Time to take a quick look at the LEGO Marvel Avengers set 76164 Iron Man Hulkbuster Versus AIM Agent (456 pieces - 39.99 €), a box which, as its name suggests, allows us to assemble a new interpretation of Iron Man's super armor. This is not the first version of the Hulkbuster in LEGO sauce, we will remember the sets 76104 The Hulkbuster Smash-Up et 76105 The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition marketed in 2018.

The construction offered in this new box loosely inspired by the Marvel's Avengers video game looked promising when the first official visuals were unveiled and it could be assumed that the presence of numerous points of articulation would guarantee an almost unheard-of mobility to this 2020 version of the armor. .

This is partly the case, but it comes at the cost of a few aesthetic shortcuts which in my opinion do not allow this Hulkbuster to be able to claim to be more than a luxury mech, a bit in the spirit of the one in the set 76140 Iron Man Mech marketed since the beginning of the year.

Joints and others Ball Seals arms are far too visible from certain angles and somewhat erase the massive side of the machine. The gray color of the different elements does not help. The torso, the legs and the feet save a little the furniture with a sufficient level of detail but it is as often at the cost of the absence of articulation at the knees.

The armor is relatively fragile and its handling can quickly become annoying with a few simply clipped elements that come off a little too easily, such as the two growths placed behind the cockpit or the fingers that barely support being oriented outward to reveal the integrated thruster. The small module to be placed on the shoulder only holds on its side via a tenon and also tends to come loose at the slightest movement.

One can also wonder what comes to do this small device placed on the shoulder of the armor: what interest to expose oneself to this point when the purpose of this armor is precisely to protect the one who uses it. The color of this firing station equipped with two Spring-Shooters is not even fitting with the rest of the armor and it is hardly conceivable to consider it as a speeder that could move independently.

We can also try to find every possible and imaginable excuse to defend the design of this Hulkbuster, but this flat dome that serves as the head of the mech is downright ridiculous. LEGO should have known this when choosing the official visuals which are online on the product sheet and the armor is always presented with the head tilted slightly forward which somewhat erases the defect.

The idea of ​​trying to "sink" the head between the shoulders of the armor to stick to the aesthetics seen in different comics is not bad, but it is still necessary that the machine has real shoulders which is not the case here. The cupola is only clipped to the rest of the armor via two skeleton arms which will also tend to detach quickly. There is no point in straining the legs to try to unfold them and it is still the skeletal arms that prevent any movement.

We will still welcome the attention to detail at the rear of the legs with the presence of thrusters which will nevertheless have a little difficulty in making people forget that the knees of the armor are fixed. We do not escape the traditional sheet of stickers but the flat dome that serves as the head of the armor and the ARC reactor are pad printed.

In short, this new version of the Hulkbuster does not put the previous two back on the ropes, far from it, and in my opinion it is only a choice out of spite for a young fan or a collector who refuses to fatten up market sellers. secondary.

The Iron Man minifigure is not new, it is the one available this year in the sets 76140 Iron Man Mech, 76152 Avengers: Wrath of Loki, 76153 Helicarrier et 76166 Avengers Tower Battle.

The Rescue armor, created by Tony Stark to protect Pepper Pots, is here a priori inspired by one of the first versions of the outfit as it appears in various comics and it displays a less girly side than that present in the saga cinematographic. Not enough to get up at night, but this very successful pad printing minifig is exclusive to this set and it will doubtless remain so for a long time.

Rescue / Pepper Pots head is the one already used for the same character in the set 76144 Hulk Helicopter Rescue but it is also that of Hermione Granger (Harry Potter), Yelena Belova (Black Widow) or even Carina Smyth (Pirates of the Caribbean).

We can also wonder why LEGO takes the trouble to provide us with heads with double facial expression for minifigs whose helmets do not open without also delivering hair that allows us to enjoy these faces a little more.

The two AIM agents are identical and are also delivered this year in sets 76143 Avengers Truck Takedown, 76166 Avengers Tower Battle, 76167 Iron Man Armory et 40418 Falcon & Black Widow Team-Up. Note the effort of the designer to try to offer an almost credible opposition to the Hulkbuster with one of the two villains who is equipped with a system of thrusters capable of launching projectiles. The minifigure has a little trouble standing with this gear on its back, but the playability is there.

The Hulkbuster is undoubtedly destined to become a chestnut tree in the Marvel range but this version is struggling to convince with limited mobility, a little annoying fragility and a questionable aesthetic bias. The endowment in minifigs is nothing exceptional with a single new figurine but the balance of power is relatively balanced thanks to the villain equipped with a jetpack.

