Lego city/atlantis/creator

victory

markfrizzell wrote: »

Unfortunately lego tends to hold its price really well. The amazon sale was a splendid offer and congrats to all those who got stuff they wanted. As an adult collector of lego the sets really go up in price after they are discontinued. I bought a cafe corner for £90 from lego.com and now they are selling for £275 + on ebay.nice tho!

So as an adult collector would you know which sets are going to be discontinued to buy them?

My son is 10 and he does not like the big intricate sets, he prefers the lego men, little boxes of construction rather than last year which was lego star wars and far too hard for him to do, he lost heart so this year we sold it on ebay and the money is going to the sets we know he can make and will bring him endless hours of imagination fun:D

markfrizzell

There are various sites that i use that have information about lines and themes that lego are discontinuing.

There is a whole new police theme for 2011, due out mid december i think, so maybe some of the police sets like 7744 may be on offer at argos/tru etc. The city farm sets are also due to be replaced by a city space port theme.

The green grocer set is also going to be discontinued in 2011 so i would suggest anyone interested buy it before they end up on ebay for £300

victory

wow £300 do people actually pay that?

Fortunately I am on the just play it for fun lower down scale not to make a profit or for the future just for now and for his xmas as he loves it so:D

markfrizzell

Unbelievable. I hated paying £90 for some lego my cafe corner although it is a great set and fun to build. One here sold a few days ago for £260 inc postage

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lego-Cafe-Corner-Town-Building-Set-/170559674905?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item27b6261a19

dont know how you fcan justify paying that much! crazy :eek:

markfrizzell

www.blahdvd.com have some slighlty cheaper lego at the mo.

Apple tree house £33, police station £63, advent calendar £22.99

victory

Uhm at least the calender is going down always good but still not enough:D

FiFi_Mad_Mum

Purplebutterfly wrote: »

Their prices amaze me how they go up and down,

I bought the lego police station a few months ago for about £44,

Immediately after I bought it, I came in here to post about it, checked the price again before I posted and it had gone back to £60!

I am sure Amazon have someone who spends all day checking forums and competitors prices! Someone has just posted a link and it is already back up at the previous price!

FiFi

babyblooz

I will be watching this thread with great interest because I too missed the amazon bargains last week.

victory

I wonder if there will be any more bargains up to xmas? I do not remember this bargains last year on amazon but then again I was not so avidly looking and I was only up for the sainsburys online sale at the time so ended up going to the amazon and buying from them and then going in perso to sainsburys:D

I have 12 lego city and 2 lego creator and 1 xl board and 1 lego minfigure collectors box, madness for 1 child:rotfl::D

I know he will love the collectors box as he is very particular about his lego men and where they go

victory

http://search2.lego.com/exec/?q=lego%20collectors%20minifigure%20box&pt=&lang=2057&cc=UK&u=