It is the Canadian branch of the Sears brand that makes the dumpling of the day and which in the process allows us to see a little more closely what the next LEGO Lord of the Rings set will be made of. 79007 The Black Gate.

On the preliminary visual of this set of 655 pieces marked as "in stock" at Sears and that you can discover by clicking on the image above we will note that the eagle is a molded figurine, that we will be entitled to Gandalf the White, Mouth of Sauron, 2 orcs and Aragorn.

The description of the set in English:

"... Fly the Great eagle high above the Black Gate of Mordor where Aragorn and Gandalf the White must distract the Eye of Sauron. Use them to stage a scene while Frodo Baggins and his friend Sam throw the One Ring into the fiery depths of Mount Doom and destroy it forever. To reach the Ring's final destination, you must defeat the Mouth of Sauron and the Mordor Orcs positioned high in the spiked gate walls. Then breach the gate and lead the attack on the enemy! Includes a Great Eagle and 5 minifigures with weapons: Aragorn, Gandalf the White, Mouth of Sauron and 2 Mordor Orcs..."

If you want to see the visual, don't hang around too much, LEGO is definitely going to request its removal from the Sears online catalog ...

(Thanks to maxell in the comments)

LEGO recruits again and again as part of the opening of its Stores in France.

Latest offer to date, a position of Assistant Store Manager (Assistant Store Manager, that's better) to be filled in the next LEGO Store which will be in the Disney Village of Marne la Vallée (Disneyland Paris) and which is already announced as the largest LEGO point of sale in Europe.

No indication of deadline, nor of precise date concerning the future opening of this giant point of sale.

So, if you have a convincing CV, you speak English fluently, have already had your first experience as a store manager and you are tempted by the adventure, apply without delay.

To see the full ad, go to the website of the recruitment agency Mercuri Urval that it happens.

(Thanks to Jérôme for his email)

When we see that the retail price of the bag containing a series 9 collectible minifig is € 2.49 on the LEGO Shop, there is plenty to try to find other ways to get a complete series.

By purchasing a box of 60 sachets on amazon.fr at the current price of 115.49 €, the minifig will cost you 1.92 € and you will definitely get 2 complete sets of 16 sachets in the box.

The rest of the 28 sachets will be made up of duplicates that you can always resell for € 2 on eBay or Bricklink, i.e. € 56 refunded. Your 2 sets will therefore have cost you 59.49 € or 29.74 € for the complete set, or 1.85 € for the minifigure.

In view of this calculation, you no longer have any excuse for not investing in a complete box.

Click on the image above or on the link below to access the product sheet at amazon.fr. It is in stock, and the shipping cost is free.
For everything else there is Pricevortex.com.

Information is circulating so well that many of you are not informed of the next scheduled date for AFOL Shopping Day ...

I therefore confirm that it will be next Saturday February 2 from 8:30 am to 10:00 am in the two French LEGO Stores: the one in Levallois (SO Ouest shopping center) and the one in Lille (Euralille shopping center).

As usual, you will be entitled to a 15% discount on all products for sale (except products already on promotion, books and gift cards).

To register, you must send an email to store.soouest@lego.com or to store.lille@lego.com depending on the Store you want to go to by mentioning your name, your first name, your possible membership of a LUG or a forum as well as the number of people accompanying you.

No one will confirm your registration, so don't waste your time waiting for a message back.
You can also opt out of registering and go to the store of your choice on D-day. I think without getting too wet that you will not be refused entry.

Note: For cross-border commuters, the operation will also take place on February 2 and under the same conditions at the LEGO Store in Saarbrucken. Write to store.saarbrucken@lego.com to register.

Like some of you, I just received my copy of LEGO Club Magazine for January / February 2013. And I am both happy and disappointed.

Glad to see that LEGO has slipped between the pages the poster gathering the minifigs of the LEGO Star Wars 2013 range and that it is thus accessible to the greatest number without having to order with a minimum purchase to obtain it.

But I am a little disappointed (obviously, I always have a complaint under my elbow ...) to obtain this magnificent poster on such thin magazine paper. I would still have preferred to get it through the LEGO Shop for example, and on better quality coated paper. 

For the rest, this latest LEGO Club Magazine is pretty cool, given the audience it is aimed at, obviously with Legends of Chima everywhere (With tips and tactics for Speedorz in pdf), a little City comic book (And a pdf on fire safety), Technic (With instructions to assemble a dragster with parts from sets 42010 and 42011 in pdf format) of Ninjago (With a pdf on the Golden Dragon), the announcement of the arrival of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles range for April 2013 (The sets of the range had made a brief appearance on the LEGO Shop before being retired), and a really nice bonus with the instructions for LEGO Star Wars mobile repair shop. Click the image below to download it in pdf format.

If you haven't received this magazine yet, register quickly at this address, it will be sent to you free of charge.