We suspected that LEGO was going to offer us an Arkham Asylum set following the presentation of minifigs at San Diego Comic Con in July and it is therefore done with this 10937 Arkham Asylum Breakout officially unveiled tonight and which will be marketed in January 2013 exclusively on the LEGO Shop and in official LEGO stores.

1619 pieces, 8 minifigs (Batman ™, Robin, The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, Scarecrow and a Guard) and an advertised price of 159.99 € (159.99 $ in the USA). It's expensive, very expensive ...

After a few minutes of observation, I see once again that it is the minifigs that will make me invest in this set: A remake of the Penguin, Harley Quinzel, an updated Scarecrow and a Joker in prison outfit, that's fine with me.

For the rest, the building, or rather the facade, leaves me unmoved, but the prisoner transport van is quite nice.

Too bad that Mr. Freeze is absent despite the presence of a space dedicated to him as the official press release indicates: "... special Poison Ivy cell with transparent doors, the Mr. Freeze here tower room, the Dr. Harleen Quinzel office and changing room ..."

The dimensions of the thing: 32 cm high, 34 cm wide and 14 cm deep for the building. The gate is 24cm wide and 12cm high.

LEGO mosaics, frankly to say, are not my cup of tea. But when it comes to an emblematic scene of the Star Wars saga, that it is carried out with care and that in addition it becomes a useful and well thought out decorative object, I am already much more sensitive to the thing. .

Dan Sto presents here a nice realization with this reproduction of the scene from theEpisode IV Star Wars: A New Hope during which Leia hides the Death Star's plans in R2-D2's memory and asks Obiwan Kenobi for help via a holographic message.

Just one thing, to take full advantage of this creation, take a step back (a little longer) and you will see that with a little distance, it's amazing.

Other photos available on the dedicated topic to this mosaic on Eurobricks.

This is the story of a set that got lost somewhere in transit to an unknown destination and then found itself put for sale on eBay for a handful of $.

Nothing very exciting a priori, except that in this specific case it is a LEGO Technic set planned for 2013 (42000 Formula 1) which will only be released in a few months and for which the only image circulating so far was a blurry thumbnail of a few pixels, probably a photo taken in a dealer catalog.

The seller, no doubt in good faith, admits in his ad that this LEGO Technic vehicle is from a lost package for which he does not know the recipient and that he has no idea of ​​the real value of the set.

But the reactions and questions relating to the surprise appearance of this Formula 1 on the various forums devoted to the Technic universe about the incongruous appearance of this novelty on an auction site prompted him to withdraw his announcement and to contact LEGO to find out what to do with this machine that should never have been made public, at least not in this way.

In the meantime, fans of the Technic range feast on the many images published by the seller and analyze the new parts that are appearing on this model.

If you are a fan, go to the eBay listing in question, many photos are available. This announcement should quickly disappear, no doubt as soon as LEGO has negotiated with the seller to repatriate the lost prototype.

Okay, so things are going: The top 10 most successful entries have been drawn. Difficult to choose 10, I would have liked to reward more people.

To be clear, the entries were judged on the basis of the photos provided, with all the issues we encountered with quality, sharpness, etc ...

That being said, the selection criteria are based on the competition rules: Respect for the theme, construction of the sphere (at least what we see in the photo), choice of machines / vessels and the minifigure, originality of the work presented.

The 10 selected entries have now entered the final deliberation phase. I will keep you posted on the rest in the days to come.

Who says LEGO Store, says LEGO Store Calendar and France now has this double-sided leaflet which summarizes each month the activities offered in the LEGO stores and which presents current promotions.

Here is (finally) the first French calendar which announces the official opening on October 18 of the LEGO Store located in the SO OUEST shopping center in Levallois-Perret.

On the menu, VIP points doubled during the month of October, the TC-14 minifig offered for any purchase of products from the LEGO Star Wars range with a minimum of 55 € (from October 18 to 31), a LEGO surprise offered to children dressed up for Halloween from October 26 to 31, 2012 and a LEGO Monster Fighters animation in store from October 18 to 31.

You can download this LEGO Store Calendar in pdf format at this address, or by clicking on the image above.

(thanks to AppoDu59 for his email)