We are quickly interested today in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75359 Ahsoka's 332 Company Clone Troopers Battle Pack, a small box of 108 pieces which will be available at the retail price of €20.99 from August 1, 2023 via the official online store and LEGO Stores.

The title of the product is sufficiently self-explanatory, this is a Battle Pack or a pack of minifigs intended to swell the ranks of a battalion or an army of figurines. LEGO is therefore content to coat the content of the product with a few parts to justify the designation of construction toy, but the main subject obviously remains the four characters provided.

We will quickly forget the micro-mortar provided, it necessarily brings a little playability but it is still very basic with this Stud Shooter loosely staged on its four-legged stand. The Swamp Speeder included is correct without being transcendent, you can install two minifigs by storing their handguns on the sides of the rear engine and the machine is equipped with two Stud Shooters which allow you to have a little fun. Minimum service for additional construction but it's always taken.

Un Battle Pack LEGO is above all a handful of figurines which in principle should allow you to build a small army at a lower cost. Here, we can count on three generic Clone Troopers but it will be necessary to deal several times with Captain Vaughn in the case of the acquisition of multiple copies of the product.

The latter can be rid of the visor of his helmet but the stripes stamped on the unique torso will still be there. This small graphic detail will however be easily forgotten in the middle of several rows of Clones, the legs and the helmet of the character being identical to those of the other three soldiers provided.

The pad printing of the helmets is generally successful despite the obvious technical constraints and very faithful to those of the reference accessory, but LEGO still finds a way to miss one of the four Clone heads provided in the copy I received with a big white streak between the two eyes. (see photo below, head of the first Clone on the left).

So we get four nicely executed copies of the new helmet with side holes and LEGO logically recycles the generic torso and legs already seen in many sets since 2020: the squad staged here is above all a company of the 501st Legion. The blue jetpack is not new, it is the one already delivered in 2020 in the set 75280 501st Legion Clone Troopers.

I remind you for all practical purposes that the visors and rangefinders are delivered in an individual bag per set of four units of each of these accessories. Only one visor is used here, so you will have enough left to equip other Clones if you feel like it.

This Battle Pack does not deserve it, it will offer fans the possibility of building a small squad and obtaining several very decent Swamp Speeders along the way, given the limited inventory of the product, but it will be necessary to wait for an offer that allows afford these boxes at a price lower than that requested by LEGO. 21 € for that, it is in my opinion a bit expensive even if Star Wars fans have long been resigned.

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But you can't buy it: the LEGO set 40600 Disney 100 Years Celebration is indeed a free gift subject to purchase which will be automatically added to your basket from July 1st to 9th if you purchase at least €100 in products from the Disney range.

This small box of 226 pieces valued at 24.99 € by the manufacturer will allow you to assemble 3 small models including a screen and a projector integrating a light brick which makes Mickey Mouse appear. Each model has a clip on the back and can be used as a memo holder or a photo holder. The set also includes an exclusive Mickey Mouse minifigure.

If you plan to buy the set 43222 DisneyCastle sold for €399.99, you will obviously benefit from this promotional offer.

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This is a korean certification body which confirms the rumor: the next LEGO video game will be on the theme of football and will be called LEGO 2K Goooal!. No official visuals or trailer or even less official announcement of this new game for the moment, we will have to wait a little longer to find out what this video game will be made of and what the possibilities will be.

While waiting to be able to have fun with your controller in your hands, you can always train by buying the LEGO set 40634 Icons of Play (99.99 €) or the reference LEGO Ideas 21337 Soccer table (249.99 €), two boxes that should put you in the mood...

As for any bonuses offered with this new video game, we can reasonably count on the polybag 30629 Finnius Dash already on sale on a Czech marketplace and whose bag confirms that it is indeed a product of the LEGO games universe affiliated with the publisher 2K:

Already previewed via the usual channels, the LEGO Architecture set 21060 Himeji Castle is now "officially" unveiled via its posting on the official store.

This box of 2125 pieces, which will be available at the public price of €159.99 from August 1, 2023, will make it possible to assemble a reproduction of the most visited castle in Japan with its base and these cherry trees. The upper part of the construction will be removable to be able to take advantage (a little) of the interior layout of the premises.

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Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75365 Yavin 4 Rebel Base, a box of 1066 pieces which will be available at the retail price of €169.99 from August 1, 2023 via the official store and LEGO Stores.

