28 minutes ago, cladner said:

what are you talking about - galactic empire battle pack is on backorder.  things are heating up !  those shock troopers are popular.

It's likely around another year.

Just came back a couple months ago from a  four year  absence collecting Lego, sorry for my ignorance.  I placed four orders last night and four more this morning.  I am now worried that I might have abused the promotion,  what is the general consensus on how many orders during a promotion.

4 minutes ago, Rowdy1854 said:

Just came back a couple months ago from a  four year  absence collecting Lego, sorry for my ignorance.  I placed four orders last night and four more this morning.  I am now worried that I might have abused the promotion,  what is the general consensus on how many orders during a promotion.

The consensus is to spread out the purchases, wait for a couple to ship, and then you can order again.  You may be ok, LEGO is very inconsistent with their policy enforcement.

why?  i prefer to order things on backorder for the promo - that way it doesn't damage the actual item you are buying and you usually get the promo even faster than normal because they send it separate so you can get in on the flip quicker.   of course if you live near a store why bother.

Sometimes people buy LEGO to build.

Yep. Just getting one train and one snow globe for build. Sitting out the flipping of the snow globe.

48 minutes ago, cladner said:

why?  i prefer to order things on backorder for the promo - that way it doesn't damage the actual item you are buying and you usually get the promo even faster than normal because they send it separate so you can get in on the flip quicker.   of course if you live near a store why bother.

I thought they stopped shipping promos seperatley if the item ordered is not in stock. Too many people were abusing the keychain workaround to get multiple promos for free. Current workaround is order train on BO and a keychain that is in stock. They will ship the promo with the keychain. I will stop there ethics and all. 

26 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

It's likely around another year.

it's retiring soon in europe...

 

 

1 hour ago, cladner said:

why?  i prefer to order things on backorder for the promo - that way it doesn't damage the actual item you are buying and you usually get the promo even faster than normal because they send it separate so you can get in on the flip quicker.   of course if you live near a store why bother.

I think that changed, at least for me, last couple freebies with back order purchases waited to be shipped together. 

12 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

I think that changed, at least for me, last couple freebies with back order purchases waited to be shipped together. 

It seems they did change it.  Same thing with my last few purchases that had back-ordered items.  The free promo DID NOT ship until the other item came back in stock, then both shipped together.

The snow globe is probably my favorite freebie of all time.  Very creative set.

1 hour ago, msdontplay01 said:

It seems they did change it.  Same thing with my last few purchases that had back-ordered items.  The free promo DID NOT ship until the other item came back in stock, then both shipped together.

You need to order another item that is in stock for it to be sent first. Chima key chains never fail.

You need to order another item that is in stock for it to be sent first. Chima key chains never fail.

I understand that. I'm not going to order a keychain that I don't want just to get the free promo item faster. I can wait until the item I wanted is in stock to get it shipped

And I .... I picked up a PaB cup full of 1x1 plates to score just enough double VIP points to get the next $5 in points, and have no snow globes (though I might score one on BF on a Beetle ). Bought 4 48x48 baseplates at KMart instead for 20% off and scored $20 in points .... will combine both orders to make 4 black & grey (or maybe purple & grey for my daughter) portraits - 40197 inspired me.

Really nothing that interests me at LEGO Shop at Home so far.

30 minutes ago, Phil B said:

And I .... I picked up a PaB cup full of 1x1 plates to score just enough double VIP points to get the next $5 in points, and have no snow globes (though I might score one on BF on a Beetle ). Bought 4 48x48 baseplates at KMart instead for 20% off and scored $20 in points .... will combine both orders to make 4 black & grey (or maybe purple & grey for my daughter) portraits - 40197 inspired me.

Really nothing that interests me at LEGO Shop at Home so far.

What do you mean, have no snow globes? Store doesn't or you just didn't buy enough for one? 

it's retiring soon in europe...
 
 

Hope so! Not too confident after all the Rebels battle packs lasted another year.

If we can get $30 for Winter Skating Scene now, I'm pretty sure the Snow Globe will be $40-$50 next year.

15 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

What do you mean, have no snow globes? Store doesn't or you just didn't buy enough for one? 

I mean, Meh. Snow globe did not inspire me to spend money.

Added Holiday Train and no snowglobe in the cart....?

I think the snow globe will be $50 in mid December. Right in between what the train and house were last year.

2 minutes ago, MarleyMoose said:

Added Holiday Train and no snowglobe in the cart....

For some reason I was logged out...duh.

For some reason I was logged out...duh.

Lol. I was worried there for a second.

For us Brits will it be free with purchases over £75?

16 minutes ago, darkhorseoflego said:

For us Brits will it be free with purchases over £75?

£60 IIRC

Hope so! Not too confident after all the Rebels battle packs lasted another year.

If we can get $30 for Winter Skating Scene now, I'm pretty sure the Snow Globe will be $40-$50 next year.

I think they're selling for that much on the bay as we speak.

Picked up 6 GBH by this time last year. Sitting out the Globe this time around. Discounts elsewhere, lack of appealing LEGO Shop at Home items, market uncertainties - just can't bring myself to join the fray.

1 hour ago, AirborneAFOL said:

Picked up 6 GBH by this time last year. Sitting out the Globe this time around. Discounts elsewhere, lack of appealing LEGO Shop at Home items, market uncertainties - just can't bring myself to join the fray.

I concur. Will be getting one for myself and thats it.