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Hi all,

First of all in case anyone isn't already familiar with it, the collectable minifigs will be on sale in Argos tomorrow (Saturday 1st) for €2.70 each.

What I'm wondering is if they will be available in Smyths or Art and Hobby? If you see them in those places can you post the news here?

I'll probably buy an initial random bunch from Argos tomorrow (half dozen or maybe even up to 10 or so), out of impatience if nothing else. However it would be nice if somewhere has them a bit cheaper or non-random (i.e. fill in the gaps in what I've bought by looking for the barcodes of the "missing" ones).

I've just bought my first Lego on eBay. For €50 I bought the old technic car 8860 with two little town sets thrown in for good measure. The seller is in Donegal so no mad shipping charges. When the box arrived it was a bit of a shock...
The outside of the box was taped with masking tape. When I removed some of the tape to open the box a lot of the print came off with the tape. And the original box was part of my reason to buy this lot.
I knew I was buying used, but didn't realise how badly chewed the parts would be. Then to top it all off all three sets are incomplete. In total I'm missing about 100 parts out of a total of 1000.

A number of price changes to S@H exclusives for Ireland.

First, as I don't yet have it, a very disappointing increase in price for Imperial Flagship from €150 to €175. Same for Grand Emporium.

Fire Brigade however is down from €175 to €125.

Medieval Market Village is down to €85!!

Tantive IV is down to €120 (from €175) and I think some larger exclusives are down in price (UCS Millenium Falcon for example).

Just a heads up that some of the Byrne's World of Wonder stores are closing down and the toys are half price. The two stores in Newbridge and Naas are among the casualties. I assume Lego is 50% off. Not sure what would be left at this stage and as the stores aren't open late I probably won't be able to check them out.

David

The 2010 sets are appearing in the shops now. Spotted in Smyths sofar:
3177 City car (Smart) €4,49
3178 Sea plane €9,99
3179 Repair truck
3180 Tanker truck
7206 Fire helicopter
7591 Construct-a-Zurg €23,99
7592 Construct-a-Buzz €23,99
7593 Buzz's Star Command Spaceship
5867 Super Speedster
5891 Apple tree house

Sorry, couldn't remember all the prices...

I see the new Toy Story sets are listed on the Argos website. Pity they weren't available a few days earlier. While I plan on getting these sets I'll await the Lego official prices and Smyths pricings before taking the plunge as Argos is traditionally dearer.

Well, good news for those of us who want to see Lego stay in business - it looks like here in Ireland at least, it is flying off the shelves despite the crisis.

At my local Art & Hobby back in early Autumn they had floor to ceiling Lego stocked across several feet of shelves, and more up high above the shop counter. Yesterday they had a grand total of 5 Family Home sets (they started with a load - maybe a dozen), a handful of train track sets, one or two Duplo sets, about 2 large Racers sets, and that was it. Very impressive!

Imperial Flagship now listed at Lego S@H (Under Pirates theme). Available 29th January and €150 for Ireland (same price as Germany).

Just a heads up that the Dwarves' mine castle set (7036) is back on the shelves in Smyths (Naas) for anyone interested in it. It seems to be the only set resurrected from the store rooms for the Christmas rush. I was in Smyths yesterday and Lego seems to be flying off the shelves, especially agents and city. Not a sponge bob set in sight either.

Until a few weeks ago several Smyths shops still had the Mindstorms NXT box with the 'Out now!' banner on their top shelf. All of a sudden they're all gone and have been replaced by NXT 2.0. Staff told me they reduced the price from €239 to €200 and sold them all but I find that hard to believe.
After three years of not selling at €239 I can't believe they've all sold in a few days for €200. I seriously wonder if any Mindstorms NXT has been sold in Ireland since the introduction...