And this is important information. LEGO will thus be able to access the DC license and launch in 2012 a complete range based on the DC Universe, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Joker, Bane, Harley Quinn and Lex Luthor.

The first copies of these minifigs will be showcased at the current San Diego Comic Con, and a video, photo and illustration competition will win one of 3000 exclusive Batman and Green Lantern minifigs up for grabs. until December 2011.

Warner Bros. and LEGO have worked together in the past around the Batman franchise, notably with the video game "Lego Batman: The Videogame" which has sold more than 12 million copies since 2008.
We will therefore have to follow very closely the Comic Con  to obtain more information about this new range for which I am not hiding my interest. Maybe I could even create a second dedicated blog ....
In the meantime, bookmark this page Lego super heroes, there should be a lot of things happening there soon ....

Although already interpreted by LEGO in different sets and in different versions (7255 General Grievous Chase, 7656 General Grievous Starfighter & 8095 General Grievous' Starfighter), General Grievous' minifigs all have a problem of scale considering that his actual size is approximately 2.16m.

Dutch Rebel has therefore put things back in the right order by taking the minifigure delivered in set 8095 and modifying it to obtain a better proportioned Grievous.

The result is really successful and gives back its superb to the General, especially when it is put in situation with classic minifigs.

No need for manual or instruction here, just a glance at Dutch Rebel flickr gallery will allow you to reproduce this "super minifig".

Always at the forefront, Imperium der Steine ​​gives us the first review of this set 7879 Hoth Echo Base.
We discover close-ups of the different minifigs, including two faces for Luke and Leia.
Han Solo comes in Hoth outfit with a new hood and classic hair. The 2-1B medical droid is well made, and proves to be as unstable as that provided in previous sets.
Red R-3PO is a recolored C-3PO model.

The review author regrets that LEGO tried to replicate many of the Hoth base spaces in such a compact set, forgetting many details and damaging the overall credibility of the set.
We also regret the absence of one or two rebel soldiers in order to balance the forces present and improve the gameplay. On the shape, the bags are numbered, the instructions separated into two booklets, and the sheet of stickers seems to benefit from a more effective glue than that of the stickers of the sets 7965 Millennium Falcon et 7962 Anakin's and Sebulba's Podracers for which the author encountered adhesion problems.
To read this review in (pseudo) French via Google translation, go to at this address at Imperium der Steine.

You have seen this visual before, but this time you can access a high resolution version (by clicking on the image opposite) and enjoy all the details of this already very controversial set even before its official release.

It will be noted that Leia is holding an ice cream which one wonders what she is doing there, except if it is a wink from LEGO. On the minifig side, Luke is well screen printed, and this minifig, despite its limited use in the context of the Bacta Tank, will delight collectors.

For the rest, nothing new that has not already been said: It is clearly a playset intended for the youngest and not a reproduction of a place or a scene seen in the film. However, a Snowspeeder wouldn't have been too much, although we all already have a slew of them in our collection. We will also regret the use once again of stickers instead of screen-printed parts, especially in a playset where their lifespan will be extremely short.

After presenting this set in the first part 10221 Super Star Destroyer,  drdavewatford continues with the assembly of this machine which will have unleashed passions and created controversy even before its release.

The bags are therefore numbered, and assembly is therefore much simpler than on certain sets whose bags are not identified.

The basic structure which is flat and constitutes the underside of the machine consists of two layers of plates, reinforced by a third layer in the most fragile places.
The author of the review rightly notices the presence of pieces in colors that do not really match the set, such as pieces in Dark Tan or Red, and draws the conclusion that the designer intentionally wanted to provide buyers with a few varied pieces. that could be useful to their MOCs. The theory holds ...

The command bridge is dressed in stickers, which become unnecessary when we already know that this type of product is more intended for exhibition than for play and that this space is covered by part of the space city ...
The city's greebling at the rear is disappointing in close-up view. The mixture of gray is not convincing, and the level of detail is still sketchy.

To read the review of drdavewatford and enjoy the many photos, go to Gimme LEGO at this address.