Today we finish the series of reviews of the five sets of the LEGO Speed ​​Champions 2020 range with the reference 76898 Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing GEN2 & Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY (565 pieces - 44.99 €).

It is in my opinion the least successful of these boxes even if some were content a little quickly to marvel at the presence of many colored elements Medium Azure in this set. If we go a little beyond the inventory and avoid hiding behind the usual excuses, we see that the designer has this time missed the subject a little.

To begin with, I remind you that the Jaguar Formula E Panasonic Racing GEN2 entered in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, that's it:

LEGO offers us a version that does its best to try to resemble the reference model and in general terms we could almost conclude that this is more or less the case. But at 45 € the box containing less than 600 parts to assemble two models, we can also afford to be a little demanding.

The LEGO version really struggles to convince me, it's rude, the front fenders are much too angular, the rear fins are too simplified and there is little left but the cockpit with its roll bar to find favor in my eyes. Some people will appreciate the visible tenons on the wheel arches, I find that at this scale it is rather unsightly. The Slope black used for the nose of the vehicle vaguely does the job, it's a little wide at the end despite the sticker which tries to give us an optical illusion.

It is as usual the sticker fair and the many stickers unfortunately do not help to improve the finish of the vehicle. In the end, it is vaguely similar thanks to the enlargement of the format but not enough for my taste.

The assembly of the chassis based on parts is interesting, but the fun is constantly spoiled by the phases of applying stickers. Fortunately, this first vehicle is assembled very quickly and we can move on to the next.

The other vehicle to build in this box, the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY electric SUV, that's it in real life:

Here too, the LEGO version, which uses the new chassis and the new axles, really struggles to reproduce the curves of the vehicle and we end up with a construction that has little to do with the reference model. It's too long, the flat roof is awful, the rear profile is a mess with its windows that don't follow the curves of the body and the front would be almost passable if the headlights had been a little more elaborate.

The front face, with its far too angular wings, also benefits from an ingenious combination of parts to reproduce the specific grille of the vehicle. This is in my opinion the only element, possibly with the hood, that can be considered really successful.

It is once again the sticker fair with large surfaces to cover. We notice in passing that the background color of the stickers is not the same as that of the parts on which they are placed. It's really very ugly.

Unsurprisingly, the steering wheel is offset but the minifigure fits easily in the cockpit, even with its helmet on its head.

LEGO delivers two characters in this set, including a female pilot in a nicely pad-printed outfit. A gantry is also built with a function that allows you to manually trigger the appearance of colored lights. As for the set 76899 Lamborghini Urus ST-X & Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO, I would gladly exchange this accessory without much interest for 5 or 10 euros less on the public price of the set.

In short, fortunately these are vehicles which evolve in more or less confidential championships because we once again reach the limits of what it is possible to do with square parts when it comes to reproduce vehicles whose body displays beautiful curves.

Complete collectors will probably not ignore this box with a little disappointing content, but they can wait a few weeks for its price to drop significantly at Amazon.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 17th January 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

Today we take a quick look at the other "lifestyle" set from the start of 2020: the reference 40382 LEGO Birthday Set (141 pieces - 12.99 €) which allows, as its title suggests, to assemble a birthday cake.

The idea is simple: We build the cake, we plant the minifigure at the top and we put in his hands two flags dressed in stickers that display the age of the one whose birthday we are celebrating. Not enough to make a ton, it's cute and it works.

The top of this three-tiered cake spins on itself, but there is no built-in mechanism with a crank positioned at the foot of the cake. Suffice to say that no one will really turn the top of the cake, but we know it's possible.

The real plus of the set for those who are too big to marvel at this cake, a dozen centimeters high, is obviously the exclusive minifigure provided which oddly represents the service clown who came to amuse the gallery with his animals. base balloons. No children with interchangeable hair to put on the top, but we get two new elements: a nice torso with its festive patterns and a head in the false air of Elton John.

On the inventory side, we also get four candles, four cupcakes and a copy of the toothed wheel in Medium Azure already seen on other mobile constructions in the Disney, Harry Potter and even Jurassic World ranges.

In short, another small box that will only be used on a few occasions and whose use will be limited by the availability of stickers that will have to be removed from the flags over the years. Not enough to wake up at night, but if you have a young LEGO fan around you, this little set will probably work.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 16th January 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

Today we quickly tour the LEGO Star Wars set 75271 Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder (236 pieces - € 29.99), one of those multiple reinterpretations of machines, vehicles or ships from the Star Wars universe that allows newcomers to the LEGO hobby to get an affordable version of the machine without having to go through the secondary market.

