Lego Inside Tour 2023

RTO · January 1

Is anyone else attending? After almost 10 years of applying I am finally going (May 24-26) and would love to know if others are as well.

samiam391 · January 1

I'm thrilled to say I'm going! It just happened to line up with one of my predetermined vacation weeks. I'm going in June!

Onebricktoomany · January 1

When did notices get sent out and from what email address was the notification made please!

samiam391 · January 1

Onebricktoomany said:

When did notices get sent out and from what email address was the notification made please!

I received mine December 23rd and it came from a private e-mail address from the LEGO House. Perhaps you're on the wait list? People have to confirm by early January whether they are going or not.

Onebricktoomany · January 1

@samiam391 Thank You!

RTO · January 2

samiam391 said:

Onebricktoomany said:

When did notices get sent out and from what email address was the notification made please!

I received mine December 23rd and it came from a private e-mail address from the LEGO House. Perhaps you're on the wait list? People have to confirm by early January whether they are going or not.

I'll second this. Received on the 23rd from an @legohouse.com email address.

galco · January 7

samiam391 said:

I'm thrilled to say I'm going! It just happened to line up with one of my predetermined vacation weeks. I'm going in June!

I missed the email on 23 Dec and received the 'Final Reminder' on Thursday, I was selected to attend the Tour in June 2023.

I already confirmed my participation, did you know when I should settle the payment? thanks

Covi · January 7

@galco You will get a separate invitiation to settle the payment.

samiam391 · January 7

galco said:

samiam391 said:

I'm thrilled to say I'm going! It just happened to line up with one of my predetermined vacation weeks. I'm going in June!

I missed the email on 23 Dec and received the 'Final Reminder' on Thursday, I was selected to attend the Tour in June 2023.

I already confirmed my participation, did you know when I should settle the payment? thanks

@galco I will look forward to meeting you in person!

RTO · January 11

Yesterday I received a follow up email from the person who contacted me (us) in the first place informing me to keep an eye out for the payment settlement information.
That payment email came this morning. So, watch for those!

galco · January 18

May I ask anyone received the email regarding the invoice ? I can’t received this email yet!

RTO · January 20

galco said:

May I ask anyone received the email regarding the invoice ? I can’t received this email yet!

Yes, on the 11th. But, we're going in May and I know they send the invoices in order, so it's possible they haven't sent yours yet.

RTO · February 1

I received the payment confirmation and schedule outline email this morning, so keep an eye out!

stevenzhang · February 15

@RTO @samiam391

I have receievd the invoice this morning but it is from a email ending kirkbi.com. is it safe?

I have been given the IBAN and SWIFT for the payment, but what should I put for the recepient's name and address when make the payment? Anyone could advise?

Covi · February 16

stevenzhang said:

@RTO @samiam391

I have receievd the invoice this morning but it is from a email ending kirkbi.com. is it safe?

I have been given the IBAN and SWIFT for the payment, but what should I put for the recepient's name and address when make the payment? Anyone could advise?

PM sent

stevenzhang · February 16

@Covi Many thanks for the advice! I have sent a message to lego house to confirm.

RTO · February 18

stevenzhang said:

@RTO @samiam391

I have receievd the invoice this morning but it is from a email ending kirkbi.com. is it safe?

I have been given the IBAN and SWIFT for the payment, but what should I put for the recepient's name and address when make the payment? Anyone could advise?

Yes, email the Lego House to confirm.
My emails came from Line Ann, then she referenced Lone Elene. All email addresses were [email protected]

stevenzhang · February 18

Many thanks for the advice! @RTO

stevenzhang · May 22

Anyone know what would be the best way to bring all these lego set bought from inside tour back to UK? Should I get more luggages or ship from Billund via post?

stevenzhang · May 22

Hi, I am very lucky to be joining the lego inside tour this year and would like to hear some advice from people who have done this before.

I have a quite long shopping list. What would be the best way to bring all the lego sets bought in Billund back to the UK? Should I bring more luggage or I can ship them in Billund (is it going to be very expensive or any tax issue)? Or any other idea?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Shropshire · May 22

I took a couple of large cases (with cabin cases inside them on the way out). In addition, unless it's changed Lego will ship 1 large box for you to anywhere in the world and they pay the import etc, when you're 'shopping' you checkout the contents/receipt of that box separate to the other items buying.. so make sure you put the largest/heaviest into the box they ship.

Flying to UK is a bonus as short hop so based on that this is what I did.

