It's signed and Marvel officially announces it: Robert Downey Jr. will return to play Tony Stark in the two planned sequels of the Avengers saga.

The big money issues are now resolved, so we will have the pleasure to see Robert Downey Jr. in the armor of Iron Man and obviously get some additional minifigs from the actor. Two films are signed: Avengers 2 and Avengers 3.

Avengers 2, slated for release on March 1, 2015, will be directed as the debut opus by Joss Whedon.

It's not to displease me, continuity is important when it comes to characters that we get used to over the course of the different films. Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark, he managed to make the character his own and win over many fans, including yours truly.

See the official announcement on marvel.com: Robert Downey Jr. To Return As Marvel's Iron Man

There is a set I'm looking forward to this year, it's the benchmark 75025 Jedi Defender-Class Cruiser (927 pieces, 4 minifigs).

And while I'm not a huge fan of the Star Wars: The Old Republic game, I can't wait to get my hands on this ship and the minifigs that come with it (A Sith Warrior (Darth Marr), Jedi Knight (Kao Cen Darach), Jedi Consular and sith trooper).

David Hall aka legoboy12345678 alias Solid Brix Studios offers us a video review of this set which allows us to discover it from every angle and which will have convinced me ...

This set is not yet listed on the French LEGO Shop, it is available on the German lego shop for 99.99 € and it is displayed at 89.90 $ on the LEGO Shop US with an availability date set for August 1, 2013.

It is on a flyer from the Toys R Us brand in Canada that a Eurobricks forumer (thatblockoguy) found this visual of the LEGO Super Heroes DC Universe polybag 30166 Robin and Redbird Cycle which we had known about for several months already.

It will be offered during a future promotional operation.
Nothing exceptional, the minifig is not exclusive (Delivered in the sets released in 2012 6860 The Batcave et 6857 The Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape), but as a good collector that I am, I hope to see this polybag arrive soon at home ...

Toys R Us has some cool offers for the end of June 2013 with in order:

From June 26 to 29, 2013 included: 25% free as a voucher for any purchase of LEGO products.
From June 26 to 29, 2013 included: Free delivery by Colissimo or Relais Kiala for any purchase of LEGO products on the website toysrus.com.

A free 10 Series minifig from € 15 of purchase of LEGO products, with the possibility of falling on Mr Gold, if the cleaning has not been done before .... (Within the limits of available stocks)

Below is the catalog page presenting these offers.

Click on the image to go to the LEGO space at Toys R Us.

Back to the end of theEpisode III Revenge of the Sith : After his severe pants down on Mustafar, Anakin is picked up by the Emperor who takes him to Coruscant to receive his stage costume: Darth Vader, the man in black with the throaty breath is born.

And it is the epic scene of Vader's first appearance as we have known him since that inspired markus1984 for this MOC.

I present to you one of the general views of the MOC, but the author proposes on his flickr gallery many photos, some of which perfectly reproduce the atmosphere of the scene seen in the cinema. Do not hesitate to take a look, there is not only a beautiful work of creation based on LEGO, but the photos presented are also very successful.

The gentleman is also the author of the superb Star Wars Zoo which I told you about a few weeks ago (See this article).

This MOC is competing in the Star Wars MOC Olympics competition organized on the German forum Steine ​​Imperium.