All Random Lego chatter!

just made an order for the Starry night (surprisingly no price rise for this huh) for the missus and some lego wall hanger + CINCH BUCKET (didnt see this before and it looks good for storage ha) with a couple nice freebies:

You've qualified for a Winter Holiday Train (30584)

You've qualified for a Fun and Funky VIP Add On Pack (40512)

You've qualified for a Santa's Workshop (40565)

You've qualified for a LR PIRATE ADVENTURE RIDE (5007427)

You've qualified for a LEGO® Fleece Blanket (5007622)

I actually claimed one more fleece blanket via reward so I will buy something in Jan ha.

There are 2 of them for sale on adverts. 1 in Limerick, 1 in dublin, both looking for €200. Both says brand new in box.

If that helps.

That's a nice haul I saw that as well, I'm 117 points short to get the VIP fleece blanket. If I was near the lego shop I would buy something for about 20 euro to get the points on straight away then just do a 200 euro order online to get all the loot you got above plus the VIP fleece. Have gotten the daughter the star night for Xmas as well.

Double VIP points now active until Tuesday. Raging though, I was going to get the McLaren F1 Technic set during black friday weekend when it was down to 160 and use their points offer to get €20 off for the price of €5. Those digital vouchers ended up selling out, so I said right stuff it, I'll get it again at some stage but at some stage last week I went back the Lego site and saw that I had five items in my basket instead of just the one. Had a quick look at old emails and VIP GWP calendars and I couldn't see that there would be another double points for Christmas so just said feck it, I'll get it now with all the freebies, the blanket, the holiday train, Santa Workshop etc.. Was on back order until today too. Might chance my arm on the chat if when it dispatches and the points get added to the account.

Should have just gotten it in Smyths and be done with it. :D :D

For Star Wars fans,

Jan 2023 wave has leaked,

only a few sets till March/May : 501st bp, Tie Bomber, x-wing polybag and slave-1 microfighter. I'm not a fan of Tie/Imperial ships but I'll have to get it for the new Admiral. My table in the Death-star is getting pretty full.

I done 2 separate orders there well one just after midnight on the 9th for 202 euro to get the fleece blanket and I had the code for the camera to use so happy there as got a lot of free stuff there. Was 187 points short to get the other fleece blanket. But the other half and my daughter are in Birmingham so I asked them to pop inrmto lego store there which they did and spent 13 pounds and I got the 187 points on mto my account so I just went on and could get the other fleece blanket. Made the order there for 60 euro and threw the fleece code in as well. So fingers crossed I get them before Xmas as will give my 2 boys a fleece blanket each. Had ordered stuff black Friday and only arrived over last few days so I say it will be touch and go if I get them before Xmas but here is hoping.

That's deadly well done.

Chanced my arm on the chat with customer support about getting the double points applied to the Technic Mclaren set I ordered last week before the 2 x points was announced. It was on back-order until Friday and only shipped yesterday so I said I'd chance my arm because it was a big set. Went on and was nice and polite, gave him the story, and that it had dispatched during the promotion period and fair play to him, he said they can't always apply promotions outside of the promotion date and this should not be taken as a precedence but I should see them appearing on the account in a few hours. That'll will pay for another one of the adventure rides.

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Has anyone tried using a one4all card in the Lego shop in town? It's not on the list of retailers but as its a new enough shop I was hoping they just weren't added to the list.

Well my 2 lego orders came yesterday. Was happy out as got the 2 blankets between the 2 orders and a lot of the free lego GWP purchases as well. I believe there maybe from 1st January 2023 a 1980s space themed GWP with 150 spend so people might want to hold off till then if ordering after Xmas.

Yeah I still have the 2 blankets in their plastic but yeah heavy now and big was surprised to be fair. Yeah would be tempted lile you to use my points to get another one ha. The Chinese set for 100 seems v good value as lots of minifigures. I want to get the new monkey kid set base for 100 that's out 1st January. I would not be surprised if the GWP isn't 1st January as lego would sell loads then would of thought more mid January.

That's it apparently.

That looks excellent, great job.

Cheers, I love the idea of the TARDIS hiding in the corner. The Doctor always has to have a Christmas adventure!

That's awesome! Well done. Nice set up on the scene and the lighting makes it look magical. How did you do the ice rink? Custom job or is it the Chinese New Year set?

Usually argos would have a good sale on them from today but its crap this year, really disappointing. Lego site has sets reduced nothing I want tho. Smyths might come 1st January when the new lego sets reduced. I thought amazon would of had a sale today as most places do but no nothing. So it's really bad this year at this time of year usually I would of gotten loads in argos sale today but there reductions are really poor this time round.

Yeah really disappointing this time round at this time of year. Argos has not been as great this year but I have gotten some good deals still but usually on Stephens day they would have half price sets on sale. Yeah I got the Seinfeld at the reduced price before, wasn't going to let that set slide by me.

Finally got my hands on my Christmas Lego gift to myself, got the Range Rover on sale so it will look good beside Ecto 1.

Argos closing which is a shame for many reasons but also that they did have some great sales on Lego at times.

Not sure if I am supposed to be able to post in here, but I'll ask my question anyway. I have a box of very assorted old (probably 40 years or so, mostly the weetabix lego) , is it likely to be of interest to anyone or should i just leave it in to a charity shop? It's about a good size shoe box full.

totally random when i was clicking through Amazon - saw the awesome 3000+ pieces Greyskull castle non lego set (discounted from £220 down to £95) i posted it in the bargain thread ha. Not sure if we have any MOTU fans here ha.

It is actually great to see so many uprising brick toy companies in recent years (why not, when Lego shows that the market is so huge and lots of profit to make). I saw time to time on Amazon on alot of these Asian theme sets (like Japanese restaurant shops etc) truly look incredible, so tempting at times lol.

Yes and it also causes chaos in the aftermarket as parts get mixed and buying or selling used parts is a nightmare.