LEGO today unveils the set 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine, a box of 1872 parts which will be available at the public price of €169.99 from April 1, 2022. I am not drawing you a picture, this product will allow you to assemble the DeLorean DMC-12 from the Back to the Future trilogy (Back to the Future) and it will be possible to choose one of the three versions seen on the screen.

The other two versions can also be assembled via some modification of the basic model. The vehicle measures 35 cm long, 19 cm wide and 12 cm high and it comes with a small display with a plate that distills some information and two minifigs: Marty McFly and Doc Brown.

Attention, this set presented as "3 in 1" only allows to assemble one version of the vehicle at a time. It is indicated on the box, LEGO provides a light brick to bring the temporal convector to life (flux capacitor) integrated into the passenger compartment. Plutonium's crate and Marty's hoverboard complete the scene and can be stored in the trunk of the DeLorean.

We'll be talking about this box again in a few days on the occasion of my review in the usual form of a "Review ".

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO set 10298 Vespa 125, a box of 1106 pieces stamped 18+ which will be available from March 1, 2022 at the retail price of €99.99. Purpose of the product: to assemble a Vespa 125 scooter freely inspired by the VNB1T version marketed in the 60s.

During my younger years, I was more a fan of the Peugeot 103 SP than of the Vespas, so I have no particular memory linked to this vehicle. You will tell me that I have never had a Porsche or a Corvette, but that did not prevent me from buying the two vehicles in this range formerly known under the title "CreatorExpert"As soon as the first visuals of this new product were put online, my first reaction was to ask myself if it was really useful to go to so much trouble to offer us a simple scooter, however stylish it may be.

But the Vespa brand has its followers, it is cult for many of those who used these vehicles during their teenage years and this LEGO version is like the yellow yogurt pot of the set 10271 Fiat 500 a "popular" product that many have actually known and driven. The icing on the cake, the current models of the brand always pay homage to the lines of the historical variants and this pretty model of a vintage version becomes almost timeless.

On the official visuals of the product, the model seems of a simplicity that could put off all those who expect from these constructions of the "Expert" type a real pleasure of construction and their usual lot of original techniques. Rest assured, this scooter is a little more complex than it looks and the experience of assembling this somewhat unusual and surprising model is well up to the task. One may wonder where the 1106 parts of the set are, but they are mainly hidden under the very large body parts.

The floor of the scooter is made up of a few Technic beams and stacks of parts which ensure optimal rigidity to the model. It is on this internal structure that various body sub-assemblies are then added, the inclinations and angles of which are subtly managed. There is no escaping the use of a few very large parts, but their presence ensures maximum respect for the curves of the machine. Color fans Bright Light Blue moreover here will get nearly 440 elements in some are unpublished in this hue.

Hidden under the right wing of the scooter, which is adorned with a sticker embodying the air intake, the horizontal single-cylinder 2-stroke engine has been carefully reproduced by the designer of the set with its carburettor and its cooling circuit. The motor cooling cover is nicely stamped, LEGO must have imagined that this relatively neutral design element could be used later in other sets.

The retractable double stand, the exhaust, the starter pedal placed under the engine and the rear brake pedal are also present and very faithful to the elements of the reference vehicle. No suspension spring with hydraulic shock absorber under the driving rear wheel, but you can't have everything. At the front, the steering is obviously functional and the oscillating suspension hub carrying the front wheel is rather well reproduced with some metallic parts as a bonus. The element used was already delivered in the LEGO Technic set 42130 BMW M 1000 RR where he fitted the front wheel of the machine.

On this model, the 8-inch wheels with their stamped steel rims are here embodied by new elements in two colors. In the 60s, not all Vespa 125 scooters benefited from this aesthetic refinement, but this new part flanked by the six nuts used at the time really gives character to the model. It is here associated with a new tire whose tread pattern is perfectly adapted. For those who are wondering, the central part of the rim is attached to the contour with an overall diameter of 6cm.

