The September 2023 issue of the Official LEGO Marvel Avengers Magazine is currently on newsstands for €6.99 and, as expected, you can get a minifigure of Groot already seen in the set. 76193 The Guardians' Ship as well as in the Advent calendar 2022 of the Marvel range (76231 Guardians of the Galaxy Advent Calendar 2022).

The next issue of this magazine will be available on newsstands from December 4, 2023 and it will be accompanied by a minifig of Iron Man in Mark 85 version already seen in a handful of sets since 2019 and which will also be available soon in the set 76267 Marvel Avengers Advent Calendar.

A little reminder for those who might be interested: the Cultura brand is currently going there and until September 10, 2023 with a promotional offer which allows you to obtain an immediate 25% reduction on a selection of just over one twenty references in the Technic and Marvel ranges. The discount is displayed as soon as the product is put in the basket, no bad surprises.

The selection of sets covered by this offer is not very extensive, but there are still some interesting products. I won't give you the details of the sets concerned, you can access the whole offer via the link below:

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Onward to a new handful of novelties that are now available on the official online store. Many ranges are concerned and the most impatient will undoubtedly find their account.

As usual, it's up to you to decide whether to give in without delay by paying full price for these boxes or whether to show a little patience and wait for the inevitable reductions that will be offered in the weeks and months to come at Amazon, on FNAC.com, at Auchan and at a few other resellers.

Note that Insiders (ex-VIP) previews for LEGO ICONS sets 10318 Concorde (199.99 €) and LEGO Ideas 21342 The Insect Collection (79.99 €) will only begin on September 4, that of the LEGO Harry Potter set 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collector's Edition (429.99 €) starts today.

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Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Marvel set 76250 Wolverine's Adamantium Claws, a box of 596 pieces available since August 1, 2023 at the retail price of €74.99.

This new "hand" joins the current collection at LEGO already made up of references 76191 Infinity Gauntlet et 76223 Nano Gauntlet and this one is probably not the most flamboyant of the three. But all assiduous collectors know that each collection needs its extras to create a group effect and highlight the most beautiful pieces.

It is therefore a question here of assembling the hand of Wolverine in X-Men '97 version, the animated series of the 90s which will be relaunched soon on the Disney + platform. Wolverine wears a yellow outfit and blue gloves without patterns, so the object takes this uniform hue and adds three claws with metallic accents.

Nothing new concerning the process of assembling the hand, the designer is content to take up the usual recipe, base included, with an assortment of colored pieces stacked inside the structure on which we then place the different elements of finishing.

Nothing to say about the general look of the construction, the fingers are well executed and they can take different poses depending on your mood at the time. The claws can be easily removed although I don't really see the point of doing without this emblematic attribute of the character.

The color of the glove being uniform, one quickly notices the aesthetic defects of the various parts which dress the surface of the construction. Molding marks, various and varied scratches, you must not be too demanding and observe the whole thing from a certain distance. I note a good effort of uniformity on the metallic color of the parts used on the edge of the three claws, it seems to me that LEGO has progressed on this point.

The entire surface of the model is well covered with blue and only the Ball joint gray of the thumb joint which is noticeable depending on the angles and orientation of the finger.

As for the red and blue pins, some will see in the use of these gray or black parts whatever the subject treated a "signature" of the brand where others are still waiting for the manufacturer to produce these parts in the necessary colors. their perfect integration into the constructions concerned.

The base is as usual flanked by a small plate presenting the LEGO logo as well as the logo of the universe concerned, it is perfectly matched with the other pieces of this collection.

Was it absolutely necessary to market a LEGO-style interpretation of Wolverine's claws? I think so, as the subject lends itself to a LEGO version, even if the glove delivered here necessarily lacks a bit of fantasy due to the reference costume. This derivative product is not the sexiest of the catalog but the contract seems to me all the same largely fulfilled.

The fact remains that it is far too expensive for a simple monochrome model of less than 600 pieces and that in my opinion it would be prudent to wait to afford this window background figure at a much higher price. acceptable elsewhere than at LEGO.

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Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Marvel set 76261 Spider-Man Final Battle, a box of 900 pieces which has been available since August 1, 2023 at the retail price of €104.99.

