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Review: LEGO Avatar 75573 Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson

Contest: A copy of the LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer set to be won!

Review : LEGO Marvel 76215 Black Panther

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The offer only covers three sets but it is interesting for all those who have not yet purchased the references 10305 Lion Knight's Castle (€ 399.99), 10302 Transformers Optimus Prime (179.99 €) or Mindstorms 51515 Inventor Robot (359.99 €): LEGO offers to obtain a reduction of 30 € on the public price of these products in exchange for 100 VIP points. For reference, you usually have to redeem 4500 points to get €30 off a future purchase.

As usual, the conversion of your points allows you to obtain a unique code to be used during a future online order on the Shop. Please note, the validity of these coupons is different from that of other rewards or reduction coupons: this promotional code to be entered in the field dedicated to VIP rewards in the basket is only valid until September 30, 2022. Only one code per product, the coupons are not cumulative.

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Update : the intern cracked down again and the set 10302 Transformers Optimus Prime (179.99 €) only benefits from a reduction of 20 € from its public price:

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Review: LEGO Avatar 75573 Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson

19/09/2022 - 22:21 In my opinion... Lego Avatar New LEGO 2022 Reviews

We continue the series of tests of the new features of the LEGO Avatar range and today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Avatar set 75573 Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson, a box of 887 pieces which will be available from October 1, 2022 at the retail price of €99.99. Don't be fooled by the product title, there aren't really any floating "mountains" in this set. I salute in passing the work of the graphic designers on the boxes of the range, it is sold with foliage everywhere and floating rocks in the background...

This product derived from the 2009 film therefore offers us to assemble an SA-2 Samson helicopter, a container embodying the Sector 26 mobile liaison unit and a small piece of vegetation. Everything is well accompanied by an honest handful of figurines but I still have a little trouble seeing where the 100 € requested by LEGO are.

Site 26 is actually two containers longer than the one proposed by LEGO and linked together in the movie, we only have one here. The latter is rather well done even if it is highly compressed as if the manufacturer had only had the means to offer us an economical version of this container. LEGO still manages to install the box that houses Jake Sully and a workstation for Dr. Grace Augustine while leaving a little space inside.

Everything is easily accessible by removing the roof associated with a section of wall, difficult to do better in terms of playability. The container cannot be transported by the SA2-Samson helicopter, nothing has been planned by LEGO to strap and hang the thing under the flying machine. The more adventurous will undoubtedly tinker with something in their spare time.

The other big construction of the set is the SA-2 helicopter with its coaxial propellers. Trudy Chacon being here at the controls, it is therefore the Samson 16. Most adult fans were probably hoping for better than the somewhat simplified toy provided in this box, but the construction remains in my opinion generally very correct at this scale.

We recognize the Samson 16 at first glance and that is the essential thing. The machine is flanked by a few stickers but the canopy of the cockpit is stamped with a very successful pattern. I think that LEGO had to simply resolve (perhaps even reluctantly) to print this part so as not to impose on the youngest the ordeal of having to stick a sticker on the angular surface of this part.

If the helicopter is well equipped with skids which allow it to be displayed correctly on a shelf, LEGO innovates a little by including a transparent support which allows it to be presented in flight or placed on the floating "mountain". The presence of the two elements that make up this support is also justified by the desire to offer us a "floating" rock and to kill two birds with one stone by fixing the helicopter to the top of the construction. The support itself is rather well designed, it offers maximum stability, well helped by the base of the decorative section of the product and by two pins which secure the two uprights.

It is by assembling the meager portion of vegetation, to be connected to the various modules delivered in the other boxes via the clip provided, that we finally understand the title of the product. The rock floats, it's not a montage but the symbolism is there. Pandora's interpretation is therefore also very minimalist here, and that's an understatement... A few flowers and other plants, some of which are phosphorescent, simply hide the anchoring system of the support on its base.

This box allows us to obtain five characters: Jake Sully, his Na'vi alter ego, Dr Grace Augustine, pilot Trudy Chacon and Norm Spellman in Na'vi version. I won't repeat the verse on the Na'vi for you, it's up to everyone to judge the relevance of this LEGO-style interpretation of the creatures that inhabit Pandora. Of the two figurines provided here, the frankly cartoon side prevails with facial expressions that seem a little strange to me.

For the rest, Grace Augustine's minifig looks like Sigourney Weaver and it's easy to imagine Michelle Rodriguez looking at Trudy Chacon's minifig. Bravo to the graphic designer for the face with the colorful patterns around Trudy's eyes, it's faithful to the film. Jake Sully is a little more neutral, here he is installed on a new version of the wheelchair different from the one available since 2016 in many boxes.

The two rear wheels change in diameter and the armrests gain in height. Why not. Sully and Augustine both enjoy alternate faces with the mask that allows them to walk around Pandora without dying of asphyxiation. It's graphically very well executed with a simple but effective reflection effect.

