It's a box whose announcement will not leave many people indifferent: the content of the set 75936 Jurassic Park: T. rex Rampage (3120 pieces - 249.99 €) is divided among fans and now is the time to take a closer look to see where the 3120 pieces announced by LEGO are hiding.

It is obvious that the primary purpose of this test is to talk about what is in the box. But it is difficult not to mention what in my opinion is sorely lacking in this set which is intended as a tribute to the entire Jurassic Park saga: an example of the cult vehicle and immediately recognizable, the Ford Explorer in the colors of the park .

LEGO, which is however used not to miss an opportunity to provide us with various and varied vehicles even when it is frankly off topic, decided to ignore the 150 or 200 parts that would have been enough to compensate for the disappointment of some. I see some who hope that the motley Ford Explorer will one day be delivered in another box, but I do not really believe it. This set is in my opinion the last tribute to the Jurassic Park saga, judging by the designer's choice to include some microscopic vignettes referring to more or less cult scenes.

That being said, the set focuses on two other cult elements of the saga: the iconic gate of the park and the T-rex which is present in all the films. The and 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (2018) could have suggested a range of several playsets in reference to the most emblematic scenes, but this new box takes a different direction.

As was the case with the LEGO Star Wars set 75251 Darth Vader's Castle (2018), the park gate to be assembled does indeed act as a two-scale construction. On the one hand, we get an imposing and very honest reproduction of the thing, and on the other hand we discover a set of small spaces allowing to stage the minifigs provided. Better to ignore the spacing between the wheel tracks on the way to try to imagine the size of the vehicle that could have been provided. In fact, it is better to simply ignore the considerations of scale between the different elements of the set.

Unlike the Darth Vader's Castle which integrated an interior space consistent with the facade of the building, the scenes proposed here have nothing to do with the doorposts. This "artistic" choice for a product intended for adult fans is questionable, given that the vast majority of these fans will exhibit the door with the exterior side visible and that the various cavities placed on the back are not really intended for fun. We will have five minutes of fun with the different winks on offer but there is nothing to marvel at these microphones "... detailed brick decors inspired by the film ..."

Small funny detail, we find the torn arm of Ray Arnold in the micro-compartment which features Ellie Sattler ... It is also the only explicitly "gore" reference in the set.

Regarding the "build experience", if I had to choose between the gate and the T-rex, my preference would be for the T-rex. The assembly of the park gate quickly becomes repetitive. The structure of the two uprights in mirror mode is logically identical and there are only a few small scenes to provide a little distraction during the assembly. It remains the pleasure of seeing the door rise to reach about forty centimeters high. The patchwork of vegetation placed at the foot of the door is welcome, it really contributes to the finish of the whole.

Even though the two door leaves can be opened simply by pushing on each of them, a rotating mechanism is integrated in the upper area just behind the park panel. It's always what it takes to open the door like in the movie without putting your big fingers in the middle of the scene.

During the construction process, the assembly remains relatively fragile and difficult to move. It is only when the reinforcement bars and the upper transverse strip are installed that the rigidity becomes sufficient to move the door without risk of destroying something in the process.

As usual with LEGO, the different "playable" spaces are really very small and placing a minifigure in them is enough to fill each space. The nods to the different scenes are obvious and some of them even confirm what could have been done in bigger (play) sets.

It is also difficult to explain the presence of the toilets when the minifig of lawyer Donald Gennaro is not provided ... The vignette which features Dennis Nedry is for its part a little minimalist, the cult scene in question during which the character flees in a Jeep and meets a dilophosaurus arguably deserves better than the micro-mudslide with the shaving foam bomb.

We can not escape here the usual sheet of stickers which contains the sign of the park, the three screens of Ray Arnold's office and a large sticker in the style of those of the sets Ultimate Collector Series from the LEGO Star Wars range which details here some characteristics of the T-rex.

This last sticker adorned with the Jurassic World logo (apparently a choice of the license holders for reasons of consistency of the range of derivative products) seems a little superfluous to me and in my opinion it is only present to artificially render this produces even more "collector". This sticker also confirms that the T-rex is 5.2 meters high and that it is therefore not really the scale of the park gate, nor of the minifigs.

