Tony Almeida

I suppose we can complain about it to TLG but they obviously wouldn't have much incentive to change anything. The AUD has been trading at or above parity with the USD for a good couple of years now, and pricing's remained unchanged. More importantly, however, there are enough casual customers (e.g. mums and dads) who'll just assume that such prices would be the norm for Lego and are just going to unwittingly tolerate the markups.

Regarding clear stickers - you can actually re-do them without making it look messy. Instead of peeling it off, hold a small bit of the edge and quickly yank it upwards at a diagonal angle - so you're sort of 'pulling' it off. This will remove the sticker cleanly and won't mess up the adhesive either.

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Those printed glasses on the ADU minifig's face look a little naff to me... the top of the glasses' 'frames' looks a bit like a unibrow at first glance.

I wasn't aware that Australia is currently in risk of facing a recession.

If I were to buy only one set it'd be one of the ADU themed ones, because they're the good guys (also the same reasoning I'd use if I was 10)

Yeah, it is pretty appalling, but its been like that a for a while. That's really why this thread is so worthwhile, because sales/clearances are the only times you're paying a reasonable, non-inflated cost for sets.

So are these sets loaded with stickers or are we getting more printed pieces again?

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Has anybody come across a Creator Super Speedster recently in their travels? Was wondering if they'd still be available.

Not so great for anyone who was also after one. Why do people feel they have to hoard sale items?

Well now that you bring that up, I suppose it works out with all things considered. I just preferred the colour scheme and direction that Space Police took last year.

Well I like the designs of the Earth HQ and the chopper, but the kiddy colour schemes aren't really doing much for me.

When I rang Lego Aus asking for a replacement sticker sheet, they gave me some BS about not replacing them, so I just used the replacement form on the Lego website, where they sent out my replacements without any questions (or cost) - they came all the way from Europe.

Yep, as the AUD gets stronger, we get gouged even more. Real classy move by LEGO.

The packaging and premise of this set seems like some cheap, low quality knockoff... being sold at "premium" Lego prices. $25 really is a massive stretch for something like this. I will add that the printed piece is a welcome step - maybe we'll be seeing more of it in the future?

Those clearance prices are rather underwhelming. I recall that during July/August Target were selling the VPR and Undercover Cruiser for those prices.

I'm hoping for some epic end of year clearances.

You wonder why they didn't stick to that original prototype, it was superior to the massive fail that it became as Gold Heist.

Wow, very impressive. All we need now is a Pick-A-Brick wall (though I'd only ever buy stuff on discount)

http://steamcommunity.com/id/robinwalker

This is probably the most interesting thing happening in Canberra right now.

+1.

It's just a box. I understand your intent to collect them, but if you did end up requesting an exchange on the basis of a crumpled box, you'd probably just get a quizzical look from the shop assistant.

It should be fairly self-evident, considering the theme is called Space Police