This is an incident the community could have done without.

The convention Fanworld 2012 which took place from 22 to 25 November 2012 in Cologne was the scene of a show which a priori does not honor either the main actor or the manufacturer: Jan Beyer, . of the brand, which moves with the events, has gone a little crazy and for a very simple reason: The presence of a tank MOC on one of the stands at the show. An MOC which reproduced a fictitious device and not an existing or previously existing military device.

At least that's what the exhibitor in question relates on his flickr gallery where he explains that Jan Beyer asked him to immediately remove his machine from the table on which it was presented.

However, the MOCeur had obtained the approval of those in charge of the organization of the convention and no remark had been formulated about the "military" aspect of this tank (obviously ...).

Without disassembling himself, Andreas, the MOCeur in question, asked Jan Beyer to produce the document that would possibly mention the ban on exhibiting this type of device at the show. And there the . He seems to have "gone wild", getting angry with MOCeur and his friends and threatening to ban it by convention in the future.

In his account of this incident, Andreas also mentions, without making any connection or accusing anyone, that a Leopard II tank MOC intended to be presented to the public disappeared the night before the opening of the demonstration to the public.

What to think of this event? Did Jan Beyer show overzealousness in trying to enforce LEGO's policy on military devices? Was he within his rights by asking MOCeur not to present this type of device to the public and in particular to the children present? What to think of the manufacturer's variable geometry morality, represented here by one of its employees, with its many ranges involving violence (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Agents, Batman, etc ...?

I let you judge, and I invite you to go on the MOCeur flickr gallery which relates the incident in question, many comments fuel the debate.

(Thanks to Hiro for his email)

Well, I play Jean-Marc Généreux in the title and it's not good, but I love this guy.

Let's come back to our sheep with this crazy thing that Kyubi66 offers us: A three-wheeled machine, a sort of improbable cross between a Batmobile and a Batwing, completely connected with the universe of Batman (Not that of Nolan, the other .. .) that Tim Burton would not have denied.

Everything is there, the colors (black and yellow are still colors that immediately identify the owner of the machine), the curves, the guns, the bubble on the cockpit ... Not to mention the very successful and heavy consumer of batarangs.

To see more, it's on Kyubi66's flickr gallery or the Brickpirate forum that it happens.

Here are new visuals of the series 3 of the Planet range uploaded by a Russian toy merchant (toy.ru:

75006 - Kamino & Jedi Starfigher (R4-P17 Astromech Droid)
75007 - Coruscant & Republic Assault Ship (Clone Trooper)
75008 - Asteroid Field & Tie Bomber (Tie Pilot)

You can see the planets much better there and I must say that I am still a fan of this range.

If Coruscant and Kamino are superb, the asteroid field of set 75008 leaves me a little perplexed on the other hand, even if there were probably not 1000 ways to represent it on an object of this type.

The micro-ships are also very successful, and original enough not to have the impression that LEGO always gives us the same thing.

The public price of these sets will be logically identical to that of the previous series, namely 11.99 €. No problem therefore to find these boxes less than 10 € at amazon in a few weeks ...

My collector side hopes that LEGO will be able to reserve this range for the most iconic planets and ships without falling into the big mess under the pretext of selling more and more ...

If you can really afford it, here is THE ultimate gift for Christmas: A 2x4 14k solid gold brick, delivered in its original box stamped with the brand's vintage logo.

His price ? (As Pierre Bellemare would say): $ 14.500 or a little over € 11.000.

For the record (told by the seller), this brick was offered in the years 1979-1981 to employees of the LEGO factory located in Hohenwestedt in northern Germany who reached 25 years of service.

According to the seller of this jewel, some of the manufacturer's partners would also have had the privilege of being offered this brick which weighs 25.65 grams and whose mintage is a priori ultra-limited.

If your heart tells you and the wallet is okay, you can always try to make an offer to the seller. directly on eBay.

It has almost become a tradition, an annual meeting ...

After his Death Star and his Millennium Falcon (see this article of 15/11/2011) to hang on the branches of the Christmas tree, Chris McVeigh offers us this year a pretty Tie Fighter which will easily find its place among more classic ornaments.

As the man does not do things by halves, you can even decline this Tie Fighter in two different shades: Classic White et Empire Gray...

As usual, the instructions in pdf format are available for download and the list of necessary parts can be found at this address.

Instructions - Tie Fighter Classic White (pdf)

Instructions - Tie Fighter Empire Gray (pdf)