Another annoying detail: the Word PARK is divided into two stickers and the spacing between the letters A and R is different from that of the other letters of the word. Some may never notice it, but as far as I'm concerned, it's disappointing.

This buildable T-rex for its part offers a very interesting assembly experience, it would be bad faith to say the opposite. Was it absolutely necessary to offer a brick creature instead of throwing a copy of the usual molded figurine in the box and in turn reduce the price of the set by a few dozen euros? Nothing is less certain and we return once again to the absence of the Ford Explorer which could then have found its place in this box without inflation of the public price.

The fact remains that all those who have never experienced the different creatures to assemble usually available in the Creator range will find something to enjoy here.

We will also remember the presence of a frog in the entrails of the T-rex, in reference to the film where the holes in the DNA sequencing of the dinos are replaced by different elements from other more or less close animals.

Those who swear by the sacrosanct concept of a construction toy may prefer this brick T-rex that sits proudly on the living room dresser to a cast figure. This T-rex, which at first glance looks like a backyard chicken with its gray legs, only really takes shape when the creature's head is in place even though my first reaction to the completed model was to think of Rex from Toy Story ...

I am a bit disappointed with the leg attachment system. The rotation mechanism is well designed but the four black pins that hold everything in place tend to come off unexpectedly during different manipulations.

The tail is very well designed and it can be swiveled in different positions to polish the T-rex's staging or to save space on a shelf. No risk of accidental destruction on this element, Ball Seals do their job properly. The designer has done his homework and the T-rex is balanced by the weight distribution between the head, body and tail.

Be careful, the legs are not articulated, they remain in a fixed position regardless of the orientation of the T-rex's body. The construction is pretty stable regardless of the position and the creature remains modular for quick storage, just unhook the two legs, head and tail. The reassembly only takes a few seconds.

The assortment in minifigs here is a bit disappointing. There are some cult characters from the saga, but Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) have already had their minifigs: Grant and Sattler were delivered in the set 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (2018) and Ian Malcom was available in a variant delivered in the exclusive minifig pack marketed / offered at the end of 2018 (ref. Lego 5005255).

LEGO just gives us the same hat for Hammond and Grant. Yet in the film, the two accessories are differentiated by a colored band at the base of John Hammond's hat.

Besides the other slightly disappointing technical details, I note the difference in color between the head and the torso of Ian Malcolm, so do not be fooled by the official visuals presented a few days ago which are digital versions or retouched photos.

There are three unreleased minifigs left: John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), John Raymond Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) and Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight). If the first two are quite faithful to the characters of the film, the minifigure of Dennis Nedry seems to me completely missed. How, at LEGO, did we come to the conclusion that Nedry and Arnold have the same hairstyle?

I'm also not a fan of the return of white hue on the inside of Ray Arnold's bi-injected legs and the unbuffered area at the very top of the hip element that keeps the legs in place. This lack of finish somewhat spoils the overall rendering of this minifigure, the design of which is nevertheless very faithful to the outfit of Samuel L. Jackson in the film.

If we have to go into even more detail, I think the logo printed on the torsos of Nedry and Arnold does not match the one seen in the film. Even if it means going to the trouble of pad printing a micro logo, you might as well do it correctly and with the right background color (yellow with red border) ...

Regarding Dennis Nedry's minifig, she does have an alternate face smeared with the venom projected by the dipholosaurus, she does wear the yellow hoodie seen on the screen, but unfortunately LEGO does not provide the Jeep Wrangler with which Nedry fled ... Another missed opportunity to offer us a vehicle with a few parts that would have made the fans happy.

Robert Muldoon (Bob Peck) is also missing in this box. Too bad for the fans who hoped to gather a large part of the cast.

In short, all is not perfect in this very large set of more than 3000 pieces at 250 €, even if it offers some good moments of construction with the T-rex whose appearance is a little spoiled by the gray legs. The park gate is successful and, from the front, it will have its little effect on a shelf. In my opinion, the micro-vignettes placed on the back do not add much to the set and some are too incomplete to be really effective.

