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 LXIX: 4438 Robbers’ Hideout GET!

Day 69, 23/04/2013:

The 2012 4438 Robbers’ Hideout is one of those sets I have never seen in Australian stores, most likely because it’s been quite some time since I visited Toys R Us. Turns out this set is a TRU exclusive in the US, which usually translates to a TRU AU exclusive as well. However, TRU rarely have a sale (nevermind a Lego one) and I’d rather not pay full retail price for it (it’s on their site for 84.99AUD) So I eventually decided to bite the bullet and just go to BrickLink and purchase it there; whilst I would save about 50% there (got it for about 44AUD), most of that saving disappeared in shipping costs 😦 Oh well, the downfalls of buying Lego overseas… But at least I wasn’t buying it at Australian RRP from Toys Rnt Cheap! \^o^/

Lego City 4438 Robbers’ Hideout

I’ve been having difficulties placing this set somewhere on the table, as I reckon this set should be hidden away; what’s the point of a hideout if it’s in plain sight from the road? However the design of the hideout building makes it difficult to squirrel in some corner (has a front entrance, garage entry on the left and an open back).

Lego City 4438 Robbers’ Hideout- back

I guess I’ll eventually figure out where to put this set; it’s most definitely on table 3, which I won’t start on until probably next year some time.

Brave New Lego World: day IV: 3658 Police Helicopter GET!

Day 4, 17/02/2013:

Dropped by Toys R Us over the weekend to pick up their only exclusive, the 2011 Lego City Police Helicopter (3658):

Lego City Police Helicopter 3658

Whilst it wasn’t on sale (64.99AUD), I thought it was better to get it before they discontinued it for whatever reason.

Lego City Police Helicopter 3658 – back