You thought I had dropped the Advent Calendar ... Lost ...

Today we are entitled to a mini version of Slave I rather successful if we take into account the mini format of the machine.

What's more fun is that if you look on flickr, nobody builds it in the same way in the cockpit (Cheese Slope clear or not), and I had to refer to the official LEGO visual on the LEGO Shop to get a picture of the correct version ...

I suddenly took a shot of the OG-9 Homing Spider Droid yesterday, shame on me and my problems understanding the instructions ....

I was talking to you ten days ago of the evolution of the Minecraft project on Cuusoo which has since exceeded 5000 supporters.
LEGO intervened on the project sheet to inform supporters that contacts were in progress with Mojang the publisher of the game. 

But Mojang has just surprised his world by taking the initiative to create his own project on Cuusoo, a project which therefore becomes a space for communication between the publisher, LEGO and Minecraft fans.

Mojang therefore confirms its growing interest in this project and also undertakes to donate to a charity the 1% of royalties provided for by the Cuusoo concept in the event of the project's success.
The instigators of the first Minecraft project were invited by Mojang to take part in the development of this partnership. We find among others suparMacho and koalaexpert, two MOCeurs at the origin of many achievements on the Minecraft theme including the visual above.

What more can be said ? I understand the enthusiasm of a whole community around these virtual bricks which would become very real with the realization of this project. I'm less a fan of Minecraft as such. No doubt I did not understand the whole point of the game ...

 I still think that we should be entitled to one or two thematic sets, a sort of tribute to the success of Minecraft and reserved for the most hardcore fans.

The general public will probably not be sensitive to this plastic adaptation of this game which is currently fashionable but of which even the players, even the most assiduous, will end up getting bored in favor of another online game.

On the AFOL side, reactions are mixed: Some welcome this project and support it while others express their annoyance at what they consider to be a betrayal on the part of LEGO, which gives in to the sirens of marketing and considers an alliance , even temporary with a concept that takes up the object of all covetousness: The brick.

So goes digital life ....

Going forward for a small update on the prices of the products in the LEGO Star Wars range currently on sale at Amazon, keep in mind that the prices are fluctuating wildly at the moment and the best deal is the one you make at the. instant when you validate your order ....:

LEGO Star Wars 7869 Battle for Geonosis - € 79.95
LEGO Star Wars 7877 Naboo Starfighter - € 60.38
LEGO Star Wars 7913 Clone Trooper Battle Pack- € 11.69
LEGO Star Wars 7914 Mandalorians Battle Pack - € 12.49
LEGO Star Wars 7915 Imperial V-Wing Starfighter - € 19.99
LEGO Star Wars 7929 The Battle Of Naboo  - € 19.11
LEGO Star Wars 7930 Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship - € 43.89
LEGO Star Wars 7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle - € 54.99
LEGO Star Wars 7956 Ewok Attack - € 20.23
LEGO Star Wars 7957 Sith Nightspeeder- € 19.99
LEGO Star Wars 7959 Geonosian Starfighter - € 27.88
LEGO Star Wars 7961 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator - € 49.99
LEGO Star Wars 7962 Anakin's & Sebulba's Podracers - € 63.90
LEGO Star Wars 7964 Republic Frigate - € 114.90
LEGO Star Wars 7965 Millennium Falcon - € 109.99 
LEGO Star Wars 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter - € 65.71
LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star - € 369.00
LEGO Star Wars 10198 Tantive IV - € 147.90 

Amazon also offers good other lego products currently on sale. Do not hesitate to visit the specialized LEGO stores by theme:

LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Technic
Lego cars
LEGO City
Lego creator
Lego harry potter
Lego pirates of the caribbean
Lego ninjago

It was announced for more than two months and I was telling you about it at the end of September, and this new brick separator is finally available on the LEGO Shop in a version Orange for 2.49 €.

As a reminder, this new version brings some notable changes with the presence of an axis Technic which allows the extraction of stuck LEGO axes. The handle of this new brick separator has also been refined to allow the removal of tiles without any particular effort. Under the divider, the design has been changed in order to be able to remove the Jumper Plates (plates 1 × 2 with a central stud), something that the old model could not do.
This new version should also be delivered in the set 10230 Mini Modulars scheduled for February 1, 2012 on Lego shop and reserved for VIP members. 

Already have all the key chains, pens, magnets and other watches from the LEGO Star Wars merchandise line? Here are others announced for 2012 ....

On the menu, minifig-pens with retractable heads and watches a little less ugly than those already released in the past.

The new watches seem to have been the subject of an effort on the serigraphy of the dial which is a little less cartoonish than on the previous models. These new models should have an easier time attracting an adult clientele despite the classic bracelet a little too LEGO for my taste to be worn on a daily basis ...

As for the pens, we will have to wait to see more, but it seems that these are retractable models and that the body of the minifig acts as a stopper. Apparently a desk stand would also come with these pens.

I am an avid collector of LEGO Star Wars products, but I do not buy these merchandise for the simple reason that like magnets or key chains, the minifigure is hijacked and is no longer a full-fledged character benefiting from of all its features, but just a commercial argument to sell another product ....

I'll let you make up your own mind and if you have an opinion on the subject, feel free to post a comment ....