This is the bag currently offered at LEGO from 35 € of purchase: the LEGO Creator polybag 40434 Reindeer which is in fact a reissue of the bag bearing the reference 30474 produced in 2016.

No exclusive minifig or license here, with the 77 parts provided we just assemble a reindeer accompanied by two small gifts. The animal in the eyes of Mixel can end up in a festive diorama or on the branches of the tree.

It's cute, it's quickly assembled and it can possibly occupy the youngest for a few minutes. Difficult to make this reindeer take original poses, the legs only open outwards.

You still have to spend 35 € to be offered this unpretentious polybag, and I remain convinced that this type of bag should be included in all orders with no minimum purchase. After all, if we agree to order directly from LEGO and pay a high price for boxes that can be found much cheaper elsewhere, LEGO should make a more significant effort on its side.

That being said, this is arguably not the worst polybag in the history of LEGO promotions and a product on offer is still good to take. This type of bag is also an interesting highlight of the possibilities offered by the Creator 3-in-1 range, often "forgotten" by fans of various and varied licenses but which regularly offers rather successful animals or creatures.

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It is the derivative of the moment and as LEGO sent me a copy, I suggest you give you some very personal thoughts on the "set" LEGO Originals 853967 Wooden Minifigure (30 pieces - 119.99 €). Everything has already been said or seen about this product, so there is little to do with an encyclopedic "review".

As you know from the official announcement of the product, LEGO pays tribute here to the know-how of the brand's founder, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, who was a carpenter by trade before becoming the emperor of plastic toys. The product therefore comes down to an oak wood reproduction of the LEGO minifig, a bag of 29 pieces to put some accessories to build in his hands and a pretty box.

When unpacking, the packaging has its small effect: The minifig is carefully stored in its colored insert and you must be careful not to try to dislodge it without having first removed the transparent elastic that holds it in place at the level of the arms. For a 20cm tall wooden minifig I would have expected something heavier but it only weighs 340 grams.

Useful clarification: the box is not sealed, so it can be opened and closed without damaging the collector's packaging.

Good news, the texts of the small booklet that accompanies the figurine are in English and French. There you will find some information about the LEGO company, its first wooden toys, some facts on minifigs and several construction ideas making good use of the inventory provided in the bag of parts that accompanies the figure. The good idea would have been to provide a standard brick but made of wood in this bag ...

I am not a cabinetmaker nor a specialist in wood in all its forms, but it seems to me that the finish of the whole is very correct. The rounds are perfect, the angles are softened where they are also on the plastic minifigures and there is little more than the inner outline of the "fake" holes on the back of the legs which seems a little too raw to me.

Under the feet of the figurine we learn that this product is made in Vietnam with wood from forests managed in a "sustainable" way. I am well aware that Asia manufactures the majority of the products we consume today but in this specific case I expected that this luxury product presented as a limited edition and sold at an indecent price would indeed be made in Denmark. I am probably a little too naive.

Small disappointment by noting that the figurine remains desperately still. The arms, the legs and the head are glued to the torso and the possibilities of staging are in fact a little limited. One could also discuss LEGO's bias regarding the use of plastic hands instead of wooden elements. According to the manufacturer, this choice was necessary for reasons of strength of the thinnest parts of the hands and resistance of the wrists to rotation. Despite everything, I am not convinced by this mixture of materials, I would have preferred a figurine entirely made of wood, even with a warning stating that it is only intended for exhibition.

We all know that most of those who will spend $ 120 to treat themselves to this decorative item will not risk a lot of customization of the thing even if LEGO insists that it is up to everyone to make the character their own. daubing it with paint or dressing it in tailor-made clothes and accessories.

So I think that the majority of customers will not go beyond the stage of opening the bag of parts provided which allows to assemble some accessories to put in the hands of the character. As far as I'm concerned, I find that the figurine is sufficient on its own and that it doesn't really need additional plastic elements to be added to it in the hands.

