VIP Weekend deals begin now

Does anyone know if there's going to be any other double VIP point promotions between now and Christmas? I have a couple things to pick up, but they wouldn't qualify for any GWPs so I'm inclined to wait for a better time.

Magmafrost: I believe i read somewhere Bricks and Pieces counts towards double VIP points, but it does not count towards Gifts w/ Purchase. However, Pick a Brick does count towards both. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.

@Talint said:
"Magmafrost: I believe i read somewhere Bricks and Pieces counts towards double VIP points, but it does not count towards Gifts w/ Purchase. However, Pick a Brick does count towards both. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please."

That is correct. Both options you can collect AND redeem VIP points BUT only pick a brick qualifies towards the GWP. It is on the LEGO website under questions.

This is usually the last double VIP of the calendar year.

@tm76 said:
"Price point for GWP is way too high"

I agree, last few months the price point for GWP's is too high in Australia and going by the disparity with prices of some sets here vs. overseas is not boding well for us AU based AFOLs. (Example of this disparity, compare 2 sets that are $100 US, 42126 is $250 AU, 42127 is $170 AU)

Thankfully the set I was wanting qualified for all GWP's and I was able to recoup the majority of the 2000 points spent on the camera with the double points so I'm happy to get the extras with what I was planning to spend anyway.

@Talint said:
"Magmafrost: I believe i read somewhere Bricks and Pieces counts towards double VIP points, but it does not count towards Gifts w/ Purchase. However, Pick a Brick does count towards both. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please."

Yeah I deleted my comment because if you managed to track down the terms and conditions for the GWP, it does say bricks and pieces doesnt count towards it, whereas its not mentioned in the double points T&C. Pick a Brick honestly sucks in comparison though so I never use it, none of the good stuff is ever available from it

How are the VIP Reward Centre discounts? Let me guess, half-price art prints?

I thought we were also getting x2 VIP points next week end over Black Friday/Cyber Monday?

Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?

@ajf350d said:
"I am probably being cynical, but double points and gwps and several major sets are out of stock??
Better not be back in stock on Monday!

On a plus note for UK buyers, noticed they’ve decreased the UCS AT-AT to ‘only’ £699."

I wondered why the At-At had disappeared from the site and my wish list last night

@Barney74 said:
"Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?"

You can check the Lego website (On the set page it is called 'Check Store Stock')...I just had a quick look for the chess and it appears to be in stock in all 3 London stores.

@Chilis_no said:
"Titanic and Home Alone is ‘sold out’ so nothing there for me. "

I know I feel I spent all I could already in sets I actually wanted for fear they’d be out of stock. Now If I want these GWPs I’m getting sets I may not want as much. I guess I can get some Lego sets for the kids for Christmas

@sharkymatt2 said:
" @Barney74 said:
"Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?"

You can check the Lego website (On the set page it is called 'Check Store Stock')...I just had a quick look for the chess and it appears to be in stock in all 3 London stores."

That's great thanks for the tip - much appreciated....Do you know if the VIP weekend offers are in store or online only?

@Barney74 said:
" @sharkymatt2 said:
" @Barney74 said:
"Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?"

You can check the Lego website (On the set page it is called 'Check Store Stock')...I just had a quick look for the chess and it appears to be in stock in all 3 London stores."

That's great thanks for the tip - much appreciated....Do you know if the VIP weekend offers are in store or online only?"

Cannot see it confirmed anywhere but I presume/hope so as I am going to Manchester in the morning for this reason!!

Does anyone know if double VIP points applies to purchases from the Bricklink Designer Program?

@sharkymatt2 said:
" @Barney74 said:
" @sharkymatt2 said:
" @Barney74 said:
"Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?"

You can check the Lego website (On the set page it is called 'Check Store Stock')...I just had a quick look for the chess and it appears to be in stock in all 3 London stores."

That's great thanks for the tip - much appreciated....Do you know if the VIP weekend offers are in store or online only?"

Cannot see it confirmed anywhere but I presume/hope so as I am going to Manchester in the morning for this reason!!"

I just phoned Leicester Square and they confirmed they will have the VIP weekend promos in-store tomorrow. Hope you get what you are looking for at Manchester too ;o)

Does the camera reward code need to be used right away, or is it the standard 2 months?

