Today we quickly tour the LEGO Brickheadz sets 40383 Wedding Bride (306 pieces - 12.99 €) & 40384 Wedding Groom (255 pieces - € 12.99), two sets based on the same principle as the set 41597 GB Brick Me marketed in 2018 which already made it possible to customize a figurine.

Admitting that we are a fan of the format of these cubic figurines, I must admit that it is rather well done. In each box, you will find something to assemble several versions of the groom and the bride, so that the two characters look more or less like their "human" versions.

You have three skin tones, three heads of hair, two suits, a hat and a pair of glasses for the groom. Same assortment for the bride, without the hat or the costume variants. The only two pad-printed pieces in these boxes are the groom's gray jacket to integrate into the suit of your choice and the lace of the bride's dress on a white background. Even though I've put a mustache on the versions I'm showing you here, you can put a face together without this element for the groom.

The instruction booklets are well designed with clear directions on what to assemble or replace based on the character's skin or hair color and what accessories will come to equip the figure. It is not possible to replace the skin or hair without disassembling some of the sub-assemblies of the previous figure, the inventory is quite extensive but not to the point of allowing instant modification of each figure.

It is also possible to customize the groom's buttonhole, which has the choice of a black or dark blue suit, and to accessorize the bride's dress by changing the decorations of the dress, the veil and the bouquet.

The body of the figurines is identical to that of most of the products in the range with a dressing that takes place around the guts and the brains of the characters. Too bad the bases provided are not white to better integrate with the whipped cream of the mounted piece.

You have the right to lose or forget alliances, LEGO provides three per box.

A note on the glasses: I know that we are here in a theme where almost everything is square and the glasses provided are no exception to the rule. Despite everything, I remain convinced that a pair of round glasses would make it possible to offer a less "aggressive" possibility of customization than the version delivered here, the principle of these boxes being to allow to stick as close as possible to the real version of the people reproduced. .

The two figures are sold separately, so you can also combine two bride and groom or two brides, it's up to you. You still have to agree to spend € 25.98 to afford two minifigures to plant at the top of the mounted piece, but when you love LEGOs, you don't count for a long time.

In short, we are probably more here in the "lifestyle" product than in the collectible figurine and it will still be necessary to make sure that your partner accepts to see these two cubic characters enthroned at the top of the cake which cost you an arm.

Nothing is less certain, the Brickheadz figures are already not unanimous among fans of LEGO and probably even less among those who do not necessarily want to replace the usual small characters by these piles of bricks a little coarse. It would be a shame to argue over that on your wedding day.

Note: The two sets shown here, supplied by LEGO, are put into play as a single set. Deadline set at 11th January 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.

Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Speed ​​Champions set 76899 Lamborghini Urus ST-X & Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO (663 pieces - 64.99 €), a box to the glory of the Italian brand which allows us to obtain two very different vehicles.

I'm not going to give you the usual verse on the offset steering wheel and the countless stickers that dress the two vehicles, it's like the previous sets. As a bonus, the green of the stickers of the Urus ST-X SUV is not the same as that of the body parts, we are starting to get used to these often subtle but disappointing color differences.

The set has the advantage of offering two very different constructions in terms of form and substance: The Huracán and the SUV have in common only the brand that makes them. Overall, the two LEGO versions are relatively faithful to the reference models and they also benefit from the move to 8 studs wide. The front of the Huracán is particularly successful with rather convincing angles and imitation of the hood openings. The central fin is integrated with an almost elegant solution that knows how to be discreet when all the parts are in place.

On closer inspection, there are obviously some approximations: the banner of sponsor Roger Dubuis on the pad-printed windshield should have been straight to really stick to the reference model. We also regret the aesthetic inconsistency between the rare golden pieces and the impressions of the stickers which theoretically should be of the same shade.

By comparing the two visuals above, we see as usual that the passage to 8 studs only partially allows better reproduction of the curves of vehicles with a very "organic" design. It's much better than some previous models in the LEGO Speed ​​Champions range although it's not always perfect.

This Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in version 2019 uses the new chassis and the new axles already seen on other vehicles in the 2020 range. We will retain the few interesting sub-assemblies at the nose and (fixed) doors of the car and as usual the slew of Wedges with 45 ° cut-outs which come to the aid of the designer in the most complicated places to reproduce on the body.

The Lamborghini Urus ST-X in a LEGO version, for its part, offers a slightly different building experience than the other vehicles in the range. The chassis here is made up of plates to be assembled with a raised rear axle that really gives the Italian brand's competition SUV allure.

The windshield strip is like the other vehicle in this box aligned with the curve of the room and that's a shame. I would have preferred a straight strip aligned on the junction with the roof of the vehicle. The front and rear of the SUV are convincing with techniques that allow to stick to the design of the reference model. No stickers for the headlights, certainly symbolic at the front with a single small black piece, but it was successful.

It is on the sides of the SUV that it spoils a little with a stall embodied by an overlay of parts and stickers to reproduce half of the rear windows. We find ourselves on arrival with a transparent half-glass and a black sticker which gives the curve of the surface concerned. It's ridiculously ugly. As a bonus, the stickers are deliberately designed with a large margin compared to the size of the room on which they take place, either we choose to center them perfectly and there remains an unattractive border, or to shift them so as not to lose the continuity of pattern or color. It's up to you.

The rims have their small effect on the wheels which clearly protrude from the bodywork. However, this is not the case on the reference model, but the designer will have chosen to reinforce the sporting side of the vehicle here. Why not.

We can discuss the choice of color for the body of the LEGO version, but I quite like this lime green which gives the SUV some pizzazz. Everything is not perfect on this second model, but it really makes me want to see LEGO decline other SUVs in this Speed ​​Champions range, even if they are not always models used in competition with why not a Porsche Cayenne, an Audi Q7 or a BMW X6.

In this box, LEGO provides us with two pilots obviously dressed in a jumpsuit in the colors of the brand of this derivative product all in the glory of Lamborghini. Good news, there is a female pilot in this set. It is also necessary to build a starting gantry which allows to change the color of the lights by sliding the central element of the construction. I would gladly exchange this accessory without much interest for 5 or 10 euros less on the public price of the set. Anyone can DIY a gantry crane from their loose parts and I expect from the LEGO Speed ​​Champions range only detailed vehicles sold at a fair price.

In short, this set has its faults but it also offers two interesting models to assemble and display. The pleasure of assembling exceptional vehicles in the LEGO version is sometimes a little spoiled by the laborious steps of installing the stickers, but we do with it.

64.99 €, it is however a bit expensive for two vehicles, two minifigs and a gantry, so we will wait until the price of this box drops significantly at Amazon and others before cracking.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is fun to play. Deadline set at 9th January 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.

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Star Wars set 75267 Mandalorian Battle Pack (102 pieces - € 14.99), a small box that features characters more or less inspired by the series The Mandalorian whose first season has just ended on the Disney + platform.

Fans of the Star Wars universe will obviously be delighted to be able to add a few colorful Mandalorians to their collection, but beyond that I think a closer look at the set misses its point a bit.

If you haven't seen the first season of the series and that you prefer to wait for the availability of the Disney + platform in France, scheduled for March 2020, before you start watching the eight episodes, do not read on.

This box makes a priori direct reference to the third episode of the series, with a scene in which the one who is in fact called Din Djarin escapes from the city of Nevarro carrying the one we now nickname "Baby Yoda" . Surrounded by a small army of Bounty Hunters, the hero is supported by his colleagues who land in "mode"Mandalorians Assemble!"to allow him to set sail.

Where the set misses what it tries to reproduce a little, it is by the absence of jetpacks for the minifigs delivered in the box. The Mandalorians who arrive as reinforcements disembark by air and we do not find this accessory in the set.

Instead, LEGO delivers us a Speeder-Bike almost identical to the one seen in the set 7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack marketed in 2011 and which has little to do there. The machine is only used as a pretext to confirm the designation "construction toy" of the product, as is always the case for Battle Packs.

