LEGO officially "unveils" the LEGO Creator Expert set 10271 Fiat 500 (960 pieces - 84.99 € / 109.00 CHF), a box whose visuals have already been published everywhere following the "early" sale of a few copies on eBay. Nothing new therefore for all those who follow closely the news of LEGO products.

At first glance and on a purely aesthetic level, we are in my opinion more in the spirit of the set 10262 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 only the set 10265 Ford Mustang with some reinterpretation of the curves of the original vehicle and that's to stay polished. It is also not difficult to find MOCs that do much better in terms of loyalty to the original vehicle.

The LEGO Creator Expert set 10271 Fiat 500 will be on sale from March 1 in the official online store and from March 2 in the LEGO Stores. The "Review "of this cross between a FIAT 500 and a FIAT 126 will have to wait until LEGO decides to send the test copy promised, something that tells me that the manufacturer is not in a particular hurry ...

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For the record, a (roughly) scale 1: 1 version of the vehicle was to be exhibited at the Geneva International Motor Show 2020, but the event was canceled, we have the video below. To save the furniture, LEGO also offers us some pretty vintage posters featuring the vehicle:

If you had planned a pilgrimage to Billund soon with the aim of bringing back one or more copies of the products that are only available there, know that set 4000026 LEGO Tree of Creativity (837 pieces), which is exclusive to the store located in the heart of the LEGO House, will be quickly and permanently removed from the shelves "to make room for a new exclusive set from May 2020".

If you had planned to buy yourself a copy via the secondary market, now is the time to get agitated because the announcement that has just taken place will inevitably cause prices to soar among sellers who have stocked this reference launched in 2018 pending its end of life.

The set is currently sold for a hundred euros on Bricklink, much more on Brickowl and even more on eBay.

As a reminder, this reference was sold until now at the public price of 599 DKK (80 €) and it is a version Light from the very exclusive set 4000024 Tree of Creativity offered to participants of the LEGO Inside Tour in 2017. These two boxes reproduce the giant tree installed in the heart of the LEGO House, and it is the same designer, Steen Sig Andersen, who developed the original set and then adapted the version Light by ensuring that the gift offered during the LEGO Inside Tour 2017 remains a unique and exclusive product.

Today we are interested in the LEGO Marvel set 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack (226 pieces - 24.99 €), which despite packaging that may suggest that the product is based on the cinematographic saga concluded with the film Avengers Endgame is actually based on the Marvel's Avengers (Square Enix) video game which was originally slated for release in May 2020 but was eventually pushed back to next September.

We know that the video game will feature the Avengers facing the AIM troops (Advanced Idea Mechanics) and the color of the combination of the agents delivered in the two sets already available confirms that it is the faction led by MODOK. So we should not look for a reference to the different films and be satisfied with what LEGO offers us while waiting to see if all this really has a credible link with the content of the video game.

In this box, the building machine is Black Panther's motorcycle. Why not, the design of the machine is original and we can imagine that the factories of Wakanda are capable of producing such machines with a futuristic look. Unfortunately, the thing is oversized and not at all minifig scale. It is enough to install Black Panther at the controls of the machine to understand that the figurine can not even grab the two handles of controls. And that's without counting on the totally crazy riding position created here which will bring back memories to those who already have the sets. 76126 Avengers Ultimate Quinjet ou 76113 Spider-Man Bike Rescue...

As LEGO provides in this box the two silver accessory packs (ref. 6266155 and 6266977) already seen in other Marvel or DC Comics sets, the designer in charge of the file logically tried to use all the elements of each bag by integrating them more or less effectively on the fairing of the motorcycle and on the jetpack of the AIM agent

The two magnificent rims of the motorcycle are not exclusive to this box, they are also found in the sets 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown et 76148 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock marketed this year and I think we will see them again quickly on a slew of more or less conventional vehicles in other ranges. The bike is easy to handle thanks to an internal structure based on Technic beams and there is no risk of losing too many parts apart from perhaps the two blue side extensions ending in the headlights, it is equipped with Stud Shooters adjustable and the playability is maximum.

The AIM agent's jetpack is rather successful, it is made up of two mobile and independent parts fixed in the back of the minifig. I would have appreciated that both Stud Shooters be orientable and do not remain in the axis of the support to retain the possibility of adjusting the shot without affecting the flight position.

Here we find all the elements of the two accessory packs that are not integrated into the bike and it is therefore a bit loaded. We feel we had to fit everything in and the designer did his best. Two cans of dangerous product (it's written on it) are provided and the AIM agent can take them away thanks to the anchor attached to the end of the chain, itself attached to the end of a grapple launcher which does not throw a grapple. The minifig / jetpack set is visually very consistent thanks to the orange colored elements placed on the jetpack fairing and the arms and head of the minifig.