I'm not too impressed with the GWPs, so the real question is do I buy the sets I want now to get the sets (and the freebies), or wait and get the sets later, but ultimately without a freebie.. I don't have to have any of these gifts, so it likely doesn't matter, but free LEGO is free LEGO, so there is that.

I'd say the price limit is high, but it has been high all year. And it looks to be working since the gifts have been around longer than normal also. So you can't have it both ways...either low threshold and sell out and people get upset, or high threshold, they don't sell out but people upset about the threshold...

@Judgeguy said:
"Does anyone know if there's going to be any other double VIP point promotions between now and Christmas? I have a couple things to pick up, but they wouldn't qualify for any GWPs so I'm inclined to wait for a better time."

Probably not

I’m wondering if Home Alone will become available again for the start of this, otherwise it’s an hour in the car to the Lego store and pretty sure the outlay of petrol and parking will outweigh any double VIP points I would get

@Sethro3 said:
"...
I'd say the price limit is high, but it has been high all year. And it looks to be working since the gifts have been around longer than normal also. So you can't have it both ways...either low threshold and sell out and people get upset, or high threshold, they don't sell out but people upset about the threshold..."

Or, y'know, they could just make more to begin with. There are smart marketing people who are supposed to be able to estimate demand ahead of time. But yeah, Santa's Visit is sold out just as I figured it would be months ago when I decided to wait for double VIP to make the purchase. That's how ordering from Lego just seems to be these days--the best times to order are also when things seem to be sold out.

@DavidBrick said:
" @magmafrost said:
" @Bricktuary said:
"How are the VIP Reward Centre discounts? Let me guess, half-price art prints?"

But the important thing is, none of the discount coupons are discounted."

Just when I thought LEGO couldn't get any worse they don't even give discounts on the discount codes. That was the only decent thing with last year."

Last year there were discounts on two specific discount codes during Black Friday. 1, this thread is about VIP Weekend, Black Friday is not until the following weekend, and 2, the VIP promos are announced day of so we don't know what they are ahead of time.

Anyone know why 77940 and 77941 aren't available in US? They wouldn't region-lock generic Creator 3-in-1 sets, would they?

Little tip…..it’s already Saturday in Australia so if you change your region (bottom of page on Lego you can see what’s on offer. Disappointingly I can’t see any “Reward Centre” deals whatsoever. Was really hoping the reward points sale would be on but it doesn’t look like it! Still doing a four hour round trip tomorrow to a Lego shop!

@ra226 said:
"Anyone know why 77940 and 77941 aren't available in US? They wouldn't region-lock generic Creator 3-in-1 sets, would they?"

They're a limited release as part of a market trial. Only available in UK.

@candygandhi said:
"Does anyone know if double VIP points applies to purchases from the Bricklink Designer Program?"

I assume so. But, you could put it in your cart but not check out so you could see how many VIP points it will earn you.

Does anyone know when the camera will become available in the UK?

@Pandalego said:
"Does anyone know when the camera will become available in the UK?"

Available 20th. So assuming at midnight….

Yesterday I saw that in the Italian shop the "Home Alone" set was not available at the moment ... and Titanic, too! Seriously, Lego? I want to know who are the fools who bought the latest sets of 2 very expensive sets a few days BEFORE the VIP WEEKEND!

So, I bought a "Modular Police" at a local store with a 20% discount ... GG TLS!

Anyway: why doesn't TLS allow to reserve sets that are temporarily out of stock? Or, better, if you wan't give double points, don't make "VIP WEEKEND WITH DOUBLE POINTS"!

I hope that the camera does not end up being like the Ulysses space satellite and sell out in 5 seconds.

did the vip camera go live at midnight local time in Aus ?

Camera is live now in UK

The camera is appearing in the rewards centre.

Does anyone see the two gift with purchase added to the basket now?
Update: It is working now.

Not yet for me, but confirm the camera can be claimed.
Now if they just add Titanic stock as well….

I've just ordered the camera and enough money in sets/brick and pieces to get both GWP's as well.

Seems they handled this one better than the Ulysses probe? Could quite easily order mine, only needed to press the redeem button and reload the page a few times. :D

Check out the Fiat Art in reward center. For 700 points this is much more reasonable than 2800 earlier.

@BiBi152 said:
"Check out the Fiat Art in reward center. For 700 points this is much more reasonable than 2800 earlier."

Got me one (or two actually), and a camera. And an A-wing, and a small Tumbler. Sorry kids, no Sinterklaas or Christmas presents this year...

