Summer sets now listed at shop.LEGO.com

 

  • Summer sets now listed at shop.LEGO.com

    Posted by Huw, 24 Jul 2012 03:51. Filed under shop.LEGO.com (US/Canada).

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    Most of the summer sets are now available from shop.LEGO.com in the USA and Canada: Star Wars (including Palpatine's Arrest), Technic, Friends, HERO Factory, Spider-Man, The Zombies and Duplo.

    As always, you can use our Quick shopper page to see what's available easier than hunting around LEGO's website.


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Posted by Gandalf1 in United States, 24 Jul 2012 08:43

Cool! I may need to make a trip to the LEGO store again...

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 24 Jul 2012 08:59

$120 for the Sith Interceptor? Not on your life. Way, way over the top. Actually, almost half of the new sets are over $100.

Posted by Bobszaar in United States, 24 Jul 2012 09:20

Yay. Except that I have absolutely nothing. Does anyone know when the advent calendars are coming out? I can't wait...

Posted by vader34mt in United States, 24 Jul 2012 10:02

have people found the summer sets in their local lego stores?

Posted by homelesshomie in United States, 24 Jul 2012 10:06

First off i will never buy lego star wars because of the inflation on the sets, and secondly i picked up the lego spide-man set from Lego.com

Posted by lilmonster777 in Canada, 24 Jul 2012 10:56

With shipping and tax jabba's palace is $188 cdn.......are you kidding me lego!!!cdn dollar has been at... or over par with the u.s. for 3 years now w.t.f. lego :(

Posted by TheMinifigFreak in United States, 24 Jul 2012 11:58

I found all of these at my local Fred Meyer yesterday at 25% off!

Posted by psychopuppet in United States, 24 Jul 2012 12:08

Star Wars sets are going to have to wait for a few months. Maybe longer if my extra money gets spent on the Hobbit sets in Dec. I got the Spider-man set from Walmart.com on Friday. Put it together over the weekend. For the price I'd say its well worth it. Though I did notice my Spider-man head is a little translucent. Zombies set I'm a little disappointed in the Bride not being able to fit in the coffins while closed because of her base piece. Now I'm just waiting on the Haunted House in Sept , the Ghost , and Zombie driver Polybags whenever they hit stores. Hopefully they have a $75 free shipping deal going on in Sept.

Posted by legofanatic2414 in United States, 24 Jul 2012 12:14

I'd love to get that Spider-man set, but I'm on a tight budget and Walmart doesn't have it in stock!

Posted by wiredforsound in United States, 24 Jul 2012 13:05

Star Wars sets are showing up in the Pacific Northwest in Fred Meyer stores as of today which allows us to take advantage of a 15% off sale for all Themes (except Games) from July 22nd - July 28th. I picked up all three of the Series 2 Planets this morning for MSRP of $9.99 ($8.49 on sale)

9679 - AT-ST & Forest Moon of Endor : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/7638272670/

Posted by sudorum in United States, 24 Jul 2012 13:19

If the price of future Star Wars sets continue to rise they won't even be worth buying. At the moment they definitely aren't.

Posted by krlex in United States, 24 Jul 2012 14:33

LEGO plays the game of offer and demand. It is known that the will sell the Star Wars sets as well as any other year. The cost is usually a relationship between number of pieces not counting minifigs, the quantity of minifigs and the count of special parts. If you study the price of released sets for a some years now, you get sets around the $10 mark, another around $25, and then it varies for the $50, $75, $100 and $150+ I don't see this year is any different.

The average price per set goes on an average of somewhere around 12 to 16 cents-per-piece on Star Wars. It goes way higher on other series like "Hero Factory" or "Super Heroes".

The Fury-Class Interceptor (or Sith Interceptor as called out earlier) at $89.99 runs for just over 12 cents/piece. The Malevolence at $119.99 goes for under 12 cents/piece. The massive model of R2-D2 that was released in May at $179.99 runs for less than 8.5 cent/piece.
LEGO models are expensive, no doubt, but tell me how many other "toys" are also valuable collectibles and last as long as these?

