Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75338 Ambush on Ferrix, a derivative of the series Star Wars: Andor currently in pre-order on the official online store and which will be available from August 1, 2022 at the public price of 79.99 €. There is probably not enough to make an endless dissertation about this small box of 679 pieces including three minifigs but I am impatient to discover this new series and I was rather happy to be able to assemble its contents by watching on a loop the very successful trailer available online.

No mystery in this set, all the elements present are in the trailer: The Imperial Tac-Pod makes an appearance there in three copies, Diego Luna is very discreet but we know that he takes over the role of the character by Cassian Andor as seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we know that Stellan Skarsgård embodies Luthen Rael and Syril Karn is one of the inspectors in uniform who arrive from Coruscant. The speeder bike is a speeder bike like there are buckets on all the planets of the Star Wars universe and it will therefore simply be necessary to verify that the promised ambush takes place.

The Tac-Pod in LEGO version seems very correct to me if we take into account the reduced inventory of the product and its positioning as a toy for children. Its assembly even reserves some interesting techniques for managing the angles of the cabin, it has movable side panels, a rear hatch, a widely accessible cockpit and a turret with two Stud Shooters very well integrated.

The ship's finish is satisfactory with some surface texture and acceptable adjustments to the sub-assemblies that make up the cabin. A few stickers come as reinforcements and everything is easily handled without breaking everything. The cockpit canopy is a nicely pad-printed car windscreen, it's successful and it works perfectly in this context. Beware of scratches, no specific protection on this element. Some will see it on arrival as a compressed Razor Crest, others will find it looks like a miniature LAAT, it's Star Wars.

The speeder bike and yet another variation on the subject, it's not the worst at LEGO and the level of detail here is also satisfactory with in particular a whip which embodies a few wires circulating on one of the two side rails placed at the front . The LEGO version is not as "confusing" mechanically as the one that will be visible on the screen, but the designer is doing quite well given the scale imposed. The content of the set is also rather balanced with the possibility of having fun from the unpacking without necessarily having to go back to the checkout.

We will also note the presence of many elements with off-topic colors in the bowels of the Tac-Pod, the designer will undoubtedly have wanted to bring a little color to the inventory. It is often considered that the presence of elements with distinct colors serves as a benchmark when assembling models whose dominant color does not facilitate the task of the youngest, but this gray Tac-Pod does not present a real challenge.

In terms of technical defects, it's the usual catchphrase with parts that are not all the same gray and stickers whose gray background is not matched with the color of the parts on which they must be stuck. Nothing new under the sun, LEGO doesn't seem very concerned about these details and customers obviously seem to be fine with it.

Three minifigs are delivered in this box and for the moment we can only refer to the trailer of the series and the few photos available to judge their relevance. The minifig of Diego Luna (Cassian Andor) seems very correct to me, except for the hair which seems a little too long to me. The pad printing of the outfit is successful, we can clearly distinguish the different layers of clothing under the coat and the alignments between the torso and the legs are almost perfect. Same observation for the figurine of Stellan Skarsgård (Luthen Rael) whose hairstyle seems to me here also a little approximate.

LEGO chose a too dark blue for Syril Karn's outfit, it's more pastel on the screen. All the important details are there with the rank under the chin, the off-center buckles and the transmitter placed on the right shoulder. It will be necessary to check if the visor of the cap should be orange and I think LEGO should have provided additional hair for the character.

You will tell me that there is nothing to marvel at here, especially for 80 €, but I remain very curious to see if Andor is a series that finally puts die-hard fan-service on the backburner to develop both the characters and the political context of the era in question.

I want to believe it, answer from next August 31 with the start of the broadcast of the series on the Disney + platform, and I hope that other characters will soon pass to posterity in minifig starting with a version of the senator Mon Mothma embodied here by Genevieve O'Reilly who resumes her role from thePart III et Rogue One. This set brings in my opinion a bit of freshness in a range that is often content with reissues and other reinterpretations, we are not going to complain that the usual spinning is for once a little set aside.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 21, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75335 BD-1, a box of 1062 pieces currently in pre-order on the official store and which will be available at the retail price of €99.99 from August 1, 2022.

