If you like trains, know that the two new LEGO CITY trains 60197 Passenger Train (139.99 €) and 60198 Freight Train (199.99 €) are now available on the LEGO Shop with a slew of new BrickHeadz figures...

The new rail packs are also available with the references 60205 Train Tracks & Curves (18.99 €) and 60238 Switch Tracks (19.99 €).

I got to play around with the train from set 60197 a bit and if we forget that you will need two copies to get a real full passenger train, it's quite successful.

I am not going to give you the usual verse here on the contents of the set, you already know it and there is not much to say about it. You get 16 rails and a half train, plus a few minifigs and a stretch of platform. not enough to make a diorama in itself.

Bluetooth synchronization between the new hub Powered Up and the supplied remote control works perfectly, but it is mostly with the available application on iOS et on Android that you will be able to make the most of the elements that replace those of the system Power Functions.

The latter makes it possible to manage even more efficiently (and more visually) the speed of travel (10 speeds available), reverse gear or stop the train. As a bonus, some sounds, obviously broadcast via the speaker of your smartphone, contribute to the railway atmosphere.

Forget your accessories Power Functions usual, the connectors used on the new ecosystem Powered Up are different. Please note, the motor supplied in the set LEGO Boost 17101 Creative Toolbox has a connector compatible with the new hub but does not react to indications of change of rotational speed, it can only be switched on / off.

Provide AAA batteries for the hub and the remote control (10 in total), they are not included ...

For those who are wondering, the two notched wheels on the remote control have no function. The notches are just used to orient the two sets of buttons for a better grip.

This is the same application that will be used to control the Batmobile in the set 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile (99.99 €) expected for August 1st.

The application is rather well designed, it is very didactic and guides you through the various steps essential to the connection between the hub and your smartphone. Bluetooth sync is performed directly in the application, it is not necessary to pair the smartphone and the hub in the smartphone settings. The range in Bluetooth is around ten meters indoors.

There will soon be LEGO sets based on the Overwatch video game, Activision Blizzard is the one announcement today, without giving more details.

We therefore do not know for the moment whether it will be sets with minifigs and something to build to accompany the different characters or just a few boxes in the BrickHeadz range, just to continue to decline the concept of figurines. cubic to assemble in an additional universe.
Regarding the different price brackets announced in the press release ("... multiple price points ..."), all you need is a single figure and a Duo Pack to be in the nails of the announcement.

In short, while waiting to learn more, we learn today that the video game phenomenon Overwatch will be entitled to some derivatives at LEGO. Wait and see, as the other would say ...

With the Juniors range, LEGO has invented the transition product for children accustomed to large DUPLO bricks who are old enough to switch to parts System. On the price side, parents will already be used to the high public prices of DUPLO sets and we do not change a winning team ...

Three new LEGO Juniors boxes and a pack of two characters in BrickHeadz format (41613 Mr Incredible & Frozone) are marketed around the release of the movie The Incredibles 2 (The Incredibles 2). No "classic" sets. This is quite logical considering that the main target of these derivatives are very young children.

LEGO sent me the three LEGO Juniors sets in question, so it's an opportunity to take a tour of these three boxes that offer something to bring together the entire Parr family.
Those who collect only minifigs also probably already have Mr Incredible (Mr Indestructible) and Syndrome, two characters present in the bags of the Disney minifig series (ref. Lego 71012). They will find in these different boxes something to expand their collections.

So we start today with the set 10759 Elastigirl's Rooftop Pursuit (95 pieces - 26.99 €) which allows you to obtain Helene Parr in her costume of Elastigirl and Screenslaver, a villain who hypnotizes his victims using the rotor of his helicopter. Elastigirl has her own ... Elasticycle, obviously. The fairing already seen in the LEGO Ninjago set 70638 Katana V11 (2018) is provided here in Medium Stone Gray.

As usual in the LEGO Juniors line, the content is sold as "easy to build". To put it mildly, it looks like a Happy Meal toy with the meta-pieces that make up the skeleton of the various vehicles. But this is the concept intended by LEGO and it is indicated roughly on the box.
For those who do not yet know, there are no stickers in these sets, everything is pad printed.

If you are over 5 years old, the set will be assembled in five minutes flat, including the coffee break. The end result is very honest with two protagonists, two vehicles, a helipad and even a laptop and a walkie talkie. There is plenty of fun, that's the purpose of this box.

The Elastigirl minifig delivered in this box is equipped with flexible plastic arms which cross the torso of the figurine on the same principle as Ms. Marvel in the set 76076 Captain America Jet Pursuit. For those who do not have the Ms. Marvel minifigure, know that you can slide the tube to one side or another to lengthen or shorten one arm (and therefore logically shorten or lengthen the other ... ). This tube is not removable and LEGO does not provide conventional arms.

We will appreciate the legs of Elastigirl molded in two colors and the new reusable hair for other female characters but we will regret the absence of pad printing on the back of the various members of the Parr family. The orange belt materialized on the front of the torso would have deserved to be printed also on the back. We will do with it.

You won't see Screenslaver's face here, you'll find out why later. The characters' legs are in Pearl Dark Gray, they are also present in the LEGO Star Wars sets 75190 First Order Star Destroyer et 75201 First Order AT-ST or in the LEGO Marvel set 76103 Corvus Glaive Thresher Attack.
If you're only targeting members of the Parr family, you can skip this set. Hélène Parr is also delivered in another box, with standard arms.

26.99 € is a bit expensive for two minifigs and a few coins. A third character would have been welcome. But as the other would say: when you love, you don't count (or so little) ...

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included in the game. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before May 9 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was 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.

LEGO is not in the lace to accompany the release of the film Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, with 14 references whose marketing is starting today.
There is something for all ages with classic sets, three boxes in the Juniors range, two in the DUPLO range and one Duo Pack of BrickHeadz figures.

Longtime fans of the Jurassic Park franchise weren't forgotten with a small tribute set for the 1993 film.

It is finally here! The metallic capsule with Darth Vader (ref. 5005376) that we have been promising for months is now offered from 55 € of purchase on the LEGO Shop and from tomorrow morning in the LEGO Stores.

If the offer is in theory valid until May 3, I recommend that you do not take too long to decide to order, I believe that everyone will have understood that the offers which arrive at the announced expiry date are increasingly rare.

New LEGO Star Wars movie-based items are also now available Solo: A Star Wars Story and some other sets: