LEGO VIP Insiders/GWP Discussion

[starwarsxpress]

On 7/23/2024 at 2:41 AM, gmpirate said:

Wow, that's a lot of brain power your using on one purchase 😜

If you want the GWP buy the McLaren when it gets released.  If you want to make money with limited funds buy retiring sets.  You could always save money down the line and buy a used McLaren and GWP later . . .

And personally if I had limited funds I would not buy the Cantina.  It's sticking around past retirement (which is never good) and cheaper sets typically appreciate better.  Spread your money out so you don't get burned on one set.

On 7/23/2024 at 6:16 AM, Pseudoty said:

I read this last night before bed and it gave me a headache 🤣

I remember posting a rant and in it I said the Cantina should have been a great investment but Lego killed that off but I can’t remember why now. 
 

I don’t get this GWP at first I thought it was a stand for the car and that it would auto rotate which would be amazing but it does neither afaik. Is it just a must have for McLaren fans and the hope is it will truly be limited? When the Ferrari came out was it $450 and what was the GWP, the book you had to buy separately IIRC, and did it sell out day 1? I would think Ferrari has a lot more demand than the McLaren but also know there are people that just get all of these cars regardless of brand. Oh, and wasn’t the Ferrari one of the coupon sets last BF or CM and how much off was it if you recall. 
 

Tell me more and I may have another option for you. 
 

ETA: found it 

“There are too many good expensive sets coming out every 1/4 that people can’t keep up. The market is flooded like Beanie Babies. Cantina which should have been a slam dunk winner with all of the exclusive minifigures will be a kiss of death set for many”

I would avoid the Cantina (says the guy that has 8K worth of Blacksmith sitting on a shelf) at $400 because how many buyers will there be at your sales point. When it goes OOS on amazon like it is now it only goes up 10% with only 11 sellers, not a good sign. If we see a 40% off deal with GWP & CB like we had with the UCS gunship then I would say go for it but not at the new inflated MSRP. 

5 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Clicker is reporting Space Babies is coming back 8/1 $200 buy in. 

On 7/23/2024 at 12:46 PM, Captain_Obvious said:

Yes, that's correct. People who attempted to buy two copies had their entire orders canceled, while those who purchased just one saw their orders successfully processed. I sold my copy too quickly and made a small profit of $100, but the price later soared to over $300 for three months. Porsche collectors are equally enthusiastic, though they typically have smaller budgets. I'll consider buying the book if fewer than 5,000 copies are produced.

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thanks pirate pseudoty captain for all your comments !

I've given it a few days to think about

ok here is where I am at:

- 8-1 Buying the McLaren P1 with the McLaren GWP and the Space GWP (thanks Pseudoty for the info).  Online + Cash Back whatever I can get.  Plus Redeeming another Ninjago City insider set.  I hope the GWP is very rare and sells out quickly and doesn't come back like other recent ones lol.  That said, it is just for my personal collection, so it's fine whatever happens.  

- Captain Obvious is right, I was tempted to buy two copies of the Ferrari limited edition number book and decided I should just do one.  Everyone that was more than one was cancelled, I got mine and still have it shrink-wrapped new and on the shelf. I did not buy the Ferrari at that time.  Pseudoty is right I think it had 5x vip on Thanksgiving Weekend or something and that is when I got the set.  I'd wait on the McLaren for a similar deal but they tied the GWP to it this time so I'll go ahead

- I think I'm going to skip the Lego Cantina for now.  I have one as already boxed and wanted one to keep boxed and build another one.  But seems like everyone is not thrilled with the Cantina.  I still think everyone being against it might make it a winner.  Will watch for it on sale and may or may not get another by end of year

- In other news Arcade1up has a new Golden Tee XL with boe monitor and 12 midway games.  It looks intriguing.  It is at Costco only and coming into stock.  I've always wanted a good defender arcade.  Everyone is saying it doesn't look good and they think the midway games won't work well but I think the defender will work fine from what I have seen.  No its not original controls but neither is defender on any mortal kombat arcade1up from what I can tell and the original defender cabs (arcade) or arcade1up are way to few and expensive.  its 599.