If you have never played video games Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order in which this little robot plays the role of Cal Kestis' companion, this red and white droid is probably unknown to you. If you have followed the series The Book of Boba Fett broadcast on the Disney + platform, this little robot will however seem familiar to you: it looks like BD-72, the handyman droid who assists Peli Motto on Tatooine.

We know that models of droids and other creatures are very popular at LEGO. R2-D2, BB-8, DO or the Imperial Probe Droid from Hoth have already had their interpretations based on bricks and it will be necessary to make room for this new reference which once again declines the concept. BD-1 is not really on the scale of the droid seen in the game, it is smaller in the LEGO version with 31 cm high against more than 45 cm "in real life".

Assembling the robot only takes a few tens of minutes with a handful of parts to stack for the torso, two legs made from Technic beams on which sub-assemblies are clipped and a head made up of large bricks and fairly wide plates . The inside of the legs remains without particular dressing, we can see the gray beams which circulate from the torso towards the feet but it is perfectly connected with the reference robot whose components remain visible at this place.

There are still some interesting techniques to discover over the pages but we have a little trouble on arrival to understand why we spent a hundred euros on this product. The model obtained is not completely static, it benefits from relative mobility with the possibility of directing the head forwards or backwards, of tilting it to the sides or even of slightly moving the legs.

The feet are fixed, so it will not be possible to orient them according to the angle of the legs. In any case, this is not the purpose of this product which is not a toy intended to be tortured by the youngest. The stability of the whole is guaranteed by the extensions at the back of the legs, it will however be necessary to be careful when moving the object so as not to lose an antenna or pick up some parts.

The only real functionality of the product: the drawer placed under the head of the droid which allows you to store a few capsules of Stim. Those who have played the game will understand the reference, others will miss it.

Everyone will have an opinion on the finish of this droid in LEGO version. Those who consider that adaptation necessarily involves a few compromises will be the most indulgent with the clearly visible leg connection points or the front of the feet a little too long compared to the reference robot.

The overall finish seems to me despite everything very correct for an exhibition product which will be observed above all from a certain distance. We easily recognize BD-1 and that is the main thing. It's also the "cute" side of this adult toy that should make the difference, some may see a Wall-E look in it that should convince them to check out.

The only sticker in the set is the one covering the black identification plate. The collector's side of the product is assured, the public price will perhaps go a little better with some fans. The rest of the details on the body of the robot are part-based and we may lose a little in finish, especially at the level of the visor and the sides of the head. However, we are not going to complain, the model lives very well this absence of stickers.

LEGO finally adds an element that will perhaps convince the most hesitant: a droid figurine that takes the mold of the one already seen in the set 75325 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter with different pad printing. This figure is nothing special, it just serves as a side decoration on the small black display.

By sticking the sticker on the plate, I thought in passing that it would be time for LEGO to modernize this "collector" presentation of some of these products a little. The watermarked blue visual on the plate seems really outdated and almost cheesy to me, no offense to those who prefer to keep some consistency in their collection of products flanked by these stickers.

Upon arrival, this niche product requires having at least heard of video games Star Wars Fallen Order to know the droid that LEGO proposes to assemble. The public price of the product seems really high to me for the assembly experience offered and the result obtained, there are in my opinion a good twenty euros too much.

I would probably have been more lenient if LEGO had decided to decorate the display with a minifig of Cal Kestis, the hero of the game, instead of imposing the micro-thing on us without much interest.

In summary, it's cute but it's in my opinion a bit too expensive. Those who want to tinker with a BD-72 to show their affinity with the series The Mandalorian / The Book of Boba Fett will also have a good starting point here. We will therefore wisely wait for Amazon to offer an interesting offer to crack, or at least a promotional offer on the official store so as not to have the impression of having paid for this little droid a little too much.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 17, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75336 Inquisitor Transport Scythe, a box of 924 pieces currently on pre-order at the public price of €99.99 on the official store and which will be available from August 1, 2022. For those who have not followed: this set is a derivative product of the Obi mini-series -Wan Kenobi whose broadcast ended a few days ago on Disney +.