Another slightly annoying detail, the presence of coarse blasters which offer a certain playability to the product but which really struggle to reproduce the weaponry of the characters seen on the screen. Those of Speeder-Bike are sufficient and LEGO could have provided classic blasters to enhance the "realism" of the set. After all, no one is going to stage a battle with red pieces between Mandalorians who are normally on the same team.

The four characters provided are all unique by their pad printing, both in terms of design and colors. And it's very well done with a really impressive level of detail. The same goes for the helmets which are also unique and really successful. Since there are no small savings, one of the four characters does not benefit from a detailed pad printing on the legs. We will do with it, it's not dramatic.

Under the four helmets, we get neutral heads, it is in any case not the point here to give a face to these Mandalorians. Two of the helmets benefit from a design with a visor of a shape identical to that of Bo Katan (The Clone Wars, Rebels) and Sabine Wren (Rebellious), we can therefore deduce that these are possibly female characters. The balance is respected, LEGO thus avoids possible criticisms of the type "and why women can't be mandos, etc.."

If there was one version to reproduce in this set, it was that of the over-armed Mando-Commando which landed in Iron patriot to spray the Bounty Hunters troop with their heavy machine gun. Bad luck, LEGO may not have had the information when creating this Battle Pack.

In short, it's a nice little set more or less "inspired" by the series with four official minifigs really unique from head to toe to line up in our Ribba frames or to stage in a diorama based on the scene from the Episode 3. Too bad for the lack of classic jetpacks and blasters.

Below, another possibility of staging ...

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is fun to play. Deadline set at 4th January 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.

Today we talk very quickly about the LEGO set 42109 App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car, a toy from the Technic range sold for 140 € which is not necessarily intended to introduce you to the principles of automobile mechanics in a LEGO version and which is above all a vehicle that can be controlled remotely via the elements and the application from the 'Control + ecosystem.

Speaking of the Top Gear license associated with this product, there is also little more than the large sheet of stickers and the packaging of the set to be concerned. Everything else is a lambda product that could have been sold for less than 80 € without problem.

We also reach here the limits of the license concept associated with a LEGO product. Top Gear is a car show that takes a bit of the usual codes with scrapping, fast cars, more or less funny modifications which lead to visually spectacular situations, etc ... When the first rumors of a product using this license invaded the small world of LEGO, I naively believed that we would be entitled to a little of this madness seen on the screen.

With 463 parts in the box including the Smart Hub and the two motors (1 x L and 1 x XL), it is assembled in 20 minutes and we can not say that the result is aesthetically very successful. I tried to convince myself that the machine looked like a car tinkered with for stock car, but the vehicle is rather shapeless, the body is sketchy and the stickers that insistently shout the Top Gear license (STIIIIIGGGGG !! !! ....) enjoyed by this set does not really help matters.

Thinking about it, I definitely don't see the connection between the license and the product, except perhaps to seduce the dads who wander in the department of a toy store and convince them to spend 140 € in this box.

On a technical level, what I retain is that we cannot say that the new differential delivered here is at the service of the incredible performance of the vehicle. And that's the least we can say.

As the pretentious visual of the packaging where the machine is staged on a dusty country lane suggests, I expected this rally car, stripped of unnecessary elements and covered with sponsors, to be a real adventurer . It is not so. It's slow, sluggish, and without any sensation: on a very smooth surface, it does not really advance and on a less smooth surface, it is even worse.

The Control + application which was recently updated to incorporate this new product does its best to save furniture, with a nicely done interface and the ability to switch between automatic mode or "manual" piloting which allows " change speed". This relative acceleration of the motors as a function of the stage chosen does not bring anything convincing.

One will also retain the piloting with one hand via the gyroscopic interface. As usual, the most patient will be able to try the different challenges offered by the application. Smartphone under iOS or Android essential as for the other sets which make use of the dedicated application.

On a purely recreational level, the ground clearance of the vehicle is far too limited to make it a real outdoor toy and the battery box, which is easily accessible, is not really protected by the chassis. You risk damaging the latter by insisting on the roughest coverings and you will have to be content with the parquet in the living room or the lino in the hallway. We are really bored, and that's saying something.

