Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO set 40532 Vintage Taxi, a small box of 163 pieces which will be offered on the official online store and in LEGO Stores from 200 € of purchase without restriction of range from January 28, 2022.

The affiliation of this small promotional product stamped 18+ with the world of Modulars is obvious with a vehicle, a piece of sidewalk and a minifig, LEGO even taking up the aesthetics of the packaging of the 2022 edition, the set 10297Boutique Hotel (199.99 €), with the green banner at the foot of the construction. It can therefore be understood that some purchasers of the Structure 2022 who didn't wait to buy the set are a little frustrated at not being able to take advantage of this offer and will have to resign themselves to spending another €200 to add this taxi and its minifig to their collection.

The 6-stud wide vehicle to be assembled here seems rather successful to me, even if in my opinion it lacks enough to definitively endorse its taxi function. A sticker on the doors, for example, would have made it possible to assert more definitively the role of this vehicle in the streets of LEGOModularCity. The confusion is also maintained by the one and only minifig delivered in this box, it is presented as a possible passenger accompanied by its suitcase but LEGO also puts it in scene at the wheel of the vehicle. Driver or passenger, we don't really know. I will spare you the detail of the construction process, the photos below speak for themselves and everything is assembled in a few minutes. No stickers in this box.

By ridding the vehicle of the two parts that form the light signal on the roof, you get a pretty old car that can circulate in the streets of your dioramas. The most demanding can also replace the few visible yellow parts to obtain something even more successful.

As soon as the first visuals of the product were posted online, some fans saw it as a nod to the donut thief of the Structure 2021, the benchmark 10278 Police Station (179.99 €). Why not even if only the face and the beret of the minifig can refer to last year's figurine, the torso being different.

The presence of the donut will however be enough to make the link for those who absolutely want to find a reference there. The torso used here is quite common, it has also been found in about fifteen sets since 2018. The face of the driver/passenger is also a regular in LEGO sets, it made its first appearance on the shoulders of the owner of the set shop LEGO Ideas 21310 Old Fishing Store in 2017.

This small promotional product with polished packaging and rather successful content will require you to spend 200 € on the official online store and we could consider that this minimum purchase amount is not so high as it seems when we look at the official price of some boxes.

It will therefore be up to everyone to see if the offer is worth the effort, knowing that the secondary market will not fail to be invaded by copies of this box in the days following its launch. The sellers will then fight among themselves to sell their stock and it will probably be possible to obtain this small set at a reasonable price without having to pay a box at a high price on the official online store. A slightly funny detail: the purchase of the set 10297Boutique Hotel will not be enough, it is only sold for 199.99 €...

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 5th February 2022 next at 23pm.

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

LEGO is going there today with a small teasing sequence for a future product with this short video which asks in English who trapped / framed Batman by playing on the double meaning of the verb frame.

According to the latest rumors, this teaser is linked to the imminent announcement of a new reference in the LEGO ART range, the set 31205 DC Batman Collection. If LEGO uses the principle of several other references in the range including the set 31199 Marvel Studios Iron Man, it will probably be necessary to combine the inventory of several copies of the set to assemble an alternative mosaic featuring the vigilante of Gotham City.

The next promotional offer that will be available on the official online store in a few days is now known: the set 40532 Vintage Taxi will be offered subject to purchase from next January 28 and it will be necessary to pay at least 200 € without restriction of range for this small box of 163 pieces to be automatically added to the basket. In the box, enough to assemble a pretty black and yellow taxi, a piece of sidewalk and a minifig composed of rather common elements. The character is holding a donut in his hand, some may see it as a nod to the thief of the Modular 2021, the reference 10278 Police Station (179.99 €).

The packaging uses the colors used for the Structure of this year, the set 10297Boutique Hotel, but the purchase of this box sold at the public price of 199.99 € will not be enough to unlock the promotional offer... We can also wonder why LEGO did not take advantage of the launch of the Structure 2022 on January 1 to reward those who took the plunge without delay.

(Pictures via TheBrothersBricks)

If you have never watched the American version of the LEGO Masters franchise, you will be able to discover this version of the show from next Saturday, February 5 on Gulli. The youth channel of the M6 ​​group has launched since January 3 its evenings intended for a more family audience entitled Gulli Prime and the program hosted by comedian Will Arnett will therefore be broadcast from 21:00 p.m. As for the French version, the host of this American version is assisted by two Brickmasters who act as judges: the "official" designers Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett.

Gulli should logically start by offering the first season of 10 episodes initially broadcast in the USA between February and April 2020. We hope that the channel will also broadcast the second season of 12 episodes broadcast in the USA between June and September 2021.

(Special thanks Guillaume for the alert)

The January issue of the official LEGO Marvel Avengers magazine is currently available on newsstands and it allows us to obtain an Iron Man minifigure already delivered with the magazine in November 2020 and seen in many sets including references 76140 Iron Man Mech, 76152 Avengers: Wrath of Loki, 76153 Helicarrier, 76164 Iron Man Hulkbuster Versus AIM Agent, 76166 Avengers Tower Battle et 76167 Iron Man Armory. For the occasion, the character is here accompanied by a few additional elements that allow him to be staged.

The figurine that will be delivered with the next issue to be published on March 7, 2022 is revealed in the inside pages of the magazine, it is Loki. This minifig only came in the LEGO Marvel set 76152 Avengers: Wrath of Loki. If you have not already spent the 70 € requested by LEGO for this box stamped 4+ which is no longer marketed by LEGO, this will be the opportunity to obtain at a lower cost (6.50 €) this variant with its torso unpublished, his legs neutral and the face of Lex Luthor or several officers of the First Order.