Gilcélio, well-known MOCeur and specialist in vehicles of all kinds, offers a futuristic version of a vehicle clearly inspired by the version proposed in 2012 by Hoth Wheels in its range of DC Universe vehicles (I have inscribed the model in the image ) and that Bane could be driving the streets of Gotham City.

It's well done, the colors are perfectly matched to the Bane minifigure in the set 6860 The Batcave. To discover the rest of Gilcélio's work, go to on his flickr gallery.

I spoke to you at the end of July the addition of a third installment to The Hobbit saga, the first opus of which will be released in December 2012.

It's now official, the second part will be titled "The Desolation of Smaug".

The release schedule will therefore be as follows:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: December 14, 2012
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: December 13, 2013
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: July 18, 2014

Obviously, at this stage, it's difficult to predict the choices of LEGO in terms of sets and timing of marketing. But if the first wave expected for this winter shows real commercial success, we should be entitled to sets full of dwarves at least until 2014 ...

TMNT for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, obviously.

The current rumor concerns the possibility of a TMNT theme at LEGO. It all starts with a guy (you know the guy who knows a guy who knows ...) on LUGSing (LEGO User Group Singapore) who got the info from a LEGO store employee about the upcoming release (?) of TMNT keyring. 

Several sites are already extrapolating the future release of a range based on the adventures of pizza-eating turtles.

To be credited with this rumor, the fact that a film produced by Michael Bay is scheduled for May 2014 (and not at the end of 2013 as we have read here and there, and this because of budget and scenario problems a bit weak to rewrite), and that the American children's channel Nickelodeon is launching a new animated series on September 29 (see the press release). Note that LEGO has already worked with Nickelodeon in the past on the SpongeBob SquarePants theme (square ...).

But all this is only a rumor relayed by several blogs (Brickultra, Smashing Bricks, Groove Bricks, etc ...) without any real basis and impossible to verify. To be continued, therefore, without getting carried away ...

I have just validated my order and the invoiced price is indeed that of which we were talking a few days ago and which remained posted online for nearly two months: 139.99 € or 40 € less than the recently revised upward price.

In any case, if you validate at this price and receive the order confirmation, LEGO will no longer be able to justify a price error. The payment definitively validates the act of purchase and the contract between the seller and the customer.

Either LEGO has resigned itself and prefers to avoid problems following the reaction of Internet users outraged by the price increase who have taken the trouble to express their dissatisfaction in recent days, or LEGO has major problems managing its merchant site, and we will have to think about replacing the intern who does anything ...

To order, it's here: 10228 Haunted Houses. Please note, the catalog price is displayed at 179.99 € but increases to 139.99 € once in the basket.

It's certain Steine ​​Imperium that the contents of the 2013 reseller catalog have finally filtered. Here is the list of sets (with the new 5-digit numbering that LEGO now seems to want to use for all ranges) of the Star Wars range expected for early 2013:

System 2013 range:

75000 - Clone Troopers vs. Droideka Battle Pack
(2 x Clone Troopers, 2 x Droidekas) - €16.99

75001 - Republic Troopers vs. Sith Troopers Battle Pack
(2 x Republic Troopers, 2 x Sith Troopers) - € 16.99

75002 - AT-RT
(Yoda, 1 x 501st Clone Trooper, 1 x Commando Droid, 1 x Sniper Droideka) - 26.99 €

75003 - A-Wing Starfighter
(Admiral Ackbar, Han Solo, A-Wing Pilot) - €29.99

75004 - Z-95 Headhunter
(Pong Krell ,, 1 x Clone Pilot, 1 x 501st Clone Trooper) - 49.99 €

75005 - Rancor Pit
(Luke Skywalker, MalaKili, Gamorrean Guard, Rancor) - € 69.99

75012 - BARC Speeder (BARC Speeder with sidecar + Flitknot Speeder)
(Obi Wan Kenobi, Captain Rex, 2x Commando Droid) - €29.99

75013 - Umbaran MHC (Mobile Heavy Cannon)
(Ahsoka Tano, Clone Trooper 212th, 2x Umbaran Soldiers) - €59.99

Planet Series 3 (€12.99)

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

Planet Series 4 (12.99 €)

75009 - Hoth & SnowSpeeder (SnowSpeeder Pilot)
75010 - Endor & B-Wing (B-Wing Pilot)
75011 - Aldeeran & Tantive IV (Rebel Trooper)