Toyworld Australia’s National Lego Building Competition

 

  • Toyworld Australia’s National Lego Building Competition

    Posted by MinifigHQ, 14 Jun 2010 21:25. Filed under Shopping (Australia/NZ).

    The Toyworld National Lego Building Competition for Australia begins today and runs through until July 31st 2010. The major prize is a Family holiday to Legoland California. You can read more about it here.

    Toyworlds latest catalogue which begins this Thursday June the 17th is one of the first to offer Christmas Lay-by’s in Australia. The passenger train 7938 is on the front page for AU$199 and is exclusive to Toyworld stores which is a saving of AU$30.  Also  when you purchase a Toy Story 3 Lego Set you are given a free gift. Series 1 minifigs are also advertised at 3 for AU$9.99.

    Update: the online catalogue still isn't appearing so I have added a list of the items from the catalogue in the comments.

    Update 2: Links to the online catalogues have been listed within the comments section for this article. -- jpmanalo


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Posted by ShatteredGnome in United States, 14 Jun 2010 21:51

I'm in California and still haven't been to legoland. That's cool that they have a contest that lets you go there if you win. How does the competition work?

Posted by MinifigHQ in Australia, 14 Jun 2010 22:07

1. Build the model of your dreams. 2. Take a picture 3. Take the picture into your local store to be displayed. The best entrant from each store will then go up against the best entrants for the state and then onto the final 8 where the winner will be selected.

Posted by Dentarthurdent in Australia, 14 Jun 2010 22:53

Sounds like a fair idea, but being a National competition, one's chances of success will be very slim. A State wide competition would have been more attractive I think, but then again, I really don't know what the Lego fanbase is like in Australia. There aren't many of us Aussies here on Brickset.

Posted by mnybks in Australia, 15 Jun 2010 00:01

I think the competition is more aimed towards KFOL? and is very isolated to particular areas of Australia being that there are no Toyworlds in Sydney CBD and to get to one you have to take about a 1hour long trip out of town and this will leave a lot of Lego builders out of the running.

Posted by DrathMaul1997 in United Kingdom, 15 Jun 2010 05:06

Cool, Will you show the winning set on here?

btw, what's a KFOL? kid fan of lego i would think?

Thank you :)

Posted by Dlakii in Australia, 15 Jun 2010 08:05

Hmm, interesting. I'm quite rusty outside the realm of BIONICLE construction, but with the semester ending soon I may be able to throw something together. I'm a bit confused as to why they're not allowing entry via internet submission, since as previously stated the lack thereof does have some impact on the ability of others to enter; fortunately it's not quite as problematic for me.

Posted by Orange Lemons in United States, 15 Jun 2010 10:20

Sounds interesting, but I don't live in Australia. I am somewhat glad that there isn't one in the U.S., there would be so many people participating there would be almost a zero chance of winning.

Posted by cjg in United States, 15 Jun 2010 11:37

Drathmaul: KFOL is kid fan of Lego. TFOL is teen fan of Lego. You probably know what AFOL is.

Posted by DrathMaul1997 in United Kingdom, 15 Jun 2010 16:25

Ah thank you cjg :)

Posted by MinifigHQ in Australia, 15 Jun 2010 21:55

For some reason the Toyworld catalogue still isn't appearing online, so here is a list of what is in the catalogue. Not much in the way of decent specials, but this is aimed towards parents looking to secure items on a layby for Christmas. Please remember, Toyworld stores are able to choose whether or not they participate in the catalogue, so I would suggest a call to your local Toyworld store first to ensure they are participating.

7950 Kingdoms Kings Showdown AU$12.99
7948 Kingdoms Outpost Attack AU$34.99
7947 Kingdoms Prison Tower Rescue AU$89.99
7946 Kingdoms Kings Castle AU$169
10197 Fire Brigade AU$299
6176 Duplo Bricks AU$24.99
5656 Duplo Pet Shop AU$49.99
5655 Duplo Caravan AU$59.99
5649 Duplo Farm AU$99 (Save AU$10)
5529 Lego Bricks AU$29
7586 Belville House AU$129
5985 Space Police Central AU$99 (Save AU$30)
5984 Space Police Lunar Limo AU$69.99
8038 Star Wars Battle of Endor AU$199
8088 Star War ARC-170 Starfighter AU$99 (Save AU$10)
8085 Star Wars Freeco Speeder AU$49.99
3182 City Airport AU$119
7937 Train Station AU$79.99
8075 Atlantis Neptune Carrier AU$89.99
8061 Atlantis Gateway AU$59.99
7595 Toy Story 3 Army men on patrol AU$22.99
7590 Toy Story 3 Woody & Buzz to the Rescue AU$34.99
5658 Duplo Toy Story 3 Pizza Planet Truck AU$34.99
5659 Duplo Toy Story 3 The Great Train Chase AU$59.99
7789 Toy Story 3 Lotsos Dump Truck AU$39.99
7596 Toy Story 3 Trash Compactor Escape AU$99.99
7597 Toy Story 3 Western Train Chase AU$159
8683 Minifigs 3 for AU$9.99

Also you get a free gift with any Lego Toy Story 3 set purchased, they have the polybag set 30070 Alien Spaceship pictured as the free gift. The Toyworld stores I have spoken with haven’t received any of set 30070 yet.

Posted by jpmanalo in Australia, 16 Jun 2010 10:05

The catalogue is online, however to view the catalogue, you need to click through to the list of stores. Stores that participate in the catalogue will have a link underneath the store location that will take you to the catalogue.

Here are a couple of links to the Toyworld catalogue. One is for Regional locations, and the other is for Metropolitan locations. Again as pointed out by MinifigHQ, it is worth asking your local Toyworld store if they participate in the catalogue to avoid disappointment:

Metropolitan Toyworld Catalogue: http://www.toyworld.com.au/downloads/catalogue.pdf
Regional Toyworld Catalogue: http://www.toyworld.com.au/downloads/regionalcatalogue.pdf

-- J.P. Manalo

Posted by Crt2 in United States, 16 Jun 2010 20:41

Wow! A Free Space ship with any TS Set! *Sigh* If only That was in the US.

Posted by fleecie in Australia, 19 Jun 2010 20:28

There are some nice discounts on fishpond.com.au at the moment including Prince of Persia 7573 Battle Of Alamut for just under $100 - a discount of $50. Thanks for the shopping tips!!!!

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