The VIP newsletter received today does not fail to remind us that registrations for the next cycle of the LEGO Inside Tour will be open on November 3 ... and undoubtedly completed in the seconds following the posting of the form allowing you to register. to register.

For those who do not yet know, the LEGO Inside Tour is the trip that will cost you nearly € 2000 (excluding plane tickets) and which will allow you in three days to visit the premises and the manufacturer's factory. in Billund, Denmark, take a trip to the local LEGOLAND park, meet some designers, and take home an exclusive set.

Opinions on the content / sum to be paid for this "experience" are very divided and it is understandable but all those who managed to register and finance this trip came back conquered if we are to believe the many reports published on the internet.

And if many fans are not ready to "invest" more than 3000 € to be part of the adventure, especially if it is a question of sacrificing something else to finance this pilgrimage to the land of ABS plastic, each year the server LEGO is taken by storm as soon as online registrations open and the case is settled within seconds ...

Magnanimously, LEGO however specifies that members of the LEGO VIP program who succeed in registering will be entitled to a small compensation in VIP points for the purchase of their Inside Tour ticket.

It's up to you: If you have the required budget without having to eat pasta for six months after your return or call Cofidis to get a 19% loan, this once-in-the-life experience of a fan of LEGO is for you! But, also know that for the same amount, you can offer yourself a superb vacation on the other side of the world ...

As you will have understood, I would like to have your opinion on the interest of this certainly interesting experience for the LEGO fans that we are all here, but which requires a very substantial financial investment.

To register, meet on November 3 at 13:00 p.m. at this address.

LEGO today officially unveils a product that everyone has probably already seen since it was available for sale in at least one LEGO Store, the LEGO ICONS set 10341 NASA Artemis Space Launch System with its 3601 pieces, its public price set at €259.99 and the possibility of finally assembling a real detailed shooting range, certain assembly sequences of which will bring back memories to those who built the Eiffel Tower from the LEGO ICONS set 10307 Eiffel Tower, without having to resolve to take a fan MOC.

Availability planned for May 15, 2024 in Insiders preview followed by global marketing from May 18.

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LEGO officially unveils the set today 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon's Tale, a new addition to the LEGO Ideas range based on the winning creation of the competition organized by the manufacturer and W on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the license Dungeons & Dragons. All that remains of the initial proposal is the outline and the idea, but it is the game of the LEGO Ideas platform which, as its name suggests, only serves to collect “ideas” for future products.

In this box which will be available from April 1, 2024 for members of the LEGO insiders program at the public price of €359.99, 3745 pieces to assemble the official version of the idea and obtain a diorama measuring 48 cm high by 37 cm long and 30 cm wide and bring together a handful of pretty minifigs along the way. On the program, a tavern with a removable roof, a tower, a dragon (Cinderhowl), a Beholder, an Owlbear and a Displacer Beast as well as an Orc, a Thief, a Gnome , a Warrior, an Elf Wizard, and a Dwarf Cleric.

On the occasion of the launch of the set, a special adventure book will be offered, either free in digital version, or in paper edition in exchange for 2700 points, or the equivalent of approximately €18 in exchange value, via the program LEGO Insiders. Those who purchase the set between April 1 and 7, 2024 will also be offered a small promotional LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Mimic Dice Box set seen in one of the recent teasers.

This product will be supplemented later in the year by a series of 12 collectible minifigs (LEGO reference 71047), planned for September 2024.

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Today we quickly go around the set 43242 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Cottage, a box of 2228 pieces which will be available as an Insiders preview from March 1, 2024 at the public price of €219.99. The product caused a sensation when it was announced, and we need to come back to it with a clear head to check if it finally lives up to my expectations and the price requested.

The assembly of the three constructions delivered in this box is relatively entertaining, with two small secondary models rather well presented embodying the wishing well seen on the screen and the glass coffin and the main course: the house with yellow roofs . We quickly see that we will have to come to terms with the facade of the premises, the construction not being closed on all its sides. If the facade is promising, the other side of the house is a little less so with large openings which reveal the fittings. We are once again in the cinema setting more than in the accomplished representation of the subject treated but this is the lot of many LEGO products which favor playability over the model aspect. It's hard to blame the manufacturer for offering its customers the opportunity to have fun with their toys.

