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Review : LEGO Ideas 21336 The Office

15/09/2022 - 15:13 In my opinion... LEGO Ideas New LEGO 2022 Reviews

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Ideas set 21336 The Office, a box of 1164 pieces which will be available at the public price of €119.99 from October 1, 2022. The announcement of this new box inspired by the idea posted on the LEGO Ideas platform by Jaijai Lewis, had logically divided the fans of LEGO, with on the one hand the unconditional fans of the series who will offer themselves this derivative product to take advantage of the numerous references and minifigs provided and on the other those who will remain indifferent to an open space not very inspired and has a large handful of figurines with banal outfits.

This product is therefore aimed at an audience who will have watched and enjoyed the nine seasons of the American version of the series, and I think that LEGO does not disappoint overall with a major playset and an almost perfect cast despite some architectural shortcuts and some miniatures that would have deserved the extra effort.

Out of context, the subject treated does not a priori have what it takes to offer a high-end assembly "experience", unless you like to build rather crude office furniture on an assembly line and mount a few sections of wall. The premises of the Dunder Mifflin company are nevertheless rather well reproduced here, even if the fans know that a large part of the open space is missing, including the accounting offices, that the conference room has been reduced by half and that the kitchen goes down the drain.

It's hard to blame LEGO, the playset is already very large with a surface of 30 cm long and 25 cm wide and the compromise seems acceptable to me. Unlike other sets inspired by sitcoms, LEGO has chosen not to convert these offices into a film set via the possible addition of a few projectors and that's good. I'm buying Dunder Mifflin corporate offices, not a television studio.

We will especially remember the few good ideas that will eventually allow those who are looking for how to furnish workspaces in their Modulars with for example a very convincing photocopier, rows of books that are easy to reproduce and cluttered desks but of a very simple design and therefore easy to duplicate to possibly complete the playset by adding the missing part of the open space. The slightly corny side of the locals is there, it's in the spirit of the series.

The office floor is exposed studs and some might have preferred a smooth surface. The relative lack of finish is almost justified here by the need to be able to stage the fifteen characters in the different spaces available. I'm not a big fan of this gray stud-based texture, but I can understand the desire to allow fans the freedom to organize their staging without being limited by the number of studs available. I will spare you the list of the various details hidden in or behind some of the office furniture, there is no point in spoiling the best references to the series integrated into the product.

It's almost unfortunate to have to admit it, the interest of the set lies mainly in the sixty stickers to stick during assembly. Many references are suggested there and it is during the installation of these stickers that we think back to the different scenes evoked or to the emblematic details that all those who have watched the nine seasons have necessarily retained. As usual, I have scanned the sticker sheets delivered in this box, simply hover over the images if you don't want to spoil the pleasure of discovering the many references that are there.

I note in passing that LEGO does not even go to the effort of stamping the telephone keypads or the blinds on the windows of the office, these elements could however be easily used in the future in other boxes. Some of the stickers serve as alternatives to others, such as those that replace the TV in the conference room. the parts necessary for their installation in replacement of other stickers are provided.

In the end, it's during the construction of the playset that you really have to take pleasure in remembering the best moments of the series, the object will then be quickly put away or probably forgotten in a corner. In any case, this is the fate of many products which only have a very limited exposure potential.

LEGO has thought of everything by offering a separate module for Michael Scott's office. Those who are short on space or who only want to display a compact nod to the series will be able to do so without bothering with the rest of the construction.

Regarding the technical details of the product, I note that LEGO still cannot perfectly coordinate the color in Sand green depending on the elements. It is not the only color affected by these variations depending on the parts concerned and I wonder again and again how a manufacturer who has been in this business for 90 years is not able to solve the problem. There must be a lack of will, I see no other explanation.

I'm also a little disappointed by the choice to use a trash can to embody the pot of Chili that Kevin Malone spills on the office carpet. The format is good but the evocation of the scene deserved in my opinion a new dedicated accessory.

The endowment of minifigs in this box to the glory of a series with a substantial main cast leaves me a little unsatisfied for two reasons: some outstanding characters are missing and some of these figurines struggle a little to embody the actors concerned. It must be admitted that the various actors involved do not all have a sufficiently particular physique to justify a riot of graphic details but the figurines of Michael Scott, Pam Beesly and Ryan Howard seem to me a little too neutral.