As usual, it's up to you: It's up to you to decide on this pure display product for adult fans that mixes everything up and on different scales deserves the honors of your shelves. Even though I had a lot of fun putting together this set, it will be without me. I really like the Jurassic Park / World universe but this derivative product seems to me really too incomplete for the space it takes.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 30, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

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A few weeks before the availability of the first sets benefiting from the LEGO Technic concept controller +, I take this opportunity to quickly introduce you to a product that most LEGO train enthusiasts and fans of the LEGO Technic range are already familiar with, but those who only occasionally buy motorized products may discover for the first time. I say this because it's important: the product and the associated application have largely reached their maturity since their initial launch and you will not be acting as beta testers.

LEGO has invented almost nothing with the sets Powered Up ou controller + : the smart SBrick Plus brick has been making it possible for several years to take control of your various elements Power Functions using a dedicated application on a smartphone or tablet.

This brick communicates with your motors and other sensors via Bluetooth with a range of up to 50 meters under optimal conditions. The Plus version of the SBrick, which succeeds the basic model, can also control the sensors of the LEGO Education WeDo 1.0 range. If it is the educational aspect that interests you, know that this product is compatible with different programming languages: Scratch, Apple Swift Playground or even Javascript.

To put it simply, this product therefore allows you to take advantage of all your elements Power Functions under conditions similar to those proposed by the new system Powered Up and free yourself from the limitations of the concept Power Functions, especially related to the use of infrared with the problems of range and connection that we have all already encountered at least once.

The Sbrick also adopts a similar format (4x4 studs) to the official LEGO infrared receiver and it will therefore easily replace it on motorized models via different elements of the range. Power Functions.

It can also be placed inside the model, the use of the Bluetooth protocol does not require leaving any sensor visible by the remote control. The possibilities of integration are therefore almost limitless, the SBrick being 100% compatible with official LEGO studs and pins.

Vengit offers for sale a set of four empty boxes in various colors that will allow you to fine-tune the integration of the SBrick in your different models. All you have to do is carefully open the starter box, remove the printed circuit, being careful not to damage the different sets of pins (and not to lose the small transparent plastic element that returns the light from the LED) and to reassemble everything in the case of the color of your choice.

The basic installation is very simple and takes a few seconds: just connect the SBrick to a power source, here a Battery Box official rechargeable battery, and then connect the various elements, motors, LEDs and sensors that you wish to use to the four connectors provided. At this stage, you thus obtain a complete circuit which allows you to motorize and animate your construction.

Please note, you must have an extension cable Power Functions (ref. LEGO 8886 or 8871) to connect the SBrick to the battery box or to the rechargeable battery. It is indicated on the product box and this cable is not supplied.

To put everything in motion, you then need a control interface. By installing the official application (iOS or Android) on your smartphone which then turns into a virtual remote control, you can communicate with your SBrick via Bluetooth. For owners of Apple products who have already invested in an MFI (Made for Phone) certified gamepad, you can also use the latter to control your SBrick. With a BLED112 Bluetooth dongle, the programming possibilities are open to the vast majority of current platforms, including Linux, Windows, MacOS, Raspberry PI, etc ...

The smartphone application is very well designed, it offers in particular a test tool to confirm which port a particular element is connected to. This tool will come in handy if you use all of the four available ports. The application is intuitive, its handling does not require any particular diploma.

You then need to create and activate a control profile that will allow you to activate the various connected elements. Vengit provides a rather well thought out tool that allows you to create and customize the interface of your virtual remote in a few minutes. The customization possibilities are endless and you can choose to use the various visual elements already provided or import your own buttons and illustrations.

With a few clicks, you can add the different buttons and sliders that will later have to be associated with the different ports of the SBrick. Nothing very complicated, you don't need to be an engineer or an astronaut to set up the virtual remote control. You can then choose to keep your valuable profile to yourself or you can decide to share it with the rest of the SBrick community.

The possibilities are numerous, from the addition of a simple two-channel joystick to the creation of chained sequences that can be launched and repeated by pressing a button, including the setting of the tilt detection of the smartphone associated with particular functions.

