Brickset news archive: Shopping news (Australia)

OcTOYber at Target

It's OcTOYber at Target in Australia and from 8 Oct - 14 Oct Lego is 20% off.  Target will also be selling the Star Wars 7753 Pirate Tank (exclusive to Target).

P.S. The Kmart Bricktober news article is updated with a great special on the Technic  Lego Crane Truck 8258 @ AU$199

Update Oct 12: Kmart has placed the City Crawler Crane 7632 on clearance, Current price is AU$45 

Kmart's Bricktober Competition

Kmart Australia has revealed details of its Bricktober promotion. The main prize is a trip for four to LEGOland California. The promotion will be running from  September 24 to October 29. Purchases of $20 or more of LEGO will be needed to enter. More details can be found on the registration page. They are also offering 200 bonus prizes over the five weeks of the promotion. More details on the terms and conditions page . The 200 bonus prizes will be divided four groups.

• Group 1 Fifty Space Police K-9 Bot sets
• Group 2 Fifty Red Brick key chains
• Group 3 Fifty Indiana Jones key chains
• Group 4 Fifty Darth Vader "limited edition metallic minifigs"

 Good luck to all those who enter. 

Update Oct 6 2009: From the 8th - 14th October Kmart  has more Lego on special including the Technic Front End Loader 8265 for AU$99 and the Technic Lego crane truck 8258 (Only at Kmart) AU$199 R.R.P for this is AU$299

Kid-Mania at BIGW

BIGW stores in Australia are having a Lego Week sale from September 24th -September 30th. They are also running a build my face competition, where you have a chance to Win a Lego mosaic Portrait. Space Police and Star Wars sets are discounted from the already everyday low price. Savings are up to 30% off R.R.P

Kmart stores are also having a 15% off sale for the same period. They have also placed the Star Wars Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker on clearance and it is currently reduced to AU$250.

Update 24th Sept: Kmart is applying the 15% off Lego to the Star Wars Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker this brings the price during this week's sale to  AU$212.50. They have also reduced the Technic Hauler 8264 to AU$75 ( AU$63.75 during the sale).