The latest version of the Landspeeder X-34 was from 2017 with the set 75173 Luke's Landspeeder. For 29.99 €, we then obtained a completely acceptable version of the machine and 4 characters. This year, we have to settle for the same price of 3 minifigs and a small additional construction without much interest.

As with each new version of a product that is permanently maintained in the LEGO catalog, the designer has endeavored here to offer us a revised version of the Landspeeder. The machine remains very close to the 2017 version but it benefits from a few adjustments which seem to me to be significant in terms of fixing the engines or finishing the front, even if we have to rely on a few stickers here. .

Some perfectionists will regret the gap between the edge of the front of the machine and the half-moon that forms the hood. You can see it as a stylistic effect or the nonchalance of a designer in a hurry to move on.

Again, the Landspeeder does not really float above the ground. The few transparent parts placed under the machine allow it to slide on all types of surfaces, but when it comes to exposing the whole it will be necessary to find a solution allowing to give a little height to the vehicle. Too bad that LEGO does not provide us with a transparent central support, two pieces would be enough.

No innovation in the windshield, which is identical to the one already used on the 2010 version, and it would be time for LEGO to offer us a more realistic half-bubble. On the other hand, I welcome the effort on the seats, the backs of which are here much more convincing than on the previous version.

As for the minifigs delivered in this small box, nothing transcendent for an informed collector: the three characters are versions already available in other boxes.

The pad printing of the torso and legs of the minifigure of Luke Skywalker is identical to that seen in the sets 75159 Death Star (2016) 75173 Luker's Landspeeder (2017) 75220 Sandcrawler (2018) 75229 Death Star Escape or even 75270 Obi-Wan's Hut (2020). I'm not a fan of the new poncho delivered here, although I welcome the effort to provide us with this item. I find the accessory really too basic and poorly cut, knowing that on screen it also covers the arms of the character.

C3-PO and the Jawa are also regulars in the LEGO Star Wars range and no effort has been made in this box to try to bait us with at least one exclusive torso.

There are about ten stickers to stick on the model and, better, I find them very appropriate, especially with regard to the engines. I also prefer the solution implemented here on the side of the vehicle to the one based on flexible tubes used on the machine in the set. 75173 Luker's Landspeeder and on that of the set 75052 Mos Eisley Winery (2014)

In short, the Landspeeder is a chestnut tree from the LEGO Star Wars range and in my opinion it is always a good idea to acquire the most recent model for those who do not already have their copy.

This new version does not revolutionize the theme and does not correct all the faults of the multiple versions already marketed so far, but it will do the trick by combining it with the elements of the set. 75270 Obi-Wan's Hut also marketed for a few days.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 15th January 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

Today we quickly tour the LEGO Brickheadz sets 40383 Wedding Bride (306 pieces - 12.99 €) & 40384 Wedding Groom (255 pieces - € 12.99), two sets based on the same principle as the set 41597 GB Brick Me marketed in 2018 which already made it possible to customize a figurine.

Admitting that we are a fan of the format of these cubic figurines, I must admit that it is rather well done. In each box, you will find something to assemble several versions of the groom and the bride, so that the two characters look more or less like their "human" versions.

You have three skin tones, three heads of hair, two suits, a hat and a pair of glasses for the groom. Same assortment for the bride, without the hat or the costume variants. The only two pad-printed pieces in these boxes are the groom's gray jacket to integrate into the suit of your choice and the lace of the bride's dress on a white background. Even though I've put a mustache on the versions I'm showing you here, you can put a face together without this element for the groom.

The instruction booklets are well designed with clear directions on what to assemble or replace based on the character's skin or hair color and what accessories will come to equip the figure. It is not possible to replace the skin or hair without disassembling some of the sub-assemblies of the previous figure, the inventory is quite extensive but not to the point of allowing instant modification of each figure.

It is also possible to customize the groom's buttonhole, which has the choice of a black or dark blue suit, and to accessorize the bride's dress by changing the decorations of the dress, the veil and the bouquet.

The body of the figurines is identical to that of most of the products in the range with a dressing that takes place around the guts and the brains of the characters. Too bad the bases provided are not white to better integrate with the whipped cream of the mounted piece.

You have the right to lose or forget alliances, LEGO provides three per box.

A note on the glasses: I know that we are here in a theme where almost everything is square and the glasses provided are no exception to the rule. Despite everything, I remain convinced that a pair of round glasses would make it possible to offer a less "aggressive" possibility of customization than the version delivered here, the principle of these boxes being to allow to stick as close as possible to the real version of the people reproduced. .

The two figures are sold separately, so you can also combine two bride and groom or two brides, it's up to you. You still have to agree to spend € 25.98 to afford two minifigures to plant at the top of the mounted piece, but when you love LEGOs, you don't count for a long time.

