If you don't have anything nice or beneficial to say, just keep your comments to yourself. I work at Microsoft, and even I can't afford these prices of Legos nowadays, specifically Star Wars. Legos' quality of sets has decreased while the prices have drastically increased. They are not a good value anymore like they used to be.
I feel this is more of an Australian issue than a Lego issue. The Nintendo Switch OLED retailed in the US for 350 USD which would be around 506 AUD yet it sold in Australia for 539 AUD. The overpriced upcoming PS5 Pro will be 699 USD in America but it will be even more overpriced in Australia at 1199 AUD instead of 1012 which would be the current conversion. So it must be something related to shipping or taxes, or maybe all companies are greedy and do what they can to squeeze every penny out of their customers, nah that last one doesn't sound right, they would never.
If your taxes are built into the price then you should be figuring the after tax cost in the U.S. For instance R2D2 would be 110.00 roughly with sales taxes in most regions. That would put the Aussie price at about 160.00. So yeah the actual price is still high but we have a Lego factory here in the United States. That brings the shipping cost WAY down compared to shipping literally around the entire world. I think a lot of your cost is factoring in there.
Sure, but the main issue is that it’s an unusually high markup when compared to sets that are the same price in the US, when they’re obviously still the same size in Australia, so they shouldn’t cost more to ship or anything.
Same issue in Bulgaria. For example, 1usd is around 1,75 bgn, and most retail stores are charging more than they should. Recently, I whated the new imperial star destroyer, but because it is lego exclusive set, I had to get it from a certified lego shop /in Bulgaria we still don't have official lego shops, nether they ship to us/. So if we take that 1usd is 1,75 bgn the set should be priced at 280 bgn right? NAAAH, it's 340. I was thinking a lot about if I should spend that amount of money and at the end I convinced myself to buy it because the ISDs are my favourite SW ships and who know when they are going to make it again
Here in Argentina i saw the price of the 25 lego star wars aniversary r2d2 and it cost $460 dolars 💀💀💀. Also i bought the tie fighter (2021 version) for $200 dolars (its a $40 retired set)
I’d say you should be closer to ~$170 on your first example. You pay a 10% GST which would already add $10 for every hundred. You’re at $160 on that set already, plus another $10 for shipping we’ll say.
I stopped doing this currency conversion, it just gets me mad and there is nothing that can be done about it. US just gets everything cheap while the rest of us get the shaft. Be okay if some were cheaper and some more expensive so it averaged out, but it is never ever cheaper. Maybe someone can buy Lego an internet connection so they can check exchange rates and fix this issue, seems clear Lego pricing office have never heard of the interweb thingy and its shocking ability to see by just how much I am getting screwed over in seconds. Shall we start a crowdfunding campaign so we can pay for Lego head office to get an internet connection?
Yes that's true about Americans getting everything cheap, Legos and beyond, compared to the world. Yet food is garbage and still very expensive. Comes at a price though I think of American life quality. Corporations have incredible power in the states (which means if you are an avg citizen your rights don't mean much) and state and fed taxes don't get used properly for education, healthcare, etc.
More interesting examples of wacky pricing would be the 3 midi scale starship sets; the Invisible Hand, the Tantive IV, and the Millennium Falcon. In the US, these cost the following: IH: $50 TIV: $80 MF: $85 Converted to AUD, these would ideally cost: IH: ~$75 TIV: ~$115 MF: ~$125 Their actual prices in Australia? IH: $90 TIV: $100 MF: $150 HOW DID A $5 DIFFERENCE (80-85) IN THE US BECOME A $50 DIFFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA???
Oh my gosh yes I remember seeing that too! I'm not much into the midi-scale sets but that is a horrendous price difference, probably why the falcon is like permanently on sale!
I’m incredibly pissed I have to put up with these prices in Australia and it’s all due to our cost of living going up. I’m only an 18 year old high school student who works a part time job where I put most of my pay towards a car I’m saving up for yet I can hardly afford most of these expensive sets on a regular basis. For certain I do have the Marvel Modular’s as I’m willing to pay a lot for them around Christmas or my birthday but as much as I want the Lord of the Rings ones they’re outrageously expensive Rivendell is $800 over here. It’s madness
Interesting. I just checked the same R2D2 set with our Hungarian prices. 100$ should be around 35.000HUF, but it costs 43.000 on the official site. And we even have a Lego factory here, so we aren't far at all. But yeah, Forint sucks, as we see every day
@@herohour6496 Costco would be where I would go to get Lego for a good price. Since you’re paying for a membership they price off a lot of sets for a good price
It may help if lego stops sending “ sets for review “ these are also free sets that dont need to be returned. Seeing as the newest ucs set came out go look how many RUclipsrs had the set and how many said “ thanks to lego for sending me this set “ youll see around 30 reviews set is $500 ( usd ) given as a “ free review “ I do not trust these reviewers major brand bias especially Tiago.
