While waiting for any revelations on the 2013 LEGO ranges during the next New York Comic-Con 2012 (from October 11th to 14th, 2012 and I will be there), little point on the two exhibitions not to be missed if you like super heroes and cinema.

Festi'Briques 2012 will be held from 26 and 28 October 2012 in Chatenoy-le-Royal (71) and will offer 1000 m² on the theme of cinema and Star Wars. 60 exhibitors are announced and many activities will be offered.  

Night opening on Friday October 26 from 19 p.m. to 00 p.m. and doors open from 22 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Entry is free for children under 00, will cost € 9 for children under 00 and € 4 for over 2s. www.festibriques.fr

Briqu'Expo Diemoz 2013 will take place on September 14 and 15, 2013 in Diemoz (38 - 20 km from Lyon) and will offer 800 m² on the theme of super heroes. This exhibition is jointly organized by FreeLUG, the association Le Sou des Ecoles which collects funds intended to finance equipment and outings for young schoolchildren from Diemoz and BaB.

Registrations will open by the end of 2012 and in the meantime you can contact yannick who coordinates everything by writing to him at yannick.vignat (at) club-internet.fr. Admission will be free for children under 5, will cost € 1 for children under 14 and € 3 for over 14. www.freelug.org

I will be present on these two exhibitions, the main themes of which suggest beautiful things in the news ... Do not hesitate to indicate in the comments if you plan to come ...

Here is a new version of the visual which can be found on the back of the board game instruction booklet The Hobbit (posted by sidersdd on flickr).

It's a bit redundant with the image posted a few days ago but on this one you can discover Dwalin, Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin and Nori in better conditions ...

By the way, remember to add davs your favorites the official LEGO page for the The Hobbit range, it should evolve soon, probably on the occasion of New York Comic Con 2012 ...

It is a tradition at Toys R Us in the USA, October is the month devoted to LEGOs with the soberly titled operation Bricktober.

This year, TRU customers will be offered a copy of these LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection with any purchase that qualifies for the offer. (Minimum amount and / or sets concerned not communicated) The operation is spread over the four weeks of October and the set offered will therefore change every week.

There are 4 volumes of this series devoted to vintage minifigs:

852331 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 1 (released in 2008 - Yellow box)
852535 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 2 (released 2009 - Blue box)
852753 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 4 (released in 2009 - Black box)

And the set in green box which contains 2 minifigs (Cook, cowboy) from Volume 3 (852697 -2009) and 3 minifigs (Nurse, woman in green and white ninja) from Volume 5 (852769 - 2010)

If you are a fan of these series of minifigs, watch eBay or Bricklink in the coming weeks, you should be able to find what you are looking for at decent prices ...

Since nothing is happening at the moment, we furnish as best we can ...

Last night, you have probably received the email announcing the availability in preview of the set 10229 The winter cottage. We're not going to make a big deal out of it here, if you want it now because you can't wait for this thing anymore, it's 95.49 € (from September 24 to 30, 2012) and if you want it but finally it can wait, you will pay 95.49 € with double VIP points from October 1 to 14, 2012 ... In short, you know what I think of this VIP program and its nutty pseudo-exclusives.

For fans of LEGO Technic, a major challenge looms on the horizon: The "Yor design it, we make it"which starts in October 2012 will allow the winner to see his MOC marketed as a set from the Technic range in 2013.
No or few details for the moment on this competition, all we know is that it will be necessary to propose a personal creation of a vehicle of the type 4x4 Crawler and that the top 10 entries in the contest will be voted on by fans.
If you are interested in the challenge, go to the site dedicated to the Technic range and follow the LEGO Technic team blog.
For the rest, Brickset already references the sets Technic from 2013 (or in any case what the rumor announces for 2013).

This second half of 2012 was decidedly very poor in terms of preliminary images and interesting information on future ranges. For lack of anything better, here is a new poster proposed by desktop on Eurobricks, probably a teaser for the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game due out at the end of October.

We finally discover Saroumane (or Saruman) and this minifigure in its virtual version is excellent. Hopefully LEGO will deign to offer us the same in a plastic version ...