Fans of the LEGO Harry Potter range will have the opportunity this year to add a new interpretation of the red train to their collection with the reference 76423 Hogwarts Express & Hogsmeade Station.

This box of 1074 pieces, posted online in particular at Smyths Toys, will be available at the public price of €129.99 from June 1, 2023 and will therefore take over from the set 75955 Hogwarts Express (801 pieces - €84.99) marketed from summer 2018 to the end of 2022. It will also be a more economical alternative to the set 76405 Hogwarts Express Collector's Edition (5129 pieces - 499.99 €) still available.

The endowment in minifigs is this time rather correct with the train driver, the witch in the carriage, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, the commentator Lee Jordan, Draco Malfoy and Hagrid.

The five finalist projects of the reboot du Bricklink Designer ProgramEntitled Series 1, were selected from among the 375 proposals in the running following the vote launched last March.

As expected, the pre-order phase for these five products will not begin before February 2024. The sets which will collect at least 3000 pre-orders will be produced in 20.000 copies and will be deliverable in the third quarter of 2024. It will therefore be necessary to demonstrate a lot of patience. In the meantime, the creators of these various projects will have plenty of time to revise them to make them comply with LEGO requirements.

Notice to all collectors of the LEGO Star Wars range who never tire of chasing after the more or less exclusive products that LEGO distributes on various occasions: the LEGO Star Wars set 6471930 Lucas Yoda Fountain has this year been offered to Lucasfilm employees as confirmed on Twitter an ILM employee (Industrial Light & Magic).

This 152-piece product makes it possible to assemble the famous fountain present at the entrance to Lucasfilm's headquarters in San Francisco. The fountain in the LEGO version is like the real one surmounted by a Yoda figurine, the minifig being equipped here with injected legs in two colors borrowed from Bilbo (10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell) and placed under the torso and head of the figurine already seen in the set 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training.

Update : instructions are now available for download in PDF format at this address.

For the moment, these are only official visuals of a small set stamped 4+ and a polybag, but these images set the tone for what will be the new 2023 batch of products from the LEGO Ninjago range: one side the set 71798 Nya and Arin's Baby Dragon Battle (29.99 €) with its 157 pieces and its figurines of Nya, Arin, an Imperium Claw General and Baby Riyu, on the other the polybag 30650 Kai & Rapton's Temple Battle of 47 pieces with Kai and Rapton.

The rest of the summer wave 2023 should soon be unveiled, the availability of these boxes being scheduled for June 1, 2023.

(Visuals of set 71798 via LT Toys)