Another set announced, this time in the LEGO Super Heroes Marvel range: 76005 Spider-Man: Daily Bugle Showdown (5 minifigs: Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Jonah Jameson, Nova, Beetle; 476 pieces and a US price of $ 49.99).

I'm not going to dwell on the content, it's really weak ... I prefer to stay positive and tell myself that these 5 minifigs are well worth the advertised price ...

I expected LEGO to compromise with the advertised version of the Tumbler, but this is a big disappointment for me. A stylish mini-Tumbler Hot Wheels, Bat barely correct and 3 minifigs which once again make the whole point of the set. Bof .... What more can we say except that LEGO could have made an effort on the realization of the Tumbler.

This set of LEGO Super Heroes 76001 The Bat vs Bane: Tumbler Chase of 368 pieces is advertised for $ 39.99 in the US.

The 3rd Dev Diary has been uploaded and it's pretty interesting. We see in particular that the developers of the game are equipped with real bricks from which they design the models used in the game. And it is Carl Greatrix (see his Linkedin profile), LEGO Model Designer at Travelers Tales / TT Games since 2008 and who has worked on almost every title released to date which explains that the goal was to stay as faithful as possible to the models of the Peter Jackson trilogy.

Arrived in New York around 12:00, a visit to Times Square and therefore the Toys R Us of the district was essential before going for a walk to the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Plaza.

Not enough to whip a cat, the shelves are filled with sets that we already know and sold at the US public price, which is the equivalent in $ of our public prices in €, and we must also add the tax of 8% ...

Except for the exclusive sets that are difficult to find elsewhere than at LEGO, it is therefore often cheaper with us, on Amazon for example. An example: the LEGO The Hobbit board game is sold here for 34.99 $ excluding tax, or 29.50 € all taxes included. It is available on amazon.it for 27.45 €.

The official LEGO store is not as big as I thought, no special events, a clientele mainly made up of tourists looking for a souvenir and not much local to eat. I left with these pretty cool key chains (853309 - $ 5.49 each) and the two (awful) exclusive sets from the Store: 40025 New York Taxi ($ 5.49) and 40026 Statue Of Liberty ($ 5.49). 

The collection of access badges to NYCC 2012 is scheduled for Thursday morning, and the opening of the convention Thursday afternoon.

After the official visuals, which have the merit of always highlighting the sets presented, here is the video filmed by BrickSpy during the BrickCon 2012 convention. We discover the set as it really is when it is mounted and placed on a table, a bit like at home in fact ...

And the more I watch this demi set, the more I tell myself that LEGO may have planned its business with the Technic parts located at the base of the building, as I could read it here or on various other forums, with future additional modules which would come to flesh out this asylum from Arkham.

The upcoming release of Rancor Pit in the Star Wars range planned to connect to the Jabba's Palace from set 9512 prompts me to think that LEGO wants to exploit the concept of products broken down into several modules: To have the most successful product it will be necessary to invest in two or three boxes which will complement each other and form a coherent whole.

Wait and see, I think we'll find out sooner, especially at New York Comic Con which starts Thursday. Anyway, I'll ask the question at the LEGO stand. Not sure I get an answer ...