Amazon has updated the description of the book LEGO DC Character Encyclopedia New Edition expected in May 2022 and we now know the character who will be inserted in the cover: it is a minifig of Val-Zod in Earth-2 version, as it appears for the first time in the Earth 2 comic # 19 published in 2014. We also know that a series around the character produced by Michael B. Jordan is being written for the streaming platform HBO Max.

The character is new at LEGO, the minifig is announced as exclusive to the book and the pad printing seems frankly successful. So there's no good reason not to afford this update to the DC Character Encyclopedia.

Information comes a member of the LAN who received these three test products from LEGO: the LEGO Marvel sets 76202 Wolverine Mech Armor (141 pieces - 9.99 €), 76203 Iron Man Mech Armor (130 pieces - 9.99 €) and 76204 Black Panther Mech Armor (124 pieces - € 9.99) will ultimately not be available on the shelves from January 1st. The three references concerned have also not been online on the official store for a few days.

The manufacturer indicates to have discovered a problem of "stability" on these three products which imposes to cancel the put on sale envisaged. At this stage, LEGO only specifies that it is looking for a solution to the problem encountered and does not mention a new release date. We will therefore have to wait a little longer for Wolverine's return ...

We continue with a quick glance at the contents of the LEGO Star Wars blister pack 40557 Defense of Hoth, a small product of 64 pieces including three minifigs which will be available from January 1, 2022 at the public price of € 14.99. As for the other product of the same type which will be available at the same price, the reference 40558 Clone Trooper Command Station, it is a simple pack of generic figurines accompanied by some parts. The theme here is the Battle of Hoth, a subject treated to the point of overdose by LEGO, which allows many fans to embark on ambitious dioramas filled with AT-ATs, generators, Snowtroopers and soldiers. rebels.

This character pack will come at the right time to add some content around the set's craft. 75313AT-AT, possibly accompanied by the biped of the set 75322 Hoth AT-ST. LEGO is perhaps missing an opportunity here to provide us with a piece of trench which could be extended by acquiring several copies of the set and we must be content with a 1.4 FD P-Tower laser cannon on a reduced scale and of two Mark II EWHB-10 machine guns. Those who lack blasters, because they were replaced in the Battle Packs by Stud Shooters, will have here what to equip their troops by boning for example the tripods of the two machine guns which each use three copies.

The laser cannon placed on its vaguely snowy base and which is here at the center of the action is very basic, you should not expect better with such a small inventory. We feel that LEGO is content with the minimum union to justify the designation "construction toy" of this type of product whose real vocation is to supply the armies of fans with minifigures.

The three minifigs provided are generic enough to allow their accumulation. The brown torso is the one that will also be delivered in the set 75322 Hoth AT-ST for the single rebel soldier provided and the other two minifigs are identical, only the head changes. LEGO is playing the diversity card here with three skin tones and a female character. Some finishing problems on the pad printed legs with an unprinted area at the junction with the thighs and smudges on the faces, it's time for LEGO to make real progress on its pad prints.

LEGO does not change the level of the headgear and glasses of these rebel soldiers. I have always found these big glasses a bit ridiculous when placed on the face of a minifigure and I hoped that one day LEGO would dare to directly pad print the accessory on one of the faces of the heads used but it will not be for this time. However, the accessory works a little better when it is placed on the cap.

These rebel soldiers can for example face the soldiers of the sets 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack which will also be available from January 1, 2022. Three rebel soldiers for € 14.99 against four Snowtroopers for € 19.99, it is not very balanced but it is not so serious either, we know who loses in the end. The packaging is attractive, the price is correct if we take into account the prices charged in the LEGO Star Wars range, this small set of gondola head will undoubtedly end up in many caddies to the delight of young fans. Fans of snow-covered dioramas should also find plenty of room for them, with generic troops to be distributed along their trenches.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 21, 2021 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we are quickly interested in what LEGO presents as the 150th BrickHeadz minifigure in the range launched in 2017, the LEGO Star Wars reference. 40539 Ahsoka Tano. THE vote organized in November 2020 to determine the license of the minifigure that would have the honor of wearing the number # 150 was decided in advance and LEGO logically thought of the many Ahsoka Tano fans following the victory of the Star Wars license on the three other themes proposed . The bet was far from won in advance, it was a question of converting a character with curvaceous organic attributes to the cubic format imposed by the exercise.

The designer is doing relatively well if we admit that it is the format that decides the rest. This new BrickHeadz figure follows all the usual codes when it comes to torso size, hand and foot shape, and minimalist interpretation of the face. Red guts and pink brains as often inside the figurine, flat face with the usual eyes, here it is necessary to count on the pad-printed tribal patterns and on the two-tone quilts of the creature for the incarnation to work. In any case, this will be enough for many fans of the LEGO Star Wars range who rarely look on the side of the BrickHeadz minifigures of the license are interested in this minifigure.

The assembly of the 164 pieces of the set is quickly dispatched but the process is not uninteresting: getting to give an organic side to a cube is a perilous exercise and yet it is the case here with quilts that fall perfectly on the shoulders. character and a level of detail that seems sufficient for a figure on this scale. The usual indulgence of fans of the Star Wars universe when it comes to merchandise will do the rest.

