Today we are very quickly interested in the contents of the LEGO Harry Potter set 76424 Flying Ford Anglia, a small box of 165 pieces sold at the public price of €14.99 since March 1, 2024. The vehicle is a chestnut from the LEGO Harry Potter range, it is sold here alone in an even improved version which should easily find its audience.

An ever more accomplished body, a lighter color and an overall more convincing design with the possibility of installing two minifigs in the passenger compartment, this version is a real notable evolution in the adaptation of the vehicle. There remains the usual problem of slightly dull pad printing on the doors which breaks the line of the car, but we will make do with it for lack of anything better.

LEGO also manages to impose on us some stickers for the license plates and the dashboard, it's a shame in a set like this which focuses exclusively on the vehicle and which could have done it with a little more panache (and pad printing).

Harry Potter and Ron Weasley can therefore be installed in the vehicle, but you will have to raise their arms so that the figurines can hold in place. It's always better than nothing, once the doors are closed we no longer see that the two characters are in fact standing in the passenger compartment, the fault of the short, non-articulated legs used here. Hedwige can join the two young students in the car, Scabbers will have to make do with the trunk alongside the suitcase provided.

Fans will have a feeling of déjà vu when observing the minifigs provided, this is not the first time that LEGO has released the two characters in these outfits. These latter are evolutions of those already seen in other boxes, it is correctly executed and the most diligent collectors will perhaps appreciate adding variants to their display cases. The heads used are classics from the LEGO catalog, just like Hedwig and Scabbers.

This set won't revolutionize the genre, but it only deals with one subject and does it quite well. It is an accessible entry point for any new fan of the Harry Potter franchise, it allows you to obtain four characters including two figurines and it offers a few satisfying minutes of assembly which results in a lovely version, undoubtedly the best to date. this day, of the vehicle seen on the screen. For €15, it's already very good.

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Today we take a very quick look at the contents of the LEGO set 40680 Flower Store, a box of 338 pieces currently offered until March 10, if stock permits, from €200 of purchase without restriction of range on the official online store. This new promotional product takes up the principle of the small limited edition thematic construction already seen via the previous collection of "Maisons du Monde" (Houses of the World) with for this new variation a theme in the style of Modulars.

We are treated to a florist in this first box with a construction on two levels which brings together some elements of furniture with a symbolic design, all crammed into two sections with rather successful facades given the imposed scale.

It's microStructure summarized to its simplest expression but LEGO still manages to impose its subject with some well-felt finishing details. Flowers everywhere to match the announced theme, some furniture, a piece of sidewalk, a lamp post, a section of roof, almost everything is there. It's cute but to spend €200 paying full price for a few products, you'll have to think twice and ask yourself whether this box, or worse this new collection, is really worth the effort .

There are a few stickers to stick along the way and for once, I don't find these stickers very visually inspired. I have a hard time putting my finger on what bothers me but it seems to me that the graphic designer's line is not really in the usual LEGO spirit. We have two different stickers for the florist's sign, we wonder why but why not.

Everything is assembled very quickly and we don't really know what to do with this construction upon arrival. We will have to wait to see what the inevitable other boxes of this new mini-collection will contain to get a more precise idea of ​​the coherence of the thing. No connection points on the sides of the building, the different modules will have to be carefully aligned with each other without being able to connect them via a few pins provided.

In short, as usual, it's up to everyone to see if the effort is worth making to launch into a new collection of promotional products which will a priori require spending at least €800 on the official online store over offers which will be periodically proposed. Personally, I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with these mini-things even if I welcome the effort to offer something creative and visually accomplished.

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Today we are very quickly taking a look at all the new features in the LEGO Animal Crossing range with five boxes which have been available since March 1, 2024. I am not insulting you by telling you the same thing five times in a row. continued in five "Review" separated, this range is coherent and strongly calls for a group purchase for the most die-hard fans of the video game from which it is freely inspired.

For those who have not followed, the range actually consists of five different products whose public prices range from €14.99 to €74.99, just to cover all the usual price ranges and to satisfy all budgets, even the most expensive. tight:

Fans of the video game which kept a lot of people busy during successive confinements and which has retained a rather loyal audience will therefore have to spend the modest sum of €179.95 or look elsewhere than at LEGO to save a few euros and it is at this price there they will bring together all the characters delivered in these boxes with the necessary incidental material to assemble a playset which will occupy a good part of the living room table or the bedroom floor.

We can invoke the resemblance between the approach used here and the products of the LEGO Super Mario universe with in particular the possibility of organizing the different modules of the same set according to your desires and then connecting each section to the others but it does not We must not count here on a playful overlay or any interactivity beyond the usual possibilities.

No interactive figurine, no bonus to scan, no dedicated application, these five boxes are classic derivative products sold by LEGO as allowing you to “get away from the screens”. However, you will have to have been in front of a screen for a sufficient amount of time to know what it is about and possibly spend your money on these sets which only offer the usual interactivity of LEGO products.

