German toy fair press day today
Posted by Huw,
Later on today the German toy fair in Nuremberg opens its doors to the press. We won't be there but our friends at Zusammengebaut will be and will be updating their live ticker throughout the day with the latest news.
At 2pm CEST (1pm GMT) LEGO will be holding a press conference at which new products, or at least news about them, could be revealed. Then, at 3pm (2pm GMT) or so, the assembled journalists will be given access to the showroom.
It's likely that some product ranges like Star Wars and Super Heroes will be off-limits for photography but with luck we should get our first glimpses of the summer City, Technic, Friends and other non-licensed themes.
Update: The press conference has started. View updates here.
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Looking forward to seeing the city jungle line.
Got big hopes on technic summer sets, really hoping for something special for the 40th anniversary as the early 2017 sets have been a little underwhelming for me
Looking fowards to see the Jungle theme, Fun at the Beach, the rest of SW sets, Coast Guard (check for useful pieces and it might have a platform on the sea as a base) and that rumored Hospital among others.
They are being extra tight on photography this year so hopefully no amateur leaks!
Perhaps there'll be more details on the new speed Champions sets and this mysterious "McLaren road car" (I personally think it's a 650S or a 675LT)
:( I'll be asleep just when this starts. Have to wait a good 7 hrs...
look forward to seeing the friends, disney and lego city sets for the summer..
The jungle theme got me excited this year... I hope to not be disappointed.
@Lordmoral The rest of the Star Wars sets in the retailer catalog were leaked a couple of days ago. The only images we haven't seen are for any retailer exclusives, if there are any. And if there are retailer exclusives they usually wont show them at the toy fair.
As of now the only rumored Star Wars retailer exclusive is Obi-Wan's Starfighter with hyper drive ring.
Ninjago Movie!! https://www.twitter.com/Zusammengebaut/status/826407776863797251
In respect of the German top-10 sellers, I assume it is by value!
I see a panther and a leapord!!!
That plane crash set - take my money!
^yep like it! and the 3 in 1 space shuttle too
Wow, I thought the jungle theme would have had more animals then just 2 bobcats and a crocodile. Little disappointing, but the one set still looks cool with the wrecked plane. Still this theme looks interesting
Ahhh Snow White mini doll finally! It's in a Juniors set, but I'm so happy!