19/10/2012 - 15:57 Lego news Rumors Shopping

10219 Maersk Train

A Brickset user has communicated a list (probably not exhaustive) obtained from a source considered reliable of the products whose production stops this year and which you will have to obtain quickly if you do not want to pay a high price in six months...

10219 Maersk Train (98.99 € on amazon.it)
10217 Diagon Alley190.00 € on amazon.fr)
8043 Motorized Excavator129.99 € on amazon.it)
10193 Medieval Market Village (88.89 € on amazon.fr)
10216 Winter Village Bakery49.90 € on amazon.fr)

Among the sets whose maintenance in the LEGO catalog has been confirmed:

10188 Death Star (322.00 € on amazon.it)
10197 Fire Brigade124.90 € on amazon.it)

Apparently none of the sets in the so-called range Structure will only be stopped this year. This list is obviously not complete, other sets may go by the wayside this year such as for example the 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle207.99 € on amazon.it).

19/10/2012 - 10:47 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO Lord of the Rings Middle-Earth Characters Pack 1 & Weapons & Magical Items Pack

More bonuses in the form of DLC for any pre-order of the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game on amazon uk with the Character Pack 1 et Weapons & Magical Items Pack.

Le Character Pack 1 includes the following characters: Smeagol, Prince Imrahil, Sauron (2nd Age), Beregond and Theodred.
Le Weapons & Magical Items Pack will activate many weapons and other useful magic stones in the game.

These bonuses are available on the PS3 and XBOX 360 versions of the game which you can pre-order before November 23, 2012 here:

LEGO Lord of the Rings PS3 (£ 34.99 or around € 43)

LEGO Lord of the Rings XBOX 360 (£ 34.99 or around € 43)

18/10/2012 - 23:12 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO The Hobbit You will not learn anything more with these visuals posted by the site wog.ch, but since we are in the visuals of the 2013 novelties on Hoth Bricks et Brick Heroes, I still post these pictures of the boxes of the novelties of The Hobbit range:

79000 Riddles for the Ring
79001 Escape from Mirkwood Spiders
79002 Attack of the Wargs
79003 An Unexpected Gathering
79010 The Goblin King Battle

18/10/2012 - 22:02 Lego news

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76000 Batman vs. Mr Freeze - Aquaman on Ice & 76004 Spider-Man - Spider-Cycle Chase

These are small thumbnails that were uploaded by the site wog.ch, but there are two new features in the LEGO Super Heroes range planned for 2013:

LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe - 76000 Batman vs. Mr. Freeze - Aquaman on Ice
LEGO Super Heroes Marvel - 76004 Spider-Man - Spider-Cycle Chase

On the second row, I gave you the two visuals of the sets revealed at New York Comic Con, namely:

LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe - 76001 The Bat vs Bane - Tumbler Chase
LEGO Super Heroes Marvel - 76005 Spider-Man - Daily Bugle Showdown

Edit: added visuals of the two novelties of the LEGO Super Heroes 2013 range:

LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe - 76000 Batman vs. Mr. Freeze - Aquaman on Ice

76000 Batman vs. Mr. Freeze - Aquaman on Ice

LEGO Super Heroes Marvel - 76004 Spider-Man - Spider-Cycle Chase

76004 Spider-Man - Spider-Cycle Chase

18/10/2012 - 08:28 Lego news

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LEGO Batman: The Movie DC Super Heroes Unite

Here is the trailer for this animated feature film which will be released in early 2013, undoubtedly directly on Blu-ray / DVD (and probably accompanied by an exclusive minifigure, I'm betting on Gordon ...). The trailer does not even speak of a TV or cinema broadcast and it smells warm from the trailer: We find the same images as in the video game launch videos from which this film is obviously taken which are themselves the cutscenes Game...

After Star Wars, Hero Factory, Ninjago or Friends, LEGO occupies the field and sets out to conquer new customers with great reinforcements of cartoons transforming its bricks and minifigs into derivative products and reversing the marketing process. The cartoons are no longer offshoots of the different ranges involved, but are becoming a medium for approaching potential new fans who will want to get the plastic versions of their heroes seen on TV or on Blu-ray, as is the case for many other brands.

We who are already convinced fans, we are not the main recipients of these animated versions of our favorite ranges. It is indeed all those who have not yet taken the plunge towards LEGO products who are the target of these giant advertisements. They increase the playability potential of LEGO sets by showing that beyond the construction toy, LEGO also offers universes with which it is possible to interact and have fun other than by interlocking bricks. It's a global trend: LEGO doesn't necessarily mean create or build anymore. The proposed playsets are certainly intended to be assembled, but no longer really encourage creativity. The universe is pre-chewed, and ready to play.

(thanks to xwingyoda for his email)