19/04/2012 - 21:31 Lego news

LEGO Store Calendar May 2012 UK

And there is therefore no reason for France to be excluded from this promotional operation ... In Germany, the minimum purchase will therefore be € 55 in both cases, and in Great Britain the minimum will be £ 50 for both promotions.

Remember that the offer on the TC-14 will be valid on May 4 and 5, 2012, that for the Hulk minifig will be valid from May 16 to 31, 2012.

Click on the images to view the pdf formats of both Store Calendar of May 2012. 

LEGO Store Calendar May 2012 DE 

19/04/2012 - 13:28 Lego news

LEGO Star Wars 9499 Gungan Sub - Queen Amidala

CopMike unveils the Queen Amidala minifigure that will be delivered in the set 9499 Gungan Sub in June 2012.

Artistic side, nothing to say, it's successful. A reflection comes to me, however: It seems to me that we are moving away from the concept of the classic minifigure to pour into the over-stylized collectible figurine. The reproduction is faithful and the level of detail is exceptional. But if the head, chest and hands are LEGO pieces say conventional, the rest is more like model making than anything else.

Everyone will have their own idea ... Me, I remain enthralled by this exceptional figurine, so much so that I wonder what it comes to do in the set 9499 Gungan Sub. But that's another story....

LEGO Star Wars 9499 Gungan Sub - Queen Amidala

LEGO Star Wars 9499 Gungan Sub - Queen Amidala

19/04/2012 - 08:26 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO Lord of the Rings

Nothing. Everything has been said: We have seen the ultra-preliminary versions, the sets were presented during the New York Toy Fair 2012 and the official visuals have been posted online. Since then it's been dead calm and apart from the set 9674 The Orc Forge whose official images are still awaited, there is nothing very exciting on the horizon.

The information of the day, which is not for us French, is that the range will be officially presented for the first time to the general public during the Lego show which will be held on May 5, 6 and 7 in Manchester, UK. 

There is no doubt that many visitors, less extremists than all of us here for whom even a fuzzy photo of a novelty is always an event, will discover this eagerly awaited range for the first time and that many photos will be available on the various usual media. This will be an opportunity to check if LEGO has hidden a mystery set, a video game or an exclusive minifigure from us ... 

19/04/2012 - 00:33 Lego news

The Incredible Hulk by Fine Clonier

After the version of Calin & Christo (my photo below) and that of LEGO (see this article), here is the Hulk minifigure in version Fine Cloner.

On the menu: A well-detailed torso, an expressive face, a pair of classic purple pants with a rope as a belt and a decal on each foot, I am a little dubious about this, to simulate the toes of the man green.

The Incredible Hulk by _Tiler

18/04/2012 - 23:57 Lego news

 LEGO® Super Hero Movie Maker

LEGO has just announced the launch of an iPhone application that looks promising. First disappointment, the application is not optimized for iPad, you have to zoom. 

But when we finally understand how the thing works, it is obvious that the iPad does not really lend itself to it: LEGO® Super Hero Movie Maker is nothing more than an application that offers you to edit your photos to give stop-motion animation. Everything is wrapped in the possibility of inserting a title, credits, music and some effects. It is also possible to speed up or reduce the speed of the video.

It's funny two minutes, but hey, I don't really have the patience to take dozens of pictures with my phone to hope for something cool. Fans of brickfilms may take this a little more seriously. The others will have fun with it for three minutes.

Good point, it's free ...