The smartphone app also offers a library of profiles already created by other fans for different existing LEGO models. These interfaces are already designed to use all the motorization elements of the models concerned, just associate the corresponding ports with each button or slider and you can take action in a few minutes.

In practice, the conversion of an existing set initially equipped with the system Power Functions will only take a few minutes before you can play with it again and the simplicity of the whole concept from the installation phase of the brick itself to the setting of the virtual remote control makes this product truly accessible to all.

If you have a problem or difficulty setting up your SBrick, be aware that there is also a very active community around this product. Help is bound to be found on the manufacturer's official forums where most of the problems that users encounter are documented and resolved.

You will thus be able to exploit the full potential of the product without frustration and enjoy all the elements for a long time to come. Power Functions accumulated through your purchases of LEGO sets. And in my opinion, this is the whole point of this product: to prolong the life of your elements Power Functions while benefiting from the few technical and aesthetic refinements reserved for owners of products equipped with elements of the new system Powered Up.

There is in fact for the moment no certainty as to the capacity (and the will) of LEGO to one day provide an adapter allowing the use of the different elements of the range. Power Functions with the new system's Samrt Hub Bluetooth Powered Up.

For its part, the manufacturer of the SBrick should offer by summer 2019 an adapter still under development that will support the new motors and sensors from the ranges. Boost / WeDo 2.0 / Powered Up, just to contribute a little more to the amortization of the 74.90 € to be invested in this product.

Note: The product shown here, supplied by Robot Advance, is used as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 18, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

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Today is the turn of the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man set 76129 Hydro-Man Attack (471 pieces - 39.99 €) to be the subject of a quick test. This is a real playset with a set of characters that can be staged in a rather complete setting and which even has some interesting features.

It's in the movie trailer: the clash between Mysterio and Hydro-Man takes place in the streets (or canals) of Venice where Peter Parker and MJ have come to have a good time. We are therefore entitled here to a construction more or less inspired by Venetian architecture with a bridge, a campanile, a gondola and .... a coffee machine. It's caricature to perfection even if one may wonder what the Japanese-style white portico is doing there, but it is a beautiful play space to build.

Two ejection functions are built into the construction: the first under the top of the bridge and the second under the bar terrace table. It suffices to push on the mechanism provided to cause the tilting or ejection of the parts. Nothing very sophisticated here, the two mechanisms are not equipped with springs, but it is enough to add a little interactivity to this playset.

As for the construction experience, aside from the stacking of pieces which leads to the final result, I note some very interesting techniques at the campanile level (see photo above) which deserve to be mentioned.

For the rest, the simplicity of construction has at least one advantage: it allows the surface of the playset to be extended simply by basing itself on what LEGO offers, namely a few gray foundations laid on blue pieces and then covered with elements. gray and Dark Tan. Even the youngest can easily add a few streets to the basic playset. Although the build can be moved without breaking everything, an additional blue baseplate (ref. 10714) can possibly help give a little more rigidity and context to the scene.

Venice obliges, LEGO provides us with a gondola but forgets to put in the box a gondolier in typical clothes. Left to do in the cliché, it was necessary to go to the end.

Not everyone's LEGO-style interpretation of Hydro-Man. The solution used by LEGO is based on a minifig plugged into a "modular" pyramidal base which allows the effect of the downpours moved by the character to be reproduced. The three levels of the base can be easily separated to place the minifig higher or lower. Why not, even if I imagined Hydro-Man more imposing.

This choice has at least the merit of allowing us to obtain an additional unseen minifigure even if this Hydro-Man like LEGO does not have much to do with the one seen in the trailers of the film. The designer has tried to create an interesting visual effect on the plinth with the help of a few stickers, but the end result lacks ambition.

The minifig endowment is very correct, even if we find the now usual Mysterio minifigure which is delivered identically in the three sets based on the film. None of the sets get the Jake Gyllenhall header and that's a shame.

Exclusive torso and head for Hydro-Man, that's always taken. The pad printing of the minifig is really very original, a pity that the legs were not entitled to the same treatment as the torso, even if they are intended to disappear in the intended base.

