The products of The Hobbit saga begin to flood the shelves and we discover what some characters look like. This allows us as best we can to anticipate the look of the next minifigs in the The Hobbit range.

The Bridge Direct, manufacturer of action figures collectors, offers the Goblin king and the coward but vicious Grinnah, two characters that should be adapted in minifig version if LEGO does its job and will undoubtedly be in the set 79010 Cave of the Orc King.

(Thanks to xwingyoda for brickhorizon.com for his email)

It's certain the mightyape.co.nz merchant site that are offered these special versions of the video game LEGO Lord of the Rings with the bonus of a replica of the Ring and a DLC entitled Middle Earth Character Pack 2 allowing to activate several characters in the game:

Corsair Pirate
Mini Balrog
glorfindel
Farmer Maggot
Barliman butterbur

The game's availability date in New Zealand is set for November 2. No trace of these bonuses at our French merchants for the moment ...

While waiting for any revelations on the 2013 LEGO ranges during the next New York Comic-Con 2012 (from October 11th to 14th, 2012 and I will be there), little point on the two exhibitions not to be missed if you like super heroes and cinema.

Festi'Briques 2012 will be held from 26 and 28 October 2012 in Chatenoy-le-Royal (71) and will offer 1000 m² on the theme of cinema and Star Wars. 60 exhibitors are announced and many activities will be offered.  

Night opening on Friday October 26 from 19 p.m. to 00 p.m. and doors open from 22 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Entry is free for children under 00, will cost € 9 for children under 00 and € 4 for over 2s. www.festibriques.fr

Briqu'Expo Diemoz 2013 will take place on September 14 and 15, 2013 in Diemoz (38 - 20 km from Lyon) and will offer 800 m² on the theme of super heroes. This exhibition is jointly organized by FreeLUG, the association Le Sou des Ecoles which collects funds intended to finance equipment and outings for young schoolchildren from Diemoz and BaB.

Registrations will open by the end of 2012 and in the meantime you can contact yannick who coordinates everything by writing to him at yannick.vignat (at) club-internet.fr. Admission will be free for children under 5, will cost € 1 for children under 14 and € 3 for over 14. www.freelug.org

I will be present on these two exhibitions, the main themes of which suggest beautiful things in the news ... Do not hesitate to indicate in the comments if you plan to come ...

Here is a new version of the visual which can be found on the back of the board game instruction booklet The Hobbit (posted by sidersdd on flickr).

It's a bit redundant with the image posted a few days ago but on this one you can discover Dwalin, Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin and Nori in better conditions ...

By the way, remember to add davs your favorites the official LEGO page for the The Hobbit range, it should evolve soon, probably on the occasion of New York Comic Con 2012 ...

It is a tradition at Toys R Us in the USA, October is the month devoted to LEGOs with the soberly titled operation Bricktober.

This year, TRU customers will be offered a copy of these LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection with any purchase that qualifies for the offer. (Minimum amount and / or sets concerned not communicated) The operation is spread over the four weeks of October and the set offered will therefore change every week.

There are 4 volumes of this series devoted to vintage minifigs:

852331 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 1 (released in 2008 - Yellow box)
852535 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 2 (released 2009 - Blue box)
852753 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 4 (released in 2009 - Black box)

And the set in green box which contains 2 minifigs (Cook, cowboy) from Volume 3 (852697 -2009) and 3 minifigs (Nurse, woman in green and white ninja) from Volume 5 (852769 - 2010)

If you are a fan of these series of minifigs, watch eBay or Bricklink in the coming weeks, you should be able to find what you are looking for at decent prices ...