No problem man! Love your display! Especially the Century Skyway!

Yeah. And we wonder why we don't have an Asian Lego.com presence...

To not eat into their profit margins yet give the impression to consumers that it's a good deal. I'm not surprised if their margins are above 50%. Even giving out a 10% doesn't really cost them much, yet because we've been trained to not expect any significant discounts, 10% still may seem like a good deal - even more so to regular buyers who aren't well versed with Lego prices.

The prices in Malaysia are actually okay compared to European countries (high VAT) and Australia (GST is killer) which both have pretty high labour costs due to very high minimum wage laws. Compare this to Malaysia where your average Jusco or Toys R Us drone is paid a measly, I don't know 7-8 bucks an hour? Labour costs in Malaysia are pretty much negligible.

The only huge problem is that we don't enjoy deep discounting that European and Australian countries enjoy because ALJ has pretty much monopolized the market - they have no competition so they have absolute power to dictate the prices of each set.

Also add to the fact that our currency is pretty weak diminishes our buying power, so we can't buy as much Lego in comparison to the salaries we earn than Aussies/Europeans - but that can be said about everything: clothes/gadgets/cars etc

tl;dr - ALJ has a monopoly on Lego and can do whatever the heck they want in regards to pricing.

send them a message by only buying online Even purchasing sets on bricklink, after factoring in shipping will most of the time be better than buying at retail.

Like for me, I source sets from my friend overseas - he ships 'em over from the US, especially when Amazon discounts their sets or Toys 'R' Us has a Buy One Get One Free offer. Have not bought any Lego here except for minifigs and when people give me shopping vouchers.

Heh, TRU vouchers only give you a 5% 'discount'. It's not really a discount because you only get to claim the amount 'saved' on your next purchase. Jusco/Parkson and Brickboy would be your best bet, since the savings are immediate.

Walk around, go for a few rides, start getting sweaty - duck into the Lego shop! Wash, rinse, repeat!

September 15. Some Singaporean/Malaysian bloggers have been invited for previews, though.

I'm a little skeptical with the Pick A Brick, since they're going to charge by weight instead of per cup, from the info they've released. Hopefully they reverse the decision on that.

As for prices in Legoland, I believe they're going to be Singaporean prices, simply because Legoland caters to Singaporeans.

It premieres this Saturday @ 7.00pm, actually. I do some work with Cartoon Network New episodes every Friday at 7.00pm

You've got a really good point there, hence why Creator sets are usually the more affordable ones. It's usually a huge investment on Lego's part when they have to come up with new moulds for the specialized pieces and stuff so I can kinda understand and close one eye when I have to pay a slight premium for pieces.

Anyway, I've never really believed in the whole price per piece method of gauging a value of a set since it's quite an arbitrary way of looking at things.

Oh well, hoping we'll also get to see some older Series 1-2 elements in the Build a Minifigure at Legoland! Fingers crossed that they'll put the consumers first!

Just got this email from Legoland. Apparently, The Big Shop will be up and running next week. Will probably find time to go check it out and report back with how is it!

Haha, I dont mind updating the thread when I'm there. Most likely will snap a ton of pictures and document the pricing and what's available on Pick A Brick. I can sit myself down at the cafe and update the tread with some first-hand information!

Will keep you guys posted on my travel plans!

I... don't like the sound of sacrificing myself, hahaha

Yo dude, keep the selling off the general thread man. Don't want the banhammer to fall on you!

The Hobbies, Collectibles and Model Kits admin. We used to have this guy that kept spamming his sales thread here that got booted by the admin, if I recall correctly.

You can use the minifig ice trays to make chocolate. Don't think you're infringing on copyright. Doubt Lego will come after you, unless you open up a factory and start selling your stuff in Giant/Carrefour

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

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.

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.

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.