No particular marking on the base, I would have appreciated a small golden # 150 ", just to mark the occasion. The collection of figurines already marketed is impressive, more than 150 different products in 4 years with unnumbered figurines, it is is a nice challenge for collectors knowing that some of these ultra-limited BrickHeadz are overpriced on the secondary market and that the best complete collectors will never have the one with the number # 57 anyway. on its shelves. The reference which occupies this slot, the set 40316 which should have allowed to reproduce Geoffrey the giraffe mascot of the Toys R Us brand, has in fact never been officially marketed. set instructions are available and you may need to use the star-shaped stickers from the set 40228 Geoffrey & Friends to dress the figurine.

That being said, this Ahsoka Tano figurine deserves to wear this number which marks a significant milestone, it manages to convince despite the limitations of the format. In my opinion, this is not the case with all the products sold in this range and we can consider that fans of the Star Wars universe have been doing quite well since 2020, the content of the set 75317 The Mandalorian & The Child (295 pieces - € 19.99) is also very suitable.

This small product will be available at the public price of 9.99 € from January 1, 2022, at this price there are not many questions to ask if you are a fan of this character who has accompanied a whole generation of fans with the animated series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars et Star Wars Rebels and who is also embodied in Live Action in the series The Mandalorian by the very convincing Rosario Dawson.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 22, 2021 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we make the tour of the LEGO Star Wars set very quickly 40558 Clone Trooper Command Station, a small blister pack of 66 pieces including three minifigs which will be available from January 1, 2022 at the public price of € 14.99.

Since the announcement of this product and the other January blister pack, the reference 40557 Defense of Hoth, opinions are very divided. On the one hand, all those who believed in Santa Claus and who already saw themselves getting exclusive and never-before-seen Rex and Cody minifigs for less than € 15 are bound to be disappointed. On the other, those who will gladly be satisfied with a few Clones Troopers Phase I moreover in their dioramas are rather satisfied. Finally, those who wanted a copy of the Clone Commander seen in the set 75309 Republic Gunship without spending 349.99 € will no doubt be delighted.

We can always consider that LEGO is reducing the content of what we commonly call a "Battle Pack" to maintain the public price charged for years on these small boxes which allow to obtain generic characters in multiple copies. But it is in fact rather a simple tariff sliding which left an empty box: The traditional Battle Packs with four figures and some parts like the set 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack will now be sold for € 19.99 and the price bracket of € 14.99, just above the Microfighters at € 9.99, had become vacant. These unpretentious blisters therefore now occupy this niche and it is logically necessary to be satisfied with three minifigs instead of four so as not to encroach on the ground of the classic Battle Packs.

I hardly ever tell you about the packaging of the products I test, I buy LEGO for the bricks, not for the box. I'm making a sprain here because this type of product, already seen in this format in other ranges, is unheard of in the LEGO Star Wars range. The packaging is attractive, even if we can blame LEGO for putting a lot of plastic in it while the brand's communication goes in the direction of reducing the use of this material for the packaging of its products. This blister pack is designed to be grabbed around a corner and thrown into the cart without thinking too much, the price charged is not a priori a brake if we compare it with the high prices usually charged by the brand.

The three minifigs provided are as always accompanied by a few bricks. This involves assembling a Clone command post and a weapons rack, two rather sketchy constructions. By removing two minifigs, we are in the concept of Microfighters with a totally symbolic machine and on a scale that makes it almost cute. Those who already bought products from the LEGO Star Wars range in 2013 inevitably remember the set. 75000 Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas which then allowed to obtain 124 coins including only two Clones Troopers for 14.99 €. There were certainly two Droidekas to build in addition to the command post, but it was not necessarily better "before" if one is satisfied to evaluate the price of a product in relation to the quantity of minifigs supplied.

The three minifigs delivered here are Clones Troopers, so logically everyone looks the same. As I said above, we mainly get a copy of the Clone Commander seen in the set 75309 Republic Gunship which sold for a good thirty euros before the announcement of this blister pack. But the officer / private ratio is not very advantageous here and I have a thought for those who will accumulate copies of this blister pack by wanting to build up a small army of Clone Troopers without spending too much money. On arrival, that's a lot of commanders ...

A technical detail that is a little embarrassing and which has a tendency to become widespread: the ink drools frankly around the border of certain patterns. This is sometimes the case on faces, for example around the eyes, but it is also the case on some torsos. One would have imagined that LEGO masters the art of pad printing on an industrial scale, but it seems that a few production units have to adjust their machines.

The good news about the product: the presence of classic blasters instead of Stud Shooters usual rude and disproportionate. LEGO adds a candle to the end of these weapons, it is visually quite convincing. No machine launcher in this product, it will be necessary to pew pew.

In short, there is nothing to say about this product that LEGO presents as an economical gateway to the LEGO Star Wars range for the youngest. This set is indeed in the second row of the cheapest references in the range just behind the Microfighters sold for € 9.99, it will easily find its audience and it is anyway the cheapest solution at the moment to accumulate Clone Troopers until more thirsty.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 21, 2021 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.