The inventor of the Moodland Scale aka M00DSWIM returns with two beautiful creations: Wolverine and the Terminator T-800.

In both cases, the end result is impressive and this scale allows a clever diversion of the parts. System of their primary use. Over the MOCs presented by M00DSWIM, I adhere more and more to its concept and am surprised each time by the ingenuity and inventiveness implemented to obtain these figurines.

If you follow Hoth Bricks you already know this gentleman's work, if you don't go to his flickr gallery to discover his many creations in the Star Wars universe.

LEGO distills the visuals of the Lord of the Rings range in a dropper and now offers a poster of Gollum, rather disappointing for my taste with his alien head escaped from area 51, and two boards featuring the characters of the Fellowship of the Ring ™ already seen at the London Toy Fair 2012 to which are added an Uruk-Hai, a Moria Orc, a Mordor Orc and a Ringrwaith.

The Uruk-Hai's armor is successful, a small silkscreen wouldn't hurt. The two Orcs have pretty chests, the faces are also very consistent, only the hair leaves me a little doubtful. As for the Ringrwaith, nothing fancy, grab your Star Wars minifigs and do it yourself.

We will weigh these visuals which are in fact 3D renderings of the minifigs concerned and not the real plastic minifigs. their situation is different from what will be possible, especially in terms of poses, movements of the arms and legs, with the plastic versions that I am waiting to see to confirm or deny my first impressions.

Note also the difference in design between the two versions of Gollum. That of the poster is obviously over-styled to attract customers. That of the character board is downright pathetic .... Even the 1999 Sebulba (7171 Mos Espa Podrace) is more credible.

It is also confirmed that all the hobbits will be styled like Elijah Wood aka Frodo Baggins in the movie.

Some did not wait to stage the characters and the machines of the game 3866 Battle of Hoth which is arguably the most anticipated of the entire line of board games made in lego.

Microfigs and micro-machines are obviously suitable for this type of exercise and RDL offers some interesting visuals that will convince you to buy this set, even if you are not fans of this type of game, which is my case.

No doubt about it, this set will allow a certain revival of the Star Wars diorama on an unusual scale and I must admit that these microfigs are really very photogenic ...

To see more and learn about RDL's work with toys of all kinds, visit his flickr gallery. 

A very successful new creation from BaronSat on the Super Heroes theme involving Wolverine and The Sentinel, the mutant hunter robot seen in the comic The X-Men, the video games based on the franchise and the animated series X-Men The Animated Series.

Nice exercise in style with a nice play of colors and a very similar Wolverine minifigure. Special mention for the hands of the Sentinel who are even able to hold a minifigure without problems.

To see the full series and discover the outcome of this unequal but full of surprises fight, visit the flickr gallery by BaronSat. 

I am obviously at my expense on the principle of the official packaging, which on the LEGO Super Heroes Marvel range does not include the visual codes of other derivative products on the same theme as is the case for example on the Star Wars range . Instead, LEGO simply changed DC blue to Marvel red.

Regarding these Hero Factory type figures, not much to say. We like it or we hate it, and only Iron Man (4529 September) finds favor in my eyes. The character being in armor, this representation remains in the mind with a justified robotic aspect. It still lacks a few additional parts around the axes to flesh out the armor a little and give it a more massive appearance.

Hulk (4530 September) is definitely way too cartoonish and reminds me of a character from the Ben10 universe with his very / too stylized face ... In this set the Hulk is dressed in his tattered pants / blue shorts unlike the figurine of the set 6868 Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout shown wearing beige pants.

Captain America (4597 September) might have been successful if it weren't for those useless armored epaulettes that have nothing to do with it. The shield is pretty and will undoubtedly be used by a few MOCeurs inspired to reproduce Cape Town at the scale of the shield, but with parts System.

 Note that these three sets were briefly put online on Amazon a few weeks ago at a price of € 14.50 before being withdrawn (see this article).

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