We can imagine that the youngest will find what they're looking for between two games on the Switch by aping the actions seen on the screen, but we're not going to lie, these products are especially attractive because they allow you to obtain some nicely designed minifigs. executed. The same minifigs sold with few or no parts would have found their audience in the same way but LEGO is a manufacturer of construction toys and you will therefore have to buy bricks to obtain the figurines of Tom Nook, Rosie, Marie, Bibi, Mathéo, Admiral, Clara and Lico.

The modularity of the concept is interesting with the possibility of organizing the overall playset according to the available space or your desires, for example by aligning all the products on a decorative shelf or by grouping all the constructions in the corner of the floor. 'room. The possibilities are endless, the accessories provided are numerous and the routes to be implemented to allow you to go from one house to another or to go from one house to the beach can be constantly renewed and diversified. From there to actually playing with the playset, you will have to be really motivated.

The three houses provided are only half-built and that's a bit of a shame. We can guess the economy of rooms under the guise of allowing access to the interior spaces and the concept deserved in my opinion better than these facades knowing that the rest is only made up of elements of vegetation and a few reliefs which do not offer a breathtaking building experience. The most courageous will have fun changing the windows of their homes, this is planned by LEGO and it is in line with the content of the video game.

We are obviously once again reaching the limits of the possibilities offered by the LEGO ecosystem when it comes to reproducing the content of a video game: you have to be content with mimicking the actions seen on the screen to have fun a little, less dose of video game fun. It is difficult to rely on the argument which consists of invoking that LEGO products allow us to move away from screens when a product is itself directly inspired by one of the most time-consuming video games of recent years, I I tried this approach with very young players, they quickly left these products aside by simply lining up the minifigs...in front of the dock of their Switch before resuming an online game.

The fact remains that LEGO offers very well executed derivative products here that are faithful to the reference license and that the figurines are successful. Many fans cite the kinship between these figurines with molded heads and the characters from the Fabuland universe, others only see minifigs which clearly go beyond the usual framework and have a little difficulty with the bias aesthetic, everyone has their own interpretation of what a minifig should be and the limitations of the format. As far as I am concerned, I think that we had to go there frankly to stick to the reference universe and that these minifigs would not have had the same flavor if LEGO had been satisfied with the usual constraints.

In any case, I'm not worried, these products will sell easily even if the prices charged are high, that all this happens a little late with a large group of players who have already moved on to something else or are less available to spend hours there and that the contents of these boxes remain of a simplicity which can disappoint the most demanding LEGO fans.

The Animal Crossing license is here however suitably declined by LEGO, we can always hope for bigger, more detailed and necessarily more expensive, but the compromise seems acceptable to me and the adaptation of the universe concerned seems credible enough to convince the fans who love to combine their video game passions with their affinity for LEGO products. The others will simply have saved €180.

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Today we're quickly talking about the product unveiled yesterday by LEGO, the LEGO House Limited Edition set. 40505 LEGO Building System which pays homage to different worlds of the manufacturer via a display in three sections decorated on the back with an exhibition space bringing together around twenty micro-constructions.

I'm not going to lie to you, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about the contents of this box. The idea of ​​offering a museum-style setting is good, but the execution here seems a little too cheesy to convince me. it was undoubtedly possible to reproduce the atmosphere of the museum installed in the LEGO House in Billund without being satisfied with the gray walls visible here, the latter not really highlighting the overall diorama even if they fade visually to so that we can concentrate on the three modules offered.

I really think that the idea of ​​paying homage to three of the manufacturer's emblematic universes is excellent, that is also what this range of exclusive limited edition products should be used for, which only those who make the trip to Billund can afford. , but it should be kept in mind that LEGO asks us to pay for purely self-promotional products and that as such we can hope to obtain successful and convincing sets.

Highlight the first DUPLO train, the modular concept Town Map and the Technic ecosystem is a fairly coherent summary of what allowed the LEGO brand to exist and develop, it would simply have been necessary to stage all of this in a slightly less academic manner and free itself from classicism of this product with slightly sad colors

The niches placed at the back of the gray walls bring together around twenty micro-constructions which hover over numerous ranges and universes, it is rather well seen even if this micro-exhibition is hidden as if the designer had simply wanted to make one easter egg discreet which in my opinion deserved much better than being an accessory element of the product. These micro-constructions are individually probably no better than the content of an uninspired Advent calendar, but taken as a whole they constitute a real timeline of the history of the brand and I find it almost a shame that this visual summary interesting is relegated to the background.

LEGO has even provided a few additional pieces in addition to the elements usually provided in addition in its boxes to allow you to fill the space deliberately left empty at the end of the timeline with a creation from your imagination. It's up to you to complete this Hall of Fame discreet with a model of your own that will embody the way you imagine the LEGO “legend”.

On a more technical level, the three modules are quickly assembled, the supports are not very inspired but the constructions they house offer some interesting techniques, whether it is the DUPLO train faithful to the first model of the range marketed in the 80s right down to the colors used, the modular platform Town Map launched in 1955 which offers an assembly experience similar to what this range offered in its time with its modules which form a city made up of its micro buildings, vegetation and other vehicles or the reproduction of the LEGO Technic Chassis coach from 1977 which remains symbolic but relatively faithful even if the micro-model only uses classic bricks.

