LEGO VIP Insiders/GWP Discussion

[$20 on joe vs dan]

The issue I am seeing w/ LEGO is the high level decision making on subject matter.  The execution is spot on and fantastic (ie the engineers and designers are clearly the best in their respective fields and uber talented)...but it's the decision making early on in the project that has me doubtful of competence.

 

I mean MAYBE you can make a case for an UCS Luke Speeder...but C'mon...a kitchen scene!

someone is being too cute ...or MEGA or Cobi has someone on the inside who's goal is to muck up LEGO

[exracer327]

VIP Double Points offer applies to selected LEGO® Star Wars™ sets only (75268, 75297, 40557, 40558, 75266, 75295, 75298, 75307, 75320, 75321, 75269, 75270, 75271, 75281, 75283, 75299, 75310, 75342, 40391, 40431, 75249, 75254, 75300, 75311, 75319, 75324, 75251, 75257, 75272, 75284, 75286, 75291, 75293, 75301, 75302, 75312, 75314, 75316, 40539, 75255, 75278, 75288, 75292, 75315, 75317, 75318).

https://www.lego.com/en-us/page/star-wars-day-deals?icmp=HP-SHQL-Standard-SW_QL_MT4_Star_Wars_Day_HP-F-SW-LEV1Z6S5EB

Nearly half of these sets are OOS or EOL.  No UCS sets for double VIP!  wth?! 

Very disappointing... *sigh*

 

[exciter1]

5 minutes ago, exracer327 said:

VIP Double Points offer applies to selected LEGO® Star Wars™ sets only (75268, 75297, 40557, 40558, 75266, 75295, 75298, 75307, 75320, 75321, 75269, 75270, 75271, 75281, 75283, 75299, 75310, 75342, 40391, 40431, 75249, 75254, 75300, 75311, 75319, 75324, 75251, 75257, 75272, 75284, 75286, 75291, 75293, 75301, 75302, 75312, 75314, 75316, 40539, 75255, 75278, 75288, 75292, 75315, 75317, 75318).

https://www.lego.com/en-us/page/star-wars-day-deals?icmp=HP-SHQL-Standard-SW_QL_MT4_Star_Wars_Day_HP-F-SW-LEV1Z6S5EB

Nearly half of these sets are OOS or EOL.  No UCS sets for double VIP!  wth?! 

Very disappointing... *sigh*

 

Are there enough Jar Jar keychains to get us to  $150 GWP?

[exracer327]

7 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Are there enough Jar Jar keychains to get us to  $150 GWP?

I think you just inspired me to start a Star Wars themed YouTube gun channel.

[keymomachine]

Here, I put the list through my lookup table, plus looked up the ones I didn't have:

40391	FO Trooper Brick Sketch
40431	BB8 Brick Sketch
40539	Ahsoka Tano Brickheadz
40557	Defense of Hoth Troopers
40558	Clone Trooper Command Station
75249	SW Resistance Y-wing Starfighter
75251	SW Darth Vader's Castle
75254	SW AT-ST Raider 2019
75255	SW Yoda
75257	SW Millennium Falcon 2019
75266	SW Sith Troopers BP
75268	SW Snowspeeder 4+
75269	SW Duel on Mustafar
75270	SW Obi-Wan's Hut
75271	SW Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder
75272	SW Sith TIE Fighter
75278	SW D-O
75281	SW Anakin's Jedi Interceptor
75283	SW Armored Assault Tank (AAT)
75284	SW Knights of Ren Transport Ship
75286	SW General Grievous's Starfighter
75288	SW AT-AT 2020
75291	SW Death Star Final Duel
75292	SW The Razor Crest
75293	SW Resistance I-TS Transport
75295	SW Millennium Falcon MF 2021
75297	SW Resistance X-wing 4+
75298	SW AT-AT vs. Tauntaun MF
75299	SW Trouble on Tatooine
75300	SW Imperial TIE Fighter
75301	SW Luke Skywalker's X-wing Fighter
75302	SW Imperial Shuttle
75307	SW Advent Calendar 2021
75310	SW Duel on Mandalore
75311	SW Imperial Armoured Marauder
75312	SW Boba Fett's Starship
75314	SW The Bad Batch Attack Shuttle
75315	SW Imperial Light Cruiser
75316	SW Mandalorian Starfighter
75317	SW BHz Mandalorian & The Child
75318	SW The Child
75319	SW Armorer's Mandalorian Forge
75320	SW Snowtrooper BP
75321	SW The Razor Crest MF
75324	Dark Troopers
75342	Republic Fighter Tank

 

 

[Lordoflego]

Found the same thing on brickfan. Tells u how many points u earn …

[scratchdesk]

I saw somewhere on social media that the listing was posted in error and they would be revising it (according to some Lego CS rep).  Probably was related to a prior promotion or event they had going.

[Pseudoty]

46 minutes ago, scratchdesk said:

I saw somewhere on social media that the listing was posted in error and they would be revising it (according to some Lego CS rep).  Probably was related to a prior promotion or event they had going.

Saw this as well, but then why would 75342 be on an old list when it isn’t even on Lego’s website yet. 

[Phil B]

The Cap on my order just went from "Waiting for new stock" to "In Warehouse". Not sure what that means, but I'm hoping it is "we got a cancellation and now we can send that cap to you" vs "we just received the Vistaprint order Exciter1 called in".

… aaaaaand shipped. Are these $150 on Ebay yet? *smirk*


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[keymomachine]

From the Lego Weekley Newsletter I just got: I guess they didn't get the memo.

