LEGO stores in Australia.

Charmiefcb

Well. Lego seem to finally be getting into the Australian retail market by opening up Lego stores under license. (We also got our own warehouse so no more waiting for a week or 2 for our sets to come)

There is one in Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney and an article I read says they want to open one or two in each major city.

So I thought this thread could be used to inform of other stores opening around the country.

I hope Lego stores do well here and it makes it easy to go and get hard to find and exclusive sets under one roof over finding out which retailer has which set as an exclusive.

Aleydita

Having its own warehouse opens up the possibility that Australia could still have sets available that have long since sold out in other regions.

Baby_Yoda

As far as I know, there are no plans for any actual Brand stores, so no VIP cards and no guarantee for any special offers or GWPs, but I'm certain Pick-a-brick etc. are going to be in the Sydney store, at least.

Aleydita said:

Having its own warehouse opens up the possibility that Australia could still have sets available that have long since sold out in other regions.

Unfortunately the warehouse, while making things much quicker and cheaper for us, has an issue with demand for certain sets being much more than they can keep up with - especially where other countries have no issue. I think it's getting a little better now, though. Hopefully they overshoot and we end up seeing retired sets all over Lego stores. That happens quite frequently with Toyworld.

Charmiefcb

There is a new LEGO store in Sydney at Broadway Shopping Centre opening tomorrow.

Jenni

That is so much more convenient! Thanks @Charmiefcb, I was not looking forward to trekking out to Bondi this Christmas.

If you go, would you please report on the PAB wall? Cups are 3,000 yen here and I'm going into withdrawal! :)

Snizzlebutts

There is a store in Doncaster Melbourne. It’s part of the same people that run the one in Bondi. A shame since it has no online presence AT ALL. The website sucks beyond all belief.

When they asked if I was a VIP I answered yes but turns out it’s a seperate VIP, which is just your purchases at that store. Kind of annoying.

https://bricksmegastore.com/

scottdd2

Did I hear that Adelaide was finally getting one at Marion?

Charmiefcb

They're advertising jobs for it so it looks like it's happening. I'm surprised actually seeing the retail environment right now. I thought they would hold off opening any new stores for a while.