Le Store Calendar US May 2018 is online and it reveals the promotions and news that will be offered across the Atlantic next month to customers from the LEGO Shop and LEGO Stores.

The interesting info of this Store Calendar, it is the early sale of two exclusive sets (D2C) from May 16 to 31, 2018 for members of the VIP program. This early sale will be worldwide, so it will also take place with us.
Difficult at this stage to know which boxes it is: LEGO Technic 42083 Bugatti Chiron? New LEGO Creator Expert ride? Exclusive LEGO Jurassic Park Set?
One thing is certain, these two sets will be the subject of an official announcement between now and their marketing and we will therefore be quickly fixed.
Cannot be the LEGO Star Wars set 75181 UCS Y-Wing Starfighter, LEGO having announced that the set will be available only from May 4, without early sale.

Collectors of sets, minifigs and polybags from the LEGO Marvel range will be happy to learn that the polybag 5005244 Teen Groot containing a key ring will be offered from May 7 to 20, 2018 to US customers of the LEGO Shop. This polybag should arrive with us via a future promotion.

Also "exclusive" is the minifigure in question thanks to a different facial expression from that of Groot's minifigure seen in the set 76102 Thor's Weapon Quest, this is just a keychain ...

A month without a new reference in the BrickHeadz range? It won't be the month of May. Fans will be able to treat themselves to the reference starting May 1 41610 Tactical Batman & Superman based on the film Justice League whose first visual is present on the back of the Store Calendar.

Finally, American customers of the LEGO Stores will be able to obtain the mini-porg to build below from May 4 to 6, 2018, provided they register in advance and come in disguise on D-Day to leave with the model in question. Not sure that this activity is offered by us. The Porg is pretty cool.

The novelties of the LEGO Star Wars range are now (partially) online on the LEGO Shop with the public prices that will be charged in France and it is therefore an opportunity to take out the calculator to find out how much this wave will cost us: pay the modest sum of 409.91 € to acquire all the sets below.

If you absolutely want to buy these boxes on the official LEGO online store or in a LEGO Store, be aware that the offers planned for the event May the 4th are specified:
We now know that on May 4, 2018 (and only that day), LEGO will offer its American customers the polybag 40288BB-8 from $ 75 purchase, and that from May 4 to 6, 2018 the VIP points will be doubled on certain products in the LEGO Star Wars range (The set 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon, currently available in stock, will probably be excluded from the offer or displayed as unavailable for the occasion ...).
Other boxes will be offered with a reduction of their public price reaching up to 20% over the same period.
It is not yet known whether these offers will be identical in Europe and available on the same dates.

(Visual below via Reddit)

It's never too early to do a little teasing, and if you are fans of the Harry Potter saga (and the LEGO range) you now have at your disposal the dedicated mini-site to the rebirth of the range planned for the next school year.

Without repeating here all we know for now on this series of sets to come, know that two boxes have so far been officially unveiled (visuals below) and that some references are starting to appear gradually at amazon: 75952 Newt Scamander Briefcase (694 pieces), 75954 Hogwarts Great Hall (878 pieces) and two BrickHeadz sets, 41615 Harry Potter & Hedwig (160 pieces) and 41616 Hermione Granger.

If you follow along, you also know that we will also be entitled to a series of collectible minifigs (ref 71022 - 6213829 for the complete box) and a big D2C set which would be the reference 71043 Hogwarts Castle. To confirm.

If you plan to order the LEGO Marvel set 76105 The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition As of March 3, please note that LEGO has planned several special offers on the occasion of the launch of this box.

LEGO clearly states that these different offers valid only on March 3 and 4 cannot be "... combined with other discounts, offers or free gifts ..."but experience has shown us that this is rarely the case.

To conclude:

The VIP program members who will acquire the set 76105 The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (€ 139.99) will receive an exclusive Ron Lim artwork in a limited edition in black and white (poster ref. 5005574).

From 20 € of purchase In products of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes range, you get the same artwork, still in limited edition but in color (poster ref 5005573).

From 55 € of purchase as products of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes range you get the 30525 The Guardians' Ship polybag that we were talking about a few days ago on Brick Heroes.

Please note, it is possible that the BrickHeadz LEGO Marvel figures are excluded from the offer and it is almost certain that the pretty artwork offered will be folded in four in the package which makes them immediately more difficult to display properly. To be checked on March 3.

I would have bought the set even without LEGO offering me something in the process ...

Details of the planned offers can be found at this address on the LEGO Shop.

Because it's not just the BrickHeadz in life, LEGO continues to develop its concept of pods or capsules containing a character and some accessories with five new LEGO Friends references that will be available from March 1 on Shop @ Home and in the LEGO Stores at the retail price of € 8.99.

These five capsules are now online at the official LEGO store: