MD I'll try and pop in to our local toy shop and see if they have any bakeries left tomorrow and let you know
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MD I'll try and pop in to our local toy shop and see if they have any bakeries left tomorrow and let you know
That would be awesome, thanks BG.
I think divvy is quiet because she plays in the major leagues when it comes to lego ;)
I will be keeping my eyes open for more for DD2's birthday :p
Toy shop closed today. Will ring tomorrow from work MD!
I may have been frustrated that we couldn't get the Lego tree decoration that we were going to buy (Lego man ordered but Lego never came through!) so I made my own this morning. Nothing super spesh but it's Lego which is perfect for this year :)
We may have also bought another city truck. But that's zf's fault!
I'd love that one too MD. I really wanted the market, but just couldn't justify the cost.
I have had excellent customer service from the actual Lego site. I did a big order at the end of Oct, but missed out on the free promo even though they were still advertising it, so I worte them an email. Thay said sorry, but we ran out.
Then I had to call them because the post tracking they gave me couldn't be found by Aus Post. They were so helpful. Turned up within a couple of days as it had travelled from Europe (with free postage).
Then the other night I got an email with an order, but I hadn't ordered anything. It was for one of the lego sets I missed out on (a Chrissie Promo) with free postage that they're sending. Not bad.
I don't even know I I could count all our sets, but I've been collecting for the better part of 30 years. I even got DH a Big Ben set. We went round the word for our honeymoon and his favourite photo of me is there.
Well, we are obviously mere tadpoles when it comes to Lego - we've accumulated about 15 sets in the past four months (including the Xmas ones). Still, not bad IMO ;)
Kim - good to know that the Lego customer service is so great.
I have got a bit of a collection happening now, just in the last few months. Actual sets, not including polybags - DS has 2 already & is getting 7 for christmas (oncluding the big box from kmart) and 5 for his birthday. I have bought another 3 that I'm not sure when to give him. I've got all 9 friends animal sets plus 6 small sets and 4 bigger ones. I've probably bought about 20 polybags to give the kids for rewards. And we have a city & friends advent calender. I do not want to know how much it cost :hide:. So 33 sets plus about 20 polybags.
The kids were very excited about their lego advent calendars! DD got the Friends one and was so excited to get her very own lego mini-doll that she took it to bed with her. I took it off her after she fell asleep so it wouldn't get lost in the bed. She woke up crying this morning "I want my Stephanie" most upset because she couldn't find it. I gave it back to her and she went back to sleep with the sweetest little smile on her face. :heartbeat: So worth it!
:( no advent calendar! Boooo hooooo :(
DD2 is loving watching ninjago, saw the lego friends dolphin cruiser DVD in Coles today, might be another sticking stuffer :p
Might be stocking stuffer here too. Although I'm not sure I want to wait three weeks to watch! Lol:
Eta. Dd may just be getting Lego friends underwear. And pjs....
Haha she will match my girls... A has requested the PJ's & undies too :)
Big w have awesome bright yellow summer jim jams and a four pack of undies :)
Do you know how much DVD was. Just mentioned it granma and she has a Coles gift voucher we can have towards it. Score!
$13 at Coles and those are the PJ's A want... Big w is right on with lego this year!
DS is getting Lego undies for Xmas too! ;)
He got the creator race car/semi/jeep 3 in 1 in a green container for filling his sticker chart today. ;)
I saw the lego friends undies in Big W when I was specifically shopping for undies for DD but they didn't have any small enough :( Boohoo. I got her lalaloopsy & dora instead. SHe will love them but they are just not the same.
We have a friends and city advent calendar. I was a bit disappointed to realise I actually have last years city one. Oh well. DS loves it anyways. But this years has a much cooler Santa in it.
And Myer hasn't pulled through with my order yet. The coastguard patrol boat is out of stock apparently. They haven't actually told me this. I had to search on the website. The rest turned up. The boat was the one I wanted most. It will come. It will come.
Yeah, the undies are going to swim on DS (he's a 1-2 atm) but he'll love them regardless!