The three minifigs delivered here are brand new. They are inspired by the Marvel's Avengers video game and therefore allow you to afford original variants of Thor and Black Panther. It should also be noted that none of the three minifigs delivered in this set has pad-printed legs. It is not always essential to overload a minifigure in various and varied details to make it believable, but when all the characters in a box are deadlocked, we can not help thinking that LEGO wanted to save some money. .

Thor's torso is a nice representation of the digital version of the character, except for the arms which should have been flesh colored. The Black Panther minifigure is relatively sober compared to previous versions of the character but the result seems very correct to me.

The AIM agent also benefits from a beautiful graphic work on the chest, too bad the legs are neutral. On the head, I have the impression that the details of the respirator duplicate the supplied accessory, but the character is not intended to walk without this accessory and his helmet anyway.

LEGO obviously plans to provide us with some additional AIM agents this summer via sets 76153 Helicarrier et 76166 Avengers Tower in addition to those delivered in this box and in the set 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown, so it's time to start building a team of villains.

25 € for a set with a (too) big motorcycle, a well-equipped villain and two super heroes, it's almost reasonable. There is a lot of fun, the construction phase is interesting especially in terms of the jetpack and the minifigs provided are all new and beautifully made. The reference to the video game which was to be released in May and which will not be available until September is in my opinion ultimately very incidental, the set is sufficient in itself.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at March 8, 2020 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and 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. Shipment of the batch as soon as the sanitary situation permits.

Official visuals for the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man set 76151 Venomosaurus Ambush (640 pieces) are now available from LEGO and I must admit that I find this box more and more successful.

We will ignore the fact that Spider-Man is here at the controls of yet another vehicle to focus on the big "venomized" dino, which strangely resembles the one seen in the comic Old Man Logan, and the four minifigs provided including Spider-Cochon (Spider-Ham). It's a bit off, but I prefer a set that doesn't take itself too seriously rather than a box that misses its subject.

Advertised US retail price: $ 79.99, availability expected June 1, 2020.

Today we are interested in the LEGO set 40370 40 Years of LEGO Trains, a box that will be offered at LEGO from March 1 to 15, 2020 from 99 € of purchase without restriction of range and which pays tribute to the set 7810 Push-Along Steam Engine marketed between 1980 and 1982.

The 7810 Push-Along Steam Engine set (97 pieces) was not the first to offer to assemble a locomotive or train, there were products on the railway theme at LEGO from 1966. The manufacturer however chose this reference, which could then be motorized in 4.5v or 12v, for the commemorative set that will be offered.

On this new "tribute" version of 187 pieces, we will notice that the logo of the railway company German Federal Railroad, present in the original set on the sides of the driver's cabin, disappears in favor of that of the fictitious company imagined by LEGO. At the time, a large sheet of stickers also made it possible to personalize the train according to your favorite company with stickers bearing the logos of the main European railway companies. For the rest, the reproduction of the locomotive is rather faithful to the reference model.

The instruction booklet does not contain any anecdote or specific reference to the fortieth anniversary celebrated through this box and that's a shame. I also note that the only two pad printed elements of the set are the torso and the driver's head. Everything else is based on stickers, even the decorative plate attached to the presentation support and the name of the set placed on the Tile black.

The presentation support is rather well done even if it lacks in my opinion a piece of rail to stage the locomotive in a more successful way. The machine fits in the spaces provided and the whole is of a foolproof stability. Like the model of set 7810, this locomotive can be motorized without too much effort by replacing the axle with a train motor Power Functions (ref. 88002) or the new element available since the launch of the ecosystem Powered Up (88011 ref). It will then be necessary to build a wagon to hide the Battery Pack or the Smart Hub.

The assembly process of this locomotive is as vintage as that of the original: big pieces to stack without particularly inventive techniques, a little rough shapes, we are well in the spirit of the LEGO products of the 80s and this tribute is satisfied simply to reproduce the original version with a few details.

The minifig delivered at the time in the 7810 Push-Along Steam Engine set was rather common, it was found in about fifteen boxes marketed during the 80s. The 2020 version takes the design of the original minifig with the same simple pad printing on the character's torso, the same smile on his face and the same red cap. For those who might be wondering: no risk of getting ripped off in the future by receiving a new version of the character instead of the old one, the vintage minifigure sells for less than a dollar on the secondary market. ..

For a product offered on condition of purchase, this small set with its box with vintage accents is a nice gift even with the relatively high amount of € 99 to spend to be offered. I would have appreciated some more information on the anniversary celebrated here in the instruction booklet, but it is already very correct as it is.

Note: We do as usual. Deadline set at March 5, 2020 next at 23pm.

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.