I don't see how it was possible to do better than what is proposed, but the graphic designer was able to perfectly capture the facial expressions of Creed Bratton or Meredith Palmer and there was no doubt something to do the same for Michael Scott with for example his signature grin. We will also remember that there are no small savings for LEGO: Ryan wears the same shirt as Jim and Creed wears the same outfit as Michael...

The rest of the cast is fortunately very successful, thanks in particular to a few perfectly reproduced facial expressions, well-chosen hairstyles and outfits that easily refer to one or more episodes. Special mention for the figurine of Dwight Schrute which seems to me quite simply perfect, even if an alternative expression with the face cut out on the dummy for initiation to first aid techniques would have been really welcome...

United legs for everyone except Pam, nothing shocking about these office outfits, it's fitting with the universe concerned. More annoying, the pad-printed white areas on the dark-tinted parts become bland, a far cry from the promise made on the heavily retouched official visuals.

The absence of Andy Bernard and Erin Hannon also leaves me a little on my hunger, these two characters marked the series and two additional minifigs would not have affected the margin of the manufacturer. Andy's absence is all the more incomprehensible since LEGO has integrated the hole that the character makes in the partition separating Michael's office and the conference room... LEGO will probably never release an extension to this product. and therefore there is no chance of ever enjoying these two characters. The manufacturer may also be missing the opportunity here to offer a reference to the original version of the series with a minifig of Ricky Gervais as David Brent, knowing that the character makes a brief appearance in the American version.

As with all the other sets inspired by popular series, this box will therefore only appeal to an audience of fans ready to pay 120 € to afford a decorative playset that is a little bulky and it is not intended to be unanimous. .

Fans of the Friends series were entitled to their derivative products (21319 Central Perk & 10292 F⋅R⋅I⋅E⋅N⋅D⋅S Apartments), those of The Big Bang Theory series (21302 The Big Bang Theory) or Seinfeld (21328 Seinfeld) also, to each his favorite series and derivative products. This tribute to a series that I really appreciate convinced me, I had a lot of fun assembling the floor occupied by the Dunder Mifflin company and even if I don't really know what I will do from the construction to the arrival, I will spend the €120 requested from October 1st. Personally, I wouldn't be against another set inspired by the Park & Recreations series...

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 25, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

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LEGO Ideas: 51 projects qualified for the second phase of the 2022 review

05/09/2022 - 08:53 LEGO Ideas Lego news New LEGO 2023

The LEGO team in charge of evaluating LEGO Ideas projects that have reached 10.000 supporters will once again have to roll up their sleeves: 51 projects have been selected for the second phase of the 2022 review.

As usual, the selection is made up of more or less interesting ideas, slightly wacky projects that a priori have no chance of passing, various and varied licenses, modulars, medieval sets, etc...

Fans have voted, now it's up to LEGO to sort out and select the idea or ideas that deserve to pass on to posterity. Always so difficult to risk a prognosis, we know that LEGO sometimes has the ability to surprise and disappoint us at the same time. All will not be lost for those who see their project go down the drain, they will receive a consolation endowment consisting of LEGO products with a total value of $500.

If you want to find out more about all these projects, go to the LEGO Ideas blog, they are all listed there. Result expected for early 2023.

In the meantime and if you have time to lose, you can always try to guess who will emerge victorious from the next phase of review, with 39 projects in the running, the results of which will be revealed soon.

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Review : LEGO Ideas 21335 Motorized Lighthouse

19/08/2022 - 14:04 In my opinion... LEGO Ideas New LEGO 2022 Reviews

As expected, today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Ideas set 21335 Motorized Lighthouse, a box of 2065 pieces which will be available from September 1, 2022 at the retail price of €299.99. You probably already know that this official product is freely inspired by the project Motorized Lighthouse originally submitted by Must Build Roses (Sandro Quattrini) and definitively validated by LEGO in June 2021. The adaptation of the initial idea into an official product is in my opinion rather successful, we go from a microscale format with a slightly outdated look to a scale that allows add two minifigs, just to populate the rocky peak in question and add a "human" dimension to the construction which becomes a little more modern.

The name of the product clearly indicates it, this lighthouse is motorized without having to go back to the checkout as is often the case with sets which can possibly benefit from a motorization but for which LEGO imposes to acquire separately the different elements which prevent milling. You will still have to buy the six AA batteries needed to power the supplied motor.

In the box, there is therefore a battery box 88015 Battery Box (34.99 €), a motor 45303 Single Medium Linear Motor initially marketed in 2016 at the retail price of €12.99 in the Education WeDo 2.0 range and since removed from the catalog and a kit of LEDs 88005 LED Light (9.99 €). These three elements are not high-flying technological exploits and the accumulation of their respective public prices, i.e. 57.97 €, is therefore probably not enough to justify the relatively high price of this product. However, we escape a simple luminous brick whose button you would have to hold down with one hand and a crank that you would have to manipulate with the other to really take advantage of this lighthouse. We can not have everything.

The assembly is quite entertaining, we start with the base plate dark Blue 32x32 on which the integrated mechanism is installed which will be hidden in the rocky peak on which the lighthouse is installed. This is well done with the battery-operated insert of the Battery Box which will remain accessible from one of the sides of the rock, hidden behind a removable rock wall.

The motor is connected to the axis which rotates the lighthouse lamp and a lever accessible from the "treasure" cave placed under the rock allows the whole thing to be started. The LED circuit is also installed very quickly with a diode which will illuminate the chimney inside the caretaker's house and another which will run along the inside of the lighthouse to illuminate the lamp.

If you intend to acquire this box, don't spoil yourself too much about the different construction stages visible in the photos below, nothing can replace the pleasure of discovery. Don't forget to test the proper functioning of the mechanism before covering the various elements that make it up, you can never be too careful and you will avoid a tedious disassembly and correction step.

The designer has taken a few aesthetic shortcuts at the level of the rock with the use of very large elements which are however a little forgotten when the various finishing touches and the staircase which allows to go up from the quay are in place. The rest of the assembly is rewarding, it's only the various panels that cover the sides of the headlight itself that are a little repetitive, but that's the subject matter.

The construction being collected on a limited surface, some may have a little trouble seeing the 2000 pieces provided even if the set makes a strong impression by culminating at nearly 50 cm high. The inventory is there, however, with a slew of small 1x1 elements.

LEGO has taken the time to do its homework and the manufacturer has endeavored to develop a unique element that reproduces the effect of a Fresnel lens by multiplying the light intensity and the range of the lighthouse lamp. It's very well executed and thanks to the mirror sticker integrated into the rotating support, the effect is really convincing on arrival, especially in the dark. For those who are interested, LEGO went through many prototypes before obtaining the perfectly adapted element and a visual illustrating the different options considered by the manufacturer is in the instruction booklet:

The purpose of the product is to be able to take advantage of the promised functionality built into this headlight. LEGO does not disappoint and the rotation of the lamp is fluid provided you have perfectly positioned the last gear at the end of the axis which goes up along the walls of the lighthouse and which drives the plate with the mirror and the lens. Regulars of LEGO motorization systems suspect it, the mechanism that puts the lighthouse lamp in rotation is really very noisy, and I don't see many people letting it run even for a few minutes on the corner of a shelf.

We can ask ourselves the question of such a debauchery of motorization elements for a simple lamp that turns on itself, but I would have been the first to regret not having the right to a functional headlight if LEGO had done the 'dead end. We will therefore take advantage of the integrated functionality sparingly, just for the pleasure of seeing this headlight come into action in the dark and trying to convince ourselves that the investment was justified. It's up to LEGO to work now on the sound level of its motors so that the pleasure is not spoiled by this background noise which quickly becomes unbearable.

The caretaker's house is well laid out and the removable roof allows you to take advantage of the premises a little so as not to be satisfied only with the visibility offered during the assembly phase. This pretty house is also the guarantee "details and finish" of this model whose rock with its lawn in visible tenons and the lighthouse remain relatively simplistic for a top-of-the-range model. The interior space of the guardian's accommodation is, as is often the case with LEGO, too small to really enjoy it, but we know that the furniture and details are there. On the headlight wall, three side panels can be removed very easily to provide access to the internal space. The possibility has the merit of existing but it is anecdotal, there is nothing inside except for a few ladders instead of the expected winding staircase.

