January 2, 2023

Some additions to the sites today. First up is one missed animal.

The pig in the 70640 Citroen car set has painted nostrils on the snout, so probably a new item number

That's the only animal missed in the catalog so far though there may be more hiding.

An update to the Robomobil section was made with the addition of photos of the beetle-bot from the 71088 Advent Calendar

And the flying drone from the 71008 Wiltopia Tower

From the 2023 catalogs there seem to be 5 new shields this year

The Playmo-Friend set 70975 Barbarian has a mashup of two previously seen parts

In Novelmore there are two new shields both in the tournament set 71212 with the blue one also appearing in 71214

In Dino Rise there is a red shield with an odd composite logo on it, compass and tooth??

It's used as a sign but is likely a shield.

In Asterix set 71268 is a new version of the blue Roman scutum type 2

Finally in  the Figures series 23 70638 the Viking shield looks like an old one but will either be painted for the first time, or on a new sticker sheet

Over on the Figures pages Series 23 and 24 have been added with images pulled from the online catalogs. Actual release for Series 23 is January for Europe, probably wont see it here on the US West Coast until April as usual. Series 24 is set for July.

The US catalog still isn't out, but all the new sets are listed on the site from the regular catalog except the Citroen car. The DS items just show the US football player related sets so far and not the other additions. The two Greek sets from 2022 have finally shown up in the company webshops in Europe. Will they arrive in the US also? Hopefully, but no sign of them yet.

Thanks for reading and Happy New Year - Tiermann

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