artist offers on its YouTube channel the video reviews of 3 of the current Star Wars polybags, namely: 30059 MTT, 30056 Star Destroyer and 30058 STAP. Below is the video of the 30059 MTT, and without going into ecstasies about this mini-MTT, I still find it a good face.

Note that it is possible to obtain the complete series of these sets on eBay, and in particular in Japanese format gashpon (Coin operated machines dispensing toys wrapped in plastic balls). EBay seller located in Germany requires about sixty euros (including delivery costs to France) to obtain the 4 balls containing the 3 sets mentioned above plus the 30053 Republic Attack Cruiser. 

It has just been officially announced by LEGO during the BrickFiesta event, as we had rightly assumed. a few days ago, and the set Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) 10227 B-Wing Starfighter is therefore making its entry with great fanfare into the LEGO Star Wars range.

I find it rather successful, and it corresponds to what I expected: It is massive, detailed, it gives off a certain impression of solidity and it is also rather faithful to the model of the film. Me, that's fine with me ... Apart from the cockpit which might have deserved a brick design rather than the simple canopy proposed here.

The official public price: 199.99 €, for a total of 1486 pieces, and with a date of availability on the LEGO Shop scheduled for October 2012. It's expensive, as usual with the Star Wars license, but you have to s' to do it is like that and it does not get better with the years ...

No minifigs this time around, just this ship whose wings can be adjusted in different configurations and whose gyroscopic cockpit (which seems to work moderately for that matter) is positioned according to the orientation of the ship. The dimensions of the machine are 66 cm x 38 cm in flight configuration and 66 cm x 43 cm in position on its base.

The cultural minute: This vessel seen in theEpisode VI Return of the Jedi  during the Battle of Endor was designed by Admiral Ackbar with the objective of eventually replacing the Y-Wing.  
I always wondered what could have gone through Ackbar's head to imagine such a thing, but it must be recognized that the B-Wing has proven itself thanks in particular to its excellent level of armament and this despite its maneuverability. rather limited and a reduced speed of movement. 
It is not me who says it, but all the encyclopedias which dissect the Star Wars universe. 

It should be noted that the B-Wing has already been produced by LEGO in a version System twice with sets 7180 B-Wing at Rebel Control Center released in 2000 and  6208 B-Wing Fighter released in 2006.

Friendly project presented by WWWally on Cuusoo that this Death Star 2 which acts as a pendulum and which will find its place without any problem on our desks or on our bedside tables ... The spherical aspect is very well rendered and this exclusively using plates, except the elements to fix the dish and some tiles used for the trench.

The built-in clock mechanism is everything more standard and powered by one AA battery. Before proposing his Death star 2, WWWally had designed a first generation Death Star as a prototype, just as successful, although I much prefer the version "in construction".

You can still do like me, i.e. support this project, even if we all already know that the road is very very long up to 10.000 supporters, and that the path will be paved with pitfalls that risk leading to the classification without follow-up to this initiative.

But now is not the time for defeatism, so go on the page dedicated to this project and vote if you want to keep a (slim) hope that one day this original clock will land on your desk ...

The distracted glance I threw at this MOC didn't seem to want to go much further than for many other creations which are very nice but which do not encourage me to zoom in on the photos to find out. more...

And then, unconsciously no doubt, I returned to these photos. Something really appealed to me. Is it the almost organic shape (I don't know why I thought of a big beetle ..), the visual mix between SpeedBoat and grapple or the association of incongruous idea that I made with a batarang?

oursblancgroschat caught me with this pretty and successful Batman Intruder, well finished, racy, in the techno-bourgeois spirit of the Batman universe ... The thing is also endowed with many functions: Trap, hiding place, train of landing, cell for an evil prisoner, kryptonite bombs ....

Go take a look at the flickr gallery of this MOCeur whose name fits well in my special list "But where do they get their nicknames?"and discover this machine and its many features from every angle.

We had already discovered the official visuals of the ship and the box, so here are the three minifigs delivered in this set. 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter (available for preorder at amazon.de) Close-up: Pre Vizsla, a Mandalorian soldier and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Obviously it is Pre Vizsla, leader of the faction Mandalorian Deathwatch during the Clone Wars, which catches all eyes in this set with a really very elaborate minifigure: Legs, silkscreened cape and helmet, jetpack and black saber. LEGO could have perhaps innovated on the saber to make it a little more like the one seen in the animated series The Clone Wars, especially at the level of the handle. We will be satisfied with the classic model.

The Mandalorian soldier is similar to the minifigs in the set. 7914 Madalorian Battle Pack released in 2011. Obi-Wan's minifig in The Clone Wars version is the one we already got in the sets 7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle, 7753 Pirate Tank et 7676 Republic Attack Gunship.