And that's not to mention the few pieces that are sure to come off during your outdoor adventures: I isolated the ones that tend to stay on the asphalt, you can remove them before going outside to play.

In short, put away your smartphone and go your way. This overpriced rally car is not the one that will finally offer a level of performance enough to really have fun, even for a child of 9 or 10 years old. Almost all of what is touted on the box is exaggerated and is not in reality. I won't go so far as to talk about misleading visuals and off-topic licensing, but it's just like.

For all intents and purposes: The video below is obviously non-contractual in terms of sound ...

Note: The set shown here, which I bought myself, is happy to play. Deadline set at December 31, 2019 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.

Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Star Wars set 75270 Obi-Wan's Hut (200 pieces - 29.99 €), a small box that allows you to assemble Obi-Wan Kenobi's hut lost in the sandy desert of Tatooine.

At 30 € the box, you shouldn't expect a version Structure of the thing and it is not surprisingly a mini-hut that LEGO offers us here. We are far from the relatively spacious construction seen on the screen, but almost everything is there with quite extensive play possibilities as long as you like to "replay" more or less memorable scenes.

This hut can also serve as a starting point for a more fleshed out Mos Eisley diorama. By purchasing two boxes, you can eventually expand Obi-Wan Kenobi's hut, but it still lacks a moisture vaporizer around the building to really feel like LEGO has made an effort.

To obtain a sufficiently large mini-diorama, you will also have to buy the set 75271 Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder (236 coins 29.99 €) which allows to obtain a character present in the hut during the scenes concerned: C-3PO.

The interior of the cabin is not a layout model but it contains the essentials to install the minifigs and allow Obi-Wan Kenobi to remember that he has something lying in a chest to give away to Luke. The small central table on which R2-D2 displays Leia's hologram is there too.

I'm not sure Obi-Wan had an open-plan kitchen, although I understand the designer's intention to dispense with all of the overhanging construction that leads to the kitchen. and in the bathroom. Extending the walls to make it a rectangular house would have been interesting, but the public price of the set would then have been higher. The objective being to make us buy two boxes sold at a "reasonable" price to obtain a more complete one, the marketing department will have judged that the few dozen bricks necessary for the extension of the construction did not fit in the budget.

We are in the holiday season and I still want to be positive: even if the set is ultra-minimalist in form, in substance, it brings together a lot of "playability" elements that make it a rather full. My collector's soul is of course a little disappointed by this half micro-cabin.

On the minifig side, the endowment does not take the risk of really innovating and we see the version of Luke Skywalker whose outfit was in the LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar in 2014 and in a few other boxes since. Luke's Head is also a recurring version of the range since 2015.

Obi-Wan Kenobi's torso is the one delivered in the set 75246 Death Star Cannon earlier this year. The character's head is far from unheard of, it has been scouring the range since 2014 and the set 75052 Mos Eisley Winery.

The Tusken Raider benefits from a head bearing a new reference but really similar to the one already seen since 2015. The torso is here still dressed with shoulder straps but no more crossing of the accessory as on the previous torsos. This will always be useful for varying appearances in a thematic diorama.

R2-D2 is here equipped with a dome whose pad printing has changed a little since the previous versions, the body of the droid remains the one usually delivered in the sets of the range since 2014. No more bubbles in the lightsabers, which are d 'elsewhere now more opaque than previous versions. We can not have everything.

The training droid (Marksman-H Training Remote) is unpublished and it is very well done. The pad printing of the accessory here delivered with a transparent support is really successful.

Finally, the monochrome hologram of Princess Leia is of course new, it is similar to that of Palpatine seen in several sets since the reference 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer released in 2014. The mold is convincing and we can easily guess the appearance of Leia who came to ask Obi-Wan for help. It is probably the fault of this new room that the cabin has a barbecue on the terrace.

In short, this is not the set of the year, the box is not filled with new or exclusive minifigs and it is only half of the content necessary for a convincing staging. The fact remains that there may be enough here to satisfy a Tatooine fan keen to add a construction and a few characters to their diorama. I say yes, but only when the set is around 20 € at Amazon.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at December 31, 2019 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.