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TLC just announced a great new Castle set:
Pic links to a set of set pictures in Dan Rubin’s Flickr gallery.
10223 Kingdoms Joust
Ages 12+. 1,575 pieces.
US $119.99, CA $149.99, DE 119.99 €, UK 99.99 £, DK 1099.00 DKK, AU 199.99 AUD
Watch the Knights battle it out at the Royal Joust.
It’s the most exciting event on the LEGO Kingdoms calendar! Join the King and
Queen at the Royal Joust as the knights on horseback battle it out for the hand
of the beautiful Princess. This detailed set recreates all the majesty of a
medieval pageant, from the large, 6-roomed castle with linked wall extensions, 2
knights’ weapons tents, royal viewing box, jousting fence and of course 2
magnificent jousting horses. Combine 2 Kingdoms Joust sets for a scene that is
truly fit for a King. Includes 9 minifigures: king, queen, princess, lion
knight, falcon knight, young squire, nobleman and 2 soldiers.
• Includes 9
minifigures: king, queen, princess, lion knight, falcon knight, young squire,
nobleman and 2 soldiers
• Knight minifigures include armor decoration,
helmet, jousting pole, shield and 2 extra weapons
• Features castle with 6
detailed rooms with lots of accessories and 2 knights’ tents with weapon
holders
• Open back for easy access to linked wall extensions
• Also
features royal viewing box with flags and coat of arms
• Includes 2
knights’ horses with detailed decoration, weapon holder and armored headgear
• Explore the castle rooms
• Battle it out for the hand of the princess
• Combine 2 Kingdoms Joust sets for a scene fit for King
• Castle measures
20” (51 cm) wide and 12” (30 cm) tall!
Available for sale directly through
LEGO® beginning January 2012 via shop.LEGO.com, LEGO® Stores or via phone
David Gregory
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LEGO store in Lima, Peru.
I am surprise LEGO has not added or updated their Store location information on
their website. Assuming it is a official LEGO Retail store. I guess because
you are unable to order online. If you are traveling to Lima, Peru or live
there. It many not be big in size as other LEGO stores. As least it is a LEGO
store. The store open in late 2010.
First LEGO store in Peru is an emblem buildable blocks tumi.
The figure of the ceremonial sword of ancient Peru is the main local attraction
that features a range of products for adults and children
Nov. 24, 2010. Opened in the new Jockey Plaza Boulevard first LEGO store in
Peru, which in turn became the second South American country to have a store
brand.
Main attraction of the shop is a building block to block tumi. Marketing manager
of Comex, Natalie Malamud, explained that the figure elcomercio.pe ceremonial
knife of Ancient Peru was chosen among other options to be the emblem of the
premises.
On the other hand, said that so far the facility has been well received by large
and small.
“Lego is diversified enough and now we have a complete super-line. (Hay) of
everything for all ages, including products for older people buy boxes next to
giants like architecture or products that come with software to install on the
computer, “he explained.
Elcomercio Video in Spanish.
Location where the store is. Jockey Plaza
-Abner
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LEGO store in Lima, Peru.
I am surprise LEGO has not added or updated their Store location information on
their website. Assuming it is a official LEGO Retail store. I guess because
you unable to order online. If you are traveling to Lima, Peru or live there.
It many not be big in size as other LEGO stores. As least it is a LEGO store.
The store open in late 2010.
First LEGO store in Peru is an emblem buildable blocks tumi.
The figure of the ceremonial sword of ancient Peru is the main local attraction
that features a range of products for adults and children
Nov. 24, 2010. Opened in the new Jockey Plaza Boulevard first LEGO store in
Peru, which in turn became the second South American country to have a store
brand.
Main attraction of the shop is a building block to block tumi. Marketing manager
of Comex, Natalie Malamud, explained that the figure elcomercio.pe ceremonial
knife of Ancient Peru was chosen among other options to be the emblem of the
premises.
On the other hand, said that so far the facility has been well received by large
and small.
“Lego is diversified enough and now we have a complete super-line. (Hay) of
everything for all ages, including products for older people buy boxes next to
giants like architecture or products that come with software to install on the
computer, “he explained.
Elcomercio Video in Spanish.