The front of the house is pad-printed and everything that is not on the sheet of stickers that I scanned for you is therefore printed as usual. The number of stickers to be installed in different places remains limited, but the one that takes place on the boat is a little missed with smudges that are not at the level of what one would expect from a top-of-the-range product sold at strong price.

The manufacturer provides two minifigs in this box: the lighthouse keeper and a young woman rowing in her boat. The two new minifigs are nicely executed, they bring a little life to the construction. Too bad the boat can't really be better stored on the base plate, just to contain the diorama in the space delimited by the latter.

At €300, this set is obviously a niche product reserved for lovers of coastal dioramas who will undoubtedly find what they are looking for. This pretty lighthouse, too expensive to be really accessible, will effectively decorate a thematic diorama alongside the sets 21310 Old Fishing Store et 910010 The Great Fishing Boat, you will undoubtedly see it staged in all the exhibitions that will take place at the end of the year or next year.

More generally, only those who do not pay for these "adult" products or who have ample means to afford them find that their retail price is "reasonable", in an attempt to justify the skyrocketing prices or even try to show us with biased graphs and dubious statistics that LEGO products do not increase over the years, but we must know how to be honest: end of the world or not, inflation or not , new parts or not, the range of LEGO products aimed at adult customers accumulates products presented as high-end with the arbitrary pricing that goes with it. And it's more and more expensive for a few kilos of plastic even if some of these models are impressive and detailed. And for those who desperately cling to the martingale of the price per piece, I remind you for all intents and purposes that a kilo of tomatoes can contain more or less tomatoes depending on the size and therefore the weight of each of them. , there will always be a kilo...

Many adult fans have traditionally been content to collect the best-designed and most detailed children's toys sold at relatively affordable prices. LEGO has chosen to directly and very regularly target these "historical" fans as well as the brand's new customers with logically higher purchasing power than children who count their pocket money, and it is becoming increasingly difficult not to not have to be very selective to stay within the budget allocated to this hobby. It will therefore be without me, I could have added a lighthouse to my collection on a whim, but not at 300 €.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at August 29, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

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

Slate Maxime - Comment posted the 19/08/2022 at 14:12

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LEGO Ideas 21335 Motorized Lighthouse: What You Need to Know

18/08/2022 - 14:01 LEGO Ideas Lego news New LEGO 2022

LEGO today officially unveils the LEGO Ideas set 21335 Motorized Lighthouse, a box of 2065 pieces seen in recent days on the usual channels and which will be available from September 1, 2022 at the retail price of €299.99.

This official product is freely inspired by the project Motorized Lighthouse submitted by Must Build Roses (Sandro Quattrini) and definitively validated in June 2021, the lighthouse is about fifty centimeters high, it is installed on a 32x32 base plate and it is, as the title of the product indicates, motorized via a Battery Box and an ecosystem engine Powered Up. Two LEDs provide lighting for the lighthouse and the keeper's house.

We will talk about this product in more detail tomorrow on the occasion of a "Review ".

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Target X LEGO Ideas: the Viking Village project is drafted

17/08/2022 - 13:03 LEGO Ideas Lego news New LEGO 2023

Remember, in May LEGO partnered with the US Target brand for an operation which was to allow one of the three LEGO Ideas projects having reached 10.000 supporters but which had been rejected in the review phase to nevertheless become an official product of the LEGO Ideas range.

It was then necessary to choose between the Working Mini Golf Course from LEGOParadise, the Viking Village of BrickHammer and the Marine Life by Brick Dangerous.

The fans voted and it was no surprise that the Viking Village won with 16317 votes, ahead of the Working Mini Golf Course, which accumulated 11575 votes. The Marine Life project ends third and last in the ranking with 6732 votes recorded.

The creator of the Viking Village is a regular review phases and rejections of his various creations, so he finally manages to place one of them in the LEGO Ideas range. He even has a second version of his Viking Village being evaluated, LEGO will no doubt take this into account when converting the winning project into an official set.

No deadline or public price for the moment, LEGO promises as usual to say more as soon as the set is ready. This box will be available through the usual channels, like the other sets in the range.

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