In short, if the idea of ​​a wooden minifigure is not really innovative, many artists and other wood specialists have already tried it with more or less success, the "official" version of the product is mine. a little disappointing opinion by its lack of joints.

For those who would be tempted to cry conspiracy by invoking the fact that LEGO did not invent anything here, I would like to remind you that the minifig is a copyrighted product and that all those who have so far produced wooden versions of it in series to make a small ticket have blithely broken the most basic rules of intellectual property. It is legally and morally legitimate that LEGO is aware of these productions and finally decides to invest in a market that can prove to be juicy. Let's not reverse the roles.

In short, this wooden minifig sold in its pretty box is in my opinion a very important product for exposure to the WAF (female acceptance factor) but a little too expensive to make it really essential. It is therefore up to everyone to see if their interior (or their budget) will accommodate this luxury derivative.

As I said during the announcement, if you have people around you who are wondering what to get for Christmas, here is a product that will replace the pair of socks. The Simpsons usual. Recommend that they get together to gather the necessary budget to acquire this product and voila.

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Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Star Wars set 75249 Resistance Y-Wing Starfighter (578 pieces - 69.99 €), a box inspired by the film The Rise of Skywalker and marketed since October 4. As usual, we will remain very careful about the fidelity of the content of the set with what we will see on the screen next December and we will be content to take this product for what it is: yet another performance. Y-Wing in LEGO sauce accompanied by some characters.

There are also no more versions of the Y-Wing at LEGO. "Classic" versions, model based on the animated series The Clone Wars, UCS, Microfighters, I believe that we have covered the subject widely in 20 years and it is always appreciable to have the right to a little originality even if the starting point remains similar.

The advantage of this new version is to move away from the color scheme usually used for this ship. So we find ourselves here with a red and white livery which will justify the purchase of this box without telling ourselves that it is yet a classic Y-Wing, whose design has been redesigned to better meet the requirements of today's fans, which we buy.

Some pieces Technic for the main frame, a cockpit which gradually takes shape according to the different stickers to stick on the cabin, a pad-printed canopy which allows you to refine everything and we are there. There is nothing very complicated to assemble here and the youngest should find their way around.

It will be a little less obvious when it will be necessary to affix the different stickers that give the ship a little personality. These are big stickers that must be carefully aligned so as not to mess up the look of the model. And this is where we see that LEGO definitely has a problem with white. Off-white, creamy white or immaculate white, all the colors pass through and the result is not very successful. The pieces are not really white, the stickers are. The difference in color is clearly visible and it is disappointing.

If the canopy of the vessel is not unique, the pad printing of the part is however specific to this model. I don't know if LEGO intended to match the color with the rest of the front end of the ship, yet that's what the official retouched visuals displayed on the manufacturer's store suggest, but it failed.

The two reactors are also quickly assembled with a few logically repetitive steps as desired. The whole is rather solid and easy to handle, even if the "branches" of the reactors will sometimes tend to unclip unexpectedly. The end result is visually very correct with an appreciable attention to detail for a model of this scale.

A satisfying detail: The presence of three landing gears, admittedly basic but foldable to retract them during the flight phase, which give the ship a little allure when it is placed on the corner of a shelf.

Question playability, there is something to have a little fun with two Spring-Shooters rather well integrated which with a simple pressure on the tail of the missile ejects their projectile. In the center of the ship, there is a bomb bay that can store three ammunition that will then have to be released using the dial placed at the back. The integration of the storage mechanism is successful and the wheel does not disfigure the whole.

The cockpit is a little cramped, you have to orient Zorii Bliss' helmet so that the rear protuberance of the accessory goes under the planned release. The astromech droid finds its place in the usual location, as usual in a position that is not the one seen on this type of ship but we will do with it.

The minifig endowment is rather interesting here with a Snowtrooper, Zorii Bliss, Poe Dameron, an astromech droid and the small DO droid. Unsurprisingly, the Snowtrooper reuses elements already seen in other boxes since 2015 including the Lego Star Wars 2017 Advent Calendar.

