Why Are Lego Sets Expensive?

Re:Why Are Lego Sets Expensive? by cubicle67 on Friday January 11, 2013 @12:35AM (#5041484)

Try buying them in Australia where the RRP is almost exactly 2x the US RRP for most models :(

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Re:Why Are Lego Sets Expensive? by lessnonymous on Friday January 11, 2013 @09:35AM (#5042802)

The nerd in me read this hours ago. When I got home I had to do some data mining of the Lego site and put the numbers together.

Average Brick Price

    Australia:18.3c
    UK: 14.9c
    USA: 10.8c

So yes, the price is almost double in Australia what it is in the US.

Average Licenced Brick Price

    Australia: 22.0c
    UK: 17.5c
    US: 11.5c

If the link works, you can see all my numbers on my Facebook page: http://rick.ph/lego_price_analysis

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Re:Why Are Lego Sets Expensive? by vacri on Friday January 11, 2013 @10:24AM (#5043023)

Remember that Australian prices include 10% GST which the US prices won't have. Similarly, the UK will probably have 17.5% (I think) VAT. Still much pricier, but a shade less so.

At least there's the pseudo-excuse for the increased price of actually shipping physical goods, as opposed to the argument for digital downloads which is "Hey, look over there! scamper"

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Re:Why Are Lego Sets Expensive? by bluepaper on Friday January 11, 2013 @11:02AM (#5043213)

Just to note, UK VAT has been at 17.5% previously but is now at 20%.

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Re:Why Are Lego Sets Expensive? by mbenjaminsmith on Friday January 11, 2013 @03:29AM (#5041906)

Ditto Thailand. I was looking at a set the other day that was just under $1k US. It was a very large set but still one thousand dollars is a lot of money for a plastic building toy. This was a static set too, not anything with motors or controllers.

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