Just a heads up in UK, John Lewis have the UCS Falcon and Star Destroyer for 15% and 20% off.

You can get the camera in the UK at the moment, rather have the money off though really.

Such a shame you have to buy something online to get the rewards, makes stuff like the prints abit pointless.

Almost an hour passed and the camera is still available.
It's almost as if no one is interested. I wonder why that might be...

I’ve just come on to comment that the camera is available, but I see it’s already been mentioned since around 11pm. I’ve redeemed it, so that’s all good. But why, again something available before the advertised time? Have they learnt nothing this year about VIP rewards?!! If I’d have gone on at 00:00 and it was sold out already I’d have been fuming!!

@Samdefisher said:
"I’ve just come on to comment that the camera is available, but I see it’s already been mentioned since around 11pm. I’ve redeemed it, so that’s all good. But why, again something available before the advertised time? Have they learnt nothing this year about VIP rewards?!! If I’d have gone on at 00:00 and it was sold out already I’d have been fuming!! "
You get the feeling they don't really care anymore.

@ajf350d said:
"Just a heads up in UK, John Lewis have the UCS Falcon and Star Destroyer for 15% and 20% off."

There are quite a few others on offer too - just bought 10278 with 20% off

I don't get the offers. I click on the link on the VIP site and it just brings me to the normal rewards page where everything is full price.

Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.
ARRGGHH!!!

Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.

"Sorry we are now closed......"

Please someone sort Lego, a multimillion pound company, out.

EDIT: - WAIT - Paypal worked! Why did Mastercard not?

@vagabondnma said:
"Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.
ARRGGHH!!!

Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.

"Sorry we are now closed......"

Please someone sort Lego, a multimillion pound company, out.

EDIT: - WAIT - Paypal worked! Why did Mastercard not?"

For whatever reason, I've been PayPal only for almost a year. I stop questioning things at some point...

I just purchased Titanic for $999 here in Australia (on back order til 12th Jan - I can wait, don’t need it for Xmas), with double VIP points (worth $105 off my next order!)!, plus qualified for both GWP’s which I’m hopeful to sell for around $50 - $60 each! Plus, I got $15 off with existing VIP points.
So I basically got the Titanic for around $770, or nearly 25% off!
Plus earned lots of Rewards Points on my VISA, which will go towards my next holiday (whenever that is).
:)

I'm guessing the Daily Bugle isn't going to be restocked before Christmas

@speedorz4ever said:
" @vagabondnma said:
"Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.
ARRGGHH!!!

Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.

"Sorry we are now closed......"

Please someone sort Lego, a multimillion pound company, out.

EDIT: - WAIT - Paypal worked! Why did Mastercard not?"

For whatever reason, I've been PayPal only for almost a year. I stop questioning things at some point..."

Meanwhile in Australia, they dont even offer the option to pay with paypal...

@vagabondnma said:
"Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.
ARRGGHH!!!

Sorry! We're unable to authorise your payment at this time. Please contact customer service.

"Sorry we are now closed......"

Please someone sort Lego, a multimillion pound company, out.

EDIT: - WAIT - Paypal worked! Why did Mastercard not?"

I had issues with my Visa card getting declined in this fashion for months earlier this year, I had to edit and resave my Billing address details to make sure the postcode was in the postcode box.
Once that was updated never had a problem since, I'm assuming for card purchases it's verifying details to prevent unauthorised use and that PayPal uses its own internal process for verifying unauthorised use and doesn't rely on the Lego website details.

@Barney74 said:
"Can anyone confirm if the VIP promo's this weekend are in store as well as on online?....
& if any London Branches (LS, SB or Stratford) have 76392 in stock...I popped into Leicester square last week and they were sold out of wizards chess sets, but still had hundreds of 40452 HP Gryffindor Dorms promos left. So wondered if a trip tomorrow might result in multi GWP's?"

I can confirm in the U.S. the stores are also doing VIP promo.

@magmafrost said:
"Meanwhile in Australia, they dont even offer the option to pay with paypal..."

That's 1 option I'd love to have, Also be nice to other options too like Afterpay etc as a singular way of paying is rather irritating, first world problem but still irritating none the less :-)

Rewards page is not loading in the US.

Update- it finally loaded and I was able to get the camera. Worked much better than the Ulysses probe.

Rewards page is up and running. Confirmed camera code redemption.

This might've been the first midnight purchase on LEGOshop where I didn't have any issues. :-0

It's a Christmas miracle! I was able to redeem for the camera! A little lag, but LEGO has seemingly avoided past debacles.

I got my camera. no slow downs on the website either, with no new sets releasing today, I wonder if this is the way to go for new VIP redemptions.

Weirdly, powered up Remote Control 88010 does not count towards the VIP sets.

Yeah, a lot smoother when they're not dropping a ton of new sets (and so much is out of stock). I'll take it :-)

Anyone else find that their camera code didn't work?

@malloon said:
"Anyone else find that their camera code didn't work?"

I also got an error using my code. Refreshed the page, the code worked "green check mark" but did not appear in my cart. Placed the order regardless and then checked my order status about five minutes later. The camera VIP set was listed in my order summary.

I think the site is just hammered with users.... wait did we all inadvertently DDOS ourselves?

Hmm. I tried reloading my cart, even completed the order without the camera and then tried to apply it to a new order some minutes later. No joy. -- [edit] No idea how to make the reply feature work. Sorry.

All year I was expecting to make a purschase during the VIP weekend. But the GWP didn't really excite me all that much and now the purchase of the EUR 169,99 Blacksmith (the only thing in stock I might consider to buy) doesn't qualify for the EUR 170 GWP limit... So, no purchase for me this year. I'll just wait for a proper discount at a retail store.

Vintage camera redeemed and ordered (the code worked and it the camera was included in the order confirmation).

There are so many longterm sold out items at Lego.com at the moment that I can't help but wonder if Lego is struggling with the international shipping issues too. Might be interesting for the coming BF and Xmas.

@Huw or other Bricket Admin
can some one add the "VIP 1950'S RETRO TIN" to the set list.
show up on orders as "5007016"

Lean 6 sigma is a bitch when supply chains break down.

@Bricksisko said:
" @Judgeguy said:
"Does anyone know if there's going to be any other double VIP point promotions between now and Christmas? I have a couple things to pick up, but they wouldn't qualify for any GWPs so I'm inclined to wait for a better time."

Probably not"

Isn't there usually a week in December that is double VIP again? I thought I recall that from some years past, could be wrong though.

@chips99 said:
" @Bricksisko said:
" @Judgeguy said:
"Does anyone know if there's going to be any other double VIP point promotions between now and Christmas? I have a couple things to pick up, but they wouldn't qualify for any GWPs so I'm inclined to wait for a better time."

Probably not"

Isn't there usually a week in December that is double VIP again? I thought I recall that from some years past, could be wrong though."

I don't know about a week, but I recall a random day or weekend happening right before the holiday hits. But who knows if that will come back this year.

I have sets in stock from my want list. I have them in my cart. I just can't push the button. I don't care or want a retro tin sign or that GWP. The only tempting thing is double points, but I don't need any sets RIGHT NOW, so I could always wait for next springs double points also. Hmm...

Our local LEGO store has plenty of sets in stock right now. I just picked up 10293 Santa’s Visit a moment ago.

@lemish34 said:
"I just purchased Titanic for $999 here in Australia (on back order til 12th Jan - I can wait, don’t need it for Xmas), with double VIP points (worth $105 off my next order!)!, plus qualified for both GWP’s which I’m hopeful to sell for around $50 - $60 each! Plus, I got $15 off with existing VIP points.
So I basically got the Titanic for around $770, or nearly 25% off!
Plus earned lots of Rewards Points on my VISA, which will go towards my next holiday (whenever that is).
:)"

I've never sold a GWP before, but I won't be keeping the tin sign. Do you think that's a viable resale price sign? I like LEGO, but not LEGO-branded tat :)

As a longtime Lego collector and enthusiast, I've enjoyed these 'VIP Weekend' events just prior to BF. I usually submit multiple orders; yet this year the GWPs (while perhaps interesting to some people) are of no interest to me whatsoever. This morning I finally ordered the Disney Train given the rumours of it being discontinued soon. I just checked and its now listed as sold out! Hopefully everyone who wanted one of these got theirs!

@DavidBrick said:
" @AirandSpace said:
"It's a Christmas miracle! I was able to redeem for the camera! A little lag, but LEGO has seemingly avoided past debacles. "

By offering no sales and $20 VIP set that very few want.

I was going to by the retiring soon Upside Down. $10 in LEGO points and $26 in cashback.