Location where the store is. Jockey Plaza
-Abner
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In lugnet.general, David Gregory wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> > so i just noticed on the lego.com site that the series 3 figures (8803) will be
> > available january 1, 2011 and they'll be $2.99. on the same theme page one can
> > still see that series 2 figures (8684) were $1.99.
> >
> > umm..what's up with the figs going up in price by 50% within one year?
> >
> > ..jg
>
> If it means that they're going to start using the regular LEGO plastic to make
> the MF's, then I'm fine with it. If not, then it looks like they just got a
> case of The Greedies.
>
> My local Meijer store had Series 3 for $1.99, so the MSRP didn't go up. I
> wonder if TLC had been taking marketing advice from Toys R Us?
>
> David
While the plastic on the series 3 looks the same as S1 and S2, I can say that so
far, S3 clutch power of feet to baseplate is much better than S1 and S2.
Just my observation.
Chris
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just a quick thanks to david for cross-posting to market.shopping (i couldn't
think where the appropriate initial post should have been made).
..jg
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In lugnet.general, Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> so i just noticed on the lego.com site that the series 3 figures (8803) will be
> available january 1, 2011 and they'll be $2.99. on the same theme page one can
> still see that series 2 figures (8684) were $1.99.
>
> umm..what's up with the figs going up in price by 50% within one year?
>
> ..jg
If it means that they're going to start using the regular LEGO plastic to make
the MF's, then I'm fine with it. If not, then it looks like they just got a
case of The Greedies.
My local Meijer store had Series 3 for $1.99, so the MSRP didn't go up. I
wonder if TLC had been taking marketing advice from Toys R Us?
David
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Thanks to some new equipment, I can offer custom engraved 2x4 brick keychains
once again!
Get yours in time for the holidays:
BLDesign Store
--Bram
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Three small ‘impulse buy’ sets observed at the local Walmart this week. All were
selling at $3.97.
Look for a small cardboard module on the side of an end-cap.
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ME Models is pleased to announce the long-awaited opening of our brand new
webstore.
Feel free to look around and don’t hesitate to contact us if you
have any questions.
Thank you all for your support.
http://www.me-models.com
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Are you saying that they still have this model?
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one week special, started on Sunday Aug 29th, ends Saturday Sep 4th.
All clearance'd toys (including LEGO) are an additional 30% off (from the
clearance price). No idea if this is regional or nationwide. I observed this in
KM stores in 3 states thus far.
Also, there appears to be a significant quantity of 7592 and (I think) 7590 on
the clearance isles with no clearance stickers. These sets uniformly (in every
store) scan not on file (aisle scanner, register and IRT). Thus far, I've only
had one store willing to do the sensible thing under the circumstances, with all
the remainder sticking their head in the sand (and doing CYA). If you have a
good relationship with the store manager, and you run into this, ask them if
they will do the 'sensible thing'.
Happy shopping !
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I always found it fascinating to see that a Lego set was cheaper in the US than
in Denmark, for instance. That did not seem right. This was simply by comparing
prices in S@H, easily done by switching the country flag.
It may start making sense if we include VAT -- in some places it is upto 25% of
the price. US prices do not reflect tax until you provide shipping details. The
tax tends to vary by state, with some states not having any sales tax.
Now when I compute the prices taking into account the exchange rate, some sets
start to become cheaper in Europe than in the US. The new Technic Motorized
Excavator is worth noting in this regard. It is $200 in the US - even the worst
case situation shows it to be cheaper in Europe.
Did I miss something? OF course Canadiens may still be getting a raw deal. I
have not put in the effort to check other countries and continents.
--Ram
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I went to the Bel-Square LEGO store last Wednesday with my PaB box that I got
back in Feb. '09.
http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=12936
Even without any reuse discount, (like there is for the cups) I didn't want to
accumulate a pile of PaB boxes, so I used the same one at least 6 times, mostly
during last fall.
I went to the PaB wall, set the box on the table provided, and started filling
it with red 1x12 bricks, among other things, and an associate said that box was
no longer sold, and would let me buy only one more, and I continued to fill it
for the last time.
Now, if they had something like those green tubs they had a few ago...
Or here's an idea for LEGO: Build a box out of bricks, and fill it up. Or build
a solid cube. as long as it's within some specified dimensions.
Here's my suggestion: 32x32x26-2/3H. Start with a 32x32 baseplate, and build
walls on its edges 26 bricks high, fill it with bricks, and cap with a lid made
of 2 layers of plates. If you bring your own 32x32 baseplate, you can save the
cost of buying one, paying only for the bricks.
