Next Sun promotion: dates and sets confirmed

 
 
 

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Posted by rib in Austria, 20 Oct 2012 05:12

Don't buy the sun.

Posted by mutley777 in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 05:42

@ rib

Or buy it, get free lego and get the satisfaction of just chucking it in the bin with out giving it a second glance! ;-)

Posted by rib in Austria, 20 Oct 2012 05:45

Well, alright ... ;-)

But you know why there is a (regional) boycott, right?

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 06:02

Has the apology not been sufficient to lift that?

Posted by mutley777 in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 06:06

This particular piece of tabloid rubbish has upset to many to count but when there is free lego involved you just have to think of it as buying the lego cheap and not the paper.

I hope to pick up a few LotR sets and the Marvel ones. Not too interested in anything else.

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 06:49

I will hopefully be getting two of each (one to keep sealed and one to open), as well as maybe a couple more Uruk-Hai polybags. I do hope that does not sound too greedy!

Posted by Redbullgivesuwind in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 06:51

Im only interested in the Uruk Hai polly but I have a sneaky susption that will be the hardest to get a decent amount for.

Posted by estrics85 in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 07:26

then, where can i buy the sun??

Posted by jon_k in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 07:33

I found at my local WH Smiths.. buy the paper, they give you lego .. go outside .. rip out token or tokens depending on how many papers you buy.. dump sun in the bin.. back into shop and hand over tokens getting a few more bags..

so one for best unopened and one to open .. result

Posted by CamberbrickGreen in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 07:41

@jon_k exactly how it is done at ours too. They don't mind you trying for a second bag. The immediate hand out keeps their queues moving without hassle and hopes to satisfy the 'one lego polybag' customer...
Yes most of us just rejoin the queue.

Remember every Sun binned is a Sun unread by the masses. Well thats how I deal with my guilt=|

Posted by Hob in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 07:50

Maybe just recycle the paper like me and the wife do. It's just a paper giving away free lego get over it.

Posted by LukeSkywalker in Ireland, 20 Oct 2012 08:49

I can't wait, these are awesome, and all of them come with a minifigure, except for the mini quinjet. I expect a war on November 3rd! ;) They'll be available in Ireland from Smyths toystores and Eason bookshops.

Posted by bradbean in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 09:23

is there a limit to the amount you can get???? I fancy getting multiple Urak Hai's you see...

Posted by Kingofskiffle in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 09:56

We use newspapers to wrap our rubbish up in. The Sun, unread, goes straight in the recycling bin. The Lego gets played with for years. Remember, the Sun can be binned - the Lego lasts forever.

Posted by Delatron in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 10:05

Well said Hob. There's no extra points folks for saying how bad the Sun is or giving it the angst-wridden guilt nonsense every time they have a promotion. Yes, giving money to Rupert Murdoch, how terrible. How many of you have Sky TV I wonder?

Good to see the better sets are on the weekend as they will be the ones I can get!

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 10:48

@bradbean - It depends which store you are going to, sometimes it is only one or two per customer, at others however you can have as many as you want. It is more down to what you feel comfortable with buying. Either way the price f Uruk-Hai is going to go way down after this which will mean that they are cheaper everywhere!

Posted by The solitary dark in United Kingdom, 20 Oct 2012 14:51

We have lots of small animals - the papers then get used for about all they are good for. As long as I get a Thor minifig I'll be happy but somehow I'm doubtful It'll be easy.

Posted by rosney in United States, 20 Oct 2012 15:52

US <- Jealous

Posted by jarom_moroni in United States, 20 Oct 2012 22:34

I would almost consider moving to the UK for this...

Posted by Namanbricks in United States, 21 Oct 2012 01:36

why cant this be in america:(

Posted by crazytaxi in Netherlands, 21 Oct 2012 05:42

Why can't this be in The Netherlands?

Even in Belgium has a few months ago this kind of free Lego polybags with a newspaper. We have only here 'De Gamma' action of free polybags (when you bay 50 euros of building stuff).

Posted by goldfish in United Kingdom, 21 Oct 2012 11:35

In regards to all the 'don't buy the sun' comments, whilst I don't particularly like the paper, I think it would be a slippery slope if we started to judge all newspapers from an ethical and moral basis in terms of who Lego should partner with.
From a tabloid perspective, my view of The Mirror is no better than The Sun, and whilst broadsheets might suit the changing demographics of Lego buyers, it would significantly change the value of the promotion. i.e. The Times on Sunday is £2.50, for example. Might make the multiple buyers think twice though, lol?!

Posted by chr15rey in United Kingdom, 21 Oct 2012 15:34

Great, school half term week, the shops will be empty, lol

Posted by Missing Brick in United Kingdom, 21 Oct 2012 22:37

This is a great offer. I don't normally buy a paper but am very happy to buy the Sun. A fine paper having broken many important stories over the years including 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster'. True their fact checking could have been a little better on some stories - but most of the time they were spot on and never afraid to print the truth - unpalatable though it may be to the establishment.

Posted by The_Mack in United States, 22 Oct 2012 11:22

Soo...I'm in the U.S. The Sun is a tabloid newspaper. I don't understand promoting an Adult trash paper with a children's toys. I understand that a lot people buy these and use those items as gifts for the Holidays. And I understand it's appeal to the AFOL. But for the general masses of people it doesn't make sense. Let's promote our rubbish newspaper aim at adults, with a children's toy. -- Is that also awkward in the U.K.? Just trying to understand.

Posted by kilhor in France, 22 Oct 2012 15:43

Any chance someone from UK could buy those polybags for me and than mail it to me to Prague, CZ?

Of course, I would cover all expenses and shipping. I assume advance payment over PayPal.

Posted by TheCahleySlash in United Kingdom, 22 Oct 2012 16:23

Buy the paper/s, then bin it. That's my motto.
Would you really prefer to buy multiple amounts of broadsheets which range from £2+ each, instead of buying The Sun where the cost is around 0:35 pence. At least the promotion is not with the even worse tabloids like the Daily Star where the cost is around about 0:20 pence, and where the content is more vulgar than The Sun and The Daily Mirror.
Just be grateful we are all getting exclusive Lego poly bags at a low cost. Not to mention a good selection of sets!

Posted by Dragon_Master_48 in United States, 22 Oct 2012 23:47

Heh... we don't have LEGO with our newspapers...

On the topic of polybag sets, which ones are currently available in the US, and where?

Posted by Maximus79 in United Kingdom, 25 Oct 2012 05:11

I've noticed that on the official sun lego page http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/affiliates/lego/ that the Uruk Hai set is no longer listed, having been replaced by Frodo.

As this was the set I was going to go for multiples on (as I suspect many were here), I'm hoping it's merely an 'typo' but I doubt it :(

Posted by Calv in United Kingdom, 25 Oct 2012 06:23

I've just looked at that page. They have Frodo listed twice at the foot of the page, so possibly a typo. They can't spell November correctly either on that page!!

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