LEGO today unveils a set that will be available from March 1, 2023 only on the shelves of the Store installed in the heart of the LEGO House in Billund: the reference 40504 A Minifigure Tribute.

This box of 1041 pieces which allows you to assemble a figurine about thirty centimeters high will be sold at the public price of 599 DKK, or about 81 €. The construction pays homage to the LEGO minifig seen for the first time in a manufacturer's box in 1978 and which therefore celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, as well as to the Pirates range via the chosen character: Captain Redbeard seen for the first time in the set 6285 Black Seas Barracuda marketed in 1989 then in many sets in the following years.

For those who are wondering about the presence of the number 4 on the box: this set is the fourth element of what we can call the "LEGO House Collection" after references 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021) et 40503 Dagny Holm - Master Builder (2022)

This product is not available anywhere other than the Billund Store, so you will have to go to the aftermarket resellers to get it if you don't want to make the trip.

A little reminder for the most dazed of you: the set 40563 Tribute to LEGO House is offered on the official online store from 250 € of purchase only until this evening, this will no longer be the case on November 28 because it will be replaced by another promotional product: the storage bag 5007488 LEGO Drawstring Brick Bag which will be offered to members of the VIP program from a purchase of €200.

For those who are wondering, this box of 583 pieces valued at €29.99 by the manufacturer pays a more or less successful (micro) tribute depending on the construction to different products that are difficult to find except to agree to treat secondary market resellers: sets 21037 LEGO House (2017) 4000026 Tree of Creativity (2018) 40366 LEGO House Dinosaurs (2019) 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) et 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021)

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Another promotional product coming to LEGO: the set 40563 Tribute to LEGO House which is now online on the official store. In this box of 583 pieces valued at €29.99 and which will be offered subject to purchase (we are talking about a minimum amount of €250 and availability for Black Friday 2022...), enough to assemble five microphones -versions of sets, some of which were or are still exclusive to the shop installed in the LEGO House Store in Billund.

These five constructions refer to the sets 21037 LEGO House (2017) 4000026 Tree of Creativity (2018) 40366 LEGO House Dinosaurs (2019) 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) et 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021)

LEGO today unveils a set that is only available on the shelves of the Store installed in the heart of the LEGO House in Billund: the reference 40503 Dagny Holm - Master Builder.

This box of 1068 pieces, which is sold at the public price of 599 DKK, or approximately 81 €, pays tribute to the first "Master Builder", Dagny Holm. The one who was also the niece of the founder of the LEGO group, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, was responsible in her time for the design of all the models of the LEGOLAND park and the construction of 25 cm long by 19 cm wide and 14.5 cm high includes logically some of his most emblematic creations gathered on his desk.

For those who wonder about the presence of the number 3 on the box: this set is the third element of what can be called the "LEGO House Collection" after the sets 40501 The Wooden Duck (2020) et 40502 The Brick Molding Machine (2021)

This product is not available anywhere other than the Billund Store, so you will have to go to the aftermarket resellers to get it if you don't want to make the trip.

Today we quickly tour the LEGO Marvel set 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown (477 pieces - € 39.99), one more box based on the Marvel's Avengers (Square Enix) video game whose release was initially scheduled for May 2020 but has finally been postponed to next September.

Here, too, the Avengers face the AIM troops (Advanced Idea Mechanics) and for the occasion Captain America and Hawkeye are at the controls of a modular truck with a slightly strange look. The machine is based on four (too) small wheels and it opens to store the rear Stud Shooter competition mounted on Technic beams.

Why not, even if the vehicle would in my opinion have benefited from being mounted on large wheels or tracks, just to make it more homogeneous. Just press the latch at the back to open the two body panels that hide the weapon, it's always taken for playability, and the cockpit of the truck is also a little strange but it has the merit of being able to accommodate a minifigure in uniform under the mobile canopy.

With its look and its blue / gray color and by simply changing the stickers, the machine could also just as well integrate the LEGO Jurassic World range and I think that this truck is not really up to what could have invented Tony Stark to make life easier for the band of superheroes. For a more successful product, LEGO could in my opinion have added a motorcycle that it would have been possible to store in the rear compartment for Captain America, the barrel then being fixed above the driving position.

Opposite, the AIM troops had to be content with a more modest three-wheeled machine, but they were assisted by a combat drone armed with Stud Shooters which is attached to the back. We find at the front a rim identical to those seen on the Black Panther motorcycle in the set 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack. If the truck struggles to convince me, this very simple three-wheeled motorcycle seems more consistent with the universe developed here thanks to its aggressive look and its use justified by the transport of the combat drone.

As usual, we stick some stickers on the truck and on the motorcycle with the bonus of a license plate which also serves as the signature of the designer of the set: NA811 for Nabii aka Mark Stafford.

On the minifig side, we get here two members of the Avengers. Captain America benefits from a brand new double-sided face and torso, shield and mask previously seen in the set 76123 Captain America: Outriders Attack (2019) and a pair of neutral legs. The white of the torso is not really white as usual but the design of the piece is very faithful to the video game version although it lacks a few patterns on the arms to make it perfect. LEGO is kind enough to deliver hair for the character, it's nice.

Hawkeye benefits from his side of a torso and a new head, all plugged on neutral legs and with hair in Medium Dark Flesh already used in the past for Thor, Newt Scamander and a handful of other generic minifigs. Nice graphic work on the torso, too bad the legs have not received the same attention.

Finally, the two AIM agents delivered here are identical to the one seen in the set 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack. One of the two agents is equipped with a flamethrower and a jetpack, why not, these elements will bring a little variety when it comes to forming a small squad intended to populate a diorama.

As for the set 76142 Avengers Speeder Bike Attack, there is fun here by getting some new minifigs and everyone should find something for themselves. Even if the "Avengers truck" will probably not go down in history in the same way as a Quinjet, this box sold at the public price of 39.99 € is a product that makes the effort to be self-sufficient with what fun for two or three without having to go back to the checkout. It's already that.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at March 29, 2020 next at 23pm.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn. Shipment of the batch as soon as the sanitary situation permits.