19/12/2012 - 17:00 MOCs

The MOCeur who offers us this Iron Man figurine in Mark VII version is not his first attempt: mmccooey has already to his credit several achievements of this type and I was telling you about his Spider-man few months ago.

He is now taking on the Avengers, and Iron Man has the honor of opening the ball.
What to say, if not that once again the result is aesthetically and technically impressive.

We find here the joints already proven on the Spider-Man figurine with more than 50 points allowing to take all the imaginable poses to this character.

The figure has 6 independent light bricks, one in each hand and in each foot, one in the helmet and one on the chest, missile launchers are integrated into all limbs and thrusters have also been added for even more realism.

The flickr gallery of this creation is worth a look, and I repeat, but LEGO should take some ideas from mmccooey to improve its Action Figures from the Hero Factory range.

19/12/2012 - 15:58 Shopping

Missed all the previous offers on this flagship of the LEGO Star Wars range? Don't miss this one: The set UCS 10221 Super Star Destroyer is currently 286.58 € on Games Avenue.

As I write these lines, it remains 69 boxes in stock and delivery is free.

I remind you that this set is sold for € 399.99 on the LEGO Shop and thatAmazon is in the works currently with a price of around 350 € ...

Click on the image to access this offer on avenuedesjeux.com.

Note that the set 10226 Sopwith Camel is € 54.54 on the same site with 72 boxes in stock and the 10197 Fire Brigade set is € 102.26 with 270 boxes in stock.

(Thanks to quenan for his email)

19/12/2012 - 09:00 Shopping

Pixmania offers a 15% discount on the purchase of 2 toys in a selection which contains some LEGO sets such as the 9492 Tie Fighter, 7957 Sith Nightspeeder or 7962 Anakin's & Sebulba's Podracers.

It's no big deal on pricing, but if you're familiar with this merchant or want to buy some other last-minute gifts, the offer can still be a good one.

This offer is valid until 31/12 within the limits of available stocks and you will need to use the code 2JOUET15 via this link to benefit from it.

Note that delivery is free from € 20 of order.

18/12/2012 - 23:45 LEGO Ideas

It's certain the team blog who manages the Cuusoo project that the announcement has been made: The result of the review phase which began on June 4, 2012 will be communicated on December 20 in the form of a video message.

This interminable second phase concerning the 4 projects which reached 10.000 supporters in mid-2012 is finally reaching its goal and LEGO will have to take a stand at the risk of putting all the credibility already largely eroded of this initiative at stake.

In the running: The Modular Western Town, a project widely supported by the AFOL community, the Delorean from Back to the Future, The Legend of Zelda and Eve Online Rifter.

My prognosis? Everything goes by the wayside. Zelda and the Delorean for licensing issues, the Rifter because nobody cares and the Modular Western Town because The Lone Ranger.

LEGO will in all cases provide a valid excuse to justify the rejection of these projects, even if it means promising a subsequent realization which will never happen.

On the other hand, rejecting everything would mean that Cuusoo is a vacuum incubator and I don't see LEGO taking that risk. So if I had to save just one, I'd say the Modular Western Town is still the most likely to end up as a 250-piece System set in the LEGO Shop.

It's just an opinion, I'm waiting for yours in the comments.

PS: For those who are interested, the 21102 Minecraft set is back in stock in the LEGO Shop (34.99 €).

18/12/2012 - 10:01 Lego news

For all Parisians who are impatiently awaiting the availability of the set 10233 Horizon Express, here is some good news posted on the FreeLUG forum : The manager of the LEGO Store in Levallois has confirmed that this set will be available for sale on site from December 26, 2012.

Be careful, however, if you do not find the box on the shelf, you will have to beg from the sellers to obtain it.

I remind you that the public price of this train, of which you need at least two copies to hope to make something nice, is 99.99 €.

A question in passing: How many of you plan to buy this train? How many will take two copies?