The two Na'vis figurines in the set are accompanied by a Pa'li (or Equidius), the local six-legged horse. We come close to the type toy My little Pony with this blue figure molded without joints and it might have needed to put a touch of beige and some additional patterns on the mane to stick to the creature of the film. It is possible to install a Na'vi on the Equidius by removing a few parts, even if the almost tone-on-tone rendering obtained is not really convincing in my opinion.

On arrival, if we take this product for what it is, a colorful toy for children, it is in my opinion generally successful and there is something to have fun with, especially by combining the contents of this box. with that of other products in the range. Those who have dreamed for many months following the leak of the titles of the various products in the LEGO Avatar range are on the other hand a little for their expense: we obtain a half-container which is itself half of Site 26, a minimalist helicopter even if it is rather faithful to the reference machine, a floating "mountain" which is not a mountain and a blue horse much too flashy for my taste.

It's all a bit skimpy for a discerning adult fan, so it'll take a bit of skill and a lot of imagination to improve the various builds a bit. The leads are there with the design of the container or the principle used for the rotors of the helicopter, all you have to do is get started.

We note the arrival of the transparent element which is delivered here in two copies to serve as a support for the "assembly" and the helicopter, this piece opens up new possibilities for displaying various and varied flying machines at the using "official" coins.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 29, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

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Contest: A copy of the LEGO ICONS 10497 Galaxy Explorer set to be won!

18/09/2022 - 12:31 Contest LEGO Icons New LEGO 2022

We continue today with a new contest that will allow the winner to win a copy of the LEGO ICONS set. 10497 Galaxy Explorer (99.99 €) put into play.

To validate your participation and try to add this ship to your collection at a lower cost, simply identify yourself via the interface below and follow the instructions provided. As usual, it is a question of finding information on the official online store and then answering the question correctly. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by lot from the correct answers. Participation is free and without obligation to purchase.

Your contact details (name / nickname, email address, IP) are only used within the framework of this competition and will not be kept beyond the drawing of lots which will designate the winner. As usual, this no-obligation competition is open to all residents of mainland France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The set is as usual generously provided by LEGO, it will be sent to the winner by me as soon as his contact details are confirmed by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any participant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Hateful and bad losers to abstain, the others will have more chances to win.

Good luck to everyone !

No participation via comments, I leave the form open as long as the contestants who cannot read are not yet there. Then we close.

For information: the name / nickname of the winner is displayed in the participation interface once the draw has been made. I also notify the winners by email, but remember to check anyway.

Review : LEGO Marvel 76215 Black Panther

17/09/2022 - 15:21 In my opinion... Lego marvel Lego super heroes New LEGO 2022 Reviews

Today we quickly go around a set that has at least the merit of leaving almost no one indifferent since its announcement: the LEGO Marvel reference 76215 Black Panther with its 2961 pieces and its retail price set at €349.99 which will be available from October 1, 2022 on the official online store and in LEGO Stores.

I'm not making a drawing for you, this is about assembling a 1:1 scale bust of the character and this format is a first at LEGO (we forget the Darth Maul from 2001) which was content so far to offer us more compact versions of helmets and masks of various and varied superheroes or characters from the Star Wars universe. I make it clear for all intents and purposes, this is not a disguise and you will not be able to put on the mask or buildable gloves here for Halloween.

One wonders what justifies the marketing of a model of this scale knowing that LEGO is generally confined to a more compact and less ambitious format when it comes to reproducing the head or the gloves of certain emblematic characters. The November release of the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020, who until now embodied the character and the opportunity to stage the movement of the hands crossed on the torso are arguments that can justify the debauchery of parts and the somewhat grandiloquent side of this model.

Difficult at this stage to know if LEGO intends to decline a whole range of busts in this new format or if it is an isolated product, only the future will tell us. In the meantime, you will have to make room on a shelf to be able to display this Black Panther, 46 cm high, 52 cm long and 29 cm deep. The advantage of the format is that the designer had plenty of room to refine the silhouette of the character, include details that generally pass by the wayside on masks and other helmets at 60 € and comfortably work the angles to achieve something faithful thing.

It was also necessary to fill all that with stacks of pieces and I must admit that I had at times the impression of assembling a large BrickHeadz figurine based on DUPLO bricks. This feeling is to be tempered, I went from the LEGO Ideas set 21336 The Office with its micro-furniture to this model and the sudden transition between these two very different products has something to do with it.

The character's costume being black with some metallic edging, the designer decided to bring a little (a lot) of color inside the model. The designer explains in the first pages of the instruction booklet that it was a question of referring to the material that makes up the costume, Vibranium. Why not.

Do not expect a series of amazing or revolutionary techniques under the mask and gloves, it just feels like everything has been done to limit expenses with very large elements that allow you to quickly gain volume and a lot of empty space. The stability of the model is not affected by these many perforated areas but we cannot say that the experience is of a very high level. Things get a bit more interesting when it comes to building the various sub-assemblies that make up the model's shell. I do not voluntarily spoil these steps for you, only that will remain really interesting and the pleasure of discovery should be left to those who will spend 350 € in this box.

