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1. It is a large wall that has random Lego parts. Think of like going to a candy store and they have the large section of candy with the scoops and you put them in bags.

2. Higher than regular stores.

3. Practically everything that's on the market.

 

-Omi

 

1. ^^

2. At my lego store in burlington, MA the prices are the same, but I haven't been since like '07

3. All that is on the market plus exclusives

I've been to the one in Tyson's Corner while I was on vacation twice. I never paid much attention to the wall, so can't help you here, but the prices are like 12.99 instead of 12.87 that you might find in Walmart or 13.53 like you'd find in TRU. The selection will be is excellent if the one in Chicago is anywhere near decent with stocking and everything. You'll see just about everything you can imagine, including ten Matoros for 3.99 each, probably an Icarax or two in a bin for 7.99, etc...

Um if you go, make sure you're not in a hurry or anything and take the time to look around the store and see the boxes for all the tons of Lego goodies that you'll never see at your local Walmart. Also, don't go when it's 6 or 7 at night, they light the freakin' store so much that when you go back out to the dark mall, you can't see anything.

~SB~

Omi and Giratina hit most of it, but I'd like to add a few things:

 

There are two sizes for pick-a-brick cups: small and large. The small ones are $7.99 and the large ones are $13.99. They each used to be a dollar cheaper, and I suspect they priced them higher due to the economy.

 

Their prices are usually the same as the S@H prices, except lowered by 4 cents. () For example, you could buy a Glatorian from S@H for $12.99, but at a LEGO store (at least my local Glendale, CA one) it would be $12.95. So, their prices are about in the middle. They are cheaper than Toys 'R Us, but more expensive than Wal*Mart and Target.

 

I've been to 4 LEGO stores: the Glendale, CA one, the Disneyland one, the LEGOLAND one, and the Mall of America one, and this information has been consistent throughout all of them.

 

Thanks guys.

 

But, what kinds of pieces are on the wall? Is there more variety than there is on the online Pick-a-Brick?

 

 

 

See what Omi said... add giant LEGO creations outside, Impossible to miss.

 

Plus, last time I was there, there was a Minifig-sized Chicago in there, too.

 

-Nuju Metru

Thanks guys.

 

But, what kinds of pieces are on the wall? Is there more variety than there is on the online Pick-a-Brick?

I've never used the online pick-a-brick (never had a reason to) but from what I've heard of it, there is more of a selection online than in the stores. I'd prefer to use the stores, though - if it's a piece you've never seen before, you can hold it in your hand, connect it to other pieces, etc. And you don't pay shipping!

 

At my store, they are constantly rotating the stock of pieces in the wall. Most of the little "wells" of pieces are stocked with basic system bricks. The cool thing about it for me is that you're able to find pieces in interesting colors. I've gotten system slopes in dark orange, glow-in-the-dark tires, and bricks in various colors of transparent pink. There are a lot of seemingly useless pieces there, such as doors, flowers, trees, and gigantic slopes, that I buy once in a while on a whim and then, 4 months later, I find a use for them.

 

Sorry, kind of went on a rant there... you'll basically be able to find mostly basic bricks, but watch for interesting recolors and strange pieces that you may have a use for in the future.

I don't know what you guys are talking about; I went to the one in Chicago and the prices were lower for a bunch of stuff. Nothing was more expensive than normal. O_o

 

Torhuki