LEGO 5006330 VIP Metal Keychain: close-up on the current VIP reward

I received the VIP "bought" reward for the modest sum of 950 points a few days ago: the VIP metal key ring in its blue box. When the offer is launched, the rewards center only offered one visual of this promotional product and I, like many others, dared to imagine that it was a keychain with a large 2x4 metal bricks.

I was a little too naive on this file and it is in fact a simple plaque with tenons flanked by the brand logo. You will tell me that it is more practical than a big brick for a keychain and you will probably be right.

The thing weighs 32 grams on the scale, it is not manufactured directly by LEGO but by the company RDP, a Chinese structure specializing in the design and manufacture of derivative products that works for many brands, and I can't help but think that LEGO could have offered this product rather than "selling" it to us in exchange for some- some of our precious VIP points.

We will remember that the blue cardboard box with its pretty interior foam has a little effect, that this packaging will be very practical for storing this derivative product at the back of a cupboard and that the right to proudly display its membership in the LEGO VIP program. will still have cost a few points.

To be honest, even if the code generated on the rewards center is in principle valid for 60 days from its date of issue, I placed an order for products that I already had on the Shop without waiting for the novelties of January 1st are online. I didn't want to take the risk of waiting several weeks and taking the reckless risk of running out of stock on this keychain and receiving an uninteresting polybag instead. The desire to own this trinket that I paid for with my hard-earned points was the strongest. We do not remake ourselves.

Will I sleep better at night now that this keychain is in my possession? Nothing is less certain, the disappointment of having "bought" something flat instead of a nice thick brick should disturb me for a few days.