Darwin316 reacted like many of us when he discovered what LEGO had planned to interconnect the set  75005 Rancor Pit released at the end of 2012 with the set 9516 Jabba's Palace : He was disappointed by the risky side of the thing ...

It must be said that the complementarity between the two sets is not immediately obvious if we trust the advice of LEGO which can be found on the back of the box of set 75005 : You have to detach the tower from the palace and it ends up casually next to the Rancor Pit itself topped by Jabba's palace.

Darwin316 took the Rancor by the horns (which he does not have) and modified both sets to achieve a magnificent compromise: The Rancor Pit has been extended to cover the entire available area under the palate and the base of the palate has was itself extended to cover the entire cellar at Rancor.

The result is really excellent, we get a coherent whole, playable, displayable, etc ...

Other photos of this magnificent modification are available in the dedicated topic at Eurobricks.

As we get bored while waiting for some unpublished information on the novelties 2013, I take this opportunity to present to you a Cuusoo project that deserves your attention.

Pekko has indeed imagined a LEGO board game with Marvel Avengers sauce that he presents in a very convincing way with quality visuals.

In six months of presence on the Cuusoo platform, the project has achieved onlyjust over 600 supporters, including mine.

Obviously, these LEGO board games do not have a great interest, if not to be designed for short games and Avengers or not, such a product would not revolutionize the genre.

But I'm sure many of you will find interesting potential in a series of Marvel microfigs ... The virtual prototypes presented by Pekko below should convince you.

Let's be realistic, this project has no chance of reaching 10.000 supporters one day, but I still wanted to present it to you here.

It is the Canadian branch of the Sears brand that makes the dumpling of the day and which in the process allows us to see a little more closely what the next LEGO Lord of the Rings set will be made of. 79007 The Black Gate.

On the preliminary visual of this set of 655 pieces marked as "in stock" at Sears and that you can discover by clicking on the image above we will note that the eagle is a molded figurine, that we will be entitled to Gandalf the White, Mouth of Sauron, 2 orcs and Aragorn.

The description of the set in English:

"... Fly the Great eagle high above the Black Gate of Mordor where Aragorn and Gandalf the White must distract the Eye of Sauron. Use them to stage a scene while Frodo Baggins and his friend Sam throw the One Ring into the fiery depths of Mount Doom and destroy it forever. To reach the Ring's final destination, you must defeat the Mouth of Sauron and the Mordor Orcs positioned high in the spiked gate walls. Then breach the gate and lead the attack on the enemy! Includes a Great Eagle and 5 minifigures with weapons: Aragorn, Gandalf the White, Mouth of Sauron and 2 Mordor Orcs..."

If you want to see the visual, don't hang around too much, LEGO is definitely going to request its removal from the Sears online catalog ...

(Thanks to maxell in the comments)

LEGO recruits again and again as part of the opening of its Stores in France.

Latest offer to date, a position of Assistant Store Manager (Assistant Store Manager, that's better) to be filled in the next LEGO Store which will be in the Disney Village of Marne la Vallée (Disneyland Paris) and which is already announced as the largest LEGO point of sale in Europe.

No indication of deadline, nor of precise date concerning the future opening of this giant point of sale.

So, if you have a convincing CV, you speak English fluently, have already had your first experience as a store manager and you are tempted by the adventure, apply without delay.

To see the full ad, go to the website of the recruitment agency Mercuri Urval that it happens.

(Thanks to Jérôme for his email)

When we see that the retail price of the bag containing a series 9 collectible minifig is € 2.49 on the LEGO Shop, there is plenty to try to find other ways to get a complete series.

By purchasing a box of 60 sachets on amazon.fr at the current price of 115.49 €, the minifig will cost you 1.92 € and you will definitely get 2 complete sets of 16 sachets in the box.

The rest of the 28 sachets will be made up of duplicates that you can always resell for € 2 on eBay or Bricklink, i.e. € 56 refunded. Your 2 sets will therefore have cost you 59.49 € or 29.74 € for the complete set, or 1.85 € for the minifigure.

In view of this calculation, you no longer have any excuse for not investing in a complete box.

Click on the image above or on the link below to access the product sheet at amazon.fr. It is in stock, and the shipping cost is free.
For everything else there is Pricevortex.com.