Lego CON 2022

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The CON gave us a surprising 10 minutes worth of Harry Potter lego coverage, which was nice, especially as they didn't really have anything new they could have shown us at the moment. Note, that's not a criticism, that's simply a function of the timing of the event and ever shortening product cycles, and it's telling for the significance of the Harry Potter theme (one of lego's top five sellers again last year) that this much time was allocated to the Wizarding World despite this. The result was they were left trying to come up with some new content, and yet a little oddly, they didn't focus on the new summer sets all that much. Those have been visible on the lego website so long now, however, that perhaps it didn't seem particularly newsworthy. ( Read more... )

And that was it for the Harry Potter content. While I remain convinced we're not the target audience (more's the pity, because I am definitely capable of squeeeeeing), the event seems like a good way to drum up enthusiasm, and I still look forward to seeing it again next year. Curiously Marcos didn't mention that this is likely to be his last time representing the theme at the CON though. (dah dah dah dunnnnnn) More on that soon...