Lord Thrawn Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Has anyone been to the shop at Bluewater recently? Anything going on?
mutley777 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 just been to my local lego store in kinsgton (UK) and they are closing down! :'-( 30% of everything in store, but there was not alot left. :-(
languages Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 For anyone going to the MK store in the next month, a bust of my head is on display as part of the View into the community boxes. Also, the shop did not have the Batman magnets...
Lord Thrawn Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 If you bear with me and Joe, we'll be able to give you a report of what's going down in Bluewater (UK). Here's hoping I'll find some Batman stuff there, or so help me...
xenologer Posted July 20, 2006 Posted July 20, 2006 I no whats in every Pab store in the World. Thats one of the bonuses of being a Brickish member. But I dout they would let me post the inventries in Eurobricks... What is Brickish and how can I be one too? Im in the USA, California and the Lego Shop I visit is the one at Valley Fair Mall, Cupertino From talking with the workers there, and from observing their shelves, they generally don't get new sets till a week or two after S@H and TRU, so nothing too special there... PAB isn't really all that great based on the wonderful stories I've heard about European PAB... In the last month or 2 though, they did have 2*2 Tiles, and rotated colors each time I was there... which is always nice... Now I have over 100 each of white, black, yellow, and mdstone tiles... Much cheaper than purchasing the 100 2*2 tiles set from S@H
Lord Thrawn Posted July 20, 2006 Posted July 20, 2006 I think you have to be British to be Brickish, Xeno. ;-)
languages Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 I no whats in every Pab store in the World. Thats one of the bonuses of being a Brickish member. But I dout they would let me post the inventries in Eurobricks... What is Brickish and how can I be one too? Im in the USA, California and the Lego Shop I visit is the one at Valley Fair Mall, Cupertino From talking with the workers there, and from observing their shelves, they generally don't get new sets till a week or two after S@H and TRU, so nothing too special there... PAB isn't really all that great based on the wonderful stories I've heard about European PAB... In the last month or 2 though, they did have 2*2 Tiles, and rotated colors each time I was there... which is always nice... Now I have over 100 each of white, black, yellow, and mdstone tiles... Much cheaper than purchasing the 100 2*2 tiles set from S@H http://www.brickish.org/
Lord Thrawn Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 Joey and I will be visiting the MK LEGO Store on Friday and so should be able to report any news.
languages Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 According to Lugnet, The Lego shop in Birmingham is shutting down.... Hopefully they will open a shop up north instead...
Blind-Bricks Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I hear ya Languages! Why does Scotland have no store :(
Capn Frank Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 In US (i.e. Wisconsin and Connecticut for sure) you can purchase lego bricks at thrift stores or second hand stores. I've gotten a little over a gallon (or about 5 liters) of bricks from various thrift stores. It doesn't happen too often though, but when they're there, they're really cheap for those of us that have limited funds. I stop at the thrift store at least weekly to try not to miss them. I don't know about other parts of the US or world. But it maybe worth a try. :-)
xwingyoda Posted January 18, 2007 Author Posted January 18, 2007 Attention French and especially Parisien shoppers !! I went to my "Lego store" the other day (the shop in the village Jou
GravyTrain Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I can confirm that the Birmingham store closed down in November/December. Be assured that it was a quiet and peaceful death. 'Twas a bit of a shock, walking towards the Lego store and finding closing down signs and half the store missing! Probably replaced by some crappy clothes shop :'-( Edited February 6, 2007 by GravyTrain
Dark Brick Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 Hi all- As a few have already mentioned some of the stores in and around the U.S.A.(TRU, K-Mart, The LEGO Store, et el). I will share with you some places that you can buy LEGOS where most would never think about. Ok please be patient and understand that under no circumstances that you are guarunteed to find new or even complete sets at these locations, or for that matter any LEGOs at all. Living in a city like Chicago, I have learned that you can find a lot of stuff if you just "dig around". The first thing I will mention is second hand stores. They sometimes have things you would have never found at any other store. Mind you you may have to dig through boxes or ask around, but sometimes you can get lucky. The next place is a Flea Market and to tell you the truth I have gotten the best deals on misc. parts and the like at these places than at others. As an example, back in December of 2006, my buddy and I went to one and we were looking around and have not found anything for like an hour, then as we were about to leave, I told him I will check just two more places here and then we can go. It was a good thing I did for you see not only did I find LEGOs, but a 64 quart Rubbermaid tub 3/4 full of LEGO. When I asked the guy what he wanted for them he told me that they were for his neighbor's kids, but for me he says, how about $20.00 U.S. dollars. No arguement there with that kind of price. But again this all comes down to the willingness to look and may even take up a whole day. Sometimes you get lucky and other times you are SOL. The final few places that I will mention are Garage Sales, Moving Sales, and Estate Sales. I go to these things on a weekly basis and let me tell you, these are great in just maybe attaining a few pieces here and there, altough in some cases LEGO buckets and sets, like the one I went to 2 weeks ago. Well I hope that helps and happy hunting.
Brainbox Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 I can confirm that the Birmingham store closed down in November/December. I only got to visit once as well. Oh well, heres hoping for one up north. Manchester, York, Leeds (yes I do live near all of these), anywhere, just not in the south.
Axle Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Is there any good ones in Munster,Ireland? :-)
Dfenz Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 For anyone visiting Ireland the Smyths stores (also operating under the name Ken Black) offer the widest range of Lego at competitive prices. I've discovered that many of the sets are sold below LS@H prices. for example the 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer has been priced at
VBBN Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 In Michigan, Mejier and TRU are great places to visit. I found a that they always have early stock.
SlyOwl Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 England - Hamleys always has some Lego, but at rip-off prices and a very poor selection Harrods is even more of a rip-off than Hamleys and an even more limited selection Gamleys is a rip-off of Hamleys but has normal prices, all the same deals as S@H but never seems to have any Castle or Technic :-( It doesn't do the bigger sets either. Argos has most sets, but few smaller ones Woolworths is terrible and their service lousy
VBBN Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 In Michigan again... Target- Always have what I am looking for. They even had a full stock of halo 3 and Dwarves' mines!!! I'll find more...
Sasa80 Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 On December 15. i will be in Vienna, Austria for a few hours, can anyone tell me is there any Lego shops there where I can go??? :-/
Asuka Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 On December 15. i will be in Vienna, Austria for a few hours, can anyone tell me is there any Lego shops there where I can go??? :-/ There
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