The info comes from the blog All About Bricks, generally reliable and very knowledgeable. The person who runs this blog seems to have a special relationship with LEGO, and I sometimes even wonder if ...

In short, this blog announces the end of the LEGO Games range as well as the cancellation of the next three boxes initially planned for this year and presented with great fanfare at the last Toy Fair: 50003 Batman, 50004 Story Mixer et 50006 Legends of Chima. The box 50011 The Battle of Helm's Deep, also expected this year, is not mentioned in the article published on the blog.

The choice to stop this range of board games which allow short games and whose rules are accessible to the youngest would be due to a significant drop in sales.

Yet different sources confirm that some of these new references have been seen on sale in several stores, especially in Germany.

For its part, amazon had posted these references online before removing them a few weeks ago. But this was also the case for all the novelties of the second half of the year, no doubt put online too early by the juggernaut of online sales.

This information has not yet been officially confirmed by LEGO, so it is advisable to wait for a possible announcement from the manufacturer.

For my part, I only bought a few licensed boxes as the references 3920 The Hobbit et 3866 Battle of Hoth to add them to my collection more than to play with. I do know, however, that my son regularly plays with a friend of his with the box 3856 Ninjago. I also know to see her recurrently in birthday snacks as the reference 3844 Creationary is undoubtedly one of the bestsellers in the prolific range developed by LEGO.

And you, do you regularly play with these board games?

After a long absence, Forrest Whaley aka Forestfire101 comes back with a new superbly produced brickfilm featuring some official minifigs accompanied by customs made in Christo and Minifig4U, all forming a hilarious Justice League. 

The dialogues (in English) are excellent and the voices of the minifigs fit perfectly with the characters.

Warning: The final scene after the credits may shock the youngest.

Difficult to pass after the superb Lord of the Rings playset 10237 The Tower of Orthanc just officially announced by LEGO, but these three sets in the range "Revival“Castle 2013 will certainly find their audience among the youngest LEGO fans.

It's colorful, there is a lot of fun and MOCeurs will find in these boxes enough to feed their stock dedicated to medieval creations.

No retail price yet, no availability date.

Here are finally the official images of the set 10237 The Tower of Orthanc, which had been revealed already a few weeks ago, but which still raised some doubts within the community as to its very existence.

So it's confirmed. With 2359 pieces, features in spades, an advertised price of 199.99 € (For Germany), 6 floors, 73 cm high, a 23 cm high Ent, 5 minifigs (Saruman, Grima Wormtongue, Gandalf the Gray , Uruk-hai, The Orc Pitmaster) and an eagle.

Availability planned for July 2013.

Below is the LEGO press release and the video from the designers of the set:

This is THE Star Wars event not to be missed if you are an unconditional fan of the saga: Star Wars 2013 Generations takes place this weekend (April 27 & 28) in Cusset and celebrates its 15th edition with guest of honor David Prowse, also known under the pseudonym of Darth Vader, accompanied by Alan Harris and Chris Parsons, alias Bossk and 4 -LOM, the Bounty Hunters on duty.

On the program, Star Wars, Star Wars and more Star Wars, also with LEGO. all useful information is available on the website of the organizing association.

FreeLUG, which in passing is celebrating its 10 years of existence (Read the interview published on Brickpirate), takes over the place with animations including a Giant Yoda to assemble with all the LEGO fans present, a giant diorama of Endor which we do not know much about but which promises to be memorable and a nostalgic retrospective of LEGO Star Wars sets released in the years 2000-2001.

Best of all, entry is free for everyone.

The organizer: The association of Heirs of the Force
The place: Espace Chambon de Cusset (03 - Allier)
Hours: Saturday April 27, 2013 from 13 p.m. to 00 p.m. and Sunday April 19, 00 from 28 a.m. to 2013 p.m.