Zorii Bliss is a character that we don't know much about yet, but at least we know it's actress Keri Russell (Elizabeth Jennings in the series The Americans) which is hidden under the costume. If the character does not take off his helmet throughout the film, the neutral head is justified. Otherwise, it's a shame. LEGO is doing quite well with the plastic version of the helmet worn by the character in the film. It's bulky, but it's consistent with what we've seen so far on the various promotional visuals provided by Disney.

Poe Dameron is delivered here in an all-new outfit, seen in the movie trailer, with an adventurer shirt and bandana around his neck. The character's head is not new, it is the one seen so far in a good half-dozen sets. Logically, Oscar Isaac hasn't aged much since The Force Awakens.

Regarding the two droids provided, I will settle for two remarks: I don't know what I really expected regarding DO, but I am a little disappointed with the Kinder figure delivered here even if it seems difficult to do otherwise. . The astromech droid seems almost successful, except that on closer inspection we see that LEGO is trying to solve the problem of pad printing a white area on a darker background by applying two coats. It failed, still it would be necessary to align the two layers of white correctly.

Overall, I am seduced by this box which offers an original, detailed and playable interpretation of the Y-Wing. I'm also a little disappointed with the usual technical flaws that LEGO still doesn't go out of its way to correct to deliver a truly flawless high-end toy. This set of less than 600 pieces is still sold € 69.99, at this price and coming from a manufacturer whose job it is, I think I have the right to be demanding. Fortunately, it is already possible to pay for this box a little cheaper than its public price to pass the pill.

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We quickly get interested in the LEGO Star Wars set 75246 Death Star Cannon (159 pieces - € 19.99), a small box that joins the set 75229 Death Star Escape in the section of derivative products inspired by scenes taking place on the Death Star.

We are also close to the 4+ classification here with a very basic content that does not even reach the level of detail of the gun seen in the set 75159 UCS Death Star and it only takes a few minutes to assemble the contents of this box without stickers.

Come to think of it, this set is the perfect addition to any box featuring a Rebel Alliance ship: several children can have fun with a shooter that will target their buddy's ship (s). Anyway, I don't see what young fan would have hours of fun turning off the tractor beam. The designer has not made any particular effort to integrate the missile launcher into the barrel and it's a bit of a shame for a set dedicated to this weapon.

The opening in the hull of the Death Star is there, but a piece of partition is really missing to hide the extension on which the tractor beam is located. With a few more pieces, there was however material to give a little more consistency to the scene. By the way, I would like to point out that the aim of the barrel is not limited to this opening, the weapon can be oriented as you see fit.

The functionality of deactivating the tractor beam is also very basic and integrated in a somewhat dubious way. The lever that must be pulled to drop the set of blue parts in the provided support is not even delivered in a color to match the rest of the model.

We also notice that there is only one gunner post at the foot of the barrel while the equivalent weapon in the set 75159 UCS Death Star correctly install two soldiers in command. Here, LEGO does not even provide a seat, you have to be content with the four studs available to the right of the barrel.

The designer on the other hand tried to give a little volume to the model by placing it on a support which slightly elevates the platform of the tractor beam. It's always taken to simulate the risk-taking of Obi-Wan Kenobi who has no more room here than in the film to move around the console and reach the controller with which he must deactivate the ray.

Obi-Wan Kenobi's minifigure retains the face seen in several boxes since the set 75052 Mos Eisley Winery (2014) but here it benefits from a new torso and a new hood.

Obi-Wan is not wearing his hood during the tractor beam deactivation scene and some additional white hair would have been welcome in this box. No pad printing on the characters' legs, the available budget had to be exceeded. No bubble in the lightsaber, part of the budget had to be spent on solving this recurring problem which finally seems to be solved for good.

About the new hood I'm less enthusiastic than many fans who find it more successful than the somewhat dated but curvy one delivered so far.

It's massive, a little too thick for my taste and the visual continuity between the hood and the cape is not really guaranteed, the fault of the different materials used for these two elements which nevertheless benefit from similar colors. The side pleats are well done but the upper area of ​​the hood seems less successful to me.

