Today we are interested in a very small box, the set The LEGO Movie 2 70822 Unikitty's Sweetest Friends EVER! (76 pieces - € 9.99), which will appeal to Unkitty fans and anyone who loves sweet food with LEGO sauce.

Chocolate, an ice cream cone, a strawberry cake, a muffin, there is something to feast on in this little set which features the friends of the pink unicorn, including one of two possible combinations of pieces ( with eyes closed) here makes the character exclusive to this box.

But the two stars of the set are obviously Ice cream cone, the butler of Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi, with its cone, whipped cream and sprinkles and Chocolate Bar with its new ingots in Reddish brown which are really delusional.

Everything is pad printed in this set, no stickers and that's good. The ice cream cone is an assembly of parts that will therefore not be really useful to you to build something else, but the figurine is so successful that it deserves to be enthroned on your shelves or in your urban dioramas to serve as a sign for a merchant. .. ice cream for example. Same thing for the chocolate bar with its false airs of Mixel. We would eat.

Note that Unikitty's face with open eyes is also delivered in the set 70833 Lucy's Builder Box (29.99 €). It is therefore the combination with the other face provided that is exclusive to this box.

No need to make tons, this small unpretentious set, sold at a reasonable price, which allows to obtain a nice version of Unikitty exclusive to this set and some very original secondary characters seduced me. It's colorful, it's creative, I say yes.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by Warner Bros., is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before March 31, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

Today we take a look at The LEGO Movie 2 set 70831 Emmet's Dream House / Rescue Rocket (706 pieces - 64.99 €), a box which features the ideal home of the very optimistic and a little naive Emmet and / or a slightly wacky vessel (and a separator of colored bricks Teal).

This box is stamped "2-in-1" and we are therefore promised to be able to assemble two different constructions using the inventory provided: the house seen in the film in the middle of the desert plains surrounding Apocalypseburg and the spacecraft. built by Emmet from this house.

Note that LEGO provides two separate instruction booklets, that the bags are not numbered and that one construction must be completely disassembled to assemble the second. No sub-assembly is reused by the other model, but you can leave the panes to the windows ...

I started with the construction featured on one of the two sides of the box, namely Emmet's house. Nothing to say about the house itself, it's Creator in The LEGO Movie 2 sauce with the classic techniques of stacking parts which often give a very correct result.

The roof uses some special techniques that allow it to house the parts that will later be used to make the slope of the roof of the other model in the set, it is well seen and some will find some ideas for their future creations. .

But it is when it comes to assembling the "accessories" that come to surround the house that we understand the logic of the designers with this box: it is indeed the spaceship that was designed first and if the most of the inventory used to mount the walls and the roof logically finds its place in the alternative construction, it was necessary to find what to do with all the elements that make up the engines and the engine of the ship.

The result: a series of small, uninteresting assemblages that some people wonder what they really represent. The only interesting element in this amalgam of accessories, the micro-vessel, a nod to the other construction offered by this set.

As I said above, the house is at the level of what we usually find in the Creator range. The finishes are very decent with nice arches on the windows, a well-designed roof and a minimalist but very well appointed interior.

Not enough to have fun for hours with this house, but it is nicely done with the possibility of opening the construction to obtain a quite acceptable playset and to close everything while storing the minifigs in the passage.

Since I started with the house, I then had to take everything apart so that I could assemble the crafted ship by Emmet to go in pursuit of Sweet Mayhem. This disassembly step is not really laborious, you just have to sort the parts by color with the arrival of yellow, blue and the rest.

The assembly of the vessel is also relatively simple and accessible to the youngest, it is the stacking of parts. The whole inventory goes through it and the end result is really cool. If I had known, I would have skipped the first model and its host of unnecessary accessories to go directly to the ship.

This alternative model is sufficient on its own, with its removable roof which gives access to an interior / cockpit spacious enough to house Emmet, pretty engines grafted to the rear and sides and even two discreetly launchers. integrated under the cabin.

