Brave New Lego World: day CXL: 7498 Police Station + 60015 Coast Guard Plane GET!

Day 140, 3/07/2013:

Since the time I got back into Lego – late October last year- all the larger Lego City sets (sets that cost over 100AUD; usually between 130AUD and 150AUD) have been discounted to 100AUD or less… all except the 2011 7498 Police Station that is. I always thought it was strange that even newer sets like the 2012 4204 The Mine or the 2013 60004 Fire Station were being greatly discounted yet the older 7498 hadn’t; maybe 7498 was selling well at full retail price? And then of course when it’s finally on sale, both Myer and Target decide to discount it to under 100AUD! Unfortunately Myer was late in discounting 7498 so I ended up ordering it from Target online for 99AUD (RRP is 149.99AUD), and having it delivered (free!) to my local Target to pick up at a later date, so no Myer One points for me 😦

I’ve ordered from Target before (bought the Target exclusive 4205 Off-Road Command Centre at the start of the year) and the delivery was excellent: (very) large box meant I had received my Lego set dent free. So when I ordered the 7498 and the new 60015 Coast Guard Plane, I felt confident that they’d arrive in much the same condition as the 4205 (though I did realise 7498 is significantly larger…).

Unfortunately I was mistaken: the 7498 has quite a visible dent in the centre, causing noticable creases 😦

Lego City 7498 Police Station

The 60015 was placed on top of 7498, and obviously something was then stacked on top of the box they were in, resulting in the crease But I guess I still ended up getting the sets at pretty nicely discounted.

Lego City 7498 Police Station- back

Not surprisingly the back is crease-free -.- The back gives an excellent overview of what you can do with the set; love how the cell toilet is actually a hidden exit and that the cell doors can be opened and closed by a single sliding mechanism.

I was surprised that Target decided to sell the newly released 60015 Coast Guard Plane at a discounted price of 47AUD (RRP on shop.lego.com is 59.99AUD) but whatever! It was a no brainer to get 😛

Lego City 60015 Coast Guard Plane

Whilst the shape of the box is fine, there was something stuck to the front (tape?) and it’s been ripped off rather poorly Nooo my OCD!! This seaplane becomes the second seaplane I’ve obtained (already have the 2010 3178 Seaplane), and the boat my god-knows-how-many-now-th; pretty sure what little water space in the city cannot possibly accommodate all my boats…

Lego City 60015 Coast Guard Plane- back

I’d still love to modify my city so that the water sections were actually water, but for now I think that’s beyond the abilities of the cheap IKEA tables I’m currently using 😛 And once more I’m reminded why I prefer to purchase my Lego sets in person: I can make sure I get sets that haven’t been sat on/crushed/kicked about/etc.

Brave New Lego World: day CXXVII: 10233 Horizon Express GET!

Day 127, 20/06/2013:

In the past I’ve mentioned that I’m sticking to only the Lego City sets, only to then purchase sets from Creator or limited series like Winter Village sets. I think it’s gotten to the point where I should be saying that I primarily purchase Lego City sets, as Myer just started selling a set at such an attractive price that I couldn’t pass it up: the 2013 10233 Horizon Express:

Expert Creator 10233 Horizon Express

Whilst the Horizon Express has been available overseas and at shop.lego.com, It had only just come out at Myer in Australia today (along with two other tempting sets). It was the combination of this train being compatible with the current Lego train tracks, and the awesome price that I caved in, but only one set. I realise some people bought 2 of the bloody things so they could have a double-ended complete train, but I couldn’t justify the price, never mind that I’d need to have train stations 6-freakin-carriages long :S Gonna be hard enough as it is with 3 carriages >_<

Either way, Myer was doing a 20% discount with the Horizon Express, plus an additional 10% off for being a Myer One member, and with the $20 gift card I had earned from buying most of my Lego at Myer, I managed to get the price down from 159.99AUD to 91AUD 😀

Expert Creator 10233 Horizon Express- back

This train brings back memories of the classic/awesome 1994/5 PC game Transport Tycoon, specifically in reference to the second fastest electric train you could get: the “T.I.M.” Unfortunately, considering my plans for the (overhead) railway system in my Lego City city are for significantly way down the line, it’s going to be ages until I start making this 😦 It’ll be around about that time that I’ll also put some money down for all the sets needed to make this sucker nuclear electrical and remote-controlled 😀

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 XXXVIII: 60018 Cement Mixer GET!

Day 38, 23/03/2013:

Whenever I go shopping, I know I shouldn’t check places like Kmart or Myer because the chances are I’ll end up walking out with some Lego. So today was no different and I ended up taking advantage of a slight discount at Kmart for the 2013 60018 Cement Mixer: was 29.99AUD down to 23AUD.

Lego City 60018 Cement Mixer

With this purchase, I now have all the “great vehicles” available (at least until next year :P).

Lego City 60018 Cement Mixer- back

Brave New Lego World: day XXXV: 60008 Museum Break-in GET!

Day 35, 20/03/2013:

I’ve been wanting to purchase this set for a while, but given it’s high price (89.99 AUD) I’ve held off.

Thankfully Myer had a sale that didn’t require buying something of a similar price (though I did have to buy some roads), so I was able to get the final price to down to about 56AUD 🙂

Lego City 60008 Museum Break-in

I guess part of the high price is because of the functioning (spot)light, as well as the number of minifigs (6).

Lego City 60008 Museum Break-in- back

I always welcome more gold, but now I get to have rare artworks and artefacts thanks to this set!

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!