2012 LEGO sets out early from LEGO Shop online [News]

In a surprising turn of events, you’ll be able to get next year’s LEGO sets directly from LEGO, rather than watching them trickle in (frequently at inflated prices) at big box toy stores: LEGO informs us that they’ve just listed a substantial number of the January 2012 LEGO sets on the LEGO Shop website.

Everyone already knows that I’m most excited (oddly enough) about the newest LEGO City sets, what with their hillbilly moonshiners and rampaging bears. 4440 Forest Police Station includes a bear, along with a hillbilly in a tree. There are eight other 2012 LEGO City sets out as well.

LEGO dinosaurs return from extinction with the new LEGO Dino sets. 5887 Dino Defense HQ includes a T-Rex, Raptor and Coelophysis, while 5885 Triceratops Trapper has the horned dino we all know and love.

LEGO has listed nearly 30 new sets in half a dozen categories, so head on over and check them out.

• LEGO City
• DUPLO
• Bricks & More
• LEGO Dino
• Creator
• Racers