Brave New Lego World: day CXXXVI: 4430 Fire Transporter GET!

Day 136, 29/06/2013:

Toys R Us Australia was “nice” enough to have a “sale” (read: not much of a sale), they were also nice enough to discount their Lego sets, including the exclusive 2012 4430 Fire Transporter. Whilst they were taking $20 off the price, they had the set listed at 10AUD more than the RRP (RRP is 89.99AUD), so it’s only really a 10AUD discount -.-. Considering I was going to purchase this from shop.lego.com, I figured a discount is still a discount and went ahead and (begrudgingly) bought it:

Lego City 4430 Fire Transporter

I believe this is the last exclusive TRU set I had to purchase, at least up until this point that is. Considering what little savings I got from TRU, I’m thinking next time I should just order it from shop.lego.com and gain more VIP points as well as free shipping :S Best not to let TRU have my money 😉

Lego City 4430 Fire Transporter- back

Brave New Lego World: day LXI: 7639 Camper + 7942 Off Road Fire Rescue + 30150 Racing Car GET!

Day 61, 15/04/2013:

Another look through BrickLink meant another series of purchases, but nothing expensive/large: just bought the 2009 7639 Camper, the old 2007 7942 Off Road Fire Rescue and the 2012 Racing Car polybag.

Lego City 7639 Camper

Lego City 7942 Off-Road Fire Rescue

Lego City 30150 Racing Car polybag

This is actually my 5th order from BrickLink and most definitely not the last; have quite a few older sets to purchase, nevermind random baseplates and pieces 😛 Also, the Off-Road Fire Rescue is the oldest set I have, excluding the still-on-sale 2005 7235 Police Motorcycle. I also decided to start getting into the polybags as the vehicles are often cute in a simple way and would look humorous next to more fleshed-out vehicles.

Lego City 7639 Camper- back

Lego City 7942 Off-Road Fire Rescue- back

Lego City 30150 Racing Car polybag- back

Brave New Lego World: day XLIII: 60010 Fire Helicopter GET!

Day 43, 28/03/2013:

Up until now, I hadn’t bought anything from David Jones; this was due to the fact that they rarely had a sale, and if they did it was hardly something worth choosing over pretty much any other department store. I would have completely ignored them when it came to buying Lego if not for the fact that 60010 Fire Helicopter is exclusive to them as far as I can see; I haven’t seen any other retailer sell this in the last 4 months. So god knows when I was going to buy this, if from David Jones at all.

Colour me surprised when they finally had a 20% off all Lego sale. Furthermore, I was able to use a code to get an additional 10% off, bringing the RRP of 60010 from 49.99AUD to 36.99AUD; not bad 😀

Lego City 60010 Fire Helicopter

I used to have a couple of electric motors from Technic sets years ago, so I’m looking forward to seeing how things have changed since then 🙂

Lego City 60010 Fire Helicopter- back

Brave New Lego World: day XXXI: 60001 Fire Chief Car GET!

Day 31, 16/03/2013:

Another Myer sale (20% off all toys) so I bit the bullet and got the 2013 Fire Chief Car (60001):

Lego City 60001 Fire Chief Car

It’s a cheap set (RRP is 15.99AUD; after discount it was 12.96AUD) so I’m not really saving that much more beyond a 20% discount.

Lego City 60001 Fire Chief Car- back

I like how the fire extinguisher fits into the car. And my city needs more trees so yay!

Brave New Lego World: day XXIV: 60005 Fire Boat + 60002 Fire Truck GET!

Day 24, 09/03/2013:

After my previous purchase, I couldn’t help but buy more during the sale 😛 So this time I got the 2013 Lego City Fire Boat (60005) and the 2013 Fire Truck (60002):

Lego City 60005 Fire Boat + 60002 Fire Truck

This time the Fire Truck received the 50% discount (29.95AUD to 14.97AUD) whilst the Fire Boat cost 39.95AUD.

Lego City 60005 Fire Boat + 60002 Fire Truck- back

Brave New Lego World: day XXII: 60007 High Speed Chase + 60003 Fire Emergency GET!

Day 22, 07/03/2013:

Myer had a buy one get one 50% off sale so I felt it was my duty to take advantage of it. Unfortunately I couldn’t find two identically priced items, so I wasn’t able to get a full 25% off, but I bought the 2013 High Speed Chase (60007) and Fire Emergency (60003):

Lego City 60007 High Speed Chase + 60003 Fire Emergency

60003 Fire Emergency cost 49.95AUD with the High Speed Chase reduced from 39.95AUD to 19.97AUD.

Lego City 60007 High Speed Chase + 60003 Fire Emergency – back

Brave New Lego World: day XII: 60004 Fire Station GET!

Day 12, 25/02/2013:

Myer was having a 20% off sale during the week and finally decided to bite the bullet and get the 2013 version of the Fire Station:

Lego City 60004 Fire Station

Retail price is 129.99AUD, so the 20% discount brought it down to 103.20AUD: best price I’ve seen it at anyway so far.

Nice to see that it comes with a helipad; I’ve already quite a few helicopters that don’t come with a helipad, and my airport can only hold so many aircraft :S

Lego City 60004 Fire Station – back