If you follow the chronology of the photos that I propose to you here, you will have understood that we assemble this model from the bottom up, alternating between the sequences of stacking colored pieces and the application of black pieces which allow the costume to take shape. Even with over 2900 parts, it all comes together very quickly and the progression is quite entertaining. You don't get bored and the placement of the different assemblies around the face is interesting with sections that are, for example, only fixed on one ball joint and which easily find their final location on the model by simply leaning on another section already installed.

The few purple pieces slipped between the different layers of black perfectly embody the usual "glow" of the costume which stores kinetic energy to then release it. This effect is very interesting, beyond bringing a little color into the interstices, it also creates purple reflections on the rest of the model depending on the lighting. The designer has obviously worked on his file and we feel that he tried to find the best compromise possible to offer a sufficient level of detail without penalizing the solidity of the whole too much. It will still remember to grab the object by the base to move it to avoid any incident.

One could debate the interest of integrating the two hands of the character in "Wakanda Forever" mode in front of the construction, but thanks to a relative modularity of the model, LEGO leaves the possibility of exposing the bust alone if these attributes seem to you too bulky for your shelves or if the gimmick does not convince you visually.

The base that allows the hands to hold in position is indeed removable and it can be removed to then place the section with the sticker directly on the base at the foot of the character's torso. It should be noted that the two hands are only fixed to their support via a simple ball joint, gravity then allows them to fall perfectly into place between the curved elements placed at the four corners of the support.

I prefer this last option even if the shoulders with a slightly abrupt finish are then uncovered. I find the hands a little too messy and cumbersome, but that's a matter of taste. The fingers with their metallic claws are however well made with realistic knuckles and but I find the outer surface of the hands much too flat to be credible.

The first metallic parts used are those of the Black Panther collar and we cannot say that the uniformity of these soft parts is perfect, at least not as much as on the very optimistic official visuals of the product. In other clubs, this type of imperfection often goes unnoticed, but on a product like this with a necklace that stands out against the black background of the costume, it is immediately more visible. And this is only the beginning of a series of aesthetic flaws that spoil the pleasure a little.

The outer texture of the mockup is made up of an assortment of black elements some of which are smooth and glossy and some of which are matte and lightly textured. The intention is commendable, this contrast is interesting by favoring reflections in certain places more than in others, but the rendering is marred by the usual scratches and other traces of injection that abound on the black parts of this box.

We are also entitled to parts whose corners are slightly deformed or damaged, a technical detail which generally goes unnoticed on more colorful constructions but which really stands out on this almost monochrome model. The metallic parts which form the border which circulates on the mask are not free from defects: we can distinguish the inside of the tenons of some of them by transparency and it is ugly.

For those who are wondering, there is only one sticker in this box and it is the one that tells us that it is indeed Black Panther. The character's eyes are therefore stamped but we are not going to cry genius, it is quite simply a minimum on a model at 350 €.

It will now be up to everyone to form an opinion about this imposing model sold for €350. The subject is correctly treated and the object has a certain exposure potential. However, there is no point in comparing this achievement with the many much more realistic busts already on sale everywhere, such as that of the company Queen Studios, the purpose of the product is the same but the purpose is significantly different with an assembly experience here. rather entertaining which will perhaps compensate for the inevitable aesthetic approximations even on this scale.

On the other hand, the technical defects encountered are inexcusable for a product presented as high-end and intended for an adult clientele. It is not enough to offer ever more voluminous and spectacular creations to justify the price, the finish must be at the level of what can be expected from the world's leading manufacturer of construction toys. That's not the case here. And Wakanda doesn't exist.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 27, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

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On the LEGO Shop: the LEGO CITY 40578 Sandwich Shop set is free with purchases over €90

16/09/2022 - 00:04 Lego news New LEGO 2022 Shopping

Forward for a new promotional offer valid on the official online store and in LEGO Stores: LEGO offers from today and in the best case until September 30, 2022 the CITY reference 40578 Sandwich Shop from 90 € of purchase and without restriction of range. This small box of 110 pieces valued by LEGO at 14.99 € does not revolutionize the world of gifts offered on condition of purchase, but it does at least allow you to add an additional construction in the streets of your city dioramas.

On the program, a stand selling sandwiches run by a young woman whom we will call Karen and who wears the torso of the bather from the LEGO CITY set 60328 Beach Lifeguard Station, a ham and butter delivery man on his green bike, a road sign with the associated finishing elements and a small sheet of four stickers. Nothing new at the level of the two minifigs provided, all the elements are already available in other sets already marketed. Too bad for the full-face motorcycle helmet on a cyclist, we are at the limit of irrelevant.

It's up to you to see if this offer justifies paying for products at full price, the offer can in any case be combined with the one that currently allows you to obtain the VIP polybag 40515 Pirates and Treasure VIP Add On Pack (103 pieces) from 50 € of purchase without restriction of range.

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(The link to the shop redirects to the version of the official shop for your country of connection)

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 26, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

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