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  • Latest Shopping News - Australia

    Posted by jpmanalo, 12 Nov 2010 23:10. Filed under Shopping (Australia/NZ).

    4841: Hogwarts Express
    Harry Potter/General, 2010
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    With Christmas around the corner, the local Australian retailers have begun their run into what is normally their peak-retail selling season, and LEGO is part of their attempt to lure customers into their stores.  
     

     

    • Target
      Target currently has a 20%-off sale on all LEGO sets. Page 17 of the latest Target Catalogue shows some of the sets available at Target (including set 8096, "Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle"). The Target sale runs from 11-Nov-2010 until 15-Nov-2011.
    • Big W
      Big W has a number of items on sale, including set 7938 "City Passenger Train", and 7684 "City Pig Farm" (a Big W exclusive, in Australia). You can view the full list of sets on sale in the current Big W catalogue. The Big W sale runs from 11-Nov-2010 until 17-Nov-2010.
    • K-Mart
      Page 5 of the current K-Mart catalogue features a number of City sets (including set 7208 "City Fire Station") and "assorted" Hero Factory sets. The K-Mart sale also runs from 11-Nov-2010 until 17-Nov-2010.
    • Myer
      The current Myer catalogue features a number of sets on sale also, including a number of the new Harry Potter sets, such as set 4841 "Hogwarts Express". The Myer sale runs from 04-Nov-2010 until 28-Nov-2010 .

     Happy shopping folks!


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Posted by duilim in Australia, 13 Nov 2010 00:12

A little frustrating sometimes that the sets you want aren't specially reduced. The K mart sale is quite poor IMHO - in fact, something's up with K mart this year as far as Lego is concerned. Usually, it has regular 15% off Lego sales, and at other times, there have been BOGO 50% but I haven't seen that once this year (unless it was in January).

The Big W sale doesn't really offer much either, unless you want the passenger train but at $174, it's still asking a fair bit. Been waiting for the Clone Turbo Tank to drop in price - with the 20% off at Target, it's still $192 which is WAY too much considering that you can get it for $120 in the U.S. and our dollar is on par with theirs.

The Myer sale is good if you want to start your HP collection - again though, the variety is limited. I've been kicking myself for not picking up the Clone Turbo Tank and King's Castle a few weeks back when Myer had a "get $25 off every $75 you spend" promotion as I was too focused on getting The Burrow, Hogwarts Express and Hogwarts Castle and have been hoping that something similar might come around, but not to be!

Posted by Grahame in New Zealand, 13 Nov 2010 01:21

The City Advent Calendar Set 2824 becomes AUD 39.20 at Target after the 20% is deducted. The Shop-at-Home price is AUD 29.99 which has got to be a mistake. Suggest you get in quick before LEGO realize they have made an error!

Posted by tdm911 in Australia, 13 Nov 2010 01:46

Myer has a four day sale (until Sunday the 14th) where you buy two toys and get a third of equal or lesser value for free. It can't be used in conjunction with other offers. I'm not sure how widespread it is, but it's certainly available in the Geelong Myer.

Posted by CharlieTheFunEngine in Australia, 17 Nov 2010 02:52

@ duilim - "A little frustrating sometimes that the sets you want aren't specially reduced."
That always happens. Seems like they reduce the unpopular sets rather than those in high demand.

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