On 21/11/2017 at 9:16 PM, Slatesbin said:

What's that flashing?

 

On 22/11/2017 at 2:57 PM, winder00side said:

There are two blinking lights in the cockpit.  Then there are four on the top cannon that are synchronized in a 2x2 pattern.  All Brickstuff lighting. 

 

LUKE: What's that flashing?

HAN: We're losing a deflector shield. Go strap yourselves in. I'm going to make the jump to light speed.

(from A New Hope).

 

Awesome lighting by the way, I particularly like the engines.

Edited November 23, 20178 yr by binary_storm

Lego SAH now says “coming soon”
Interesting since I think they have a long way to go to fulfill in store waitlist.

Black Friday and i recieved my black VIP Card

Lego SAH now says “coming soon”
Interesting since I think they have a long way to go to fulfill in store waitlist.

Interesting, I’m hoping this article is more accurate. At least until I sell or trade mine. =)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/24/566370961/whats-800-and-already-sold-out-this-lego-star-wars-ship?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2052

Here's my Falcon buzzing my modular town.  Still need to flesh out the people and vehicles.  More road plates on order too.

For anyone interested, Brickstuff just announced their lighting/sound kit.  http://www.lightmyfalcon.com

On 24.11.2017 at 5:36 PM, the_shy_guy said:

Black Friday and i recieved my black VIP Card

show show, you can hide the details. I'm curious how it looks.

Under the VIP Text is my Name written

MR 

Other Side a white box where u can sign your Name and EAN Code with your VIP Number .

10 minutes ago, the_shy_guy said:

Under the VIP Text is my Name written

MR 

Other Side a white box where u can sign your Name and EAN Code with your VIP Number .

What is it made out of?  Still waiting on mine, running out of that whole "before the end of the month".

On ‎26‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 11:54 PM, winder00side said:

For anyone interested, Brickstuff just announced their lighting/sound kit.  http://www.lightmyfalcon.com

Looks and sounds great but is it only me or it is really expensive? The full kit is about half the price of the ship!!!

5 minutes ago, Floriano said:

Looks and sounds great but is it only me or it is really expensive? The full kit is about half the price of the ship!!!

Certainly isn't cheap, but the product is top notch. For people who spend $800 on a set, another $200-400 to make it over the top isn't unreasonable. 

1 hour ago, winder00side said:

Certainly isn't cheap, but the product is top notch. For people who spend $800 on a set, another $200-400 to make it over the top isn't unreasonable. 

I don't know. I did spend $800+ bucks on this monster and I would be interested in paying like $100 more to see it glowing and screaming in my shelf but $200-400 just seems too much...

Call me crazy, but I never noticed the set in Walmart/Target's system up until now, wasn't there when it was in Toys R Us's system quite sometime ago.  Walmart actually has a photo for it on the seek.

DPCI: 204-00-2160

Walmart: 138857969

(URL; https://www.walmart.com/ip/Millennium-Falcon/138857969?u1=&oid=223073.7200&wmlspartner=PxE*ot9VSWM&sourceid=09269156282861973807&affillinktype=14&veh=aff)

Toys R Us: 810544

This set will undoubtedly have a wide release, sooner rather than later!  

Edited November 28, 20178 yr by Klownicle

Any UK based BPs received their card yet?

Hmmmm. I guess I didn’t read the email correctly. I thought Lego said my black VIP CARD was in the mail about a month ago. Apparently it must have said,

“Congratulations on your $800+ purchase of a really cool box of molded plastic blocks and choking hazards!! As a reward we will be sending you and 10,000 other people a one of a kind, but completely non personalized and easily reproducible laminated piece of thin cardboard/ thick paper!!! We would like you to know how much we appreciate your love of Lego! This “special” VIP card, which can also easily be worn on a lanyard (not included) by poking a hole through the top, will make you and many others eligible for, yet to be determined, AMAZINGLY HO-HUM discounts and 15 minutes of early access to our “crashed servers” on occasional future sales!! This card, which you should have already received, is coming!!!
We, at Lego, are thinking, very hard might I add, about potentially sending it possibly in the near to distant future; almost 50/50 to 73% chance one way or the other, maybe, but most definitely eventually.

Thank you again for YOU, but mostly your money!!!

Sincerely yours,
Lego”


For those still waiting just to buy the set, I apologize for my sarcasm.

12 minutes ago, Dr.Dad said:

Hmmmm. I guess I didn’t read the email correctly. I thought Lego said my black VIP CARD was in the mail about a month ago. Apparently it must have said,

“Congratulations on your $800+ purchase of a really cool box of molded plastic blocks and choking hazards!! As a reward we will be sending you and 10,000 other people a one of a kind, but completely non personalized and easily reproducible laminated piece of thin cardboard/ thick paper!!! We would like you to know how much we appreciate your love of Lego! This “special” VIP card, which can also easily be worn on a lanyard (not included) by poking a hole through the top, will make you and many others eligible for, yet to be determined, AMAZINGLY HO-HUM discounts and 15 minutes of early access to our “crashed servers” on occasional future sales!! This card, which you should have already received, is coming!!!
We, at Lego, are thinking, very hard might I add, about potentially sending it possibly in the near to distant future; almost 50/50 to 73% chance one way or the other, maybe, but most definitely eventually.

