Insane price rise on Pick-a-Brick items!

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Insane price rise on Pick-a-Brick items!

Post by pesgores » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:52 am

http://shop.lego.com/PAB/

I MEAN, GO CHECK IT OUT

IT'S MONSTRUOS

LEGOgodovian army costed 53€. Now, some heads are unavailable, but it costs 114€!!!!!!!

THIS.MUST.BE.A.JOKE.
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Post by lrdofbricks » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:59 am

WAT
THE
FRICK

SCREW YOU LEGO!
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Post by Bluehawk2000 » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:12 am

They also got rid of the good windsheilds on LDD which suck and now a simple cheap thing is now insanely expensive. Look at my new apc it's almost $100 and that stupid when you look at it.

Edit: also a single train wheel brick now cost $15. there goes that K5 railway gun, and most likely Dora and Gustav to.

Edit 2: and this costs almost $80.
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Post by pesgores » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:47 am

All LEGO® Ambassadors are trying to get an answer from TLC. I hope they reverse this or that it is an error.
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Post by tahthing » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:54 am

its back to normal probely april fools, or they changed there exchange rate since my prices are normal.
i just price check a ldd model and was shocked it was just 12 minifigures with some helmets and stuff and it coast £34!! im shocked.
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Post by pesgores » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:06 am

It's still very high here. It isn't April Fools, it is April 2nd already.
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Post by Atomsk » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:40 pm

I put in a large order for orange bricks, it arrived just the day before the price hike. Pretty lucky. I've heard a bunch of excuses as to why the increase might be legitimate, from oil prices to the economy...

Whatever, at least there is still Bricklink.

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Post by pesgores » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:05 pm

Oh come on, this would be acceptable if the prices rised 1 or 2 cents, but doubling and triplicating? That's abusive.
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Post by Cpl. Halan » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:34 pm

really, the prices don't seem that bad, the helmets are like 40 cents

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Post by pesgores » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:45 pm

Cpl. Halan wrote:really, the prices don't seem that bad, the helmets are like 40 cents
WELL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OTHER PIECES
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Post by tahthing » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:54 pm

and i had just finised some troops and a walker in ldd :cry: i feel letdown,

:evil: screw you lego and your need to make profit screw you (we need a finger emoticon)
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Post by OneEye589 » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:56 pm

$2.00 for a torso assembly is robbery.

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Post by RagnarokRose » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:03 pm

Dangit. I was gonna USE these guys! They are a little late for April Fools, aren't they?!
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Post by tahthing » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:42 pm

if its oil prices then why havent there sets changed price, if its the economy then there not doing much good since they should be lowering prices so they make like 1p profet per pound so people buy more instead of buying none.
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Post by IVhorseman » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:22 pm

Dammit no that's not how money or the economy works.

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