20/12/2020 - 02:15 Lego news

New LEGO Chinese New Year 2021 sets: official visuals ... boxes

LEGO had unveiled the two Chinese New Year sets planned for January 2021 but had not put the visuals of the boxes of the two planned references online on the official store. It's Amazon Canada that sticks to it today and finally offers us the photos of these two pretty boxes.

No surprise, they are matched with the other references in the range and those who will never open them now have something to get a more precise idea of ​​the rendering of these packaging on their shelves ...

We will talk about the content of these two boxes again just after Christmas on the occasion of two "Review ".

20/12/2020 - 01:23 Competition

Hoth Bricks Advent Calendar # 11: Win a 10273 Haunted House LEGO set

It is arguably one of the most successful sets of this year and after the first copy put into play on the occasion of the VIP weekend before Black Friday, the LEGO set 10273 Haunted Houses is once again in the spotlight as part of the Hoth Bricks 2020 Advent Calendar. As usual, there will only be one winner in this new contest and he will therefore save the modest sum of 229.99 €.

To validate your participation in this competition, 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.

A big thank you to LEGO for allowing me to offer the series of pretty sets brought into play at the end of the year. The prize will be sent to the winner by me and by Colissimo, followed with insurance and signature on delivery (and suitable packaging) as soon as their 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 !

Note: If you choose to identify yourself in the participation interface via facebook, be aware that in the event of a win, the personal information (name / first name / photo) linked to your account will be displayed in the widget.

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19/12/2020 - 18:48 Lego disney Lego news

LEGO Disney 2021 news: Frozen 2, Cinderella and the Little Mermaid on the program

Fans of the different Disney universes will not be forgotten in January 2021 with four new sets which are now online on the official store including a new "book" at € 19.99 which will complete the four-volume collection launched in 2020 with the references 43174 Mulan's Storybook Adventures43175 Anna and Elsa's Storybook Adventures, 43176 Ariel's Storybook Adventures et 43177 Belle's Storybook Adventures.

For the rest, it's very classic with a Cinderella carriage more elaborate than those of the sets 41159 Cinderella's Carriage Ride (2019) et 41146 Cinderella's Enchanted Evening (2017) and an Ariel boat which is on the contrary in a much more simplified version than that of the set 41153 Ariel's Royal Celebration Boat (2018). I am not necessarily in the target of these boxes, but the small figurine of the Bruni salamander seen in Frozen 2 seems acceptable to me, taking into account the limitations inherent in the LEGO concept.

At least three other Disney sets are due next year, they will be based on the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon whose theatrical release is in principle scheduled for March 2021.

19/12/2020 - 18:06 Lego news

LEGO XTRA 40464 Chinatown

LEGO is not giving up its concept of small bags filled with accessories sold under the XTRA label and two new references will be available through the official online store from January 1, 2021:

On the program in the bag 40464 Chinatown, some accessories that will complete the inventory of sets on the theme of the Chinese New Year as the references 80106 Story of Nian et 80107 Spring Lantern Festival expected for January 2021 including a lantern, a piece of bamboo, some fireworks and two barriers.

On the bag side 40465 p.m. Food, a little more generic content with a relatively varied selection of foods that will eventually expand some dioramas. This is not the first bag in the LEGO XTRA range to provide food, the reference 40309 Food Accessories, now out of stock, occupied this niche since 2018.

I know that opinions are generally very divided about these sachets, their content and their retail price. Personally, I find it a bit expensive for the content offered which is all in all very generic and often uninspired.

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LEGO Star Wars 75295 Millennium Falcon Microfighter

We return to the side of the LEGO Star Wars range with the small set 75295 Millennium Falcon Microfighter, a box of 101 pieces which will be marketed from January 1, 2021 at the public price of € 9.99.

We could pretend to marvel at this new interpretation of the Millennium Falcon in this Microfighter format which sometimes has some good surprises in store for us but also some high-level failures, but it is really just a new version of the Millennium Falcon.

Sets 75030 Millennium Falcon Microfighter (2014) et 75193 Millennium Falcon Microfighter (2018) had their aesthetic bias, this new variation improves certain details and sacrifices others. That's how it is, and luckily LEGO doesn't bring us exactly the same model every time.

Collectors will therefore be delighted to have a new variant to add to the shelves and those who have not been able to obtain the previous versions will finally be able to get this ship to scale. Chibi usual. Personally, I prefer flick fire missiles from version 2014 to stud shooters used since 2018.

LEGO Star Wars 75295 Millennium Falcon Microfighter

We will simply note that the rear is nicely made with more credible reactors than on the two previous versions and that the part which serves as the canopy for the cockpit has been updated with a new pad printing: the front windows disappear. The designer does not hesitate to integrate a few colored pieces in the passage of the bowels of the vessel, it is always taken for those who will throw everything in their bulk.

The minifigure delivered here is the one already seen in the sets 75159 Death Star (€ 499.99), 75205 Mos Eisley Winery (49.99 €) or even 75290 Mos Eisley Winery (349.99 €). It therefore becomes a little more affordable but it still has the same problem of color difference between the neck and the head of the character, a technical defect hidden on the official visuals via a retouching of the photos.

In short, the Millennium Falcon is an obvious chestnut tree from the Star Wars range at LEGO and you always need one in the catalog. This new small box sold for € 9.99 will allow you to make a gift without breaking the bank and will always please whoever will be offered it.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at December 29, 2020 next at 23pm. "The" I try, I participate "are automatically deleted, make an effort.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

Mika7 - Comment posted the 22/12/2020 at 23:12