The results of the review phase launched in autumn 2012 (See this infographic) including three Cuusoo projects (Mars Curisosity Rover, Thinking with Portals et UCS Sandcrawler) which had reached 10.000 supporters have just fallen: The explorer robot sent to Mars has been selected and the next set will be marketed under the reference 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover.

NASA agrees, the project presented falls within the framework of the values ​​defended by LEGO ("... inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow ...") and the educational interest for this type of set has been taken into account. The final product should be very close to the version presented by Perijove in his project. Public price and availability will be communicated later.

For its part, the project UCS Sandcrawler definitely goes by the wayside with as justification, I quote: "... Unfortunately we can't approve this project in the LEGO Review based on our ongoing relationship and collaboration with Lucasfilm on LEGO Star War ... "

This gives us a precise idea of ​​the fate of all the Cuusoo projects based on the Star Wars license ...

Project Thinking with Portals stay on probation. A decision will be taken shortly about it by the team in charge of studying the projects.

You can read the full press release posted on the LEGO Cuusoo blog at this address.

Below, the presentation of the results in video by Tim Courtney.

You will tell me that I should stop insisting with Cuusoo, it rarely comes out good. But as a logical continuation of the project he has been developing for several months, Omar Ovalle has just uploaded his Bounty Hunters busts.

He had already attempted the Cuusoo adventure a few months ago before withdrawing his creations, as many MOCeurs did at the time, faced with the lack of organization of the collaborative project initiated by LEGO and the hostage organized by certain groups of fans to highlight projects of no real interest with great buzz.

Reaching 10.000 supporters will not be easy, we all know that. And even if this fateful threshold is reached, there is nothing to say that LEGO will consider the idea.

But supporting this project above all makes it possible to signal to LEGO and to show that a little variety within the LEGO Star Wars range would be welcome with something other than the usual ships and their remakes.

You do as you want, I vote for ...

As we get bored while waiting for some unpublished information on the novelties 2013, I take this opportunity to present to you a Cuusoo project that deserves your attention.

Pekko has indeed imagined a LEGO board game with Marvel Avengers sauce that he presents in a very convincing way with quality visuals.

In six months of presence on the Cuusoo platform, the project has achieved onlyjust over 600 supporters, including mine.

Obviously, these LEGO board games do not have a great interest, if not to be designed for short games and Avengers or not, such a product would not revolutionize the genre.

But I'm sure many of you will find interesting potential in a series of Marvel microfigs ... The virtual prototypes presented by Pekko below should convince you.

Let's be realistic, this project has no chance of reaching 10.000 supporters one day, but I still wanted to present it to you here.

Might as well announce the color right away: I'm not a fan of Daiman Mardon's interpretation of Bantha that is too cartoonish for my taste. I was much more enthusiastic about his Dewback (see this article).

But I'm also of the opinion that we need an official Bantha and a few more Tusken Raiders. This is why I think this Cuusoo project deserves a nod even - it is obvious that reaching 10.000 supporters is utopian. Cuusoo's history also shows that AFOLs really have trouble mobilizing en masse around a concept without the help of communities outside the LEGO universe.

The Bantha has never been produced by LEGO. It is high time to right this injustice, and even if the official product could only closely resemble the one presented above, I had to make my modest contribution to the promotion of this idea.

To support the Cuusoo project by Daiman Mardon, it's over there. You can also go to his flickr gallery to have access to large format views of the creature.

The result of the Cuusoo review phase (See the official press release) has just been unveiled and there is a surprise: The DeLorean will be released in 2013.

For the rest, it's as planned: At the trap without qualms.

The Rifter because nobody cares and it won't sell, the Modular Western Town because in direct conflict with the new range The Lone Ranger and Zelda because it would take new molds that are too expensive , etc ...

Regarding the Back to the Future project, the model presented by m.togami and Sakuretsu is already very close to LEGO standards which will simplify the design and production phase, Universal agrees and the final product will be available in mid- 2013.

The AFOLs, often motivated by the intense lobbying put in place by the most influential sites, forums or blogs and which had massively supported the Modular Western Town project, are at their expense ...