TheDarkness Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 I received my order from Target and the boxes were pretty good. They do seem to have plenty of stock, just at the $279 price tag
Darth Malgus Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 not into Harry Potter but that was a nice set.
shawn_low Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Picked up the Diagon Alley set and it was very well packed from initial inspection. Looks good. Time to finish up my Haunted House before moving on to this, Not into Harry Potter but this is a nice one. Lot of pieces, minifigs and three buildings.
TheDarkness Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 The Winter Village Cottage is $104.99 at S@H, down from $149.99
lightningtiger Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 The Winter Village Cottage is $104.99 at S@H, down from $149.99 Thanks for the heads up, but I'll wait for Toyworld to get it mid-year so I don't have to pay a high freight charge and it's for Christmas so it's not needed in a hurry eh ? Funny, no sales this week involving Lego just about anywhere.
howie28 Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 I never buy from S@H because of the postage. They charge almost the price of the set! And Australian Lego is already almost DOUBLE America's prices! That's around 3-4x the American prices all up. Sorry of I sound angry, I don't mean it like that. It would be spectacular if there was a Lego warehouse in Australia so we get cheaper postage.
Xyver Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 The Winter Village Cottage is $104.99 at S@H, down from $149.99 I ordered one of these yesterday with my Palace Cinema order (I ordered two so as to make a larger cinema) and couldn't pass up 30% discount direct from Lego. Just checked S@H and it is now saying 'Call to check product availability'. Glad I didn't fight the urge to buy the Cinema too hard or I may have missed out. I know the postage is expensive, and no doubt DJs will finally get this set and have it on sale, but after the sudden increase in the price of the Town Hall not long after its release, I thought it best to get it now. The Palace Cinema is only 30% more than US prices, which is a great result of us, and a lot cheaper than the other modulars, I don't expect that to last too long.
jonwil Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) I saw on one of the business news programs a while back where there was a story about David Jones and its results. One of the things they said was that they are going to reign in their discounting (as well as exiting completly from music sales, movie sales and video game sales). So that doesn't bode well for those hoping to see a nice 20% or more off the modulars at some point. Also can anyone suggest the best place to buy the large grey baseplate from in Perth? Anyone got em on any kind of discount or sale? Any particular retailers more likely to have one than the others (I haven't seen any yet at the retailers I have visited so far) Edited February 20, 2013 by jonwil
TeufelHund Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) I never buy from S@H because of the postage. They charge almost the price of the set! And Australian Lego is already almost DOUBLE America's prices! That's around 3-4x the American prices all up. Sorry of I sound angry, I don't mean it like that. It would be spectacular if there was a Lego warehouse in Australia so we get cheaper postage. It is the only place that you can get all the limited edition/hard to find sets in one place though and they do seem to be offering free shipping (particularly on orders greater than $100) more frequently nowdays. Also they always seem to be giving away polypags with sizeable orders so if you don't care for what's in the polybag you can flog it online for a "discount". For example last year I got $110 worth of Lego on their May 4 sale with free shipping and a TC-14 Polybag. I ended up getting $45 for the polybag on E-bay which means I effectively got a discount of >40%! Oh - and I redemmed some VIP points for an extra discount as well. Basically I agree that you can usually find better offers out there but Shop@Home isn't entirely worthless if you strike at the right time. Edited February 20, 2013 by TeufelHund
distortme Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Speaking of DJs - 2 Grand Emporiums at Adelaide CBD store have shown up. $249.95.
ervinsim Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Speaking of DJs - 2 Grand Emporiums at Adelaide CBD store have shown up. $249.95. Haha i was just there this afternoon. 2 emporiums along with 2 pet shops. For everyone else, myers has a 20% sale on lego.
lightningtiger Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Yep, 20% off at Myers.....picked up a fire station. The tiger has the latest.......official conformation of Horizon Express for Myers but June/July toy sale is when it will be first offered. Town Centre is an exclusive, but no idea yet where.....May is the month when the retailer is i.d.'ed.
jonwil Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 If anyone in Perth wants the Superheroes stuff, I saw the lot (including the Daily Bugle and the Tumbler set) at MYER in Carousel.
Darth Malgus Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Still waiting on the Umbaran MHC, Battle of Hoth and the Barc Speeder exclusives to show up somewhere.
jonwil Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I saw the Battle of Hoth in Toys R Us yesterday... EDIT: No, wait, that was the Hoth Echo Base. Edited February 21, 2013 by jonwil
Darth Malgus Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 There's a few of them floating around, I liked the playability not the ascetic of it.
marvinblue Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Yep, 20% off at Myers.....picked up a fire station. The tiger has the latest.......official conformation of Horizon Express for Myers but June/July toy sale is when it will be first offered. Town Centre is an exclusive, but no idea yet where.....May is the month when the retailer is i.d.'ed. Hi LT! What's this Town Centre? Did you mean Town Hall, or is it another set I haven't heard of?TIA!
TheDarkness Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 There is a lego 60026 Town Square being released. It has a crane, a bus, a bike shop and a pizza shop I believe. I'm not sure if anything has been announced.
EvMan Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Hola! 20% off Lego at Target Chermside, 23-24 February. EvMan
marvinblue Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 There is a lego 60026 Town Square being released. It has a crane, a bus, a bike shop and a pizza shop I believe. I'm not sure if anything has been announced. Thanks for the heads-up! Did a little digging and found some pics on Flikr. I like the bike shop, but I think that the releases of the other subjects a few years earlier were much better, as opposed to the versions in this set. Thumbs up to TLG for doing something different. (Sorry for the off-topic...)
TheDarkness Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 When is the last time K-Mart had a Lego sale, outside of just putting items on clearance? There are a few sets I am interested in, but I never see a 15 or 20% off type of sale like Target has.
jmchisel Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 Toyworld (list of stores: http://www.toyworld.com.au/?q=LatestCatalogue#stores) have a new catalogue out with 2013 sets (including an exclusive: 10655 Young Builders Monster Truck, $29.99) Here are the deals of note: 70006 Chima Cragger's Command Ship - $20 off at $109.99 6008 City Museum Break-in - $20 off at $69.99 3185 Friends Summer Riding Camp - $20 off at 129.99 79003 Hobbit: An Unexpected Gathering - $20 off at $99.99 60004 Fire Station - $20 off at $109.99 Peruse the catalogue at http://www.toyworld.com.au/?q=LatestCatalogue for some of the other, lesser ($3/$5/$10 off) deals.
Artanis I Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 When is the last time K-Mart had a Lego sale, outside of just putting items on clearance? There are a few sets I am interested in, but I never see a 15 or 20% off type of sale like Target has. When was the last time Kmart had a catalogue? Many moons, I used to get one every week (a la Target). Last time they had any kind of sale was at the mid-year "layby for Christmas" sales last year. 20% off, not very exciting, as everywhere else was too.
BrettBrick Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I get a weekly catalogue from kmart. They are also online at lassoo.com.au. Hasn't been any Lego in there from memory though.
TheDarkness Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 When was the last time Kmart had a catalogue? Many moons, I used to get one every week (a la Target). Last time they had any kind of sale was at the mid-year "layby for Christmas" sales last year. 20% off, not very exciting, as everywhere else was too. That's what I was thinking. Other than their Clearance items, I can't remember then having a % off sale in awhile. Even the Clearance items aren't really moving in my local store.
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