The upholstery is also very well reproduced, it is in principle equipped with a suspension device with central spring adjustable according to the weight of the driver. We will content ourselves here with two raised blocks of rooms which create an illusion. The spare wheel, optional at the time, and here attached to the interior reinforcement of the front apron and the block of parts is presented as covered with a cover in the colors of the brand.

The odometer embedded in the headlight in the center of the handlebar is a sticker, as is the horn placed just above the front wheel (see plate scanned by me). The handlebars are in my opinion the least successful part of the model, one wonders a little what the case is doing there, placed upside down and the front apron does not go up high enough in my opinion to cover the axis of direction. The set remains acceptable but the designer could have taken care of this detail a little more.

On arrival, this Vespa 125 looks really great and the few accessories supplied with the vehicle break up the monotony of the blue of the bodywork. You get a luggage rack, a crate with a bouquet of flowers and a vintage helmet with its glasses for the driver. The helmet with "Minion" effect is in my opinion not the most successful element of the set but we will be satisfied with it.

Did our shelves absolutely need a blue scooter 35 cm long, 12 cm wide and 22 cm high? Everyone will have an opinion on the relevance of the product and it is normal, knowing that it will be necessary to pay a hundred euros to afford this model. I must admit that I am seduced by this model which offers its share of details very faithful to the reference vehicle and curves which are up to the homage that LEGO wanted to pay to the machine.

The only real criticism that I have to make is not new: we always see the differences in color between different pieces of the same color. It's subtle, you only notice it under certain lighting conditions, but these differences are there whether on the bodywork, the upholstery or the "cover" of the spare wheel.

It's up to you to see now if you will have to crack as soon as the product is launched or wait for this box to be available at a lower price elsewhere than at LEGO. We all know that nostalgia has a price, but patience is often rewarded.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at March 9, 2022 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

LEGO today unveils the set 10298 Vespa 125, a box of 1106 pieces stamped 18+ which will be available from March 1, 2022 at the retail price of €99.99. Those who follow the usual channels on social networks have already been able to discover this machine from every angle, the others now have at their disposal a complete gallery of official visuals to get a better idea of ​​what this officially licensed product has to offer. to offer.

It is therefore a question here of assembling a reproduction of the emblematic two-wheeler of the Italian brand Piaggio. The version proposed by LEGO is freely inspired by the VNB1T model marketed in 1960 and the vehicle is accompanied by a few accessories: a vintage helmet, a basket and a bouquet of flowers and this exhibition model is not immune to stickers.

The model is 35 cm long, 12 cm wide and 22 cm high.

We'll talk about this product tomorrow on the occasion of a "Review ".

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of the set 31204 Elvis Presley - The King, a new reference in the LEGO ART range which, with its 3445 pieces, allows you to assemble three portraits of your choice of the famous American singer. The combination of three copies of this product, which will be available from March 1, 2022 at the public price of €119.99, also offers the possibility of assembling a large "collector" mosaic. I remind you for all practical purposes that the instructions necessary for assembling the combined mosaic are not provided and you will have to download them in PDF format from the manufacturer's website and consult them on a PC or on a tablet.

It's no coincidence that LEGO is releasing a product this year featuring Elvis Presley: A Musical Biopic Produced by Warner Bros. will be released in theaters next June and LEGO obviously intends to surf on the simple fact that we are talking about the King again, knowing that Tom Hanks will also be in the film to play the role of Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

As much to tell you right away, I am personally not a big fan of Elvis. I therefore motivated myself to put the thing together by telling myself that, on the visual that I chose from the three proposed, the character has a false air of Dick Rivers. And that he doesn't stare at me with a quizzical look or a fixed smile.

The recipe here is exactly the same as for the other references in the LEGO ART range: the nine 16x16 plates that serve as a support for the work are linked together by a few pins and you just have to carefully follow the instructions in the instruction booklet. to assemble the chosen model. A few pieces then dress the result with a black border that acts as a frame. The visual is finally enhanced with a signature of the singer, you can also not put it and the parts necessary to plug the hole are provided.

