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Double VIP Points & Black VIP Card offer

by Thita (admin) on December 8, 2018

in LEGO Star Wars

If you are a LEGO Star Wars fan, you may remember that when the #75192 LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon first became available back in 2017, LEGO offered a special Black VIP Card for those who purchased the set before the end of the year. The card wasn’t just cool looking, but it also supposed to give access to a full year of Star Wars-themed offers throughout 2018, including points promotions, special events, gifts with purchase and more. Unfortunately, the Black VIP Card didn’t turn out as well as promised. First of all, few people were able to qualify for the card before the end of the year because the #75192 LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon was perpetually out of stock. Those who did manage to get the card didn’t get anything special either; just a couple of weeks of Double VIP Points at the beginning of the year, a small poster with the blueprint of the #75181 LEGO Star Wars UCS Y-Wing (neither of which were exclusive to Black VIP Card holders), and a chance to win an 18-karat white gold R2-D2 figure. It looks like the Black VIP Card has been under the dark spell of the Sith…

A few days ago however, LEGO announced a new Black VIP Card promotion; the #5005747 LEGO VIP Star Wars Gift. The set features a brick-built holder for the Black VIP Card and a unique minifigure with a Millennium Falcon graphic on its torso. The cardholder and the minifig are rather nice (although I find it strange that the hands of the minifig are yellow). This is exactly the kind of exclusive promotional item LEGO should have been offering through the year to Black VIP Card holders. But I guess better later than never, and Black VIP Card holders can get at least one unique item.

If you are a Black VIP Card holder, you should have gotten an email by now about the promotion and how to claim the #5005747 LEGO VIP Star Wars Gift. My understanding is that it is available with any LEGO Star Wars purchase from December 7th until January 31st, 2019. You can find all the currently available sets at the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

Also, this weekend only (December 7-10) is the last LEGO Double VIP Points period for the year. There is no restriction on this offer, and you will earn Double VIP Points on everything you purchase at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? Are you a Black VIP Card holder? What is your opinion about the promotions you received this year? And how do you like the LEGO VIP Star Wars Gift? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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Custom LEGO Advent Calendar ideas

by Thita (admin) on December 7, 2018

in Featured LEGO Creations

Now that we are in December, it is time to count down the days to Christmas with a LEGO Advent Calendar! As it has become tradition, LEGO released three LEGO Advent Calendars for this holiday season; the #60201 LEGO City Advent Calendar, the #75213 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, and the #41353 Friends Advent Calendar. We have talked about the 2018 LEGO Advent Calendars previously (see: 2018 LEGO Christmas Advent Calendars), and if you have gotten any of them or even all three, you should have great fun opening one of the little windows and building a small set every day until Christmas. 🙂

If you don’t have any of the official LEGO Advent Calendars, there is no need to be disheartened as you can always build your own! here, I will show you some great LEGO Advent Calendar designs built by LEGO fans. The custom LEGO Advent Calendar below was made by LEGO fan ribbongibbon and her two children. It includes lots of random little doors, windows and arches, and a nativity scene at the very top.

A similar design was built by Sarah Dees, a LEGO fan and mom of four boys. You can see this LEGO Advent Calendar in action in the video below, and you can also get building instructions and other tips at Sarah’s website, FrugalFun4Boys.com.

Sarah also shares another interesting LEGO Advent Calendar idea that doesn’t involve candy or toys in cubbies, but helping kids visualize at a glance how many days are left until Christmas. You can find more details on this build at Sarah’s website linked above.

Yet another possible idea is to get an official LEGO set, divide the building steps into 24 groups, hide them in a LEGO-built Advent Calendar (or use some other system of drawers, containers, boxes, etc. for each day) include printed building instructions just for that day (you can get building instructions from LEGO’s website), and let your child build a section of the set each day. Guessing what set they are building is part of the fun! This project is also suitable for teen and adult LEGO fans, although you may want to use a more advanced set for them to build. A slight variation of this idea is shared by Kim Chance – another LEGO fan and mom – on her blog, SavorTheDays.com (see picture below).

The following massive LEGO Advent Calendar was designed by LEGO fan brick_a_brad as a full size window display. It features Santa’s workshop, a major operation run by an army of elves. Each of the rooms represents a day of the calendar counting down to Christmas. You can see close-up pictures of all the fun details in brick_a_brad’s flickr album.

As you can see, there are many different creative ways to count down to Christmas whether you have the official LEGO Advent Calendar sets, or you come up with something on your own. Hope some of these ideas sparks your interest and creativity to start your own family tradition.

What do you think? Do you have any of the official LEGO Advent Calendars? Or do you prefer to build your own? What other Christmas family traditions do you follow that involves LEGO? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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