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Double VIP Points & Brick Friday specials

by on November 18, 2017
in LEGO Sales & Deals

Just a quick reminded that LEGO is offering Double VIP Points today and tomorrow (November 18th and 19th), and early access to the LEGO Brick Friday specials, that will go live during the Black Friday event next week. Below are the details. 🙂

Starting right after Thanksgiving, Black Friday (plus Saturday and Sunday) and Cyber Monday are the biggest shopping events of the year. In fact, many businesses make their entire year’s profit on this weekend. People are prepared with holiday shopping lists and coupons in hand, and businesses are offering their biggest and best sales to attract buyers. And of course, this includes official LEGO stores, as well as LEGO retailers.

We will talk more about Black Friday specials, and where to shop for LEGO next week, but for now, we will focus on this weekend, where LEGO is offering early access to their Black Friday specials, as well as Double VIP Points to LEGO VIP members. This is actually a really smart move from LEGO, as it ensures that people can make their LEGO purchases without too much distraction.

If you are a LEGO VIP member, you know that all of your purchases at official LEGO stores and the the Online LEGO Shop earns you points, with 1 dollar spend equaling 1 point. So, if you buy a $50 set, you will earn 50 points. A few times a year, LEGO offers Double VIP Points, so you can earn points twice as fast. This is an especially excellent time to pick up large sets you have been saving up for. Once you reach 100 points, you can redeem them as a $5 coupon on your next purchase. So keep in mind; shop during Double VIP Points, and spend your points during non-promotional periods.

In addition to Double VIP Points, this weekend LEGO is also offering early access to the Brick Friday specials to LEGO VIP members. This includes getting the #40254 LEGO Nutcracker brick-built figure with purchases of $99 or more, a free LEGO Canvas Tote Bag with purchases of $199 or more, and there are select items on sale as well. These offers are valid both at official LEGO stores and the the Online LEGO Shop. Plus, shipping is currently free on all orders if you shop online.

For holiday-themed sets, you might consider the #10259 LEGO Winter Village Station, the latest in the LEGO Winter Village series, and a perfect addition to the #10254 LEGO Winter Village Holiday Train from last year. In addition, the #60155 LEGO City Advent Calendar, the #41326 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar, and the #75184 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar include lots of fun mini-builds for each day counting down to Christmas. And, there are also some really sweet small sets perfect for the holiday season for play, display, and as stocking-stuffers. This includes the #40261 LEGO Thanksgiving Harvest, the #40262 LEGO Christmas Train Ride, and the #40263 LEGO Christmas Town Square. They are only $9.99 each, and are available under the seasonal sets section of the Online LEGO Shop.

The Online LEGO Shop also has a comprehensive holiday guide with separate section for hottest gift items, ultimate gift items, and stocking stuffers. The 2017 Hottest LEGO Gifts section includes some of the most popular sets from each theme, priced between $20 and $160. Sets like the #70618 LEGO Ninjago Movie Destiny’s Bounty, the #17101 LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox, the #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store, several LEGO Star Wars, LEGO City, and LEGO Friends sets, and more. You can see them all here: SHOP HOTTEST LEGO GIFTS

The Ultimate LEGO Gifts section is for bigger budgets, between $80 and $500, and includes the best and largest currently available LEGO sets. This includes the #75159 LEGO Star Wars Death Star, the #71040 LEGO Disney Castle, the #75827 LEGO Ghostbusters Firehouse Headguarters, the #42056 LEGO Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS, the #70620 LEGO Ninjago Movie Ninjago City, the #10255 LEGO Creator Assembly Square, the #21137 LEGO Minecraft The Mountain Cave, the #10257 LEGO Creator Carousel, the #75144 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector’s Series Snowspeeder, the #71042 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary, the #75060 LEGO Star Wars Slave I, the #10258 LEGO Creator London Bus, the #10252 LEGO Creator Volkswagen Beetle, and all three of the currently available LEGO Creator Winter Village sets. You can see them all here: SHOP ULTIMATE LEGO GIFTS

The LEGO Stocking Stuffers section includes small sets that costs less than $10. Some examples are all the sets from the LEGO BrickHeadz collection, the small LEGO Classic Creativity Boxes, LEGO keychains, LEGO holiday ornaments, and small LEGO seasonal sets. You can se them all here: SHOP LEGO STOCKING STUFFERS

So remember, you have two days (this Saturday and Sunday) to take advantage of the Brick Friday specials early, and also earn Double VIP Points. Getting the sets you want now will not just save you money, time, and hassle, but you also have access to a larger selection with less risk that the set you want is already backordered or out of stock. So, if you have anything on your LEGO shopping list, I would encourage to take advantage of this opportunity and avoid the mad rush next week.

