17/06/2020 - 16:11 Lego news

LEGO today officially unveils a new box, the reference 40501 The Wooden Duck, which will be exclusively marketed from June 22 in the store of the LEGO House located in Billund. Public price: 599 DKK or around 80 €.

This box of 621 pieces, the first in a new series of sets entitled LEGO House Limited Editions which will showcase significant products in the history of the LEGO Group, features a reproduction of the wooden toy manufactured and marketed in the 30s by the founder of the LEGO group, Ole Kirk Christiansen.

It should be noted that LEGO only sold wooden toys between 1932 and 1947 before offering an assortment of products also including plastic toys and then permanently withdrawing wooden products from its catalog in the 60s.

If you fancy putting together this tribute to a historic toy, you can download the instructions in PDF format (24.6 MB) at this address. There is currently no information going in the direction of the sale of this new box on the official online store, even temporarily, as was the case recently for the references. 21037 LEGO House40366 LEGO House Dinosaurs et 4000026 Tree of Creativity.

I received a copy of this duck on wheels, so we will talk about this product very quickly.

17/06/2020 - 15:41 Lego news

For those interested, the German version of the official LEGO catalog for the second half of 2020 is now online at this address and we discover the visuals of the three new LEGO Technic products expected for this summer.

On the menu, public works machinery and a tilt rotor plane. The Volvo dumper in the 42114 set will be motorized via elements of the Control + ecosystem (3 motors and a Smart Hub) and controllable from the dedicated application. The plane will also be motorized, but it will not have a feature to activate the integrated elements via the Control + application.

Keep in mind that the public prices communicated by LEGO in the pages of this catalog are those foreseen for Germany. It is therefore possible that the price of some of these boxes increases with us.

17/06/2020 - 15:00 Lego news LEGO Star Wars

You can stop damaging your eyes on the photos of the pages of the German or Chinese catalog for the second half of 2020 lying around on Instagram, LEGO finally offers a large batch of official visuals of the novelties of the LEGO Star Wars range which will be available from the 1st. next August, followed in September by the traditional Advent calendar with its minifigs and buildable minis.

I'm not insulting you for giving you the visuals of the sets here 75280 501st Legion Clone Troopers (€ 29.99), 75288AT-AT (159.99 €) and 75292 The Razor Crest (139.99 €), if you follow the news of the LEGO Star Wars range you have already been able to discover in detail the content of these boxes on the site or elsewhere.

No surprise for the rest, we already knew what the second wave of LEGO Star Wars 2020 sets will be made of. But those who want to discover a little more closely the different constructions and the minifigs that will accompany them in each of these boxes can now do it and prepare to spend their money starting this summer.

Some of these boxes will offer a code that will unlock content in the LEGO video game Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga which should eventually come out someday.

No visuals or information about the next set in the range Ultimate Collector Series which could be a large playset featuring Mos Eisley sold this fall under the reference 75290. Nothing either on the terms of distribution of the small set planned for the Star Wars Celebration 2020 convention which was canceled. This small box would stage the confrontation between Vader and his son on Bespin.

In the LEGO Star Wars 2020 Advent Calendar (75279) of 311 pieces: Rey Palpatine, Poe Dameron, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, D-0, a Sith Trooper, a Stormtrooper, a Battle Droid, a Pit Droid and a porg. Nothing crazy next to the usual micro-constructions except maybe an A-Wing which will replace the one in the set 40407 Death Star II Battle, the Razor Crest and the Darth Vader Castle with a Tie Advanced microphone.

The and 75281 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor (248 pieces) is a remake of the set 75038 Jedi Interceptor marketed in 2014, it allows like its predecessor to obtain the minifigs of Anakin Skywalker and R2-D2. The spaceship is 19cm long, 17cm wide and 6cm high.

In the box of the set 75283 Armored Assault Tank (AAT) (286 pieces): a Battle Droid, an AAT Driver Battle Droid, Ahsoka Tano and an Ahsoka's Clone Trooper. The craft is 21cm long, 14cm wide and 12cm high.

The and 75284 Knights of Ren Transport Ship (595 pieces) allows you to complete the Knights of Ren troop with Rey Palpatine, Kuruk and Cardo. Trudgen is in the set 75272 Sith TIE Fighter, Vicrul in the set 75273 Poe Dameron's X-Wing Fighter, Ap'Lek and Ushar in the set 75256 Kylo Ren's Shuttle. The spaceship is 29cm long, 17cm wide and 8cm high.

The and 75286 General Grievous's Starfighter (487 pieces) will bring back memories to those who bought the set 8095 General Grievous' Starfighter in 2010. The minifig assortment will provide General Grievous, Obi-Wan Kenobi and an Airborne Clone Trooper. The spaceship is 30cm long, 17cm wide and 8cm high.

The and 75291 Death Star Final Duel (775 pieces) is a remake of the set 75093 Death Star Final Duel released in 2015. This new box will allow us to obtain the same assortment of minifigs: Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Palpatine and two Imperial Royal Guards. The playset displays the following measurements: 31cm wide, 22cm long and 14cm high.

Finally, the set 75293 Resistor I-TS Transportation (932 pieces) is a derivative of the Galaxy's Edge attraction installed in Disney parks in the USA. The minifigs delivered in this box: Vi Moradi (a character who also appears in a book on the origins of Phasma), Lieutenant Bek, an Astromech Droid and a GNK Power Droid. The starship is 34cm long, 17cm wide and 8cm high and it will be playable in the upcoming video game based on the Star Wars saga.

Warm up the mouse and enjoy the visuals below:

16/06/2020 - 11:02 Lego super mario Lego news

As we have known for a few months now, LEGO and Nintendo have put the package on the new LEGO Super Mario range with 16 sets in total and a series of 10 "surprise" bags containing different characters. Mario's starter pack and four costumes had already been unveiled and referenced on the official online store and today it is the turn of the various extensions that will be available from next August to be announced.

Each of these expansions will bring their own set of additional features and bonuses for fans to level up and enjoy all that this interactive ecosystem has to offer. You will have to spend the modest sum of 539.85 € to acquire all the planned packs, and that's not counting the 10 bags of characters that will be sold for 3.99 € each.

These expansion packs will join the main set and the four costumes already online on the official store from next August:

We will talk again during the day about what this range really has in the belly beyond the association between two emblematic brands around a universe that fascinates many fans: I had the opportunity to test the starter pack and some of the expansions unveiled today and I'll share what I take away from them after long hours of touring the concept.

15/06/2020 - 15:00 Lego news

After a few days of "teasing" on the basis of a visual put online a little too early by LEGO, the manufacturer today unveils the Disney set 43179 Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse Buildable Characters, a box stamped 18+ which allows you to assemble the Mickey and Minnie figurines accompanied for the occasion by a few accessories and placed on bases in the form of cinema film "signed" by the two mice.

I'll pass you the lifestyle / healthy blabla provided by LEGO in the press release and intended to appeal to adults with too hectic lives, it is based on "... focus your mind ... ", of"... take time for you ..."or even"... clear your mind .... as you recharge ...". If you want to know more about LEGO's strategy towards adult customers, read on the article I wrote recently on the subject.

The main thing to remember here is that this box of 1739 pieces will be sold for 179.99 € / 189.00 CHF, that the two figures are 36 cm high for Mickey and 35 cm for Minnie, that the tip of the nose of both mouse is headphones Classic Space black which had not been seen in an official set since 1987, that this set inaugurates a new official color (363 Transparent Brown with Opalescense) and that there will be some stickers to stick on the cover and pages of the book. And red barrels.

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