Happy New Year 2019 to all!

One more. Another year has passed and we are now on our way to the new adventures that 2019 has in store for us.

I have the impression of writing the same thing each time, but it is difficult to do otherwise: in 2018, once again, more and more of you came to take a look at this blog, some of you very regularly, others more occasionally. As a consequence of this significant increase in site traffic, a new resizing of hosting resources which is costing me a lot but which effectively absorbs the influx of new visitors.

Once again, I sincerely thank all those who have contributed to the life of the blog via their comments. It is mainly thanks to you that this site is alive and these many contributors encourage a little more other fans every day to come and exchange, discuss, argue, express their satisfaction, indicate a good plan, complain or simply give their opinion on this or that subject. Without these interactions, the site would be, as I said before, just one more blog in an already very crowded microcosm.

During this past year, I have once again redistributed all of the products sent to me by LEGO and by brands that have found it useful to participate in the various operations organized here. I bought all the sets from my personal collection and this is a principle that I will not deviate from in 2019 either. Impossible to reward everyone, but it is always with immense satisfaction that I read the messages of joy or thank you letter sent by most of the winners.

I say it again: I hope 2019 will be a good year for all of you, with or without LEGO bricks, with or without a phase of Dark Age or with personal constraints that force you to temporarily or permanently put this often overwhelming passion aside. Remember this tip that I try to repost once a year: Don't sacrifice anything for a box of LEGO. Don't go into debt to buy LEGOs. Plastic cannot be eaten, and it does not sell for as expensive as some people would like to believe, especially when it is urgent to act.

Next year, I hope that you will continue, as you have been doing for eight years already, to make sense of everything I do here. A passion only has meaning if it can be shared with others.

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2019.

Note: Tradition obliges, I'm obviously putting the last five copies of the "exclusive" Hoth Bricks minifigure into play. To participate, all you have to do is post a comment (you should find what to say without too much problem ...) and you have until January 7, 2018 at 23:59 p.m. to act.

Update : The winners were drawn and were notified by email, their nicknames are indicated below.