From September 15, LEGO will offer a new licensed BrickHeadz minifigure Universal Monsters which features the creature of Doctor Frankenstein. The title of the product is also a little misleading, I think everyone knows that it is indeed the creator of this monster called Victor Frankenstein.

In this box, which is still not listed on the official online store but which is already for sale on eBay, enough to assemble a cubic version of the character played on the screen by Boris Karloff in the 30s. This new set should logically be sold at the public price of € 9.99.

If LEGO applies to decline the various characters, monsters and other licensed creatures Universal Monsters, we could possibly one day be entitled to other sets inspired by monster films produced between the 30s and 60s such as Dracula, The Mummy, The Werewolf, The Phantom of the Opera, etc ...

Today we are making a quick foray into the world of LEGO BrickHeadz minifigures with the Harry Potter set 40412 Hagrid & Buckbeak which will be offered from 1 to 15 September next from 100 € of purchase in products from the Harry Potter range on the official online store and in the LEGO Stores.

The BrickHeadz concept rarely leaves fans indifferent: we like it or we hate it. The versions of the two characters delivered in this new box of 270 pieces should therefore fuel a little more the endless debate about these cubic figurines which seem more or less successful depending on the starting subject.

You probably already know, I'm not a big fan of these often very approximate interpretations of the reference characters and this box is not going to change my mind. Rubeus Hagrid is a little off topic here with too dark hair and a too open face. It looks like a Demis Roussos of the great era. The coat is nicely done with clever lapels and the two accessories provided, a lamp and the pink umbrella, save the furniture a bit by allowing the character to be identified.

The Hippogriff Buck benefits in my opinion a little more from the switch to the BrickHeadz ropper with an assortment of grays that pretty much sticks to the version seen on the screen and an overall look that remains acceptable given the limitations of the format. This is often the case when it comes to characters who do not have human form. We can choose to see an artistic reinterpretation of the creature or a massacre to try to stay in the nails of the concept, it's really up to everyone to decide.

As for the assembly, no big surprise, here we find the techniques usually used for these figurines with the colored parts used to symbolize the guts and brains of the characters, the Tiles fixed on the numerous bricks with tenons on one side which confirms the "frame" of the figurine, the stacks which give a little volume to certain details, the hands a little ridiculous because summarized in their simplest expression, etc ... Regulars know that all of these figures, with a few exceptions, use similar techniques. A note in passing about the light gray colored parts that are used for the Buck figurine: The differences in color are really visible and it is very ugly.

Knowing that this box of two characters will be offered, it is difficult to complain about the price of the thing and it is always the modest sum of 19.99 € saved to agree to spend 100 € on the official store by paying a few sets of the LEGO Harry Potter range at a high price.

Those who will acquire the set 75978 Diagon Alley, which we will talk about shortly on the occasion of a Review , from its launch would undoubtedly have preferred a product offered containing at least one new minifigure, but it will be necessary to be satisfied with this Duo Pack of square minifigures that will join the other references already marketed in the LEGO Harry Potter range: Ron Weasley and Albus Dumbledore in the set 41621 (2018), Hermione Granger in the set 41616 (2018) and Harry Potter and Hedwig in the set 41615 (2018)

In short, there is no need to overdo it on this little box: it will be offered and fortunately it will be the case because in my opinion it probably does not deserve better, except perhaps for those who enjoy collecting exhaustively everything that comes out in the LEGO Harry Potter line and those who like to line up several dozen BrickHeadz figures on their shelves. I don't count those who find this range cool just because there is a LEGO logo on the box and who would find it out of date if it was offered by another brand ...

We often compare this range with that of figurines Pop! marketed by Funko, but I remain convinced that even if Funko's products are not all successful, there is still a real aesthetic bias that I do not find here. Rather, with the LEGO BrickHeadz lineup, I feel like LEGO has enthusiastically locked itself into its own format since 2016 and has struggled to come to terms with whatever the outcome ever since. Sometimes it goes, often it doesn't.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at September 5, 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.

For a range that had to go by the wayside, the series of figurines Lego BrickHeadz is doing pretty well even if LEGO has reduced the wing a little over the past two years: There will also be a pack in the LEGO Harry Potter range with the reference 40412 Hagrid & Buckbeak (270 pieces) which stages as the title indicates Rubeus Hagrid and the Hippogriff Buck (Buckbeak).

Bonus: We now know all the characters that will be present in the bags of the second series of 16 Harry Potter collectible minifigs (ref. 71028):

Those who collect LEGO BrickHeadz minifigures or sets from the LEGO Monkie Kid range will be delighted to learn that the four boxes of the second wave of products that we were talking about a few days ago are now listed on the LEGO Shop with an announced availability. for next August 1st:

Amazon Canada unveils a new reference in the LEGO Star Wars range: the set 75317 The Mandalorian & The Child which will allow from August 1, 2020 to assemble two BrickHeadz figurines based on the series whose first season of eight episodes ended a few weeks ago on the Disney + platform. The second season is announced for October 2020.

The public price of this box of 295 pieces is set at 19.99 €. Availability announced for August 1, 2020, pre-order possible now on the official online store.

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