No, this is not the exclusive Bizarro minifigure given to a lucky few at San Diego Comic Con 2012 which is selling for gold on eBay ....

Victor wanted this minifigure, but its exorbitant price on the secondary market was an obvious obstacle. He then decided to make his own custom inspired by the original LEGO design, with some subtle modifications (at the level of the face and the identification plate), just to stand out a little and not to attract the wrath of the manufacturer. , do we ever know...

I'm not a big fan of customs made with glue and scissors, but the work of this talented graphic designer is still very well made. We are far from the haphazard collages or dubious doodles that we can see on flickr, and the finish of these minifigs is excellent.

Below are three more creations: Red Skull, Purple Lantern, and Ultron (a Marvel Super Villain). The Captain America minifigure shown below is from the set 6865 Captain America's Avenging Cycle.

If you want to get more info on these customs or on the technique used leave a comment, I think the creator of these minifigs will take a quick tour here to answer you. You will find his creations as well as a rather nice Joker custom on his space Pinterest at this address.

Edit: You can download the pdf of these creations with the ready-to-use decals at this address: Custom Minifigs by Victor.

A nice Outer Rim Emperor MOC that instantly reminded me The Dark Knight Rises, which is moreover a very good film, despite some problems of continuity in the narration and the scene during which Marion Cotillard decides to show us what she retained from her classes at the Actor's Studio ... is: Gotham City Police Station roof, Bat-Signal, Gordon, Drake ...

A lot of work on the details from the MOCeur: The roof cornices are superb, the Bat-Signal is well designed, grates, pipes, smoke coming out of the chimneys, it feels like it ...

To see more, visit the space Outer Rim Emperor MOCpages.

Artifex continues the reviews at a steady pace and offers us this morning a video featuring the set 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter.

Almost everything has been said about this set, and I'm almost ashamed of it but over time, I almost start to like it a little more with each review.

Not that the ship is transcendent, but it is functional, playable and will please young fans of the animated series The Clone Wars. On the minifig side, it's all good with a very convincing Pre Vizsla. As the Americans say with the expression "It grows in me ..."this set will eventually convince me that it is almost worth its price ... (currently available on amazon.de at a price of 39.99 €)

And it's amazon.de who releases information with the Special Edition version of the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game currently available for pre-order (release date: October 2012). We discover that Elrond's minifig will be delivered as a bonus in the collector's edition of the game, and it is indeed the same minifig as the one seen in the mini-game available on the official website of the range (see this article).

The minifig is successful, no doubt about it. It remains to be seen if this will also be available in a future set or if it will be necessary to go through Bricklink or eBay to get it separately.

This is not an info that will prevent you from sleeping, but since it is calm on the Star Wars front, we put our teeth into a bit of everything we find ...

In summary, Shell signs partnership with Ferrari and LEGO to allow you to get these Racers / Ferrari mini-sets for a full tank and a few extra tickets, it will change you stainless steel cutlery or comics ...

A choice :

30190 150 Ferrari Italia
30191 Scuderia Ferrari Truck
30192 Ferrari F40
30193 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta
30194 458 Ferrari Italia
30195 Ferrari FXX 

The promotion is currently starting in Hong Kong (from August 1 to September 30, 2012) and should reach our regions shortly. Hopefully it arrives in France one day, many enthusiasts of the brand with the prancing horse will not fail to rush on these mini-sets which seem rather successful.