Thank you again for YOU, but mostly your money!!!

Sincerely yours,
Lego”


For those still waiting just to buy the set, I apologize for my sarcasm.

Completely the truth.  All marketing to separate people from the money, a black VIP card, what a terrible idea.

36 minutes ago, Dr.Dad said:

Hmmmm. I guess I didn’t read the email correctly. I thought Lego said my black VIP CARD was in the mail about a month ago. Apparently it must have said,

“Congratulations on your $800+ purchase of a really cool box of molded plastic blocks and choking hazards!! As a reward we will be sending you and 10,000 other people a one of a kind, but completely non personalized and easily reproducible laminated piece of thin cardboard/ thick paper!!! We would like you to know how much we appreciate your love of Lego! This “special” VIP card, which can also easily be worn on a lanyard (not included) by poking a hole through the top, will make you and many others eligible for, yet to be determined, AMAZINGLY HO-HUM discounts and 15 minutes of early access to our “crashed servers” on occasional future sales!! This card, which you should have already received, is coming!!!
We, at Lego, are thinking, very hard might I add, about potentially sending it possibly in the near to distant future; almost 50/50 to 73% chance one way or the other, maybe, but most definitely eventually.

Thank you again for YOU, but mostly your money!!!

Sincerely yours,
Lego”


For those still waiting just to buy the set, I apologize for my sarcasm.

Honestly if you were expecting anything other than a cash grab weak promotional value product, then you are naive. I highly doubt this program will be anything coveted and special.  I think things will be changing as well due to the larger demand that Lego did not expect.  I can imagine they were of the belief that a limited amount of people would purchase it thus making it more coveted of a program.  Now that "everyone and there mother" (/s) has purchased the set, it to be diminishes the value of the Black VIP program due to the shear quantity in sales differences.

Yeah we will get little gifts, mini figures, or extra points, but I doubt it will be a grand spectacle.

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by Klownicle

Honestly if you were expecting anything other than a cash grab weak promotional value product, then you are naive. I highly doubt this program will be anything coveted and special.  I think things will be changing as well due to the larger demand that Lego did not expect.  I can imagine they were of the belief that a limited amount of people would purchase it thus making it more coveted of a program.  Now that "everyone and there mother" (/s) has purchased the set, it to be diminishes the value of the Black VIP program due to the shear quantity in sales differences.
Yeah we will get little gifts, mini figures, or extra points, but I doubt it will be a grand spectacle.

No matter what the exclusive promotion is, just wait for the internet backlash from everyone who (weren’t going to buy one anyways) complains about how it was impossible to buy one because they didn’t make enough and now they’re missing out on some awesome promo.

A little sarcasm but when LEGO stopped taking backorders or putting people on wait lists, they have to be able to predict some anger if the exclusive benefits are any good at all.

Well no Black VIP at the "end of the month" per the Nov 11th e-mail.  Slackers.  Another day another Lego delay.  Friend didn't get theirs yet either :-/

3 minutes ago, Klownicle said:

Well no Black VIP at the "end of the month" per the Nov 11th e-mail.  Slackers.  Another day another Lego delay.  Friend didn't get theirs yet either :-/

The details on LEGO Shop at Home now mention "12 weeks" to get your card.

1 minute ago, Phil B said:

The details on LEGO Shop at Home now mention "12 weeks" to get your card.

I suppose there really is no point to actually having the card.  The card uses the same number as your regular vip card, it's just a fancy piece of laminated paper to show off.  So regardless of having it or not we are all "part of the system".  

But damnit, I spend $800 buckaroos, I demand my laminated paper promptly as said.  How dare they get my hopes up.

I suppose there really is no point to actually having the card.  The card uses the same number as your regular vip card, it's just a fancy piece of laminated paper to show off.  So regardless of having it or not we are all "part of the system".  
But damnit, I spend $800 buckaroos, I demand my laminated paper promptly as said.  How dare they get my hopes up.

Entire industries and markets have been built on status symbols and showing off. And thats what this is a little black card that says "I have enough disposable income to purchase an 800 dollar LEGO set." Any special promotions are just gravy on the biscuits...

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Its been 11 weeks since the VIP Release of the Millennium Falcon so I guess it either comes today or in the first week of December.

I just can't process through my grey matter in brain the fact that someone could pay 1500GBP/2200USD for painted piece of plastic.

Just can't

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIGNED-LEGO-Star-Wars-Black-VIP-Collectors-Card-Millennium-Falcon-75192-Launch/142589329070?epid=2260237065&hash=item2132fc7eae:g:BZwAAOSwRNhaEbeZ

5 minutes ago, Shewie said:

I just can't process through my grey matter in brain the fact that someone could pay 1500GBP/2200USD for painted piece of plastic.

Just can't

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIGNED-LEGO-Star-Wars-Black-VIP-Collectors-Card-Millennium-Falcon-75192-Launch/142589329070?epid=2260237065&hash=item2132fc7eae:g:BZwAAOSwRNhaEbeZ

To be fair,, you do get a snazzy wristband too.