20/03/2012 - 10:40 Lego news

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Darth Maul

With this catchy title, I have your undivided attention. For those who have not seen the video below, you will discover that the most famous clash of cinema in the category fluorescent-lightsaber-making-bzzzz is a huge scam and if Darth Maul comes back, he wasn't risking much in this fight ....

Joking aside, we have here a nice work of visual analysis commented with humor that demonstrates that the Jedi may have mastered force, but also dodge and dodge .... After seeing these images, you will not will watch moreEpisode I: The Phantom Menace like before....

20/03/2012 - 08:53 MOCs

Darth Vader Lightsaber by Scott Perterson

Scott Peterson had already amazed us with his lightsabers recreated under LDD (LEGO Digital designer). He now steps up a gear and puts his hand in his brick crate to offer us a very real version of Darth Vader's weapon whose rendering is simply incredible in detail and finish.

This comforts me in the idea that these lightsabers should see the light of day in the form of sets intended for collectors ... Scott Peterson also proposed the idea on Cuusoo but supporters are scarce, they are undoubtedly too busy supporting the Bonanza project initiated by the community which undoubtedly claims a certain recognition ...

However, if you ever want to be able to hope to get these lightsabers in a nice box, with a nice holder and a nice nameplate, please support Scott's initiative on Cuusoo. It doesn't cost you anything, and even if we probably won't go very far with 80 supporters, it's an opportunity to show LEGO that collectors expect something other than yet another remake of Slave I or X- Wing ...

You can see this saber from every angle on the flickr gallery by Scott Peterson.

 

19/03/2012 - 12:58 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

thelordoftherings.lego.com - Eomer & Theoden

Nothing new under the sun except a few modifications on the dedicated minisite to the LEGO Lord of the Rings range: The image of Eomer's minifig has been corrected and his uncle Theoden's sheet has been added. Nothing to say about these two minifigs, they are superbly screen printed and very well equipped.

 

18/03/2012 - 22:53 Lego news

In a Galaxy Not So Far Away ... the Star Wars Filming Locations of the United States

A quick wink for a new book that deserves your attention. 3 guys embarked on a rather interesting mission: Find each place located in the USA that was used for the filming of one of the episodes of the Star Wars saga ... I had followed the launch of their project on Kickstarter and on facebook and I must say that I am already impatient to see the result.

Okay, the places listed are all located in the United States, but I still want to discover all these sometimes surprising environments that were used by Lucas.

If you want to know more about this project which started on Kickstarter and which came to fruition thanks to the financial support of Internet users, go to the dedicated blog or the facebook page.

The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.fr at the correct price of 23.29 €: In a Galaxy Not So Far Away ... the Star Wars Filming Locations of the United States.

 

18/03/2012 - 15:37 MOCs

9492 Tie Fighter vs Tie Interceptor (MOC by Chronicler35)

Small exercise of style sympathetic under LDD on behalf of Chronicler35 alias Nick which proposes a version delivered in the sauce 2012 of TIE Interceptor.

This machine has already been the subject of several adaptations by LEGO with the sets 7181 UCS TIE Interceptor (2000) et 6206 TIE Interceptor (2006), without forgetting the mimis versions of the setss 6965 TIE Interceptor (Kabaya edition with the candy in 2004) and most recently with the Planet Series set 9676 TIE Interceptor & Death Star.

On this MOC under LDD, Chronicler35 takes all the attributes of the Tie Fighter from the set 9492 like the fairing of the wings rather well adapted and retains the original cockpit. If LEGO were to bring the TIE Interceptor back into the range System, it could probably look like this MOC.

Other views are available in Chronicler35's flickr gallery.