New York LEGO Store grand openings

[legitimatealex]

As long as it's not ridiculously marked-up due to being in NYC, I'll be happy. I can't wait to see the PaB wall.

They've got a pretty high sales tax, but LEGO doesn't mark up their own stock unlike Toys R Us. At least I've never noticed it if they do.

Their PaB wall is probably going to be the largest in the country :D

[vynsane]

They've got a pretty high sales tax, but LEGO doesn't mark up their own stock unlike Toys R Us. At least I've never noticed it if they do.

All bets are off in NYC - EVERYTHING's marked up, especially in the 'touristy' places, like Rockefeller Center or Times Square. They usually blame the high cost of rent, but the higher volume of sales should offset that, it's generally just greed. We'll see...

[legitimatealex]

I've visited the Toys R Us in New York City a few times and I don't recall their LEGO being marked up at all actually. It was just the opposite, which surprised me. Most of the sets seemed a dollar or two under priced. Maybe the LEGO store will follow suit?

[vynsane]

I've visited the Toys R Us in New York City a few times and I don't recall their LEGO being marked up at all actually. It was just the opposite, which surprised me. Most of the sets seemed a dollar or two under priced. Maybe the LEGO store will follow suit?

??? I'm surprised by your experience - maybe they were having a sale? They're at LEAST marked up to TRU standards, if not more so. I think I saw the Space Police 3 K-9 Bot impulse set for $7.50!

[legitimatealex]

Wow that's a pretty enormous mark up. Maybe they were having a sale. I remember picking up two or three sets way cheaper than they were but I suppose my results are not typical.

[vynsane]

I'll get this front paged when the grand opening celebration gets closer. Thanks vynsane !

You can check out my updated Flickr Set for more pics of the interior/exterior, including the huge PaB wall as well as the progress they've made on the 15' apple build.

[TClone]

Actually never been to a LEGO store. Excited to go to the rocket-building event!

[Toys N Bricks]

A new LEGO Store is opening in Elmhurst, New York at Queens Center! The grand opening celebration runs from July 9-11. During the celebration, you can help master model builders build a 8-ft tall R2-D2 from LEGO pieces.

Be the first 300 customers to spend $35 at the LEGO Store and you'll receive an exclusive LEGO subway car set on Saturday. On Sunday, you can get a limited edition LEGO Minifigure T-Shirt!

• Friday, July 9: 11:00am - 7:00pm
• Saturday, July 10: 10:00am - 6:00pm
• Sunday, July 11: 11:00am - 6:00pm

Permalink: http://toysnbricks.com/blog/usa-lego-st ... mhurst-ny/

[ncbarrett]

Was digging through job on lego.com and found this...

http://www3.recruitingcenter.net/client ... 77&esid=az

Not sure when, but looks like a LEGO store is opening in Troy, MI.
Finally a lego store in Michigan!!!

[slacker]

Does anybody know what the subway car looks like?

[JabbaT]

Does anybody know what the subway car looks like?

[vynsane]

Interesting... that looks different from the picture that was up previously - it was one of the silver ones. This looks like one of the 'redbird' cars that were used starting in the 70's and still ran on the 2/4/5/6 lines through only a few years ago. Cool thing about them is they're now being dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to serve as the foundations for new coral reefs!

[slacker]

sweet. I might have to take a drive down there this weekend if the heat doesn't kill me. where was this picture posted? I'd like to see the silver version.

[JabbaT]

sweet. I might have to take a drive down there this weekend if the heat doesn't kill me. where was this picture posted? I'd like to see the silver version.

http://stores.lego.com/en-us/Elmhurst/events.aspx

[slacker]

My buddy went. he said the place was like a zoo. the promo subway car was in a zip lock bad with paper instructions.