The perception of the proposed experience is very subjective: some will see it as a guided puzzle that relaxes them a little while others will quickly be annoyed to have to settle for fixing Tiles colored circles for a few hours to finally obtain a painting of 40 x 40 cm sold for €120. The Tiles on the other hand will be difficult to remove from the modules and the supplied super brick separator is not of much help. Its use in this specific case just guarantees you to expel pieces to the four corners of the living room and the golden crowbar provided is a better ally during the operation. Choose the visual you want to assemble carefully, dismantling the whole thing is a real purge.

For those who are wondering, each mosaic is foolproof once assembled, the pine Technic provide a first level of connection to the nine modules, the whole is reinforced by the presence of the gray parts placed on the back of the model and the whole is completely secured by the installation of the frame of the table with tiles that overlap the uprights. The Tiles remain bare on the front face, it will be necessary to dust regularly or try to add a plexiglass insert.

As with the other mosaics in the range, LEGO provides two wall fixings but you can easily use only one by placing it in the center of the frame. LEGO still does not provide an easel to present the construction on a piece of furniture without having to lean it on something and that's a bit of a shame. Bonus: The finished frame does not fit in the product packaging, figure it out.

As is often the case in this range, the works on offer are only really legible with a certain distance. Moreover, it is not Pixel Art in the literal sense of the term, with its subtleties that make it a truly original artistic exercise. LEGO offers us here simple photos converted into mosaics with more or less coarse flat colors. So much the better for the vintage effect and the erasing of Elvis' facial flaws, so much the worse for the photo-realism of the thing.

As usual, we are promised a thematic podcast planned to accompany the assembly from the launch of the product. This audio track will only be available in English and is not yet downloadable at the time of this writing.

In short, if the inventory (see scanned page above) appeals to you because you love Elvis Presley to the point of displaying this painting somewhere in your home, go for it. If you want to try to transform Elvis into Johnny Hallyday or Eddy Mitchell thanks to the inventory provided, try it. Otherwise, do like me and quickly move on, the month of March will be full of new products in many ranges and you will easily find what to do with your 120 €.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at March 5, 2022 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we quickly go around the contents of the LEGO set 10299 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, a large box of 5876 pieces that I have just finished assembling and which will be available from March 1, 2022 at the public price of 349.99 €. As the title of the product indicates, this is a question of assembling a reproduction of the Real Madrid club's residence stadium and it is already the third set of the same type to join the LEGO catalog after the two references already marketed on the same theme, the sets 10272 Old Trafford - Manchester United (2020) et 10284 FC Barcelona Camp Nou (2021)

What the name of the product does not reveal is that this reproduction of one of Europe's most popular stadiums is already on its way to being permanently obsolete. The real Santiago Bernabéu is indeed currently being renovated with delivery scheduled for the end of 2022 of the new version of the enclosure.

The stadium will frankly change its appearance and the version offered by LEGO will therefore be nothing more than the memory of a glorious but bygone era. Real Madrid fans can always console themselves by saying that they own the version of the enclosure whose lawn was trodden by Cristiano Ronaldo between 2009 and 2018.

I have already spoken to you in detail about the two other stadiums offered by LEGO and this new reference walks directly in the footsteps of its predecessors, with its qualities and its defects. You can imagine because of the appearance of this new stadium, we risk being bored during this "experience" of editing for adults which is broken down into about forty sachets. It's the subject who wants it, we assemble almost four times the same thing except for a few details over the pages of the two thick instruction booklets.

We start as usual with the lawn with here the signature motif of Santiago Bernabéu. The white lines are more or less aligned this time, there has been great progress on the pad printing of the three plates used. A detail: the pad printing of the central plate is in fact slightly lighter than that of the other two and you will notice this difference in color under certain lighting.

Even knowing that we will not escape long repetitive sequences thereafter, the discovery of the first quarter of the stadium is interesting with the construction of the support composed of Technic beams and large colored elements, followed by the addition of the elements architectural elements which then make up the exterior of the enclosure which measures on arrival 44 cm long by 38 cm wide and 14 cm high.