This box probably does not deserve the 40 € requested by LEGO, but it is already offered at a much lower price by Amazon: 35.95 € with the bonus of a coupon of 2.21 € to be deducted from the final price. It is always a bit expensive for a single really new minifigure but the youngest will undoubtedly find something to have a little fun there.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 14th October, 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

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Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Star Wars set 75318 The Child (1073 pieces - 84.99 €), a box which finally offers a Baby Yoda (or "Child") figurine a little more consistent than the microfig available in two sets including this one and less cubic than the BrickHeadz version of this character seen in the series The Mandalorian.

Those who have already assembled the sets 75255 Yoda (1771 pieces - 109.99 €) or 75230 Porg (811 pieces - 69.99 €) will be here in familiar territory: this new figurine uses techniques already used in these two other sets with an internal structure based on Technic beams on which more or less textured sub-assemblies are placed.

Nothing very exciting during this phase of assembly, but the solution at least allows the figurine to be stored without having to disassemble all the parts. As for Yoda, the brick stacking sequences follow one another to create relief and it is only when you press the different panels on the internal structure that you will know if you have for example shifted a Plate.

You can be wrong on the positioning of some small parts of the outer surface of the coat, it will not change much on arrival and we can not say that the drape effect is extremely precise, it is even a little messy when viewed up close.

The designer has chosen to represent the differences in the texture of the coat by alternating between smooth surfaces for the inside of the collar, the cuffs of the sleeves or the flap of the closure and visible tenons for the outside of the garment. Knowing that the collar flap is lined with fur and that the fabric of the coat is smooth, I would rather have done the opposite to keep some visible studs dear to all those who like to keep the LEGO "DNA" and get a more finish. sober on the rest of the coat.

A bit more entertaining is the construction of the character's head with its clip-on ears and movable mouth. The two ears are independent and each of them is connected to the head via two Ball Seals which allow a limited vertical displacement but sufficient to vary the expressions.

The head is fixed on a Ball joint central and a slight clearance allows it to be moved, within the limits of the stop linked to the collar of the coat. The two eyes are fixed and they are also the only pad-printed pieces in the set, with a subtle brown line that allows you to obtain a look that really matches that of the creature seen on the screen.

The arms are fixed and held by three anchoring points but the hands plugged into Ball Seals can be oriented pretty much as you see fit. However, they cannot hold much because of the limited length of the three fingers which does not allow them to completely close on the palm.

The creature "holds" in the left hand the knob of the lever of the Razor Crest, composed here of two half-spheres used until now in transparent version on the head of certain minifigs or on streetlights and available for the first time in Silver. The detail is interesting, it was either that or the bowl that the creature holds with both hands in some scenes.

Here we avoid the assembly of legs that we never see on the screen and the figurine therefore rests on a flat base which guarantees it foolproof stability.

Even if everything is not perfect on this figurine, especially in terms of the proportions of the head, the result remains in my opinion much less creepy as the googly-eyed version of Yoda that comes in the aptly named set 75255 Yoda. This Baby Yoda is almost cute and in any case he does not have to be ashamed of the many other products derived from the character marketed in recent months by different manufacturers.

We can not go wrong, it is LEGO and the many visible studs are there to remind us. It is in the spirit of the other minifigures already marketed by LEGO and we can at least be satisfied to be able to align them all on a shelf without one of them denoting too much by its different style.

The Baby Yoda microfig delivered in this box is not new or exclusive, it is the one already provided in the set 75292 The Razor Crest (139.99 €). Those who only want this microfig therefore have the opportunity here to get it for a little less and try to get rid of the rest of the set on the secondary market.

The presentation sticker doesn't tell us much about the character and just reminds us that this statue is not to actual scale, with the character standing over three inches tall in the series and only 20 cm in LEGO version. We could have done without the small display and the no-show plaque, but it gives the product a collector's touch and fans love it.

This new product seems to me in the end sufficiently successful to deserve to join the shelves of a fan of the Star Wars universe and fans of the series. The Mandalorian now have the choice at LEGO between three versions of the character with the microfig available in two boxes, the BrickHeadz version of the set 75317 The Mandalorian & The Child (295 pieces - 19.99 €) and this one.

The and 75318 The Child is currently available for pre-order on the official online store with delivery announced from October 30, 2020.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 13th October, 2020 next at 23pm.

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.

A few days ago, we were talking new sets and other festive products planned for the end of 2020, these different references are now online on the different European versions of the official store with the public prices that will be practiced in our regions and availability announced for October 1 next:

Forward for the 2020 edition of French Days, a commercial operation which starts today, which will end on September 28th and which desperately tries to look like a Black Friday French-style...

Don't expect crazy deals, most merchants don't forget to inflate their prices the better to pretend to drop them for three days, and in the end it's often Amazon that wins.

As with previous editions, if you still find some offers dedicated to LEGO products at your favorite merchants, do not hesitate to relay them in the comments, that everyone can benefit.