BFCM: What to expect

Yes! Here I go! Also, I'm excited for Amazon Black Friday as well

So chances are I still paid too much for the Baratie? After all only got a mere 41% discount last week....
(and not even at Amazon)

So I didn't need to bother aiming for the gifts this weekend as they haven't changed. Glad I won't get stuck with the cards when I buy the Enterprise. Waiting up for that one and hoping the site doesn't crash.

Now, do I sell the duplicates or keep them? I want to modify the chocolate stand, so I don't know, and I'm really tempted to keep both castle sets, but I also need to save for bricklink. Hopefully I'll know how much I need to modify the former if the insiders order arrives before Friday.

Does this mean no double or triple VIP points?

I'm assuming Lego Certified stores follow the official store policies.

It would be nice that TLG released Jack Sparow's Ship on BF

Will there be a 2d holiday/winter village/christmas GWP to accompany the hot cocoa stand like in other years?

@snackyfrench said:
"Will there be a 2d holiday/winter village/christmas GWP to accompany the hot cocoa stand like in other years? "

40778 Winter Gazebo is rumoured to be a GWP from 3rd to 9th December.

"Early purchasers will receive 40768 Star Trek: Type-15 Shuttlepod as a gift with purchase, while stocks last. GWPs will stack, so when buying the Enterprise you'll qualify to receive the mini castles, the hot chocolate stand, and the shuttle."

Make it so, Number One!

@AustinPowers said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Oh wait, last Friday wasn't Black Friday yet? Damn, how many weeks does this one day take?"
I also thought this had been Black Friday already. What with all the "Black Week" deals we got everywhere last week. No clue what is when in that regard. "

Black Week has been a thing for what feels like some years now here in Norway, and in recent years it increasingly feels like they’re trying to turn it into Black Month with Black Deals throughout November.

@magni_nominis_umbra said:
"In at least two places in TLG's Black Friday FAQ's...
"LEGO® Black Friday isn't all about sales."
Not sure what's in the Kool Aid that TLG marketing are slurping from the trough but I'm pretty sure that Black Friday is ENTIRELY about sales. Not feeling super confident about anything this company does of late..."
Same here. I had a support mail answer from customer service recently that was completely idiotic. It was as if the person who wrote it had sent me the mail he intended to send to someone else, because the contents didn't fit to anything I had asked and were also factually wrong. Don't know what they have done to their customer support staff of the past, who tended to be quite awesome in most cases, but the new ones are weird to say the least.

I think I’m just as excited for Amazon Black Friday, honestly.

@Minifig290 said:
"Also - you can redeem 200 points for 1000 points (so basically redeem £1.25 of points and get a £5 boast and get £6.25 back onto your account.

I'm not sure of the conversions into other currency's but the same logic - it will be $5 / 5 Euro / $5 CAD / AUD etc etc"

Where is this? I couldn't find it in the rewards centre

@Capybara554321 said:
"4x points on Wonka. Is it really selling that bad. "

Pretty shocked it is selling that bad myself. I thought it was an awesome colorful display set with all of the important minifigs.

@AustinPowers said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Oh wait, last Friday wasn't Black Friday yet? Damn, how many weeks does this one day take?"
I also thought this had been Black Friday already. What with all the "Black Week" deals we got everywhere last week. No clue what is when in that regard. "

Last weekend was clearly labelled by LEGO as Insider Days, not as Black Friday. They've been doing this for a while now: first you get a weekend of sales, double points, plus some GWPs; then the actual Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend with extra sales and the same GWPs; and then two final Christmas 'sales events' with two additional Christmas-themed GWPs.

Both of this year's revealed Christmas GWPs look excellent. There will be a third, but usually that one isn't as interesting.

@ThunderCracker81 said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Oh wait, last Friday wasn't Black Friday yet? Damn, how many weeks does this one day take?"
I also thought this had been Black Friday already. What with all the "Black Week" deals we got everywhere last week. No clue what is when in that regard. "

Black Week has been a thing for what feels like some years now here in Norway, and in recent years it increasingly feels like they’re trying to turn it into Black Month with Black Deals throughout November.

"

Black Hole Month. (go 'Merica!)

@ToysFromTheAttic: thanks for the heads up.
You know, with all the Black something offers everywhere the whole thing became just a blur for me. Good thing I'm not really looking for anything in particular this year.
Might consider getting the Enterprise D after all, if it means stacking three GWPs in the process. At least that way the price will become a little more palatable.

@8lackmagic said:
""Early purchasers will receive 40768 Star Trek: Type-15 Shuttlepod as a gift with purchase, while stocks last. GWPs will stack, so when buying the Enterprise you'll qualify to receive the mini castles, the hot chocolate stand, and the shuttle."

Make it so, Number One!"

Engage!

Winter Gazebo 40778 looks nice. As mentioned above by @TrevB available between 3rd and 9th of December with a spend of USD$130. By then, no sets of interest will be available anymore.

Unless, I can find a 30% off on 60446 , it looks like I'm done Lego shopping for this year (got 40805, 10349 and 71799 + all the gwps for insider weekend).
Oh wait, two more - assuming a substantial discount: 21343 and 75434 (which was reviewed today)

I LOVE the gwp 40768 coming with the Enterprise D but I have never watched a full episode of this show. I'll probably buy the parts and wait for 3rd party stickers sheet. I'll wait for the 60th anniversary and hope for the original Enterprise (or even the Kelvin line model which I like more because it has a bit more details on it).

And finally, how many times can you redeem the 200 points for a 1000 points at Lego. I believe last year, you were allowed to do it 3 times.

@Capybara554321 said:
"4x points on Wonka. Is it really selling that bad. "

It must be since Target has it for $66 off, so almost 30% for a brand new set.

@HOBBES said:"I LOVE the gwp 40768 coming with the Enterprise D but I have never watched a full episode of this show."

If you do start watching it don't let the uneven quality of the first season or so put you off. It gets a lot better.

@Capybara554321 said:
"4x points on Wonka. Is it really selling that bad. "

“Honestly, I think the biggest mistake was not basing the set on the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie with Johnny Depp. They would have sold thousands!”

@AustinPowers said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic : thanks for the heads up.
You know, with all the Black something offers everywhere the whole thing became just a blur for me. Good thing I'm not really looking for anything in particular this year.
Might consider getting the Enterprise D after all, if it means stacking three GWPs in the process. At least that way the price will become a little more palatable. "

Yeah, the best way to go about the whole Black Friday thing, is to just have a list of things you need and/or really want, and then find the best deals for those things during this timespan. It's not even Black Friday yet, but there are already three things on their way that I've ordered -- non-LEGO things even. Not just because it seemingly was a good deal, but because I needed them anyway, and I was able to hold of buying them until now.

Black Friday is rapidly turning into a full month, with some deals even lasting until January, and considering how many packages are being sent during this time, it does make sense from a logistical point of view to stretch it out.

Might still get me some LEGO, though...

What to expect: a website that doesn't work and cancelled orders!