25/11/2015 - 10:16 Lego news

LEGO Star Wars: Chronicles of the Force

Two new books in the series Build Your Own Adventure published by DK (Dorling Kidnersley) are referenced at this address : After the Friends and Ninjago versions published in 2015, the concept of a book accompanied by parts to build a model (exclusive or not) borrowed from the defunct Brickmaster range will be available from August 2016 in the City and Star Wars universes.

The Friends et Ninjago both being delivered with a character from the range concerned (a Liza figurine for the Friends version and a Lloyd minifig for the Ninjago version), it is hoped that the two upcoming works will also be. However, there is no guarantee that any minifigs that will accompany the sets of parts supplied will be exclusive.

Don't expect several hundred coins with these books, the Friends version has 77 coins and the Ninjago version has 74.

These two new 80-page books, announced for August 2016, are (already) available for pre-order from Amazon:

Below is the pitch of the LEGO City version followed by that of the Star Wars version:

LEGO City: Build Your Own Adventure is features Inspirational ideas for LEGO® building iconic models from the popular LEGO City theme.

A book with bricks that inspires kids to build, play, and learn, LEGO® City: Build Your Own Adventure combines more than 50 inspirational ideas for building with enthralling story starters from the world of LEGO City.

Organized into five chapters structured around different environments from the city world, readers will use their builds to aid a sunken boat in the city's marina and help control a forest fire in a nearby park. Model ideas will inspire readers of various ages and abilities, with an appropriate mix of easy, medium, and harder models.

LEGO City: Build Your Own Adventure will get kids inspired to build and play out adventures of their own, and comes with bricks and instructions to build an exclusive LEGO City model to add to their collection.

 

LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure is packed with iconic worlds and characters from the Star Wars universe and features inspirational ideas for LEGO building.

A book with bricks that inspires kids to build, play, and learn, LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure combines more than 50 inspirational ideas for building with enthralling story starters from the world of LEGO Star Wars.

Organized into five chapters based on different planets in the Star Wars universe, readers will use their builds to break prisoners out on Cloud City and spy on the Imperial Army on Endor. Model ideas will inspire readers of various ages and abilities, with an appropriate mix of easy, medium, and harder builds.

LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure will get kids inspired to build and play out adventures of their own, and it comes with bricks and instructions to build an exclusive LEGO Star Wars model to add to their collection.

(seen on BNC Catalist)

25/11/2015 - 08:09 Lego news

captain america civil war trailer

The first trailer for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War is online. This is the opportunity to take stock of the scarce information available concerning the three sets based on the film expected in March 2016:

The reference 76050 is announced by amazon Germany at the public price of 24.99 € with in the box Black Widow, Crossbones and Falcon.

The reference 76047 is announced at 34.99 € and should contain at least Black Panther and his jet.

The reference 76051  is announced at 79.99 € and we are talking about an airport control tower, Ant-Man in microfig version, a Giant Man made from bricks and another plane.

Captain America, Winter Soldier / Bucky Barnes and Iron Man will obviously be present in these different sets and the rumor also announces the presence of Agent 13 (Sharon Carter, the niece of Peggy Carter / Agent Carter) and Scarlet Witch.

To date, no visual, even preliminary of each of these three boxes has circulated. All three sets are featured in the 2016 retailer catalog, but they are illustrated with neutral boxes simply bearing the Marvel Super Heroes logo.

The film was released in theaters in May 2016.

23/11/2015 - 21:34 Lego news LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75113 Rey LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75113 Rey

LEGO has uploaded a slew of official visuals and among the various updated ranges are the six Constraction Figures based on the movie. Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Nothing new, we had already been able to discover all of these figurines a few weeks ago, but I will let you get a more precise idea of ​​these six boxes with the visuals of the packaging and their content.

Below are the public prices announced by amazon.de a few weeks ago. We will quickly be fixed on the prices charged in France, the posting by LEGO of the official visuals confirms that they should quickly appear on the LEGO Shop.

I updated all the 2016 visuals available in the ranges Nexo knights, Friends, Creator, City, Bionicle, Brand, Disney Princess, etc ... on Pricevortex. I have also slightly increased the resolution of the images, just to make them more "readable".

LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75114 First Order Stormtrooper LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75114 First Order Stormtrooper
LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75115 Poe Dameron LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75115 Poe Dameron
LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75116 Finn LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75116 Finn
LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75117 Kylo Ren LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75117 Kylo Ren
LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75118 Captain Phasma LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure: 75118 Captain Phasma

Some of the visuals can be found on my flickr gallery.

lego star wars magazine december snowspeeder

The # 5 of the official LEGO Star Wars magazine is on newsstands, with its incredible weapons rack and two blasters, and we discover inside what Panini Kids intends to give us for Christmas with the number 6 of December: A magnificent Snowspeeder.

By N ° 24, if the publication of the magazine lasts until then, we will have enough to make a LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar.

Here.

Subsidiary question: Who still buys this magazine?

23/11/2015 - 10:08 Competition

lego slippers winner

It's time to announce the name of the winner of the contest which allowed you to win some cool stuff including a pair of LEGO slippers and a set 10245 Santa's Workshop. I add in the package a Hoth Bricks minifigure and some stickers, on which I do a little self-promotion, that I plan to distribute to children in Bordeaux this weekend during Fans de Briques.

3478 valid entries were registered. As usual, I see that many participants do not know their own email address: There are many addresses that do not exist, are invalid or are full of syntax errors.

On the statistics side, to the question asked: "Why do you want to win this pair of LEGO slippers?"is the answer"To stop hurting myself while walking on my LEGOs"which largely wins in front of the choice"The slippers, blah, I especially want the box offered with"...

In short, the drawing of lots was carried out by me, I would remind you that there was no wrong answer in the questionnaire, and you will find below the name of the winner who was contacted by email for organize the delivery of the above package as soon as possible:

Virginia BrXXXXX (France)
Participation registered on 10/11/2015 at 19:32 am

Thank you all for participating in this contest and see you soon for another chance to win stuff ...