The December 2021 issue of the official LEGO Star Wars magazine is available on newsstands and, as planned, we can obtain a Republic Gunship of 51 pieces exclusive to the publication. The model seems rather successful to me, it is necessarily less ambitious but also more economical than that of the set 75309 Republic Gunship sold for € 349.99.

If you want to assemble this Republic Gunship without having to purchase this children's magazine, the official instructions along with the inventory, all in PDF format, are available. at this address.

The next issue of the magazine is expected on newsstands for January 12, 2022 and it will provide a Snowtrooper armed with his blaster. At 5.99 € the magazine, I'm not sure the proposal is really competitive against the Battle Pack 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack which will be offered at the public price of € 19.99 from January 1st with its 105 pieces and four figurines including three Snowtroopers in the box.

Note that it is now possible to subscribe for a period of six months or one year to the official LEGO Star Wars magazine via the abo-online.fr platform. The 12-month subscription (13 issues) costs € 65. The logistical concerns encountered by the publisher during the launch of this subscription offer are now resolved and the magazines are now delivered on time.

The German brand JB Spielwaren today unveils four 2022 novelties brought together under the title LEGO Marvel Spidey and his Amazing Friends, these four sets are references stamped 4+ which are therefore intended for a very (very) young audience. However, they will also allow you to obtain some new minifigs that collectors love ...

For those who are wondering, these Spidey and his Amazing Friends sets are products of the eponymous animated series launched in 2021 on the American channel Disney Junior.

Availability announced for January 1, 2022, these products will probably also be online on the official store during the day (links below).

One contest can hide another and here is a new opportunity to add a beautiful box to your collection without spending a dime. The lot in play is a copy of the set 10279 Volkswagen T2 Camper Van, a box sold at the public price of 159.99 €. Please note, the duration of this new competition is different from that of the previous one.

To validate your participation and try to add at a lower cost a nice customizable combi on your shelves, all you have to do is 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 correctly answering the question asked. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by drawing lots from among the correct answers.

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 lot is provided by LEGO that I thank once again for its trust and unfailing support throughout these years, it will be shipped to the winner by me and by Colissimo followed with insurance and signature on delivery (and a suitable packaging) as soon as their contact details are confirmed by return e-mail.

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.

On to a weekend where VIP points are doubled for any purchase made at the LEGO Shop. The offer is valid until December 12, 2021.

We cannot stress it enough, this recurring offer at LEGO is not really competitive with the prices offered by many other brands on most of the sets in the catalog. However, it can be interesting for the acquisition of an exclusive box, temporarily or not, on the official online store, as long as the products in question are available in stock or in restocking ...

For each product purchased, you will accumulate double points during the period indicated and you will then have to exchange these points for a reduction voucher to be used on a future purchase via the rewards center. 750 VIP points accumulated give the right to a reduction of 5 € valid for a future order on the official online store or during a trip to a LEGO Store.

Do not forget to identify yourself on your VIP account before validating the order to take advantage of the doubling of points.

Note that this offer can obviously be combined with the one which currently allows you to choose a copy of the set. 40484 Santa's Front Yard from 170 € of purchase without restriction of range and with the reduction of 30% displayed on the sets LEGO Ideas 21328 Seinfeld, 10289 Bird of Paradise, 10282 adidas Originals Superstar et 10291 Queer Eye - The Fab 5 Loft.

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(The link to the shop redirects to the version of the official shop for your country of connection)

Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Ninjago set 71763 Lloyd's Race Car EVO, a small box of 279 pieces which will be available at the public price of 29.99 € from January 1, 2022. The designers of the wave of Ninjago products which will be marketed at the beginning of next year have confirmed, this series of boxes does not is not directly based on a particular arc of the saga and it is therefore more or less timeless products that pay homage to old references by trying to bring them a touch of modernity and modularity under the name EVO.

The Lloyd vehicle in question here is probably not unknown to you, you have necessarily come across the sets somewhere 70641 Ninja Nightcrawler (2018) et 71700 Jungle Raider (2020). We therefore find here the green body dressed in golden elements characteristic of Lloyd's favorite car and LEGO promises us a "transformable" vehicle that would go from the state of a simple buggy to that of a "more powerful and faster" vehicle thanks to adding some decorative elements.

It is not in reality, we simply go from a vehicle that is not finished to a machine loaded with various and varied elements that give it an acceptable appearance. This nickname EVOutivity will perhaps amuse the youngest, but there is in my opinion not enough to make it a major feature of the product knowing that the passage from one stage to another is only identified by the change of bag and does not arise from a possible challenge.

The final vehicle is also rather convincing when it is equipped with all the elements presented as "modular" and covered with the half-dozen stickers provided. It has allure, it remains easy to handle without breaking everything and it will just be necessary to put up with the canopy which does not completely cover the cockpit. at 30 € per product, you shouldn't expect mechanical refinements like steering or suspensions.

To be able to play with two people with the contents of this box, LEGO provides something to assemble a mini-quad piloted by Cobra Mechanic. The machine is not very exciting and it is a bit painful to see alongside the big green car but it at least has the merit of being provided and offering playability to the product. Still in the gameplay area, we get three new Stud Shooters two of which are placed on the hood of Lloyd's vehicle, the third one being a version designed to be held in the hand by a minifigure.

The principle of this accessory remains the same but its design has evolved and this angular aspect allows an integration without doubt more discreet than usual. Those Stud Shooters are always delivered disassembled in two parts to be assembled, the firing pin being larger than in previous versions and therefore less likely to get lost during assembly. Nothing to say about their operation, it always works and LEGO will generalize their use in this range from the beginning of next year. The accessory will also be found in other ranges, for example in the LEGO DC set 76181 Batmobile: The Penguin Chase.

Another detail presented as a playful novelty: the presence of new flags in the various boxes which are planned for the semester 2022. It will obviously be a question of encouraging children to collect these pad-printed objects distributed in the different sets, other ranges are regularly entitled to this type of collectible coins to motivate the purchase of all the references available on the shelves, fans of the Harry Potter universe who are still chasing the Chocolate Frog cards know something about this. Eight different banners are currently available, so you will have to break the bank to bring them together. The graphic designer has done his homework correctly, the designs on these banners are attractive.

Three minifigs are delivered in this box: The owner of the vehicle, Lloyd, and two opponents: Cobra Mechanic and Python Dynamite. The pad prints are successful, LEGO provides a mask and hair for Lloyd, the three characters are well equipped with various accessories, everything is there. Lloyd's minifig is not exclusive to this box, it is only found with its mask in the sets 71757 Lloyd's Ninja Mech et 71767 Ninja Dojo Temple, and complete with her hair and her mask in the set 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon .

In short, this product sold for 29.99 € offers plenty of fun without having to go back to the cash register and that's already a good thing. Car race, clash with shots Stud Shooters, the possibilities are there. The marketing argument of the evolutionary vehicle seems a little pretentious to me, the intermediate versions look more like assembly stages than separate vehicles and this very relative modularity only takes the object from a basic structure a little stripped down to an acceptable finish. In the end, this "generic" set still remains in my opinion a good product which should delight young fans who arrived late in the Ninjago universe and who are looking to build a collection.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 22, 2021 next at 23pm.

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