It's January 1, 2023 and LEGO is marketing a very large handful of new sets from today on its official online store with an assortment that covers many in-house or licensed ranges.

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

ALL THE NEWS FOR JANUARY 2023 ON THE LEGO SHOP >>

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We continue today with the putting into play of a copy of the LEGO ICONS set 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine worth 199.99 €.

To validate your participation and try to add this cult vehicle to your collection at a lower cost, 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 contact details (name / nickname, email address, IP) are only used within the framework of this competition and will not be kept beyond the drawing of lots which will designate the winner. As usual, this no-obligation competition is open to all residents of mainland France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The set is as usual generously provided by LEGO, it will be sent to the winner by me as soon as his contact details are confirmed by return email. Attention, the box is not in perfect condition, the fault of the logistics.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any participant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Hateful and bad losers to abstain, the others will have more chances to win.

Good luck to everyone !

No participation via comments, I leave the form open as long as the contestants who cannot read are not yet there. Then we close.

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.

LEGO officially unveils the set today 31208 Hokusai: The Great Wave, a new reference in the LEGO ART range, whose 1810 pieces will make it possible from January 1, 2023 to assemble an interpretation of the famous Japanese print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Like the LEGO Ideas set 21333 Vincent Van Gogh - The Starry Night, the work here takes on a little relief to highlight the wave that threatens the boats and create a depth effect towards Mount Fuji in the background. If the original print measures 38 x 26 cm, the LEGO version is more ambitious with larger measurements: 52 x 39 cm.

It will cost 99.99 € to afford this box.

One competition drives out the other and I don't even wait for the end of one to launch a new one. This is today a copy of the LEGO ICONS set 10304 Chevy Camaro Z28 of a value of 169.99 € which is put into play.

To validate your participation and try to add this Camaro to your collection at a lower cost, 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 contact details (name / nickname, email address, IP) are only used within the framework of this competition and will not be kept beyond the drawing of lots which will designate the winner. As usual, this no-obligation competition is open to all residents of mainland France, DOM & TOM, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The set is as usual generously provided by LEGO, it will be sent to the winner by me as soon as his contact details are confirmed by return email.

As always, I reserve the right to disqualify any participant who has attempted to defraud or hijack the entry system in order to increase their chances of winning. Hateful and bad losers to abstain, the others will have more chances to win.

Good luck to everyone !

No participation via comments, I leave the form open as long as the contestants who cannot read are not yet there. Then we close.

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.

LEGO finally unveils the Modular 2023 which bears the reference LEGO ICONS Modular Buildings Collection 10312 Jazz Club and it is, as you have probably already discovered via the usual channels, a Jazz club next to which is installed a pizzeria.

The construction will probably not revolutionize the genre but it is in my opinion a good "elephants" filler that will complete the colorful street of those who line up these sets somewhere at home. For those who arrive late on the hobby, know that this type of set generally offers some original construction techniques, a more or less detailed interior but always cluttered and the possibility of then having a little fun with it (which no one does) by removing the different floors and the roof.

The piece of street of 2899 pieces which will be available at the public price of 229.99 € from January 4, 2023 measures 30 cm high by 26 cm wide and it allows to obtain 8 minifigs.

10312 JAZZ CLUB ON THE LEGO SHOP >>

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As a bonus, LEGO provides some explanations concerning the extreme simplification of the cover of the instruction booklets of its products. This change is directly related to the switch to paper bags for parts: less ink on the booklet, less potential transfer of ink to the bags. There were probably other more pressing issues to deal with, notably concerning the finish of certain parts or the protection of other elements against scratches, but LEGO seems decidedly more concerned with form than substance: