As expected, we will not have photos of the new LEGO items from this 2013 London Toy Fair. The stand has been completely covered this year (see photo above) to avoid shots taken from above, like this was the case last year.

For the rest, we must be satisfied with the very approximate information provided by the few blogs present on site:

Regarding the Super Heroes range: A LEGO Batman board game is planned, with 8 microfigs including Batgirl. 

The minifigs that we are going to obtain in 2013 are distributed a priori as follows:

76002 Superman - Metropolis Showdown : Superman and General Zod
76003 Superman - Battle of Smallville : General Zod, Colonel Hardy, Tor-An, Superman and Faora
76009 Superman - Black Zero Escape : Superman, Lois Lane and General Zod
76006 Iron Man - Extremis Harbor Battle : Iron Man, War Machine and Aldrich Killian
76007 Iron Man - Malibu Mansion Attack : Tony Stark, Iron Man Mark 42, The Mandarin, Pepper Potts and an unidentified minifigure (Dr Wu / Radioactive Man?)
76008 Iron Man vs. Mandarin Ultimate Battle : The Mandarin, Iron Man in an exclusive and new version.

All fans of the LEGO Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit range are waiting to see if the manufacturer will offer us a molded eagle as the preliminary visual of the set suggests. 79007 The Black Gate put online by the Sears brand (see this article) or if the animal will be made from bricks like the one in the set LEGO Creator 31004 Fierce Flyer.

Either way, this Creator set is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to stage the eagles that respond to Gandalf's call to get Thorin and his companions out of a very bad situation in The Hobbit.

We also find these eagles during several events in the Lord of the Rings saga: Battle of the Black Gate, rescue of Frodo and Samwise after the destruction of the ring ...

In short, eagles are important animals in both sagas and in case of disappointment with the representation of the raptor in the set 79007, we can always turn to this LEGO Creator set of 166 pieces sold for less than 10 € at amazon...

Stop hurting yourself with the bad English recordings of the first episodes of the Legends of Chima TV series (briefly) available on YouTube.

Fans of minifigures with animal heads and caterpillars of all kinds, please note that the animated series will be broadcast on the youth channel Channel J from the Wednesday February 6 2013.

The first episode will air at 9h and the second from 9h.

The pitch of the series for those who do not know it yet: The kingdom of Chima is a magical land where very advanced species dominate. These creatures speak and act like people. They use vehicles and machines and live in incredible castles and fortresses. They have claws, teeth, tails, and some are equipped with wings. Now they are at war with each other ...

It's Bjarke Schonwandt, the "quality" man at LEGO who confirms the info on the very secret forum reserved for "LEGO Ambassadors" and I will sum it up here in a few words, because after all, we are all entitled to the info:

The arches delivered so far in the set of the range The Hobbit 79003 An Unexpected Gathering are ALL defective (See this article).

Explanation: A dark story of the bad graphics file used to cast the part, I'll skip the details. LEGO made a mistake.

ALL boxes sold to date are affected, and LEGO has stopped production of the affected set to correct the problem.

The solution: Contact LEGO customer service without delay to have the two arches delivered in this set (LEGO reference 4114073) replaced with the same reference, but with the correct dimensions.

Moreover, this same Mr. Schonwandt had promised earlier in 2012 that LEGO would take care of bringing out in new sets the 10 most expensive pieces on Bricklink, just to break the effect of shortage and speculation ... He also confirmed that LEGO keeps track of requests to replace missing or defective parts in order to unmask "the profiteers of the system".

I know that many of you here are fond of LEGO key chains, and often for a variety of reasons.

Fundamentalist collectors consider them to be an integral part of a range, and do-it-yourselfers buy them to take the pin out of their heads and thus obtain a particular minifigure at an unbeatable price.

The Daily Brick reveals the list of keychains planned for 2013 in the different ranges (except Star Wars for now):

Super Heroes: White batman
Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit: Frodo Baggins & Bilbo Baggins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo & Splinter
The Lone Ranger: Tonto & Lone Ranger
Legends of Chima: Cragger, Eris, Worriz & Laval
Ninjago: golden ninja

I give you below the excellent video of thebrickblogger.com which explains how to remove the pin from a minifig in seconds using a soldering iron.