What do you think? Are you planning to get anything this weekend? Which sets are on your Christmas wish list? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Ideas Build Your Own Logo Contest

by on November 17, 2017
in Community News

A couple of days ago, LEGO launched a new beta feature on LEGO Ideas; building contests. And, to start off, they also announced their first contest, asking LEGO fans to design their own version of the LEGO Ideas logo. The prizes are amazing, so you might want to participate. Below are the details of the contest, info about the prizes, and more. 🙂

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – OVERVIEW: The predecessor of LEGO Ideas, named LEGO CUUSOO, started in Japan in 2008. Since then, nineteen amazing LEGO sets – originally designed by LEGO fans and voted for by the public – were released under the LEGO CUUSOO/LEGO Ideas platform. After many successful years and a collection of awesome LEGO sets, LEGO crowdsourcing will be celebrating ten years in 2018! That’s actually a pretty big deal, and an exciting milestone for such an innovative platform. As far as the Build Your LEGO Ideas Logo Contest, the challenge is to build a logo for the LEGO Ideas platform, any way you like. The winning entries will be used next year on LEGO’s social media pages, while celebrating the 10th anniversary of LEGO Ideas.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Build your version of the LEGO Ideas logo using LEGO bricks or a digital building tool like LEGO Digital Designer. Take up to five photos of your creation and submit them to the contest, making sure to show off all angles of your creation. Add a title and short description. Upload your entry to the contest using the blue Submit Your Entry button on the contest entry page.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – RULES: This contest invites you to build the LEGO Ideas logo, however, please do not build the red LEGO logo or include the LEGO logo in your entry. Entries with military themes will not be eligible for the contest. Projects may only contain genuine (not cut, glued, drawn on, or modified) LEGO bricks. You must be the original creator of all creative work you submit (the model, images, photographs, description text, etc.) and you must have the exclusive right to submit your model to this contest. You may not submit a model made by, or on behalf of, someone else. Your entry may not consist of or include copies of any existing third party work or creation, and may not infringe on any third party intellectual property right. This includes third-party LEGO licenses (past or present) such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, WALL-E, Doctor Who, Minecraft, NASA properties, etc. You may use common LEGO elements from licensed products, but you may not use any parts specific to those sets. This includes printed parts, minifigures, minifigure parts, or minifigure accessories. You may use any element from homegrown LEGO products or playthemes, such as LEGO Creator, LEGO City, LEGO Ideas, etc. Entries must be new creations and not previously posted online or submitted to any other contest. You must be at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. You can read the rest of the entry guidelines and rules here.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by December 15th, 2017 at 10:00 AM EST. If you are not sure what time zone you are in, you can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO Ideas team and LEGO product designers will select a first, second and third place winner. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired detail – 25%, relevance to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive: the current LEGO Ideas assortment including the #21306 LEGO Ideas Yellow Submarine, the #21307 LEGO Ideas Caterham Super Seven, the #21308 LEGO Ideas Adventure Time, the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, and the #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store, all signed by their respective LEGO designers, and the #21312 LEGO Ideas Women of NASA signed by the LEGO designer and fan designer. In addition, two runners up winners will each receive: the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V signed by the LEGO designers, and the #21312 LEGO Ideas Women of NASA signed by both the LEGO designer and the fan designer.

➡ LEGO IDEAS LOGO CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after December 18th, 2017 and announced on LEGO Ideas when the winners returned the signed Winner’s Certification Documents. A winner who does not return their Winner’s Certification Document within one week (5 days) of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.

A great contest, isn’t it? Whether you are an active user on LEGO Ideas with your own projects, or you just visit the site to vote for your favorite projects, this is your chance to show off what LEGO Ideas means to you. Please note that since the contest feature of LEGO Ideas is still in beta, some details may evolve over time. You can check out the LEGO Ideas Contest Beta Frequently Asked Questions page, and to see the currently available fan-designed LEGO sets visit the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Ideas Design Your Own Logo contest? Are you planning to enter? Do you have some ideas already? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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