- In other news TOMY has a Star Trek Motion Picture die cast coming out starting next week crowd funder for $699 + $50 shipping.  It looks great and has an iridescence type paint effect or so they say.  The original TOS one I didn't buy due to buying lego lol has seemingly tripled in value.  I hope to get one for personal.  They are advertising it much more heavily than the first so I would imagine the market would flood on resale as a guesstimate.  I love it.  not sure I can afford it right now : )

- Last note it's crazy the candy store is still hanging in there.  I haven't gotten one yet and may wait and get off ebay some day.  strange they have tons of these but I think the last one that I didn't get sold out fairly quickly or the one before that and hasn't been back a 2nd time yet (I'm not sure the details on that) this one just seems different and tons of them

Edited July 26 by starwarsxpress

[Pseudoty]

7 hours ago, starwarsxpress said:

I think I'm going to skip the Lego Cantina for now.  I have one as already boxed and wanted one to keep boxed and build another one.  But seems like everyone is not thrilled with the Cantina.  I still think everyone being against it might make it a winner.  Will watch for it on sale and may or may not get another by end of year

Those are the sets that actually end up doing well: Palpatines Arrest, Cloud City 2, BoH and so on. BN and Amz don’t seem to have perma stock, Target is out and Walmart just got it back but limit 1. 
 

I am probably going to get the P1 on day 1, the Space Babies and another Micro Ninjago pushed me over, but won’t be up at Midnight or whenever the website begins to work those days are long over for me. So hopefully the P1 GWP is still available in the morning. 
 

I still haven’t picked up the Ferrari and was thinking it was a $100-150 coupon but the 5X VIP makes sense as to why I didn’t get it. Have you built it yet?

I think it was Houses of the World 4 Asian themed that was a short run and never returned yet but maybe the Flower Shop as well. 

[Captain_Obvious]

10 hours ago, starwarsxpress said:

That said, it is just for my personal collection, so it's fine whatever happens.

You can never go wrong with that mentality

[Pseudoty]

18 hours ago, gmpirate said:

Glad I sold my mimics right away 😁

I just sold mine for $100. How high did they go for. 

[gmpirate]

2 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

I just sold mine for $100. How high did they go for. 

I want say about $165.  Sold mine for $158

[Captain_Obvious]

On 7/22/2024 at 6:46 AM, Pseudoty said:

I should have used a $100 VIP voucher but still holding out for what @Captain_Obvious thinks is coming out on BF 2025

I thought you were referring to the Batpod lol. If you meant the Insider Reward "Micro Rail Command Centre", it makes sense that it's dropping on 24' BF. Given the new Insider section "Space", recent classic Space GWP releases, and the nod to classic Space in the mainline, it's happening sooner than later. I believe this was the year of Space and next year they're switching gears to F1 with a classic Octane & Ferrari vibe for City.

[starwarsxpress]

15 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Those are the sets that actually end up doing well: Palpatines Arrest, Cloud City 2, BoH and so on. BN and Amz don’t seem to have perma stock, Target is out and Walmart just got it back but limit 1. 
 

I am probably going to get the P1 on day 1, the Space Babies and another Micro Ninjago pushed me over, but won’t be up at Midnight or whenever the website begins to work those days are long over for me. So hopefully the P1 GWP is still available in the morning. 
 

I still haven’t picked up the Ferrari and was thinking it was a $100-150 coupon but the 5X VIP makes sense as to why I didn’t get it. Have you built it yet?

I think it was Houses of the World 4 Asian themed that was a short run and never returned yet but maybe the Flower Shop as well. 

Haven’t built yet but love the set one of the best super cars

[Goofball814]

When LEGO cancels an order where I tried to redeem points ( I tried to add micro Ninjago City docks) with a D & D dragon.   My order was cancelled.

Are points automatically added back to our account, or are they gone forever?

Or, do I have to call and have customer support add them back?

 

[Billy Brick]

20 minutes ago, Goofball814 said:

When LEGO cancels an order where I tried to redeem points ( I tried to add micro Ninjago City docks) with a D & D dragon.   My order was cancelled.

Are points automatically added back to our account, or are they gone forever?

Or, do I have to call and have customer support add them back?

 

You get to call now, maybe they will just ship the little guy to you.

[Pseudoty]

19 minutes ago, Goofball814 said:

When LEGO cancels an order where I tried to redeem points ( I tried to add micro Ninjago City docks) with a D & D dragon.   My order was cancelled.

Are points automatically added back to our account, or are they gone forever?

Or, do I have to call and have customer support add them back?

 

Why was your order cancelled, going over the limit of 1? If you make a new order does the code for Docks show as already redeemed? 

[gmpirate]

Man, so quiet.  I’m getting antsy.  I don’t have a good reason to get it, but I feel like I need to grab a McLaren tomorrow just to be a part of something 😛

[starwarsxpress]

I’m skipping p1 for now and buying gwp

they excluded the space gwp on that one McLaren set

[gmpirate]

1 hour ago, starwarsxpress said:

they excluded the space gwp on that one McLaren set

Yeah, that's the first time I've ever seen them single out one set before.  Would have bought the McLaren for sure otherwise.  Now, idk . . .