So it's all about assembling the ship used by the Empire's inquisitors, and the first episode of the series opens with the arrival of these pissed off Jedi hunters on Tatooine. I'm not going to give you an endless verse on the LEGO version of the ship, it's a children's toy that obviously prioritizes playability over finish. The whole thing is pretty well designed, the aesthetic of the reference ship is there and the angles are well managed with some well-thought-out techniques that should satisfy older fans always anxious to discover some ingenious sub-assemblies.

The interior space is easily accessible and there is space to stage the three inquisitors. A handful of stickers gives consistency to the somewhat empty cockpit with only three seats and the whole is closed by a nicely pad-printed red car windscreen. LEGO adds two Spring-Shooters under the wings, they are well integrated but, as usual, they can be easily removed if the product is destined to end its career on your shelves as a simple exhibition model.

This 37 cm long by 24 cm wide and 14 cm high ship is obviously not on the scale of the minifigs and it plays as often on a double scale with an interior suitable for play sessions with minifigs and a outer scale which makes it a compact but very correct model. LEGO adds landing gear under the ship, so it doesn't sit directly on the ground and that's nice.

There are far too many studs visible on the surface for my taste, but it is ultimately beneficial: many smooth black parts are more or less scratched right out of the box and the product would not have really benefited from a coat of Tiles additional. In short, for a hundred euros, it's quite correct and the most demanding can possibly tinker with a support to give a little height to the ship.

For adults who will be tempted to add this box to their collection, the real stars of the set are undoubtedly the minifigs. LEGO does not take us as a traitor and provides us with the trio of inquisitors in the same set. We will remember the distribution of the six Knights of Ren in several boxes in the range, it would have been disappointing to be entitled to the same marketing string here. The Grand Inquisitor, the Fifth Brother and the Third Sister aka Reva are therefore provided in a single box and Obi-Wan completes the cast, it's always taken.

This is not the first appearance of the Grand Inquisitor and the Fifth Brother at LEGO, they were already available in products based on the Star Wars Rebels animated series: the first was delivered in 2015 in the set 75082 TIE Advance Prototype and the second in the set 75157 Captain Rex's AT-TE marketed in 2016.

The versions delivered in this box are logically based on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series and the graphic designer has done his homework. The pad prints are frankly faithful to the outfits seen on the screen and the trio of Jedi hunters is in my opinion very successful. Two of these minifigs are equipped with the same pair of legs and Reva is only entitled to neutral legs, it smells a bit of savings but we'll get by.

We could also regret that the Grand Inquisitor is not equipped with a cape with dark red interior to really stick to his outfit in the series but here too we will have to be content with what LEGO wants to offer us. Reva's hair is not a new element, it was already used for the Orcs of The Hobbit range in 2014 and it was also used for the Valkyrie or Taserface figurines.

Another detail that could have been better interpreted: the face of the Fifth Brother is blue on the LEGO version, it is however almost as pale as that of the Grand Inquisitor on the screen. Too bad also for the handle of Reva's saber which is here identical to those worn by the Grand Inquisitor and the Fifth Brother. However, these few approximations are not enough to spoil the pleasure of obtaining this trio in one and the same box.

The Obi-Wan minifig is generally faithful to the version of the character seen on screen. I have a little trouble with the orange mullet cut but the rest is acceptable. The piece of fabric that slips over the figurine's shoulders creates an illusion and it does us a favor: it hides the difference in color between the character's head and the area of ​​the neck, which should have been flesh-colored. Neutral legs for Obi-Wan, it costs a little less in LEGO.

In short, this box seems to me to be a nice derivative product of the series, the ship is nicely executed, LEGO does not require us to buy several sets to bring together the trio of inquisitors and this set therefore deserves your full attention in my opinion . We will inevitably end up finding it for much less than what LEGO is currently asking for, it will just take a little patience.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 13, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75333 Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter, a small box of 282 pieces which is currently in pre-order on the official online store at the public price of 34.99 € with an availability announced for August 1, 2022.

