CommanderFox

Hey oddjob! Welcome to the forums! I hope you enjoy it here, make sure to head over here and make a topic and introduce yourself! Just from peoples experiences on fishpond, they can be pretty bad, but there are the times when someones Lego set has arrived but like 2 months later, so its kinda up to you. Currently i'd recommend Toyco, they have a 20% off sale storewide and shipping is fixed price at $6, not sure if they have the sets you want though, have a look though! Warehouse may have a sale, i do know they have the series 7 collectible minifigures 3 for $10, but apart from that i don't know if they have any sales at the moment. Have a look around online. Bricklink which is the world wide lego haven may be your best/cheapest method, that is if your happy to buy from overseas and all, as i said, have a look round and post here if you need any help. There's plenty of nice NZers ready to help. Cheers CF

Oh I think they can do better Toyworld 4 day sale! Not to bad - 20-50% off, might have a looky when im down in Albany CF

Hey Nick, sorry im in Auckland so can't, hope you find someone from the CHCH region though! :) No I havent seen anything, got all the junkmail today but no warehouse or toyworld magazines so couldn't see if there were any good deals...Hope there is though! CF

Wow, what an excellent MOC! Love the seamlessness of it and the greebles. Also great photography CF

Hey for all you star wars older set collectors, not sure if you've seen this, real steal :) Im bidding i think, just for collecting's sake

Toyco has another storewide 20% off sale, excludes afew lego sets. It ends on thursday night, so get in quick if your wanting some good priced lego! Farmers have the 2010 Battle Packs for $12 each! And afew other discounts. For the minifigure collectors, Warehouse has 3 for $10 with the series 8 minifigures, and other discounts. All in all everyone seems to be doing a nice little sale atm. CF

Nice! All up my order would have been $300, came down to a nice $140! I picked up 2 London escapes aswell, a Geonosian Cannon and a little Ninjago guy for my brother... Im tempted for another order to get some Uruk-hai sets, but then had a look on BL. I've seen this guy in the past. He sells brand new sets, and has alot of themes, at really affordable prices! Even better then Toyco! Just wondering how much shipping would be, and if i'd get hit with tax. If i say bought $100 or so NZ dollars worth from him would they hit me with import tax? I've never bought lego outside New Zealand so don't know. Anyways im very happy with my Toyco purchase, still got till friday to make another one! CF

'We order'? Hahaa bought out everything did we? What did you order? Im always keen to hear about other peoples purchases. CF

I did a $140 order this morning..... So excited!!! Dissapointed though that I missed out on the whitecap bay set, only $68! I emailed Toyco regarding the Gandalf arrives set as I noticed it wasn't on the site, they said it would be on tomorrow. So Im doing another order once thats on. CF

Welcome to EB Toyco Raymond! pop over and introduce yourself here! Do you by any chance work at Toyco? Just curious. Hope you enjoy it on EB! CF

Thanks epic_red!! I must say i'm really impressed with this!! For a first lego show, you guys have done an excellent job!! If this is going to happen every year, i'll try and make it down not next year but the following, once i'm done with all the study That big diorama with the castles and water blew me away! Who was that? CF

If any of you who were there could upload pics of the event on flickr or somewhere it would be hugely appreciated!! I'd love to see how it kicked off CF

Just incredible, I salut your brick building expertise! I love it how you did a half ancient, half current time with it, a great contrast. CF

Finally something Lego related released in Aus and NZ before the rest of the world! Haha, looks super fun! I find it incredible that this is all possible on chrome, it really is the best browser. CF

Went to warehouse today and picked up the bounty hunter assault gunship for $49. Hoped to get a 10% discount with their we'll beat it by 10%, as Farmers also had the gunship for $49.99. But no, they had already beaten it by $0.99, so no discount. Lots of new sets, especially SW!! I haven't seen many but was surprised to see all these new sets! Are you liking the new Jabba's palace Legoman? I thought, oooh thats gonna be a must for him when I saw it. Lots of sets to get, will have to save up some cash! CF

Warehouse are having their Great Annual Toy Sale! Saw in the tv add they have 20% off Lego City. Would be nice to have some good deals on star wars, might go and check it out over the weekend though. CF

Just found a little gold mine! I know some of you are into the old classics, here's a nice collection of it! Gold Mine!!! Hope someones interested. Offtopic abit, does anyone have any cheap 628 baseplates they don't want anymore? Im talking cheap here. Thanks CF

Inconsiderate toy retailers! Anyone had news of sales in the auckland/Albany region? Warehouse i noticed had holiday sales on 4 ninjago sets and a promo for Friends: Ninjago: Earth dragon defense 2509 - save $30, Now $30 Turbo Shredder 2263 - save $30, Now $30 Spinjitzu Dojo 2504 - save $35, Now $45 Fire Temple 2507 - save $126!!! Now $124!! Friends: Promo - buy 2 or more, get 20% off! CF

Hmm thats odd....oh well, i guess i'll just use the laptop when it comes to bricklink. Its so annoying about not being able to use the bigger %offs from the toyworld catalogue, that 50% off would have been nice..... CF

Yeah, i remember the days they'd have the first battle packs on for $80 Hey someone mentioned the UCS 10221 SSD, fishpond (no kidding ) has it for $800, not sure if thats any competition with overseas prices though... On a side note, my imac doesn't let me browse any stores on bricklink, but my old pc laptop does, its really weird. Anyone else having this problem? It comes with this - ADODB.Field error '800a0bcd' Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deleted. Requested operation requires a current record. /store.asp, line 212 Im completely at a loss with it. CF

Hey thanks so much for that info! Man I will have to start saving..... CF

Have you got the 7946's yet? Im interested to know if fishpond is actually sending sets and not giving you that out of stock email. Wow, sounds like i will have to go have a looky in the red shed soonish. CF

hey talking of LOTR, have we got any details of sets? And if so dates of releases in nz? Allan...? CF

I thought the quality wasn't that bad. Super envious man! Would love to see that set made up in person...all that gorgeous tan CF

what a bargain!!!! I wonder if my kmart has any in stock on sale... Same, i got the skateboarder, was hoping for either the nome, viking, muskateer, artist, fifa guy, sailer or the orange guy, the rocker would have been pretty cool as well. Oh well pretty cool. Im doing my little arms order now, no one is keen? CF