If you are giving the box to a distracted young fan, remind them that to assemble the ship, they will need the entire inventory in the box. If it starts with the house, it is better not to store the various additional elements that accompany the construction at the bottom of a toy box at the risk of not being able to assemble the ship afterwards. If he starts with the ship, he will probably never build the house ...

As for the minifigs provided, LEGO is rather generous. Emmet and Lucy Wyldstyle (Cool-Tag) are once again in the game but these two characters already present in many sets are here accompanied by Rex Dangervest and Unikitty. Rex even comes with an opaque visor helmet AND with additional hair that allows you to enjoy the character with your face uncovered.

Unikitty does not come in two copies, LEGO simply delivers enough to transform it into a sleeping or angry version with two faces and the part that constitutes the body of the unicorn. How you prefer it is up to you, but you can't have both at the same time.

This set is ultimately a very good surprise in a range populated with more or less interesting boxes. Emmet's DIY ship from home is one of the few creative modifications seen in the second installment of The LEGO Movie saga and so for me that's a big yes, especially at the price Amazon currently charges:

[amazon box="B07FNW8R5H"]

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before March 23, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

Today we take a quick look at The LEGO Movie 2 set 70834 MetalBeard's Heavy Metal Motor Trike! (461 pieces - 64.99 €) which stages one of the multiple metamorphoses of MetalBeard alias Barbe d'Acier.

On the menu of this small set of 461 pieces, the assembly of a motorcycle in Steampunk / Mad Max sauce which will undoubtedly find its audience, if the latter agrees to pay a high price for it. The motorcycle in question is in fact based on an assembly in the shape of a pirate ship on which are grafted the various mechanical elements that transform it into a wheeled vehicle. It's original, solid and playable, in addition to providing enthusiasts with a set of five rims and five tires that can be reused elsewhere.

On the left side is a set of two coin-operated spring cannons. Simple but effective with the possibility of precisely orienting the two guns to target the opponent's eyes. The "body" of MetalBeard is also orientable and the two barrels which in fact constitute its arms can also be positioned as you see fit thanks to two Ball Seals.

On the right, a shark-launching cannon is integrated. No particular mechanism on this weapon, you just have to push hard on the button placed at the back to eject the shark placed on the ramp, a little in the spirit of the net launchers seen in other sets.

Nothing very exciting, the shark especially tends to come crashing down softly on the ground for lack of projection power at the barrel. The functionality, however, has the merit of existing and offering something to kill the annoying Sweet Mayhem.

The motorcycle, about thirty centimeters long, is covered with small details that keep it between two waters: brown and some nautical accessories to recall the origins of Steelbeard and a large engine with four exhaust pipes for make a hybrid chopper ready to do battle in Carmaggedon mode on the plains surrounding Apocalypseburg. The mix of genres works quite well and it is consistent with the other versions of Steelbeard delivered in the different sets of the range that put this character in the spotlight.

As usual, MetalBeard never moves without his lockbox containing his entrails and we therefore find here the object integrated under the head of the character with two sausages and two bones inside. For those who are wondering, there are no suspensions on the wheels.

The fundamentalists of the minifig will have noticed that this box is one of those which shamelessly mixes minifigs and mini-dolls. It is a trend launched by the film and its derivative products, we will have to do with it, no offense to some.

To accompany MetalBeard, LEGO therefore includes Sweet Mayhem, with his helmet and additional hair that allows you to enjoy the character's face, ApocalypseBorg Benny with his robotic arm, his welding kit on his back and his pad-printed visor and the yellow star "Star". Besides Benny, the other star of the set will be for some the shark with its metal plate screwed on the head.

Benny already comes with this robotic arm in the collectible pouch minifig series (ref. Lego 71023) which brings together twenty more or less interesting characters, but it is not equipped with its welding machine or the visor delivered here. Note that you can slide the tools you want into the right arm.

