And it is amazon.fr which already announces the list of LEGO The Hobbit sets for pre-order with their French name accompanied by the prices. No availability date is indicated for the moment (mention "Coming soon")

79000 The Cave of Gollum - 105 pieces - 13.99 €
79001 Spiders of Mirkwood Forest - 298 pieces - 31.49 €
79002 Attack on the Ouargues - 400 pieces - 59.99 €
79003 The Meeting at Cul-de-Sac - 652 pieces - 79.99 €
79010 The Battle Against the Goblin King - 841 pieces - 99.99 €

Find the real-time prices of these sets on pricevortex.com to be sure not to miss a price drop or a more reasonable rate on other European Amazon sites.

(Thanks to mandrakesarecool2 in the commentss)

Another good news (with a touch of irony all the same) with this promo announced for the month of September on the LEGO Shop: This polybag with the reference 40076 will be offered for any order (minimum amount and / or range concerned not defined ).

You will have all noticed that the minifigure is already well known to fans of the Monster Fighters range: it is indeed found in the sets 30200 Zombie Coffin Car, 9464 The Vampyre Hearse et 9465 The Zombies. You will tell me that if it's free, that's always what it takes and you'll be right.

We will know more about this promotion in the coming days.

I have been wondering for a few days if I should post this MOC here ...

At first glance, I had not been thrilled by this representation of the Batcave. And then coming back to it, I found myself taking a closer look at the many details that populate this MOC. I then realized the obvious: You just have to take a little time and go on fianat's flickr gallery to appreciate this compact Batcave which is full of details and winks ...

The good news of the day is the announced presence of Ian Mc Darmid alias Chancellor Palpatine and Darth Sidious at the New York Comic Con 2012 which will be held from October 11 to 14, 2012. Note that the actor was already present during of Celebration VI a few days ago.

Among the other guests announced at the moment, Adam West and Burt Ward (Batman and Robin in nananananana, Batman!), Christopher Lloyd (Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future) or Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings saga).

One more reason to be impatient to go to the show, where I hope that LEGO will have the good idea to present us something new and unheard of ...

As much to tell you right away, I am not even sure that this photo posted by hawk2009 on flickr (and on which I inserted the visual of the box) is indeed that of the contents of the exclusive tin can sold for $ 40 during Celebration VI: It's a little mounted upside down at the wings and on the less one part is of a different color if we refer to the visual on the box (green part which turns gray on the fuselage).

In short, we will have to be satisfied, the volunteers to open their ultra-collector's box are not legion, and at $ 100 each on eBay, I understand them readily ...