11/09/2012 - 19:43 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

The Hobbit - John Callen as Oin - LEGO Minifig

Actor John Callen, who plays Oin in The Hobbit trilogy, has just unveiled the minifig version of his character himself and this photo is starting to circulate.

The link to this image was posted on theonering.net forum.

I allowed myself to clarify it a bit, just to discover this new minifigure in good conditions ...

10/09/2012 - 17:49 Lego news

LEGO Monster Fighters - 10228 Haunted House - Photo by Gtoyan

Orders for this 10228 set are being delivered gradually and the images posted by the lucky owners of the haunted house at € 139.99 (or € 179.99) reveal beautiful things to us, but not only ...

Thus, on these photos of the construction of the set posted on the Brickpirate forum by Gtoyan, we discover that the Sand Green pieces that make up part of the walls are obviously not all the same shade. A bit sorry for a set at this price ...

If you have purchased this set and are also having this problem, please let us know in the comments.

LEGO Monster Fighters - 10228 Haunted House - Photo by Gtoyan

09/09/2012 - 14:11 Lego news

8879 LEGO® Power Functions IR Speed ​​Remote Control

LEGO recalls Power Functions remote controls sold separately under the reference 8879, but also sometimes sold as a bundle with set 10194 (Emerald Night) and or engine 8882 (XL Power Functions LEGO Motor).

This remote control may cause a risk of burns if the batteries inside overheat. Of the 997 copies sold between April 2009 and May 2009, 4 cases of overheating of the batteries were reported. No cases of burns were observed.

All customers who have purchased this remote control should immediately stop using this product and see the following link to check if it is part of the recall. These customers will also be contacted directly by LEGO Systems with all the information necessary to identify the problem and exchange the product.

For more information see the LEGO Product Recall page.

09/09/2012 - 10:25 Lego news

LEGO Rock Band Minifigure Review 850486 by MonsieurCaron

Sorry for the title ...

I constantly complain that the quality of the brickfilms or video reviews offered on YouTube leaves something to be desired, and I just realized that there is one director that I have never mentioned here: Marc Andre Caron. He posted a comment on one of the posts on this blog, and I figured this error needs to be fixed.

However, this gentleman whose work I had discovered thanks to the QuéLUG forum (Le LUG québécois), does very beautiful things like this very creative brickfilm entitled "How to make a monster"for example, and which humorously stages the minifigs of the Monster Fighters set 9466 The Crazy Scientist and His Monster.

His latest video is also interesting: It is visually very successful and allows to compare the minifigs of the set 850486 Rock Band with those of the different series of collectible minifigs from which they are inspired.

Do not hesitate to consult its site et his YouTube channel, there are other brickfilms to discover and in addition ... they seem to be good ... 

Edit: Interview with MonsieurCaron to read on kaspadbrick.

http://youtu.be/IPqaazhs8Ck

08/09/2012 - 22:08 Lego news

10228 Haunted Houses

You have not fallen for this set whose we definitely talk a lot (too much) lately? That's what you missed, summed up in 9 minutes and 40 seconds of stop-motion.

A crazy inventory, minifigs in spades, cool features, all that for € 139.99 (hmm, sorry, € 179.99).

At the end of the video, Artifex integrated one of its LED kits, and the result is not really convincing for my taste. Yet this haunted house would do well with interior lighting on one of the windows, just a ...