As for the two other stadiums already marketed, the blue bleachers are symbolized by striated parts separated here by orange lines, we are definitely in symbolism and minimalism. The repetitive nature of the assembly will inevitably give confidence to those who lend themselves to the exercise and it will be advisable not to be too pretentious by keeping only a distracted eye on certain sequences of the instruction booklets: there is everything even a few variants that should not be missed or you will have to go back a few pages. Take my word for it.

The sticker party starts quickly with a board that contains about sixty stickers and the few stickers that quickly take place on the bleachers are not really connected with their support. The graphic designer has once again tried to reproduce the reflections of the different streaks but it is in my opinion too coarse to be credible and sufficiently discreet.

The adjustment between the different bleacher modules is very approximate depending on the area and there are still a few empty spaces in places, but this stadium is designed to be observed from a certain distance and the whole remains visually coherent in my opinion. Unlike the set stage 10272 Old Trafford - Manchester United, the corner stands, with the exception of the smallest modules at the foot of the lawn, are here made up of striated pieces which contributes to the very homogeneous rendering of the whole.

The construction is designed to allow a separation in two of the enclosure. On both sides, the stadium quarters are attached to each other and you will have to remove a few pieces to separate them and store them when the time comes to make room on your shelves. The roof is removable, just to let you admire the interior of the stadium with its dozens of stickers. It's a detail that doesn't actually add much, there are only bleachers to contemplate and the roof could also have been firmly attached to the structure.

There are some subtle differences in color on the white parts, some of which go from a very clean white to a creamy white which will give you an idea of ​​the color of the roof after a few months of exposure. Even though LEGO has long since changed the recipe for the plastic used for parts by removing Tetrabromobisphenol-A, a flame retardant that caused elements exposed to UV to yellow prematurely and whose use is now banned, roofs will inevitably end up tarnishing. and the stickers of the stands by suffer from prolonged exposure. Small consolation, the two large white plates flanked by the mention Real Madrid are pad printed.

If the construction is generally solid and easily transportable, there remains, as for the two other stadiums based on the same principle, some slightly annoying points of fragility: the edges of the stands on which some stickers are stuck have an annoying tendency to come off if, for example, we try to readjust a block of seats after having made the junction between two quarters of the structure. It will then be necessary to completely unhook the block concerned, reconnect the support and then put the steps back in place using the retaining clip. To avoid this inconvenience, it is better to just grab the two halves of the stadium by the outer edge of the construction and not try too hard to manipulate the stands.

The parallel with certain products from the Architecture range might seem obvious, but the extreme miniaturization of the places to keep a construction of a reasonable format will undoubtedly leave fans of this range unsatisfied even if there are some rather convincing architectural details. on the outside of the enclosure. It is only a stadium, even if Santiago Bernabéu is an enclosure with very original facades, expanded and modified according to the different phases of renovation since 1947.

The forecourt of the stadium is decorated with a few trees and the club bus that transports the players. No stickers on the sides of the bus, it's a shame, two stickers more or less wouldn't have changed much. The name of the stadium and the emblem of the club plated on the pediment of the place are on the other hand stamped, it is always taken. Regarding the fidelity of the reproduction, I think that the designer delivers a very convincing job even if the external walls of Santiago Bernabéu are not so beige, that the four side towers are missing some spirals and that some areas have obviously given him some a hard time with the arrival of techniques that are a little surprising but always interesting to discover.

Once again, die-hard Real Madrid and LEGO fans may be won over by this cumbersome model of the club's home stadium. Some may hesitate to spend the 350 € requested by LEGO on a "souvenir" version of a speaker with a glorious past but already obsolete and it will be in my opinion wise to wait a few months to pay for this derivative product much cheaper than its starting public price or change your mind and finally give up. If this niche product ultimately meets with a simple success of esteem, nothing serious for LEGO, the buzz is made and the marketing department has largely found its account.

This high-end merchandise costs more than a jersey, now it's up to you to see if your love for this club is worth spending such a sum to add this stadium to your shelves. Stadium collectors who now have three different copies will find it difficult to ignore knowing that the range effect is well respected with three models on the same scale which use the same tricks to symbolize, for example, the bleachers, bases matching look and similarly designed stickers.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at March 4, 2022 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.