Dutch exclusives at the Amsterdam flagship store?

monkeyhanger

Hi everyone,

Anyone been to the Amsterdam store that opened at the end of November?

Going on the DFDS Ferry overnight on Friday night due to the kids hounding us constantly to go on the "sleepy ferry" (they see one of the 2 ships leave the Tyne every night as our street overlooks the Tyne).

The pics make it look colossal - hoping to get some exclusives and maybe some PAB wall stuff that is a cut above the usual offerings in the Metrocentre.

KungFuKenny

monkeyhanger said:

Hi everyone,

Anyone been to the Amsterdam store that opened at the end of November?

Going on the DFDS Ferry overnight on Friday night due to the kids hounding us constantly to go on the "sleepy ferry" (they see one of the 2 ships leave the Tyne every night as our street overlooks the Tyne).

The pics make it look colossal - hoping to get some exclusives and maybe some PAB wall stuff that is a cut above the usual offerings in the Metrocentre.

I know they had that windmill set (paging @stlux ) but I think that was at the opening only.  There are printed tiles I have seen circulating...


but seeing as how they run $30-70 apiece on BrickLink, I suspect they were limited also... You might try posting on one of the Benelux threads also...
https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/24938/benelux-promotions#latest

stlux

@monkeyhanger The exclusives in the Amsterdam store were for the opening - this includes the #AMSTERDAM-1 Amsterdam BrickHeadz, #6315023 Windmill and the tile.

Something not exclusive to Amsterdam, but only available in a handful of flagship stores: the Minifigure Factory.



You buy #854067 Minifigure Factory Box (EUR 10?), pick a minifig from the BAM, and select from templates and freestyle drawing to print the torso on both the front and back.

Keep in mind though that there's more and more Covid-19 related restrictions in The Netherlands; e.g. the main (all?) museums in Amsterdam are now closed.

monkeyhanger

^ unique minifig printing. I'm sure the girls would quite like one each (only 1 each - €10 is pricey!).

I doubt we'd get to the museums anyway, just there for the day will have about 10am to 4pm yo get around.

I suspect 30-45 mins of that will be in the Lego shop before the wife moves us on.

monkeyhanger

On our way home on the DFDS ship now. The visit to the Lego shop in Amsterdam was brief as the wife was a bit chuffed with the girls playing up. The brick built windmill kids playhouse was impressive, as were the brick built Rembrandt paintings on the wall.

Less impressed with the pricing - €18  for a large PAB cup, the minifig factory box was €12. Gave the girls a choice of 1 minifig factory box each or 2 €8 build a minifig (3 figs) - which is still 60% higher than home . They chose the latter. There were some figs to build that we hadn't seen at home - a Witch, a small girl in pyjamas with a blue teddy, and a colourful hippy type guy, among others.

I did have a look at the minifig factory machine. Basically a set of minifigs clamped in rows on a thin metal bar with a surround, looking like the players in a "fussball" table. Then a printing head sweeps across your clamped fig and paints it - like an inkjet printer, all going on under a perspex clear lid for you to see it all happening.

eMJeeNL

monkeyhanger said:

Less impressed with the pricing - €18  for a large PAB cup, the minifig factory box was €12. Gave the girls a choice of 1 minifig factory box each or 2 €8 build a minifig (3 figs) - which is still 60% higher than home.

€8? Sure they weren’t €5,95? That’s how much they are in Utrecht!

monkeyhanger

^ Definitely 8 Euros. It's £4.99 In the UK (maybe it's more than that in the Flagship London store?).

TheBigLegoski

Does anyone have any idea when the Lego store in Amsterdam will open its doors again?

TheBigLegoski

Hello you guys!

Just a follow up on my perhaps a bit 'silly' question in the previous/last post on this thread here: the Lego store Amsterdam reopened again a week and a half or so! Already been there multiple times since. But currently (because of this Corona insanity) there is no pick-a-brick wall (well it is there, but it does not contain any bricks) and no build your own 3 minifigs pack section. The print your own minifig machine is not operational either at the moment, I think.

If I understood correct, in case you are just looking for one particular type of brick, they might be able to fill up a cup for you in the back.

They have the new Haunted House/fairground set, and all the new Monkey Kid sets, and those two Mechs, especially the Monkey King, look really fantastic!