I have just validated my order and the invoiced price is indeed that of which we were talking a few days ago and which remained posted online for nearly two months: 139.99 € or 40 € less than the recently revised upward price.

In any case, if you validate at this price and receive the order confirmation, LEGO will no longer be able to justify a price error. The payment definitively validates the act of purchase and the contract between the seller and the customer.

Either LEGO has resigned itself and prefers to avoid problems following the reaction of Internet users outraged by the price increase who have taken the trouble to express their dissatisfaction in recent days, or LEGO has major problems managing its merchant site, and we will have to think about replacing the intern who does anything ...

To order, it's here: 10228 Haunted Houses. Please note, the catalog price is displayed at 179.99 € but increases to 139.99 € once in the basket.

It's certain Steine ​​Imperium that the contents of the 2013 reseller catalog have finally filtered. Here is the list of sets (with the new 5-digit numbering that LEGO now seems to want to use for all ranges) of the Star Wars range expected for early 2013:

System 2013 range:

75000 - Clone Troopers vs. Droideka Battle Pack
(2 x Clone Troopers, 2 x Droidekas) - €16.99

75001 - Republic Troopers vs. Sith Troopers Battle Pack
(2 x Republic Troopers, 2 x Sith Troopers) - € 16.99

75002 - AT-RT
(Yoda, 1 x 501st Clone Trooper, 1 x Commando Droid, 1 x Sniper Droideka) - 26.99 €

75003 - A-Wing Starfighter
(Admiral Ackbar, Han Solo, A-Wing Pilot) - €29.99

75004 - Z-95 Headhunter
(Pong Krell ,, 1 x Clone Pilot, 1 x 501st Clone Trooper) - 49.99 €

75005 - Rancor Pit
(Luke Skywalker, MalaKili, Gamorrean Guard, Rancor) - € 69.99

75012 - BARC Speeder (BARC Speeder with sidecar + Flitknot Speeder)
(Obi Wan Kenobi, Captain Rex, 2x Commando Droid) - €29.99

75013 - Umbaran MHC (Mobile Heavy Cannon)
(Ahsoka Tano, Clone Trooper 212th, 2x Umbaran Soldiers) - €59.99

Planet Series 3 (€12.99)

75006 - Kamino & Jedi Starfigher (R4-P17 Astromech Droid)
75007 - Coruscant & Republic Assault Striker (Republic Trooper Pilot)
75008 - Asteroid Field & Tie Bomber (Tie Pilot) 

Planet Series 4 (12.99 €)

75009 - Hoth & SnowSpeeder (SnowSpeeder Pilot)
75010 - Endor & B-Wing (B-Wing Pilot)
75011 - Aldeeran & Tantive IV (Rebel Trooper) 

As expected, the September LEGO Shop promotion gets you the polybag 40076 Zombie Car as soon as your order reaches 55 € (The bag is automatically added to your basket). The shipping costs remain chargeable.

the and 10228 Haunted Houses should also become available for purchase in the next few hours, it is also presented on the home page of the LEGO Shop, even if the product sheet does not allow to add it to the cart for the moment. Its price is therefore € 179.99.

Nothing very exciting so save your money and quickly treat yourself to the 3316 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2012 available in stock at amazon.it before it runs out of stock worldwide ...

LEGO wants you to dream, guess, envision, hope ...

It is with this visual present on the back of the LEGO Club magazine from September-December 2012 (proposed by The Brick Life) that LEGO seems to announce the birth of something. But what ?

A new theme? Polar Xpress on the arctic exploration theme? Speedorz with futuristic racing gear? A new board game? who knows .... I'll leave you racking your brains and in the meantime I'm going back to work.

The title is the right one. So as not to reverse the roles ...
In short, LEGO has just published an official press release  to gargle its financial results for the first half of 2012.

Roughly speaking, the brand's turnover increased by 24% compared to 2011 with an increase in its Gross Operating Surplus of 41.7%. Paradoxically, the toy market suffered in early 2012 with an overall decline of around 4%. Mattel, the world's leading manufacturer of toys, admits a decline of 1.2% in sales for early 2012 while Hasbro is down 7.6%.

Group CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp attributes these exceptional results to the successful launch of the Friends range with sales that exceeded all expectations. The Ninjago range is also mentioned as a significant source of profit for the brand in 2012.

Sales in Europe grew 23% and Asia also grew significantly. LEGO now represents 8% of the global toy market globally, one point more than in 2011. To meet this increase in demand, LEGO is expected to create nearly 1000 additional jobs in 2012. The Monterey factories in Mexico and Kladno in the Czech Republic are already helping to improve production capacities. A new factory replacing the existing production structure will soon open in Nyíregyháza in Hungary. The Billund plant will also see its production capacity increased in autumn 2012.

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