The Shanghai LEGO store has revealed 40178 VIP Set, an upcoming promotional item which will be available to LEGO VIP members at some point later this year.

 

This set is currently being given away with purchases of over 399 CNY in China, it’s unknown whether 40178 will be available worldwide yet.

 

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

I scooped up one to build for $20 w/free shipping, that sure as heck beats giving Lego $125

I am waiting for the Nutcrackers next month, and who knows what is to come in December...

you forgot that for $125, you also got the caveman promo and lloyd minifigure plus the vip promo and double VIP points.  factoring in the double VIP and associated loot, 25%+ off.  easy way to pick up retiring (hopefully mint)  ferrari F40s with a few holiday promos thrown in to get to $130. 

Edited October 13, 20178 yr by cladner

I bought some on sale sets to part out into my bricklink store. I only make one or two orders to Lego SAH per year, the discounts + bonuses were too good to pass up this time around. 

On Sale sets (20% off) 
Double VIP 
VIP set
Cave Figs
Lloyd 

Didn't get any friends sets - none on sale I wanted, none justified spending $20 for the promo. Sales + bonuses made the sets practically half price. 

Do you have a link of the sets that are 20% off?

 

***Found it.

Edited October 13, 20178 yr by znjndmawn

34 minutes ago, cladner said:

you forgot that for $125, you also got the caveman promo and lloyd minifigure plus the vip promo and double VIP points.  factoring in the double VIP and associated loot, 25%+ off.  easy way to pick up retiring (hopefully mint)  ferrari F40s with a few holiday promos thrown in to get to $130. 

Caveman is gone, now my army is incomplete.

11 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Caveman is gone, now my army is incomplete.

gotta be quicker,  your patience cost you this time!!!

Luckily you did not miss much financially

 

12 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Caveman is gone, now my army is incomplete.

i can help you out.  plus another 6 on the way.  such a classy box for this 11 piece set.

1 minute ago, cladner said:

i can help you out.  plus another 6 on the way.  such a classy box for this 11 piece set.

You guys will have to step it up.  That won't be enough.

24 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

You guys will have to step it up.  That won't be enough.

don't want to get banned over caveman promo.  need to maintain vip status since this may be the only way to obtain msrp milf.

32 minutes ago, cladner said:

don't want to get banned over caveman promo.  need to maintain vip status since this may be the only way to obtain msrp milf.

last thing LEGO needs to be doing is banning.   

9 hours ago, ravenb99 said:

last thing LEGO needs to be doing is banning.   

I very much doubt that LEGO is interested in banning anybody, in the UK at least. They originally set limits in the UK of 5x 21309 and 3x 75192 which tells me that those who buy at the limit are unlikely to keep the sets for themselves. Some minor sets even have 20x and 50x limits. It seems to me that LEGO are in fact encouraging reselling as much as possible - could it be that they are struggling to sell sets?. After all, the number of sets sold to resellers these days probably exceeds those sold to end users. If they don't like resellers, they are their own worst enemy.

For what we getting caveman minifig?

3 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

After all, the number of sets sold to resellers these days probably exceeds those sold to end users. 

I think you've really reached peak Tabby 

Here come the men in white coats.

3 hours ago, brickolodon said:

For what we getting caveman minifig?

for fun.  

i just received my first round of orders with the VIP polybag and it is freaking HUGE! 

what were they thinking not putting this in a box?

i don't think banning is happening after the number of repeat orders i put in over the last week loading up on halloween thanksgiving and winter seasonal boxes.

Sorry, i mean for what buying...

Sold all my promos; just kept one of the VIP sets for my personal collection.

-3x Lloyds @ $10 each
-3x Cave sets @ $10 each
-2x VIP sets @ $25 each

=$110 profit in promos + VIP points earned.

It’s not just the Americans that get the Cave Promo. If any Brits have an O2 mobile phone, there’s a promo code on the O2 Priority app. I’m just about to order another Destiny’s Bounty ;-)

On 10/10/2017 at 8:51 AM, TabbyBoy said:

If 21309 comes back, it'll be gone again within minutes. This is the most in demand set ever - PERIOD.

It worked when using PayPal. I tried Safari/Edge/Chrome/Dolphin and the same problem. LEGO Germany had no problem, just UK.

I have a feeling that 21309 is done.

 

On 10/10/2017 at 9:49 AM, mauro23 said:

Yes, he did - a LEGO guy from upper management has give this info to him.

My feeling is the same as for TabbyBoy - it will disappear soon...

lego said they were producing till 2018 https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-ideas-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-21309-not-being-retired-soon/

anyway, i have the feeling will see this around and avaialble for all soon.

 

why would they sayy that if it's retiring... its not and will be around as least a year or more 

 

Edited October 14, 20178 yr by TargetZero

Anyone keen to sell their VIP set and ship it down under , send me a pm. 

40178 is back in stock . i lost interest reading back with all the caveman talk . 

10 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

40178 is back in stock . i lost interest reading back with all the caveman talk . 

It went out?

2 minutes ago, ravenb99 said:

It went out?

i thought someone posted it did few days ago. it was showing in my cart back then 

4 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

i thought someone posted it did few days ago. it was showing in my cart back then 

No, that was just 40260

Just now, exciter1 said:

No, that was just 40260

o well... carry on, you need to reply to ChristopherB anyways .

2 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

o well... carry on, you need to reply to ChristopherB anyways .

Where's that Hulk TRU picture when I need it?  Calling @Crustybeaver

Just a reminder to all this promotion ends the October 25th (2x VIP points + VIP Promo store bag).  

I think the huge size of the promo, double VIP, + additional promos like cave, friends, lloyd, make this one of the better promo sessions in recent memory. The only notable upcoming promotions are November 'brick friday' deals, which could be of dubious quality. I don't recall previous years offerings.