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 ...

18/04/2012 - 09:37 Lego news

LEGO Star Wars 6005192 TC-14 Exclusive Minifig

You don't have a facebook account? You don't like facebook? Are you too young to have an account? You think it's unfair that alone Hoth Bricks Fans on facebook have the right to win one of the TC-14 Chrome Silver involved?

I have the solution: I also put in play 2 additional copies directly on the blog.

The rule is simple: You just need to have posted at least once a comment on one of the articles of the blog (any one) to participate in the draw which will take place after April 30, 2012 and which will designate the 2 winners of the coveted bag. If you've never posted a comment here, do so, it's not dangerous.
There is no point in spamming articles, one comment is enough. There is also no point in posting dozens of comments with different nicknames, the system is a little smarter than that ...

I don't want to organize a quiz or put too many constraints, it's up to you to play the game. Only luck will decide who will be able to win one of the 2 bags put into play here. winners will be contacted individually by email (Make sure you enter a valid email when posting the comment).

I hope that I have met your expectations and your comments and I wish you all good luck.

PS: Don't worry about your email addresses, I don't sell them, I don't spam, and everything is secure as much as possible.

18/04/2012 - 08:48 MOCs

Droideka by madLEGOman

Designing a Droideka is a real challenge. Allowing it to curl up is an additional difficulty that poses a problem for many OMCs. Jack McKeen alias madLEGOman succeeds in offering a Destroyer Droid faithful to the original model and which can close in on itself with a beautiful, well-compact spherical shape.

We are far from the three versions offered by LEGO so far (A first version appeared in 2002 in sets 7163 Republic Gunship et 7203 Jedi Defense. A second version was delivered in 2007 in the set 7662 Trade Federation MTT . Finally, a third version is included in the 2011 set 7877 Naboo Starfighter.) and it is time for the manufacturer to update its model to offer us something more successful ...