Hi,

Thanks. Do you know which type of architect do they have in store? Do you have their contact number? Thanks.

my friend went and call me to report.
the price is ALJ price
no see any old set like carousel (which reported by someone that they may have it)
Modular got some only as showed in official LEGOLAND facebook page
no green grocery, no imperial, even no LOTR yet
and no pick a brick shop yet

There's definitely not gonna be any of the out of production sets, Modular or not IMO. Don't count on it. Seriously, why would they even sell a Modular set worth RM2k in the market for retail price? And even if they try to sell it at market price or slightly below that, I still doubt anybody's gonna bother. I mean, would anybody seriously go pay RM2k for ONE set when you can get more than 4 or 5 other LARGE sets for that amount? Just saying.

This post has been edited by Joshlkw: Aug 21 2012, 10:24 PM

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Hey guys

Sorry for missing out on updating from Legoland today, my phone ran out of battery halfway.

Musha got most of it right - ALJ prices (ugh), although there were some positives.

Quite a few Lego Store exclusives (i picked up a few) which I thought were worth it since there's no real easy way to get them here. They had a lot of Battle Packs (City Fire, PotC, Kingdoms Dragon Knights vs Lion Knights), a ton of keychains but nothing much for AFOLs. No polybags too except Ninjago Kendo + Jay and the Halloween brick set.

Oh, but they had a really nice selection of Architecture sets.

Here's what I picked up.



Also, I'm highly doubtful that they would bring back old sets... Wouldn't make much sense to have Green Grocers of Imperial Star Destroyers when they've been discontinued for so long.

And yes, the Pick a Brick and Build a Minifig isn't open yet BUT I think I managed to wrangle the prices out from some of the employees there.

One of the managers that worked at the store said that Pick a Brick will cost RM30-35 for 100gm of Lego. Not too sure of the selection though, will find out on September 15. Also, for the Build A Minifig, 3 minifigs will cost you RM25, which isn't too bad. I pressed them further for more info on whether we'd get any sets that would be exclusive to Legoland, and he said maybe - they're still not too sure yet and will only know when the park opens officially.

Will be writing a blog post on this and post up pictures of the store and the park soon! Lemme know if you have any other questions! I took down a lot more details in my notebook.

This post has been edited by Alucrix: Aug 22 2012, 12:20 AM

thanks for the extra info!
Hrm.. RM30-35 per 100gm? not sure worth or not..

Thanks for the updates. No terrific good news though.

If I had a scale at home.. I would get some bricks to see how much 100gm of bricks is. Anyone here can do that? Depends on the parts though. If it were 100gms of foliage, or nice coloured tiles, it might be an okay deal.

I stopped reading after getting to the part that mentions 'ALJ prices'. And RM30-35 per 100g in the Brick shop? Seriously if that were true, I wouldn't even bother going at all. Ever. BL can already cater to all my Lego needs without having to move an inch or pay an expensive entrance fee. Besides, bulk shipping makes it worthwhile most of the time anyways. What a major disappointment thus far.

after some googling.. it is found out the grandfather of all brick (2x4) is about 2.5 gm. for rm30 well get only 40 of such bricks, making it 80 sen per piece. for those who wanted many bricks , might as well buy the official bucket/sets.

I can safely assume plates would be 1.5gm or less since they're 1/3 thinner. ... still 50 sen per piece.

yea... u are right there. tiles (without studs to compound the weight)... might be a good deal at about 1gm each.

Thats why some prefer to go small and do micromodels/MOC rather than minifig scaled ones. "evolution" are pushing fellow AFOLs to downsize tbheir creation.


This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Aug 22 2012, 09:54 AM

then even singapurean wont buy any set!

was thinkin about samurai mech... do u think it solid enuf can be play by kid?

not worth to go all d way there for sets purchase
considering it cost like rm140/entry + travel costs , end up maybe RM300+ to go there.

RM30 is too high liao... but i shortage white bricks and those box sets dun give much white
probably have to hunt in BL for a shop that sells most of the parts i want


Ya, i try to build a villa and the structure take too many bricks if doing minifig scale..
but if moc a smaller villa, then cannot "play" liao....

Yeah, totally not worth it, unless you're actually going to the theme park. If you're heading that direction, might as well drive down to Singapore since it's only about half an hour away to pick up some cheap lego.

Agreed with Josh and Alan, might as well get it off BL. But oh damn, if they have a whole pot of trans pieces, clear bricks or *fingers crossed* the new round tiles... it's going to be hard to resist.

I'm still optimistic that we'll see some surprises in the Build a Minifig section - if there are Series 1 and 2 parts available, it would be great. And at RM8~ a minifig, might be an easy-ish way to army build. I expect that to be quite popular, since the pricing is just about right. Hope the accessories available will justify the prices.

if only the pick a brick can help me towards this type of build:



gotta do a chinese building ler.... cos i chinis

The arm and leg joint won't fall off easily I assume. Just the mech hardly can stand straight.

I checked on Amazon the shipping weight of the Town Hall is 11 lbs. Assuming the town hall itself is 10.5 lbs, it will be around 4.8kg. Taking the RRP of the Town Hall of RM 899, the RM to kg for the Town Hall is RM 191 per kg or RM 19.10 per 100g which is still cheaper than the RM 30-RM35 per 100g. So if you want parts better off buying the Town Hall since you are getting a full building plus some minifigures (best man and the bride ).

Unless there are rare bricks in rare colors like Maersk blue, Sand Green then it might be worth it to get a bucketload of bricks.

How is the selection of 5 digit set there? They say the Big Shop was supposed to have the best selection of Lego in SEA but I do not see the Town hall, Sopwith Camel, SSD, Maersk train etc. I read someone mentioned no LOTR which I think is ridiculous since there are LOTR sets everywhere.

If the prices are as what you have mentioned then I see no reason to buy the annual pass and visit the park often to get my Lego.

This post has been edited by paanjang16: Aug 22 2012, 12:26 PM

wow, thanks for the info!
town hall still waiting for me, hahah

They had the Grand Emporium, Town Hall, R2-D2, Super Star Destroyer, Death Star, Imperial Shuttle, Winter Bakery, Winter Post Office and theTower Bridge. If you count architecture sets (since they're technically 5 digits) but nothing you can't get at Brickboy.

Notable exclusions include, like you mentioned, Sopwith, Maersk, Pet Shop, Fire Brigade, Emerald Night Express and VW Combivan among others.

I guess when they said "best selection" they meant all the other accessories and premiums like mugs, t shirts, lanyard and stuff.

The very fact that they didn't have any polybags other than the Halloween brick set was telling enough. But I asked the Store Manager and they did say that they was more Lego coming in and that the Shop wasn't 100% stocked yet. I guess we'll find out on opening what else we'll see.

erm hi guys. relatively new to lego and its lingo. what is ALJ price? thanks for answering.

ALJ is the evil distributor responsible for notoriously high Lego prices in Malaysia. Basically, Lego prices in stores here are jacked up above and beyond what many Lego fans feel they should pay for sets. Sets in Singapore are much cheaper in Malaysia, for example.

Because they're the sole distributor, they pretty much have a complete monopoly and can dictate the prices they set without much fear of competition from anyone else.

ASAP,

just read your post today - Brickboys no is: +603 2287 7119

and from memory i think they had the following sets:
- Sydney Opera House
- Brandenburg Gate
- Robie House
- Burj Khalifa
- Rockefeller Centre
- Fallingwater
- Empire State Building

but better ring them and find out yourself i guess