Joss Whedon, director of The Avengers and pilot of the upcoming series Agents of SHIELD has just confirmed that two new characters from the Marvel universe will be in the cast of The Avengers 2, which he will also direct: Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

Pietro Maximoff aka Quicksilver is a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby who made his first appearance in the X-Men comic in 1964. He has since appeared in some arcs of the Avengers series.

Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch, and incidentally sister of Quicksilver, is also a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1964.

I hope that their presence on screen in the second installment of the Avengers saga will be enough for LEGO to offer us the minifig version of these two characters in an upcoming set ... The designers of custom minifigs should for their part quickly offer us their version of these two super heroes.

Custom visuals produced By mike napolitan.

It's confirmed, the VIP customers of the LEGO Shop, that is to say all those who kindly took three minutes to create their free vip account, will be able to order the very (very) expected set 10237 The Tower of Orthanc from June 17, 2013 for the modest sum of € 199.99. Yes, it is the public price, but we cannot have the butter and the money of the butter.

The offer will also be valid in the LEGO Stores on presentation of your VIP card or by harassing the staff present.

I remind you of the principle of the VIP program: 1 VIP point credited for 1 € spent on the LEGO Shop or in a LEGO Store, and 100 VIP points entitle you to a reduction of 5 € to be used on a future purchase. To put it simply, the VIP program allows you to benefit from a 5% reduction on the prices charged by LEGO.

(Thanks to GRogall by email)

You might as well tell you right away, Michael Price's interview (writer and producer of The Yoda Chronicles mini-saga but also author for The Simpsons, The Padawan Menace and The Empire Strikes Out) published on toonbarn.com does not tell us much new. 

Between two evasive responses, we obtain confirmation that the broadcast of the first of the three episodes, entitled The Phantom Clone, will take place on May 29 on the US Cartoon Network channel, that the following two episodes will be broadcast during the year, that a Blu-ray / DVD edition could be released with an exclusive minifigure, but that nothing is is still decided ...

We also learn on Twitter via the account @insidethemagic that the secret (See this article) which is due to be revealed next May 23 in Times Square (New York) and May 29 on Cartoon Network is in fact the largest LEGO model in the world: "... World's largest LEGO model to be displayed in New York's Times Square on May 23 in promotion of LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles ..."

The interview is to read at this address.

The LEGO Star Wars 10225 R2-D2 set released in 2012 is currently on sale on Cdiscount (Click here).

It is certainly not the best price on the market and it is possible to find cheaper at amazon Italy, but it's still more than € 50 discount on the public price charged on the Lego shop (199.99 €) ...

This box of 2127 pieces is in stock at Cdiscount at the time of writing and delivery to Point Relais is free.

(Thanks to Guyliane for her email)

An interesting info for our Belgian and border friends: The Belgian brand Dreamland (and in particular the Leers store) offers the DVD version The Empire Strikes Ort without the minifig of Darth Vader proudly displaying his medal, but in bundle with two LEGO Star Wars polybags released in 2013 to choose from: 30243 Umbaran MHC ou 30241 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter.

This original alternative to the DVD + minifig version is currently available at the unbeatable price of € 9.90.

(Thanks to BatBrick115 for his email alert and for the photo)