Hi, I'm planning on buying the Hogwarts castle lego set for my wife's upcoming birthday. Currently target have it on sale for $499 but sold out in all stores and online. I have tried calling them asking about more stock but no one knows. Other retailers and eBay are all from $650 and above. Can anyone else suggest if I can price match somewhere or anything else? Or do i have to suck it up and pay the $650?
Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Lego
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Just checked BrickHawk. It looks like you're out of luck. Only places left selling the castle are going for $650. You could consider giving your wife a nice homemade card stating "one coupon valid for LEGO set of your choice!".
You could inquire with Rick James Bricks. Price on the website is $560 with stock due in May, although whether that availability is a lock these days would be up in the air I imagine. Could be worth an inquiry.
https://imrickjamesbricks.com.au/products/lego-hogwarts-cast…
That's a tremendous name for a lego store.
+1. Rick is amazing and has helped me source LEGO in the past even if it meant not buying from him. In these times I would, without a doubt, pay more for LEGO directly from him than going to somewhere cheaper like Kmart or Target.*
*though my job is secure so if it wasn’t it could be a different story.
If the official RRP is $650 and its out of stock on the lego website but available elsewhere for $650 - I think you should be using all the money you've saved elsewhere to buy this item for your wife.
I'm actually surprised that anyone buys LEGO from the official website… it's just so much cheaper everywhere else. And I can use discounted gift cards to get an additional 5% off! Of course, places like Big W, Target, Kmart, etc don't seem to restock models once they've run out of their first/second batches of stock (even though the model hasn't been retired by LEGO)…
The only reasons I can see for buying directly from LEGO is for exclusives or if you want to buy it the day it's released. Or if the VIP points somehow save you a lot of money (I've not looked into this, but I don't want to unnecessarily lock myself into buying more LEGO, which is what VIP points apparently do).
Thoughts anyone?
VIP Points are worth essentially nothing. It works to around a 5% discount… The only time I think it would be beneficial to buy from lego.com is when double points and a gift with purchase is available.
Aye. My thoughts exactly on VIP points. I would much rather buy from Big W, Target, Myer, etc as I can already get 5% discount via giftcards AND I can return the items easily if I have a change of mind (I typically buy and keeps them forever before opening.. I'm weird that way haha)
check Kmart online shops just bought few minutes ago $599
Op still looking for this set?
Use BrickHawk to locate lowest price (both current and historical). Use Brickingaround to check current Lego sales in Australia. These are not comprehensive, but are a good starting point. EBay can have some very good prices (from small sellers) if you're happy to take the risk. I feel that eBay's buyer protection policy + PayPal's return delivery refund policy combine to make eBay purchases quite safe (I.e. its hard to make counterfeit LEGOs and fake ones are always obvious) I've bought a brand new Lego X-Wing from a small seller for $80 using an eBay discount code (price everywhere else was $110 at least).