Man, am I late to the party or what? LEGO is offering the first of two holiday promotional sets for October, 40106 Toy Workshop. Clearly, it’s an add-on to 10245 Santa’s Workshop. The stupid thing about this promotion is that you need to order $99 worth of LEGO for it to automagically show up in your bag. So just getting Santa’s Workshop ($69.99 MSRP) isn’t enough; you’ll need to tack on another 30 bucks worth of stuff. I totally get they want to maximize their revenues on promotions but it would make sense to me that the promotion should be “purchase $99 worth of product OR 10245 to get 40106”. But hey, I guess ideas like that is what makes me the angry blogger and not a marketing director. All hope is not lost, however, because if there’s one thing LEGO is great at, it’s making sure that there is no shortage of highly desirable sets. Oh wait…
In any case, if the holiday set isn’t enough to get you to try and fill up a bag and pull the trigger, October is also double VIP points month, all month long.
The second set will be offered in November but only during Black Friday weekend from November 28th through December 1st. No doubt there will be some discounts available on some sets so stay tuned and, unlike this sales post, we’ll bring you the news when we get it.
