BricksDownUnder

U.S. store Barnes & Noble, who ship to Australia, have most of the new release LEGO® sets in stock with 10% off the U.S. recommended retail price. Plus you can use the coupon ‘B4M4L9U’ to receive an extra 15% off one item. Furthermore, if you are a B&N Member, which costs US$25, you can use [...]

While we all get excited about 20% off at Target, it’s easy to forget the great discounts at Australian online retailers. I did a survey of the stores today and found some great bargains. Treasures For Little People have a monster sale on at the moment, as do Games Empire. The Outer Rim Trading Company [...]

I’ve just found out that the first ever Sydney Brick Show has been announced. Yes, fellow Sydneysiders, after years of envy of Brickvention and Brick Expo, a proper LEGO® fan convention is finally being launched in our town! The Sydney Brick Show will be held at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, and will run over [...]

Big W Online has quite a bit of LEGO at clearance prices, including LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Games and Series 4 Minifigures for $3.32. Here’s a list of what’s still in stock. Cars 8200 Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen – $9.00 [link] (31% off RRP $12.99) 8201 Radiator Springs Classic Mater – $9.00 [link] (31% off [...]

In their latest catalogue, Target is offering 20% off all LEGO® (excluding DVDs and games) from today until 1 February. There are also some sets that have extra markdowns, including new Ninjago and City sets, such as the awesome 9446 Destiny’s Bounty for $99. Here’s the full list of discounts: City 4209 Fire Plane – [...]

If you fancy a whole box of 60 Series 6 Minifigures (and who wouldn’t, considering you are likely to get 3 complete sets!), Amazon.fr is selling Series 6 boxes for €110. This is reduced to €91.97 upon checkout when VAT is taken off for non-European buyers, plus €23.41 shipping to Australia. It’s an amazing $143 [...]

Next Saturday 21 January is your chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s massive Brickvention exhibit in Melbourne, while supporting kids with autism or Asperger’s. ASD Aid is a foundation for AFOLs who are dedicated to raising awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the community, and to harnessing the power of LEGO [...]

It seems that Australia’s own iconic Sydney Opera House will be immortalised in the next LEGO® Architecture set. An image obtained from Amazon.co.jp was posted on Eurobricks yesterday. At this stage, the set name is 21012 Sydney Opera House, and it’s scheduled for international release in June. Unfortunately, the set is quite a small one [...]

The Mr Toys Toyworld website has once again provided some Australian release dates and retail prices for LEGO® sets coming out in the first three quarters of 2012. In the past, these have proven to be a good rough guide to the coming year in LEGO® for Australia. In total, there are 183 sets appearing [...]

Brickvention is Australia’s largest LEGO® display and fan convention, where members of the public can view amazing original creations by Australian model builders, and Australian model builders can get together, display their work and indulge in a full weekend of LEGO® hijinks! The Melbourne event has been growing and growing, with 142 participants and over [...]