LEGO News, LEGO Reviews, and Discussions
Earlier today, USA Today released a new clip from The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short which will be shown in theaters before Storks. The short clip features Master Wu, voiced by Jackie Chan, going up against a Chicken, voiced by Abbi Jacobson. The LEGO Ninjago Movie will be in theaters September 22, 2017 and is filled with big name actor and actresses including Chan and Jacobson. Check out the clip for The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short below.
I usually don’t report on LEGO’s numbers but here’s something that’s a little interesting. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that LEGO’s net profit for the first half of 2016 has dropped by 2% as compared to 2015. If you’re talking currency, that’s DKr3.49bn ($525 million) which is a slight drop from DKr3.55bn in the same time from last year. While sales dropped here in the US, they increased by more than 10% over in Europe as well as in Asia.
LEGO’s Chief Financial Officer John Goodwin stated, “In the U.S., we acknowledge that we have not provided the initiatives and support needed to keep the same high level of growth.”
LEGO also stated that a rapid increase in the number of employees, by adding 3,500 new workers in 2016, along with investing in a factory in China has impacted profit growth.
It’s not that surprising that sales have slipped here in the US as there have been some things have happened like with the Porsche 911 GT3 RS being out of stock for a while and the first LEGO Star Wars UCS set of 2016 being fairly lackluster. Even then, I don’t see it being a big deal. With the holiday season just around the corner, LEGO looks to end the year on a high note and continue being the top toy company.
Way back in May, I reported that the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens First Order General (5004406) was listed on Toys R Us’ website. It’s been available at LEGOLAND parks as well as being given out with purchases at San Diego Comic Con but there hasn’t been much info since then on how the majority of the country can get it besides from the secondary market.
Jason over at BrickVibe sent over an image of the Toys R Us October 2016 LEGO calendar and shown on the last week of September, there’s a promotion for a free LEGO Star Wars gift with a $30 LEGO Star Wars purchase. My guess is that the gift could possibly be the First Order General minifigure polybag. I’ll try to confirm whether or not this is correct when I’m able to check Toys R Us’ inventory when I go back to work.
The Second 2016 Review Stage deadline has now passed and there are a whopping twelve projects that qualified to be reviewed by the LEGO Jury. This also means that the Third 2016 Review Stage is underway and will go all the way until January 9, 2017.
While all of that is happening, LEGO is finishing up another review and has announced that the results for the First 2016 Review Stage will be revealed at the end of September. In that Review Stage, there are nine amazing projects that qualified including Fossil Museum, Gingerbread House, Modular Train Station, Old Fishing Store, Jedi High Council, Particle Accelerator, Jurassic Park Visitor Center, Rolling BB-8, and Johnny Five. Let us know in the comments which one(s) from that list are you hoping will become an official LEGO Ideas set in the near future?
With my second review of the LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures sets sent over by LEGO, I have the larger of the two sets with the StarScavenger (75147). I’ve already reviewed the Eclipse Fighter (75145) a few days ago. It consists of 558 pieces and retails for $49.99. Like with the other set, this is a pretty good price to piece ratio which rarely happens with licensed sets. The contents of the box include five numbered sets, the instruction booket, and a small sticker sheet. I think my set had an error because I got two sticker sheets.
**WARNING: If you haven’t watched LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, I suggest watching it over on Disney XD as it does have an interesting original storyline which is set between Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. There will be some minor spoilers in the reviews.**
Toys R Us is having a 20% off sale this week on all LEGO Star Wars sets for both in-store and online. This includes the just released LEGO Star Wars 2016 Advent Calendar (75146) as well as The Force Awakens C-3PO minifigure (5002948). There are some good deals to be had if you’re still looking to pick up some of summer wave sets as well.
The Brick Show has confirmed that Toys R Us here in US will indeed have the Bricktober 2016 LEGO Minifigure Collections available for each week of October. There’s also information on the calendar, which looks suspiciously like LEGO’s store calendar, on which Minifigure Collection will be available for each week.
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