Sweeeeeeet! $3 DVD for us tomorrow!:
Big a are very on the money with the Lego stuff. They had little bit leg undies and singlet set too, but not in the right size for dd. They would have been great light weight jim jams if she was a kid that would wear them, but last summer she insisted on winter jim jams all the time (so we had to have a fan on all the time!). I'm hoping this summer is a bit easier to stress her appropriately!
To stress her hey ;) lol!
DD2 is already asking for more lego for her birthday (jan) and she wants more ninjago dvd's plus the 2 friends dvd's we don't have & she wants ninjago lego :p
My girls definitely don't know there is a difference between boy & girl lego and I love it that way!
Dd doesn't like the nijagi stuff cos her daddy doesn't like it. She is daddy's girl through and through! She has already put in her order for more city trucks. And we apparently MUST get daddy the mine (so much so that she made me layby the last one last week. Wouldn't let me leave without doing it!). She really really wants the fire station too
I think she's going to end up with a secind friends beauty shop. Tbg said his girls picked something and it sounds like that. Won't be able to return it from our layby as she already has it (and he ditched the receipt). Might have to try and get it from him before she sees it and if it's the beauty shop swap it for one of the things we have for her. And then put the extra beauty shop aside for a present or some thing. Argh. Too much thinking. Hurts!
Of course. Dress/stress. Same thing! Wouldn't be my kid if I didn't stress her a bit lol:
Hey girls!
thinking of getting some Duplo for my DS for xmas / bday (turns 2 jan 7th) but wanted to check with the professionals where is the best place to buy? any particular sets that are a MUST have for the first few things to buy??
Hi Alligator's mum! I would suggest a big tub. DS got a big tub for his 2nd birthday & now DD is playing with it. He got the green tub (5507) from Big W. It looks similar to the 10555 set that I can see on the Big W website now.
Thanks! that looks good - im thinking also maybe the construction set as well. he does love his trucks and cars!
Having a sad panda moment. Local toy shop doesn't have any more of the bakery so I can't help MD with her winter village. I know the Lego shop doesn't have any of the village pieces at all so can't ask him either
Naw... Don't be sad. Thanks very much for finding out for me. xxx. There will be other village things I'm sure.:
We got the post office from eBay mid year. Much cheaper cos less demand.
Lego man is going to try and source my missing village pieces from Lego for me. He is awesome!
He is such a Lego geek, but lovely. And treats repeat customers extra nicely. I love being called trouble when I walk in the door...
Gah. I am NEVER shopping at myer again. NEVER. I gave them a second chance. They failed. And poor DS is not getting a coast guard patrol boat. :angry:
Kmart or target have it for $69 this week Rowellen
Is it you that is doing the 2013 friends advent? Need to ask a q about yesterday's light... Does it stay together? Nit sure if dd's has been out together wrong (I'm not allowed near it to look). Top comes off as it's not locked in...
Ooh thanks BG. FX I can get it. I have sent a complaint to Myer. It really shouldn't be that hard not to oversell. You get 100 items. You sell 100 items. It's sold out. Sorry customer #101, it's sold out. Not You get 100 items, sell 110, take people's money and not deliver. Yes they refund it but geez. They've had it for all this time. It's "2 to 3 days" to process the refund. And in the meantime, I've not looked elsewhere believing I already had it. Deep breaths. Calm down Rowellen.
I think the light has to be pushed right down so the grey cap piece clicks on to the stick bit (very technical names there!). The stick bit has a ridge in it and the light goes over the top of it. I'm not quite sure exactly as I'm at work and DH did that bit.
ETA: BG, it's Kmart that has it. $10 cheaper than myer anyway! I'll go at opening time if I can. Depends when DH gets home from work.
Aaah ok yup. I get ya! Ill see if I can get to it while she is busy and get it to lock in. Last years light is prettier lol
ETA: my sincerest apologies to anyone that has the misfortune of reading this post in its original form.
I could try and make excuses but honestly I don't know what on earth was going on when I posted. It was just pure garbage!
Light fixed!
