Since we are in the LEGO catalogs for 2013, you can also download german version, the one that allowed us a few weeks ago to obtain the first images of the sets of The Lone Ranger range.

We learn that the two series (3 and 4) of the Planet Sets range will be available in May 2013, in Germany anyway.
And as for the Italian catalog, no trace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles range ...

Note that the series 3 of the Planet Sets range is already listed at amazon since mid-December but without sale price or availability date.

It is thanks to a link posted by GRogall allowing to download the LEGO catalog (in Italian version) for the first half of 2013 we discover the first image of the next LEGO Architecture set: 21017 Imperial Hotel.

As some had rightly assumed when the name of the set leaked a few weeks ago, this is a reproduction of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo built in 1890 and modified by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923.

It is probably not what we call a monument or a "popular" building, but as often in the Architecture range with one or two failures, it still throws a lot.

Note the absence in this Italian catalog from the first half of 2013 the absence of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles range ...

Unless you never watch Gulli or have no internet access, you'll find it hard to escape the Legends of Chima wave: TV commercials, LEGO "commissioned" reviews on many blogs or sites, etc. ...

I'm not a fan of this line, it's no secret, but I'm not bigoted either.

And so I take the opportunity not to die idiot by making me offer a polybag "30250 Acro Ewar Hunter"(!?!) for an order of a minimum of 55 € on the LEGO Shop.

The offer is valid until 31/01/2013 (or while stocks last).

Note that shipping is free from 55 € of purchase until 14/01/2013 (More info here).

On the sales side, I didn't find anything very interesting but I'll let you watch at this address.

Seen on flickr where they are presented by their creator pirate_cat, these two superb Speeder Bikes are worth a look. 

By the way, speaking of these contraptions, I just read on Wookiepedia that the 74-Z model (left in the photo above) was originally supposed to make an appearance during the Battle of Geonosis in Episode II , but that the scenes in which we could see this machine were cut during the editing.

This did not prevent LEGO from putting it in sets inspired by Episode II: 4482 AT-TE released in 2003 and 7676 Republic Gunship released in 2008.

Here are the current offers at the online merchant mytoys.fr which is also launching its destocking:

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enter the code PXNAKATRANTL : € 10 free - Minimum of € 40 purchase - For any first order - Currently valid until 31/01/2013

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Click on the image to access in the LEGO department at mytoys.fr.

If you have already ordered your LEGOs from this merchant, do not hesitate to indicate in the comments if everything went well regarding the quality of the packaging and the delivery.