Head with two new faces and torso for the character of MJ (Michelle Jones) played by Zendaya, it's simple but sufficient. We even recognize the usual pout of the young girl on the face of the minifigure, it's nice work on the part of the graphic designer. The hair provided is not really faithful to that of the actress but we will do with it.

Unpublished torso and hat for Peter Parker (Tom Holland) whose face is also that of Ant-Man, a Hoth Rebel Trooper or even Lucian Bole. The hair delivered here in Dark Brown suit the character perfectly and it's always a good thing to be able to get some extra hair to have a “full” version of a character without their usual helmet or mask.

In summary, this set sold for € 39.99 offers plenty of fun with a nice construction, two mechanisms that allow you to eject minifigs and four characters. And a rat that eats pizza. Hydro-Man undoubtedly deserved better but the minifigure of the character is sufficiently successful to pass the pill. I say yes.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 16, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

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Today we are talking about the concept again Action Battle with the LEGO Star Wars set 75241 Action Battle Echo Base Defense (504 pieces - 64.99 €), a box that pushes the initial idea a little further than the two other sets which offer the same type of content.

We can feel here the effort of the designers to try to encapsulate the promised gameplay in a context detailed enough to be immersive. The action takes place on Hoth and even if this box is sufficient on its own, it only asks to be joined by the contents of the set 75239 Action Battle Hoth Generator Attack (235 pieces - 29.99 €) to be able to at least have the generator which is at the center of the confrontation.

As usual, this is about knocking targets to eject a handful of minifigs, overturn a machine or topple an element of the scenery. The presence of an AT-AT obviously reinforces the playful potential of the set and gives some credibility to the concept. The construction is thought to slide on its front legs, like in the movie, and the mechanism is well thought out. Unfortunately, the machine is not designed to be able to stand upright without the presence of the white block flanked by a red target which slips between the legs and that's a bit of a shame.

The other targets are used to bring down the Probe Droid, open the hangar door, and eject rebel soldiers or Snowtroopers. LEGO also only provides two missiles per team for three targets to be reached and it will therefore be necessary to interrupt the confrontation to recover an additional missile and start the assault again.

The two orientable cannons are perched on mounds of snow here and that changes everything. Exit the simple gray cones placed at the front, the missile launchers are finally more or less correctly placed. An AT-AT with a built-in gun would have been welcome, but you can't have it all.

The assortment in minifigs is very correct with three rebel soldiers equipped with the torso also available in the sets 75259 Snowspeeder et 75241 Action Battle Echo Base Defense and two Snowtroopers whose torso and legs are only available in the two sets Action Battle currently marketed but whose helmet dates from 2014.

In summary, this set defends the concept a little better Action Battle than the other boxes on the same theme and almost succeeds in convincing me of the interest of the thing.

It is in my opinion essential to invest in the set 75239 Action Battle Hoth Generator Attack to get a complete and really fun playset. By the way, the acquisition of this second set allows you to obtain two additional ammunition per team and therefore to have one missile per target, but you have to pay nearly 100 €.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 10, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

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Without transition, we take a quick look at the LEGO Creator Expert set 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (1087 pieces - 94.99 €), a beautiful box that offers a detailed model of the LEM, already present in a micro version in the LEGO Ideas set 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V. marketed since 2017.

There is no real reason to prolong the suspense, this set is in my opinion rather successful and it will easily find its place among all enthusiasts of space conquest. The attention to detail, despite some approximations, is evident here with the end result an assembled product that could easily become a credible and usable educational tool in addition to being a pretty exhibition model.

The instruction booklet contains a few pages which quickly put the model in context, it is always a plus to discover the history of the Apollo 11 mission before proceeding to the assembly. A few facts are scattered throughout the pages of the booklet, it is a welcome educational distraction.

First, the descent stage is assembled onto which the ascent stage will then be clipped, which allows at the end of the mission to join the command module which remained in orbit. Each step of the assembly is an opportunity to learn a little more about the LEM, with for example the installation of the different oxidizer and fuel tanks in the form of two containers for the nitrogen peroxide and two other carboys containing Aérozine 50.

