The few products planned for the month of December are now available on the official online store, although we know that many of those who had pre-ordered the LEGO ICONS set 10326 Natural History Museum have already received it several days ago.

Personally, I'm not going to fall for the LEGO Ideas set right away 21344 The Orient-Express Train, we know that this product encounters several finishing problems including poorly printed stickers, alignment problems with the gold pad printing on certain parts, errors in the names of the cities crossed by the train pad printed on the wagons and rails which tend to curl upwards and not stay in place on the pieces that accommodate them. So I'll wait a few weeks wisely, hoping that LEGO corrects these minor flaws to avoid having to call customer service right out of the box.

As usual, it's up to you to decide whether to give in without delay by paying full price for these boxes or whether to show a little patience and wait for the inevitable reductions that will be offered in the weeks and months to come at Amazon, on FNAC.com, at Cdiscount, at Auchan and at a few other resellers.

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The German brand JB Spielwaren has put online a polybag planned for early 2024, the reference 30661 Asha's Welcome Booth, but it is not the content of this bag of 46 pieces licensed by Disney Wish that is interesting, it is rather what we can conclude by discovering the official visuals of the product: the packaging of the LEGO polybags should also evolve towards a version that is in principle more respectful of the environment with recyclable polyproylene packaging to be sorted in the yellow bin in areas where this sorting instruction applies.

We see that the back of the product clearly indicates that This new packaging is in principle recyclable, we will now have to wait until we have a copy in our hands to judge the relevance of the solution adopted by LEGO to replace the plastic bags that we we all know.

As planned, this month of December starts at LEGO with two small promotional products offered on condition of purchase: on the one hand a small box of 153 pieces to assemble a carriage with its horse, its coachman and two passengers which will advantageously expand your scenes based on stamped LEGO products Winter village and on the other a set of 182 pieces allowing you to build three decorative balls to decorate your tree.

These two offers are valid without restriction of range until December 14 and they can obviously be combined with each other:

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If you missed the successive price drops for the LEGO Harry Potter set 76419 Hogwarts Castle & Grounds at Amazon during Black Friday, here is an opportunity to catch up with the giveaway of a copy of this pretty box sold at the public price of €169.99 at LEGO.

To validate your participation, as always, simply identify yourself via the interface below and follow the instructions provided. As usual, it is a question of finding information on the official online store and then answering the question correctly. At the end of the participation phase, the winner will be chosen by lot from the correct answers. Participation is free and without obligation to purchase.

Your details (name/pseudo, email address, IP address, postal address and phone number of the winner) are only used in the context of this competition and will not be kept beyond the draw which will designate the winner. As usual, this competition without obligation to purchase is open to all residents of metropolitan France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The prize at stake is generously provided by LEGO France via the annual allocation allocated to all members of the LAN (LEGO Ambassador Network), it will be sent to the winner by me upon confirmation of their contact details by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any entrant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Grumpers and bad losers abstain, the others will have a better chance of winning.

For information: the name / nickname of the winner is displayed in the participation interface once the draw has been made. I also notify the winners by email, but remember to check anyway.

Two clarifications: all the products involved are physically in my possession and are shipped by me, no risk of having to wait weeks for the brand to send the batch. The prizes are sent very quickly to the winners, those who have received their prize in the past can attest to this, this box can therefore be under the winner's tree.

Forget Black Friday, it's already time to move on with the release by LEGO of two new thematic promotional products which will be offered in December.

These two small sets are obviously on the theme of Christmas and the end of year celebrations with on one side a small box of 153 pieces to assemble a carriage with its horse, its coachman and two passengers which will advantageously expand your settings. scenes based on stamped LEGO products Winter village and on the other a set of 182 pieces allowing you to build three decorative balls to decorate your tree.

The conditions for receiving these two small products as well as the dates of the operation have not yet been officially confirmed by LEGO, this will be the case quickly, these two products being in principle planned for the beginning of December: