Everything starts from a LEGO product listed on the website of the German brand Wagners24 whose title is unambiguous: LEGO would have in its boxes a product based on the video game Horizon Zero Dawn bearing the reference 76989 Horizon Zero Dawn Tallneck. It is in any case under this name that the reference 76989 is presented on the website of the brand in question, with availability announced for May 1, 2022.

The latest rumors to date evoke the possibility of a LEGO range entirely dedicated to the world of video games, within which we would therefore find in 2022 at least the confirmed Overwatch 2 reference. 76980 titanium and possibly this second set which would be based on a successful video game including the second part, Horizon Forbidden Forest, will be available in spring 2022.

The name of the product leaves no room for doubt, it will be a question of assembling a Tallneck (Large-neck in French), these robotic creatures that allow you to obtain a map of the area in which they evolve. It is not known if the main character of the game, Aloy, will be delivered in the box.

A search on the product's EAN (5702017156491) allows you to find other resellers who have already listed this product but without the precise title posted by the German brand. the dealers in question are content for the moment with a provisional title in the form "Gaming IP - tbd-Gaming-IP-18 + -2022"which tells us at least that the set will be a reference stamped 18+.

We will have to wait for a possible leak or an official announcement to be sure.

The trailer for the Disney + series Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett is online and it gives us a first glimpse of what we will be able to discover during the nine episodes which will begin airing on December 29th. The form is there, with an atmosphere that will delight the most nostalgic of fans, the content will have to match the packaging.

As was the case with The Mandalorian series with all a series of derivative products, LEGO should offer us some products derived from this new series. The latest rumors to date evoke the possibility of at least one box containing the Tatooine Palace under the reference 75326 Boba Fett's Palace with a public price set at 99.99 € which confirms that it will not be the giant construction that some already imagine. If the set is indeed marketed in March 2022, it should at least allow the throne to be assembled in the middle of a few pieces of walls. Regarding minifigs, the potential is there judging by the many creatures seen in the trailer. It remains to be seen what LEGO will take away from that when the time comes.

Today we are quickly talking about the Republic Gunship expected in the LEGO Star Wars range this year following a video conference during which the designers agreed to deliver some more or less evasive answers to the questions put to them. The product was not presented to us, it was just a question at this stage of evoking the set by kicking in touch on most of the questions too specific.

We now know that the Republic Gunship winner of the vote organized last year on the Ideas platform will be well marketed this year, probably in the fall, and that it will be an imposing stamped model Ultimate Collector Series.

The double canopy, about fifteen centimeters long, pad-printed with red patterns, which will be used on this model was briefly presented during the conference, specifying that it logically defines the scale of the rest of the construction. It is composed of two copies of the 10x4x3 one which already equips many models including the 2012 UCS B-wing or the Anakin Jedi Interceptor. The designers also evoke the need for a coffee table to display this Republic Gunship which promises to be imposing, a simple shelf is probably not enough.

One should not expect to get a large handful of minifigs in this set, the designers confirming that the minifig (s) that usually accompany UCS products are there to add a decorative touch to the exhibition models concerned.

In the radius of the rumors which circulate elsewhere, we have a reference, it would be the set 75309, a theoretical public price which would be fixed at 349.99 € and a number of parts which is not confirmed for instant: 3292.

Today we make the tour of the LEGO Star Wars set very quickly 75281 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor (248 pieces), a remake of the set 75038 Jedi Interceptor marketed in 2014 which will at least have the merit of allowing all those who arrived in the hobby after the withdrawal of the relevant reference from the LEGO catalog to afford this small vessel at a relatively reasonable price.

We will remember the few changes made to this new interpretation of the ship, especially at the level of the two guns placed inside the wings which benefit from a more accomplished finish. The cockpit is also more comfortable with a headrest, but it is always necessary to ignore a possible presentation support that would have allowed the vessel to be exposed with its fins deployed.

Note also that the solution used to tilt the wings on this new version is different from that proposed in 2014: the plates are replaced by two hinges independent with integrated pins. The effect produced is the same and the solidity of the model does not suffer from this modification. Of them Spring-Shooters are integrated under the cabin, they are discreet and can possibly be removed if their presence disturbs you.

The canopy is a new reference to the slightly different pad printing of the element seen in 2014 in the set 75038 Jedi Interceptor then in 2016 in the set 75135 Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor. Two small details disappear at the front, but for the rest the part is identical, injection point placed in the middle included. The dish placed on the front of the cockpit is a part available since 2005 from LEGO.

The LEGO designers do not hide it, they try to offer reissues in which certain details are modified or improved so as not to be satisfied with releasing the same product identically. This is therefore the case here with some changes which, although they will probably not be enough to make this new box a radically different version from the previous one, will convince the most demanding collectors that it is nevertheless a variant. essential.

The ship is assembled in a few minutes, we glue the eight stickers and we move on. It should be noted that the meanness is here pushed to its paroxysm with a sticker representing the logo of the Galactic Republic to stick on the Tile 1x1 round while this same coin was pad printed on the 2014 version. As a bonus, the cutout of this sticker is not even correctly centered and the result is a bit disappointing.

The two minifigs provided in this box are not new or exclusive, they reuse parts already seen in other sets: Anakin's torso and legs are the elements delivered in 2020 in the set 75269 Duel on Mustafar, the legs and the head even dating from 2018 and then delivered in the set 75214 Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.

The R2-D2 figurine here uses the dome updated in 2020 which is also present in the sets 75270 Obi_Wan's Hut et 75273 Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter. On the version of the set that I received, the pad printing of the dome is also slightly askew. The droid body is the one marketed since 2014.

In short, there is nothing to philosophize about this product for a long time: If you have the previous version, this new box should logically not seem essential to you and you have saved 30 €. Otherwise, you can already find this set for less than 23 euros at Amazon in Germany and it is still cheaper than the fifty euros requested by dealers on the secondary market for the 2014 version.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 2th October, 2020 next at 23pm.

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