Did I ever tell you that I can't stand the so-called artistic photos of Stormtroopers any more? No doubt yes.

But that doesn't mean that I don't like LEGO photography, quite the contrary. I came across tonight the flickr gallery by Jim Walshe, a photography enthusiast and apparently LEGO enthusiast who produces very beautiful images.
These two pictures bear witness to this. The one featuring the Kaadu at the start of the ostrich race made me smile. That of the Vulture Droids of the set  30055 Droid Fighter convinced me that a beautiful photo can definitely enhance a set that at the start is nothing exceptional ....

Jim Walshe presents more photos on his flickr gallery and I hope he produces some more LEGO-themed ones in the future.

Click on the visuals to display them in large format.

And yes, there are some who have no luck ... Opening of the box of the day, and unpacking. The drama, a part is missing (Cone 1 x 1) while 4 more unused parts on this model are in the bag. and here I am stuck on the construction of this OG-9 Homing Spider Droid, a well-known actor of the Clone wars and that LEGO produced in the system range in 2008 with the set 7681 Separatist Spider Droid.  

So I replace the room with another found in the souk of my son's room to take the photo.

If any of you have any missing pieces, please let us know in the comments.

In the meantime, you can always console yourself with this uninteresting mini-set with the Midi-Scale version of Brickdoctor whose .lxf file can be downloaded at this address: 2011SWAdventDay4.lxf .

At the opening of the 3rd box of the Star Wars Advent Calendar, many are puzzled by the machine that comes out today ...

It is therefore a Mechno Chair seen in theEpisode I The Phantom Menace. This mechanized mobile projector displays the hologram of Darth Sidious that addresses the Viceroy Nute Gunray on Naboo.

Nothing too exciting, I just tinkered with a Darth Sidious with what I immediately had on hand (You will guess who owns the torso ...).

Attention, for the youngest, it is normal if you did not have the minifigure of the photo in this box, it is not there.

For reference, here is a capture of the relevant scene in theEpisode I..

Well, I can't resist the pleasure of posting you a snapshot of Nute Gunray's minifig from the second box of the Star Wars Advent Calendar, despite my promise yesterday ...

But as we never do like everyone else at Hoth Bricks (a little self-satisfaction does not hurt ...), I put on the left the minifig from the set of magnets 852844 released in 2010 and in which Nute Gunray was accompanied by Onaconda Farr and Chancellor Palpatine.

Even if it is not visible in the photo, there is no doubt that the minifigure of the calendar is of much better quality in terms of plastic: We can clearly see the light through the legs of that of the pack of magnets and this transparency is not as obvious on the minifigure of the calendar.

As for the screen printing, it is difficult to be affirmative, the screen printing being darker on the minifig of the magnet pack, but the various photos available on flickr of the Nute Gunray of the calendar confirm significant variations in the density of the screen printing depending on the copies.

After the set 6864 Batmobile and the Two-Face Chase, it's the turn of the sets 6863 Batwing Battle over Gotham City, 4526 Ultrabuild Batman, 4527 Ultrabuild The Joker et 4528 Ultrabuild Green Lantern to be referenced on Toys R Us (USA). The advertised prices are $ 17.99 for sets 4526, 4527 and 4528 and $ 39.99 for set 6863. All these sets are advertised as not available for shipping, but paradoxically as available in store ...

By clicking on the names of the sets you can access their page at Amazon France. The file is not accessible directly from the Amazon site and no price or time limit is indicated for the moment. The entire LEGO Superheroes DC Universe range had been briefly displayed online by Amazon with an indication of upcoming availability and prices in euros and then withdrawn quickly, probably at the request of LEGO.
I was then able to add these articles to my amazon store and the files therefore remain accessible directly from this space.