Small tour at the end of the day on the exhibition Fana'Briques 2013 which takes place this weekend in Rosheim to get a first glimpse of what is on offer this year.

First impression: There is room to move between the tables and that is a very good thing. The aisles are wider than last year and it breathes. 

Many exhibitors were still polishing their presentations and many visitors had come for this "night" of the first day.

I have uploaded some photos of the BrickPirate stand on the dedicated page (Click on the image), just to give you a taste of what you will find there or to make you regret not coming ...

I will spend a good part of the day tomorrow there. I will put more photos online in the process.

Le Store Calendar French from July 2013 is online and the good news can be found on the back of it at the bottom of the page: LEGO announces that delivery will now be free all year round in the LEGO Shop from 55 € of purchase .

This is not a revolution, many merchants are already practicing this type of offer, but it's always taken: Less money for shipping costs and more for LEGOs, I'm fine with me ...

For the rest this Store Calendar does not teach us anything very exciting: A Polybag Creator (40078 Hot Dog Stand) offered to VIP customers from 55 € of purchase from July 1 to 31, the miniature model of the month is a crab, a The Lone Ranger badge to be won July 19 to August 17 by participating in an operation in the LEGO Stores ...

You can download the Store Calendar July here or on one of the two images.

(Thanks to Mespetitslégo for his email alert)

Le first episode had earned me many emails from parents outraged by the violence of the images and I prefer to warn you: This second opus of the "adventures" of Captain America facing Red Skull directed by Forrest Whaley alias forestfire101 is certainly less violent than the previous one, but young LEGO fans will avoid viewing it without their parents' consent.

That being said, this brickfilm still raises the bar of what is technically possible to do with a few minifigs, the right gear, time, patience and a lot of skill.

The fight scene is simply mind-blowing in its fluidity and readability. Everything is close-up, it's edited like a real movie and the result is truly breathtaking.

(Thanks to legoman in the comments)

We can say what we want about LEGO's marketing strategy, but we have to admit that their TV ads are really very well done.

Here is a very recent one with two of the sets from the Man of Steel set range staged: 76002 Superman Metropolis Showdown et 76003 Superman Battle of Smallville. Action and missile flick-fire galore ...

http://youtu.be/qfkKGSIP0Rw

Unless you are deprived of the internet this morning, you must have seen or read that a new polybag has appeared on eBay (US) in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles range under the reference 30270.

In the bag, Kraang, a small cannon and the 4 turtles represented by a few bricks that must be aimed and knocked out. Nothing exciting except the minifigure ...

LegoSantaFe offers on its YouTube channel a video review of the contents of this bag, I share it with you below:

http://youtu.be/Qs8fygMFVlU