Well just bought my first EV from Lego.com. got the 2x VIP points and Kai's Mini Dragon.  Still on the fence about paying full price for EV but i have yet to find any sale on it and thought 2x VIP is the best ill be able to muster. 

What is everyone else picking up during this event?

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Ordered a SC on Monday morning. Almost finished building the UCS Tie Fighter and plan to build this one next. Was not expecting it to ship for a few weeks as it was out of stock when I placed the order. Happy to see it shipped today - only 48 hours later. 

On 3/8/2016 at 7:01 PM, yang said:

Bought 1 slave 1, 1 pc and 1 arch studio (on sale $127)

pc?

Palace cinema?

United Nations Headquarters x 2 @ $24.94!

Just now, binici said:

United Nations Headquarters x 2 @ $24.94!

where?

where?

Lego store...

1 hour ago, binici said:

Lego store...

I went to the LEGO store at Disney Land Monday.  Is that the one you're talking about?  I woulda grabbed those if I had seen them.

30 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

I went to the LEGO store at Disney Land Monday.  Is that the one you're talking about?  I woulda grabbed those if I had seen them.

Correct!

I've been on business travel for the past couple weeks, so I haven't had much time to think about investing or have the time to sell anything.  At this point, i'm not sure what I want to buy, but I have 4 more days to play with 2xVIP. 

I'm kind of shocked Ewok Village, or any of the Jurassic World sets are gone or sold out.  I would have suspected those to be gone by now.  I am not shocked Pet Shop is TOS, although that's just a sign it's going to be prolonged.. . Blah.. this go around is a tough one to pick.  The past two seasons seemed easier.

I'm probably just going to go with backordering some Slave 1s and a SC.

Edited March 18, 20169 yr by fossilrock

18 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

I'm probably just going to go with backordering some Slave 1s and a SC.

You'd be better served to buy Slave 1s at TRU with the 20% coupon, than ordering more at S@H.

3 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

You'd be better served to buy Slave 1s at TRU with the 20% coupon, than ordering more at LEGO Shop at Home.

I would certainly agree unless he's in a spot like me where the closest slave 1 is hundreds of miles away...that darn TRU! Just lemme get a slave 1 (or 2) I just tossed a SC on hold at the Lego store near me...I'll pick that puppy up tomorrow. I had previously ordered one from WM which they neglected to send in a secondary box and just slapped a label on the actual product box (twice actually) smfh...

The 75% off playmat + chicken was good buy ($8 something shipped). The play mats are massive, so free box to ship out Lego Sales

I've been traveling, and spilled coffee on my laptop so i've been out of commission on brickpicker for a few weeks.  You're going to have to clue me in on the 20% off on Slave1's.  I missed that.  But, i'd jump on that.  I also still will buy a Slave 1 at 2xvip too, just so I have a few.

The closest lego store to me is about a 4 and a half hour drive, so i'd just prefer to buy online.. .BUT i'm all ears on the TRU deal.

2 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

I've been traveling, and spilled coffee on my laptop so i've been out of commission on brickpicker for a few weeks.  You're going to have to clue me in on the 20% off on Slave1's.  I missed that.  But, i'd jump on that.  I also still will buy a Slave 1 at 2xvip too, just so I have a few.

The closest lego store to me is about a 4 and a half hour drive, so i'd just prefer to buy online.. .BUT i'm all ears on the TRU deal.

People are using the 20% off coupons to get Slave 1 at TRU.  I did not find any at my local TRU, but others have found them.

Call or search all TRU's close to you. If they have the Slave 1 for $199.99 you can use the 20% off coupon found in the Truth Tactics thread as a PDF to get $40 off, then you can try your luck and if they have it or them, wait till Thursday and use it alongside the 10% off in store purchases and if you have the TRU cc then you can use that for double points and lastly use any discounted GCs to drop that sucker even more...this would be one of the sexier deals I have seen but would rather touch than see but again not one TRU has one in northern IL. I'd have to go to our wonderful state capital in Springfield but that my friend ain't happenin. 

Got a few more Pirates Chess sets. They are pretty fun and the only other pirates chess set has done okay.

$20 difference if you order it from Lego.com during 2x vip. 
Why drive around to save $20 on an item that's going to be around til 2017 or Longer?

4 minutes ago, Miami Bomb Squad said:

$20 difference if you order it from Lego.com during 2x vip. 
Why drive around to save $20 on an item that's going to be around til 2017 or Longer?

If I ran into one at my TRU, I'd buy it if it wasn't mangled.

If you can do it the way I described it's far more than a $20 savings but then again the chances are slim that TRU actually has this in stock...

Ohh, in that case, there will be zero chance I will find one.  I have never seen exclusives at most TRU, unless traveling through a major market.  

Ohh, in that case, there will be zero chance I will find one.  I have never seen exclusives at most TRU, unless traveling through a major market.  

The stores where I've seen them, I had never seen any exclusives before...

Last day for double VIP!

Has LEGO historically had another double VIP event between April and October?

6 minutes ago, lobo1969 said:

Last day for double VIP!

Has LEGO historically had another double VIP event between April and October?

It has been a nice long few weeks with x2 VIP, I wouldn't expect to see it until November now...

I took a look at my VIP account history. In total for the 2x points bonanza I picked up 8 large pick a brick cups from various stores, and these items:

40165 Wedding Favour Set 2016 V46

10586 Ice Cream Truck V39

10218 Pet Shop V39

71011 Series 15 V39

 

I'll probably go one last time today to see if I find another few new pieces on the Pick a Brick wall.

Until next time, sweet sweet double vip. Just as the spring follows winter, the cycle of replenishing my clandestine bank account now repeats itself, lest my wife finds out how much I spend each time you come around.