I was wondering about the profit that the park can generate. I remember when I was in Disneyland in Japan where it was packed as hell with people and people were buying lots of stuff inside. Of course Japanese are the kind of people who loved theme parks and they can run it very very well. Then the weather there is very cooling unlike here

I am quite worried about the price of Lego inside the park. There are 2 scenarios:-
1) Price cheaper than the whole M'sia - lots of people with annual pass are going to act like middleman and buy Lego in the park for resale. Postage is cheap, I remember the cost to Poslaju a Technic flagship box from Penang to KL is around RM 30.
2) Price similar to the RRP in all the shops in Malaysia - sales will be very bad as all the tourists are going to hold off buying Lego in the park. I can imagine every single tourist going to the park asking the tour guide in the bus if it is worth it to buy Lego in Legoland. What do you think the tourist guide will tell the tourist? What if the tourist go to Orchard road only to see the Police Station he bought for RM 550 only costs RM 400 after super big discount due to the Great Singapore sale? Me myself get all my large Lego sets online and not through TRU or Brickboy. Sometimes I do buy from TRU but that is when opening time or holiday discount period. Part of the profit to the park is through the sale of Lego.

Then there are prices of Lego accessories like stationary, water bottles etc. TRU themselves brought in some stationary sets and water bottles and those stuff cost a bomb Maybe it is due to the TRU mark-up and it is not through ALJ or Lego but the price is insane for China made stuff. Sadly the yellow color of the stuff is not the yellow Lego bricks are known for.

Thinking of going on opening day, but I think I want to do a 'wait and see' approach first.

As for exclusive sets, so far I see it is stuff like stationary, t-shirts, clothing, towels etc. I do not know if there is any sets which are exclusive to Legoland itself. There is however exclusive bricks based on certain special events. For us AFOL the main stuff we want is mainly for the bricks or sets only. I wonder how much are they going to charge for the pick a brick. If the price comes up more expensive than buying a modular building might as well buy a modular building for parts. I will seriously compare the RM/kg of a modular to that of the pick a brick. Unless of course they have rare colors like the green from green grocer (unlikely) or Maersk blue (more unlikely).

I foresee those retailers in Singapore will make a major killing if the price inside LM is expensive.

Oh, anyone will predict the mad rush to the Big shop at opening time to picit-picit all the Series 7?

Latest haul for me. Yes, I can have a huge battle during this Raya at Helm's Deep. Originally not on my wish list but the price was too hard to resist and the sets looks awesome.


So now to look for Gandalf and Frodo to complete the fellowship.

I bought it from one of the forumers here.

You went there? How is the price+selection?

Got LOTR, Maersk train, Maersk ship, modular blds? I saw got alot of architecture sets.

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

Lol, you phrase it quite dramatic haha. But I do agree on the sole distributor part.

It's true, modular building price go up faster than stock market. Last time Green Grocer and Cafe Corner so cheap only, now more than twice the price. That's why some people have to Bricklink the whole set aka buy each individual piece by piece.

I now have 4 modulars, GG, FB, Pet Shop and Grand Emporium. Using this few days to build them all since I want to see a row of them. Pet Shop and FB was MISB before this, GG and GE was taken apart and rebuild. Actually wanted to have the Town Hall too but still have not arrive yet. Oh well. I have build 3 already, only left the GE to rebuild.

AARRRRGGGHGHHHHGHGH!!!!!!

My heart almost stop just now.

I see some comments on the Best-Lock bricks. I have yet to try them out due to the high price of the sets. The price is quite expensive and the picture of the bricks and the minifigs does not look good. Another reason is due to the fact most of my budget is on the real Lego and nothing left for alternatives.

I feel Kre-O is a serious competitor to Lego, but Hasbro is doing it very wrong by pricing itself more expensive than Lego. The irony is that the Transformer and Battleship franchise is Hasbro's own theme, much like City and Friends are Lego's own theme. So there should not be any premium price to pay unlike Star Wars sets where part of the price goes to George Lucas' pocket.

If there is a clone brand which should be in TRU it is Oxford. some of their military sets are well designed.

I have seen that video before, it is crazy

After a long building marathon, I present to you all 4 of my modular buildings lined in a row. The FB and PS was MISB before this, the GG and GE was dissembled.







Another arrangement of the modular building where the GE is at the corner.


My original plan was to have the Town Hall as well, but it has yet to arrive Only this week I can bring it down to the dining table to display and take photo. After this all shall go into storage, fully built.

Well I made that Menara Maybank model for the Eurobricks Lego Architecture contest. The models made by some of the forummers there are amazing So far my building is the only one from SEA.


Which one you want the high res of? The original file very big because it was shot with my DLSR.


You have not seen the Town Hall yet. It is much taller and have a much higher piece count than the Fire Brigade. So far the best among the 4 is still the Green Grocer followed by the Fire Brigade. Both are HUGE and have detailed front façade.

@ touya zell, see the attached picture.

My cousin went to the TRU sale in Singapore, he said some of the sets only 55% discount, the rest the discount not that big especially for the city sets. He did went late since he want to avoid the mad rush like in the video. Got himself 1 Duplo set for his child.


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Canada? I see the $ sign there.

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Added on August 30, 2012, 10:31 pmI have already made a Cap Goh Meh vignette back during CNY time. Of course now it has been dissembled already.


As for the Bersih vignette, I believe everyone have to be top naked since all Lego minifig's skin is yellow. Also I do not think there are that many 'yellow' torso minifigs around.

This post has been edited by paanjang16: Aug 30 2012, 10:31 PM

Nice LDD of the Melaka clockhouse. Would like to see it in brick form.

I did make a minifig scale shop house before. Used to tumpang a bricklink bulk purchase to get all the white bricks and roof tiles. Even a simple building like this almost 800+ parts and then need to use some of my own parts as well. The 2x2 dark grey tiles alone almost 60 cents EACH.



Looks puny compared to the GG and GE. This was long before I bought the FB and PS.


I also saw the new Monster Fighters, Star Wars and Technic Crawler in TRU and Brickboy. Really tempted to get the crawler to add to my Technic flagship collection, just that I just spend alot on my recent Town Hall purchase

Correct, it is the famous Lego bank from last time. The building was quite unique for its time with the truck and the angled doors. I still have most of the parts of it though.

Most of the picture are in this thread on Bricksmal. Below is a larger picture of the safe.


I actually build it on LDD before I made the huge order for the bricks. Have not done something similar due to the lack of time now



On Eurobricks there are some AFOLs crying foul at TLG for originally pricing it at 139.90 Euros but later reverted to 179.90 Euros when TLG suddenly realize something. In fact there are posters on Eurobricks where people manage to buy it at the original cheaper price.

You can read the thread here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...ic=70696&st=495

I too wanted the set since it is a great set to put it by my modular buildings. But after the price jumping by TLG the mood to buy it went out the window.

I was a Brickboy yesterday when I saw the Green ninja spinner set. In fact at the same time I saw a mother buying the green ninja for her son. Did not see any new ninjago stuff in TRU MV.

The PAB looks pathetic. Seriously pathetic. I mean google pictures of the PAB in the other Legoland they have an entire wall to pick up from. They didn't even bother to sort them by color!

Looks like Bricklink is the best way to go. The desire to go to Legoland on a regular basis is getting lesser and lesser.

Like the one below in Billund is much much better.

The first time I saw Bane's Tumbler I was like . I was expecting the tumbler from 7888 to be used again but no Lego decided to give Bane a mini tumbler.

Just now picit-picit at TRU KLCC around dinner time, was surprised to see a fresh packets there. Managed to picit-picit 5 figures ;the DJ, conquisitor, diver, cheerleader and businessman. Didn't picit-picit longer coz want to cut back on Lego

Anyway bought an Enlighten Combat Series Tank, might build it tonight. For RM 40 it simply blow Lego out of the water!

I think those designers in Lego are dying to have a military theme to show off their skill but due to TLG's policy they have to stick to 'safe' themes. Like the new SWAT van in the museum set where the SWAT team has no weapons at all

Below is the tank I recently bought. It is from the Enlighten brand and while it is a step above the old one which I have it still have some issues like:
1) There is 1 missing piece, a 2x2 green plate
2) some bricks have sharp points due to the flares on the plastic which was not cut properly
3) The wheels on the mini quad bike came with 2 of them slightly smaller but the rim size is the same. Managed to force the rim into the tyre.
4) The minifigs face painting is still a step below Lego's


Technic suspension system in a knock-off brand. You don't see this in any Lego set for that matter.


The new one is really a step forward from the original one I have below. I bought it around 2009 if I recall.


Other than that lots of printed pieces and the design is ok. Not as detailed or sleek as those Oxford tanks but the fact it has suspension surprised me since it is not advertised on the box.


This post has been edited by paanjang16: Oct 13 2012, 04:36 PM

WTF. I know Hasbro repaint their Transformers figures but to repaint the battleship sets to GI Joe set is plain lazy on Hasbro's part.

Come on! I am sure Hasbro's budget is much much larger than TLG's.

Modular, Star Wars and Technic flagships are appreciating Lego sets where they go up in value over time. At one time the Batman sets were a hot commodity until TLG decided to re-release all of them as part of the Superheroes line. If you look at the price for MISB modular buildings the rate of increase is like better than stock market lol.

Of course there are some sets like the Maersk sets which feature the Maersk blue bricks which are high in value.

For the TMNT I wonder if it is going to end up like how TLG distribute the figures for LOTR and Super Heroes. Very very sien to collect all the figures such like Hulk and all the 4 hobbits since they are all distributed in so many sets. The worst is the Hulk one which I find it being in an overpriced set with lots of useless pieces and repetitive mini figs from other sets.

At least for LOTR some of the sets have alot of useful pieces.