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The Spartan Helmet of Leonidas by Delusion Brick is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The helmet is designed to be the Corinthian type which complete covers the head while leaving the eyes and mouth open. The project joins “Big Boy” Locomotive and Retro Arcade as the ones to reach the Second 2023 Review Stage.
The Retro Arcade by If You Build It is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. It looks to be the same project that also hit 10k back in 2021. The 1,849 piece build features an old school arcade with a coin operated sports car, claw grabber, super bike, and car racer. The project joins “Big Boy” Locomotive as the ones to reach the Second 2023 Review Stage.
A few days ago, Lucasfilm employees got gifts for the May the 4th celebration and it has been revealed that one of them was the LEGO Star Wars Lucas Yoda Fountain (6471930). Tweeted out by Hal Hickel, it shows a 152 piece brick-built version of the fountain just outside of the Letterman Digial Arts Center at Lucasfilm inn San Francisco. The Yoda minifigure looks to be the same one from the Dagobah Jedi Training (75330) except for the dual molded legs. If you’re a LEGO Star Wars completionist, good luck trying to find one.
If you’re doing any last minute purchases for the LEGO Star Wars May the 4th event, today is the last day to do so. The main sets and promos for this year are now out of stock but you can get still get Double VIP Points on all Star Wars purchases. The new Diorama Collection sets that celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Return of the Jedi are still available including the Emperor’s Throne Room (75352) and Endor Speeder Chase (75353).
There are also still a lot of Star Wars things going on in the Rewards Center that are leftover such as redeemables and sweepstakes. Make sure you enter the one for the signed Imperial Star Destroyer which is free.
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In my next review of the 2023 LEGO Harry Potter sets, we check out the Slytherin House Banner (76410) which has 349 pieces and retails for $34.99.
Before if you went to a LEGOLAND Discovery Center to shop for LEGO, you wouldn’t earn any VIP points which confused a lot of fans since it’s LEGO. This was because Discovery Centers was owned by Merlin Entertainments before 2019 and not The LEGO Group themselves but times are changing as LEGO has announced a pilot program to have the VIP program at a particular Discovery Center.
The American Dream LEGOLAND Discovery Center in New Jersey will be the lucky store to test out this new system. There’s no word on how long it will go for or if any other stores will get the same treatment later on. If we look at previous pilot programs LEGO has done in the past, they eventually will roll it out but it usually takes months for them to do it.
We are excited to announce that the LEGO® VIP Program is now live in the American Dream LEGOLAND® Discovery Center shop, New Jersey, as part of a new pilot initiative.
The pilot will allow LEGO® fans to access the VIP program, and give the opportunity to sign-up, and earn & redeem LEGO® VIP points.
Initially the pilot will only be available in the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center shop in New Jersey, located in American Dream, and not in other LEGOLAND Discovery Center or LEGOLAND Park shops.
We are really excited to offer the LEGO® VIP program to all shoppers visiting the American Dream mall and hope to welcome many of you there!
Less than a few days after it started, the LEGO Star Wars Death Star II (40591) May the 4th promotion has sold out on the LEGO Shop. With it being a $150 purchase requirement, it was still rather easily attainable with all the new LEGO Star Wars sets being released. You can probably still find it in stores but there are no guarantees. The Return of the Jedi 40th Collectible (5007840) and the X-Wing Starfighter (30654) are still available online with a $85 purchase.
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