Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Marvel set 76231 Guardians of the Galaxy Advent Calendar 2022, a box of 268 pieces which will be available at the public price of €34.99 from September 1, 2022. As you will have understood, the Marvel Advent calendar this year puts the Guardians of the Galaxy in the spotlight on the occasion of the release at the end of the year of the film Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on the Disney+ platform.

Apologies to anyone who hates getting spoiled the content of these calendars before they're available, LEGO has offered to go around them as early as August so you can have time to forget what you've seen of here in December.

It should be noted that LEGO still does not make much effort on the packaging of these Advent calendars despite the very active communication around the manufacturer's desire to pollute the planet less. This type of product was however the perfect opportunity to provide us with 24 paper bags instead of the usual packaging, knowing that LEGO has since 2017 eliminated the thermoformed black plastic tray to replace it with an equivalent cardboard insert.

These calendars are designed to maximize the promise of daily treats for 24 days: beautiful box with an attractive design with the added bonus of a flap that is sold as a game support, internal packaging that allows you to give volume to the micro-sachets, the recipe is the same here as for other calendars whose content discovery is sometimes a little disappointing, like the Kinder versions with their many daily mini-eggs and their single classic egg at the end of the course. In the end, a lot of cardboard and plastic in the trash and not much in the drawers or the stomach.

I'm not going to detail you by the menu each of the 18 micro-thingies that accompany the 6 minifigs delivered in this box, others will gladly take care of it. I sorted the things by category with the ships which are frankly in the theme, the accessories which are more or less in the theme and finally the things which are supposed to be more or less festive accessories but of which one sometimes wonders what it's about. Some boxes will later allow you to solve the mystery of an earlier stage, you will have to wait 24 hours or more and combine their respective contents to obtain something more or less identifiable.

I always wonder why LEGO does not offer daily content that would allow at the end of the journey to assemble a construction grouping the inventory of the product. I would forgive anything unfinished to get the ability to keep all the contents of this calendar on a shelf as a single construct instead of throwing the gizmos in the bottom of a drawer and forgetting about them ever.

With the mini-stuff aside, we're left with six minifigs: Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Mantis, Drax, and Nebula. It's meager for a product that offers us to discover content over a period of 24 days at 1.50 € per box.

The Groot, Rocket Raccoon and Mantis miniatures those already seen in the set 76193 The Guardians' Ship, a box still sold at the public price of 149.99 € which makes these figurines difficult to access for all those who struggle to optimize the management of their pocket money. The Star-Lord minifigure comes from the same set, the character here losing his legs in two colors and changing his hairstyle. So there are only two new figurines left on arrival that will probably forever be exclusive to this box, those of Drax and Nebula who are wearing very successful ugly Christmas sweaters here. Neutral legs for everyone except Groot, there are no small savings.

Should we marvel at this type of product in 2022? I don't think so, even if the youngest may find it useful provided they are familiar with the universe of the Guardians of the Galaxy and show a lot of imagination on days when the content of the box is less inspired. I think it is still possible to do much better with 35 € on hand, most of the boxes in this calendar being of little interest.

To end on a positive note: there will however be the possibility of obtaining a handful of minifigs with their accessories, some of which are difficult to access without spending around 150 €, it's always taken.

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In 2022, we cannot say that LEGO has put the package on the DC Comics universe. For now, we have to make do with the four sets based on the film. The Batman marketed since the beginning of the year and the start of the school year promises to be a little gloomy with a small box of 42 pieces which once again features Batman. The vigilante of Gotham will be here accompanied by an ultra-simplified version of his Batcycle and Harley Quinn who will be satisfied with his side of a skateboard.

It will be necessary to pay 14.99 € to afford this set stamped 4+, bearing the reference 76220 Batman vs. Harley Quinn, which should be available from September 1st.

While Americans feast on plastic gifts, LEGO rewards us with paper: you can now exchange 600 of your VIP points for a set of four postcards to send to your friends from your vacation spot and four stickers to stick on on your suitcase that will allow you "stand out in a crowded terminal!", it's LEGO that says so.

The set is visually rather successful with four products from the LEGO catalog featured: the sets 21332 The Globe, 10297Boutique Hotel, 10276 Colosseum et 21056 Taj Mahal.

LEGO could have offered the thing during a purchase on the official store, but the objective here is to make us "spend" our points for a reward rather than taking advantage of the reduction of 4 € they could have allowed. 'obtain. And you have to place an order anyway to be able to use the code generated during the conversion of the points. Smart, I cracked, but I will not send postcards, I keep them for me.

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The US sign Walmart currently offers under condition of purchase a nice little promotional product that I have not yet seen in France, so you will have to go through the secondary market to get it if you plan to collect products related to the brand's 90th anniversary.

Customers of the American brand must spend $50 on LEGO products to obtain this micro version of the emblematic yellow castle marketed in 1978 under the reference 375Castle.

LEGO regains control following the logistical error that sabotaged the marketing plan initially defined around the LEGO Harry Potter set 76405 Hogwarts Express Collector's Edition : the 5129-piece set which will be available at the public price of €499.99 from August 31, 2022 is now online on the official store.

For €500, fans will therefore be entitled to an exhibition model which will occupy almost 1m20 on their shelves, 20 minifigs and the possibility of reproducing four scenes taken from the cinematographic saga, including waiting on the quay and three scenes in the wagon equipped with light bricks. You can even turn a lever to "create the fascinating movements of a steam train" and the assembly process can be shared with others with four separate instruction booklets. We'll talk about all that in a few days.

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