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Barnes and Noble have 30 per cent off some of last year's Star Wars Lego and other sets. Looks like they ship to Australia. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Building-Toys-Lego-Toys/379003311

Yes, Helms Deep turned up last week. In a box, within a sack!

... A further thought: I think the parrot mold could be used to make a passable bird of prey, if made in the right colours (eg brown body, white head, yellow painted beak for an eagle). Also, if the parrot mold had a little hole in the top of the head, and again was made in the right colours, you could insert a plume (as in a knight's helmet) to make a cockatoo. For example, white body, grey painted beak, and yellow three-feathered plume for a sulphur-crested cockatoo. Splendid!

For newbies, that thread is here - and well worth keeping on eye on.

1. Big cat (different colours and prints for lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, etc) 2. Boar 3. Deer (with detachable antlers, per cow horns) 4. Kangaroo 5. Koala (with vertical clip). Forgive the Australian bias. (And picture it: your spawling modern City metropolis, overrun with hundreds of koalas, in trees, on lamp posts, on TV antennae...)

Outer Rim Trading Co has discounts on Cars, some Superheroes, some Star Wars and some others - and, for the next couple of days, a 'State of Origin' free-shipping deal to New South Wales. Makes for some decent local deals.

I was prepared for the worst, but have just checked and found that B&N have confirmed that both my orders (Helm's Deep and Weathertop) have shipped today. Thanks for the heads up, eurobricks.

Some good prices there on the Hillside House ($60) and Lighthouse ($42), and they're still available.

I understand the Myer stocktake sale 'preview' on 5 June has 25 per cent off toys.

Thanks very much from me too. Got the Pet Shop, and threw in a Batmobile too, all for about $200 delivered. Good on you, Darkness. cheers!

Any suggestions as to the cheapest way of getting the 10218 Pet Shop? (I've gotten some nice bargains buying from other countries' on-line stores - thanks to this thread - but never had any luck with the big modular sets.) Thanks very much

Some good clearance sales at Kmart: - 4643 power boat and transporter $19 - Duplo police station and doctor's clinic, $39 each. - Alien Conquest sets looked cheap too.

Just a minute ago I ordered one from B&N for $A55 (incl shipping). (Past orders have turned up in good condition and in a reasonable time.)

Outer Rim Trading Co has some good discounts at the moment on Pirates of the Caribbean (25-35 per cent off), Cars (20-40 per cent off) and Duplo Cars (20-50 per cent off). (And I might add, I like the way ORTC does business: easy-to-use website, no BS pricing, and ships straight away. Recommended.)

You'd think. But, characteristically for big Australian retail, the Target I went to had the new stock - including series 5 minifigs - still packed on a pallet at the end of an aisle.