The LEGO Group has released their report for the first half of 2018. If you remember back in March, the profits for LEGO declined last year and it looks like there has been mixed results so far for the first half of this year. Consumer sales went up on l% while the revenues stayed flat however the operating profits went up 4%. One of the main reasons for the numbers is because of the closure of Toys R Us in the US, UK, and Australia. The company has to find evolve how they distribute their products in the retail setting. The top performing themes so far from January 1 through June 30 where LEGO Technic, LEGO Ninjago, LEGO Classic, and LEGO Creator. Also listed on the press release was LEGO City and LEGO Star Wars which continue to be one of their more popular themes. Developments in first half 2018: •...

Earlier this year, LEGO released the #42083 LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron, a 1:8 scale replica model of the real luxury sports car, and managed to cram in some of the original features like the aerodynamic bodywork with an active rear wing, spoked rims with low-profile tires, detailed brake discs, W16 engine with moving pistons, 8-speed […]Original linkOriginal author: admin

When the #75222 LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City set was announced a few days ago (see: LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City), there were questions from the LEGO fan community about the statement in the description that the set is “part of the LEGO Star Wars Master Builder Series“. Was the Master […]Original linkOriginal author: admin

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the minifigure, LEGO collected and sent out a big bundle of assets to LEGO fan sites to enjoy and share with their communities. The original date when the first minifig patent was registered in Denmark was August 29th 1977, however, the first minifigures weren’t launched until 1978. Today, we […]Original linkOriginal author: admin

We got a large number of new LEGO sets in the past couple of months, so September is a bit quieter both in terms of new sets and interesting promotions. This is a good thing, as it allows LEGO fans to catch up on purchasing and building their favorite sets from earlier this year. Having […]Original linkOriginal author: admin