Formendacil wrote:Snipped here and there.
wlister, are there any specialty toy stores in Calgary that carry Lego? There are none in Red Deer.
If TRU wants to be competitive, they could just lower their prices.
There are two specialty stores that carry Lego and a few Educational stores who do as well. There may also be a Lego exclusive store opening up in the next year or so. As to selection, only one of the stores currently open carries a full selection, and if you know the owner he will order cases in for you, you have to pre-pay and wait until he is ready to order again. He also sells you those cases at full retail. None of the other specialty and educational stores ever has a sale either.
As to the demise of TRU and lego collecting in Calgary, Walmart in Calgary has terrible selection and the Megabloks shelf space is larger. Perhaps we will see an improvement in selection once TRU closes. Or perhaps the new owners of TRU stores will have better business sense and find a way to manage competitive toy pricing with profitability.
As to toy pricing, the toy business is tough, both Walmart and Target run their toy departments at a loss especially during sales and the Christmas season. Toy departments are a hook, low toy prices bring in buyers for other departments. It may be hard to compete with that.
As a Canadian I look forward to the demise of TRU as a retail partner for Amazon. Hopefully the new toy supplier through Amazon will ship to Canada. 99% of the toy selection now is currently unavailable to us, including Lego.
Will
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.