New promotional offer on the official LEGO store: the LEGO polybag 30387 Bob Minion With Robot Arms is now offered from 40 € of purchase, but only in products from the LEGO Minions range. The bag of 75 pieces offers enough to assemble a figurine of Bob equipped with two robotic arms accompanied by some accessories.

The offer is in principle valid until July 11 or while stocks last.

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Amazon has added some LEGO sets that benefit from the "Get 3 for the price of 2"currently in progress including the LEGO Star Wars reference 75192 Millennium Falcon which is temporarily out of stock but available for order.

By ordering three copies at 799.99 € each, you pay only two (1599.98 € instead of 2399.97 €) and you therefore benefit from a reduction of 33%.

The hardest part will undoubtedly be to find two other fans who wish to afford this product which therefore costs € 533.32 ...

The offer is valid until June 28 or while stocks last. Non-cumulative offer, valid only once per customer account.

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LEGO continues its quest for the miracle material that could one day replace ABS plastic and the manufacturer today announces that it has succeeded in producing a brick made from recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate). This prototype would a priori offer the level of quality and safety required by the manufacturer and a one-liter PET bottle would make it possible to produce ten classic 2x4 LEGO bricks.

The campaign launched today is not an announcement in itself, it aims above all to confirm that the manufacturer is continuing its research and that recycled PET is one of the most promising materials among all those that have already been tested.

The formula used by LEGO for this first prototype includes PET from products intended for recycling as well as chemical additives which reinforce its resistance and make it possible to reproduce the essential mechanical properties, including the famous Clutch Power, to be able to hope one day to change the material without compromising on the durability of the product.

At LEGO, 150 people have been working for three years on the search for the material that may one day replace ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), a product derived from petroleum, and the manufacturer claims to have tested more than 250 formulations of "plastics" that would allow it to meet its ambitious goal of 100% sustainable materials by 2030.

At this point, there is no question of launching mass production and replacing the current ABS bricks, LEGO simply declares that it wants to launch an extended test phase which should last at least a year. The possible switch to a recycled PET-based material will not affect transparent parts and LEGO confirms that it is actively working to maintain color uniformity between the different generations of bricks.

New molds will also be necessary to ensure the production of bricks made of this new material. There is still a long way to go and it will be notably strewn with accelerated aging tests of the bricks in question to test the resistance of the material over time. It will remain to be seen in a few years how these new generation bricks will be perceived and whether there will be a "before / after" material change effect in the minds of consumers.

We know that LEGO has already integrated a biopolyethylene made from ethanol from the distillation of sugar cane in its catalog, but only 2% of production is concerned by the use of this material which does not offer the mechanical properties essential to conventional bricks. This biopolyethylene used for the manufacture of minifig accessories or plant elements is (fortunately) not biodegradable but it is recyclable via the same processes as conventional polyethylene.

FNAC is currently running a promotional offer that may be of interest to those who are planning to add the new LEGO Super Mario Starter Pack 71387 Adventures with Luigi to their collection: the brand is offering a nice official LEGO cover in the colors of the plumber for any pre-order of the set which will be available from August 1st.

To take advantage of the offer, simply add the two products to the basket and the cover is automatically offered, the total amount of the order remaining at € 59.99, i.e. the public price of the starter pack.

The cover can be used to store a Nintendo Switch console or a few LEGO Super Mario minifigures, but you should not expect to be able to take the entire level provided in the set with you.

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The other announcement of the day is the availability of the LEGO Builder's Journey video game on two new platforms: Nintendo Switch and PC. This game was previously an Apple Arcade exclusive, so you can now play it on your Switch via Nintendo eShop (19.99 €) or on your PC through Steam (16.99 €) or theEpic Game Store (16.99 €).

For those who do not know this puzzle game with a very sophisticated visual atmosphere developed by Light brick studio, here is the pitch:

If you want to get a better idea of ​​the gameplay before you jump in, here's a 13-minute long streak that should help you make up your mind: