[Austria/Germany] Chrome Vader Offer

[bigospedros]

Is this the right place to post this?! Not sure, but here goes ... apparently, TRU in Austria & Germany will give you a Chrome Vader for free with every 25 Euro purchase, or, you can just buy one for 4.99 Euro!!

I hope the UK gets a deal like this eventually ...

[onions]

what's your source on the info?

[bigospedros]

users over at BrickHorizon and EuroBricks ... who've bought them from said stores!

plus it seems that several European Bricklink stores now seem to have 10s (or even 100s) of these items all of a sudden for a lot less than the previous Bricklink average (but still more than they paid!).

[Ty55]

It would be really nice if these offers where available for a broader scope, I understand this is supposed to be a rare figure, but if you're seriously going to sell it to a select group of people for dirt cheap, open it up to us as well.

[Septemris]

That's awesome news !
This means it will become affordable on BL.

[Puddleglum]

So I guess the question is, did LEGO ever explicitly say that the chrome vaders were going to be limited production items, or just that they were going to give away 10,000 of them in sets? I think previously the high prices for these figs were based on this assumption. Stinks for anyone that went and spent a hundred bucks on one of these things!

[bigospedros]

So I guess the question is, did LEGO ever explicitly say that the chrome vaders were going to be limited production items, or just that they were going to give away 10,000 of them in sets? I think previously the high prices for these figs were based on this assumption. Stinks for anyone that went and spent a hundred bucks on one of these things!

more fool them for spending loads ... the total number of 85,000 has been floating around the net since the news broke and given that Sweden got some before the US, it wasn't too much of a leap to assume the rest would go to other European countries etc.

I've been waiting on buying one purely based on this fact ...

[lotus10]

This is a great opportunity for a FBTBer in Germany/Austria to buy a bunch of these at 5€ and sell one to each of us who are interested (and are able to cover the initial cost, the shipping and a little extra), just like Onions did with the two new minis a short time ago.

[sstoroe]

I am looking on bricklink and I am not seeeing people that have 100 of these listed. Am I missing something?

[Puddleglum]

I am looking on bricklink and I am not seeeing people that have 100 of these listed. Am I missing something?

I never saw 100's, but they certainly have been going fast at the lower prices:

[sstoroe]

What part number are you searching under? Can you give me an example link? I only see 50 and up. I checked my settings and I am adjusted to see all of the world????

[Puddleglum]

^The image I posted was of sold items, not items that were still for sale. Here is the link, but I think it's the same one you have: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPriceGuide.asp?S=sw218promo-1

The point is that all the cheap ones seem to have sold almost instantly.

[Joedward]

Pete, I'm sure I remember you mentioning that you got sent an email about the promotion coming over here in the summer.
If anyone has seen these in stores in the UK, please say where. I'm checking out a TRU not too far from me today, but I fear I'm just getting my hopes up about finding one.

[bigospedros]

Pete, I'm sure I remember you mentioning that you got sent an email about the promotion coming over here in the summer.
If anyone has seen these in stores in the UK, please say where. I'm checking out a TRU not too far from me today, but I fear I'm just getting my hopes up about finding one.

Yes, I did get told that the UK would get some ... but they still don't know how or when that promotion will happen (I checked again in the last few days and that was still the case).

[Gingerbeard Man]

apparently, TRU in Austria & Germany will give you a Chrome Vader for free with every 25 Euro purchase, or, you can just buy one for 4.99 Euro!!

The blurb on toysrus.de talks of a free Darth Vader minifig worth 4.99. There is no mention of it being available as a separate item (or of it being chrome for that matter, but it does look rather shiny).

To qualify you need to purchase LEGO Star Wars sets for 25 Euro or more, which could be as simple as two or possibly three battle packs. Unfortunately the German online store only offers a grand total of five LEGO Star Wars sets, none of which I would consider getting a second time just for that Vader fig. I guess the brick & mortar stores might (possibly) have a larger selection but I'm not going to travel 70 miles to find out...

[juniormak]

You can get at Toysrus in Germany a lot more than the 5 sets they offer online.
It depends on the local store if they sell the minifig separately for 4.99 or if you will get a free one only when purchasing Star Wars Sets for more than 25,--.

[Huntmaster]

Sweet I wish I could go to germany soon.

[Andi]

I went to a TRU today.
You have to purchase LEGO Star Wars (only this counts, I wanted an Indy set, but the retail assistant said, it has to be Star Wars) worth of 50 Euro or more. Then you get 1 chrome Vader, which is shown twice on the receipt - once plus 4.99, once minus 4.99.

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