This is not the first version of Obi-Wan Kenobi's ship at LEGO, we had already had a first interpretation in 2002 in the set 7143 Jedi Starfighter, to a version with Hyperdrive in the set 75191 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive marketed in 2017 and even to a model of the range Ultimate Collector Series with the set 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter marketed in 2010. Without forgetting the micro-things with that of the set of the range Planet Series 75006 Jedi Starfighter & Kamino marketed in 2013 and that of the set 4487 Jedi Starfighter & Slave I (2003) or the micro-thingy delivered with the LEGO Star Wars magazine in 2021.

This new version of 25 cm long by 13 cm wide is obviously a simple toy for the youngest, so the most demanding fans will find it difficult to find what they are looking for in terms of detail and finish. We get a central fuselage with a few layers of parts to give it a minimum of thickness, fixed wings with correctly managed angles, a bulging space that hides a storage niche for the body of the astromech droid when the dome is in place on the left wing of the ship, a basic cockpit but spacious enough to comfortably install Obi-Wan and two Stud Shooters new generation that can be easily removed if you plan to display this ship as a simple model. Ultimate refinement, this ship has the luxury of having a "retractable" front landing gear that allows it not to be slumped on the ground.

All this is very quickly assembled, knowing that the two wings are necessarily identical except for a few details and that the product is pleasant to build but does not offer breathtaking techniques of creativity. The cockpit's clear bubble isn't protected by the plastic recently seen on the windshields of a few vehicles in what's now called the adult ICONS range, LEGO hasn't decided to make the same effort to the smaller pieces delivered in sets intended for the youngest.

There is no escaping the traditional sheet of stickers with about fifteen stickers to apply so that Obi-Wan's ship benefits from a satisfactory level of detail. Did this children's toy need so many stickers? Nothing is less certain: with barely more than a hundred assembly steps, we stick a sticker every ten pages.

As for the figurines delivered in this box, we obtain Obi-Wan Kenobi, the astromech droid R4-P17 and the Kaminoan star of the product, Taun We. We remember the first appearance of this character in Episode II (Attack of the Clones), he ended his career shot dead by Fennec Shand in the ninth episode of the first season of the animated series The Bad Batch.

LEGO does it pretty well by representing this character with an atypical physique without making it an irrelevant figurine that would no longer really use the codes of the usual minifigs. The result seems to me to be a good compromise both on the interpretation of the appearance of the creature and its size. The present pad printings are more than up to what one could expect, Taun We's head is made of hard plastic and it is attached to the character's long neck.

Obi-Wan Kenobi's minifig is new from head to toe with very correct pad printing. No problem matching the color between the torso and the head of the character, LEGO dresses Obi-Wan close to the neck. the tunic is nicely represented and the manufacturer delivers a head of hair and a hood to be used according to the chosen face. The outfit, although less contrasted than on the official retouched visuals, is both in line with that seen on screen in Episode II and with that present in the video game. The Skywalker Saga. Everyone will be happy.

The astromech droid R4-P17, which we had lost sight of since 2016, returns here in a rather successful updated version even if LEGO does not give it a pad printing on both sides of the cylinder as was the case more early in the year for R2-D2 in sets 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training et 75339 Death Star Trash Compactor. It's a bit of a shame knowing that we have already had two fairly similar versions of this droid in the past and that this new box was an opportunity to innovate a little.

On arrival, I think that this Jedi Starfigher is not demerit with a toy that seems very correct to me considering the reduced inventory and three very successful figurines. The public price of the product is undoubtedly a little high, but Amazon and a few others will quickly take care of offering it to us at a more attractive price.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 8, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Ideas set 21334 Jazz Quartet, a box of 1606 pieces which will be available at the retail price of €99.99 from June 28, 2022 (VIP preview). This new reference from the LEGO Ideas range is inspired by the project initially submitted on the platform by Hsinwei Chi whose proposal had easily found its audience and gathered the 10.000 supporters essential for its passage into the review phase before being definitively validated by LEGO in October 2021.

As I said when announcing the product, I think that the modifications made by the designer in charge of converting the initial idea into an official product are not in the best taste. They do not restore in my opinion the original intention and all the dynamics and the atmosphere of the realization which served to gather the 10.000 supports pass a little by the wayside.

