US Disney Store Is Offering the 40897 Darth Vader's Lightsaber GWP from 4 October
The 40897 Darth Vader's Lightsaber GWP has a second route to your shelf. The US Disney Store is offering it from 4 October with any US$130 purchase - and that spend threshold isn't limited to LEGO. This one is US-only, so UK and European buyers will still need to go via LEGO.com, where the lightsaber is free with 75457 from 1 until 10 October while stocks last. The standard way to get this freebie is buying the 75457 UCS Executor Super Star Destroyer, which costs considerably more than US$130 on its own. The Disney Store deal is more flexible: hit US$130 on anything in store and the lightsaber is included. Clothing, homeware, toys - it all counts. If you'd rather the spend go towards LEGO, the Disney Store does carry sets, but the range is narrow. They stock Disney-licensed lines only - Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney-branded sets. Nothing from City, Technic, or Icons. Finding US$130 worth you genuinely want from that selection might take some hunting. As a GWP, a buildable lightsaber is a solid little bonus - the kind of thing that looks good in a Star Wars display without demanding its own dedicated space. Whether the Disney Store option is worth engineering a US$130 purchase around really depends on how much you want 40897 and how you feel about the 75457 Executor. For collectors who were already eyeing up the big set, this is moot. For everyone else, at least there's now a lower-commitment option.
Buy at LEGO.com: Executor Super Star Destroyer™