A new polybag from the LEGO The Hobbit range is being offered for sale by Toys R Us (USA) at a rate of $ 4.99.

He's a pretty nice Elf, although I regret that the two shades of green between the chest and the hood don't really match ...

This polybag is not yet available on bricklink ou eBay, but that will obviously not be long in coming.

There are those who have time to waste: Someone took care of grouping together all the cutscenes from the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game in order to obtain a "film" of more than 1h30.

To be reserved for all those who do not intend to play this game and to chain the cutscenes that come (a little too often) to punctuate the campaign whose life is announced at 5/6 hours.
Small note: This video is full of minifigs or new constructions that we will probably never see in plastic version. This is often the case with LEGO licensed video games developed by TT Games. And it's sad, but that's how it is ...

This is not a radical change, but we will note all the same that Yoda will be delivered to us in a new version in 2013. The previous version dated from 2009. I am not talking here about the 2002 version seen in sets 7103, 4502 and 7260, which has aged badly considering what LEGO is capable of producing in recent years ...

The minifig contained in the set 75002AT-RT is indeed equipped with a new screen printing on the torso. Personally, the thicker line suits me better, although some will find it too coarse.  

Nothing transcendent, but a little renewal never hurts.

Like every year, the publisher DK announces the works planned for 2013 and among the slew of more or less interesting titles, we can already find traces of two LEGO books which will be accompanied by exclusive minifigs.

LEGO Star Wars Yoda Chronicles : The first book in a new collection launched by the publisher where Yoda evolves in the LEGO Star Wars universe specially staged to stick to the adventures of the Jedi master.

I ask to see but I already know that the minifigure makes this work essential for the collector that I am. No information about the minifigure delivered with this book. If I dared, I would say Yoda, but hey, I could be wrong ...

64 pages, an exclusive minifigure and a US retail price of $ 17.99.

LEGO Mini fi gures: Character Encyclopedia : The work a little useless but which will end all the same in your library because of the promised exclusive minifigure. 208 pages of presentation of minifigs from series 1 to 10.

It's clearly not the essential book, but it's still a collector's thing. The exclusive minifig will hopefully be a new character and not a cover of one of the minifigs from the series already released.

208 pages, an exclusive minifigure and a US retail price of $ 18.99.

For the rest, we note that the range Legends of Chima will be entitled in May 2013 to its version brick master (96 pages, $ 32.99), and that DK will also offer, as every year, books containing a few hundred stickers (Legends of Chima, Hero Factory).

You can download the publisher's 2013 catalog in pdf format at this address (18 MB).

You can find the entire Brickmaster range as well as the various encyclopedias already published by DK in dedicated sections on pricevortex.com.

(Special thanks smashing-bricks.com for the info)

If you're planning to pick up the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game on your favorite platform and are desperate for an offer that includes Elrond's minifig, there is only one alternative left: The Official Warner Online Store which offers packs including the game, the exclusive minifigure and the DLC "Weapons and Magic Items Pack"for the XBOX 360 and PS3 versions.

Click on the image above to access the official Warner store.

Note that Warner also offers packs including the game, the exclusive Elrond minifig and a box from the LEGO Lord of the Rings range.

(Thanks to Pitch in the comments)