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LEGO has revealed a new LEGO DOTS promotional set with the Pencil Holder (40561). The set has 476 pieces and should be a gift with purchase set some time in August. There’s no word yet on when the promotion will start or the price requirements but rumor has it that it’ll run from August 16 – September 4 withi purchases of $65.
As reported yesterday, Target has started the LEGO VIP promotion where you can earn points with your purchases at Target. With their weekly reset, the landing page has updated and it gives you instructions on how to redeem the points. From now until January 31, 2023, you can earn 1 VIP point for every dollar spent on LEGO sets at Target. You will need to take a picture of your receipt, then upload the picture to the LEGO Rewards Center. A LEGO VIP account is required to participate and you can earn up to 1,000 points per calendar month.
Some will say that you will earn less VIP point and that is true since you earn 6.5 points/dollar spent instead of the 1:1 with Target however you can save 5% every order if you have the Target RedCard. With the amount of coupons and savings you get from Target, it pretty much about evens out. Also, Target likes to run sales from time to time on LEGO so there’s extra savings there as well.
Today is the last day to get your orders in on the LEGO Shop and other retailers before the imminent price increases across numerous themes. Announced back in June, the price increase is due to the increased costs of raw materials and operating cost which LEGO has tried to hold off on passing to customers for a while. You can check out the list of sets that will get the price bump in just over 13 hours as of this post.
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There’s an image floating around the internet (can’t find original source) regarding LEGO VIP points being available at Target stores. The signage on the endcap says you can earn 1 VIP point for every dollar spent on LEGO sets at Target until January 31, 2023. The fine print also says that up to 1,000 VIP points can be earned in any calendar month. The QR code currently takes you to a blank page but I’m sure it’ll be updated soon.
I went to a few of my Target stores and they didn’t have any of the signs up yet and the shelves looked rather shallow. I’m not sure how Target will be implementing LEGO VIP points but I guess the receipt will give you a code to enter in the Rewards Center.
Thanks to Cedric for emailing it in.
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Continuing with our reviews of the LEGO Marvel Artifact sets, as I call it, we have the Nano Gauntlet (76223) from Avengers: Endgame. The set has 675 pieces and retails for $69.99. The set joins other builds from The Infinity Saga including the Infinity Gauntlet (76191) and Thor’s Hammer (76209).
The build is very straight-forward that is compacted into three numbered bags. The first set of bags are for the foundation of the gauntlet as well as the base that it sits on. There’s a lot of interesting parts usage to give it the SNOT look at the end.
For the second set of bags, we cover up the inner parts. There’s a lot of dark red combined with metallic silver surrounding the gauntlet. It makes use of sectioned panels to go into the corresponding areas.
Finally for the third bags, we create the fingers for the gauntlet. Each of the fingers has multiple joints for a wide variety of articulation. The thumb is a little stubby and seems shorter compared to the other fingers so you can’t really do the snap but you can get close to it. I do like the pearl gold underneath the fingers to give some contrast but it is a little inaccurate.
We also get the six Infinity Stones which use a variety of parts to make it look like them. They are attached to some roller skates and secured using some satchels which is some very interesting parts usage.
For the base, we get a printed plaque for … Continue
LEGO has recently put in another trademark registration for something called LEGO Dreamzzz. It was filed just last week on July 18 and it looks to be for an online fan club service that is a website featuring interactive games, activities, stories, etc. The listing doesn’t mention anything about toys like with the Brick to the Future trademark. I’m guessing whatever LEGO Dreamzzz will be in the Play Zone like all the other interactive games are. As of July 21, the status of the application is live and is waiting to be assigned to an examining attorney which will be in about six months.
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