We're not going to lie to each other, this box is only a luxury modular playset for spoiled children, it is very far from equaling the exhibition potential of the set 75251 Darth Vader's Castle (1060 pieces - 129.99 €) marketed in 2019 and which offered a somewhat similar design. All those who hoped one day to be able to obtain a real model of the base of Yavin are at their expense, it will be necessary for the moment and in the meantime better to be satisfied with this very summary and simplistic interpretation of the places.

LEGO is trying the bet of the double interior/exterior scale but it is without conviction and insufficient to be credible: the leaves placed in different places of the exterior structure of the base visually ruin this notion of scale and struggle a little to embody the lush vegetation that climbs the walls of the imposing structure.

The shaft associated with its lookout post is on its side barely at the level of what is found in products stamped 4+, there was however reason to propose something a little more successful while remaining in the inventory and the imposed budget. The nacelle can be raised and lowered by manipulating the rod placed in the half-trunk of the tree and locking it in an intermediate position.

We can not say that the set is rich in features, there are almost no moving parts, doors or various and varied hatches. This playset is static, you will have to use your imagination to have a little fun with it.

That being said, the assembly is possible with several people thanks to the breakdown of the product into six booklets which allow you to build the different modules to be grouped together later. This is a good point, some children will at least be able to share the pleasure of construction for lack of anything better.

The set does not contain any revolutionary technique, we tirelessly pile up a few Flats, Slopes and other large bricks, we add a little vegetation for the shape and you're done. No even basic and symbolic doors for the hangar, it's a bit of a shame. The different modules are then connected to each other via a few pins to obtain the final construction.

Only the Y-wing supplied with its Speed ​​Champions vehicle windshield allows you to have fun with an almost Midi Scale which I find very successful. The ship is equipped with two Spring-Shooters but these can easily be removed to obtain an acceptable show model.

There is no escaping the traditional sticker sheet with some of these stickers printed on a transparent background and which take place on large pieces. The youngest should get help to avoid the massacre, there will be no second chance, the repositioning of these stickers being difficult.

Those who will be lucky enough to be offered this box sold for €170 will be able to have a little fun with the different spaces available, even if I don't see what's fun in replaying a briefing or a final scene from self-congratulation with awarding of medals for (almost) everyone, even for the youngest fans of the saga. The construction is well equipped with two cannons of the type Stud Shooters but there is no one here to shoot.

Fans wanted Yavin 4, so LEGO is responding to them by offering a minimalist playset that should calm the flow of claims and be enough to satisfy those who only want to keep the figurines provided anyway. We can also see the glass half full by considering the construction as a luxury display for minifigs, it's always sexier than a somewhat sad showcase.

There will therefore remain on arrival a large handful of a dozen figurines to please collectors, with the main cast made up of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2, joined here by General Dodonna, pilots Garven Dreis (Red Leader) and Jon Vander (Gold Leader) accompanied by his astromech droid R2-BHD (Tooby), a Rebel Fleet Trooper and a Rebel mechanic. The new droid's body is only stamped on one side while R2-D2 does use the patterned version on both sides of the cylinder.

The most observant will have noticed that the set recycles many elements already seen in other boxes, the two pilots borrow in particular Luke's outfit available since 2021 in the sets 75301 Luke Skywalker X-wing Fighter et 75313AT-AT, they are both equipped with the same face but benefit from pretty new helmets. Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 are also figurines already available in this form in other boxes, Leia uses a new torso on a skirt already seen, Han Solo and Luke benefit from design elements that are visually familiar but slightly modified and Jan Dodonna is identical to the version of the set 75301 Luke Skywalker X-wing Fighter.

The medal, supplied in three copies, is nicely pad-printed and the accessory is interesting. Impossible to put on the third copy provided on Chewbacca, it does not work with the molded head of the character. I prefer this solution of a separate medal to the one that allowed us to get Luke (LEGO Star Wars The Visual Dictionary) and Han Solo (LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia) with their respective torsos on which the charm was stamped. The relief created by the use of a dedicated accessory highlights the latter, these medals deserve that.

As you will have understood, this is a simple children's toy and this somewhat coarse base has only a very limited potential for exposure. It's very quickly assembled, the playability here is all relative and there's only the big ladle of figurines to save the furniture a bit. We will wisely wait for this product to be offered at a price much lower than its public price to crack, the whole thing does not deserve the 170 € requested in my opinion.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 5, 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.