Information comes a member of the LAN who received these three test products from LEGO: the LEGO Marvel sets 76202 Wolverine Mech Armor (141 pieces - 9.99 €), 76203 Iron Man Mech Armor (130 pieces - 9.99 €) and 76204 Black Panther Mech Armor (124 pieces - € 9.99) will ultimately not be available on the shelves from January 1st. The three references concerned have also not been online on the official store for a few days.

The manufacturer indicates to have discovered a problem of "stability" on these three products which imposes to cancel the put on sale envisaged. At this stage, LEGO only specifies that it is looking for a solution to the problem encountered and does not mention a new release date. We will therefore have to wait a little longer for Wolverine's return ...

We continue with a quick glance at the contents of the LEGO Star Wars blister pack 40557 Defense of Hoth, a small product of 64 pieces including three minifigs which will be available from January 1, 2022 at the public price of € 14.99. As for the other product of the same type which will be available at the same price, the reference 40558 Clone Trooper Command Station, it is a simple pack of generic figurines accompanied by some parts. The theme here is the Battle of Hoth, a subject treated to the point of overdose by LEGO, which allows many fans to embark on ambitious dioramas filled with AT-ATs, generators, Snowtroopers and soldiers. rebels.

This character pack will come at the right time to add some content around the set's craft. 75313AT-AT, possibly accompanied by the biped of the set 75322 Hoth AT-ST. LEGO is perhaps missing an opportunity here to provide us with a piece of trench which could be extended by acquiring several copies of the set and we must be content with a 1.4 FD P-Tower laser cannon on a reduced scale and of two Mark II EWHB-10 machine guns. Those who lack blasters, because they were replaced in the Battle Packs by Stud Shooters, will have here what to equip their troops by boning for example the tripods of the two machine guns which each use three copies.

The laser cannon placed on its vaguely snowy base and which is here at the center of the action is very basic, you should not expect better with such a small inventory. We feel that LEGO is content with the minimum union to justify the designation "construction toy" of this type of product whose real vocation is to supply the armies of fans with minifigures.

The three minifigs provided are generic enough to allow their accumulation. The brown torso is the one that will also be delivered in the set 75322 Hoth AT-ST for the single rebel soldier provided and the other two minifigs are identical, only the head changes. LEGO is playing the diversity card here with three skin tones and a female character. Some finishing problems on the pad printed legs with an unprinted area at the junction with the thighs and smudges on the faces, it's time for LEGO to make real progress on its pad prints.

LEGO does not change the level of the headgear and glasses of these rebel soldiers. I have always found these big glasses a bit ridiculous when placed on the face of a minifigure and I hoped that one day LEGO would dare to directly pad print the accessory on one of the faces of the heads used but it will not be for this time. However, the accessory works a little better when it is placed on the cap.

These rebel soldiers can for example face the soldiers of the sets 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack which will also be available from January 1, 2022. Three rebel soldiers for € 14.99 against four Snowtroopers for € 19.99, it is not very balanced but it is not so serious either, we know who loses in the end. The packaging is attractive, the price is correct if we take into account the prices charged in the LEGO Star Wars range, this small set of gondola head will undoubtedly end up in many caddies to the delight of young fans. Fans of snow-covered dioramas should also find plenty of room for them, with generic troops to be distributed along their trenches.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 21, 2021 next at 23pm.

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

LEGO today announces the start of construction in the second half of 2022 of its sixth production unit. This new factory will be located in the south of Vietnam, about fifty kilometers from Ho Chin Minh-Ville. The first bricks should leave the factory in 2024 and the manufacturer announces that it can create up to 4000 jobs.

This new factory, the second in Asia after the commissioning in 2016 of the Jianxing plant in China, will allow LEGO to supply an Asian market that has been growing steadily for several years.

LEGO promises that the level of production quality will be equal to that provided by the other factories of the group and adds that this new production unit will be carbon neutral, with a 100% power supply ensured by a set of solar panels, equipment adapted to electric vehicles, sustainable management of water resources and waste produced, the planting of 50.000 trees to compensate for those uprooted on the site, etc ...

You've probably already seen the visual of the product circulating on the usual channels, but this promotional set will never be offered at LEGO: the LEGO reference 40489 Mr. and Mrs. Claus' Living Room was initially to be offered from 170 € of purchase in December on the official online store but the offer never took place and the manufacturer was content to extend the one allowing to obtain a copy of the set 40484 Santa's Front Yard under the same conditions.

LEGO officially confirms today the reasons for the cancellation of this offer, the product would not meet the brand's quality requirements:

Today we are quickly interested in what LEGO presents as the 150th BrickHeadz minifigure in the range launched in 2017, the LEGO Star Wars reference. 40539 Ahsoka Tano. THE vote organized in November 2020 to determine the license of the minifigure that would have the honor of wearing the number # 150 was decided in advance and LEGO logically thought of the many Ahsoka Tano fans following the victory of the Star Wars license on the three other themes proposed . The bet was far from won in advance, it was a question of converting a character with curvaceous organic attributes to the cubic format imposed by the exercise.

The designer is doing relatively well if we admit that it is the format that decides the rest. This new BrickHeadz figure follows all the usual codes when it comes to torso size, hand and foot shape, and minimalist interpretation of the face. Red guts and pink brains as often inside the figurine, flat face with the usual eyes, here it is necessary to count on the pad-printed tribal patterns and on the two-tone quilts of the creature for the incarnation to work. In any case, this will be enough for many fans of the LEGO Star Wars range who rarely look on the side of the BrickHeadz minifigures of the license are interested in this minifigure.

The assembly of the 164 pieces of the set is quickly dispatched but the process is not uninteresting: getting to give an organic side to a cube is a perilous exercise and yet it is the case here with quilts that fall perfectly on the shoulders. character and a level of detail that seems sufficient for a figure on this scale. The usual indulgence of fans of the Star Wars universe when it comes to merchandise will do the rest.

No particular marking on the base, I would have appreciated a small golden # 150 ", just to mark the occasion. The collection of figurines already marketed is impressive, more than 150 different products in 4 years with unnumbered figurines, it is is a nice challenge for collectors knowing that some of these ultra-limited BrickHeadz are overpriced on the secondary market and that the best complete collectors will never have the one with the number # 57 anyway. on its shelves. The reference which occupies this slot, the set 40316 which should have allowed to reproduce Geoffrey the giraffe mascot of the Toys R Us brand, has in fact never been officially marketed. set instructions are available and you may need to use the star-shaped stickers from the set 40228 Geoffrey & Friends to dress the figurine.

That being said, this Ahsoka Tano figurine deserves to wear this number which marks a significant milestone, it manages to convince despite the limitations of the format. In my opinion, this is not the case with all the products sold in this range and we can consider that fans of the Star Wars universe have been doing quite well since 2020, the content of the set 75317 The Mandalorian & The Child (295 pieces - € 19.99) is also very suitable.

This small product will be available at the public price of 9.99 € from January 1, 2022, at this price there are not many questions to ask if you are a fan of this character who has accompanied a whole generation of fans with the animated series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars et Star Wars Rebels and who is also embodied in Live Action in the series The Mandalorian by the very convincing Rosario Dawson.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at December 22, 2021 next at 23pm.

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