End of the soap opera concerning the effective availability of the small set 5007489 Fantasy Adventure Ride on the VIP rewards center: this fourth set of the collection initially launched in Asia as part of the operation Bricktober 2022 will finally be accessible from August 16, 2023.

Those who collect these boxes will therefore have to wait a few more days to complete their collection with this fourth and final reference which will join the three sets already available on their shelves (5007427 Pirate Adventure Ride, 5007428 Dragon Adventure Ride et 5007490 Space Adventure Ride). It will be necessary to exchange 2400 points or approximately 16 € in exchange value to obtain the unique code to be used then on the official online store when placing an order.

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On the way to a new summer contest that will allow the lucky winner to win a copy of the LEGO Harry Potter set 76422 Diagon Alley Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes (94.99 €) put into play.

To validate your participation, as always, simply identify yourself via the interface below and follow the instructions provided. As usual, it is a question of finding information on the official online store and then answering the question correctly. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by lot from the correct answers. Participation is free and without obligation to purchase.

Your contact details (name / nickname, email address, IP) are only used within the framework of this competition and will not be kept beyond the drawing of lots which will designate the winner. As usual, this no-obligation competition is open to all residents of mainland France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The prize in play is generously provided by LEGO through the annual endowment allocated to all members of the LAN (LEGO Ambassador Network), it will be sent to the winner by me as soon as his contact details are confirmed by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any entrant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Grumpers and bad losers abstain, the others will have a better chance of winning.

For information: the name / nickname of the winner is displayed in the participation interface once the draw has been made. I also notify the winners by email, but remember to check anyway.

Forward for two new promotional offers valid on the official LEGO store and in LEGO Stores with on one side the third part of the collection Houses of the World and on the other a LEGO DREAMZzz polybag both offered under condition of purchase:

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LEGO today officially unveils the LEGO ICONS set 10318 Concorde, a box of 2083 pieces of which some visuals were already available so far on social networks. It will be a question of assembling a model 102 cm long by 43 cm wide which includes some refinements such as a presentation support decorated with a small plate with some facts about the plane, a mobile nose to reproduce the three configurations available (0°, 5° and 12.5°), removable cabin sections which allow the interior fittings to be discovered and retractable landing gear controlled by the tail of the aircraft which serves as a knob.

I would have preferred a livery in the colors of Air France, but we will do with this dressing in the Aérospatiale France / British Aircraft Corporation version of the model 002.

Availability announced for September 4, 2023 in VIP preview, global marketing scheduled for September 7, 2023. Retail price: €199.99.

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Today we very quickly go around the content of the LEGO DREAMZzz set 71460 Mr. Oz's Spacebus, a box of 878 pieces currently available at the public price of 99.99 € on the official online store and a little cheaper elsewhere, for example at Amazon.

So we're assembling a space bus here, which is a slightly wacky cross between a classic (American) school bus and a spaceship. The craft is piloted by Mr. Oz, the real-life science teacher who becomes a Dream Chaser in the world of dreams. An entire program. If you still haven't understood the concept, go see the third episode of the first season of the animated series which is used to sell these derivative products, you will see the first appearance of this ship which comes to embark the young heroes. You will discover in passing that the LEGO version is not extremely faithful to the reference ship but we are starting to get used to it in this range.

The main lines of the ship are indeed there, but many details are overlooked or are ultra-simplified, no doubt to respect the constraints of inventory and price of the product. The colors used on the LEGO version are however not the right ones, and that's a shame. the ship seen on the screen is gray with blue accents, it is not white, and LEGO does not offer us landing gear or a properly fitted interior or an access ladder to the central compartment, the latter being vaguely embodied by a sticker.

If we leave aside the reference machine, this LEGO version remains a nice product that is fun to assemble. The crossover between a school bus and a starship Classic Space is fun and should appeal to both the youngest and nostalgic adults who will not remain insensitive to the use of the recognizable logo among a thousand, here revisited with the addition of the hourglass of Dream Chasers. LEGO had warned during the official announcement of the range, the latter was going to draw from many universes of the manufacturer and this box is no exception.

The spaceship is quickly assembled, it comes with a small exploration vehicle to store in the hold at the back and LEGO offers, as usual in this range, two possibilities of evolution of the cabin to choose from in the pages end of the instruction booklet. The first allows you to equip the ship with two reactors and guns placed at the end of the wings with a very small handful of parts that remain on the desk at the end of assembly, the second proposes to keep only a large central reactor and to use the rest of the inventory to assemble two additional small ships. In this second case, the handful of unused parts is a little larger but nothing comparable to what sets in the Creator 3-in1 range usually leave behind.

The sheet of stickers provided is impressive, but it is at the cost of using these stickers that the ship takes shape and regains some color. Without this skin, it's a little too sad and the youngest should probably get a little help not to disfigure their new favorite spaceship. There are a few small unused thumbnails left at the end of the assembly, it's up to you to customize your construction with them, they're there for that.

The endowment of figurines provided in this box sold for 100 € may seem substantial at first sight but there are actually only two "real" minifigs, those of Mateo and Professor Mr Oz. All the rest of the cast is made up of a few small figurines including the monkey Albert, Logan, Z-Blob and a handful of minions in the service of the King of Nightmares. However, variety is required with different accessories for each of the creatures, even if the character does not even stand up while collapsing under the weight of the additional elements. On arrival, it's still frankly meager in terms of minifigs, one or two more would have made it easier to pass the pill of the public price of the product.

Finally, I think this box is one of the most "readable" in the range with a rather well designed machine present in several episodes of the animated series. It's playable, manipulable without breaking everything, there's something cute with the help of the different guns installed on the ship and the whole thing will look great on a shelf in a child's room. Small regret concerning the absence of landing gear, we see several times the ship land in the series and it is however well equipped.

We will also wisely wait for this product to be offered with a significant reduction in its public price to crack, this is already the case with certain retailers and this will always be the case at the end of the year just in time for the holidays.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at August 19, 2023 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. 

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