LEGO Star Wars 5005747 VIP Frame: Impressions and Warning

We will briefly talk about the last gift offered to holders of the VIP Black Card: The small set 5005747 VIP Frame that I received a few days ago.

No question of putting a layer on the mediocrity of the whole of this operation and on the barely concealed snub that LEGO makes us by offering to frame our Black Card for posterity.

Nothing exciting here, the display is a vague "tribute" to the hollow sets of the range Ultimate Collector Series and the minifigure is nothing very original with its yellow hands, its neutral head and its torso pad printed only on the front face. LEGO didn't even bother to reproduce the VIP card on the Tile held by the minifig.

For those who may be considering purchasing this set on eBay or Bricklink, a few details are in order, so as not to be fooled.

The bag is reclosable, it is not sealed. It is not a sachet like those used for "classic" polybags, it is a simple transparent packaging such as can be bought in almost all stores specializing in office supplies.

The only exclusive piece of the bag is the torso of the minifigure on which the Millennium Falcon is pad printed as seen on the Black VIP card itself. This pad printing is of medium quality and the pattern is loosely centered. Everything else (41 pieces) is just generic LEGO pieces.

If the price of the set remains around 100 € and more on the secondary market, we will certainly see the appearance in the coming months of mini-prints tampographed by third parties sold at retail as is already the case for some exclusive minifigs (and much more complex to reproduce) given out at San Diego Comic Con.

If you want to be fairly certain that you are getting an original product, at least demand the instruction booklet and especially the generic black VIP card (without barcode and with a LEGO Star Wars logo on the back) that comes in the polybag.

Don't pay $ 50 or more for a minifigure sold on its own, you will be fooled. Pad printing a torso with a single color and in this quality costs a few cents per unit for a series of a few hundred copies ...