LEGO VIP Insiders/GWP Discussion

[Hansolo55]

I noticed in Canada it shows 7000 available at the beginning of the promotion 😵‍💫. Shipping is 6-8 weeks, one per household..  so that’s roughly 20,000 available for North America. 

[melting]

  On 8/23/2022 at 3:20 AM, Bricklectic said:

Oh my. just a bag. and a poor looking bag at it. Just looks cheap.

Sad, really.

Even worse in person than my dreary earlier prediction.

Sell sell sell!

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Should I just use stock promo photos and leave the USPS pkg. sealed? That way the new owner can savor the disappointment.

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[Bricklectic]

  On 8/23/2022 at 8:55 AM, melting said:

Should I just use stock promo photos and leave the USPS pkg. sealed? That way the new owner can savor the disappointment.

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hmm. i know you Meant in jest but actually thats a great idea. think ill do that to show them it wasnt tampered with

[melting]

  On 8/23/2022 at 1:01 PM, Bricklectic said:

hmm. i know you Meant in jest but actually thats a great idea. think ill do that to show them it wasnt tampered with

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I was only half joking. If you look at @exciter1 pics it does looks like a cheap repack of a set.

[exciter1]

  On 8/23/2022 at 1:01 PM, Bricklectic said:

hmm. i know you Meant in jest but actually thats a great idea. think ill do that to show them it wasnt tampered with

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You may not want to, my package smelled like smoke.

[melting]

  On 8/23/2022 at 1:14 PM, exciter1 said:

You may not want to, my package smelled like smoke.

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Walmart/Lego gifts - the gifts that keep on giving.

 

[Billy Brick]

  On 8/23/2022 at 1:14 PM, exciter1 said:

You may not want to, my package smelled like smoke.

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Might have been your mail person taking a break. I had that happen before.

[exciter1]

  On 8/23/2022 at 1:23 PM, wegj15 said:

Might have been your mail person taking a break. I had that happen before.

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Yeah, I had a FedEx driver that was terrible for a bit. I had to call and request they wrap my packages in plastic before leaving the dock. She must have smoked like a freight train the entire route.

[Zepp]

  On 8/23/2022 at 2:20 AM, bmalsam16141 said:

And yet they didn’t accept PO Boxes. USPS=PO Box

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They will accept mine because I was sneaky - my post office lets me use an alternate format - their street address with my "Unit number" instead of saying PO BOX and it works every time for UPS, FEDEX and others who wont ship to PO Boxes.

[bmalsam16141]

  On 8/23/2022 at 8:04 PM, Zepp said:

They will accept mine because I was sneaky - my post office lets me use an alternate format - their street address with my "Unit number" instead of saying PO BOX and it works every time for UPS, FEDEX and others who wont ship to PO Boxes.

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I have a physical address but that is only where UPS and FedEx packages come to. All USPS stuff comes to the PO Box which is weird why they don’t accept PO Boxes if it is shipping through USPS anyways.

[Pseudoty]

  On 8/23/2022 at 8:12 PM, bmalsam16141 said:

I have a physical address but that is only where UPS and FedEx packages come to. All USPS stuff comes to the PO Box which is weird why they don’t accept PO Boxes if it is shipping through USPS anyways.

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It is to try and help eliminate multiple entries. Another workaround I have used is same physical address but Apartment 101 A, but that did not work for this one. If you read the T&C they are pretty extreme to try and block bots and deal websites. 
 

Is that a printed Nexo Shield or a pre applied sticker?

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[jbacunn]

I got one of mine. It's pretty unimpressive in person. I did inventory the pieces because I was paranoid that it would be missing pieces but it came out correct. The only thing special about this is that printed tile and the instructions. 

[$20 on joe vs dan]

  On 8/23/2022 at 9:57 PM, jbacunn said:

 

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inperson? how much more worse can it be based on online pics it looks like a bag of loose bricks in a (arguably re-used) generic ziplock bag?

 

this has got to be an all-time low, in terms of packaging for anything officially LEGO

[Darth_Raichu]

  On 8/23/2022 at 10:20 PM, $20 on joe vs dan said:

inperson? how much more worse can it be based on online pics it looks like a bag of loose bricks in a (arguably re-used) generic ziplock bag?

 

this has got to be an all-time low, in terms of packaging for anything officially LEGO

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Nothing new. LEGO has done this before

[$20 on joe vs dan]

  On 8/23/2022 at 10:22 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

Nothing new. LEGO has done this before

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I am obviously giving LEGO too much credit....

that set is kinda cool in a retro way...can MOC variations of Lei's outfits

[Pseudoty]

  On 8/23/2022 at 10:22 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

Nothing new. LEGO has done this before

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I have that and like 8-10 of the MILF they did. 

I think with the castle set Lego sends cases of the elements to a third party and they manually fill the bags, just a thought and probably wrong. 

[ravenb99]

yeah all those ziploc ones are elements and hand built.  The Legoland promos had like 4 in the set and the Ninjago fidget spinnners too.  Employees messed them up a lot so just offered to build my own so I didn't have to recheck them all after getting them.

Basically like the builds they used to do in store with the elements all being separate.  Just got the generic cover card and ziploc.

 

 

 

 

[Zepp]

The old TRU in-store build events were packaged like this too. You got a similar Ziploc and walked down an "assembly line" table of parts and either built your set there or took them home. What they did here is similar but just done by hand in a warehouse somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if some were missing parts due to human error.

[jbacunn]

  On 8/24/2022 at 2:02 PM, Zepp said:

The old TRU in-store build events were packaged like this too. You got a similar Ziploc and walked down an "assembly line" table of parts and either built your set there or took them home. What they did here is similar but just done by hand in a warehouse somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if some were missing parts due to human error.

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Exactly. I bet some interns with the marketing company that’s running this promotion filled the bags. Lego probably shipped them a few crates of pieces and it was up to them to fill the bags and deal with the problems.

[Ecto]

Here's a little overview video of the castle I put together: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpDjflljAV/

Pictures: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChoD2u4OjEy/

Going to build it tonight

 

 

[starwarsxpress]

does anyone know yet if LEGO North America employees have or will get the LEGO 90 Years of Play Board Game ? Looks like the only ones available right now are in Europe

[bmalsam16141]

Looks like the only thing that mattered was a different email address. Physical address didn’t matter as I received two castles with the same physical address this morning.

[Pseudoty]

I hope this doesn’t jam anyone up but my first one arrived today and you can see there is a second smaller bag inside of the main bag. Some of the listings on eBay don’t have that bag visible, perhaps the small bag parts were packed loose or it is just no visible in the pictures. 

[starwarsxpress]

  On 8/24/2022 at 8:44 PM, Pseudoty said:

I hope this doesn’t jam anyone up but my first one arrived today and you can see there is a second smaller bag inside of the main bag. Some of the listings on eBay don’t have that bag visible, perhaps the small bag parts were packed loose or it is just no visible in the pictures. 

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mine is the same with two bags and the manual is well made.  this thing is more substantial in size and pieces than some on here are indicating.  I like it.  might order more stuff for another one today.  plenty sold on ebay today alone : )

[exciter1]

  On 8/24/2022 at 8:44 PM, Pseudoty said:

I hope this doesn’t jam anyone up but my first one arrived today and you can see there is a second smaller bag inside of the main bag. Some of the listings on eBay don’t have that bag visible, perhaps the small bag parts were packed loose or it is just no visible in the pictures. 

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Mine have the second bag of pieces.