11/05/2012 - 00:21 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

Lego lord of the rings

Don't get carried away, it's only on amazon.de for now, but you can order your sets there, you will be delivered worry-free.

Here is the list of sets announced for the 23th June 2012 as well as the prices charged at this merchant (the set 9472 Attack on Weathertop is not yet referenced):

9469 Gandalf Arrives - €14.99
9470 Shelob Attacks - €26.99
9471 Uruk-Hai Army - €39.99
9473 The Mines of Moria - €79.99
9474 The Battle Of Helm's Deep - 139.99 €
 9476 The Orc Forge - 49.99 €

11/05/2012 - 00:00 MOCs

The Bat-Wing Fighter by M00DSWIM

Crossovers between very different universes are often risky. Especially when it comes to emblematic machines that fans do not necessarily accept to see massacred in more or less successful MOCs.

M00DSWIM succeeds in mixing Batman and Star Wars with this very balanced Bat-Wing Fighter, a sort of X-Wing customized by the vigilante of Gotham City. The two universes marry wonderfully on this realization and we do not really know if it is Star Wars with Batman sauce or the reverse ...

This creation will likely be presented as part of the competition Wings of Justice organized on FBTB.

To see more, it's on the flickr gallery from M00DSWIM that it's happening.

10/05/2012 - 23:17 Lego news

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30164 Lex Luthor

And it's bright87 (his flickr gallery) which I immediately received the message that published on his flickr gallery the photos of the exclusive minifig of Lex Luthor which is offered in the collector's version of the video game Lego batman 2.

And I must say that it is a beautiful and very successful minifig with the right amount of fun, colors and accessories to match the exoskeleton of the set 6862 Superman vs. Power Armor Lex. This helps maintain consistency between Lex Luthor and its various equipment.

30164 Lex Luthor

10/05/2012 - 14:59 MOCs

Scott Peterson - Ralph McQuarrie's Y-Wing

And it is with a representation under LDD of the model of Y-Wing designed by Colin Cantwell (BTL-P1 Y-Wing Prototype) painted by Ralph mcquarrie, official illustrator of the Star Wars saga who died recently, that Scott Peterson pays tribute in his own way to this artist much appreciated by fans.

Scott Peterson is also at the origin of an interesting Cuusoo project revolving around the lightsabers of the saga and whose I was talking to you a few weeks ago.

This is from original illustrations by Ralph mcquarrie that this rather gifted MOCeur reconstructed this original model of the Y-Wing which is the ancestor of the one we all know. I have read elsewhere that the bubble covering the space dedicated to the shooter had been abandoned on the final model due to constraints linked to the special effects techniques of the time, which did not allow this transparent canopy to be correctly embedded.

To see more about this creation under LDD which should quickly materialize as a model based on real bricks as indicated by Scott Peterson, it's on the flickr gallery of the latter that it happens.

Ralph McQuarrie's Y-Wing

10/05/2012 - 11:12 LEGO Polybags Reviews

30165 Hawkeye polybag

The word review is definitely used everywhere ... Reviews of minifigs, posters, boxes, bags, blurry photos ...

In short, here are some visuals of the bag 30165 Hawkeye with a minifigure and a pseudo-rack of weapons and accessories offered by Graysmith on Eurobricks.

The bag has indeed appeared in Sweden long before its worldwide availability, er American, and this will be an opportunity to get the Hawkeye minifigure at a lower cost and to see its price drop on Bricklink. So good ...

The bag is also available on Bricklink from Nordic sellers for a little less than 10 euros: 30165 Hawkeye.

30165 Hawkeye polybag