You will have to be a fan of the assembly of stylized brick-based characters to appreciate this product which at least has the merit of exploring an original approach and different from that of the usual products. Even if the two creations seem similar, the four musicians gone through the LEGO grinder immediately seem much coarser than those of the reference creation: the clips in matching colors which knew how to be rather discreet on the limbs of the musicians are replaced here by Ball Seals gray which are fairly noticeable. The slender, wiry characters with homogeneous assemblies only become more clumsy and look like, on arrival, simple articulated figurines vaguely clinging to their instruments. That's a shame.

The manufacturer will invoke, as often, the need to offer a construction experience offering a result of solidity and stability in accordance with its requirements to justify this modification, but it would perhaps have been necessary to assess the feasibility of such a solution in more depth. project before selecting it rather than spoiling it on arrival. The official version is not subtle, it simply imitates the original idea by removing all the poetry that emerged from the original staging.

On the side of this famous "experience" of construction that LEGO puts forward for its products, customers will be served with the possibility of assembling this box to four thanks to the five booklets provided: each musician and his instrument benefits from a booklet of dedicated instructions, the fifth volume serving to bring together the four subsets. Each of the members of this quartet is assembled with its part of the stage, it is then necessary to assemble the various modules to obtain the planned presentation. Only one possible configuration, the trumpeter and the double bass player cannot be removed from their base portion.

A positive point: we take pleasure in assembling the double bass, the drums and the piano, with very original techniques and a neat appearance. Things get tough when it comes to tackling the four musicians who become a bit paunchy, caricatural in some places and frankly rude in others. the trumpeter and the double bass player do well, the first being upright with a pose without too exotic angles and the second being concealed behind his instrument. The drummer suffers a little more from the conversion with coarse legs and a head that is too "cartoon" for the subject matter.

Looking more closely, we see that the instruments are the elements that are most faithful to the original project and I have the impression that LEGO has reversed the concept: Hsinwei Chi put the musicians at the center of its creation and the instruments were at their service. Here it's a bit the opposite, the designer has put the package on the instruments and the four characters only seem there to furnish. It's a very personal perception of the difference in approach between the two creators, but it's my feeling after a few days spent in the company of this construction.

The designer in charge of the file was not content to "reinterpret" the physique of the musicians, he also replaced the original pianist with a female character. We can see a tribute to female legends of Jazz like Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane or even Geri Allen, but this is once again not the original intention. The original idea did not claim to serve as an exhaustive and definitive product to the glory of the musical genre in question, it was simply a question of staging a group of anonymous jazzmen among many others, without reference direct.

LEGO therefore appropriates the subject a little and adds a touch of diversity to it, it is de rigueur at the moment, but the female character is not even successful with an illegible head, a failed neck and an unmodifiable posture which is no longer really in the poetic spirit of the original idea. All that for this.

The stage with a dark floor and finely integrated borders that helped to highlight the four musicians in the reference project becomes here a lighter floor with a much less accomplished finish. As I said when announcing the set, we lose the cozy atmosphere of the original project and it's really a shame. The few apparent studs on the official version do nothing, except to spoil the visual rendering of the whole thing a little more.

What I remember from this product: a few modifications are enough to remove everything that allows a creation to convey an emotion or a feeling and make it much less attractive. Some of the adaptations present in the official version were undoubtedly necessary for the product to comply with the specifications defined by LEGO, but others which seem to me to be solely a matter of a very arbitrary aesthetic choice only sabotage the atmosphere that the fan designer had been able to breathe into his work.

Many fans will be satisfied with the official version knowing that the set is on arrival rather pleasant to watch and that it will only cost them a hundred euros, but others will necessarily be sensitive to the impact of the different modifications made by the designer. As is often the case in the LEGO Ideas ecosystem, when the initial idea is really too accomplished, we take the risk of being ultimately a little disappointed by LEGO's vision. This is in my opinion the case here, LEGO having as expected and expected kept the original idea but having completely distorted the project by depriving it of its very special atmosphere.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at July 5, 2022 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.