Shadow ARF Trooper, the good LEGO joke ....

Decidedly LEGO takes us for young padawans a little silly, we French (in fact the Europeans, but hey, at the moment it's every man for himself) ... As evidenced by this offer proposed by LEGO via Brickset and for which with the codes BS11(USA) and BS12(CA), Americans and Canadians can get this Shadow ARF Trooper in a bag, already offered in May 2011 during a promotional operation and whose resale price reaches summits on Bricklink.

That this offer is reserved for Americans, still passes. But what is frankly ridiculous is the explanation given by LEGO on this subject, I quote:

"We have discovered a limited quantity of LEGO Star Wars ™ Shadow ARF Trooper minifigures in our warehouse! Due to the very limited quantity we would like to give the fan community the first chance to receive these as bonus gift on any LEGO Star Wars holiday purchases that meet the Free Shipping threshold of $ 99."

Basically, a lot of these Shadow ARF Troopers were lying around in the warehouse of LEGO, who just realized it, and who therefore decides in a surge of generosity to offer them for any order over $ 99.

Obviously, none of this in European warehouses, at least not at the time of this writing .... and the groundhog ....