PaulKiwiGordon

I agree totally about the pricing on these in New Zealand and Australia. When they first listed the Fire Brigade on S@H it was listed at $349 NZD, the Green Grocer with more pieces listed at $219 NZD and cafe Corner at $149 NZD and they expected us to buy it and pay $80 NZD postage on top. I don't think so. Meanwhile USA and United Kingdom were priced at $220 NZD after exchange rate. I think Lego was trying to rip somebody off. It is one reason why I will not buy the new Rebel Blockade Runner either. Also when the Cafe Corner and Green Grocer were originally released they were priced at $249 NZD which is far more reasonable. I just can not see how Lego justified a $100 NZD increase for a set with less pieces than the Green Grocer. They have recently dropped the price of the Fire Brigade to $299 NZD for this is still to much and the postage is a rip off compared to $18 USD for the Americans.

Good question as to whether this was created by Lego. It actually comes from the same non-public directory on Brickshelf as the tag used by member Svelte. Maybe they know each other.

Having just looked at the cockpit photo's I hope the top of the cockpit is not clear pieces with stickers on top as they would be awful to get right.