As for the set 76266 Endgame Final Battle which I was telling you about a few days ago, it's about assembling a compact interpretation of a scene taken from a film with the idea of ​​being able to display the thing without invading the living room with plastic bricks.

This film derivative Spider-Man: No Way Home therefore uses the principle of the small black and round base on which the construction is installed, with the promise of being able to enjoy it from all angles. I specify for those who have an overflowing imagination, the base is not equipped with a system which would make it rotary, it will have to be turned by hand. It's also a bit of a shame, the presence of an axis under the tray would have facilitated the exploration of the contents of the product.

We're not going to lie to each other, many fans imagined that the final scene of the film would receive more treatment at LEGO with a construction on the level of the one seen in 2019 in The LEGO Movie 2 set 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg. This is not the case and we have to be content with this very compact version which frankly lacks ambition. With a few details, the head of the Statue of Liberty is similar to that of The LEGO Movie 2 set, but there is only this part of the statue in this box and the diorama is economy.

Everything is very quickly assembled and then a slew of scaffolding is installed which necessarily makes the whole visually a little confusing. It is however in the spirit of the scene of the film, but much tighter with 18 cm high by 20 cm wide and 22 cm deep. the construction can be used from different angles, the finish matches on all sides.

There are a few stickers to stick on the head of the statue, but you can almost imagine doing without them as the construction is hidden behind the scaffolding, knowing that it is only a few bolts and that the background color of these stickers is not perfectly matched with the color of the parts on which they must be installed.

LEGO did not forget to slip some fun details into the heart of the construction, including Sandman's hand hidden inside the head of the statue or a large sticker evoking the contents of the set 76218 Sanctum Sanctorum accessible via the hidden portal at the back of the skull. The portal opened by Ned is there and even if everything is piled up with forceps, the references are appreciable.

The decor being planted, we can then install the large handful of minifigs provided in this box and all the fantasies are allowed with in particular some curved transparent supports and adapted to the installation of characters in a very dynamic pose. The product loses a little in compactness but it then takes on an interesting volume and we almost forget the central construction to focus on the figurines and their interactions.

The endowment in minifigs here is rather substantial with the three versions of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ned, MJ, Electro, The Green Goblin and Dr Octopus. No Lizard in this box, it is the great absentee and there was however enough to add this central character of the scene concerned with a public price fixed at 105 €. LEGO would probably have included a large figurine of the creature and there was not necessarily room to install it on the diorama.

The three Spider-Man figurines seem successful to me, we can clearly distinguish the significant attributes of each of the outfits and the graphic designers have done their homework. Each of the characters comes with a head and a hair that allows them to be displayed without their respective masks, it is an interesting choice knowing that they evolve without their masks in a large part of the scene of the film. Legs injected in two colors for everyone, it is appreciable.

The more observant will have noticed that Tom Holland's minifigure reuses elements already seen in other boxes, it makes sense. Those who have been waiting for LEGO to one day make The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) version more accessible than the limited edition one offered during San Diego Comic Con in 2013 will finally have the character at hand without having to spend a lot of money.

The Ned figurine is pretty much the same except for the design of the torso: the jacket is the wrong color. Same observation for MJ's minifig with a striped sweater which is also not in the color seen on the screen. On the villain side, the three characters provided are quite successful, they are all equipped with well-designed accessories that add to the dynamics of the scene. Doc Ock has glasses with very slightly smoked lenses on the screen, the minifig is faithful. LEGIO on the other hand could have made an effort on the Green Goblin figurine, the legs and arms of the character lack detail.

We must face the facts, this set is in fact a pretext to offer us a very large handful of characters with enough to stage them without wisely aligning them on a support or in a Ribba frame.

The main construction lacks in my opinion a bit of flavor and one could have hoped for a more ambitious product to represent this scene. It's dense, visually a bit confusing, but we'll have to deal with it and we'll console ourselves by keeping space on our shelves for some larger products to come.

As for the public price of this box, this is not a problem, this product is already available at Amazon at a much lower price, which immediately makes it even more attractive:

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LEGO 76261 Marvel Spider-Man's Final Battle, Recreate the Scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home with 3 Peter Parkers, Green Goblin, Electro, Ned, Dr Str

104.99 € 83.99 €

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Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at August 29, 2023 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. 

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