Comments on: NinjaGo, LEGO Star Wars, and most 2011 LEGO sets now available [News]

By: LegoDude

LegoDude — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:05:42 +0000

Ok, the ninjas are nice, but did I miss the episode with the orange clones? And what is with all the jango fetts? I am 12, so naturally I am a Harry potter fan, and diagon alley is very comparable to the movie. The problem I have with the dropship is that it came out to late after the clone wars episode. The dog and police are so-and-so, but I wouldn’t buy them.

By: trukker

trukker — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:01:30 +0000

Alas Lego is not the only company that has much higher prices in Australia. DVD’s and console games have a similar “markup”/tariff hit. At least Lego can’t be region coded.

My son is in the same super excited boat on the Ninjago. I’m wondering if there is actually a decent game there or if it just a gimmick. Nice to see purple making it into some of the models. In preparation for a full Universe line I hope.

By: CatJuggling

CatJuggling — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:37:27 +0000

My son’s totally excited about NinjaGo, which I guess is the point. The wife and I like the designs, but I haven’t delved into the price points yet. Looks like they’re starting to compare the sets to things like Bakugan where you get one small toy for $6-$10. I’m sure a lot of parents will blindly buy that kind of thing in Lego as they do in Bakugan.

Saw the Bounty Hunter ship at Fred Meyer’s tonight, and our local Lego store has the battle packs and bank heist in at the latest reports too.

@sselkirk, I don’t work for Lego, but I do intimately know a company that gets the same kind of pricing complaints, even just US to Canada, and I can say that you can’t go by exchange rates alone. That said, no matter what the cause, I certainly agree that nearly twice the price is sad.

By: sselkirk

sselkirk — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:36:59 +0000

And as usual Australia gets ripped off… Diagon Alley is USD$150 and AUD$270. Current exchange rate is USD$1 = AUD$0.99. Lego prevents retailers in the US from shipping to Australia to stop us buying at US prices. The way around this is HopShopGo. The retails stores here in Sydney are fully stocked with Lego and it’s 2 days before Christmas and they are wondering why no one is buying? Maybe it’s because of these ripoff tactics, it’s certainly why I’m not buying as much Lego as in the past.

Lego: good toy, bad company

By: hussein

hussein — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:14:49 +0000

Every year I wait for when Lego will do a Steampunk theme.

By: Creative Anarchy

Creative Anarchy — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:02:53 +0000

I am fond of the style of a lot of the Ninja-go sets. They are very obviously aimed at the young end of the Lego Fan Pool. However I agree that the pricing is kind of out of whack. Not just the $10 very generic minifigure battle sets but the price-per-piece seems insanely out of whack without much of a clear explanation. Skeleton Bowling and the Spinjitsu Dojo are $20 appart in price for a difference of two pieces, neither seems to have any more terribly exotic colors or pieces than the other.

By: Starwars4J

Starwars4J — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:26:21 +0000

$10US for a fig accessories? Wow…

By: rushiosan

rushiosan — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:22:22 +0000

Ninjago sets have terrible design and some awful pieces like the new skull torso, skull legs and that giant head (wich appears on the second set above). The bamboo hat is also very strange – why not to use the old round dishes? Well, I’d get that blue dragon and white ninja, the whole line seems a waste of money…

Mandalorian battle packs ftw :)