We can console ourselves by saying that the other side offers a beautiful view of the layout of the premises which is of a very good standard with numerous pieces of furniture and other diverse and varied accessories, but I know that many of us regret not being able to obtain in a product clearly marked "18+" a "complete" house intended for exhibition instead of an ersatz playset with which no one will really have fun knowing that there is no bonus no stairs to access the floors and the different spaces are difficult to access unless you use your fingertips.

The pretty roof is obviously the most laborious section to assemble, it will be necessary to be vigilant and not to mix the parts to maintain the appearance desired by the designer. I won't spoil the process for you, you will discover it if you invest your money in this box, but it is convincing on arrival with a very realistic texture and the possibility of removing a section of the roof to take full advantage of the spaces that it covers.

The central hinge which connects the two sections of the cottage makes it possible to slightly improve the accessibility of the premises but it does nothing aesthetically because it significantly changes the layout of the building and the house is not necessarily ricochet then more truly faithful to that seen on the screen. This feature, however, remains interesting for anyone who would really like to take advantage of the furniture piled up in the different rooms and possibly install the dwarves around the table in the main room or in their respective beds identified by stickers.

Don't expect too much to be able to install the seven dwarves realistically around the large table in the main room, the short legs do not bend and they will therefore at best be installed standing on their chairs. On the other hand, they fit into their respective beds even if the room is not a spacious suite and all the furniture is crammed in with forceps.

The facade of the house is also in my opinion very successful with textures and details which give it the very rustic appearance of the cottage seen on the screen, the work provided on this precise point is appreciable with a truly satisfactory result. We will take pleasure in going into the detail of the different elements of decoration or layout with at the end some good ideas for the benefit of all those who are passionate, for example, about medieval-style creations.

You already know that the fireplace on the ground floor is equipped with a luminous brick which undoubtedly contributes more to raising the price of the product more than to heating the dwarves' food and the use of which will require as much habit of holding the must pressed on the button which protrudes from the foot of the facade. It's a system from another age without much interest and I would have happily done without this specific element for a public price falling below €200, but that's not an option.

The vegetation surrounding the house is welcome, it's not the thick forest seen in the animated film but it's a good start to recreate some context. Everything here is more symbolic than totally respectful of the reference film, you also have to make do with a small handful of small animals while Snow White is accompanied by a much more substantial menagerie on the screen. Even at €220, we feel that LEGO is struggling to maintain its margin and cutting back on the details that could make the product something more accomplished and more complete than the somewhat inexpensive representation offered.

We obviously cannot escape a large sheet of stickers but there are still a few pad-printed pieces in this box such as the two Tiles flanked by the inscription "Snow White" which take place on the sides of the glass coffin and which quickly disappear under the vegetation present around the object. French speakers are rarely at the party at LEGO and here, as is often the case, we have to make do with the English names of the different characters.

The supply of figurines is correct with Snow White, her stepmother The Queen, Prince Florian and obviously the seven dwarves. Nothing to say about Snow White and the Prince, two figurines already delivered identically since last year in the set 43222 DisneyCastle, the two characters are successful and conform to those seen on the screen with their usual faults in terms of the superpositions of light-colored pad printing on a darker background.

The rest of the casting seems much less convincing to me with on the one hand a Queen who looks like Palpatine, already seen in the set 43227 Villain Icons and which still seems to me to be so sloppy graphically and technically and on the other hand the seven dwarves with their faces, some of which graphically seem a little disappointing to me. The torsos of the different dwarves are very appropriate, the hats and beards match, but some of the facial expressions seem off to me.

This is very personal, but perhaps we are simply reaching the limits here once again when it comes to making a face look puffy or inflated on a classic minifig head and I find some of these dwarfs without noses and artificially chubby, a little ridiculous.

I know that some of you will not fail to compare this product with the two rather interesting ideas on the same subject proposed and rejected at their time on the LEGO Ideas platform, the debate will not take place anyway and that is LEGO which decides when and how certain products which have been in the pipeline for many months are marketed. There will therefore be no point in crying out for plagiarism, the recovery of the idea or the need for a petition; it is the manufacturer who has control and he alone.

On arrival and putting aside the slightly excessive price of this pretty box, I think that there is something here to please fans of the Disney universe who will be lenient with the savings made and the few approximations techniques and aesthetics observed. The house really has character, it will easily find its place in an interior decoration decorated with the main characters and a line of dwarves returning from work, that's the main thing. Building what this box contains while watching the 1937 animated film for the hundredth time promises a great evening that the most nostalgic fans will surely appreciate.

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