No stickers in this box of just over 1200 pieces, both Tiles specifying the subject covered and placed at the front of the construction as well as pedestrian crossings are therefore pad printed. We will also note that the three modules are not joined together, they are not clipped and are simply nested.

The result is an exhibition model around forty centimeters long which will struggle, in my opinion, to fully find its place alongside the other volumes of a collection (the references 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021) 40503 Dagny Holm - Master Builder (2022) et 40504 A Minifigure Tribute (2023)) which nevertheless offers attractive and successful products.

LEGO will have wanted to cultivate the vintage side of this homage but, as is sometimes the case, in my opinion we are more inclined here to clumsy old-fashionedness than to pure nostalgia. It's a shame, knowing that it will also be necessary to make the effort to fill the pockets of resellers on the secondary market to avoid traveling to Billund and complete a collection which seemed interesting to follow given the products already on the market. As usual, it's up to you.

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75375 Millennium Falcon, a box of 921 pieces currently for pre-order on the official online store and which will be available from March 1, 2024 at the public price of €84.99.

You already know if you followed the announcement of this product and the two other references of the same barrel, LEGO is launching a new Starship Collection which brings the format back to the forefront Midi Scale who had his first hours of glory a few years ago via the sets 7778 Midi-Scale Millennium Falcon (2009) et 8099 Midi-Scale Imperial Star Destroyer (2010)

We then had the right to other references using the principle of this compact scale adapted to these models with the sets 77904 Nebulon B-Frigate sold exclusively at Amazon USA in 2020 and 75356 Executor Super Star Destroyer available since last year.

Those who have followed me for many years know that I have always been very attracted by this somewhat unusual format which, in my opinion, allows you to obtain pretty compact models without sacrificing too much the level of detail of the product and to allow you to create a nice collection without breaking the bank or buying a house with a room dedicated to the biggest ships in the Star Wars range. This is once again the case here, with a product which largely returns the 2009 version to the ropes in terms of finish and which allows you to have fun without spending several hundred euros.

The format Midi Scale However, it is necessary to review a little its conception of the LEGO universe and to make some concessions on the precision of the finishes of the model concerned. There are always a few empty spaces here and there, the adjustments between the different sub-assemblies are not always perfect and some of the solutions used will perhaps seem a little far-fetched to some, in particular with managed angles of somewhat haphazard manner.

We can also cite a certain fragility of different sections but this is a model and not a children's toy. It is the result that counts and the pleasure of assembly remains very present with the added bonus of the satisfaction of seeing the birth of a model which will be very credible observed from a certain distance.

Scale obliges, the greebling or the art of adding finishing details using small elements, can seem a little crude in certain places but that's the price to pay to stay within the imposed format and I find the whole thing rather visually coherent.

During assembly, we add the crew of the ship in the manner of what the set also offers 75356 Executor Super Star Destroyer and even if these very symbolic micro-representations of the different characters quickly disappear under the cabin of the ship, it is still appreciable to see that the designer has planned to please the fans in the space of a few assembly sequences. The Dejarik table is delivered in a very symbolic but pad-printed version.

The ship is here installed on a support similar in its finish to that of the set 75356 Executor Super Star Destroyer, the collection effect will be there and this relatively discreet black sub-assembly will be forgotten to highlight the construction. Those who want to add a figurine or attach the additional brick delivered in this box to the rest of the product can do so via the two sets of tenons available, simply remove one or two of the grids installed in these locations. The support remains independent of the model, you can have fun flying it around the room before putting it back in place.

We can also discuss the absence of a minifigure in this box, I personally think that the set is sufficient in itself and that it was not necessary to add a character. Here we obtain a pretty exhibition model which exists without having to be accompanied for example by Han Solo and which in my opinion would ultimately have been rather assimilated to a microfighter luxury if LEGO had added a minifigure.

Small useful clarification, there are no stickers in this box and all the patterned elements that you see in the photos are therefore pad printed. So much the better for the model which will better resist the assaults of time, light and dust on your shelves.

The set is flanked by a small plaque confirming to all those who have no idea of ​​the subject covered that it is indeed the Millennium Falcon as well as a pretty brick celebrating 25 years of the LEGO Star Wars range. These two pad-printed elements obviously reinforce the "collector" side of the product, we are not going to complain about it.

If you have never approached the format Midi Scale, let yourself be tempted, these products are financially very accessible, they offer a relatively brief but satisfactory assembly experience and the result obtained will, in my opinion, meet your expectations.

This range also allows you to line up some pretty emblematic ships from the Star Wars universe on a shelf without invading your living room and the decorative potential of these compact models is undeniable. Note that if the public price of the product seems a little high to you, this pretty set is also available for pre-order by Amazon for a few euros less with availability announced for March 1st:

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