I love JangBricks the most! He's always been and honest and reliable reviewer. Not to discredit anyone in LAN, but I feel as though you can never be truly unbiased if you are gifted someone. Having to feel the weight of the pricetag on your wallet is a big thing for me!
You'll feel better knowing that in my country, a full time job monthly salary can't pay for a set like Rivendell, and every other set is obviously a significant percentage of your income.
@@LegoManCam And when I got my first job, Helm's Deep cost more than my monthly salary x) That was a depressing walk out of the store... But thankfully, things have changed for me since then.
@@Alyciapurrot ehh no. Shipping can range a ton. He’s not wrong, they’re at the bottom of the world and don’t manufacture a lot of what they buy. That’s why cars are stupid expensive there too. You’d be surprised how expensive it is to ship things around the world if you don’t have deals worked out prior to
Sounds cruel but the main problem is your country, I travel around the world and had the chance to visit many large stores and shops and the prices are very different between countries, so the Lego company is not the problem, anyway it's good to know other points of view from a Lego fan from another country.
hey so. if you had a proper job then you wouldn't have to complain about prices. hope this helps!!
If you don't have anything nice or beneficial to say, just keep your comments to yourself.
I work at Microsoft, and even I can't afford these prices of Legos nowadays, specifically Star Wars. Legos' quality of sets has decreased while the prices have drastically increased. They are not a good value anymore like they used to be.
i get where you're coming from but let's be real, we all want to pay as little as possible.
Hey if you had anyone who loved you, you wouldnt be scrolling youtube to leave shitty comments like this. Hope this helps
This guy is trying to help people don’t see you helping anyone
@@Therealmc119 just put the fries in the bag lil bro
You’re editing is really good keep up the content 😊
Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video!
It’s definitely that Australias shipping cost leaks into price cost due to how expensive shipping rates are in Australia
So, LEGO discovered the supply and demand curve.
This channel made me love Australian people
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I feel this is more of an Australian issue than a Lego issue. The Nintendo Switch OLED retailed in the US for 350 USD which would be around 506 AUD yet it sold in Australia for 539 AUD. The overpriced upcoming PS5 Pro will be 699 USD in America but it will be even more overpriced in Australia at 1199 AUD instead of 1012 which would be the current conversion. So it must be something related to shipping or taxes, or maybe all companies are greedy and do what they can to squeeze every penny out of their customers, nah that last one doesn't sound right, they would never.
The problem is that if you're living in Australian, you're playing life on hard-core mode already 🤣
@@Naoto-kun1085why cause of the wild life?
If your taxes are built into the price then you should be figuring the after tax cost in the U.S. For instance R2D2 would be 110.00 roughly with sales taxes in most regions. That would put the Aussie price at about 160.00. So yeah the actual price is still high but we have a Lego factory here in the United States. That brings the shipping cost WAY down compared to shipping literally around the entire world. I think a lot of your cost is factoring in there.
Sure, but the main issue is that it’s an unusually high markup when compared to sets that are the same price in the US, when they’re obviously still the same size in Australia, so they shouldn’t cost more to ship or anything.
Same issue in Bulgaria. For example, 1usd is around 1,75 bgn, and most retail stores are charging more than they should. Recently, I whated the new imperial star destroyer, but because it is lego exclusive set, I had to get it from a certified lego shop /in Bulgaria we still don't have official lego shops, nether they ship to us/. So if we take that 1usd is 1,75 bgn the set should be priced at 280 bgn right? NAAAH, it's 340. I was thinking a lot about if I should spend that amount of money and at the end I convinced myself to buy it because the ISDs are my favourite SW ships and who know when they are going to make it again
I feel lucky living in Canada after watching this, our Star Wars Lego is actually less expensive than in the USA after converting the currency
Here in Argentina i saw the price of the 25 lego star wars aniversary r2d2 and it cost $460 dolars 💀💀💀.
Also i bought the tie fighter (2021 version) for $200 dolars (its a $40 retired set)
Insane
@@Alyciapurrota truly nightmare for a lego fan
I’d say you should be closer to ~$170 on your first example. You pay a 10% GST which would already add $10 for every hundred. You’re at $160 on that set already, plus another $10 for shipping we’ll say.
I stopped doing this currency conversion, it just gets me mad and there is nothing that can be done about it. US just gets everything cheap while the rest of us get the shaft. Be okay if some were cheaper and some more expensive so it averaged out, but it is never ever cheaper. Maybe someone can buy Lego an internet connection so they can check exchange rates and fix this issue, seems clear Lego pricing office have never heard of the interweb thingy and its shocking ability to see by just how much I am getting screwed over in seconds. Shall we start a crowdfunding campaign so we can pay for Lego head office to get an internet connection?
Maybe we could all chip in and buy Lego head office a calculator? Clearly just guessing a number or using an abacus is not working.
