Good news for Nantes residents, the LEGO Certified Store installed within the Nantes Atlantis shopping center officially opened today.

The 160 m2 store which also includes a wall Pick-a-Brick is not a "real" LEGO Store, it is a franchise store run by the Italian company Percassi. For those who are wondering, this is not a temporary store that would eventually be replaced by a "real" LEGO Store. LEGO manages its network, Percassi takes care of his.

LEGO also provides some details about the operation of these Certified Stores on its official website:

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The second LEGO Store in Belgium has opened and is located at 117-119 Rue Neuve in Brussels. This new Flagship Store of 270 m2 will eventually offer all the refinements usually found in the best-equipped LEGO Stores, including the possibility of creating a minifig in your likeness or filling brick pots via the wall Pick & Build, but for the moment it is necessary to be satisfied with a visit by appointment because of the current circumstances.

if you plan to go there to take advantage of the offer that currently allows you to obtain a copy of the set 40145 LEGO Brand Retail Store from 120 € of purchase, you must make an appointment by calling 02 223 45 66 at least 24 hours in advance.

Note that this is indeed an official LEGO store and you can therefore use your VIP card there by accumulating points during your purchases and then using them to take advantage of a reduction.

The Percassi company, which manages the LEGO Certified Stores established in France, Italy and Spain, continues to develop its network in France and is currently recruiting staff for two new stores which will soon open their doors in Grenoble and Nantes.

Thanks to the ads posted online to find the future managers of these stores, we learn that the LEGO Certified Store de Grenoble will be installed in the aisles of Grand Place shopping center and that the one in Nantes will be installed within the Nantes Atlantis shopping center.

Please note, as LEGO indicates, these shops set up by the Percassi company are not spaces directly managed by the brand: "... These LEGO® stores are owned and operated by approved independent third parties. Offers, promotions, prices and inventory may vary. Also, the LEGO VIP loyalty program will not be available. Returns of products ordered from the LEGO.com online store will be refused. For more information, please contact these stores directly ..."

(Thanks to BabSick for the alert)

This is confirmed by many Belgian media and by LEGO via its online directory of official stores : A LEGO Store will open in Brussels in spring 2021.

Located at 117-119 Rue Neuve, this Flagship Store of 270 m2 will offer all the refinements usually present in the best-equipped LEGO Stores, including the possibility of creating a minifigure in your image and the presence of the 3D visualization system of the sets on the shelves of the store.

This will be the second official store in Belgium, with the other commercial space located in Wijnegem. LEGO is not communicating for the moment on a specific opening date for this new store, we can understand why.

(Thanks to Axel for the alert)

Le LEGO Certified Store of Strasbourg which will be located in the aisles of the shopping center Place des Halles should finally open its doors in the first quarter of 2021. The lease is signed and the 200m store² which should have opened last summer will be located near the Auchan supermarket installed in the center. It is France 3 which communicated the information on its website at the beginning of November.

I remind for all intents and purposes that it will be a LEGO Certified Store, a LEGO licensed store run by the Italian company Percassi. For those who are wondering, this is not a temporary store that would eventually be replaced by a "real" LEGO Store. LEGO manages its network, Percassi takes care of his.

LEGO also indicates for shops of the same type already open elsewhere in France that "... this LEGO® Store is owned and operated by an approved independent third party. Offers, promotions, pricing and inventory are subject to change and the LEGO VIP Loyalty Program will not be available. Gift cards and returns of products ordered on LEGO.com will not be accepted. For more information, please contact the Store directly ..."