From Steve Witt:

King of Prussia Mall, King of Prussia, PA

· Store will officially open for business on Sept 18

· Grand Opening Celebration Weekend will be Oct 3 – 5

· Master Builder will be Dan

· Model being built will be Yoda

· Master Builder Event happens all 3 days in the JC Penney Court Friday 11 – 7, Saturday 10 – 6, Sunday 11 – 6

· AFOL Volunteers are needed, included at least 1 expert builder who can help Dan actually build the model!

Volunteers will get a special reward at the store!

· On Saturday, Oct 4, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive make & take set of the Liberty Bell, complete with crack and moving clapper! This set is not available for sale.

· On Sunday, Oct. 5, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive child’s size LEGO Store t-shirt, featuring the LEGO Minifigure holding the state flag! This shirt is not available for sale.

· Exclusive sets and t-shirts will also be given out as trivia question prizes by Dan throughout the event at the build site!

· Fans can also enter a raffle in the LEGO Store for a chance to win a $100 LEGO Store Gift Card!

South Shore Plaza, Braintree, MA

· Store will officially open for business on Sept 12

· Grand Opening Celebration Weekend will be Oct 11 - 13

· Note: This event runs Saturday > Monday due to the Columbus Day holiday.

· Master Builder will be Dan

· Model being built will be Yoda

· Master Builder Event happens all 3 days in the Macy’s Court

Saturday 10 - 6, Sunday 11 – 6, Monday 11 – 7

· AFOL Volunteers are needed, included at least 1 expert builder who can help Dan actually build the model!

Volunteers will get a special reward at the store!

· On Sunday, Oct 12, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive make & take set of a Baseball Player, complete with bat, red hat and socks and home plate! This set is not available for sale.

· On Monday, Oct. 13, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive child’s size LEGO Store t-shirt, featuring the LEGO Minifigure holding the state flag! This shirt is not available for sale.

· Exclusive sets and t-shirts will also be given out as trivia question prizes by Dan throughout the event at the build site!

· Fans can also enter a raffle in the LEGO Store for a chance to win a $100 LEGO Store Gift Card!

Arden Fair Mall, Sacramento, CA

· Store will officially open for business on Sept 25

· Grand Opening Celebration Weekend will be Oct 17 - 19

· Master Builder will be Dan

· Model being built will be R2-D2

· Master Builder Event happens all 3 days in the Center Court

Friday 11 – 7, Saturday 10 – 6, Sunday 11 – 6

· AFOL Volunteers are needed, included at least 1 expert builder who can help Dan actually build the model!

Volunteers will get a special reward at the store!

· On Saturday, Oct 18, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive make & take set of Sacramento’s Transcontinental Railroad Engine, the Gov. Stanford Steam Locomotive, complete with moving wheels and realistic details! This set is not available for sale.

· On Sunday, Oct. 19, the first 300 customers in the store to spend $35 will get a FREE exclusive child’s size LEGO Store t-shirt, featuring the LEGO Minifigure holding the state flag! This shirt is not available for sale.

· Exclusive sets and t-shirts will also be given out as trivia question prizes by Dan throughout the event at the build site!

· Fans can also enter a raffle in the LEGO Store for a chance to win a $100 LEGO Store Gift Card!

CopMike

What? No new UK or European stores?

Well at least I know there's more places to get Lego when I go to the USA on holiday

I'm ecstatic! There's finally a LEGO store that isn't an hour and a half away from me. Now it's only a 45 minute drive to the King of Prussia to get me beloved LEGO! I think that the King of Prussia mall is a perfect place for a LEGO store, if there was to be one in east PA. Thanks a lot for the information Hinckley/CopMike, this certainly made my day! I should go there on the Grand Opening Celebration.

Many stores are downsizing or closing down completely these days in the United States due to the economic slowdown while LEGO is expanding! Things must really be going well for them, even in these hard economic times.

I love King Of Prussia! I've been there once, and it's a cool city! But, unforunately, I don't live there! At least I can go to the Potomac Mills store.

I just don't get it - TLC's base of opperations in America is Enfield Connecticut, and yet they still haven't opened a SINGLE lego store in CT, which is also my home state! This is really annoying - I want to get more pick a brick cups and hard to find sets in the future like everyone else.