@@neilrusling-je6zoI agree without any further doubt
Yes that's true about Americans getting everything cheap, Legos and beyond, compared to the world. Yet food is garbage and still very expensive. Comes at a price though I think of American life quality. Corporations have incredible power in the states (which means if you are an avg citizen your rights don't mean much) and state and fed taxes don't get used properly for education, healthcare, etc.
More interesting examples of wacky pricing would be the 3 midi scale starship sets; the Invisible Hand, the Tantive IV, and the Millennium Falcon.
In the US, these cost the following:
IH: $50
TIV: $80
MF: $85
Converted to AUD, these would ideally cost:
IH: ~$75
TIV: ~$115
MF: ~$125
Their actual prices in Australia?
IH: $90
TIV: $100
MF: $150
HOW DID A $5 DIFFERENCE (80-85) IN THE US BECOME A $50 DIFFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA???
Oh my gosh yes I remember seeing that too! I'm not much into the midi-scale sets but that is a horrendous price difference, probably why the falcon is like permanently on sale!
@@LegoManCam yesss so true
Australia often has products that ate more expensive. Playstations included, I think the importing is the main issue here!
I’m incredibly pissed I have to put up with these prices in Australia and it’s all due to our cost of living going up. I’m only an 18 year old high school student who works a part time job where I put most of my pay towards a car I’m saving up for yet I can hardly afford most of these expensive sets on a regular basis. For certain I do have the Marvel Modular’s as I’m willing to pay a lot for them around Christmas or my birthday but as much as I want the Lord of the Rings ones they’re outrageously expensive Rivendell is $800 over here. It’s madness
There is a pricing problem in Turkey too
damn, never thought that australia had to pay extra tax upon the greed-tax from lego
Interesting. I just checked the same R2D2 set with our Hungarian prices. 100$ should be around 35.000HUF, but it costs 43.000 on the official site. And we even have a Lego factory here, so we aren't far at all. But yeah, Forint sucks, as we see every day
the r2d2 in canada is 4 dollars less then the usd price
2:43 I can build it with you
We don't have Target or Walmart. Where do we buy Lego for cheap? Cosco?
i just steal it out of kmart
@@mrpenguin2834 you’re the reason kmart is going out of business
@@herohour6496 Costco would be where I would go to get Lego for a good price. Since you’re paying for a membership they price off a lot of sets for a good price
It may help if lego stops sending “ sets for review “ these are also free sets that dont need to be returned. Seeing as the newest ucs set came out go look how many RUclipsrs had the set and how many said “ thanks to lego for sending me this set “ youll see around 30 reviews set is $500 ( usd ) given as a “ free review “ I do not trust these reviewers major brand bias especially Tiago.
I love JangBricks the most! He's always been and honest and reliable reviewer. Not to discredit anyone in LAN, but I feel as though you can never be truly unbiased if you are gifted someone. Having to feel the weight of the pricetag on your wallet is a big thing for me!
You'll feel better knowing that in my country, a full time job monthly salary can't pay for a set like Rivendell, and every other set is obviously a significant percentage of your income.
Wow thats crazy. Here a relatively basic job would allow you to buy Rivendell in 1 week, crazy to see how different things are around the world
@@LegoManCam And when I got my first job, Helm's Deep cost more than my monthly salary x) That was a depressing walk out of the store... But thankfully, things have changed for me since then.
2:37 nah spending more money on set is better than using that $50 on other sets😂🙏
In Poland there is no such a problem
Unfortunately there is. Many sets are not worth the price in Polish currency, it happens more often than I'd like to.
I was looking yesterdat at anniversary minecraft lego set
Price from dollar to złoty should be around 75 zł when this set on official site costt 83 zł
GREAT LEGO MAN CAM THE PROBLEM WITH LEGO STAR 🌟 WARS.
If its 170 doll in australia austrialns could buy american sets online could that solve the problem ?
Shipping costs
@@Whatisthis195 yeah but thats max.20 dollers or something i think
@@Alyciapurrot ehh no. Shipping can range a ton. He’s not wrong, they’re at the bottom of the world and don’t manufacture a lot of what they buy. That’s why cars are stupid expensive there too. You’d be surprised how expensive it is to ship things around the world if you don’t have deals worked out prior to
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Sounds cruel but the main problem is your country, I travel around the world and had the chance to visit many large stores and shops and the prices are very different between countries, so the Lego company is not the problem, anyway it's good to know other points of view from a Lego fan from another country.
lego is expensive but worth it for sure!
I can typically find most of my sets on massive discounts too, thankfully that makes them worth it for me!
this isnt an issue once you realise that running out of the store is an option
Intrusive thoughts be like
maybe the size of th box
Same issue with germany
oh and i like your content
Misleading thumbnail
i love lasagna
same
That thumbnail is a str8 up lie dude. Only opened the video to tell you that.
2 different currencies, one is in AUD and one is in USD, the video explains the differences :)
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