Hoh? you went to Milwaukee too? Spoopy.
Hey look a bumped threadā¦
I just wanted to mention the new flagship store in Leicester Square and how flipping sweet the store is. First of all itās got an exclusive architecture set (presumbly thatās the same for all flagship stalls) and ofc itās the london skyline. They also have a mosiac face maker? The price is a little steep (100 quid) but you get a 4000(?) piece set of your face. A sad bit of news, they might be the only place in england you can get the wave 2 bionicle sets in storeā¦ Literally none of the usual toy shops near me bought the wave 2 stock ):
Anyway, would love to know if anyone has visited/plans to visit it, cause it really is a nice store.
oh yeah, i also got this photo from it
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Iāve been to a single Lego store in my life, the one in Stuttgart. Been there in 2022 and the experience was disappointing.
Their selection of sets was rather small. They put a lot of focus on the Lego-exclusive sets, which is logical for a Lego brand store, but their selection of regular retail sets was really lacking.
The pick a brick selection was equally small, I found nothing thatād be useful for me personally (although that would be different for other people).
Prices were insane. I kid you not, many of the sets were actually marked 5ā¬ to 10ā¬ above the MSRP.
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Yep, Lego stores have kind of lost their charm these days. Used stores, like Bricks & Minifigs or other thrift stores, are better for our tastes these days.
I lived in California for a while and their stores were pretty good in the 2015-2020 years, but after 2020 they really declined. Years and years ago, they had an amazing selection of sets, sometimes I even saw sets in-store before they appeared in catalogues. Their Pick-A-Brick wall was also really good, with unique parts like bushes or harder-to-find colors of standard brick sizes.
Then, after a few years of covid and a sort of Lego hiatus, I went back to my favorite two stores to find them in a slump. The main one I went to wasnāt that bad, just not as good as it was, but another I went to had really gone off the deep end. Their Pick-A-Brick wall probably hadnāt been restocked in a while, their set selection I can only describe as sad, and their set displays were built wrong.
It may have been just California, though. Iām not trying to get political, but crime was getting kind of bad in one of the Lego store areas, so some stores around there started carrying less stockā¦ and I mean, several Walmarts I went to had to lock up their Lego stuff, soā¦ letās just say Lego buying in California probably isnāt as fun anymore.
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A couple local malls have Lego stores in em. While I like the exclusives they carry, the drive is just long enough that Iād rather save time and fuel and buy shipping online. Otherwise itās just a glorified lego aisle in any big box store. Iāll check it out if Iām at the mall, but itās not a very thrilling experience to me
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