The LEGO Group wrapped up their conference for the 2018 Annual Results and it was a good rebound year for them. After a drop in 2017, LEGO returns to growth last year in which revenue grew 4 percent as well as operating profit. Some of the main highlights include:

-Global consumer sales grew 3 percent in 2018 compared with 2017.
-Revenue for the full year grew 4 percent to DKK 36.4 billion. In constant currency, revenue grew 7 percent compared with 2017.
-Operating profit grew 4 percent to DKK 10.8 billion. Net profit was DKK 8.1 billion, an increase of 3.5 percent.
-Cash flow from operating activities remained strong at DKK 9.8 billion.
-Market share grew in all major markets, bucking overall industry trends.

As usual, there’s certain LEGO themes that helped with the numbers and here are the top themes of 2018, in no particular order: City, Technic, Star Wars, Friends, Ninjago, Harry Potter, Jurassic World, Classic, and Creator.

Check out the official press release below.

BILLUND: February 27, 2019: The LEGO Group today reported earnings for the full year ending December 2018. Global consumer sales grew 3 percent, while revenue for the full year grew 4 percent to DKK 36.4 billion, up from 35.0 billion in 2017. In constant currency, revenue grew 7 percent compared with 2017.

Operating profit was DKK 10.8 billion compared with 10.4 billion in 2017 an increase of 4 percent. The growth was due to increased sales, balanced with a continued focus on investing for the future. Cash flow from

If you have a lot of time on your hands, LEGO is doing another survey on how AFOLs spend their leisure time and what kind of hobbies and interests they have. I say only do this survey if you honestly don’t have anything else to do because it does take at least 30 minutes to complete. I won’t blame you if you don’t want to do it but LEGO did ask us to share it out. Head over to the link here to do the survey. It will be ending on March 3. We’ll see what the fuss is all about when the results are shared on the LAN in April.

Update: A few of you mentioned that you are not able to do the survey. Apparently it is only for the US, Germany, and China.

It’s that time of year again where LEGO will be announcing the annual results for 2018. If you’re awake here in the States, you can join in the conference which LEGO will be livestreaming tomorrow. The conference will begin at 10:30AM CET, 4:30AM EST, 1:30AM PST. I’ll be doing a recap of the main topics once it is over.