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LEGO Japan has revealed the LEGO Year of the Rabbit (40575) that is for the upcoming Chinese/Lunar New Year promotion. Over there, you have to spend 9,900 yen to get it but it’ll most likely be a $80+ requirement here in the US. There’s no word yet on when it will be available here but it’s usually around the beginning of the year.

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レゴ商品取扱店にて、店内のレゴ商品を1回合計税込9,900円以上ご購入で「レゴ うさぎ年」プレゼント✨

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※実施時期は、店舗によって異なります。詳細はお近くの店舗へお問い合わせください pic.twitter.com/8Zaes888Px

— レゴ ジャパン公式 (@LEGO_Group_JP) December 26, 2022

I’ve recently gotten a few emails regarding a LEGO Year of the Tiger minifigure that LEGO stores are giving out free to kids and there is now a image of what it looks like. It is to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the minifigure features a kid with a printed tiger face with printed torso and tail. The cap with the ears is also printed and removable as well. I’ve been told that it is the same as the one from the October 2020 Build a Minifigure. Either way, it’s a free minifigure that doubles up for the Year of the Tiger. Depending on how much traffic your store had since they started, they might or might not have any left over. Were you able to get one?

**Via Reddit**

The LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) promotion is now live on the LEGO Shop and you can get it for free with purchases of $85 or more, while supplies last. Coming in at 193 pieces, it continues the line of the Chinese New Year zodiac animals which started with these particular style and is the 8th one in the line if you don’t count the Year of the Snake (10250) which was a different style.

Similar to previous years, the box uses the front flap design and when you open it up, you also get an envelope to gift to another person if you like.

As for the tiger build itself, it is mostly static with the articulation only coming from the ears and the tail. This year’s build is a little bit more boring than other years but the cute, cartoony style is still there. You also get a small display stand that it can sit on.

Overall the LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) is a fun little set that I looked forward to getting to add to my zodiac animal collection. For 2023, it’ll be the Year of the Rat so I’ll be looking forward to that. This promotion will run until January 27.

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Thank you to LEGO for sending in this set for me to review. The content above represents my own opinion and not the company. Review sets sent in does not guarantee a positive review.

Last month, we got our first look at the upcoming LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) set which came from LEGO’s Declaration of Conformity and there are now official images of the set. The set has 193 pieces but we don’t know when it will be released at this time. It will most likely be available in January like with previous years. The price threshold to get it would be about $80 or $88 which is the normal from previous years. The number 8 is a very lucky number in Chinese culture so it will most likely be one of the two prices which should be confirmed when the January store calendar is released.

**Via Promobricks**