The other store specializing in LEGO has just added some references to its catalog. On the menu, Darth Vader LED torch of 20 cm with luminous saber, the Darth Vader LED keychain 7 cm or the Blu-ray The Padawan Threat. Also adding many MISB Collector's sets, including Batman 2006/2008, with prices however quite high due to their rarity, and custom minifigs based on quality accessories (Arealight, Brick Warriors, etc.) very practical for those who do not want to order online in Taiwan or Great Britain.
Note that this shop offers like its competitors a loyalty program in the form of points (2 euros = 1 loyalty point and 1 point = 0,05 euro reduction) i.e. a significant 2.5% discount when you pay attention to your budget. Delivery is free from 29 euros of purchase (in mainland France).

For all intents and purposes, I'm not getting any money from this online store, and the guys who run this store are professional and cool enough that I'm talking about it here ....

It's not really a Star Wars MOC and yet ... Shannon Young built this motorized Juggernaut with two characteristic elements of a set we all know: 4481 Hailfire Droid released in 2003. This MOC indeed uses two parts x784 (Technic, Gear, Hailfire Droid Wheel) only available in this Star Wars set, which I also had a little trouble getting at a fair price ....

Shannon Young has integrated two engines Power Functions M (One for each wheel) and the Battery Box in the chassis of this rather well-designed remote control machine. The futuristic design is pleasant, the colors well chosen and the two wheels make their effect. Especially since they are perfectly functional, as evidenced by the video below.

To see more, visit the MOCpages gallery by Shannon Young.

The mobilization of a slew of Minecraft fans will have done the job: Cuusoo is assailed by supporters of the minecraft project, so much so that TLC had to strengthen its network of servers to better support the load generated by the invasion of a horde of players who would like to see materialize Minecraft made of LEGO bricks .....

To be clear, I don't like Minecraft. This game inspires me nothing. But the community is immense, as is often the case with online games which benefit from the fashion effect and from a passing craze that is certainly temporary but remains massive. The forums on the subject are countless and millions of people, often very young, who spend their time in this fun and graphically a little collection. 

But it must be recognized that the minecraft project on Cuusoo is the only one to really take off by dint of spam and harassment on the forums for every player to vote. There are currently more than 4700 supporters of the project. And what is even more surprising, LEGO intervened to give some information on the follow-up to this project obviously very supported by a whole community.

From November 14, 2011, LEGO intervened officially on the project and announced work on its feasibility and on a possible commercial strategy around Minecraft. LEGO designers are in charge of creating some prototypes in order to assess the opportunity to launch licensed products. Because it is indeed a license, and LEGO is in advanced contact with Mojang, an independent publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden, to negotiate a possible trade agreement. This small team of 9 people will probably have no objection to a lucrative business partnership with LEGO. Mojang understands that the fashion effect must be exploited as quickly as possible via an avalanche of derivative products and you can already acquire t-shirts, caps and other goodies bearing the image of the concept on the dedicated shop.

I think LEGO is taking this project very seriously, not because of the core interests of Minecraft, but mostly for the huge community that the game brings together. All these players are as many potential customers for LEGO which will quickly find affinities with the concept developed by Minecraft: Collective play, use of bricks, creativity, etc ....

But could LEGO go even further and acquire Minecraft? I think so. After the LEGO Universe fiasco, TLC has announced that it still wants to continue developing projects in the field of video games through partnerships similar to those concluded with TT Games and Warner Bros. By absorbing Mojang, LEGO would obtain a large community to satisfy in derivative products and above all prevent other competing manufacturers from getting involved ...

Another contest entry wheels of justice organized by FBTB with this Green Lantern Mobile offered by OkayYaraman.

I am divided on this MOC. On the one hand I tell myself that a 5 year old kid could have done the same thing as the general shape is not really elaborate or inventive. On the other hand, this vehicle is well in the spirit of Green Lantern thanks in particular to the choice of trans-green parts. We obtain a kind of simplified and coarse Formula 1 which is only valid for its color and the few phosphorescent parts used.

We knew OkayYaraman more inspired especially with his Transforming Batmobile  who is also running in the competition wheels of justice. I let you make your own opinion on this MOC by going to the flickr gallery by OkayYaraman ...

Another quality MOC competing for theEurobricks LEGO Batman Contest which will have definitely had the merit of awakening a slew of MOCeurs, each more talented than the next ...

It's Patriot720 who sticks to it today with this superb scene in which a crocodile in the pay of Killer Croc doped with amphetamines tumbles into the street to sow terror. Killer Croc sneaks up through a manhole cover as the Bat-signal is already on for Batman to step in and put some order back.
Meanwhile, Two-face and one of his sidekicks are tweaking the plan for their next mischief hidden in the basements of Gotham City ....

Once again, we are entitled to a very successful MOC / Diorama. The crocodile is very well designed and alone deserves attention to the work of Patriot720. As with the LEGOmaniac MOC (Batman Returns), the Art-Deco atmosphere of Gotham City is there with buildings ingeniously constructed, and the sewer / street cutaway view works quite well with the crocodile going through one to exit the other ....

Many details come to decorate this scene: The bats in the sewers, the fire hydrant which spits water, the gargoyles on the buildings, the lamppost in the street and the Bat-signal rather successful too.

In short, an MOC that deserves to be visualized in depth, thanks in particular to the many close-ups visible in patriot720's flickr gallery.