10/12/2011 - 00:13 Lego news

henchman

Okay, the pun is bad, but the info is interesting: The Joker's henchman minifigure, commonly known as henchman and delivered in the set  6863 Batwing Battle over Gotham City is entitled to a serigraph on the back.

We were not used to having henchmen so screen printed. The 2006 version of this minifig only had a purple torso without any silkscreen printing.

On this new minifigure, the torso is therefore screen-printed on its front with a jacket and a white sweater and on its back with a logo bearing the image of the Joker. The face has also been very worked with this clown makeup.

 

09/12/2011 - 23:57 Lego news

Many people have come to the blog Read this article and then returned to their favorite forums with the impression that the photo of the Sandtrooper from the set 9490 Droid Escape had something not clear ...

Well, here's something to confirm to them that this Sandtrooper will have this face with this silkscreen. So we can move on ...

Sandtrooper - 9490 Droid Escape - He HAS a face ... - by Legoboy Productions

09/12/2011 - 20:36 Lego news Shopping

6858 - Catwoman Catcycle City Chase

It's confirmed: The LEGO Super Heroes range is available in the USA and eBay is already inundated with sets for sale at sometimes mind-blowing prices.

We thus find the set 6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase at around $ 38, the set 6862 Superman vs Power Armor Lex at around $ 39, the set 6863 Batwing Battle over Gotham City about $ 75 and the set 6864 Batmobile and the Two-Face Chase at around $ 110.

No trace, however, of the set 6860 The Batcave for the moment.

There is no doubt about it, these are no longer sales organized by unscrupulous Mexican employees, but sales organized by even less scrupulous American speculators. But after all, these sets are barely available and exclusivity comes at a price ... it's up to you.

No information on availability in France for the moment. Follow the links I give you in this article to keep you informed of the effective sale of these sets on Amazon.fr.

 Below, a picture taken by a happy American AFOL in a Toys R Us store ...

 LEGO Superheroes have arrived at TRU

09/12/2011 - 18:47 Lego news

7958 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar - X-Wing

LEGO has decidedly tried to achieve consistency in the different stages of this Advent Calendar. After Nute Gunray and his Mechno Chair, Chewbacca and his tools, here is the X-Wing of the pilot of yesterday.

We have already had mini or X-Wing microphones in the past with the sets 4484 X-Wing Fighter & TIE Advanced (2003) 6963 X-wing Fighter (2004) et 30051 X-wing Fighter (2010)

The one in this Advent Calendar obviously does not compare with the model in set 30051 (see below), but it is still very fair for a micro model. For lack of anything better, you can always recover the lightsaber handles to replace those you lost during your last move ... In short, you will have understood it, nothing to get carried away today with this vessel that has just the merit of raising the level of this Calendar a little.

In addition, I told myself that this type of set would make sense if in the end, LEGO offered a model to build with all the parts of the different models. In this case, I would be more inclined to agree to compromise on the design of the mini craft or ships and I would have a little more understanding for their very basic design. We are in 2011 and the world of toys is full of products, each more original than the next. You won't be mad at me for not marveling at this type of mini-stuff ....

On the other hand, this Advent Calendar undoubtedly appeals to the youngest, curious to discover every day what is hidden in the numbered boxes. But my 8 year old son moves on a few seconds after discovering these gifts some of which are barely on par with those found in Kinder eggs ... Only minifigs find favor in his eyes and I do not. don't blame ... 

Brickdoctor has just uploaded its Midi-Scale version of the X-Wing and offers the .lxf file for download:  2011SWAdventDay9.lxf.

 

Midi-Scale X-Wing by Brickdoctor 

09/12/2011 - 10:58 Lego news

LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe 2012 - The Website

And it promises to be rather nice with this pre-version that LEGO has just put online and which includes for the moment the 16 characters of the DC Universe range.

We will also note the mention DC Universe with an announcement of availability of the full site for January 2012. I think that the Marvel range will also be entitled to a mini-site later in 2012. The two ranges will thus have their own visual identity and their dedicated internet spaces.

On the menu for now, the possibility of discovering each character in the DC Unvierse range with a fairly easy three-choice MCQ. We then obtain very beautiful visuals of the minifigs that I have grouped for you below.

It's clean, well done and clearly geared towards the youngest. 

LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe 2012 - The Good GuysLEGO Super Heroes DC Universe 2012 - The Bad Guys