I sent this suggestion to TLG. Send the same, in your own words, and LEGO just
might make it happen.
$150 did seem a bit high for a block of bricks 25x26x21H, but some calculations
showed that it was on par with the number of large reuse-priced cups that many
bricks would fill, following the Scientific Method Of Maximum LEGO Density, of
course.
Give it a Maximum-Density Splat!
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> > In lugnet.market.shopping, Dominic Gruetzmacher wrote:
> > > There will be no more phone specials.
> > >
> > > Dominic Gruetzmacher
> >
> > Don't misunderstand me, I enjoy the TLG product (for the most part). It's just
> > measures like removing this one small program (that gives a customer a break)
> > that have me shaking my head in disgust (and make me pause ever so briefly
> > before making my next Lego purchase).
>
> I have a different theory on this. I think that LEGO is merely streamlining its
> operations and recognizes that these days, orders by phone represent a very
> small portion of their total sales. I would guess that their call center staff
> is a fraction of what it once was, as evidenced by the fact that I often have to
> wait for a representative when I call these days, which was never the case only
> a year or two ago. The few phone representatives that remain are probably
> swamped each Wednesday when the new phone specials roll out.
>
> Trends would seem to indicate that one day, orders by phone will be non-existent
> and the website will be the only way to go.
Jordan
I appreciate your response.
I considered the phone coverage aspect and you're right about phone orders for
TLG and other stores eventually going the way of the dodo. It just stinks that
this one break (and a nod of recognition/appreciation to some of the die-hard
fans here at Lugnet) is being taken off the table.
..joseph g
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Dominic Gruetzmacher wrote:
> > I just called in to check the weekly LEGO Shop at Home phone specials.
> > Unfortunately, this program has been discontinued. There will be no more phone
> > specials. This was confirmed by speaking to a second LEGO customer service
> > representative.
> >
> > Dominic Gruetzmacher
>
> Thanks for the news, Dominic. • ::snip::
> Don't misunderstand me, I enjoy the TLG product (for the most part). It's just
> measures like removing this one small program (that gives a customer a break)
> that have me shaking my head in disgust (and make me pause ever so briefly
> before making my next Lego purchase).
I have a different theory on this. I think that LEGO is merely streamlining its
operations and recognizes that these days, orders by phone represent a very
small portion of their total sales. I would guess that their call center staff
is a fraction of what it once was, as evidenced by the fact that I often have to
wait for a representative when I call these days, which was never the case only
a year or two ago. The few phone representatives that remain are probably
swamped each Wednesday when the new phone specials roll out.
Trends would seem to indicate that one day, orders by phone will be non-existent
and the website will be the only way to go.
As far as giving the consumer a break, I will be the first to admit that TLG's
sale and clearance items were once at much better discounts. It used to be that
all items on sale were 50% off or more. Now, building sets are barely
discounted, and the only items that are 50% off are the vastly-overpriced
LEGO-branded accessories such as housewares, video games, watches, foam shields
and swords, and other things that make die-hard brick fans cringe. It has indeed
become difficult to find the classic LEGO building sets at any sort of discount.
-Jordan Schwarz
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Dominic Gruetzmacher wrote:
> I just called in to check the weekly LEGO Shop at Home phone specials.
> Unfortunately, this program has been discontinued. There will be no more phone
> specials. This was confirmed by speaking to a second LEGO customer service
> representative.
>
> Dominic Gruetzmacher
Thanks for the news, Dominic.
This is a sad statement but not too surprising considering Lego's great
financial returns (currently anyway) and the way their sets continue to be
overpriced by 20-25%. They're making money (and keeping the tiniest suggestion
of any threat to their precious empire under control with lawsuits), why give
the patient/watchful consumer a break?
Competitive brands are making some small measures of improved success (and
getting some notable licenses). This combined with those brands' terrific
customer service (even rivaling Lego's) may provide the needed impetus to remind
TLG of keeping the customer in mind, but we'll just have to see what happens
over the next couple of years.
Don't misunderstand me, I enjoy the TLG product (for the most part). It's just
measures like removing this one small program (that gives a customer a break)
that have me shaking my head in disgust (and make me pause ever so briefly
before making my next Lego purchase).
..joseph g
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