our collection by the dozen.

Note the new design of Sebulba which should make us forget the scam of the set 7171, and a new minifigure of Padme, too underexploited so far.

In addition, the new Watto should significantly lower the indecent asking price on eBay or Bricklink for the minifig set 7186.

7956 - Ewok Attack :
Ewok, Logray, Scout Trooper

7957 - Dathomir Speeder :
Savage Opress, Anakin Skywalker, Asajj Ventress

7959 - Geonosian Starfighter :
Geonosian (New design), Ki-Adi-Mundi, Commander Cody

7961 - Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator :
Darth Maul (New design), Qui-Gon Jinn (New design), Padme Naberrie (New design), Captain Panaka

7962 - Anakin's and Sebulba's Podracers :
Anakin Skywalker (Boy), Sebulba (New design), Wald, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Padawan) (New design), Watto (New design)

7964 - Republic Frigate :
Clone Troopers (x2), Yoda, Eeth Koth, Quinlan Vos

7965 - Millennium Falcon :
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader

Click on the image to access the visual in large format. (It's forbidden but we never tire of it ...)

Well, it's Sunday and you don't know what to do other than watch Téléfoot and Turbo.

Here is an activity that you will enjoy and that you can do with your children: Learn to draw a minfig.

In just a few steps, you can easily draw any minifigure, and the result is stunning.

To find out more, visit StarWars.com which offers you a space dedicated to drawing, with tutorials for Han Solo, a Stormtrooper, Lando and Chewbacca.

You can also practice with the 8-step example given below.

I was in the process of updating my collection on Brickset with my latest acquisitions, when I came across the set 8029 Mini Snowspeeder.

No special mention on this set as indicated for example for the Set Mini 6968-1: Wookie Attack set.

After some research, it looks like this set was never actually marketed, despite the fact that we find the assembly instructions at LEGO in PDF format.

No trace on Bricklink either.

I find this snowspeeder quite successful, and if you have a few minutes, dig into your rooms and build this gear that is worth checking out.

Then you can add it shamefully to your Brickset collection, as 90 people have already done, which had also misled me, on the reality of the marketing of this set.

However, if you got your hands on this set with its original packaging, let me know and I will apologize to you ......

If like me, you like to collect LEGO Star Wars with their box and instructions, but you can't always spend a few hundred dollars to have a complete set on eBay, there is another solution which can be economical and quite satisfactory:

1. You find on eBay a set sold "dry" but a priori complete, without box or instructions. Usually sellers offer them much cheaper.

2. You go to Bricklink to locate the corresponding box sold alone by searching in this category. A box in good condition is sold there for a few euros.

3. You are also looking for the only instruction booklet for sale in this category.

4. You calculate the total cost price of the whole, not forgetting the shipping costs applied by each seller. Always check if a seller does not offer several boxes or instructions that interest you (use the wanted list).

So you can recompose a set that interests you, complete and in good condition. Often, on eBay, you pay for the set to be sold with its box at a high price.

Regarding the possible stickers, you can possibly buy them at a good price on Bricklink. If the seller offers them, they are in the "Parts" category then "Sticker".

Be careful, this buying technique is not always profitable depending on the value of the set and its rarity.
I was able to add to my collection a few sets that were very heavily overpriced without leaving too many feathers (euros).

Regarding the stickers, I started to buy some from a few sellers who offer them at a fair price, and I will soon post the scans of the most interesting boards online. The ones I found here and there are not necessarily always of good quality, especially for UCS.

The Competec group, specialized in the distribution of computer products, and incidentally one of the suppliers of the box in which I work, has just officially announced that it has bought the group's factory.

LEGO called "Modular House" in Willisau in Switzerland.
If out of curiosity, you want to discover this industrial complex from all angles, go here: https://www.modular-house.ch