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A couple of items for kmart. Kmart burwood had racers/small creator stuff, and staff were clearing spaces for new stock. Also, the exclusive bank was reduced to $49 which I do not think has been mentioned here. They had quite a big supply range of the reduced ninjago/pirate stuff . E.g more than 12 earth dragon for $29.

Have not noticed this reported before ... Advertising for the new lego movie - the padawan menace, is up at big w. Stock in Monday according to the helpful sales chap. Big w doncaster - victoria.

Spotted new hp sets at kmart burwood hwy vic. Stragely not at front with the newer sets but with normal lego. Prices 22/59/99 i think.....

Went to the Lego exhibition at Fed square on the weekend. The art was nice ( though I have to admit I spend more time looking at the MUG MOCs:)) The sign said sold out but they had tickets ( apparently they often release new tickets near the end of a session). Also, the lego shop was a bit sad. They had the standard range at RRP (at least the few I looked at), and a couple of T-Shirts.....

Sorry did not see any prices on them... Was just surprised to see them there

I do not think this has been reported before but some of the architecture sets ( e.g. Rockafeller centre, Guggenhein,and Seattle space needle) are available at the National Gallery Victoria Shop on St Kilda Road.

Though we do not see these sets today, Lego does provide us with a basic alternative e.g. 5899 House Building Set, 6194 My Lego town. A poor alternative, but with a bit of imagination ........ Other house options might be some of the licensed sets e.g. 4728 Escape from privet drive

cutting through the bi-monthly rants about aussie price rip-off:) S@H now has the marina stuff for us.... And some specials around ninja-go ( I would recommend people sign up for the VIP newsletter - you find out stuff fairly early regarding S@H) And yes the price on the wharf set is 'orrible, the smaller sets are not too bad.

Target Melbourne has a few QAR, and whitecap now.

TRU doncaster (victoria) has 4192,4182,4183, and 4193. Prices as expected .... Local targets/bigw did not appear to have any though. A second point:- with TRU in USA having marina and the new castle stuff hopefully we should soon? Any ideas when? And a third point:- what happened to pharoas quest stuff?

Target Doncaster (vic) has the same (heaps of untouched boxes @ 20%).....

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Do not think this has been reported before. KMart has series 4 now. Spotted at burwood highway melbourne (6 boxes). Pretty ravaged though.

Cannot see mention of this in the forum. Just a quick note :- the new city 2011 sets starting to show up at bigw (QV - VIC)... And true to form cheaper than rrp e.g. 7286 prisoner transport $27.xx.

An update - kmart (Vic - burwood hwy) has the new SW battlepacks in. They also have the ninjago starter pack and individuals (a real bargain at 15$ as opposed to 16$ @ target (Vic-forest hills)) And I saw parents buying the ninjago stuff - seemed that kids were already wanting specific ones. Sadly no reviews from me, I left them all alone at those prices...... The printing looked nice on the minfig tbh, BUT some cards, chinese plastic minfig and a couple of weapons for 15$.... *cough* Also in case people have not noticed most of the police sets (including the lovely bank/money transfer ) are on S@H which hopefully means we will see them soon. Also (in case people have not noticed [or posted previously ... and I missed it]) toyworld have 20-50% (hrmm or 25-50% memory fails me) off all stuff in store atm. So minimum discount is 20% for Lego. They had some of the Toy Story stuff at 50% (vic-forest hills)

hello, do not know if you can read anything into this BUT most of the HP stuff on S@H has a limit of 5 per person... I think it is new, and I think it has not been mentioned..... so if I think wrong sorry in advance!

For those interested HP now in Victorian BigW ( melb/qv) freeing dobby 13.74, quidditch 27.67. Cheaper than target ( of course) but not quite 20% cheaper:( (though in my opinion 13.74 for 3 minifigs and a nice little collection of bricks ) is not bad vallue! Considering if it was SW it would be around 19:)

BIGW @QV melbourne had about 20 each jester/wizard/"pig farmer"/"atlantis diver" this morning ($4.88 each).... And for those in the doncaster (kinda) area toyworld @ forest hills had some new boxes of minifigs v2. (limit 12 per customer)

The level of detail is simply stunning. Though the train is extremely well done, the station is what catches my eye. You can feel the bustle of the commuters looking forwards to getting home!

They are all great however the three I would choose are.... 43 - mime - because we all want to:) 8 - dj.. so tacky I love it 23 - singer- nice very slicer f life

Every entry deserver praise ... however the ones I choose are 21 - skater and cop - a perfect "slice of life" 14 - cowboty and pharaoh aka stargate -- nice homage 20 - with and magician, that tornado is great

Do not think this has been explicitly asked and taking into account pre-lim piccies and all that... but is the Hula girl wearing an actual skirt i.e. not printed? Because that would be a fairly major change ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As to my initial opinion ... 3 meh, rest good. I think this is pretty standard ratio of goodness for all the sets so far. Hopefuly quality continues to get better..... Hula - female, torso usable for a few moccy things(skirt?) chief - this is a good one Japanese warrior - very usable (need him to deal with all the ninjas!) pilot - meh, Another one????? fisherman- interesting beard, ugly rod (restrung with thinner thread might make it look better...) cyborg - meh, gun maybe - but could live without (same as squidtron!) snowboarder - moccy goodness racer - nice torso/hair.. but not something want more than 1 rapper- a couple would be useful, however already have boombox (in 8401 - not as nice but more "lego" - nonono opinion only - no flames please) elf- a nice figure for any castle/fantasy theme. Nice torso,shield (no comments on ears:)) sumo - i am thinking usable for beach scenes i.e. moc. Maybe new hair piece as well? AND with all those statues thinking of moc'cing the Oscars:) squidtron - whyyyyyyy, on second look- torso may be usable mummy - moccy goodness (vamps, Egypt sets next year, zombies, and now mummys ---- crypt mocs here we come) tennis player - the best? So useful for sports/city-scapes baseball player - nice, maybe fractionally better than tennis. All the bits, cap (printed?), bat,torso soo usable! gorilla - heck yeah, the heads will make nice masks for my bank robbers (along with the clowns). I am picturing the gang on scooters :) Though very much agree - a Chewbacca style torso covering would have been best.

According to lasso Lego 20% Target Starts 09 Sep - Ends 15 Sep http://www.lasoo.com.au/search/lego.html?refine=4294924643

that might help:) In Melbourne. From memory the games were pyramid pirate code * dragon * magikus * robo champ race3000 HP creationary minotaurus *= games have not seen in major stores before... Chatting to the friendly (and knowledgeable staff)If memory served me correctly the minifigs 2 distributions are pretty stingy.... family house "soon". HP october, all of which ties in with others comments.

Following up on advent calendars, local independent had several castle in stock... They are really nice:) .. and they seem to have all the lego "board" games as well as some of the world racers.