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Yeah i paid only 6 euro for the Gandalf set turned out to be a great bargain

brianregan09 wrote: »

Yeah i paid only 6 euro for the Gandalf set turned out to be a great bargain

Yeah, you have to appreciate that that is the exception and not the rule. Lego is, unfortunately, very expensive and that applies even more so to licensed sets because of the fees that Lego has to pay the IP holders.

As mentioned above, Tesco and Argos do great clearance sales, but these only happen once or twice a year (typically in line with the release of new waves to clear the shelves - particularly during the summer).

If you shop online, it is inevitable that you will find something on discount if you don't need to have it the day it is released. Check out the European Amazon sites like amazon.fr, amazon.it, amazon.de etc. because the prices vary hugely between them. Check out this extremely handy guide that tracks Amazon prices:

http://www.brickset.com/buy/amazon/

Another thing worth doing is setting up an email alert on Adverts.ie which has a section dedicated to Lego and other building toys. I've picked up many a bargain there, but you have to be quick (shameless plug - I have a few things for sale at the moment).

For big purchases it can be worth paying the RRP on Lego's online shop if you have a VIP reward card. You get €5 for every €100 spent.

As an aside, it's crazy how quickly you become desensitised to the high prices. I remember when I just got back into Lego and there was a Creator set I wanted for €85. I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger, I thought it was an obscene amount to spend. Flash forward three years later and I'm weighing up the purchase of a €399 Super Star Destroyer :pac:

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

QFT, I'd love the SSD, but won't fork out €400 for it, hoping it drops in price at some point and I'll pick it up. I see Amazon.it once had it at just over €200, that would have been some deal to snag.

It's strange, I've been passive about the SSD for much of its life-span so far, but in the last couple of months the idea of owning it has taken hold of me. It's so hard to justify though, especially when you consider what you could get for the same money - that would probably get you three modular buildings on Amazon.

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Every unbuilt Lego set sitting on a shelf makes baby Jesus weep.

He wouldn't want to look under my bed so...

Seriously, £35 for the DeLorean set????

LEGO is expensive, licences sets are very expensive but they seem to have created a new category of "grossly over-priced" for this pretty poor set, which as Necronomicon says could have been so much better. Not on my wishlist anyway.

For the Superheroes afficionados, photos of Batgirl and Nightwing have been leaked, due for release in 2014:

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Anyone knows if Lotr Tower will ever go on amazon? Surely it should stick around for some time?

That'll definitely be around for two years I reckon. And yeah - should appear on Amazon at some point, the exclusives only stay exclusive on S@H for a couple of months.