LEGO today presents its financial results for the 2022 financial year and the trend displayed during the publication of the first half interim results is definitively confirmed: all the indicators are once again positively green for the year as a whole, even if the progress recorded is a little less spectacular than in 2021, in accordance to group forecasts.

LEGO announces a "modest" increase of 17% in turnover and a sales volume up 12% in all markets where the brand is present, results to be compared with those of 2021 displayed respectively at 27% and 22%.

The operating result recorded an increase of 5% and the net profit showed an increase of 4%, much lower percentages than last year with respectively 32% and 34% for each of these parameters.

The manufacturer lists as usual the ranges that ensure the best sales in 2022 with five universes: LEGO City, LEGO Technic, LEGO ICONS, LEGO Harry Potter and LEGO Star Wars.

155 new official stores were installed in 2022, bringing to 904 the number of LEGO Stores currently established around the world. In line with its ambitions, LEGO continued to renew its assortment in 2022 with 48% of the catalog made up of new products. For the rest, the group is pleased as every year with its diverse and varied investments, particularly in terms of sustainability, environmental protection and altruistic initiatives with large donations via the LEGO Foundation. For 2023, LEGO is not taking any risks and is simply forecasting modest single-digit growth.

If you like numbers, you can download the full annual report at this address.

The instructions for the five products resulting from the third wave of crowdfunding of the Bricklink Designer Program are now available for download in PDF format. If it is the assembly of these different creations that interests you more than the fact of owning the products in your collection, you can now retrieve the files that will allow you to build these five proposals. Note that there are no ""official" paper versions of these instructions, even those who have purchased these different sets must go through the download or be satisfied with the digital version integrated into the official application.

Even if you don't plan to get started right away, feel free to download and store the affected files, it's unclear how long Bricklink expects to keep them available and they're not live. on the service which usually allows you to recover the instructions for the official sets.

Instructions are available digitally in the official LEGO app. The most courageous will perhaps try to have these files printed by an online service, several brands offer this type of service, even individually, with a nice paperback booklet on arrival.

You can click directly on the links below to retrieve the PDF files concerned:

It's time for the VIP preview on the official online store, which allows you to buy a copy of the very successful LEGO ICONS set today 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell sold at the public price of 499.99 € by being offered a copy of the LEGO BrickHeadz The Lord of the Rings set 40630 Frodo & Gollum (184 pieces) worth €14.99.

The offer is valid until March 7, 2023, it allows the most impatient among us, including myself, to take the pill off the price charged on this pretty big box of 6167 pieces with around fifteen minifigs including I spoke to you recently on the occasion of a quickly tested.

As a bonus, you also get a copy of the LEGO set 40583 Houses of the World 1 currently offered from 250 € of purchase without restriction of range.

10316 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RIVENDELL ON THE LEGO SHOP >>

(The link to the shop redirects to the version of the official shop for your country of connection)

I told you about it last December, a LEGO store was to open its doors in the aisles of terminal 1 at Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport. It is now done and it is therefore more of a corner with a limited offer for travelers wishing to bring back a LEGO product during a plane trip than a real LEGO Store with an exhaustive inventory. .

There is still at least one promotional offer in progress with the polybag 30582 Birthday Bear offered under condition of purchase. I remind you for all intents and purposes that this LEGO corner is not managed directly by the brand, it is a shop operated by the company Lagardère Travel Retail as part of its portfolio of points of sale. Duty Free & Retail.

(Thanks to Nicolas for the photos)