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There are many big store to sell LEGO sets in Shanghai, but price is double
than in USA.
I just went to there past October, I bought two of 6520 in 50% discount price.
Zhengrong
In lugnet.loc.hk, Ka-On Lee writes:
> I visited Hong Kong and China recently. I visited many stores that sell toys
> and here is what I found:
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> Hong Kong
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> Only large department stores and Toys'R'Us sell LEGO. Most store have very
> nice display of completed sets, and they usually have multiple display shelves.
> Sets are released as quick as other places, and Harry Potter sets are available
> at the beginning of October. However, their MSRP prices are about 50% higher
> than our MSRP prices here in North America. I guess their idea is sell less
> with high profit margine.
>
> China
>
> I did not see any LEGO there. I only visited a few stores, but all I see are
> Best Lock and bootlegs. Here is a photo I toke without asking for permission:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=83429
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> As you can see most sets are direct copy of original LEGO sets. They have sets
> like 6263 and 6046 for 40 yuan, or about US$5. They also have many smaller
> sets, plus original designs. The plastic quality appears to be pretty poor.
> As far as I can tell, 99% of the toys in that department store are bootleg
> stuff.
>
> This bootleg problem is suppose to cause Disney to chose Hong Kong instead of
> Shang Hai to build the new Disney Land.
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