Here are the details of the offers planned on the official online store for the month of February 2021. Nothing crazy, you will have to spend at least 85 € to be offered the set 40417 Year of the Ox, i.e. 5 € more than in 2020 to obtain the set 40355 Year of the Rat, and two polybags will be offered in turn on the condition of spending at least 40 €.

Those who are eagerly awaiting February 1 to purchase the LEGO Ideas set 21325 Medieval Blacksmith (2164 pieces - 159.99 €) from its launch will obviously be able to combine the two offers planned from the 1st to the 14th.

According to LEGO, the LEGO set 40417 Year of the Ox will be offered from February 1 to 14, 2021 from 85 € of purchase on the official online store and in the LEGO Stores and today we take a quick look at this promotional product that celebrates the year of the Metal Ox.

The animal to be built is here as usual "cartoonized" in LEGO style. Some will appreciate this slightly wacky interpretation, others will undoubtedly remain insensitive to this figurine with a slightly strange look and very rough finish. It is in the spirit of the sets on the same theme already offered by the manufacturer with the sheep in 2015 (40148), the monkey in 2016 (40207), the rooster in 2017 (40234), the dog in 2018 (40235) , the pig in 2019 (40186) and the rat in 2020 (40355), we cannot blame a lack of visual consistency in this range.

Everything is assembled in a few minutes and results in an exhibition animal with very limited mobility placed on a base similar to those already imagined for the other animals in this "collection". The head turns on itself, the front legs are adjustable and the back legs can be loosely spread until they come to rest against the body of the animal.

As with all small sets featuring the featured animal in the coming year, LEGO provides a "red envelope" in the box which is actually yellow on the outside and red on the inside. Tradition has it that in Asia we offer money to our loved ones at this time of the year and you can also comply with this custom thanks to the envelope provided. If you give the set to someone, you will need to open the box first, put the money in the envelope and reseal the packaging properly.

Those who will want to invest in the LEGO Ideas set 21325 Medieval Blacksmith (2164 pieces - 159.99 €) from its launch on February 1, will therefore be able to be offered this set free from € 85 of purchase. The secondary market should as usual be inundated with copies of this 167-piece box in the days and weeks following its availability, and if you wait a bit, it will be possible to get this little box for a few euros without have to pay a few sets at full price on the official LEGO store.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 9th February 2021 next at 23pm. "The" I try, I participate "are automatically deleted, make an effort.

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 today unveils the VIDIYO concept resulting from the partnership signed with Universal Music and we therefore learn a little more about this new range intended for children which will highlight some crazy-looking minifigs, what the manufacturer calls the "BeatBits" and an application making use of augmented reality .

The manufacturer sells it as a safe environment where children aged 7-10 can "travel in the physical and digital worlds of play" with a "platform that allows them to experience play and music, a powerful and fundamental combination to their development, allowing them to improve their ability to connect with others emotionally and creatively". Quite a program, locked and a priori reassuring for parents who disapprove of their offspring straying all day long on Tik Tok.

To put it simply, the concept revolves around the dedicated application which brings together a selection of musical titles from the Universal Music catalog. We choose a title, we select the "BeatBits" which make it possible to generate special effects, we place the elements in the scene to be scanned in the company of the chosen minifig, we present the smartphone with the augmented reality application, we tap on the "Beatbits" to generate effects, we film the whole and the case and folded.

The resulting clip can then be shown to friends and possibly loaded into the app, after moderation. In short, not enough to distract the kids from Tik Tok and I doubt that the concept will prevail in schoolyards knowing that the majority of establishments prohibit the use of smartphones.

Regarding the minifigs that will be provided in the various sets planned, you will find them on some visuals which are circulating at the moment via the usual channels.

If you want to know more, the press release posted by LEGO and the complete pack of visuals to download can be found at this address on the LEGO Newsroom.

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes set 76174 Spider-Man's Monster Truck vs. Mysterio, a box of 439 pieces sold for 49.99 € which features Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, Doctor Octopus and Mysterio.

This set is in line with those who force us to assemble a more or less successful Spider-vehicle, we must provide something that rolls or flies to build in these boxes intended for the youngest. The Spider Truck delivered here is not uninteresting and it combines a very successful look with some functionalities: The net launcher is deployed by turning the yellow knob placed on the side of the vehicle, the driving position is accessible by removing the roof of the cabin and the machine will evolve on all terrains thanks to a substantial ground clearance and a very simple pseudo-suspension which is based on the usual Technic rubber elements (4198367).

The truck is covered with stickers in the colors of its owner, right down to the red rims with a spider web pattern. Why not, even if Spider-Man in principle doesn't really need a Monster Truck with canvas launcher except perhaps to integrate the Tour de France caravan.

