When it's bad, you have to say it, but when it's good, you also have to talk about it ...

And LEGO pleasantly surprises me with an operation entitled Chronicles of Father's Day and a competition open exclusively to French fans (mainland France only, too bad for the others).

The principle is simple: Imagine in 3 pages maximum and using the Comic builder Father's Day of a character from the LEGO Star Wars range, send this mini-chronicle to LEGO and win (maybe) one of the 5 prizes involved.

The winner will see their story adapted on a LEGO video and receive the set 10188 Death Star, the 2nd and the 3rd of the classification will be offered the set 10225 R2-D2, and finally the 4th and 5th will win a set 75109 AT-TE.

A great endowment for a competition that does not need to be an outstanding MOCeur or a brilliant and inspired creative. The Comic builder It may seem difficult to master at first, especially for the youngest, but you get used to it quickly.

The competition is organized by the French branch of LEGO, entries must be sent before July 10, 2013 and a jury made up of members of the LEGO team and Lucasfilm staff will be responsible for choosing 5 the winning stories.

The criteria used to select the winners are the creativity, originality, humor and integrity of the column in relation to the universe of the Star Wars saga.

Please note, for the proposed chronicle to be taken into account, it must be limited to a place, a setting, three characters and three pages maximum for a total duration of 10 seconds once adapted in video.

The site of the operation: chroniclesdelafetedesperes.fr.

Do we have a chance to discover on the Blu-ray edition of season 5 the never-released episodes of season 6 of the animated series The Clone Wars recently canceled by Disney?

Perhaps, if we are to believe the words of Kevin Kiner, composer of the soundtrack of the series who declared a few days ago as part of the podcast of Full of Sith "... We have about ten shows that we're still working on that are going to be part of the special material. And even, hopefully, there's going to be a soundtrack record as a part of this special material… They're in negotiations about that so we're not positive that's going to happen ..."

Nothing says that this is indeed the ten episodes of season 6 that have already been produced (3 aRCS relating to Plo-Koon / Sifo-Dyas, Yoda and Order 66?), but Dave Filoni announced in March in a video (See this article) that these episodes would be broadcast (one day) as a bonus ... 

Case to be continued therefore, even if at this stage, nothing is confirmed. We will certainly know more during Celebration Europe II at the end of July.

The trailer of the day is that of The Wolverine with a Hugh Jackman overflowing with testosterone, ninjas everywhere, mutants, the Silver Samurai, Viper aka Madame Hydra and action galore. Released July 24, 2013.

LEGO's (Desperate) Request of the Day: Just a movie-inspired box with a few minifigs including Wolverine in white marcel, a Silver Samurai and Viper. If LEGO wants to add a motorcycle, a car, a bicycle or a hang-glider just to fill the box, no problem, I'll take it too.

After Evil Robot, Female scientist, Yeti, lady robot and Welder (Welder), here is a sixth minifig of the 11 series whose official release is scheduled for the month of September: The gingerbread man or Gingerbread man in English.

This visual, which is in fact a drawing, was published in the last issue of the British LEGO Club Magazine and still gives an idea of ​​the final minifigure.

Personally, I will ignore it, I do not see at all what to do with such a minifigure and I am not an unconditional fan of the universe of Shrek ...

So we have 10 minifigs from this 11 series to discover: A jazz man, an elf, a policeman, a Bavarian woman, a waitress, a scarecrow, a barbarian, a mountaineer, a grandmother and a tiki warrior.

(Thanks to Jason for his email)

After mosques on Tatooine, the Friends range accused of reductive sexism by some feminist activist groups, here is a study that tries to show that the aggressive faces of certain minifigs can influence the development of our children.

LEGO is no exception in the field of recurring attacks: Apple, Sony, TF1, Microsoft and other large groups with a virtual monopoly in their respective markets are regularly the subject of more or less serious attacks.

This time, it is researchers from New Zealand who are trying to prove that the proliferation of faces with facial expressions oriented towards anger and aggression influence the way children play.

And LEGO is obviously in direct line of sight with these recent productions in which abound the superheroes frowning, the threatening pirates, the frightened bandits or the bloodthirsty skeletons.

The researchers in question argue that children playing with these nervous or frightened minifigs suffer a significant intellectual and emotional impact and that this can directly influence their development.  

These same researchers also find that LEGO themes are increasingly centered on the conflict between good and evil, but that the characters who are supposed to belong to the "good" faction of this conflict are also often decked out with faces which do not necessarily reflect their positivity.

This is not a first in the world of toys: For example, several studies have shown the negative impact of anorexic Barbie dolls on the perception of their own body by growing girls.

In short, you will understand, this is once again a study that we will not talk about much on the sites of fans of LEGO, where it will certainly, perhaps a little quickly, considered as wacky and unnecessary.

On the parents' side, the thing will no doubt be taken a little more seriously. There are many who refuse to let their children play with plastic replica guns or games featuring armed conflict, and these same parents will be able to form their own opinion on the evolution of minifig faces over the years. time towards ever more realistic and varied expressions.

You can read the content of this study presented in the document below in PDF format: Agents With Faces - What Can We Learn From LEGO Mini fi gures?.