We had already been able to discover this set a few weeks ago but it has only just been added to the official online store: the reference 76993 Sonic vs. Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot will be available, like the other four boxes of the Sonic The Hedgehog range, from August 1, 2023.

This one offers an inventory of 615 parts which will make it possible to assemble the mech of Dr. Eggman and some additional elements including the sphere and the propulsion system which provide a certain playability to the product and it will be available at the public price of 64.99 €.

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As a bonus, we also learn today that a LEGO DLC will be available for the Sonic Superstars video game expected in the fall of 2023:

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Ideas set 21341 Disney's Hocus Pocus The Sanderson Sisters' Cottage, a box of 2316 pieces displayed at the public price of 229.99 €, which is a product derived from the film Hocus Pocus: The Three Witches released in theaters in 1993 and whose official version is based on the project Hocus Pocus - The Sanderson Sisters' Cottage (Updated) proposed by Amber Veyt on the LEGO Ideas platform.

If you have no idea what the subject is here, just know that the film in question was a relative box office flop when it hit theaters in 1993 but has become a real phenomenon over the years by integrating the annual Halloween movie playlist of many Americans. This is undoubtedly what explains the enthusiasm of the fans on the LEGO Ideas platform which allowed the initial idea to reach the 10.000 supporters necessary for the passage of the project in the review phase and the final validation by LEGO and Disney of this creation.

It is therefore a question of assembling the house of the three witches embodied on screen by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, a construction which acts as a lair for the three sisters in the introductory scene which takes place in Salem in 1693 and then a museum abandoned in the rest of the film whose action is set in 1993. The LEGO version offers a mix of the two eras with the possibility of removing elements to possibly rid the museum of its attributes intended for visitors.

The house is built like a Structure with an interior in which furniture and other references to the film are piled up until thirsty and an exterior structure which seems uninspired but which ultimately remains more or less faithful to the building seen on screen. Many fans will find the execution of the half-timbered walls and roof with damaged roof a little sketchy, even 'academic' and it is indeed difficult to compare the result obtained here with the considerably more finished construction of the LEGO Ideas set 21325 Medieval Blacksmith (2164 pieces - 159.99 €).

This house, which is home to the three Sanderson sisters, has many rather well-integrated attributes, but the whole thing almost only deserves to end up in the background in a diorama, to "furnish" it like a movie set, the parts of which less exposed would not benefit from the refinements of those visible in the foreground.

The set still offers some features with a light brick integrated into the base of the house to light the fire under the cauldron and a paddle wheel that sets the two purple plumes of smoke in motion via a rod that circulates inside. of the fireplace. Nothing crazy for a display model, but fans of the film might find something to enjoy there for a few minutes before putting the set away on the corner of a shelf.

The furniture and accessories which are so many references to scenes from the film will allow all those who are enough fans to spend 230 € in this box to find their account, it's pure and hard fan service down to the smallest details with the magic grimoire under its window which benefits from very successful stickers, the black flame candle, the bubbling cauldron, the vacuum cleaner which serves as a flying broom for Mary Sanderson or even the suspended cages which welcome in the film Jay Taylor and his sidekick "Ice".

The latter are also not in the cast of the minifigs provided and are simply replaced by skeletons, Disney having been actively involved in the design of this derivative product and having probably not wished to glorify these two adolescent stalkers who notably rob the young hero of the film by stealing his pair of Nike sneakers and who force the children to give them their Halloween candy gleaned by going door to door.

Always like a Structure, we should not hope too much to be able to take advantage of the different interior spaces at the end of the assembly of the product, even if we note that the designer has tried to offer correct accessibility by integrating two mobile panels on the front to take advantage of the development of the ground floor, an entire section of roof on hinges to allow access to the first floor and a removable extension of the fireplace hearth which allows a peek inside the premises. Difficult to make more accessible in the state with a cube-shaped house of less than 30 cm side closed on all sides.

From a more technical point of view, the set suffers from the usual problems with many scratched or damaged parts right out of the box and monochromatic surfaces which really suffer from these appearance defects, color differences between parts of the same color which have become commonplace but which are still just as unacceptable on toys sold at a high price and once again there is no escaping a large sheet of stickers. These are as often graphically very well done but I still can't convince myself that it is wise to stick twenty stickers on a pure display product.

The house is accompanied by a secondary construction consisting of a gate and a piece of cemetery, this set is mainly used as a display stand to display the half-dozen minifigs provided. It is rather well seen knowing that the house is closed on all sides and that it is therefore impossible to really take advantage of the minifigs if they are staged inside the premises. This display is not attached to the house, it's up to you to place it wherever you want.