[Pseudoty]

6 hours ago, starwarsxpress said:

I’m skipping p1 for now and buying gwp

they excluded the space gwp on that one McLaren set

Wow, what a big FU to wake up to this morning from Lego. I’m holding off as well on the P1. This is really something new:
 

Qualifying purchase must be equal to or greater than $200 in LEGO merchandise only, excluding LEGO® Technic™ McLaren P1™ (42172) and LEGO® DREAMZzz™ Castle Nocturnia (71486). 

[Captain_Obvious]

3 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

excluding LEGO® Technic™ McLaren P1™ (42172) and LEGO® DREAMZzz™ Castle Nocturnia (71486). 

The only one more pissed off than you is that lone dad out there who has the weird kid that desperately wanted the Dreamzzz Castle for his birthday. This dad has long regretted his offspring but in this instance, he saw some hope -- he could at least squeeze a nostalgic GWP out of the birthday present for himself.

Nope. That dream just got crushed.

[Pseudoty]

2 minutes ago, Captain_Obvious said:

The only one more pissed off than you is that lone dad out there who has the weird kid that desperately wanted the Dreamzzz Castle for his birthday. This dad has long regretted his offspring but in this instance, he saw some hope -- he could at least squeeze a nostalgic GWP out of the birthday present for himself.

Nope. That dream just got crushed.

So what are you getting your son for his Birthday 🤣

[gmpirate]

29 minutes ago, Captain_Obvious said:

The only one more pissed off than you is that lone dad out there who has the weird kid that desperately wanted the Dreamzzz Castle for his birthday. This dad has long regretted his offspring but in this instance, he saw some hope -- he could at least squeeze a nostalgic GWP out of the birthday present for himself.

Nope. That dream just got crushed.

It's a good time to sit down with him and explain "life just isn't always fair".  Better he learn it now than later when something similar may come up with his wife or own kids.  He needs to be prepared.

[Pseudoty]

10 hours ago, starwarsxpress said:

I’m skipping p1 for now and buying gwp

they excluded the space gwp on that one McLaren set

Just saw someone posted that in store they got both GWP YMMV.

[starwarsxpress]

1 hour ago, Pseudoty said:

Just saw someone posted that in store they got both GWP YMMV.

thanks not sure if they will run out before I can get there but I may give it a try later today

[starwarsxpress]

10 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Just saw someone posted that in store they got both GWP YMMV.

my man you are awesome. I went to my store, asked if they had the McLaren GWP and Space GWP and they did.  Asked if I bought the P1 if I would get both and they said yes.  Proceeded to buy and they pulled out one of the last few space gwp's they had not sure if restocking.  Happy Camper.  thank you !

[LegoTriathlete]

Did Lego just over produce this Micro Rocket GWP?  The GWPs normally don't last the entire duration, if not sell out within a day or two but this one is still available online.  I'm not complaining since I was able to get 1 for myself but just curious.  Or is it combination of bringing it back and the current environment with folks just spending less on "luxury" items like lego...

[Billy Brick]

1 minute ago, LegoTriathlete said:

Did Lego just over produce this Micro Rocket GWP?  The GWPs normally don't last the entire duration, if not sell out within a day or two but this one is still available online.  I'm not complaining since I was able to get 1 for myself but just curious.  Or is it combination of bringing it back and the current environment with folks just spending less on "luxury" items like lego...

High buy in, only going to net 15%-20% discount at best for reselling, if it was doubled with good rakuten cb might be more appealing. It does seem like they made quite a bit. My thoughts.. I’m sitting out this one.

[Captain_Obvious]

Micro GWP went poof, so I believe this one is limited. Not backing down from its Tier 1 GWP status ($60+). Took a recent dip, but this will go back up to $70 in a month given all the free advertisement with the re-release. When the next classic Space GWP drops in Nov, I'll bet it hits $90+ with the completionists. CTA: go deep on the monorail.

[LegoTriathlete]

5 hours ago, Captain_Obvious said:

 

Is this an upcoming GWP?  I missed the rumor on it, when is it expected to hit or did I already miss it?

[Pseudoty]

1 hour ago, LegoTriathlete said:

Is this an upcoming GWP?  I missed the rumor on it, when is it expected to hit or did I already miss it?

allegedly it will be an Insiders reward and not a GWP, so save those points. 
 

https://brickset.com/article/107183/space-themed-lego-insiders-reward-contest-winners!