Is scanning old LEGO set QR codes with LEGO Insiders worth it?
You can earn a set amount of points per set by scanning QR codes under the new LEGO Insiders program – but is it worth it?
The LEGO Group recently announced that its VIP program will be changing to LEGO Insiders. While this rebrand won’t change too much practically speaking, there is one new possibility that long-term LEGO collectors might want to make use of. Scanning QR codes from LEGO sets will earn you a flat amount of 20 points, meaning you can earn points from buying LEGO sets no matter where you shop.
What’s more, since QR codes have been on sets since 2018, you can also earn bonus points on previous purchases within the past five years, so long as you still have your instruction manuals. However, before you start raiding your attics and basements, we thought we’d dig into how much value those 20 points will stack up to.
The redeemable value of points will remain the same as the LEGO VIP program shifts into LEGO Insiders. That means you’ll need to earn 800 points to earn a £5 discount by redeeming points in the UK, requiring you to scan 40 sets. The next redeemable voucher level is £20, which requires 3200 points, the equivalent of scanning 160 sets.
While this might seem like a lot of sets for even the lowest of voucher thresholds, it is essentially free points when it comes to sets you’ve already bought – and every little amount adds up. Plus, points aren’t only redeemable against vouchers. For example, at the time of writing, you can enter two separate sweepstakes to win LEGO DREAMZzz and LEGO 2K Drive bundles for 50 points a piece, or spend 100 points to get the LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy Print and Play toy. For those smaller spends, you’d only need to scan between three and five sets.
Still, the most lucrative way to stack up your points will remain shopping directly at LEGO, where shoppers can continue earning around 5% cashback under LEGO Insiders. Scanning QR codes is an added bonus for those shopping elsewhere: it might not earn you big LEGO bucks, but it’s certainly something.
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Proof rich folks have no idea how much anything is worth. In the time it would take me to scan 40 codes I’d earn more money by begging in front of the supermarket.
The fact that a $10 set booklet is the same value as a $600 set booklet is insane.
I have over 40 instruction booklets, but I wont bother spending an hour and a half scanning them all into an app to save $5. Not happening.
20 points for scanning old manuals is a waste of time. There is no incentive really. They should have increased the points given with each product, you will use the points with them anyway, and might help with the high prices of all the sets now.
Surely someone will just collate all Eligible QR codes in one place allowing people will claim to have bought every set made in the relevant time period. If that becomes routine, will Lego allow it, or remove that perk from everyone.
The QR codes are unique. Yes, that means they are unique to the individual set you purchased. So they can’t be easily posted like you said
Not enough to be gained from scanning them. I fail to see why Lego came up with this. If the incentive had have been more points it’d be a good way of ensuring sets were opened and built as intended – this way there is no incentive to unseal sets so the retired market prices will stay high and Lego will gain no profit from resold sets. Wasted opportunity from them
I was debating this myself. I think my time is worth more than the points I would get scanning old manuals, and I have lots. Its more valuable to LEGO targeting sales algorithms. Also, it was a better deal when you shop at Target here in the states where you received 1 pt for each dollar spent. under new program, only sets at $20 US or less may be worth scanning IMO.
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