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The December 2023 issue of the official LEGO Batman magazine is currently available on newsstands at the price of €6.99 and as expected it allows us to obtain a Batman figurine with his rigid cape already seen in the DC set 76252 Batcave Shadow Box as well as in the polybag 30653 Batman 1992 but with the cape seen in the set 76139 1989 Batmobile contrary to what the visual on the bag suggests. You know how much good I think of this plastic cape which advantageously replaces the usual pieces of fabric. Seeing it available in a magazine even in exchange for €7 is good news.

The magazine's publisher does not reveal the minifigure or the construction which will accompany the next issue scheduled for March 15, 2023 and is content for once with a simple visual teaser.

We continue with another LEGO Advent calendar and today we take a very quick tour of the LEGO Marvel set 76267 Avengers Advent Calendar 2023, a box of 243 pieces available since September 1, 2023 at the public price of €37.99 via the official store and for much less elsewhere.

As with the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, if you don't want to experience the contents of this product in its entirety because you took care to buy it with your eyes closed and then immediately moved to an area white far from all civilization for two months to avoid spoilers, don't go any further.

Otherwise, I was lenient with the LEGO Star Wars calendar because it offered some interesting constructions despite a somewhat poor assortment of figurines and I will also be relatively lenient here but for the opposite reasoning: this Marvel-licensed calendar, which contains 128 grams of plastic, offers a rather convincing assortment of figurines but they are accompanied by mostly uninteresting mini-things.

Worse, Disney must really pick LEGO's pockets in terms of royalties so that the manufacturer can afford to fill some of the boxes with content about which we wonder if it is not a packaging error: Doctor Strange's cape occupies for example one of the 24 boxes and the minifig which must carry it is in another box, another location is satisfied with a simple pack of golden canvases and the tree is delivered in two parts with its base in the colors of Captain America to go. I readily understand the principle of this type of product, but to provide Doctor Strange without his cape to fill one more box, I think we reach an Olympic level of pettiness.

The most consistent mini-things to build can be combined with each other via the clips present on each of them, the intention is laudable and we almost obtain in the end a mini-diorama which allows us to stage the figurines provided. For the rest, the "toys" to put under the tree like the Quinjet or the HYDRA train are correctly executed but that is not enough to make this calendar a product that will have the capacity to surprise or at least satisfy each day.

As for the seven characters provided, many figurines already seen elsewhere and little new: Iron Man with his Mark 85 armor is not exclusive to this box, he is also delivered this month with the official LEGO Marvel magazine, the Captain America figurine is the one available in the set 76269 Avengers Tower, Wong's is also in the sets 76269 Avengers Tower et 76218 Sanctum Sanctorum, Okoye's is in the set 76214 Black Panther: War on the Water, Doctor Strange is an assembly of elements seen in several boxes and only Black Widow and Spider-Man remain to get something new and unprecedented with their respective ugly Christmas sweaters. Even the Spider-Man head is very common and not a red Santa hat in sight. It's frankly meager but this set of figurines nevertheless remains the main asset of the product compared to the poverty of the rest of its contents.

Once again, we can only note that the public price of this box is excessive compared to what it has to offer, but it is up to everyone to appreciate the lifespan of the set depending on the rate of production. chosen unpacking. Over 24 days, we could almost consider that to be reasonable...

I think for my part that this set frankly smacks of well-packaged savings and that LEGO does not really make an effort to please fans, young and old, who wait for these products every year in the hope that they will offer for a something really attractive. The box is pretty, it's salesy and it's difficult not to fall for it. The disappointment is generally quickly forgotten anyway, knowing that it is diluted over almost a month, which perhaps makes it less painful.

For all practical purposes and if you do not want to ruin the product packaging by taking out the interior insert from the side rather than opening each window, please note that the assembly instructions are available in PDF format at this address.

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The December 2023 issue of the official LEGO Marvel Avengers magazine is currently on newsstands at the price of €6.99 and as expected it allows you to obtain an Iron Man minifig in Mark 85 version already seen in a handful of sets since 2019 and which is also available in the set 76267 Marvel Avengers Advent Calendar.

In the pages of this magazine, we discover the minifig which will accompany the next publication announced for January 25, 2024, it is Doctor Octopus, delivered for the occasion with his tentacles to be assembled using the inventory provided . For the rest, the figurine was already delivered identically in the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes set 76174 Spider-Man's Monster Truck vs. Mysterio, 76198 Spider-Man & Doctor Octopus Mech Battle et 76178 Daily Bugle.

This minifig was already announced in the October issue of LEGO Spider-Man magazine with the same date set for January 25, 2024 and the explanation is simple: the two magazines will merge in 2024 and will be available under a single title, LEGO Marvel, with the usual labeled variations More ou Super according to publications.