The endowment in minifigs is content with the essentials and it's a bit of a shame: we only get the three Sanderson sisters, Max and Dani Dennison, Allison Watts and the young Thackery Binx transformed into a black cat from the start of the film. LEGO could have made the effort to provide us with the latter in his human form accompanied by his sister Emily Binx, just to really justify the possibility of staging the house in its initial form and not being satisfied with the "museum" version. " places.

The young Emily being sacrificed by the witches at the beginning of the film, Disney will have wanted to avoid proposing a dead child in a toy and his brother indirectly pays the price for this impasse. It also lacks Billy the zombie with the sewn mouth and the wandering head who is still very present in the second part of the film, there was no doubt a way to offer a figurine of this almost endearing character.

Once again, the comparison between the "real" minifigures and the digital versions used by LEGO on the product sheet is not to the advantage of the plastic minifigs: the official visuals are extensively retouched with, for example, pad printing which sits nicely flush with the lower torsos and upper skirts of the three witches and a much rougher impression on the real figures. Same observation for the neck of Winifred and Mary Sanderson which is too pale to be perfectly matched with the heads of the two characters.

That being said, the faces of the three sisters in the LEGO version perfectly resume the outrageous makeup seen on the screen and it is generally very successful. Same observation for the hair of the minifigs which are very well executed. Too bad for the soft capes, the three witches would have deserved real hooded coats like those worn in many scenes of the film.

The Dani Dennison minifigure is also very well executed, the outfit of the young girl minifigure matches the one seen on screen and the hat with integrated hair is beautiful. However, I'm not sure that the hair color is right, the red used here seems a little too pronounced to me. The minifigs of Max Dennison and Allison Watts are more generic but we find the two teenagers in their outfits seen in the majority of the scenes of the film.

The stamped salt box delivered in the set is a nice nod to several scenes from the film, fans will appreciate. The presence of Thackery Binx in his form of immortal black cat with green eyes was essential as the animal plays an important role in the film, the figurine is perfectly fitting.

This set under official Disney license will undoubtedly have a little trouble finding its audience here, but its potential across the Atlantic should not be underestimated. The film that inspires this box has become a great classic for many Americans and the support for this project, like its definitive validation by LEGO, is not the result of an accident or a choice out of spite.

With us, it will be less obvious, Hocus Pocus and its sequel released directly on Disney + in 2022 remain for many sluggish, overplayed and a little outdated comedies, so there will not be enough to offload 230 € to obtain a aesthetically uninspired derivative product, even if the latter offers a large dose of fan service.

However, there may be some nostalgics of the LEGO Monster Fighters range to checkout, it will however be necessary to wait for LEGO to offer this product at a reduced price which will undoubtedly happen on occasion. for example from Black Friday 2023. A little thought in passing for all those who exhaustively collect sets from the LEGO Ideas range, this reference probably not being the most essential or the most successful of the range.

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If you have a LEGO Store near you, know that you can get a Disney Castle microphone there without having to buy anything on July 1, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 13:00 p.m.

As usual with this type of animation without obligation to purchase, expect to find a lot of people in front of the window of the Store before the launch of the operation. The offer is limited to one LEGO Disney buildable castle per person and it will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Do not push or trample children.

Don't hesitate to make sure that your favorite LEGO Store is participating in the operation by checking at this address. According to the space dedicated to LEGO shops on the official website, this offer will in principle not be available in Certified Stores managed by Percassi.

LEGO today unveils the set 43222 DisneyCastle, a box of 4837 pieces stamped with the logo celebrating 100 years of Disney and which will soon take over from the set 71040 The Disney Castle (4080 pieces - €349.99) marketed between 2016 and the end of 2022.

This new derivative product will be available at the public price of €399.99 and it will allow you to assemble a castle 59 cm long by 33 cm wide and 80 cm high. The construction is accompanied by 8 minifigs to stage in the different spaces available at the back of the construction which include some references to the most famous animated films such as Fantasia, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Moana, Mulan, Merlin the Enchanter or Beauty and the Beast: Cinderella and Henry, Snow White and Florian, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, Tiana and Naveen.

The launch of this novelty will take place from July 1, 2023 in a VIP preview before global availability announced for July 4. From July 1 to 9, 2023, purchasers of this large box or of at least €100 in products from the Disney range will be offered a small promotional set bearing the reference 40600 and celebrating 100 years of Disney containing a podium, a screen cinema, a projector with light brick, a desk and a Mickey Mouse minifigure (see visual below).

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Disney's 100th anniversary celebrations are in full swing and LEGO has released a new addition to the range that pays homage to Peter Pan, the 43232 Peter Pan & Wendy's Flight over London.

In the box of 466 pieces currently on pre-order at the public price of €64.99 with availability announced for September 1, 2023, enough to assemble a mini diorama with a view of London, some phosphorescent pieces, a plaque celebrating Disney's 100th anniversary and three minifigs: Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinkerbell.

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