This is the LEGO fashion-lifestyle product for the start of the school year: the manufacturer is marketing a bag "perfect for fashion lovers and LEGO® fans" flanked by several very vintage logos which should appeal to fans of t-shirts and other sneakers in the brand's colors.

This "elegant" bag, 22 cm high, 22 cm wide and 10 cm deep, is made of imitation leather, it is advertised as waterproof and it is sold for the modest sum of 49.99 €. It also earns 375 VIP points. Run to buy it and stroll in style through the aisles of the next expo.

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After a mess in terms of communication between LEGO and its marketing service providers which had cast doubt on the validity of the offer, it is now definitively and officially confirmed: the set 40530 Jane Goodall Tribute (276 pieces) will be offered again at LEGO from September 5 to 11, 2022.

The small box of 276 pieces valued by LEGO at €22.99 will be automatically added to the basket as soon as the required minimum amount of €120 purchase without range restriction is reached. Please note that the offer will only be valid on the official online store and not in LEGO Stores.

Today we quickly go around one of the three Action Figures of the LEGO Marvel range marketed since September 1, that of the set 76226 Spider-Man Figure with its 258 pieces and its public price set at 29.99 €.

I won't repeat the whole couplet for you on the very approximate aesthetics of the thing, we already talked about it on the occasion of the Review devoted to reference 76225 Mile Morales Figure. One could also imagine that these two figurines to be built are perfectly identical, they deal after all more or less with the same subject, but this one offers some variations in the assembly which will avoid a certain weariness to those who will offer themselves the all the sets offered for sale. However, LEGO retains the same joints here and, by extension, the same limitations in terms of character mobility.

It should also be noted that this version of Spider-Man incorporates three additional pad-printed parts at the level of the pelvis and the legs and it is perfectly executed: black ink (dark) and placed on a red background (lighter) and it works. The ball joints and other gray notched joints are logically more present on this red and blue figurine than on that of Miles Morales with his black suit. I also note that Spider-man's thighs and calves seem visually oversized compared to the rest of the figurine even if the feet, here in a single color, are on the other hand almost a little more discreet than with Miles Morales then that they are identical for the two constructions.

For the rest, the back of Spider-Man's head is just as bad as with Miles Morales, the back of the character is also sketchy, it is possible to have a little fun imagining original poses which will only be limited the arrival in abutment of certain textural elements at the level of the arms or the legs and LEGO delivers a handful of white fabrics to be clipped in the hollow of the hands.

In short, the set does not really take human form and we have the impression of dealing with robots or at least with humans in armor and these figurines do not revolutionize an exercise that must be recognized as difficult . Some rounded parts try to soften the shapes in places but the figurine remains a little too coarse to deserve to finish its career as a model placed on a shelf.

The youngest will be satisfied with it, the object is solid and easy to handle and there is enough to have a little fun. Regarding the assembly process, LEGO indicates that these products are intended for children aged 8 and over, but those less experienced will probably need a little help to assemble the ball joints shoulders and ankles that are a bit difficult to build.

So there is something here to please a few children, provided they wait for these figurines to end up at a bargain price at a few overstocked retailers. Which will inevitably happen eventually.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 11, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

It's September 1, 2022 and LEGO is selling a handful of new sets from today on its official online store, including the successful, a little noisy and a little too expensive LEGO Ideas set. 21335 Motorized Lighthouse and a large batch of Advent calendars. Don't forget to grab the VIP snack box via the rewards center before ordering...

As usual, it's up to you to see whether to crack without waiting by paying the full price for these boxes or whether to show a little patience and wait for the inevitable reductions that will be offered in the boxes. weeks and months to come at Amazon, on FNAC.com and at a few other resellers.

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This is good news for all those like me who sometimes clicked a little too quickly: the distinction between using the code obtained, after an exchange of VIP points, via the official online store or in the LEGO Store and by telephone disappears definitively. . From now on, you can generate a unique code that can be used online, in Store or by phone.

This welcome change to the process for exchanging and using VIP points comes after the implementation a few months ago of an intermediate step which tried to guide us so as not to make any more mistakes. This was obviously not clear enough for many users of the program and LEGO finally decides to no longer limit the use of points to a single sales channel.

Note that if you have generated one or more unused codes, the VIP points will be credited back to your account and you will have to redeem them again using the new interface.

This change only affects "official" LEGO Stores, with LEGO Certified Stores still not accepting discount codes obtained through the redemption of VIP Points. Only the LEGO Certified Store in Créteil currently offers the possibility of accumulating points and using them at the checkout, but you must come with your VIP card, physical or dematerialized, in both cases.

We still don't know if all the LEGO Certified Stores located in France will one day join the VIP program and eventually allow the use of discount codes generated online. For the moment, this is not the case and the promises regularly made to customers by certain "knowledgeable" employees of these franchise stores are still not kept.

Below, the old system and the new interface now accessible in the VIP rewards center :