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LEGO has released the designer video for the new LEGO Ideas Vincent van Gogh – The Starry Night (21333). Designers Soren Dyrhoj and Niken Ayumurti Hartomo talk about some of the details in the set including the 3D effect of the landscape. One interesting fact about the actual painting is that it was painted on or around June 18 which happens to also be my birthday.
Currently, The Starry Night is on backorder but orders will ship by June 23.
LEGO has released a 90 Years of Play Catalog and at the end of it, it shows some of the promotions that will be going on. The main one is the LEGO Forest Hideout (40567) GWP which will be available from June 15-22 with purchases of $150, while supplies last. It’s a very tight window to get it as you only have less than a week to get it. There is another look at the set on the LEGO Shop.
There is also the LEGO Animal Free Builds – Make It Yours (30503) polybag with purchases of $40 from June 15-30.
In addition, there will be two LEGO VIP Rewards that you can redeem. One is the LEGO Logo Through The Years Poster with 650 points. The other is a LEGO Duck Lenticular Sticker with 500 points.
LEGO has updated the LEGO Shop with a slew of other promotions for June which you can check out below.
June 7-14: LEGO City Go-Kart Racer with LEGO City purchases of $40
June 6-19: LEGO Speed Champions Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro with purchases of $40
June 15-22: My First Duck with LEGO DUPLO purchases of $40, in-store only
June 15-30: LEGO Ninjago 2-in-1 Mini Thunder Raider with LEGO Ninjago purchases of $40
After almost half a year with no LEGO Designer Videos, LEGO has finally released one for the new LEGO Technic Ferrari Daytona SP3 (42143). LEGO Designers Aurelien Rouffiange, Daniel Sri Sudarsono, and Uwe Wabra talks about the details that went into the set which is one of the most sophisticated Technic builds LEGO has done so far.
LEGO has announced that the prices on some LEGO sets will be increased in August and September due to increased costs of raw materials and operating costs. They have not said which sets will get the price bump but they did state that some prices on sets will not change and some will get a single digit increase while the larger ones will get a percentage increase. Obviously, this will affect shopping habits and many will pull back due to inflation in other parts of the economy as well.
Update on pricing
The current global economic challenges of increased raw material and operating costs are impacting many businesses.
Putting consumers first is at the heart of what we do as a company, and for some time, we have absorbed these costs to keep pricing stable. However, as these costs have continued to rapidly rise, we have taken the decision to increase the price on some of our sets. This increase will come into effect in August and September.
The increase will differ depending on the set and prices will change on around a quarter of the portfolio. On some sets we will not alter price, on others there will be a single digit increase and on larger, more complex sets the percentage increase will be higher.
We will continue to work to ensure our products offer great value and full recognise how important this is to our fans and everyone who love our products.
LEGO has published the Taiwanese 2HY Catalog here it shows two more LEGO Technic sets that are supposed to be coming soon, the Material Handler (42144) and Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter (42145).
There haven’t been many larger scale Technic aircrafts that have been released in recent years so the helicopter should bode well for fans unless there’s another cancellation. We already know what happened with the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (42113) a few years ago due to it being a military vehicle. There is a H175M that is used in the UK as a military derivative so we’ll see if it actually gets released or gets axed at the last minute again.
If you purchased the Mountain View Observatory during round 3 of the BrickLink Designer Program, there is a price change that you may be happy about. According to BrickLink, there was a technical error which showed incorrect pricing where some people would see a lower price ($250) and some would see the full price ($320) when checking out. The good news is that when LEGO/BrickLink is ready to ship the set in Spring 2023, all customers who bought it will be charged the lower price.
To celebrate Pride month, LEGO has started a new campaign called The A-Z of Awesome which celebrates inclusivity and self-expression in the LBGTQIA+ community by using LEGO bricks.
… ContinueThe A-Z of Awesome – Because Self Expression and Identity Matter
To mark Pride Month, the LEGO Group invites LGBTQIA+ families to bring their identity to life through creative self-expression
Campaign calls to raise awareness of the identities and stories in those communities
June kicks off a series of plans from the LEGO Group in support of LGBTQIA+ communities
Billund, June 1st, 2022: The LEGO Group today announces its launch of the “A-Z of Awesome’, an ongoing campaign which runs into 2023 using LEGO builds to celebrate inclusivity and embrace self-expression in the LGBTQIA+ community.
The A-Z will be developed in creative LEGO creations to help LGBTQIA+ families use play to have open conversations about their identities. For the alphabet to be created in the most authentic and meaningful way possible, the designs of each letter will be created by members of the LGBTQIA+ community, including LEGO fans, young and old, members of the community and LEGO employees.
Launching during Pride Month, the alphabet aims to build understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community and the different abbreviations used.
‘The A-Z of Awesome’ aims to present the community’s vocabulary more widely through a fun and playful medium. The LEGO Group is inviting submissions including an explanation of what the build means to its creator, which will be featured on a dedicated website www.LEGO.com/AtoZ.
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