Today we are quickly talking about a derivative product which will be offered subject to purchase at LEGO during the May the 4th promotional operation, the LEGO Star Wars reference 5008818 Collectible Battle of Yavin which will be automatically added to your basket from May 1 to 5, 2024 as soon as the minimum purchase amount of €90 in products from the range is reached.
The minimum amount required will quickly be reached, for €90 we don't have much left in this range.

It is therefore a metal medallion 5 cm in diameter inserted in a rather successful box. We find in the manufacture of the thing Chinese company RDP which now regularly produces this type of object for LEGO and once again the technical execution leaves a little to be desired. The medallion is rather pretty with its plastic insert which allows you to embody the targeting of the X-wing in the bays of the Death Star by a TIE Fighter, but the whole thing is definitely not up to the level of a derivative product offered by a manufacturer operating in the high-end toy sector. It is barely properly machined and on the back we discover the canopy of the TIE fighter flanked by a very unsightly rivet responsible for holding the piece of floating plastic which is not in the best taste. All that for this.

There remains the pretty box, even if I never tell you about the packaging of LEGO products, which is correctly designed with its opening in two sections to reveal the medallion in its cardboard case. We could have hoped for more aesthetic foam inside, but we clearly shouldn't be too demanding.

In short, we could discuss the usefulness of the thing, its truly "collector" side and the insistence on the part of LEGO to regularly want to offer us derivative products which are only very distantly associated with its flagship product. , especially in this specific case.

Many fans will be satisfied with it and they will undoubtedly be right, you have to cheer yourself up after spending your money buying a few boxes at full price on the official online store.

As usual, it will be up to you to decide whether this little souvenir reserved for members of the program LEGO Insiders and which is not even stamped with the words "May the 4th" really deserves the honors of your wallet.

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of two sets from the LEGO Marvel range, the references 76284 Green Goblin Construction Figure (471 pieces - 37.99 €) and 76298 Iron Spider-Man Construction Figure (303 pieces - €34.99), which have been available since April 1 on the official online store, in LEGO Stores as well as at some resellers.

It is not necessary to go into detail once again about the concept of these Action Figures in the LEGO sauce with their qualities and their faults already highlighted here on several occasions during other tests, but I must admit that I have the feeling here that the format finds a certain maturity and these two figurines seem to me quite completely acceptable.

There remain the usual "problems" of joints with limited amplitude and pieces whose color does not match the rest of the outfits offered, but there is still something to please the youngest with characters well represented and easily manipulated.

The icing on the cake is that Iron Spider and Green Goblin both come with buildable accessories that take the playability a little further and also make these figures products capable of being proudly displayed between two play sessions .

Everything is pad printed, we don't stick any stickers on these two figurines and that's all the better for allowing them to withstand intensive handling. Each of the two characters can take interesting poses and even if we could talk for a long time about the aesthetic choices at work here, the main thing obviously remains the possibility of really having fun with these figurines.

The assembly process remains, as usual with this type of product, very basic and you will not spend hours building these two figurines which take shape very quickly. The Green Goblin's glider, however, offers some interesting sequences based on elements from the LEGO Technic universe which help to sweeten the pill of the set's public price. The machine can then accommodate the character and the whole thing works quite well visually in my opinion. Same observation for the articulated arms to be fixed on Spider-Man's back, even if the assembly sequence is summarized here in its simplest form.

The back of the two figurines is a little less detailed than the front but the finish is still very acceptable as is for Action Figures in the LEGO version, the faces are far from perfect with still strange angles on the part used, a variant of which with a raised nose is attached to the torso of Green Goblin and the back of the skull of these two figurines is still also cubic and failed. Four fingers on the hands, there is no room to add one to be credible but no one will blame LEGO for this compromise which remains acceptable.

I had fun with these two figurines by trying to make them take dynamic poses, the possibilities are there and the few aesthetic defects are quickly forgotten in the face of the obvious playability of these products without any particular pretension aside from their playful vocation.

It is undoubtedly vain to hope that LEGO will one day produce the parts necessary for the joints of these figurines in the colors which would make them more discreet, we can console ourselves by saying that this choice is voluntary and is part of the "signature" decisions. " of the brand in the same way as the blue pins which often remain clearly visible on products from the LEGO Technic range which would however happily do without this visual distraction.

In summary, these two products do not revolutionize the genre but are a continuation of what LEGO has been offering for several years now in the same format and I even find a certain charm in them.

