LEGO must have decided that we were growing complacent, so they decided to throw us a curveball and switch things up a bit this month! While we can usually count on the next month’s LEGO Store Calendar being posted online one month and one day ahead of time, we get merely one month’s notice of the upcoming March 2015 LEGO Store deals, promos and events. But while waiting the extra day was agony, at least LEGO has some good stuff cooked up for us on the LEGO Store March 2015 Calendar–including two free promos, some major new sets being launched–and the return of Double VIP Points!

I’m so used to when the new calendar is posted that I think I became a bit unhinged yesterday, as I refreshed about three dozens times waiting for the March 2015 LEGO Store calendar to finally come online. It didn’t happen yesterday, but at least I can rest easy today with the knowledge of exactly what next month will bring at our favorite chain store!

We get not one, but two free LEGO Promo sets in March 2015 at the LEGO Stores! The first of the items is the LEGO 5002941 Bionicle Hero Pack, which will come free with any purchase at the LEGO Store from March 1-20, 2015.

The LEGO Bionicle Hero Packs looks to include some paper items, as well as a blue Skull Spider and a super cool translucent orange Toa mask! I’d pay money just for that Bionicle orange mask, so I’m definitely going to enjoy getting it for free. If you want this Hero Pack, you’d be well-served to get it early in the month–with it coming free with every purchase, I imagine LEGO Stores will run out of these early.

The other promo is in honor of the LEGO Elves sets officially being launched next month, as we’ll be receiving the first-ever LEGO Elves polybag promo set: LEGO Azari’s Magic Fire 30259! I love the computer-generated graphics that accompany this set on the calendar, but the actual set looks a little, well… bland. But, hey–I gotta at least buy one LEGO Elves set to try it out, right? So I’ll be getting this LEGO 30259 set free while it’s available from March 1-31st, 2015 (or while supplies last).

Of course, there’s one more major promotion going on in March 2015–the return of the beloved Double VIP Points! The Double LEGO Points promo is unfortunately only running in the latter half of March 2015 (from March 14-29), which is a real pain for those who don’t think they’ll be able to wait that long for the amazing LEGO S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier set that so many people (including me) are salivating over.

The front of the LEGO Stores March 2015 calendar also gives us our very first look at the upcoming 40121 LEGO Easter Painting Scene (unofficial name–that’s what I’m calling it for the moment). I don’t think we’ve ever had a LEGO Easter Egg painting set like this before, and it’s absolutely adorable. Love it!

The back of the calendar is rather dull, but it does confirm that the March 2015 Mini Monthly Model Build will take place on Tuesday, March 3rd. This time out, the mini model is an old-time, antique-looking LEGO robot! I think that this particular mini model build is one of the best in recent memory, and I’ll definitely have to grab the instructions for it online (because, as always, this event is kids-only at the LEGO Stores).

In addition, the long-awaited LEGO Ninjago 2015 episodes will begin airing on February 23rd, Mondays at 6:30! I assume that LEGO would have liked to have had the news blurb on the February calendar, but didn’t have the information available in time to put it on that month’s calendar. Oh well–better late than never!

What do you think of the March 2015 LEGO Stores calendar, LEGO fans? Does this bring back some excitement after a rather mediocre February 2015 Calendar, or are you not impressed with what LEGO has lined up for us in March 2015?