We also install the various compartments which contain the scientific equipment necessary for the mission and we stick in the passage some stickers which symbolize the thermal insulation material which covers the panels of the descent module.

Many golden elements dress the downstairs and the stickers are roughly the same color as these pieces. Visually, it's almost consistent even though the stickers are much more reflective than the gold pieces which have a matte appearance. I'm not a fan of the mix of colors between stickers and tinted parts, it's rarely convincing. In this specific case, the stickers win with their shiny rendering.

The landing gear with their jacks, their shock absorbers and the cups which come into contact with the lunar ground contribute to the high-end model effect of the model. The whole is sufficiently detailed to be convincing without giving in the overbidding of small parts which could possibly weaken the four "legs" of the machine.

Fundamentalists will inevitably find fault with many details that are not completely faithful to the original LEM, but I think the compromise proposed here is acceptable, at least with regard to the machine itself. After all, LEGO does not claim to market a 100% faithful model and we mainly buy here a construction toy simply based on an important event that took place 50 years ago.

When the descent stage is assembled, we then tackle the ascent module which is also designed to be both a detailed element of the overall model and a modular unit whose structure can be disassembled to discover the different spaces. and their function.

Here too, the attention to detail is impressive with several control panels in the form of stickers to stick and even the possibility of placing a minifigure in the main space of the module. Almost nothing has been forgotten: by turning over the descent stage, we find the central nozzle of the descent motor and the ascent stage is also equipped with a nozzle which simply slides into the center of the section. lower part of the model.

The LEM has here a real presentation base to assemble with the mention Apollo 11 Lunar Lander pad printed which gives the whole a little side "Lego space architecture"and which brilliantly stages the model. Once again, the attention to detail is evident with even a few footprints starting from the foot of the LEM ladder and leading to the flag planted on the lunar soil.

This 26x28 stud base is not based on a standard plate and is made up of many elements that add to the final inventory of the set. For once a large-scale LEGO set isn't doomed to be on display without a display stand, I'm not going to complain. The lunar ground in LEGO version with the four mini craters which accommodate the feet of the LEM is an accessory which beyond offering a nice scenario also makes it possible to easily move the machine.

The side compartments of the LEM contain the camera triggered by Armstrong when it came out and the laser reflector which then made it possible to measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon. These elements may seem anecdotal to some, but they also contribute to giving an educational value to the product and will serve above all as a starting point for some more detailed explanations of the unfolding of the Apollo 11 mission.

No one will play with this set and the camera will probably stay hidden in its storage space for a long time. As often with LEGO products, we know it's there and it's enough even if it can't be seen. The laser reflector, on the other hand, can easily find its place on the exhibition base, which is where it should be.

The two minifigs provided are presented as two astronauts, with no additional details on the identity of the characters. There can be no confusion here, it is obviously Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins having remained in orbit in the command module during the mission.

I personally find it unfortunate that a product celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing does not contain the third member of the Apollo 11 crew. He did not set foot on the moon but Collins did his part of the job and greatly contributed to the success of the mission. Even if it means offering a box that pays tribute to the event, an additional minifigure, even generic, would have been welcome.

From a technical point of view, the pad printing of the torso of the two characters is a bit lacking, there is an unpleasant blur effect on the NASA logo and on the various printed areas. The defect appears on both minifigs and even if their torso disappears under the helmet, it's a shame not to have a perfectly finished product.

Speaking of the helmet, it's a shame that LEGO has not made the effort to offer a fairly correct reproduction of the equipment of the two astronauts. The generic piece used here bears little resemblance to Armstrong and Aldrin's outfit. The shape of the golden canopy is also not consistent and I was hoping to get two less generic and flesh-colored heads for the two astronauts. The yellow heads provided are not up to the anniversary this product intends to celebrate. This box is not a simple LEGO CITY or Creator set, it deserved better than that in terms of minifigs.

In summary, I think this box is quite successful despite the few faults highlighted above. This is not a 100% faithful mockup of the LEM, but it is a product sufficiently advanced to make it convincing educationally and make it a perfect companion to the LEGO Ideas set 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V. on your shelves. The minifigs are a bit too generic for my taste, but we'll make do with it.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 9, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

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