In summary, this set could be of interest if it was not sold at the prohibitive price of 64.99 €. In my opinion, it is much too expensive as it is, it will be necessary to wait for a promotion or an inevitable destocking to afford Benny in version ApocalypseBorg with its full equipment as well as the shark missile with its "repair" on the left eye. And the little pink heart.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by Warner Bros., is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before March 11, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Bonus with the set: Two codes to be exchanged for two cinema tickets (Pathé Gaumont) to see the film offered by Bertrand and a collector's album set + 3 packs of collectable cards offered by Legostef. Thanks to them.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

Today we quickly tour the The LEGO Movie 2 set 70827 Ultrakatty and Warrior Lucy! (348 pieces - 29.99 €), a small box which features the multicolored unicorn in a (really) edgy version.

Obviously, this 300 piece figure offers much more interesting playability than the usual versions of Unikitty, Angrykittty or Machinkitty which are content with a few stacked pieces.

But it can also quickly become very annoying with its many joints and moving parts that don't want to stay in place. When the desired position is achieved by orienting Ultrakatty's limbs, head and tail, the figure can be displayed in a diorama. Playing with it is a bit more complicated.

The head, tail and the top of the legs are held in place by Ball Seals which make these elements easily orientable and with precision. The lower legs, less plush, are more difficult to handle and it is not uncommon for some parts to come off. It's annoying, but we'll make do with it.

The same goes for the collar made from brown sabers or the two horns attached to the creature's helmet, which are simply clipped onto their support and come off from time to time if you are not careful.

You need to stick some stickers on the creature's body for the armor, but the four pieces with orange flames on a red background used for the legs are pad printed. Too bad the large brown pieces placed on the top of the legs are not decorated.

LEGO is providing three different faces for Ultrakatty, pad printed on a new 5 stud piece, to be replaced to change the unicorn's expression. The exchange is not instantaneous, you have to dismantle a few parts to access the one that needs to be replaced.

These three pieces are only pad printed on one side, a double-sided printing could perhaps have allowed to have an alternative face without having to look everywhere for the replacement brick.

In the example below, I have chosen to disassemble the headdress of the figurine to replace the face, but you can also go through the bottom of the face by removing the two yellow pieces using a brick separator (not supplied in this set).

In the box, LEGO delivers (again) Emmet and Lucy Wyldstyle (Cool-Tag) as well as a brick-based Alien DUPLO System identical in construction to the one seen in the set 70823 Emmet's Thricycle!. Difficult to do otherwise, the scene in question here does not include other main characters of the cast.

Even if the reproduction of the DUPLO format using bricks System is interesting, I still wonder if LEGO might not have done better to put some real DUPLO bricks directly into these boxes, just to be really in the spirit of the beginning of the film.

If you plan to combine the contents of this box with that of the set 70829 Emmet & Lucy's Escape Buggy (instructions to download at this address), you will therefore have two copies of Emmet and Lucy, two crossbows and two (NEVER) STOP signs. You will have the right to lose one copy of each.

In short, I want to be indulgent with this little box which features my favorite character from the second part of The LEGO Movie saga. By applying, it is possible to find really nice postures to stage this pretty figurine and you can even use it to indicate your current mood to your loved ones thanks to the different expressions provided.

Collectors addicted to the character of Unikitty (I know there are) will not be able to ignore this version anyway.

The rest of the contents of this small box do not justify paying this set at a high price (29.99 €) and amazon fortunately already offers it at a much more reasonable price:

[amazon box="B07FNW8PF6"]

Note: The set shown here, supplied by Warner Bros., is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before March 5, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.

I went to see The LEGO Movie 2. I have just left the cinema and I prefer to react hot (without spoilers) not to idealize too much with the passage of time an animated film that is ultimately very correct but which will not leave me a lasting memory. So here are some very personal impressions of the film.

On the form, first of all: it's very messy and you get lost a bit as soon as you leave Apocalypseburg. The hysterical road trip which follows the invasion of the evil aliens DUPLO is dotted with songs of little interest loosely adapted in French version and which regularly pulled yawns to the children present in the room. Despite the common thread of the film, the scenario seems really convoluted and disjointed beyond the first half hour.

