Brickset is reporting that the Vader Pod promotion scheduled to occur on December 15th, 2017 through January 14th, 2018 has been cancelled due to quality control issues. In its place, they are offering a small discount on LEGO Star Wars products and changing the duration of the sale:
“We are committed to continuing support for our Star Wars promotion, and will offer consumers 10% off across all LEGO Star Wars products from 18th – 24th December 2017, excluding 75192 Millennium Falcon.”
I find it hilarious that that they would exclude the Falcon. How about putting it up for sale first, and then talk about excluding it from the discount? I mean, who would even be affected by that discount?
Oh right, the wait list people.
I might have bought something to get the Vader Pod, but 10% is laughable and easy to pass up, even if they had the 2018 sets. Saved me some bucks there.
[…] Update: The Darth Vader Pod promotion has been cancelled. […]
[…] still cancelled, but the substitute promotion is different for North America. As I said in my previous post, Brickset reported that the promo is cancelled due to quality control issues, and that customers […]
[…] Way back in December of 2017, there was supposed to be a promotion for a Darth Vader Pod, a small capsule that held a minifigure of the Dark Lord of the Sith, and some small building elements to make the pod look like the inside of his bathroom or something. Well, it never happened and at the time LEGO stated that there was a “quality control issue”. LEGO instead offered 100 VIP points per LEGO Star Wars product purchased during a short window in North America and 10% off instead for the rest of the world. […]
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