In short, we are probably more here in the "lifestyle" product than in the collectible figurine and it will still be necessary to make sure that your partner accepts to see these two cubic characters enthroned at the top of the cake which cost you an arm.

Nothing is less certain, the Brickheadz figures are already not unanimous among fans of LEGO and probably even less among those who do not necessarily want to replace the usual small characters by these piles of bricks a little coarse. It would be a shame to argue over that on your wedding day.

Note: The two sets shown here, supplied by LEGO, are put into play as a single set. Deadline set at 11th January 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Speed ​​Champions set 76899 Lamborghini Urus ST-X & Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO (663 pieces - 64.99 €), a box to the glory of the Italian brand which allows us to obtain two very different vehicles.

I'm not going to give you the usual verse on the offset steering wheel and the countless stickers that dress the two vehicles, it's like the previous sets. As a bonus, the green of the stickers of the Urus ST-X SUV is not the same as that of the body parts, we are starting to get used to these often subtle but disappointing color differences.

The set has the advantage of offering two very different constructions in terms of form and substance: The Huracán and the SUV have in common only the brand that makes them. Overall, the two LEGO versions are relatively faithful to the reference models and they also benefit from the move to 8 studs wide. The front of the Huracán is particularly successful with rather convincing angles and imitation of the hood openings. The central fin is integrated with an almost elegant solution that knows how to be discreet when all the parts are in place.

On closer inspection, there are obviously some approximations: the banner of sponsor Roger Dubuis on the pad-printed windshield should have been straight to really stick to the reference model. We also regret the aesthetic inconsistency between the rare golden pieces and the impressions of the stickers which theoretically should be of the same shade.

By comparing the two visuals above, we see as usual that the passage to 8 studs only partially allows better reproduction of the curves of vehicles with a very "organic" design. It's much better than some previous models in the LEGO Speed ​​Champions range although it's not always perfect.

This Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in version 2019 uses the new chassis and the new axles already seen on other vehicles in the 2020 range. We will retain the few interesting sub-assemblies at the nose and (fixed) doors of the car and as usual the slew of Wedges with 45 ° cut-outs which come to the aid of the designer in the most complicated places to reproduce on the body.

The Lamborghini Urus ST-X in a LEGO version, for its part, offers a slightly different building experience than the other vehicles in the range. The chassis here is made up of plates to be assembled with a raised rear axle that really gives the Italian brand's competition SUV allure.

The windshield strip is like the other vehicle in this box aligned with the curve of the room and that's a shame. I would have preferred a straight strip aligned on the junction with the roof of the vehicle. The front and rear of the SUV are convincing with techniques that allow to stick to the design of the reference model. No stickers for the headlights, certainly symbolic at the front with a single small black piece, but it was successful.

It is on the sides of the SUV that it spoils a little with a stall embodied by an overlay of parts and stickers to reproduce half of the rear windows. We find ourselves on arrival with a transparent half-glass and a black sticker which gives the curve of the surface concerned. It's ridiculously ugly. As a bonus, the stickers are deliberately designed with a large margin compared to the size of the room on which they take place, either we choose to center them perfectly and there remains an unattractive border, or to shift them so as not to lose the continuity of pattern or color. It's up to you.

The rims have their small effect on the wheels which clearly protrude from the bodywork. However, this is not the case on the reference model, but the designer will have chosen to reinforce the sporting side of the vehicle here. Why not.

We can discuss the choice of color for the body of the LEGO version, but I quite like this lime green which gives the SUV some pizzazz. Everything is not perfect on this second model, but it really makes me want to see LEGO decline other SUVs in this Speed ​​Champions range, even if they are not always models used in competition with why not a Porsche Cayenne, an Audi Q7 or a BMW X6.

In this box, LEGO provides us with two pilots obviously dressed in a jumpsuit in the colors of the brand of this derivative product all in the glory of Lamborghini. Good news, there is a female pilot in this set. It is also necessary to build a starting gantry which allows to change the color of the lights by sliding the central element of the construction. I would gladly exchange this accessory without much interest for 5 or 10 euros less on the public price of the set. Anyone can DIY a gantry crane from their loose parts and I expect from the LEGO Speed ​​Champions range only detailed vehicles sold at a fair price.

In short, this set has its faults but it also offers two interesting models to assemble and display. The pleasure of assembling exceptional vehicles in the LEGO version is sometimes a little spoiled by the laborious steps of installing the stickers, but we do with it.

64.99 €, it is however a bit expensive for two vehicles, two minifigs and a gantry, so we will wait until the price of this box drops significantly at Amazon and others before cracking.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is fun to play. Deadline set at 9th January 2020 next at 23pm.

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.