As a LEGO collecting community, we have been really spoiled throughout 2013 by the multitude of awesome free LEGO giveaways and LEGO polybag promos that have been given out as part of promotions at the LEGO Stores and sometimes Toys R Us. So it was with intense anticipation that I perused the August 2013 LEGO Store calendar to see what we’d be getting free in August! And, well… it’s a bit of a letdown. Coming to LEGO Stores next month, it’s the previously-released LEGO Galaxy Squad Mini Mech 30230 polybag!

I like LEGO Galaxy Squad. I really do. So it’s nice to see a Galaxy Squad LEGO polybag giveaway to promote the theme, which hasn’t exactly set the world on fire with its sales.The Jack Reacher minifigure is a nice enough figure and I even think the little lunar walker Mini Mech vehicle is kind of neat. Unfortunately, the set will also have be half a year old by the time LEGO Stores get it in next month, which makes it more than a little “blah” on the excitement meter.

Personally, I think this is a pretty unspeakably lame set for LEGO to give out as a promotion at the LEGO Stores in August. I know they don’t have to give us anything for free, but this set was already available at Walmart stores during the winter for $3! This seems like a real waste of a LEGO promo at the LEGO Stores, but I guess LEGO figures they’ll have plenty of customers in August given all the new sets coming out next month.

If you don’t have a LEGO Store near you, you’re in luck–the LEGO 30320 Mini Mech is cheap and abundant online. You can get the LEGO Galaxy Squad Mini Mech 30230 polybag for as cheap as $2-$4 on ebay with no problems at all!

But if you want to save yourself a couple dollars and you’ll be buying sets from the LEGO Store in August anyway (that’s when the summer LEGO Star Wars sets should be on the shelves in full force), the 30230 LEGO Mini Mech will be available for free with a $50 purchase from August 1st-16th 2013. What do you think, LEGO collectors? Are you happy with the 30230 LEGO polybag promo next month, or were you hoping for something just a little bit more enthralling?