Definitely, the co-competition organized on Eurobricks will have had the merit of awakening the MOCeurs and we are still entitled to a very very high class entrance with this reconstruction similar to that seen in the MOC Birth of Joker by lisqr I was telling you about here.

Once again we witness the fall of Red Hood, future Joker, into a vat of toxic waste at the factory. Axis Chemicals also known as Ace Chemical Processing Inc.. in the comic book version, under the gaze of Batman, who does not really make an effort to hold him back ...

In addition to the meticulous reconstruction of the industrial environment of the premises, we will note a particularly successful lighting on this MOC. The staging of the fall is effective, I really like the effect of the side rails which give way under the weight of Red Hood.

To see more, visit the flickr gallery de SI-MOCs.

Admit that looking at this image you say to yourself that finally a license Lego lord of the rings, it could force you to spend a few euros to feed your collection of minifigs .....

I was doing my customs tour (I still fell in love with some of Christo's achievements, but I'm saving it for Brick Heroes) and was looking for some quality LOTR themed minifigs.
When I say quality, by that I mean resembling minifigs designed for this theme, and not more or less happy assemblages of Castle or Kingdoms pieces without real similarity to the personage embodied.

My only credible find is on eBay, with the store of Green Pea Toys which offers some customs rather well done (a priori) and in any case quite easily identifiable.
Above: A Gimli with a custom helmet and armor, the rest being official LEGO parts, a Witch King of Angmar with a helmet / head and custom weapons, and a Saruman designed from official parts and equipped with a custom stick.

The rates are okay, if I compare with what I'm paying for Marvel or Star Wars customs and the seller seems reliable. I might try one or two minifigs to see the result. I'll let you know.

If you have already bought from this merchant, leave me your impressions in the comments, it is always very interesting to have other opinions.

I am sure that MED Will be mad at me for the title, and that his intention was not to stage Thor on Hoth but on Jotunheim, frozen planet and territory of the ice giants. His punitive expedition in these countries will also earn him to be banished from Asgard and to meet Natalie Portman on Midgard (The Earth) ...

Once again, MED gives us a staged custom. His minifigure of Thor, that I presented to you in September, has been improved with a nice decal and it is put in situation in a well thought out vignette where the Wampa fits rather well. 

To see more, it's on the flickr gallery de MED that it happens.

For those who haven't seen the movie, the Blu-ray and DVD are for sale on Amazon. Ultra-fans can even afford a collector's version, containing the Blu-ray, DVD and a beautiful limited edition headphones ....

You all know that when you finish methodically opening your Star Wars Advent Calendar 2011, you will come across the most useless minifigure in history: The Santa Yoda, in other words a Yoda dressed as Santa Claus and whose use in your dioramas will be limited to December 25 of each year, and again ....

But, at the risk of surprising you, this Santa Yoda is not an invention from the head of a designer at LEGO who has decided to ruin our existence with a ridiculous minifig. indeed, in 1981, the company Lucasfilm used an official greeting card (visual below) on which a drawing by Ralph McQuarrie, official illustrator of the Star Wars universe, represents a Yoda not really happy, but decked out with a Santa Claus outfit. Therefore, we must face the facts, Santa Yoda is barrel and is indeed part of the Star Wars universe, end of discussion.

For its part, Guillaume This day sent me this superb Christmas ball, in which he integrated the Santa Yoda and the Christmas tree from the Advent Calendar, as well as a C-3PO and an R2-D2 both with attributes reminiscent of the festive period that awaits us in the coming weeks. A judicious use of this minifigure and an effective realization which will give you, I am sure, some ideas.

Decidedly LEGO takes us for young padawans a little silly, we French (in fact the Europeans, but hey, at the moment it's every man for himself) ... As evidenced by this offer proposed by LEGO via Brickset and for which with the codes BS11(USA) and BS12(CA), Americans and Canadians can get this Shadow ARF Trooper in a bag, already offered in May 2011 during a promotional operation and whose resale price reaches summits on Bricklink.

That this offer is reserved for Americans, still passes. But what is frankly ridiculous is the explanation given by LEGO on this subject, I quote:

"We have discovered a limited quantity of LEGO Star Wars ™ Shadow ARF Trooper minifigures in our warehouse! Due to the very limited quantity we would like to give the fan community the first chance to receive these as bonus gift on any LEGO Star Wars holiday purchases that meet the Free Shipping threshold of $ 99."

Basically, a lot of these Shadow ARF Troopers were lying around in the warehouse of LEGO, who just realized it, and who therefore decides in a surge of generosity to offer them for any order over $ 99.

Obviously, none of this in European warehouses, at least not at the time of this writing .... and the groundhog ....