Off to Lego shop tomorrow to pick up layby with nieces presents in it. Over to big w to pick up another layby I think. Coles to pick up the dolphin cruiser DVD. All on the provision I get a hell of a lot better over night. I feel very ordinary. Don't even want to head to lounge to upload pics of advent calendars today. Sigh.
Hope your feeling better BG!
Thank you for mentioning the brick calendar yesterday, I'm now even dreaming of lego!
WHERE do I find said brick calendar? Tempted to get it for DD2's birthday, I mean it's educational & help teach them about months & days ;)
Hanging to get to Big W to buy the girls stationary & PJ's :p
I've seen them on eBay for around 33 plus post. Rick will have them in store hopefully this week. He is selling them for 30. You know the drill. I'll grab if you need me too. Just message when they show up on his fb feed :):
I'm feeling a little better but still not 100%. Huge day today. And dd has had a sore throat since the wee hours. I suspect there will be a Lego ish treat if we all survive today intact!
He's reading my mind :p
Yay! Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. Hope you feel 100% soon.:
:happydance: I got the coastguard partol set at Kmart this morning. Co-operative kids, good traffic, easy parking, got exactly what I wanted and walked straight up to a register and even made it to work on time! Can't believe it. I feel much happier today. I also got the friends city park cafe set whoops. Anyway, better do some actual work ;)
DD was quite impressed with the Lily mini-doll from the advent calendar. I thought I'd play a trick on her and see if she would notice if I swapped their hair over. LOL she got her cranky voice on and starting telling DH off thinking he'd done it! "Don't you ever do that again!" she said to him. He was quite bewildered as he had no idea I'd done it. I don't think she believed me when I told her I did it lol. She swapped their hair back and after that she was happy.
Went to pick up calendar. Well, two, cos I grabbed the one for ZF. Ended up buying the friends floor mat too. Well two of them too (cos its reversible so now she can have both sides all the time...). Waiting til alter to out calendar together. Dd is now somewhat unwell (stupid weather! Stupid colds!). We've watched the new friends DVD once and watching it again now...
Dh also found a city set with a caravan today. Which may have fallen in our shopping trolley and made it home...
You just can't help yourself :p
THANK YOU for grabbing me one, DD is going to enjoy it.
Told DP and he shook his head, rolled his eyes and said "I think we can quit it with the lego stuff now" :(
Hmmmmm they love it though & have asked for it flat out!
Your dp clearly wasn't a Lego kid growing up!
It's a learning thing as well as fun designs to play with. I am amazed daily at how well dds fine motor skills are improving. A few months ago she wouldn't attempt much with the smaller blocks. I watched her yesterday and she was putting together the flat 1x1 pieces. They are so tiny. And she was putting them together perfectly. She is looking at the pics on the advent calendar and mostly putting the items together by herself. Just asking if she has the bits in the right order.
I have spent a fair bit of time looking at non Lego options when asked about Christmas stuff, but there really isn't much that dd enjoys that is age appropriate and not tacky plastic crap. I look at stuff aimed at 5-7 year olds and there isn't much there that is appropriate. I do tend to prefer educational or active/outdoor toys so I may be biased (she doesn't need a new bike this year) - but I honestly can't see much out there that I deem suitable for her.
And really, if she loves something that is teaching her, I'm all for it! The fact I happen to like Lego too is a major bonus!
ZF. Ill wrap the thing from us for dd2s bday and put it in bag with calendar and put it in my wardrobe. Remind me when you visit! Those heavy black bags rick uses at the Lego shop are awesome for hiding stuff!
BG - I agree about the Lego being a great option - so much better than all the 'plastic fantastic' stuff out there. DS' non Lego Xmas presents are a scooter, basketball hoop and puzzles. We've also got some crafty stuff, a building set with screws/nails and a globe. So yeah, it's usually educational, outdoor stuff or...Lego! :)
DS and DH were adding some things to his calendar yesterday...Christmas activities in the City and a few outings we have planned...DS asked if we could put 'Lego shopping' on the calendar! :)