Amazon has just put in pre-order the 5th and final season of the animated saga The Clone Wars as well as a box set comprising the complete 5 existing seasons.

Release date announced in France: October 16, 2013.

No information for the moment on the bonuses provided, and in particular on the presence or not of unpublished episodes of the 6th season never broadcast on TV.

We will certainly know more about this during Celebration Europe II which takes place at the end of July in Germany.

In the meantime, you can pre-order the editions below with guaranteed price adjustment in the event of a drop before the effective availability of the boxes:

The Clone Wars Season 5 (DVD) 39.99 €: Click here
The Clone Wars Season 5 (Blu-ray) € 44.99: Click here
The Clone Wars The Complete Seasons 1 to 5 (DVD) 124.99 €: Click here
The Clone Wars The Complete Seasons 1 to 5 (Blu-ray) 159.99 €: Click here

(Thanks to Venator for his email alert)

It's the funny story of the day, and better to laugh about it than start arguing about it: John St-Onge, 63-year-old Canadian retiree and LEGO fan wanted to go to LEGOLAND.

But the AFOL in question is very ill and therefore limits the risks to his health by going to the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Toronto (CA) instead of attempting the expedition to Billund.

So far all is well, the gentleman arrives at the entrance of the park accompanied by his (older) daughter. And there is the drama: Impossible for the fan of LEGO to access the park, it is imperative to be accompanied by a child.

It is also written in full on the park's website: "... Adults must be accompanied by a child to visit the LEGOLAND Discovery Center ... "See at this address). The management of the park does not let go and AFOL turns around. End of the story. Or not...

The grandpa fan of small bricks tells all the media about the insult he suffered, talks about his immense disappointment, and the anecdote spreads dazzlingly on social networks and news or geek sites with many details on the state of health of the gentleman, his shattered dream, the absurd nature of this rule, etc ... and where those who find this rule of admission scandalous and those who hide behind the protection are gnawing at each other of children: A single adult in a children's amusement park may be a sexual predator, you never know.

On the LEGO side, let's calm things down, the man will be able to attend one of these evenings specially organized in the park for adult LEGO fans. And we maintain that this rule cannot be broken regardless of the (good) reasons. A single incident would be enough to ruin the reputation of the park and the image of the brand would inevitably suffer. Visitors would no longer be confident, and the snowball effect fueled by the same media that now cry injustice would end up transforming LEGO parks into haunts for pedophiles.

As far as I'm concerned, I agree with the firm position of the park management. And even if the sick grandpa is a priori a good true LEGO fan, the conditions of access to the park are clear and accessible and they must be respected, for the good of all and the safety of our children.

Just a note, let's avoid gutting ourselves in the comments ;-).

You'll have to get used to it, with the San Diego Comic Con opening its doors next week and the hundred or so characters announced, the LEGO Super Heroes video game will be talked about a lot.

I am not looking forward to this game as much as the possible minifigs of the characters that LEGO will deign to market. Whatever technical innovations the game will benefit from, we can already predict that it will be about beating baddies / collecting coins / opening doors / turning cranks / building bridges / solving simplistic puzzles, etc. All the usual ingredients which make the success of these games but which I nevertheless got a little bored with the different versions released in recent years. Destroying everything with the Hulk or making Iron Man fly won't be enough to stand in front of my console for very long this fall, but I will.

It is via the official LEGO blog from the section dedicated to video games we learn that Victor Creed alias Sabretooth (The other mutant with claws brilliantly embodied by Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and also present in the first installment of the X-Men saga under traits of Tyler Mane) will be one of the countless playable characters (in free play) of the game. The mutant, whose only image available is the visual above, will be one of the villains to beat in the last level of the game. 

Granted, this isn't the scoop of the century or the most essential character on our minifig displays, but it's a good start.

The pace of announcing the various playable characters is expected to pick up next week at the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con where the game will take pride of place.

For lack of anything better at the moment, here is the final design of the cover of the highly anticipated video game LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. Part of the Avengers tribe (Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and Black Widow), Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Silver Surfer as well as three of the Fantastic 4 team members (The Thing, Human Torch and Mr Fantastic ) are present on this visual.

To be honest, I have a bad feeling about the exclusive minifigs for the next two Comic Con (San Diego and New York) ...

The game is currently on preorder from amazon (Click here) with a release date in France set for November 20, 2013.

At Marvel, we are already preparing the onlooker for the next episode of Captain America, soberly titled "The Winter Soldier"and whose theatrical release is scheduled for April 4, 2014. The film should logically hit the mark with the help of Chris Evans in the title role.

So here is a little poster that puts us (or not) in the mood with this shield which obviously served to gut the villain by buckets and which in the process lost its colors.

Hopefully the LEGO designers have had access to some artworks of the film, even preliminary, and a few boards from storyboard to prepare us one or two boxes.

I know that consistency between the contents of the LEGO boxes and the movies they are inspired by isn't the top priority for most fans, but if the manufacturer could avoid straying too far from benchmark material like this? is the case with the Iron Man 3 range, I would very much appreciate it. Especially since LEGO has shown with the Man of Steel mini-range its ability to respect the universe of the films concerned. I know this consistency doesn't just depend on LEGO, but an effort would be welcome.

At the moment, nothing indicates that the film will be translated into minifigs accompanied by a few pieces, but with Disney at the helm, I dare to believe that LEGO will be in the loop ... Cape Town's new outfit will not be available as an exclusive limited edition minifigure at an upcoming Comic Con. The character deserves better than that.