And it's an old classic that I offer here: The Battle for Helm's Deep: TXsamwise's brickfilm which dates from 2004 but which remains a kind of essential reference ...

You will see action, humor, Strength, characters who have nothing to do there, in short only good for over 8 minutes. And what's more, the vintage side will delight those nostalgic for the Castle and Kingdoms ranges. Star Wars fans will also find something there ...

So go waste 8 minutes of your life watching or rediscovering this video made in Windows Movie Maker, while waiting for LEGO to offer us some interesting information on the LEGO Lord of the Rings range ...

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 from May 2012. For France, no Store Calendar .... There is no LEGO store, but you already know that.

What is deplorable is that no confirmation of the promotion has been made by LEGO France ... 

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. 

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....

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 ...