It is obvious that it is advisable to pay less for them than their public price and to try to offer both so that each of the characters can face the other instead of sitting alone on the corner of a shelf. These two boxes are currently available from Amazon for a few euros less than their usual public price, which is always a bargain:

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Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75380 Mos Espa Podrace Diorama, a box of 718 pieces which will be available on the official online store, in LEGO Stores and at certain resellers from May 1, 2024 at the public price of €79.99.

This new diorama will join what we now call the Diorama Collection of sets based on the same principle launched in 2022 and which already brings together the references 75329 Death Star Trench Run (€ 59.99), 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training (€ 79.99), 75339 Death Star Trash Compactor (€ 89.99), 75352 Emperor's Throne Room Diorama (99.99 €) and  75353 Endor Speeder Chase Diorama (69.99 €).

This model logically takes up the principle of the black base on which the scene in question is installed and this is a snapshot of the Boonta Eve podracer race which takes place on Mos Espa. The scene is frozen with Anakin's podracer pursuing Sebulba's through the canyon, Anakin passing under an arch which gives a little volume and depth to the whole.

In my opinion, it is rather well done with a relatively dynamic presentation of the two machines and a sufficiently substantial rock layout to highlight the two constructions. It is difficult to do more on this scale, the two machines already exceed the limits of the base and it was a question of maintaining the legibility of this construction which can obviously be exhibited and observed from different angles.

You have to show a little imagination to see the two pilots at the controls of their machines, it is especially the latter with their respective attributes which allow fans to immediately identify Anakin Skywaker and Sebulba. A few stickers are present to increase the level of detail of the two modules, difficult to do without them even if those who want to avoid seeing these stickers deteriorate over time will undoubtedly consider not sticking them.

The assembly reveals no surprises, with on one side the usual base on which we install the rocky environment of the scene before embarking on the construction of the two micro modules. We remain a little unsatisfied upon arrival in terms of "experience" especially for the 80 € requested by LEGO, but the product still offers a fairly complete and balanced set of techniques that are both a little crude if we does not step back to observe the object and more interesting when it comes to building the two relatively detailed podracers.

The base is flanked by three pad-printed elements: the brick celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range which I would have liked to be different depending on the product it accompanies, for example a direct reference to the context of the set while maintaining visual coherence of the room and two Tiles including one which repeats a line of dialogue spoken on screen by Qui-Gon Jinn. The latter is once again in English, LEGO does not localize this type of detail according to the geographical area in which its products are marketed and it is a bit of a shame for all those who like this type of reference and remember the dialogues. in question in their own language.

This diorama seems to me to be rather successful on arrival, it will remain to try to pay a little less for it elsewhere than at LEGO or to take advantage of a promotional offer which will make the pill of the high price of the thing, for example during May the 4th operation which will take place from May 1 to 5, 2024 and which will allow you to receive some products along the way.

The collection which brings together all the scenes based on the same principle grows a little more each year and what was initially an advantage with the saving of space guaranteed by these mini stagings can quickly fade if you intend to collect and align all the references offered on your shelves.

However, in my opinion, the whole thing forms a very nice set of tributes to the Star Wars saga and fans who wish to settle for exhibition products that are not too invasive should once again find what they are looking for with this new proposition.

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Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator, a box of 640 pieces which will be available at the public price of €69.99 from May 1, 2024.

The most avid fans of the LEGO Star Wars range know that this is not the first time that LEGO has tried to reproduce the Scimitar, I have never really been convinced by the different interpretations marketed since 1999 and this one will probably not change my mind. However, the designer has tried here to integrate some welcome features as if to compensate a little for the relative sadness of the object with its slightly outdated look.

We can possibly console ourselves by considering that the homage to the 25th anniversary of the range is perfectly rendered here, this ship takes us back a few years with its approximate proportions and its super finish. microfighter. The assembly is quickly dispatched, and we benefit from the arrival of some rather interesting functions including the possibility of integrating Darth Maul at the controls of the ship on his somewhat simplistic speeder, of dropping a few DRK-1 probe droids through the hatch planned, deploy both landing gears and shoot anything that moves via both Spring-Shooters installed at the front.

It's a child's toy, so you can have fun with it. Long-time collectors who are still waiting for an acceptable version of the ship will have to be content with this interpretation while waiting for something better, it won't be this time unless we consider this attempt as on scale. Midi Scale and that we tinker with a support identical to the other vessels available in the Starship Collection in the same format launched this year.