I nipped into Lego House and asked in the shop for spare boxes (mixed sizes), then as i'd taken air pockets/packing etc with me in those large mostly empty cases I packed 'box in box in box' into those and went to town with duct tape (take your own as in the supermarket in Billund only had expensive tiny rolls) ok and I took a handheld luggage scale.

Then check your airline baggage policy, with all airlines you don't need to check in cases, you can check in a cardboard box (in fact I checked in 4 large cardboard boxes all taped together as one single massive box).. whilst you're set on weight limits the actual max physical dimensions allowed are huge (BA= 90 x 75 x 43cm), Ryanair = 81cm x 119cm x 119cm) so you can physically get a lot of Lego in as long as under the weight.. and you just drop/collect at the excess baggage belt and in my case as it's oversized it doesn't go on the automated belts which reduces the handling/damage aspects.

Lots of people on the tour opened their sets and deflated the bags, flat packed the boxes etc.. as that way you can get loads into a case, but if you're happy to do that then nothing to lose in leaving them all boxed and sending as above.

I looked at shipping myself from billund via courier and it was more expensive than paying for an additional bag one-way on the return flight.

This was all pre-brexit, now post-brexit you can bring in £390 value of goods with no impact but more than that you could be hit with import VAT and duty on all of it, huge cardboard boxes all taped up may make it more obvious!.. as you're exporting from Denmark you can reclaim the Danish VAT back at the airport (sometimes in the store) but would need the place you buy from to be able to issue you right receipts/paperwork - lego house shop can, not sure about emp store.

feel free to message if want to talk any aspect through.

stevenzhang · May 22

This is super helpful!! Many thanks @Shropshire

Just messaged for some further questions.

The_Rancor · May 22

I would’ve said much the same as Shropshire. For the majority of tour attendees, there was enough space for their bigger purchases in the shipping crate you’re provided as part of the tour*, then other (generally smaller) boxes can be packed or emptied of the the bags. I had a good balance of boxes I wanted to keep (sent via shipping) and boxes I immediately wanted to recycle when I got back home.

You might also want to consider that you may be lucky enough to receive a few sets or unique rewards on your tour that you’ll probably want to carry in your luggage for full peace of mind. You will of course receive an Inside Tour exclusive set so I’d recommend that takes priority in whatever hand luggage you bring - the size of these sets differs but in its own bag you should be able to place it carefully under the seat - to me that’s the only way of preventing any crushing in transit. Hide it in a bigger bag at the destination airport if you like. If you do well enough in the main Inside Tour building challenge (I’ll keep some aspects secret for you to discover) you could win a unique Lego trophy. I actually brought a roll of bubble wrap so my trophy was safe in my hand luggage - I felt sorry for someone else whose trophy contained hundreds of 1x1 round plates though!

*I need to point out a fairly big caveat here that when I did my tour, TLG hadn’t even released the UCS Falcon 2nd version yet, so there weren’t so many ‘massive’ sets at that time in Summer 2017. I think from memory that the shipping crate we were provided was able to fit the equivalent of 4 standard ‘Spring release’ Star Wars UCS sets back to back in it - plus maybe another layer on the top in terms of height. The crate could be of a different size though now so no guarantees.

Shropshire · May 23

Just dawned on me that still have two of the boxes in the loft.... external measurements are 40cm wide, 50cm tall, 60cm long (from 2019, which was last year of tours before stopped over covid)

stevenzhang · May 23

Your advice are super helpful! Thank you so much! @The_Rancor @Shropshire

Lego released so many large sets in recent years. I am hoping to get some of them there depend on their availability. However, based on the dimention, it seems the box is just about the same size as one Titanic set.

RTO · June 1

stevenzhang said:

Your advice are super helpful! Thank you so much! @The_Rancor @Shropshire

Lego released so many large sets in recent years. I am hoping to get some of them there depend on their availability. However, based on the dimention, it seems the box is just about the same size as one Titanic set.

Yes, the shipping box provided by Lego is exactly the correct size to ship the Titanic.

FireFox31 · June 2

I'm fascinated by this planning to buy sets at the Lego House. How many sets are available only there? Are the widely available sets so much cheaper there that it's worth all the effort to bring them home? Can they really offer discounts better than double VIP points (10%), 20% off like most retailers, or greater than 20% off like savvy shoppers find?

Russell844 · June 2

If you are talking about the employee store, the discounts are worth it. If you are talking about the store at LEGO House, the retail prices are higher than the US.

There are four sets currently available in the LEGO House store that are exclusive as well as keychains, etc.

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