It's always exciting to get the news that "your order has shipped" and to know that some bricks are on the way to you. There are a few on their way to me and I'm pretty excited about it.
The first order was from Amazon. If you missed a recent blog post I had about where to find discount LEGO sets, you can read it here. In the post I mention a few web sites that consolidate sales from the various retailers. Brickset has one for multiple retailers to include Amazon. You can view their Amazon sales site here (for the US). As of late, Amazon has slashed prices on LEGO Dimensions so there are a lot that are steeply discounted. There are also a lot of Creator and City sets on discount too. One of the Creator sets discounted is the Blue Power Jet (#31039) which I originally bought from LEGO for full price at $69.99. At the time of this posting and when I purchased it from Amazon, the set is going for $49.38 or 29% off! I should have waited to order! I picked up another one at this price. I'm not sure if I'll sell it or if I'll break it open and use it for the great piece selection. I thought this set was great, but to see it on sale at Amazon like this and a few weeks back it was on sale at LEGO Shop at Home it makes me think that sales were not as good and they are trying to get rid of it. Another thought... LEGO overpriced the original set and not enough people bought it at the original "high" price.
What else is showing up to join my brick stash? As mentioned in my last post, LEGO is running a double VIP point sale. It is supposed to run from 7 to 22 March 2016 in the US. Details are posted at LEGO Shop at Home here. Anyways, I placed 2 orders for some Star Wars sets. The first were a few smaller sets that I purchased mainly for the minifigures. They are (with links to their Brickset page):
-#75143 - Homing Spider Droid (includes 4 minifigs to include Yoda)
-#75136 - Droid Escape Pod (includes 4 minifigs... R2-D2, C-3PO, and 2 Jawas)
-#75137 - Carbon-Freezing Chamber (Ugnaught, Boba Fett, Han Solo, Han in Carbonite)
Order #2 included,
-#75138 - Hoth Attack (Han Solo, a rebel, and a Snowtrooper)
-#75102 - Poe's X-Wing Fighter (Poe, X-Wing Pilot, Ground Crew member, and BB-8)
I will do some reviews once the sets arrive. In the meantime I am waiting for them to arrive. I think that LEGO must be inundated with orders. I only received a notification for my second order and have not yet received one for my first. Neither order has shipped. This is odd as typically you get the order acknowledgement right away. Amazon acknowledged my order right away and it shipped the next day. We're at almost 2 days later for my LEGO Shop at Home order and one has yet to even be acknowledged. Has anyone else had that issue?
I hope you all are enjoying some new bricks this week!