While hanging out on Youtube, I stopped for a moment on this video of the gameplay of the highly anticipated game (by me anyway) LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

We see a lot of famous sets from the CW range perfectly reproduced in the game, and the general graphics have finally evolved, with in particular a massive use of lighting effects. The new characters / minifigs of the CW range are also in the game. .

A few comments from the development team convinced me that this game, which should be released in February, will keep me hooked for long hours with my son in front of the TV.

If you have a few minutes to spare, look for the sets you own in these pictures, you will surely find some cool diorama ideas ...

Any creator of MOCs who respects himself spends a lot of time documenting himself on the various references necessary for the construction of his model.

Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop is one of the must-read books on the subject, with plenty of revelations and illustrations on the techniques ILM used when filming the SW Trilogy.

Stuffed with pictures of the different sets and ships, this book sold at Amazon for € 36.22 will delight fans of realistic MOCs that respect original models.

To see here: Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop at Amazon.
 

Cavegod, Eurobricks forumer and well-known MOCeur in the community, embarked on a new project: A Republic Attack Shuttle UCS (Seen at LEGO in a classic set, reference 8019, which I had also found disappointing) .

The results already obtained are nice, we find the characteristic red and yellow colors of this model and the overall proportions are well respected.

If you want to follow the progress of this project and participate in the discussion, go to here at Eurobricks.

The LEGO group has cracked an accessible letter here in pdf format explaining why no one should or should no longer publish documents or visuals stamped "Confidential".

This document explains that LEGO wants to control the launch of its products and decide when to release visuals of new products.

Some more or less credible arguments are advanced, such as the fight against the possible counterfeiting of sets by third-party companies or the modifications that may occur on the final sets after the publication of preliminary visuals.

Finally, LEGO calls for the denunciation of offenders by email and asks fans for their cooperation in this fight.

If the letter has the merit of being clear, the arguments put forward are a little less so: For many years, photos of sets have filtered well before their arrival on the market, and sometimes very long months in advance.

These leaks are fueling community conversations on blogs and forums, and LEGO reap the benefits in terms of marketing and visibility.

If the official position is given in this letter, one can legitimately wonder if these leaks are not sometimes largely orchestrated and manipulated to allow an assessment of the interest of AFOLs and fans for the ranges to come.

LEGO has been slow to recover from its dark years, and the best way to anticipate the market is to survey it through the most active community of potential customers .....

Here's what appears to be a first visual of the 5 collectible minifigure series due out in August.

Series 4 is slated for April / May, and Series 3 is just starting to be widely available.

Apparently LEGO seems to want to release these series at a brisk pace, which is certainly not a bad thing except for the wallet.

While waiting for more information about this Series 5, rumors are rife about the possible color of the bag and the methods of identifying the content.

We do with what we have while waiting for real confirmed information .....