11/01/2012 - 01:12 Reviews
Harley Quinn (2012) vs. Harley Quinn (2008) Bane (2012) vs. Bane (2007) Bane (2012) vs. Bane (2007)
 
I continue the series of photos oferic_maniac with here Harley Quinn and Bane in their versions 2007/2008 and 2012 respectively. (Click on the images for large format versions)
 
Regarding Harley Quinn, my preference goes without any hesitation to the 2012 minifigure (6857 The Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape), with one exception, Harley Quinn's waistline is once again too marked to feminize the minifigure.
 
The face is very well serigraphed and rejuvenates this minifigure well without falling into exaggeration. The eyes and mouth are well feminized and the mask has a less carnival design than on the 2008 minifigure.
 
On the Bane side, what interests me here is the silkscreen printing on the back of the minifig. It displays a cartoon side which is not unpleasant on the minifigure of 2012 (6860 The Batcave) with a green Lime for the drug supply system Venom which is very successful.
 
The 2007 minifigure (7787 The Bat-Tank: The Riddler and Bane's Hideout) also has an elaborate silkscreen print on the back, but a little outdated. An update was needed with more colors flashy.
The 2007 minifigure sells from 60 to 70 € on Bricklink.
 
10/01/2012 - 19:32 MOCs

Uncanny X-Men # 133 by Mike Napolitan

After The Avengers, Mike Napolitan presents his minifig version of the cover from issue 133 of Uncanny X-Men published in 1980. Another beautiful work of creation which perfectly reproduces the cover of this comic designed by John Byrne.

 Meeting on the flickr gallery by Mike Napolitan to also discover in detail his version of the Wolverine minifigure.

 

10/01/2012 - 19:08 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO Lord of the Rings - Aragorn

This image was posted on FBTB. This would be a promotional poster for the LEGO LOTR line, and we can safely assume that other characters will be presented in the same way in the weeks to come.

We thus discover the minifigure of Aragorn with eyes still a little oversized and at the limit of the Japanese cartoon and presented here with Andúril, the sword forged from pieces of Narsil by the Elves of Rivendell.

I present this image to you next to the poster which visibly inspired this creation.

 

10/01/2012 - 00:24 Lego news

Lego 2012 Minifig Poster

Here is the poster offered to Americans who pre-order at least one of the sets of the first Star Wars wave for 2012 on the LEGO Shop, as indicated in the catalog I was telling you about in this article.

A high definition visual has just been offered by grogall on EB. I already told you, I love the promotional posters of the Star Wars range and this one will soon have to join my collection, probably via eBay, this offer is not currently planned in France.

One regret with the visuals of the minifigs, I would have preferred real photos rather than these digital reproductions.

You can download a large format version by clicking on the links below (right click / save):

2012 LEGO Star Wars Poster - Front (647 KB)

LEGO Star Wars 2012 Poster - Back (615 KB)

 

09/01/2012 - 16:50 MOCs

Legostein & Star Wars BrickMaster
If you are a fan of the LEGO Star Wars range, you surely should have bought yourself the set Star Wars Brick Master released in 2010 and which brings together in the form of a hardcover book 240 parts, two minifigs as well as the instructions for assembling different vehicles (8 different models in total). If you don't have it yet, run and buy it, you won't regret it (from 14 to 23 € on Amazon.fr).

Once the book and its parts are in your hands, go to Legostein's Brickshlef gallery aka Christopher Deck, the micro-ship specialist, to discover that it is possible to be creative with such a limited choice of parts. He offers us two ships from the Star Wars universe designed exclusively with the parts of this set: a Separatist Munificent-Class Star Frigate and Republic Venator-Class Attack Cruiser both very successful.

Obviously, we will be indulgent as to the colors of certain parts of the Venator, but we must recognize that the exercise of style is convincing. The pictorial instructions for assembling these two ships are available at Legostein's Brickshelf gallery.

If you don't yet know his work, visit his site dedicated to micro-creations: sw.deckdesigns.de. You will certainly spend a lot of time browsing among the hundreds of MOCs, classified by year or by film, offered by Christopher Deck, because they are all more successful than the others ....