It's somehow 'temp OOS' within 15 minutes. I'm sure the retiring set will magically be in stock... on Monday."

Are you talking about Rakuten for your cash back? I couldn't get it to work last night.

@dontfeedthebrickster said:
" @malloon said:
"Anyone else find that their camera code didn't work?"

I also got an error using my code. Refreshed the page, the code worked "green check mark" but did not appear in my cart. Placed the order regardless and then checked my order status about five minutes later. The camera VIP set was listed in my order summary.

I think the site is just hammered with users.... wait did we all inadvertently DDOS ourselves?"

It would appear despite the errors and nothing showing up in my cart at the time, looking at the order today with the kind help from someone at Lego Customer Service we found the camera on the order marked simply with a SKU. I ordered a few parts from Bricks & Pieces which also appeared as a SKU, so it wasn't painfully apparent that the camera was eventually added when I reviewed the order on my own.

As a bonus, I figured out how to make the reply feature work… Don't use Firefox. Though either Privacy Badger or uBlock may be the real culprit.

@Martin_S said:
"The GWP is of no interest to me this time. But for det double ViP points I bougt 3x 40499...
Because LEGO refuse to sell them online. "

How is that?

I bought my 2 copies online. I won't be selling them, I want a super-sized sleigh with 8 reindeer.

@drewtstew said:
"I'm guessing the Daily Bugle isn't going to be restocked before Christmas"

It is now (and has been for quite a while) in stock online

I don’t know if it’s still available, but the camera code could still be redeemed by 8am Eastern. I saw some Disney Princess art prints were added, too (Elsa, Rapunzel, and one other).

@Yergs:
PayPal provides them with the shipping address, so I typically use that option just to save filling out the form. I’ve never had to respond to a text to use MC/Visa, so is that a UK thing?

@dontfeedthebrickster:
From talking to a customer service rep, the queueing system (which works great) has to be manually turned on, so they have to anticipate a meltdown _before_ it happens. It also doesn’t work at all on the Rewards Center, which is why they pushed back Coin 5 and Ulysses from their original scheduled release dates (BTW, has anyone heard anything new regarding their promise to rerelease all five coins before the end of this year?). And about half a year ago, they did say they were going to beef up the website infrastructure over the summer, so maybe they fixed some stuff.

@roxio said:
"did the vip camera go live at midnight local time in Aus ?"

Yes it did.

@IowaHawkeye13 said:
" @DavidBrick said:
" @AirandSpace said:
"It's a Christmas miracle! I was able to redeem for the camera! A little lag, but LEGO has seemingly avoided past debacles. "

By offering no sales and $20 VIP set that very few want.

I was going to by the retiring soon Upside Down. $10 in LEGO points and $26 in cashback.

It's somehow 'temp OOS' within 15 minutes. I'm sure the retiring set will magically be in stock... on Monday."

Are you talking about Rakuten for your cash back? I couldn't get it to work last night. "

Rakuten seemed to have worked for me with my order last night. I have definitely had issues on big release days before, but last night was smooth for me all around.

Rakuten never works for me. I get a confirmation from them that I placed my order but Lego never supplies the rebate. I always end up having to file a claim with Rakuten & submit a copy of my Lego Confirmation to get my rebate.

@IowaHawkeye13 said:
"I hope that the camera does not end up being like the Ulysses space satellite and sell out in 5 seconds."

I just redeemed mine, one per vip account

@IowaHawkeye13 said:
"I hope that the camera does not end up being like the Ulysses space satellite and sell out in 5 seconds."
Sunday is almost over and the camera is still available.

Will the Vintage Camera be added to the Brickset database? Is it missing because it is not automatically picked up?

@AustinPowers said:
" @IowaHawkeye13 said:
"I hope that the camera does not end up being like the Ulysses space satellite and sell out in 5 seconds."
Sunday is almost over and the camera is still available. "

Yeah.. but what we really want is not. I’m looking at you Titanic and Home Alone.

Do we know the piece count for the vintage camera? would be nice to see a piece list.

@burem0n0 said:
"Do we know the piece count for the vintage camera? would be nice to see a piece list."

Only 179 pcs it looks like. I couldn't believe this...

@linlsw said:
" @burem0n0 said:
"Do we know the piece count for the vintage camera? would be nice to see a piece list."

Only 179 pcs it looks like. I couldn't believe this..."

thats not a very good deal then... :(