LEGO continues directly after the first reviews of the LEGO Ideas 21305 Maze set by officially presenting this box of 769 pieces. Public price: $ 69.99 / € 74.99.

Below, an excerpt from the online presentation on the LEGO Ideas blog :

Publisher Dorling Kindersley, DK for close friends, has unveiled the exclusive minifigure that will accompany the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia: This is indeed the "Pirate" version of Batman seen in the animated film LEGO Justice League Cosmic Clash, except for a few details.

This 208-page book, which is intended to be an encyclopedia of the DC Comics universe in LEGO style, is available for pre-order at amazon: English version at this address (Availability announced for April 5, 2016) and French version at this address (Availability announced for March 25, 2016).

Polybag assembly instructions 30447 Captain America's Motorcycle are online on the LEGO server and it is therefore an opportunity to discover the contents of this bag about which we do not know much about for the moment.

On the menu, a non-exclusive minifigure also present in the set 76051 Super Hero Airport Battle (which is still not online on the LEGO Shop FR) and a motorcycle equipped with a sidecar with integrated missile launcher. To see if the machine is in the film Captain America: Civil War or not...

No information yet on the upcoming availability of this polybag.

Update : The polybag is now listed at Toys R Us (USA) at a rate of $ 3.99. Soon on eBay ou bricklink...

If you're one of those who anxiously awaits to hear how LEGO transformed the LEGO Ideas project from JKBrickworks as a salable product, you can go to the site ofHispabrick Magazine who posted a review of the box 21305 Maze.

In summary, the thing is installed on a 32x32 baseplate, two game "cards" are provided in the box but some parts necessary for their assembly are common to both boards, there is no mechanism for returning the games. balls and therefore they remain on the game board, the balls are a little capricious due to the injection mark present on the surface of each of them and the wheels Technic used for platter control hurt fingers.

This 769-piece set will be available next April at the US retail price of $ 69.99.

LEGO has just taken stock of the 2015 financial year and unsurprisingly, the results are good: Double-digit growth in all the markets where the brand is present with an average of 19.3% (25.2% with currency differences) , operating margin reaching 34.2%, net margin of 25.6%, all is well.

LEGO takes the opportunity to invest in everything: Extension and construction of factories, hiring galore (more than 2500 recruitments in 2015 for a total of more than 17000 employees), research center to find an alternative to ABS plastic, etc. .

355 new products were launched in 2015, the five ranges that hit the mark last year are: City, Ninjago, DUPLO, Star Wars and Friends, the brand is present on store shelves in more than 140 countries, no product recall did not take place in 2015, 725 million minifigs and 675 million tires made in 2015, 72 billion bricks were sold and the LEGO inventory now has over 3600 different items and 60 color variations.

The top 5 sales in 2015: 41062 Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle (€ 44.99), 75105 Millennium Falcon (€ 164.99), 60047 City Police Station (€ 99.99), 31313 Mindstorms EV3 (€ 369.99), 41101 Heartlake Grand Hotel (139.99 €).

There you have it: Everything is awesome.

If you want to dig deeper, you can download the 2015 financial report at this address and Responsibility Report 2015 at this address.