Sacramento!! Sweet! One question.. It meantions that vollenteers are needed to help build the models. How does one become a vollenteer???? Is there an email address i need, or a phone number??

This isn't fair, Texas has only one store, California and Massachusetts have more than one already.

We need more stores in Texas!

Hooray for Arden Fair Mall!

I really wish they would make lego stores in Canada.

Yes, yes yes! Saramento is only 20 miles from where I live!

I'm so happy! Ecstatic is the word. Anyway, it says AFOL volunteers are needed, I'm a TFOL... is there any way I could help out? I'm skilled with LEGO... everything just about, and mentally mature, so I wouln't be a problem. I'm also good with kids in TLG's target group. Please post a email address or some form of contact, I'd love to help!

I thought I was the only EB member around Sacramento, so it's nice to see some other folks here. I've known about this for about 3 weeks - saw the bright yellow partition in front of the store with "Coming Soon" etc. on it. My wife had to calm me down. I am sure that I will go once prior to the grand opening and then again at the grand opening. I'd be interested in volunteering as well.

Still no stores within 6 hours. You'd think Lego would be dying to put one in NC considering how far the nearest stores are. There are 2 an hour from each other in Virginia and none in NC.

D'oh! They should've put one in Leicester's new Highcross Shopping Centre!

It would definitely save me the trip to Birmingham, which I don't even go to that often anyway...

Bluebeard, out-

Edited September 6, 200816 yr by Capt. Bluebeard

Ah, one just 45 minutes away, at Arden Fair! YAY! Neever been to a Lego store, well, ever, so looking forward to it. Does anyone know how big the make and take set is? And what exactly does make and take mean? You have to build it in store or something? I can't go on the day they are giving the set away(Marching Band Competition, we leave at 4:30 AM) so i'm going to see if one of my parents or my friend will go for me.

DSR

I found the three make and thake sets

The Liberty Bell is really terrible! Why in white?

There are no LEGO Stores in Venice to my knowledge- do you disregard the gondolas?

Anyway, congratz to- what was it? Massachusetts? And Californa, I've heard about that one. But how about some stores in Venice and surronding city-states?

Is that old gray on the top of the bell??

Well, the one in Arden is definately the best, but I was expecting a lot more than that. I don't think it would even be worth it for me.

Oh well.

DSR

To volunteer just show up before the stores open and look up the person in charge or Pm me with your Name & phonenumber,

and I´ll give it to Steve Witt from TLC who is The Man to run this !

CopMike

Aren´t we ever going to get a store in Sweden?

Well, I guess TLC doesn´t think LEGO is selling well enough in Sweden...

Is that old gray on the top of the bell??

I saw that too...seemed odd.

I used to live near-enough to know that the King of Prussia store should do well. Close proximity to Philly and a major shopping area.

This isn't fair, Texas has only one store, California and Massachusetts have more than one already.

We need more stores in Texas!

Yes, very much so. Why isn't there a store in the DFW area? That's a bigger market than Houston, I would think.

Or Maybe they could compromise and put one in Waco, exactly halfway between Dallas and Austin? Hey, I can dream, right?

Yes, very much so. Why isn't there a store in the DFW area? That's a bigger market than Houston, I would think.

Or Maybe they could compromise and put one in Waco, exactly halfway between Dallas and Austin? Hey, I can dream, right?

I'm all for having a store out here in Dallas, especially since this town has been booming over the last couple of years. I'm actually surprised that Lego hasn't (yet) opened a store out here. I think it'll happen sooner or later, as long as they don't over saturate the market. (Think Disney Store and its demise.)

I'm all for having a store out here in Dallas, especially since this town has been booming over the last couple of years. I'm actually surprised that Lego hasn't (yet) opened a store out here. I think it'll happen sooner or later, as long as they don't over saturate the market. (Think Disney Store and its demise.)

Part of the original magic of Disney was that there were only 2 places to go to get the stuff - Cal or Fla. Disney was (and still is) a fairly expensive store, IMO, and unfortunately, some parents look at a box of Lego and think it's too expensive.

The Cap'n is right - they need to watch themselves and not grow too much where the market can't or won't handle it.