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Finally grabbed 75334 Obi-Wan Kenobi Vs. Darth Vader thanks to a deal bringing down its price below €30, which was the limit I had set myself. Somehow, this is the first Star Wars set I've purchased since 75341 UCS Sandspeeder during Black Friday. Now looking forward to the May the Fourth, perhaps I'll be tempted by the rumoured UCS X-wing, depending on the threshold to get the GWP.

If that's the case hopefully Skad (I had to google his name) will be part of the minifig selection, so that the following iconic scene can be recreated: https://tenor.com/view/mod-swirl-star-wars-mods-tbobf-boba-fett-mods-gif-24898700

40557 Defence of Hoth (backordered while available when ordered…) 75339 Death Star Trash Compactor Diorama (as it's an exclusive set whose price will not drop (much) anyway) 75343 Dark Trooper Helmer (idem) All that to specifically to get 40531 Lars Family Homestead Kitchen (and 30495 AT-ST + 5007403 Beskar Keychain) I usually order the May UCS on Day 1, but I found this year's Landspeeder slightly too expensive (though I like it), and no double VIP points on it was a deal-breaker.

75304 Darth Vader Helmet for €44 via Amazon, couldn't pass up on it while ordering 76389 Chamber of Secrets for €85…

Found a copy of the now-retired 75265 T-16 Skyhopper vs Bantha Microfighters set; I guess my local Dreamland store (Belgium) found a forgotten lot (as there were 6 copies on the shelf) in the warehouse…

75296 Darth Vader Meditation Chamber — last copy available (for now) at the Düsseldorf Lego Store, €5 less expensive than in Belgium. I haven't built it yet, but the box was much lighter than I had expected… At least it contributed to reach the threshold to get the 40487 GWP, and I have a Vader with printed arms at last. Offtopic: in the Store I spoke Dutch with a friendly German AFOL, and I noticed only later (while I was busy choosing from the PAB wall) that he was wearing a Eurobricks shirt; it's just a shame I didn't have the opportunity to tell him I was a member too, because he left before I had the opportunity to address the matter ;)

Got a series of SW sets thanks to different promos (GWP or bargains): 40391 First Order Stormtrooper Brick sketch 40431 BB-8 Brick sketch 75268 Snowspeeder 4+ 75295 MF Microfighter 75298 AT-AT vs Tauntaun Microfighters 75301 X-wing for about 36€, should receive it tomorrow 75302 Imperial Shuttle for less than €50 75308 R2-D2 from Shop at Home with 40451 GWP I just missed out on a €21 75301 TIE Fighter, but I guess there'll be other bargains for that set.

75276 Stormtrooper Helmet for €45.50 at Dreamland (Belgium); waiting for 75277 Boba Fett Helmet to be at a similar price for jumping the gun.

My Cantina arrived yesterday already, but there was a large dent on top of the box, where the 'Cantina' label is The GWP was in near perfect condition, just like the Frankenstein('s Monster) Brickheadz I had also ordered, but the Halloween Hayride was completely smashed by one of the air bags used to protect the Cantina… I've already experienced damaged boxes (e.g. double Brickheadz), which were replaced for free without me having to return the damaged boxes, but I don't know what happens in the case of large boxes like this one… Has anyone got any experience with this kind of problem? In any case, I'll have to wait a bit before building the Cantina

Ordered it at 10.15 a.m., using €150 worth of VIP points that I've accumulated for a year. I'm glad there was no 'Benelux tax' on this set (just like for the Diagon Alley, surprisingly)! Hopefully the package will reach me on Friday

In the words of Director Krennic: "Oh, it's beautiful!" :D Hopefully there'll be double VIP points on this one (cf. 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer) as well as a GWP (maybe a microscale Tatooine vignette?).

It looks as brilliant inside as outside! It will definitely be a day-one purchase :D Now, what do you think the usual GWP will be? (If this is wishlisting, let's move the discussion to the other thread.)

Purchased The Razor Crest (still labelled this way) at the brand-new Lego Store in Düsseldorf, which enabled me to get a promotional 40145 Lego Brand Retail Store. BTW, I really recommend this store, as the staff is professional and friendly; they had prepared complete series of HP CMFs, so of course I had to buy one. Now, I'm looking forward to the usual late October offers (20% off at Dreamland) to buy 75288, among others. And of course 75290, which will be a day-one (online) purchase.

Ordered the Burrow (as it's a Lego exclusive and probably won't find it at a discount anyway, and it had been OOS for some time on the site) and an extra students pack in order to reach the €100 threshold; unfortunately HP minifigure packs didn't count, I'm glad I could secure the Hagrid and Buckbeak Brickheadz, as I have nearly all other BHs. I'm very tempted to buy the DA when I go to the Düsseldorf store tomorrow, but then again, €400 is a fair amount of money… But it looks so pretty! … but the SW D2C is also coming and I have a preference for SW… Nevertheless, we should all appreciate the fact that there hasn't been any unfair 'local tax' on the set (AFAIK), unlike what happened with the Hogwarts set (€50 price bump in the Benelux, just like the Millennium Falcon). BTW I've been lurking in this thread for a long time; thanks to all those who contributed to the discussion and built up the anticipation!

Finally bought 75254 AT-ST Raider and 75255 Yoda for €45 and €73 respectively (instead of their €64.99 and €99.99 RRPs in Belgium…); I really look forward to building the latter.