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Tiermann:
The 2024 catalogs are online for all the sites I checked, both regular and add-ons/Plus.
The US one is weird because they show some themes in the catalog but have asterisks next to them saying they are not available in the US. So then why include them? Too lazy to take out so many pages??
The not available themes are the newest starter packs, the latest Novelmore, the latest Farm, and the pony farm extension of Horses of Waterfall. Maybe these will become available later in the year with the second half catalog and later release dates, or maybe not.
We do get the first run of Horses of Waterfall as well as some other sets that have been out in Germany a few months and will finally be coming here. All taken with a grain of salt though. Many Plus/add-ons were listed in the catalog last year but never arrived in the US at all with others severely limited in availability.
The US does not get the city service sets or the racing sets available elsewhere. We also do not get a listing for the shopping mall sets. Still no Citroen.
Miraculous is in the catalog for all countries though.
I checked the Greek catalog and it is the same as Germany. If they are getting any new sets for just their market they aren't making into the print and will be web only. Nothing new on there yet - though all the other exclusives for their market are still there in the History section.
The US has Scooby Doo and no Asteryx, and interesting so does Canada this year. Did Asteryx not go over well there?

I've done a blog post on Animoblog about the new animals in the first half year. Only new molds are the jellyfish and the half clam, both from the mermaids series. Everything else is a recolor or repaint.

Happy New Year everyone!

GrahamB:
Thanks for that helpful summary, Tim. I haven't checked the UK catalogues yet, but there doesn't sound like much to get excited about, even though I expected more for the 50th Anniversary year!

Rasputin:
Thanks for the update and detailed explanation

I was sure hopefully  Asterix was going to make it to the states , perhaps there is still a tiny bit of hope for 2nd 1/2 like you said

Yes Happy New Year

GrahamB:
The main catalogue for the UK is essentially the same as the German one, without the Funpark promotion on page 2.

Comparing the US and German [k/c]atalogs I found 11 pages with differences (whole of pages 2, 4-5, 52-3, 65, 66-67, half of pages 21 and 71 and one extra set on page 33 of the US catalog). On most pages, the three catalogues differ only in the text printed in black, which suggests that the inclusion in the US catalog of sets not available in the US is a cost-saving exercise, sadly (cheaper to include the colour pictures from the German Katalog than print a whole new page).

Is the Octopus figurehead in set 71530 (pages 26-7) not a new animal, Tim? Or is it a cling-on? Which reminds me, what happened to Star Trek sets?

The 50th anniversay sets (page 3, all cats) are frankly disappointing. But maybe I will be able to get some replacement aerials for the old cars...

Oliver:
It's a minor complaint, but when are they going to change the free-gift figure?!

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