VBBN Reviews: Lego Spring 2010 Product Catalogue

[VBBN]

Aside from the fact that I have reviewed about 4 magazines this month, today I shall be bringing you a quick review of the Spring 2010Lego catalogue. Before we begin, do note that this does not cover all content of the magazine. I am simply showing the main highlights to the magazine that may interest you, such as contests,special offers,etc.

Cover:

The main highlight of this magazine is for sure the Prince Of Perisa theme being released, and that is apparent with the cover, which shows the theme in action. Of note is the small logo on the side which says "Introducing Lego Games"

Inner Cover

As we open up the magazine, we are greeted by the main flagship set of the magazine, the large Prince of Persia set As well we get the usual contact information, magazine overview,etc.

More PoP

If you take a look at the next page, you will see the rest of the PoP sets that are up forgrabs. I do find the "Collect them all" minifigure list kind of strange, but it's nice to see all the figs lined up.

Other Random New things

Besides PoP, there are some other new sets added in amongst the themes such as the new SW exclusives a nd this new Atlantis set, which looks pretty nifty.

LEGO Games

As explained earlier, the new lego board games are the secondmain attraction of the Spring 2010 product catalogue. This page shows the range ofgamesavailable. The small blue strip was holding in place a smaller pamphlet, which I willgetto at the end of the review.

Lego Universe Pre Order

So you think there is an advertisement for the pre order of lego universe? Wrong. THERES 3. Now if they had put one at the start,middle, and end of the magazine, I can understand it. But for goodness sake, these ads were allcontained on 3 pages together! A bit overkill IMO.

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Back Cover

A nice image of the new emporium.

'Da Pamphlet

You've been waiting for this, no?Well unfortunatlythis"pamphlet"isjust a boring ad with useless info and little kiddies all over it. I'm not sure why this was required,seemsoutofplace for aproductcatalogue,I would catagorize it with the club magazine, personally. Actually,it makes me think of thoseold useless yellowpamphlets you usedto get with every legoorder online.

So all in all, its really just a filler catalogue until we get the upcoming wave of sets for summer,with Hero Factory and such, and the only realattractions are PoP, the LEGO Games, and the abundance of Lego Universe Upcoming Pre Order stuff.

If your subscribed to the lego product catalogues, this will be nice to check out the PoP stuff, but if you arent at all interested in it, I'd wait till the summer catalogue comes around. But in any case its free,so youve gotnothingto lose.

Larger photos here:

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Enjoy, and stay tuned for some new lego reviews and, you guessed it, the latest in lego books and magazines.

VBBN

[prateek]

Nice review of the catalog. I'm so mad that Lego doesn't send me catalogs anymore, even though I'm subscribed

[gunm]

Understandably short on content since it's mainly PoP and games as the new items. Just wait until Summer and Fall though...holy moley it's going to be nuts.

Edited March 24, 2010 by gunm

[fred67]

I'm amazed at the pricing of the PoP sets... far and away a much better price that Star Wars; it's almost like Disney is subsidizing the sets as opposed to charging a licensing fee.

[SuperChris]

Is this the US one? I got the UK one through the post this morning and their isn't a sign of PoP in it.

[samurai-turtle]

Is this the US one?

Yes.

You just got to love the Universe "Pre-Order Coming Soon". Hey don't give a time frame or any thing.

The only good thing about the catalog is the Prince of Persia sets.

[ziljin]

I was under the impression none of the Atlantis displayed sets were new.

[dr_spock]

Thanks for the review. Last one I got was Winter 2009. Looks like they are hard at promoting Lego Universe.