lxsw20: Not really, I brought the VW Camper and built that at easter, that's the only Lego set I've brought in about 13 years. Used to love it as a kid.
This one is awesome if you don't mind spending over $500 (probably a lot more in NZ as $500 probably isn't bad considering how many blocks it has.) http://www.bricksandbloks.com/lego-sydney-opera-house-10234-revealed-for-septemember-2013/
lxsw20: Not really, I brought the VW Camper and built that at easter, that's the only Lego set I've brought in about 13 years. Used to love it as a kid.
They used to have it on airpoints store, then just when I had enough they removed it. I ended buying it on TradeMe, was going to buy it direct from Lego until I saw the shipping price!
The lego website pricing isn't bad, and you get free shipping if the order is over $300. However I almost got caught out by this, because I thought it was a New Zealand website, due to all the pricing being in NZ dollars and you just selct the NZ version of the store. But if you buy it and the order is over $300, you will get charged a big import duty and GST due to it being a 'toy', and you only find out about this if you read the fine print. I was looking at buying a gift for someone, where the set wasn't avalaible in NZ.
mattwnz: The lego website pricing isn't bad, and you get free shipping if the order is over $300. However I almost got caught out by this, because I thought it was a New Zealand website, due to all the pricing being in NZ dollars and you just selct the NZ version of the store. But if you buy it and the order is over $300, you will get charged a big import duty and GST due to it being a 'toy', and you only find out about this if you read the fine print. I was looking at buying a gift for someone, where the set wasn't avalaible in NZ.
email lego and tell them, they will refund all the tax/gst/fees
happen to me before....i'm what you would call a collector
mattwnz: The lego website pricing isn't bad, and you get free shipping if the order is over $300. However I almost got caught out by this, because I thought it was a New Zealand website, due to all the pricing being in NZ dollars and you just selct the NZ version of the store. But if you buy it and the order is over $300, you will get charged a big import duty and GST due to it being a 'toy', and you only find out about this if you read the fine print. I was looking at buying a gift for someone, where the set wasn't avalaible in NZ.
email lego and tell them, they will refund all the tax/gst/fees
happen to me before....i'm what you would call a collector
You mean this website http://shop.lego.com/en-NZ/ ? eg the one that appears if you google 'lego NZ' I read their terms and it said that the customer has to pay those fees, as lego weren't responsible for any taxes and duties that a country imposes at the border. I would have purchased from them otherwise, but ended up buying from Fishpond for quite a bit more, as their fees cover all of those.
mattwnz: The lego website pricing isn't bad, and you get free shipping if the order is over $300. However I almost got caught out by this, because I thought it was a New Zealand website, due to all the pricing being in NZ dollars and you just selct the NZ version of the store. But if you buy it and the order is over $300, you will get charged a big import duty and GST due to it being a 'toy', and you only find out about this if you read the fine print. I was looking at buying a gift for someone, where the set wasn't avalaible in NZ.
email lego and tell them, they will refund all the tax/gst/fees
happen to me before....i'm what you would call a collector
You mean this website http://shop.lego.com/en-NZ/ ? eg the one that appears if you google 'lego NZ' I read their terms and it said that the customer has to pay those fees, as lego weren't responsible for any taxes and duties that a country imposes at the border. I would have purchased from them otherwise, but ended up buying from Fishpond for quite a bit more, as their fees cover all of those.
looks like they changed the duty thing, last time i ordered something from them, i got done for duty. I then emailed lego complaining and they refunded me the total amount
NZtechfreak: I do! Copious amounts of original trilogy Star Wars Lego that my son and I are gradually working our way through.
I've got a huge box of Lego pieces, none of which have been kept in original boxes and all of which has been well-used. They were bought from the time Lego first became available and collecting ended around 25 years ago because there was so much nobody needed to buy more. I've often wondered what to do with them since there are no youngsters in the family now that we have all grown up (subjective statement, that!)
There is some great looking lego on their website, but the postage is phenomenally high. It doesn't seem very clear what is availble for NZ though, is everything available/.
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