I mentioned last week that making several trips to Target was becoming part of my daily routine ever since a new Target store opened up a ninety-second drive from my apartment. Today was one of those days when having a short drive to reach the store definitely paid off, as I was careless on my first trip in and only took a cursory walk past the aisle. The joke was on me, though, as Target had an unexpected promo that I had to go back for (after it was already sold out)–the Target Exclusive LEGO Minifigures set, containing a LEGO Superboy minifigure and three other figures! It’s already selling online for $40-$50, so if you want this set free, now is the time to hit Target!

I was horrified this afternoon when someone messaged me about this week’s Target LEGO promo, which I was absolutely clueless about despite having been at Target earlier this morning. I rushed back to Target (which is thankfully only a two-minute frenzy), but I was too late: I was told by the employees that this week’s entire allotment of the Target exclusive LEGO Minifigures set was already totally gone. Insane!

The promo–if they still had it (which they didn’t)–was a free Target LEGO Minifigures Set cube containing four minifigures for free with a $50 qualifying purchase (or available for $15 without purchasing anything else–theoretically).

The Target LEGO Minifigures Exclusive Set includes four minifigures:

EXCLUSIVE LEGO Superboy Minifigure (LEGO DC Super Heroes)

LEGO Green Ninja Minifigure (LEGO Ninjago)

LEGO Park Ranger Minifigure (LEGO City)

LEGO Fire Lavertus Minifigure (LEGO Chima)

I was told by the store associates at the three Target stores nearest me that they were now out of the promo and not expecting it to be replenished, but I don’t necessarily know if I believe that, seeing as how we’re only a half-day into a seven-day LEGO promo. If Target really is totally out of this set already, that’s really poor foresight and planning on their part.

I’ll check back throughout the week to see if this set does get restocked–as I’m absolutely too cheap (and broke) right now to pay the $40-$60 that the Target Exclusive LEGO Minifigures Set is selling for on ebay , but for now the shelves at all my local stores are tragically devoid of this week’s intended promo set.

Have you had any luck tracking down this LEGO Minifigures set at your local Target store, LEGO fans? Are you psyched about the surprise release of a LEGO Superboy figure, or ticked off that LEGO has snuck out another rare and difficult-to-obtain LEGO DC Superheroes minifigure?