It has been many weeks since Omar Ovalle launched his series of MOCs featuring Star Wars Action Figures, that is to say plastic characters but not from the LEGO catalog. The result which can sometimes put off the most fundamentalist AFOLs is always very interesting, especially in terms of scale. the approach is original the various creations of this designer of whom I speak to you regularly here are imbued with an obvious creativity even if the most talented MOCeurs may regret certain choices in terms of parts or finish.

This series of MOCs based on Action Figures now has around twenty creations that deserve a look. Just skip the use of miniatures, and admit that these characters set an unusual and interesting scale for these MOCs. The use of certain parts becomes surprising and in the end Omar Ovalle brings a little novelty and freshness to the often repetitive universe of Star Wars MOCs.

To see more, comment on these creations, criticize or congratulate Omar who is very open to discussion, go to his flickr gallery.

If there is a ship that LEGO has never produced but that many fans dream of one day seeing take shape in an official set, it is the Naboo Royal Starship or J-type 327 Nubian Royal Starship of its real name.

Aviation fans will immediately recognize one of the inspiration sources of this spacecraft seen in the'Episode I: The Phantom Menace : The Lockheed SR-71. This ship will allow Amidala to escape Naboo during the Trade Federation's invasion of Theed along with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The ship will be damaged when it leaves Naboo and will have to land on Tatooine for repair.

Two MOCers are represented here via their achievements, including Gunner (image below) with a more playset oriented version with removable upper parts to access an interior space that can accommodate minifigs. The two approaches are very different and each will appreciate more one or the other of these MOCs according to its sensitivity.

Obviously, reproducing this curvaceous ship is a matter of compromise when it comes to LEGO. These two MOCs demonstrate that it is nevertheless possible to reproduce it in a rather faithful way, but the essential presence of chrome parts to make this machine credible compared to the model of the film undoubtedly impacts the possible cost of production and therefore of marketing. of such a vessel. The and 10026 UCS Naboo Starfighter released in 2002 already had some chrome parts on the 187 parts that compose it.

I know it won't matter much once LEGO unveils Nick Fury's minifigure and set, but speculation is rife about the SHIELD boss.

Today the rumor would tend to include Nick Fury in the set 6873 Spiderman's ™ Doc Ock ™ Ambush which we do not know at the moment, except that it will be marketed in the summer of 2012. Yet LEGO had indicated that Spider-Man would be based on the character said classic and not on a film version of the character: … The LEGO SUPER HEROES Marvel collection will spotlight three Marvel franchises - Marvel's The Avengers movie, and X-Men and Spider-Man classic characters…

Everything starts from the trailer (visible here on YouTube) of the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series produced by Marvel Animation and which will be released in April 2012 on Disney XD.

And in this trailer we find this image of Nick Fury speaking to Spider-Man:

We know that Spider-Man is one of the New Avengers, a post team Avengers disassembled consisting of two of the former Avengers Captain America and Iron Man, and Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Wolverine, Luke Cage, Sentry, and Ronin. Spider-Man will remain a member of this same team after Civil War.

So is Nick Fury's presence in this animated series a clue to his presence in set 6873? I'll let you decide ...

These photos will not send me to court, they do not have any watermark stating that they are confidential or preliminary. However, it is difficult to say if these are the final visuals of the boxes in the range. Here are 4 of the sets that will be marketed in 2012 in this Lord of the Rings range. As usual at LEGO, the design of the boxes is always very neat and makes you want to buy ...

9469 Gandalf Arrives

9470 Shelob Attacks

9473 The Mines of Moria

9474 The Battle Of Helm's Deep

This is the question that we are all currently asking, and over the revelations concerning the sets of the LEGO Super Heroes Marvel range, Nick Fury remains curiously absent ...

However, LEGO officially announced the presence of this key figure in the official press release launch of this range: ... Marvel characters as Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Loki and Black Widow to LEGO minifigure form ... Wolverine, Magneto, Nick Fury and Deadpool… Spider-Man, and Doctor Octopus… 

Not to mention that Nick Fury is also an important character in The Avengers movie ...

I think there is a mystery set that LEGO has yet to unveil and that the leader of the Avengers could be in ... Wait and see ...

So, to be patient and because I need a pretext, I am putting you a photo of Nick Fury's custom minifig made by Christo that I just received ...