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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Today we quickly go around the set 43242 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Cottage, a box of 2228 pieces which will be available as an Insiders preview from March 1, 2024 at the public price of €219.99. The product caused a sensation when it was announced, and we need to come back to it with a clear head to check if it finally lives up to my expectations and the price requested.

The assembly of the three constructions delivered in this box is relatively entertaining, with two small secondary models rather well presented embodying the wishing well seen on the screen and the glass coffin and the main course: the house with yellow roofs . We quickly see that we will have to come to terms with the facade of the premises, the construction not being closed on all its sides. If the facade is promising, the other side of the house is a little less so with large openings which reveal the fittings. We are once again in the cinema setting more than in the accomplished representation of the subject treated but this is the lot of many LEGO products which favor playability over the model aspect. It's hard to blame the manufacturer for offering its customers the opportunity to have fun with their toys.

We can console ourselves by saying that the other side offers a beautiful view of the layout of the premises which is of a very good standard with numerous pieces of furniture and other diverse and varied accessories, but I know that many of us regret not being able to obtain in a product clearly marked "18+" a "complete" house intended for exhibition instead of an ersatz playset with which no one will really have fun knowing that there is no bonus no stairs to access the floors and the different spaces are difficult to access unless you use your fingertips.

The pretty roof is obviously the most laborious section to assemble, it will be necessary to be vigilant and not to mix the parts to maintain the appearance desired by the designer. I won't spoil the process for you, you will discover it if you invest your money in this box, but it is convincing on arrival with a very realistic texture and the possibility of removing a section of the roof to take full advantage of the spaces that it covers.

The central hinge which connects the two sections of the cottage makes it possible to slightly improve the accessibility of the premises but it does nothing aesthetically because it significantly changes the layout of the building and the house is not necessarily ricochet then more truly faithful to that seen on the screen. This feature, however, remains interesting for anyone who would really like to take advantage of the furniture piled up in the different rooms and possibly install the dwarves around the table in the main room or in their respective beds identified by stickers.

Don't expect too much to be able to install the seven dwarves realistically around the large table in the main room, the short legs do not bend and they will therefore at best be installed standing on their chairs. On the other hand, they fit into their respective beds even if the room is not a spacious suite and all the furniture is crammed in with forceps.

The facade of the house is also in my opinion very successful with textures and details which give it the very rustic appearance of the cottage seen on the screen, the work provided on this precise point is appreciable with a truly satisfactory result. We will take pleasure in going into the detail of the different elements of decoration or layout with at the end some good ideas for the benefit of all those who are passionate, for example, about medieval-style creations.

You already know that the fireplace on the ground floor is equipped with a luminous brick which undoubtedly contributes more to raising the price of the product more than to heating the dwarves' food and the use of which will require as much habit of holding the must pressed on the button which protrudes from the foot of the facade. It's a system from another age without much interest and I would have happily done without this specific element for a public price falling below €200, but that's not an option.

The vegetation surrounding the house is welcome, it's not the thick forest seen in the animated film but it's a good start to recreate some context. Everything here is more symbolic than totally respectful of the reference film, you also have to make do with a small handful of small animals while Snow White is accompanied by a much more substantial menagerie on the screen. Even at €220, we feel that LEGO is struggling to maintain its margin and cutting back on the details that could make the product something more accomplished and more complete than the somewhat inexpensive representation offered.

We obviously cannot escape a large sheet of stickers but there are still a few pad-printed pieces in this box such as the two Tiles flanked by the inscription "Snow White" which take place on the sides of the glass coffin and which quickly disappear under the vegetation present around the object. French speakers are rarely at the party at LEGO and here, as is often the case, we have to make do with the English names of the different characters.

The supply of figurines is correct with Snow White, her stepmother The Queen, Prince Florian and obviously the seven dwarves. Nothing to say about Snow White and the Prince, two figurines already delivered identically since last year in the set 43222 DisneyCastle, the two characters are successful and conform to those seen on the screen with their usual faults in terms of the superpositions of light-colored pad printing on a darker background.

The rest of the casting seems much less convincing to me with on the one hand a Queen who looks like Palpatine, already seen in the set 43227 Villain Icons and which still seems to me to be so sloppy graphically and technically and on the other hand the seven dwarves with their faces, some of which graphically seem a little disappointing to me. The torsos of the different dwarves are very appropriate, the hats and beards match, but some of the facial expressions seem off to me.

This is very personal, but perhaps we are simply reaching the limits here once again when it comes to making a face look puffy or inflated on a classic minifig head and I find some of these dwarfs without noses and artificially chubby, a little ridiculous.

I know that some of you will not fail to compare this product with the two rather interesting ideas on the same subject proposed and rejected at their time on the LEGO Ideas platform, the debate will not take place anyway and that is LEGO which decides when and how certain products which have been in the pipeline for many months are marketed. There will therefore be no point in crying out for plagiarism, the recovery of the idea or the need for a petition; it is the manufacturer who has control and he alone.

On arrival and putting aside the slightly excessive price of this pretty box, I think that there is something here to please fans of the Disney universe who will be lenient with the savings made and the few approximations techniques and aesthetics observed. The house really has character, it will easily find its place in an interior decoration decorated with the main characters and a line of dwarves returning from work, that's the main thing. Building what this box contains while watching the 1937 animated film for the hundredth time promises a great evening that the most nostalgic fans will surely appreciate.

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