My suggestion: buy what you can afford and wait for the discounted prices and promotions so you can get the models you can't afford otherwise. Patience is a virtue that you can exercise by assembling lots of LEGO models :)

Posted by JohnnyB in United Kingdom, 24 Jul 2012 15:38

A little surprised at the cost of the city sets. Figured helicopter rescue would be 50 dollars and the garage 100... Maybe 110 as a push. But 60 and 120 seem too high. Will wait for the post ho
liday clearance on some.

Posted by 00cheese in United Kingdom, 24 Jul 2012 15:52

I live in the UK and I really want that spidey* set you lucky Americans.

* Spidey means Spiderman

Posted by Gandalf1 in United States, 24 Jul 2012 16:10

^I guessed that. :)

And also remember that you're lucky too, you get all the Collectible Minifigs first.

Posted by thebearcollector in United States, 24 Jul 2012 21:46

I might get the planet sets this time they are better then the last If I am able to next weekend I will try and get all three if the lego store has them still

Posted by jimmer in United States, 25 Jul 2012 00:09

I want to know if the massive 9398 Rock Crawler is in my nearby lego store... I've been waiting for this RC beast for ages, and with the new L motor to boot. I'm going to have to go by this weekend. Oh... can't wait!

Posted by 00cheese in United Kingdom, 25 Jul 2012 05:45

@Gandalf1 Good point

Posted by Isabella and Lego Liker in United States, 25 Jul 2012 12:38

@JohnnyB: Agreed The HR shouldn't be the same as Weathertop, and no city set without trains in it was over $100.

Posted by Sastrei in United States, 25 Jul 2012 13:56

I miss the days when LEGO sets were reliably 10c/piece. The creator sets used to be 2-5c/piece, and are now the last of LEGO's sets to reliably hit the 10c/piece mark. :(

Posted by joehead10 in United States, 25 Jul 2012 16:13

New Star Wars sets and Spider-Man set are in the Lego store in Kansas City. Just talked to them over the phone. Can't wait to go see them!

Posted by Ha876 in United States, 25 Jul 2012 17:33

are they at all of the us lego store

Posted by Namanbricks in United States, 25 Jul 2012 23:49

I am very eager for the spider-man set!! Great price compared to today's prices!!

Posted by khmellymel in China, 26 Jul 2012 11:55

@00cheese Lego.com Super Heroes site says that the Spider-Man set is coming August 1 :D

http://marvelsuperheroes.lego.com/en-gb/products/default.aspx

Posted by krlex in United States, 26 Jul 2012 16:32

@Sastrei I concur with you 100%. LEGO is too popular now. And according to this article (see the link) it might be getting "help" from a human psychological instinct ;)
The link here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2178872/Why-love-Lego--leading-psychologist-reveals-builder-instinct-key-popularity-toy.html

Posted by 00cheese in United Kingdom, 26 Jul 2012 17:59

@khmellymel Thank you so much that's just in time for my birthday!!!!

Posted by Sluggle in United Kingdom, 26 Jul 2012 19:25

I spotted it in Smyths Toystore today in Edinburgh!!

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 26 Jul 2012 20:54

I agree with the above comment on the City sets. I expect licensed sets to have inflated prices, but anymore, the City theme is gradually earning, in my eyes, the reputation for overpriced sets. I was looking forward to the Garage but not anymore at $120. I expected a price more in line with the fan choice Transportation set from two years ago, especially considering this garage looks like the part count is probably considerably less. (Yes, it has larger parts, but the set feels like there's so much less to it overall than the Transportation set. Even with inflation, I expected the price to still even out at $100.)

Posted by krlex in United States, 26 Jul 2012 21:00

@Captain Blockbeard you're right about the looks. Something must be making it pricey, but with 933 pieces, the $120 become 12.8 cent/piece which is the average nowadays. Even worse if we go to toysrus unless they have a promotion going on to bring the price to par with everyone else. We'll have to wait for thanksgiving or one of those deals of the day that target and other stores are launching.

Posted by starwarscollector98 in United States, 27 Jul 2012 19:47

I'm shocked to see that that the spiderman set isn't a thousand dollars. Luckily my birthday is August 20 so I an just ask for jabba's palace then.

Posted by Isabella and Lego Liker in United States, 28 Jul 2012 00:28

@krlex: Problem: only TRU can carry it. it's their exclusive.

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