02/12/2011 - 17:24 Lego news Shopping

LEGO Superheroes DC Universe @ Toys R Us USA

After the set 6864 Batmobile and the Two-Face Chase, it's the turn of the sets 6863 Batwing Battle over Gotham City, 4526 Ultrabuild Batman4527 Ultrabuild The Joker et 4528 Ultrabuild Green Lantern to be referenced on Toys R Us (USA). The advertised prices are $ 17.99 for sets 4526, 4527 and 4528 and $ 39.99 for set 6863. All these sets are advertised as not available for shipping, but paradoxically as available in store ...

By clicking on the names of the sets you can access their page at Amazon France. The file is not accessible directly from the Amazon site and no price or time limit is indicated for the moment. The entire LEGO Superheroes DC Universe range had been briefly displayed online by Amazon with an indication of upcoming availability and prices in euros and then withdrawn quickly, probably at the request of LEGO.
I was then able to add these articles to my amazon store and the files therefore remain accessible directly from this space.

 

02/12/2011 - 12:37 Lego news

Superman Action Comics N ° 1 June 1938 - MOC by levork

Exactly $ 2.161.000 ... This is the astronomical amount for which auctioned a copy in perfect condition of N ° 1 of Action comics dating from June 1938 and sold at the time for 10 cents.

Another copy of this comic had already been sold last year for around $ 1.000.000. For the record, the copy sold this Wednesday in New York was perfectly preserved because it was stuck between the pages of a magazine for many years.

These amounts are well beyond us and we will therefore be satisfied with the Levork MOC reproducing the cover of this overpriced comic created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster considered by some to be the most important in the history of comics because he was the first to develop the theme of the superhero and he was inspired by following all the production of superhero comics that we all know. 

 

02/12/2011 - 10:32 MOCs

Advanced Recon Commando Speeder by Omar Ovalle

Regulars of this blog know Omar Ovalle, a friendly character with whom it is easy to discuss and exchange, and inspired designer who creates many LEGO Star Wars sets, MOCs associated with always impressive box visuals. As some people regret, the machines themselves are not ultra-sophisticated UCS or MOCs, but that is not necessarily the goal of this artistic process.

He offers us two new sets with a Advanced Recon Commando Speeder, which immediately brings to mind the Freeco Speeder from set 8085 both in the form and in the choice of colors and a Asoka's Cargo Bay Fighter once again well in the spirit of the System range.

In addition, Omar Ovalle announces that he will embark on a new series of creations involving Speederbikes and Action Figures on the Star Wars theme ...

To follow closely on his flickr gallery on which you will also find some Steampunk creations. This is not a theme that I particularly like, but I know that many of you like this theme, which is also featured in issue 16 of BrickJournal just out.

Asoka's Cargo Bay Fighter by Omar Ovalle

02/12/2011 - 09:44 Unclassified

LEGO Star Wars 2012 minifigures

So here is a real photo of some of the minifigs planned for 2012. The format is not very large but the shot at least has the merit of presenting these minifigs without retouching or artificial enhancement as is a bit the case with the official visuals always very attractive ...

We therefore find in order the two troopers of the Battle Pack 9488 Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack, Barriss Offee and Commander Gree from the set 9491 Geonosian Cannon, and C-3PO, who definitely seems to have silkscreened eyes, accompanied by a Sandtrooper from the set 9490 Droid Escape.

The merit of this image is above all to confirm that someone, somewhere, has already got their hands on these minifigs or these sets .... Without doubt one of our Mexican Mercado Libre experts...

 

02/12/2011 - 09:26 Minifigure Series

Series 6 Minifigures

LEGO just uploaded on the official website the visuals and bios of each minifig of series 6. We discover the color of the bag and the box and each character is entitled to a detailed description which in the end will not interest many people.

Indeed, from January 2012 when LEGO announces the official marketing of this 6th series, expect to come across in store all the types who want an army of Roman soldiers and Celtic warriors for their big thematic diorama project planned for 2027 and which we will probably never see. These two minifigs are already doomed to disappear from the rays in a flash, and the technique of feeling bag will be easy because of the characteristic parts of these two characters (Lance, shield, helmet, etc ...).

For the rest, the level is still as good with characters well detailed and equipped with interesting accessories. I really like the Lady Liberty and  clockwork robot.

Note that the dedicated website offers a good fifteen funny mini-games, some wallpapers and videos.