Forward for a large batch of new LEGO marketed from March 1, 2023 with around sixty references distributed in many ranges. We note that fans of the Harry Potter universe have the opportunity to add some new classic boxes to their collection and that they will also have to ask themselves the question of spending their money on the three references of the almost defunct LEGO DOTS range. officially licensed.

It is also today that the LEGO Ideas set is marketed 21339 BTS Dynamite, a box which is not really popular with LEGO fans but which should quickly find its audience among fans of the K-pop group who like derivative products featuring their favorite singers.

Finally, don't hesitate to take a look at the seven new additions to the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 range, there are some nice creations that deserved more visibility before they went on sale, but LEGO very rarely offers me access anticipated to these sets to present them to you on the occasion of "Review ".

On the side of current promotional offers, you have to be content with the set 40586 Moving Truck currently offered from 180 € of purchase without restriction of range, there is still stock and the offer should in principle end on March 3rd.

As usual, it's up to you to see whether to crack without waiting by paying the full price for these boxes or whether to show a little patience and wait for the inevitable reductions that will be offered in the boxes. weeks and months to come at Amazon, on FNAC.com and at a few other resellers.

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Forward for a new contest which will allow the luckiest of you to win a copy of the Structure 2023, the LEGO ICONS set 10312 Jazz Club, currently available at the retail price of €229.99 on the official online store and in LEGO Stores.

To validate your participation and try to add this jazz box to your collection at a lower cost, simply identify yourself via the interface below and follow the instructions provided. As usual, it is a question of finding information on the official online store and then answering the question correctly. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by lot from the correct answers. Participation is free and without obligation to purchase.

Your contact details (name / nickname, email address, IP) are only used within the framework of this competition and will not be kept beyond the drawing of lots which will designate the winner. As usual, this no-obligation competition is open to all residents of mainland France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The set is as usual generously provided by LEGO, it will be sent to the winner by me as soon as his contact details are confirmed by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any participant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Hateful and bad losers to abstain, the others will have more chances to win.

Good luck to everyone !

No participation via comments, I leave the form open as long as the contestants who cannot read are not yet there. Then we close.

For information: the name / nickname of the winner is displayed in the participation interface once the draw has been made. I also notify the winners by email, but remember to check anyway.

LEGO today unveils a set that will be available from March 1, 2023 only on the shelves of the Store installed in the heart of the LEGO House in Billund: the reference 40504 A Minifigure Tribute.

This box of 1041 pieces which allows you to assemble a figurine about thirty centimeters high will be sold at the public price of 599 DKK, or about 81 €. The construction pays homage to the LEGO minifig seen for the first time in a manufacturer's box in 1978 and which therefore celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, as well as to the Pirates range via the chosen character: Captain Redbeard seen for the first time in the set 6285 Black Seas Barracuda marketed in 1989 then in many sets in the following years.

For those who are wondering about the presence of the number 4 on the box: this set is the fourth element of what we can call the "LEGO House Collection" after references 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021) et 40503 Dagny Holm - Master Builder (2022)

This product is not available anywhere other than the Billund Store, so you will have to go to the aftermarket resellers to get it if you don't want to make the trip.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75351 Princess Leia (Boushh) Helmet, a box of 670 pieces currently in pre-order on the official online store and which will be available at the retail price of €69.99 from March 1st.

LEGO offers us here a product which, in my opinion, will have a little trouble being self-sufficient on display alone on a shelf, but which on the other hand will easily find its place in the middle of an alignment of helmets a priori considered by many to be more emblematic of the Star Wars saga.

Regular fans, however, know very well this helmet stolen from a bounty hunter by Leia and worn by the princess during her infiltration into Jabba's palace to free Han Solo from his carbonite prison (Episode VI). The scene only lasts a few minutes on the screen but LEGO is starting to have gone around the subject by offering a whole collection of helmets of imperial soldiers, a helmet of a rebel pilot and two helmets of Mandalorians and it is also necessary to bring some diversity aesthetic appeal to this collection, which expands a little more each year.

I think the designer of this product got away with it honourably, the challenge was met and the helmet seen on the screen combines angles and growths of all kinds that had to be reproduced while trying to respect the proportions of the object. . It's still a LEGO-style interpretation that won't compete with a real model of the accessory, but this model is immediately identifiable despite some aesthetic approximations. Those who collect these various LEGO helmets have long since accepted the idea that these are just $60 or $70 LEGO versions and not high-end cosplay or display props.

No big surprise during the assembly phase of this 17 cm high, 11 cm wide and 14 cm deep product, we are on familiar ground with the impression of building the internal structure of a large BrickHeadz figurine which is fixed on the usual foot and around which a few sub-assemblies are then fixed which make it possible to obtain the desired result. There are a few stickers to stick on to refine the level of detail of the product a bit and many brown-colored parts are scratched right out of the box, nothing new under the Tatooine sun.

everything is very quickly assembled, but the process has some good surprises in store, especially when it comes to connecting the "muzzle" of the helmet to the rest of the structure and obtaining a very convincing positioning of this outgrowth. There are still a few empty spaces here and there between the different subsets, but the shadows will do their job and the object will look great if it is displayed in the right light. The alternation between smooth surfaces and exposed tenons is in my opinion balanced, this helmet is neither too smooth nor too spotty.

The small plate placed at the foot of the base is pad-printed as usual and I think that you can possibly avoid sticking the few stickers provided which do not bring much visually but which will inevitably be noticed over time by drying and by detaching themselves from their support. Be careful when moving the helmet, the two telephone handsets placed on the sides of the object only hold on a single tenon and are easily unhooked.

Indispensable for some, too anecdotal for others, this product whose packaging bears the logo celebrating the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi will inevitably appeal to fans nostalgic for the Original Trilogy. It is well made, it features a slightly different accessory from those usually available from LEGO and it will easily find its place in the middle of a row of more classic helmets. It's up to you whether to spend €70 without waiting at LEGO or whether to be patient and pay a little less later elsewhere.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at March 4, 2023 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. 

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Notice to LEGO polybag collectors: LEGO Harry Potter references 30651 Quidditch Practice and Speed ​​Champions 30657 McLaren Solus GT are now online on the shelves of the German brand JB Spielwaren.

The 55-piece LEGO Harry Potter bag featuring Cho Chang in his Ravenclaw (Ravenclaw) house outfit will be a promotional product offered soon subject to purchase by the brand, the 95-piece bag under official McLaren license which will allow to assemble a micro version of the Solus GT also available in the set 76918 McLaren Solus GT & McLaren F1 LM (44.99 €) will be on sale from March 1, 2023 at a price of 3.39 €.

These two new sachets should quickly be available elsewhere, in particular via the secondary market.

You will find a complete summary of the different sachets planned for 2023 at this address.