The special one Imperial gunner provided in this box is nothing new: the minifig is the one delivered in the 2019 LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar and the helmet had made its first appearance in 2018 in the set 75217 Imperial Conveyex Transport.

In short, I will wait for the set to drop below 15 € before offering me this box to add Obi-Wan Kenobi's minifigure to my collection. I can understand LEGO's desire to explore the catalog of more or less cult scenes that take place on the Death Star in the form of small affordable boxes, but if they do not offer anything more successful than what is already available in the existing sets, I do not see the point of the approach.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual put into play. To participate in the raffle, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid the "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before November 10, 2019 next at 23pm. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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.

Today we are talking very quickly about the other LEGO DC Comics set stamped 4+ marketed since this summer: the reference 76138 Batman and The Joker Escape (171 pieces - 39.99 €).

It is a box intended for the youngest fans of the DC Comics universe, who can therefore have fun with the Arkham asylum from 4 years old by simulating the escape of its most dangerous prisoners.

On the construction side, there are as usual very large parts here, some of which will undoubtedly be difficult to reuse out of context. The base plate in green Lime is the one seen in the Toy Story 4 set 10769 RV Vacation and MOCeurs will find here some always useful parts now available in Sand green.

Everything is pad printed, no stickers in these boxes for very young fans. To adapt to children who are gradually abandoning large DUPLO bricks to take an interest in format elements System, LEGO has made the effort to turn one of Gotham City's worst places into an almost welcoming princess castle. I don't know if this is a good thing.

A facade, two cells, a guard post, everything is there even if the whole is summed up in its simplest form. the main feature of the set: rush with the motorcycle on the door held by a board and escape the asylum by tearing off the security barrier.

Batman will be able to pursue the two escapees with a relatively sketchy but rather successful Batcopter. One wonders what the blue catapult does in this box, but it can still be used to burn the asylum with the few incendiary bombs provided. No Stud Shooters on the different machines, LEGO reserves this type of functionality for older children who are able to not shoot their little brother's eye.

We will also remember the nods to some emblematic villains, distributed inside the structure: the Penguin hat (seen this year in the LEGO CITY set 60234 People Pack - Fun Fair), Mr. Freeze's spoke gun and fear gas by Scarecrow. I am not sure that a 4 year old child can recognize the fear gas from Scarecrow at first glance ...

For those who are wondering, the chassis of Harley Quinn's motorcycle in Medium Azure is not new, it is the one already delivered in the set The LEGO Movie 2 70833 Lucy's Builder Box. The red fairing was already provided in the set 76055 Batman: Killer Croc Sewer Smash in 2016 and in two LEGO CITY sets released this year.

As for the minifigs delivered in this box, the stars of the set are obviously the Joker and Harley Quinn with a nice exclusive torso identical for the two characters. The only slightly embarrassing detail, the t-shirt that appears under the outfit of the two escapees should have been white as on the official visuals, here it is rather pink.

The double-sided head of Harley Quinn with its two very successful expressions is also exclusive to this set, that of the Joker was however already delivered in the sets 10753 The Joker Batcave Attack (2018) et 76119 Batmobile: Pursuit of the Joker (2019)

The guard's torso is an exclusive piece to this box, his cap is the same as that of Officer Noonan seen in the set 70620 Ninjago City (2017). The character takes on the features of many stormtroopers, Sandtroopers and other clone troopers already seen in the LEGO Star Wars range.

The Batman minifigure is also present in the other set stamped 4+ of this wave 2019, the reference 76137 batman vs. The Riddler Robbery.

This box is sold for 39.99 €, an incomprehensible price given its content. Fortunately, we already find it around 30 € at amazon. When it comes to giving this type of set to a 4-year-old, it's up to you to decide on their ability to tell the difference between fiction and reality. The Joker, Harley Quinn, an asylum which serves as a prison for the most dangerous characters of Gotham City, an escape: the theme of the set, even watered down and passed to the cartoon mill, may seem a little borderline for some parents.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the November 3, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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.