13/12/2011 - 23:59 Lego news

Fake C-3PO Gold

The Star Wars Advent Calendar R2-Q5 will have done me a favor again tonight. I accompanied it with the two minifigs bought more than a year ago on eBay and which I was telling you about in this article.

In the top photo, the version Gold of this minifig. The legs do not hold on their own to the torso, the head has great difficulty in turning and the arms no longer pass along the torso due to the chrome overlay.

Many details present on the C-3PO minifigs produced by LEGO are missing here because they are covered with a thick layer of plating. The eyes are coarse, the plastic welds are thickened, and the hands no longer rotate.

Below is the version Silver of this minifig. We can think of her as representing TC-14, the servant droid of Nute Gunray. Here also the layer of metal which covers the plastic deforms the minifigure and amplifies all the defects.

In both cases the legs are completely disarticulated, the plastic having undoubtedly undergone a deformation during the tackle.

Be careful, you can still find this type of minifig for sale on eBay. Versions of Boba Fett are also circulating and are sold as official prototypes. Don't be fooled, the photos on the ads are misleading and you will be disappointed.

Fake C-3PO Silver

13/12/2011 - 19:59 Lego news

7958 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Good surprise today with a relatively little seen character in the Star Wars range: The Astromech R2-Q5 droid.

To get it so far, you had to acquire the 10188 Death Star set released in 2008 and rightly considered the ultimate playset, with its 3803 pieces, 22 minifigs, mini Tie Fighter and numerous reconstructed scenes, that all good collector must have.

It is also found under the name R2-D5 following an unfortunate spelling error made by LEGO in the set 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer released in 2006.

Set 10188 is still sold for the modest sum of € 399 on the Lego shop, it is however possible to obtain it cheaper on Amazon depending on current promotions and price fluctuations, frequent and sometimes incomprehensible ...

For the record, this droid was assigned to the second Death Star and was destroyed in the explosion of the latter. He appears for the first time in theEpisode VI: Return of the Jedi.

So here is an interesting box for today, which will allow many young collectors to obtain an interesting minifig while waiting for the one of tomorrow that I already dread ...

 

13/12/2011 - 11:38 MOCs

Battle of Hoth by Omar Ovalle

We stay in Snowspeeders on a miniature scale with this scene from Omar Ovalle in which Wedge Antilles is working to unbalance an AT-AT with the cable of his machine.

The Snowspeeder is clearly in the spirit of the mini set 4486 AT-ST & Snowspeeder released in 2003. AT-AT in midi format is interesting. It's a bit clumsy, but visually cohesive, and it perpetuates the vintage side of the early 2000s LEGO Star Wars range.

I take this opportunity to offer you the MOC of Brickdoctor, still motivated by the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar: A T-47 Snowspeeder in Midi-Scale format really successful. The .lxf file can be downloaded here: 2011SWAdventDay12.lxf.

Midi-Scale T-47 Snowspeeder by Brickdoctor

 

13/12/2011 - 11:18 Reviews

6862 Superman vs. Power Armor Lex

If you follow this blog, it has not escaped your notice that LEGO offers a printed comic with most of the sets in the Super Heroes range (6857, 6860, 6862, 6863 and 6864). Only the 6858 set is delivered without this paper comic.

Hinckley posts on Eurobricks a review of the set 6862 Superman vs Power Armor Lex in which he posts some pictures of this long awaited mini comic. In the end, nothing to whip a cat. The comic is not localized according to the language of the country of marketing, and for good reason: the only texts present are onomatopoeias typical of the world of superheroes (POW, BOOM, BAM, etc.) and therefore do not require linguistic adaptation.

The drawings seem to be of a good level but we are closer to cartoon than Stan Lee comic. As for the format, we get a mini-brochure, without a hard cover. 

I'm a little disappointed, I expected something a little more elaborate. But let's not sulk, it's included, it's included in the price and we'll do with it. 

(Thanks to Sub533 for the info in the comment of the previous article.)

6862 Superman vs. Power Armor Lex

12/12/2011 - 22:41 Lego news

7958 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Tomorrow then, because today it is not by showing the greatest originality that LEGO has decided to surprise us.

We open the box and the bag, we assemble the few parts and tadaaaaaa: It looks like a Snowspeeder. But it is, my good sir ...

The contract is fulfilled, the machine is rather nice, but that's what, we wonder what to do with it. Exhibit it next to its miniature fellows just to see what it looks like in a group? Disassemble it without regrets and hop in the loose? I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I walked around with it all evening, putting it on haphazard wanderings between the kitchen and the living room.

Like what, I am slanderous, but it is ultimately very well this Snowspeeder. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Otherwise, if you want a real Advent Calendar with cool ships, take a look at that of Mini LEGOmaniac, his father's son who is definitely not lacking in talent. It is to be seen in the dedicated topic at Brickpirate.

Mini LM Advent Calendar