[Pseudoty]

Not a reward but of interest, limit on the Elvis set in the USA was 5, but you need 6 to make all of the options. So someone tweeted at Lego and within a day they increased the limit from 5 to 6. 

Need to try this with Santa's Sleigh  

[bmalsam16141]

On 4/26/2022 at 1:10 PM, keymomachine said:

From the Lego Weekley Newsletter I just got: I guess they didn't get the memo.

My dad talked to Lego about getting his hats and they said it was a glitch in their system and that whoever redeemed their codes for the hats will be getting them as they get caught up but whoever requested a refund in their points will not be getting the hats anymore. Who knows?

[Pseudoty]

Lego is now copying @Ed Mack

Enter to win a Mega Space Bundle – 10 of our favorite LEGO® space sets: NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283), NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (10266), DUPLO® Space Shuttle Mission (10944), Disney Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse's Space Rocket (10774), Creator 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Adventure (31117), Creator 3-in-1 Space Mining Mech (31115), City Lunar Roving Vehicle (60348), City Lunar Space Station (60349), City Lunar Research Base (60350) and City Rocket Launch Center (60351). 50 points per entry. Maximum 50 entries per member. 
Ends 6/9/22.

[LegoTriathlete]

On 4/22/2022 at 4:55 PM, scratchdesk said:

I saw somewhere on social media that the listing was posted in error and they would be revising it (according to some Lego CS rep).  Probably was related to a prior promotion or event they had going.

Has it been confirmed that the current list is accurate?  I assume so since it's not been updated and May 1st is around the corner.  I did call CS and they indicated that it's accurate and no changes will be made.

[LegoTriathlete]

This is probably old news but I've been trying to figure out what to buy for this May 4th promotion and it's pretty underwhelming... 46 sets on the "list" for double points but 40% are retired or unavailable which leaves only 27.  None of the big ticket items are on this.  Out of all the star wars sets showing online (not counting the retired ones), there are 48 sets, so almost half of them are not part of the promotion??  None of the helmets are even included or any of the over priced (IMO) dioramas... is Lego just getting really stingy to not want to offer double VIP pts on all Star Wars sets?  Is this normal, I thought prior years had better double VIP selection

[LegoTriathlete]

6 minutes ago, LegoTriathlete said:

This is probably old news but I've been trying to figure out what to buy for this May 4th promotion and it's pretty underwhelming... 46 sets on the "list" for double points but 40% are retired or unavailable which leaves only 27.  None of the big ticket items are on this.  Out of all the star wars sets showing online (not counting the retired ones), there are 48 sets, so almost half of them are not part of the promotion??  None of the helmets are even included or any of the over priced (IMO) dioramas... is Lego just getting really stingy to not want to offer double VIP pts on all Star Wars sets?  Is this normal, I thought prior years had better double VIP selection

I stand corrected, looks like the original list was revised online.  I was using the list that had been shared earlier in this forum.  Still, no big ticket items and still a bunch of sets missing including some of the helmets... for those interested looks like the following were added:

75322	Hoth™ AT-ST
75326	Boba Fett Throne room
75280	501st legion
75327	Skywalker helmet
75328	Mandolorian helmet
75343	Dark Trooper Helmet
75325	The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter

[Darth_Raichu]

19 minutes ago, LegoTriathlete said:

This is probably old news but I've been trying to figure out what to buy for this May 4th promotion and it's pretty underwhelming... 46 sets on the "list" for double points but 40% are retired or unavailable which leaves only 27.  None of the big ticket items are on this.  Out of all the star wars sets showing online (not counting the retired ones), there are 48 sets, so almost half of them are not part of the promotion??  None of the helmets are even included or any of the over priced (IMO) dioramas... is Lego just getting really stingy to not want to offer double VIP pts on all Star Wars sets?  Is this normal, I thought prior years had better double VIP selection

LEGO has not had any difficulty moving SW sets without any promo.  It is using May 4th as a way to move slower selling SW sets

[CsabaLazlo]

On 4/22/2022 at 11:42 PM, Lordoflego said:

Found the same thing on brickfan. Tells u how many points u earn …

 

This list appears to be incorrect. 75249 isn't listed as being double VIP on SaH.

[LegoTriathlete]

1 hour ago, CsabaLazlo said:

 

This list appears to be incorrect. 75249 isn't listed as being double VIP on SaH.

75249 is retired.  I think that list is based on the original set list which had a bunch of retired sets.  This was updated and most of the retired sets have been removed 

[Captain_Obvious]

It looks like the hats are back in stock now?

https://www.lego.com/en-us/vip/rewards-center/rewards

 

[Captain_Obvious]

Not sure if anyone else went deep on the Fiat posters, but it looks like #7 is finally down to less than 50 available. I think these posters have been up for at least 2 years now. Sick of these turds taking up real estate on the loyalty reward page! 

 

[Pseudoty]

Speaking of posters:

 

[melting]

15 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Speaking of posters:

 

where did you find this?

 

[Darth_Raichu]

3 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Speaking of posters:

 

I did not notice this before, but the top of the bumper are 2 huge 1/4 circle stickers.  $200 for the fun of placing giant stickers on curved tiles 

[Pseudoty]

11 minutes ago, melting said:

where did you find this?

 

This morning’s email from lego, scroll down. 

7 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

I did not notice this before, but the top of the bumper are 2 huge 1/4 circle stickers.  $200 for the fun of placing giant stickers on a curved tiles 

I said to myself I will never buy this set to build and probably never to sell but lego keeps upping the anti and making it hard on grabbing 1 for the latter. 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Pseudoty