Nothing is planned to put the ship in flight position, I tinkered with the support made up of transparent parts that you see in the photos below.

As for the provision of minifigs, it is correct but without ambition: Darth Maul is delivered without cape or hood while the character would have been more faithful to the outfit seen on the screen if he had been equipped with these clothing attributes , Anakin Skywalker and Qui-Gon Jinn are acceptable as is except for the beige color of the latter's legs which does not match the color of the torso and the new and exclusive minifig of Saw Gerrera is a little off topic in plus being delivered in a green color next to the plate. I understand the desire to include new characters in these boxes that are not necessarily linked to the theme of the product, but there was undoubtedly room for a little more consistency in the choice of associated figurines.

LEGO has, however, had plenty of time to refine this Saw Gerrera figurine; offering it in a more faithful color would have been appreciable despite the very advanced pad printing. We'll be content with that, this will surely be the one and only appearance of the character at LEGO for a good while even if I don't despair of seeing him reappear in a stamped set Rogue One A day. We know that LEGO has not finished spinning out the Star Wars universe, so there is hope.

We obtain in passing a base which allows us to present this collector figurine as it should be with a plaque stamped with an illustration celebrating the 25 years of the LEGO Star Wars range and a Plate provided which will allow this display to be connected to others of the same barrel delivered in other boxes. No stickers in this box, the pretty one Dish of the vessel is pad printed.

In short, this box will probably not make an impression and many will undoubtedly wait to find it at a more reasonable price than the €70 requested by LEGO to add the few figurines provided to their collections.

The 25th anniversary of the range undoubtedly deserved something more accomplished so that the celebration was notable, here we are faced with yet another attempt, neither totally failed nor really successful, to offer us this ship in a LEGO version. The model is however equipped with several functions which make it a real toy, that's already a given.

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Today we quickly take a look at the contents of the LEGO Star Wars Starship Collection set 75376 Tantive IV, a box of 654 pieces currently available at the public price of €79.99 via the official online store as well as in the LEGO Stores and a little cheaper elsewhere.

This is the third set of the wave of products branded Starship Collection marketed this year with the references 75375 Millennium Falcon et 75377 Invisible Hand, and the Tantive IV is obviously also an emblematic ship from the Star Wars saga. It was therefore predictable to see him integrate this new series of models in the format Midi Scale from its launch, just to set the tone and attract potential collectors. LEGO has already explored the subject in all the usual formats from micro-things to classic sets including large models of the range Ultimate Collector Series, the Tantive IV is a chestnut from the LEGO Star Wars range.

It therefore remained to be verified whether this ship supports adaptation to a scale which allows less detail, no playability and which does not allow all the usual fantasies in terms of angles and finishing. I think this is the case with this version which is instantly recognizable and which retains all the significant attributes of the ship. There are necessarily some shortcuts and some approximations, but the overall line of the ship is there and this little model does not stand out compared to the other two models on the market.

As is often the case, the model suffers from the problem of difference in color between the stickers on a white background which adorn several elements and the rest of the parts in the inventory which display a rather "off-white" color. We can console ourselves by noting that the designer has integrated a few winks intended for fans with the symbolic presence of Princess Leia, R2-D2 and C-3PO in the bowels of the ship or the absence of the capsule. evacuation en route to Tatooine under the right side of the ship. It's always a good idea to spark conversations between fans.

For the rest, we could talk for a long time about the aesthetic choices at work here but this format imposes some compromises and I think that the designer is doing quite well given the constraints. The format Midi Scale is back at LEGO and in my opinion we can conclude that it is coming back through the front door with the three pretty models on offer.

The ship is perched on a black support in the usual format, it is suitable for the exhibition model aspect, it is a little less convincing if we hope to make the Tantive IV "float" on the shelf. Here too, LEGO favors the collection side of exhibition models over the staging potential, it is a choice that I do not discuss even if the support may seem in this specific case a little too bulky for what it supports . The Tantive IV is a little flat, not very long, in my opinion it has a little difficulty existing on its big black base but this is a very personal observation.

The product allows you to obtain a new pad-printed brick celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range, it is identical in the three boxes of this Starship Collection. We could have imagined three variants to collect rather than the same brick three times but we will have to be content with accumulating identical elements.

Even with its few aesthetic approximations, this Tantive IV with a very correct finish on all its surfaces benefits greatly from the format Midi Scale and all those who do not want the somewhat crude existing playsets will, in my opinion, find here enough to add this ship to their collection without leaving too much space and money.

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