Spider-Man will therefore be able to roll on Doc Ock and Mysterio after having knocked out the two very successful drones visibly inspired by those seen in the film Spider-Man: Far From Home. If we do not count the arms of Octopus, these two drones equipped with Stud Shooters perfectly integrated are the only mechanical opposition to Monster Truck and we can always have fun trying to capture them with the net launcher integrated in the back of the truck. In fact, this springless launcher does not launch much.

It may be missing two supports based on transparent parts to be able to put the two drones in flight position, it's a shame that LEGO hardly ever thinks of providing us with something to give a little height to the flying devices. The parts used in the photo below are not included in the box.

As for the minifigs to recover in this box, we get four characters. The Spider-Man minifig with its pad-printed arms is identical to the one delivered since the beginning of the year in the sets 76172 Spider-Man and Sandman Showdown (9.99 €) and 76173 Spider-Man and Ghost Rider vs. Carnage (19.99 €), two boxes cheaper than this one to which you will have to turn if you only want the minifig in question.

Spider-Gwen's minifig on her skateboard is no different from the sets 76115 Spider Mech vs. Venom (2019) et 76149 The Menace of Mysterio (2020) than by the new hood provided in this set. It's up to you to see if this new element which finally allows the rotation of the character's head, which the "classic" hood did not allow, justifies the acquisition of this minifigure. I notice an improvement in the depth of the black pad-printed pattern on the figurine's white torso, it's finally more or less in line with the legs.

Mysterio's minifig uses the torso already seen in the set 76149 The Menace of Mysterio (2020) but LEGO replaces the transparent globe with an opaque version. Why not, we can no longer distinguish the neutral head on which we plug the globe and that's not bad. the character also benefits from a base in which the entire minifigure is inserted without having to remove the legs first. The part is identical to the one already seen on the Nehmaar Reem figurine in the Hidden Side set 70437 Mystery Castle, and it seems to me perfectly suited to embody the vaporous side of Mysterio. Those who find it irrelevant can always put it away and keep a Mysterio that stands on its two legs.

The Doc Ock figurine, which seems to me frankly inspired by the version of the character seen in the Marvel's Spider-Man video game, is therefore the only one to use completely new elements with a torso and a head with very successful pad printing. The character's back is obscured by the massive mechanical gear he uses, but LEGO hasn't skimped on the details.

The hair used here is a good compromise to ensure fidelity to the look of the character in the game, it is also that of Peter Venkman, Red Guardian or Bob Cratchit. The tentacles clipped to the back of the minifig are sufficiently mobile and they allow many positions and playful possibilities, even if I finally find these appendages a little oversized. The good side of the thing: you have to put them together and that's always what it takes knowing you're buying a construction toy. The most observant will have noticed that none of the characters in this box has pad-printed legs. There are no small savings.

In short, this box sold for 50 € which draws its inspiration from different universes and frankly extrapolates in passing should appeal to the youngest with its Monster Truck in Spider-Man colors. It offers a lot of fun with a relatively balanced opposition between the vehicle armed with its slightly sluggish net launcher and the two pretty over-armed drones.

The collectors of minifigs will perhaps be a little on their hunger, it is necessary to be satisfied with an unpublished Doc Ock, two characters already seen in their respective forms which are simply here equipped with different accessories and a version of Spider -Man who has become very accessible for much less. The most patient will wait wisely for the price of the set to drop below € 35/40, which is sure to happen very quickly.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 8th February 2021 next at 23pm. "The" I try, I participate "are automatically deleted, make an effort.

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.

Here are the official visuals of two new products from the LEGO Star Wars range planned for the month of March 2021 and this is the opportunity to be able to take a closer look at the contents of the set 75302 Imperial Shuttle, a box eagerly awaited by fans. These images were briefly posted on the site of a Bulgarian retailer, they have since been removed even though they are still in Google's cache (75297 at this address, 75302 at this address).

Access to the interior of the shuttle is from above by tilting the central fin, Luke Skywalker does have a green saber despite the presence of a blue piece on the visual of the set which appears in the instruction booklets. January sets, no pad-printed arms for Darth Vader and a scale roughly similar to the ship in the set 75094 Imperial Shuttle Tydirium (937) marketed in 2015 at the public price of € 99.99 but with much fewer parts.

The other set unveiled by the brand is a 4+ reference based on the same principle as the set 75235 X-Wing Starfighter Trench Run (2019) with some very large parts and an X-wing necessarily a little rough but suitable for the hands of the youngest on arrival.