[McG]

Whilst waiting for the leak on the big kit for us thanksgiving, I started doing a little pre planning on various sites.

Costco seems to be the cheapest option on price alone. You don’t get lego points (5% in Canada) but the price is less. Costco also seems to have kits that are about to be retired and are not available (out of stock) on the official lego site. If the price is the same on Costco, they usually have a throw in kit. The value of the thrown in kit seems to vary widely, and of course YMMV on the value of the actual kit to you. 3 or 4 days shipping looks normal.

Lego official gives points, never sales on the ones that interest me, and will offer double points on key themes or everything depending upon the promotion. Many times, to get the preorders rolling on something new, lego will offer a kit that’s relevant to the bigger set, and it’s often a limited edition. Usually takes a few days for shipping after order, or after release date for new sets.

Amazon has prime days of course, but no guarantees that your desired kit goes on sale. Prime delivery can be extremely fast, however the normal prices tend to be the same as the Lego store without points.

Walmart or Best Buy also will ship but offer pickup usually in the similar time line as delivery. I recommend being careful on these sites as 3rd parties will sell older sets, but at crazy prices. Prices match official lego stores.

Every so often you can find sets at Canadian tire and toys r us on sale, but I usually shop those sites only if I can’t find stuff elsewhere.

Fingers crossed for an epic set like titanic in November!!