Even the characters in the film regularly show their annoyance at having to endure musical interludes that take turns to tunes from musical comedy songs or syrupy RNB. Guaranteed, none of these songs will ever become the hit it was Everything is Awesome (Everything is Super Awesome) in his days. The LEGO Movie 2 is not, however, a musical and the various "clips" ultimately only serve to stage a host of secondary characters who would have nothing to do there without this pretext.

Visually, it's at the level of the first part, with a digital reproduction of the bricks and minifigs still impressive. Fingerprints, scratches, wear of parts, everything is there, we believe it. Moreover, in this second part, we do not build much and the characters spend most of their time destroying things. The visually impressive assembly and transformation sequences seen in the first installment are rather rare here. Unsurprisingly, the first half hour remains the favorite of the children I accompanied. Apocalypseburg, lawsuits, action, it works.

On the merits: Warner undoubtedly wanted to ensure that no lobby would be able to criticize the subject of the film and the studio is abundantly serving soup to everyone in order to save themselves a possible bad buzz. Tolerance, acceptance of difference, sexism, feminism, self-esteem, etc ... everything goes and everything is mixed. Almost every exchange between the characters is punctuated by moralizing dialogues and the songs are not left out. The rare real gags present in the film are drowned in these endless tirades and it becomes difficult to laugh frankly.

As a result of the races, none of these messages has any real impact on the spectator, in any case not on the young children whom I was accompanying who, beyond the first half hour, admit to being a little bored. They had come to see the continuation of a first part rich in action scenes and gags which hit the mark, they leave a little disappointed and do not really remember any striking gag or particular chorus. Even Emmet has become an annoying character.

The arrival of Rex Dangervest (Rex Danger in French ...), of his relaxation, his frankness and his raptors allows at least temporarily to find a new hero less cheerful than Emmet and less annoying than Batman who makes it here crates for not much. In the end, the children I accompanied largely designated Rex as their favorite character, even ignoring the film's scriptwriting somersaults ...

Cool-Tag is frankly massacred by TAL who recites his great philosophical tirades like a student of CM2 and the character loses all credibility from the start. Everyone has their own job, even if I understand that the film must be sold by calling on a few headliners to promote it.

Benny is here relegated to the rank of secondary character incapable of doing anything other than stupidly repeating his usual gimmick (spaceship, spaceship, etc ...) which makes this character, endearing in the first part, almost unbearable in this second opus.

Unikitty / Ultrakatty is the real star of the first part, Warner and LEGO have in my opinion been able to highlight this character and give him the place he deserves in this sequel without much flavor. Too bad the multicolored unicorn quickly fades into the background after a few very successful scenes.

Warner also injected into the film all the licenses a little geek of the moment (of which the studio holds the rights) with flash appearances of many characters, vehicles and other objects from different universes that the youngest do not know but which allow parents to stay alert. On the sidelines of the Justice League, Gandalf or the characters of the Wizard of Oz, the real big wink for adults is rather unexpected but it hits the mark.

In this second part, the interactions between the real world and toys are more numerous. It's logical, the surprise pitch of the first opus being stale, we had to continue the story by integrating this parameter. The game of the "real" actors is at the level of a late-afternoon sitcom, with an Oscar to be awarded to the mother of the two kids that the director forces to play (badly) THE recurring gag around the LEGO bricks and even to do it twice in case the adult who accompanies his children to the cinema does not understand. It's overplayed, badly played, badly led.

In short, The LEGO Movie 2 is undoubtedly good entertainment for LEGO fans, young and old, who will inevitably be indulgent. Too bad Warner feels compelled to impose on us an overly talkative film whose message is lost in the middle of boring musical sequences and loosely formatted dialogues to lecture children.

Regarding derivative products, it's business as usual: the sets sold exploit everything that happens on the screen, even for half a second. The stars of certain clubs are not necessarily the stars of the film ...

If you have already seen the film, do not hesitate to give your impressions in the comments (without spoilers please). Otherwise, go see it and make up your own mind. There will be as many opinions as there are spectators.