For those who do not know the animal, the Boga is a species of the family of varactyls fromUtapau. LEGO produced a minifigure in the set 7255 General Grievous Chase released in 2005. We discover this Boga in theEpisode III Revenge of the Sith when Obi-Wan launches in pursuit of Grievous and the animal hit by enemy fire carries its rider in a fall of several hundred meters.

For the anecdote, the animal would have survived this fall, even if the film does not say it, and it is even said that the cry launched by Obi-Wan to keep the Between Raiders in L'Episode IV A New Hope would be inspired by that of Boga ...

Omar Ovalle delivers here a version of this Boga at the scale of Action Figures that he stages. Some people criticize the mix of genres, I see this association more as a possibility to vary the scale of the frames, or the speeders and to stage them.

In short, if you want to know more about this series of creations by Omar Ovalle, go to his flickr gallery, he notably produced a fairly convincing Shadow ARF Trooper Speeder Bike. I'll let you discover the rest.

The best MOCs are not always found on the internet, and you can often admire superb creations at the various fairs organized around the world. Evidenced by this impressive AT-AT exhibited during the event Brickvention which was held in Melbourne (Australia) on January 21 and 22, 2012 and which was logically awarded in its category.

To discover in detail the different MOCs and dioramas exhibited during this event, go to the flickr gallery by 88kjavis88.

The buzz of the day are these two images from the movie The Avengers, which will be released in France on April 25, 2012.

A priori, nothing very exciting on these two captures where we see Loki standing in the back of a pickup and preparing to face what could be a hovering helicopter blocking his way. In the background, we can see what could be one of the exits from the headquarters of the SHIELD.

But that's without counting on the most picky AFOLs, who immediately drew the parallel with the official description of the set. 6867 Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape :

Loki is escaping from SHIELD headquarters with the powerful cosmic cube. If he succeeds, he could use it to wreak havoc on the world! Can Iron Man take to the skies in his amazing armored suit and chase down the off-roader speeding or will Loki escape with the cosmic cube? You decide! Includes 3 minifigures: Iron Man, Loki and Hawkeye.

 Will this scene be the one from set 6867? No doubt yes.

Note that the scepter that Loki holds in his hand seems to be powered by a blue energy source that some already assimilate to the Cosmic Cube, which can be clearly seen in the scene below from the Film Thor (after the credits of end).

And if the scepter seems a bit small to hold the cube, it could actually be one of the infinity gems, in this case the blue one, which allows you to take control of the minds of other human beings.

http://youtu.be/cza1-TVqRA8

Another little gem put online by Artifex with this review of the set 9492 Tie Fighter. With a special mention this time for the timelapse of the assembly of the wings.

Small message in passing to those who wrote to me to tell me that these are not real reviews. Indeed, here no comments or rating. But in my case, the 3 minutes of video tell me more about these sets than a topic in a forum embellished with photos not always successful and a few lines of comments. I obviously appreciate some reviews in the form of photos that have been the subject of a certain care, but I think that with this type of assembly, we go up a gear with regard to the visibility of the parts, the techniques of assembly or minifigs.

After having devoted several videos to the Super Heroes range, Artifex begins a series of reviews on the Star Wars range. The first set presented is the 9491 Geonosian Cannon, that is to say 1 minute and 33 seconds to go around this set of which the minifigs are undeniably the strong point.

And because on Hoth Bricks we mainly talk about Star Wars, but we do not forget the fans of the other themes, I put you below the video review of the set 10230 Mini Modulars that deserves a look. In less than 4 minutes, you will be convinced that this set is a pure marvel of ingenuity and miniaturization ...

Evening edit, Artifex has just added the video review of the set 9490 Droid Escape, here it is below: