Some things, I just don’t understand. The new Star Wars and Indiana Jones Lego sets were released yesterday, and guess what! They are on average 1.4 times the price as those sold in the States. Why is this? We are at par with the US dollar, should we not have the same buying power as they do? I can understand the older sets staying at the same price, but why aren’t the new sets priced to match. This bugs me. Lego does have a few sets that are “on sale” that match the US price, but only a few, and not the one that I really want for my collection, which frustrates me even more.
I went into Toys R Us last night, and found 2 sets that I wanted. The prices were not listed on the shelves, so based on the piece count, I guessed that they would be $40 and $55 respectively. I went to a price checker, and they were $55 and $70 respectively. When I checked out the price on the US Lego page, I found that the first was actually $40 US and the second was $50 ($5 less than I thought it should be). Why this discrepancy? Why won’t the distributors match the prices? I would have bought both sets for $90, but I put both of them back because $55 is too much for a set that only has 390 some pieces. 10 cents a piece is perfect, though Canadian distributors feel the need to charge 14 cents. Grrrr. It makes me mad.
Oh, and they only had 1 Indiana Jones set, and of course, not the one I was going to buy! We Canadians always get the shaft in the toy department, it seems.
I went into Toys R Us last night, and found 2 sets that I wanted. The prices were not listed on the shelves, so based on the piece count, I guessed that they would be $40 and $55 respectively. I went to a price checker, and they were $55 and $70 respectively. When I checked out the price on the US Lego page, I found that the first was actually $40 US and the second was $50 ($5 less than I thought it should be). Why this discrepancy? Why won’t the distributors match the prices? I would have bought both sets for $90, but I put both of them back because $55 is too much for a set that only has 390 some pieces. 10 cents a piece is perfect, though Canadian distributors feel the need to charge 14 cents. Grrrr. It makes me mad.
Oh, and they only had 1 Indiana Jones set, and of course, not the one I was going to buy! We Canadians always get the shaft in the toy department, it seems.
Note the difference in price!
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If it makes you feel better, the CAD prices are very similar to the USD eBay prices. Maybe Toys R Us gets their supply from eBay?
http://search.ebay.ca/lego-at-ap-walker_W0QQflocZ1QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ1QQsatitleZlegoQ20atQ2dapQ20walker
Hi Curtis,
I just clicked on a link from Heather's blog and I have to say this stuff is super funny! (I hope that's what you were going for;)) Although your interests are worlds away from mine... wait, I have a vague recolection of reading and enjoying the Hobbit in 8th grade...anyway I think I have a little son who will grow up to be similar. Max spent weeks before Christmas surfing the internet trying to decide which lego sets he would ask Santa for, which from Granparents and which from Mom and Dad. He than spent Christmas day locked in his room (because of a little sister who just may eat legos) building away. We now have a very large Star wars/Mars mission shrine in our house, and I can't wait for school to start, so I can maybe get those darn lego Star Wars songs out of my head and the wii controls out of his hands!
Anyway thanks for the laughs and say hi Heather.
Amy Heaven (Heather's cousin in case you don't know who is leaving such long comments...)
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