Free shipping, Republic Fighter Tank, and sales at the LEGO Shop [News]
The latest Star Wars: The Clone Wars set available from the LEGO Shop is 7679 Republic Fighter Tank (aka TX-130 Saber-class Fighter Tank).
All orders over $99.00 ship for free, so I’ll just dangle before you some of the sales going on right now:
- Going, going… Curved Rails for 9v Trains
and Speed Regulator for 9v Trains
- 50% off: MT-101 Armored Drilling Unit
- Discount LEGO Star Wars: Sandcrawler™,
Imperial AT-ST™,
Death Star II™,
and Imperial Star Destroyer™
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So, whether you buy your LEGO through us or through Brickset, Klocki, Peeron, or another LEGO fan site, the next time you buy LEGO, consider clicking through from one of these sites. You’ll be supporting key resources in the LEGO fan community.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
None of the links seem to work. They all go to a linksynergy thing that says it is a 1×1 .gif.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Hmmm… Sorry about that. If you’re in the States, they should work…
October 17th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
How does one take advantage of this free shipping thing?
October 17th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
The link works for me so far over here in Singapore. Do overseas purchases also contribute?
October 18th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Gah! Curved rails. Thbbbt!
October 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
@Bundalings: I haven’t ordered yet myself, so I’m not sure (it’s my birthday, and BrickCon was just a couple weeks ago, so I’m not buying much LEGO for myself right now). It probably takes effect at checkout.
@jehkay: Glad the links work! I’m not sure about non-North American purchases, but if you’re buying from the LEGO Shop online anyway, it probably can’t hurt. :-)
@Nathan: Heh heh, true enough.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Thanks for letting us know about this. I live ten miles from Legoland California, but I often buy from S@H to not have to fight the little children to make it in and out on my 1 hour shopper’s pass. I’m happy to help you guys out!
October 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Ah, so you just click the link, shop as usual, and get free shipping? Sweet. Is this a limited time offer or is it always around? (sorry for all the questions. >_>)
October 18th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Fifty dollars.. meh, I’m not so sure. Lego sure is getting higher in the price range.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I am in Nevada and still can’t access it. :-\
October 18th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Dr. X: Fifty dollars isn’t that bad; I’ve noticed that for most non-exclusive sets, it’s generally about $10 per 100 parts, and this set has 592 parts.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Yes, I’ve noticed that too, and it’s true for many of TLC’s sets, but I was talking about the size of the thing. It looks like the size of a smallish tank at first glance, just like it would be in the star wars universe, but it seems TLC scaled it up a teeny bit.I thought it might be a 20 or 30 dollar set, but.. Lé sigh.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Well, as I buy my sets for the parts only, size of the assembled set doesn’t matter to me.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Yeah the tank looks overpriced, but wait until next year’s sets, outrageous. I might need new glasses but I thought that the Euro-catalog said that some droid tank was a $50. The tan version was $20 back in 1999 or 2000.
So pretty much, Star Wars prices are going up. All I can think of is that the license even costs more now.
October 19th, 2008 at 1:26 am
@ Dr. X: I know what you mean; the end-products scale is often a subtle but important factor for me as well. That being said, the tank is actually fairly large once built; the photographs don’t really do its size justice.
October 19th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I was in Target in St. Paul today and saw the tank on an end cap for $49.00. So it’s out there!
October 20th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I really like this tank and am looking forward to acquiring it. I saw it first here, so thanks again BB! To me, it does seem like a fairly good price to piece ratio, especially for a star wars set. I also really liked 7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter for parts (might even buy another one of that someday). The other Star Wars sets I have not been as thrilled about lately. Many of them would be better as smaller models.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
howz’a’bouta sale on the indy collection?
that would be nice
and the tank-DUDE! :D