2008 Castle Chess set....insane.

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Post by davee123 »

Ohhhh!

They just dropped the US price by $100! It now says coming soon for USD $199.99! Our prayers have been answered! Was this done in other countries as well?

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Huzzah and yahoo! I might even consider buying it now.

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Post by Aliencat »

davee123 wrote:Was this done in other countries as well?
Sadly not. At least not here, not yet, it still says €199.99
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Post by Dr. J »

Canada also saw a 100 price drop.

Still not sure I'll be able to purchase it, though. :(
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Post by Odysseus »

Wow , that was unexpected. I might buy it now, too! Thanks for the update!

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Post by LordZode »

Egads, for $200 I may just have to save my pennies and pick this up.... come on.. it's too sweet...
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SWEET MOTHER OF PENNIES!!!!!! :shock:

LEGO heard my cry!??!!!! 8)

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Post by Emp.Justinian »

*Bursts into song*

Lego! Lego! Give me your products do!
I'm half crazy all for the love of you!
You took the price and fixed it
and now I've money to pick it
it'll be sweet, very neat on a mocing desk built for two!

Thank you Lego!
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Post by DaleDVM »

I admit that I was dead wrong on this topic as the set went on sale even before it was released. :oops: However, my prediction that the Cubs will win a world series this year is a certainty! :lol:

Perhaps as others have mentioned on this thread earlier, they set the price high to soften us up for the price it was to settle at. Most of the early talk on this thread was in the 150.00 range. Now I think most people will be thrilled with 200.00 USD price tag instead of disappointed.

All I can say is well played Lego... Well played indeed. (golf clap) :)

Now, I will need 5 of these pronto...

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Post by Voran_the_Scholar »

DaleDVM wrote:I admit that I was dead wrong on this topic as the set went on sale even before it was released. :oops: However, my prediction that the Cubs will win a world series this year is a certainty! :lol:

Perhaps as others have mentioned on this thread earlier, they set the price high to soften us up for the price it was to settle at. Most of the early talk on this thread was in the 150.00 range. Now I think most people will be thrilled with 200.00 USD price tag instead of disappointed.

All I can say is well played Lego... Well played indeed. (golf clap) :)

Now, I will need 5 of these pronto...

Great poem Justinain!
I agree with you. LEGO's manipulating us. I'm still not going to buy it. Lower it another fifty and I might, but not at two hundred.
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MarioDAlessio wrote: The exclusive chess set costs:

New Zealand/Switzerland - 1.9 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
Austria/Aust/Uk/Germany/Ireland/Italy - 2 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
Denmark - 2.1 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
Sweden – 2.2 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
Canada - 2.8 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
USA - 3 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
Thats revised to
Canada - 2.14 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges
USA - 2 x 7094 Kings Castle Sieges

It will be cheaper now for me to wait to pick up a set of ebay or bricklink from the USA.

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Post by Sir Dano »

sir dano wrote:Just my $0.02:
For the same amount a person could buy 80 impulse sets.
So:
40 Orcs and 40 knights, wich, including the extra armour, helmet, sword and shield in the Knight set and the extra spears in the Orc set would get you 200 armed castle figs. (And an army of Bubonic plague carrying rats :twisted: )
To quote Homer Simpson: WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!

So, to revise:
60 Impulse sets.
30 Orcs and 30 Knights
+ extra weapons, armour, helms, shields
= 150 armed castle figs.

verdict: impulse plan still better, IMHO.
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Post by Blueandwhite »

Yay!

Canadian pricing is finally in line with the rest of the world. Too bad my student loans will probably make this an unlikely purchase.
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Post by castlebuilder100 »

Yes :D I went from almost positively not buying one to probably buying one.
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Post by Lamanda2 »

Holy Crapes!

I can't believe they would actually drop the price by $100 like that.. I could actually see this start fitting into my budget now.

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