In my job as a US DoD civilian, I have the privileged of traveling the world. Everywhere I go, I am always on the lookout for our favorite plastic crack in the hope that I can find some hard to find sets at a good price that won't be prohibitively expensive to ship back home.
I am currently deployed to the small country of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf. I don't know if we have many members from the Middle East or South West Asia but I'd love to here from you.
Children here obviously have toys but the working/service class is huge and the income gap, much like most of the Middle East, is vast. Bahrain's location relative to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia means that toy stores largely cater to the more affluent.
The country of Bahrain is very small but boasts two major malls and an actual TRU.
I understand different countries have different taxes, tariffs, exchange and inflation rates. I had no idea what to expect from the Middle East. I was in for quite the surprise.
Enough prattle. I went to the TRU and cataloged some prices for comparison to what we pay in the West. I tried to get a good spread of sets for comparison.
1 Bahraini Dinar = 2.65 USD
All prices are listed in USD.
SSD $710.42
R2-D2 $318.21
Tower Bridge $421.63
Opera House $501.19
Silver Mine Shootout $169.45
Mindstorm 3 $790.24
Ghost Train $164.14
Microfighter $22.54
Horizon Express $182.71
Goblin King $211.88
Sail Barge $291.43
Yeah...
Needless to say, I didn't find anything I would be bringing home. If anyone is looking for something hard to find, I'll certainly look but I don't see much meat left on any bones here.
Not the most interesting post but I hope you at least found it interesting. My next trip is to various destination is West Africa. I look forward to searching those locales as well. Until then.
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Greetings Brick-brothers and sisters!
In my job as a US DoD civilian, I have the privileged of traveling the world. Everywhere I go, I am always on the lookout for our favorite plastic crack in the hope that I can find some hard to find sets at a good price that won't be prohibitively expensive to ship back home.
I am currently deployed to the small country of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf. I don't know if we have many members from the Middle East or South West Asia but I'd love to here from you.
Children here obviously have toys but the working/service class is huge and the income gap, much like most of the Middle East, is vast. Bahrain's location relative to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia means that toy stores largely cater to the more affluent.
The country of Bahrain is very small but boasts two major malls and an actual TRU.
I understand different countries have different taxes, tariffs, exchange and inflation rates. I had no idea what to expect from the Middle East. I was in for quite the surprise.
Enough prattle. I went to the TRU and cataloged some prices for comparison to what we pay in the West. I tried to get a good spread of sets for comparison.
1 Bahraini Dinar = 2.65 USD
All prices are listed in USD.
SSD $710.42
R2-D2 $318.21
Tower Bridge $421.63
Opera House $501.19
Silver Mine Shootout $169.45
Mindstorm 3 $790.24
Ghost Train $164.14
Microfighter $22.54
Horizon Express $182.71
Goblin King $211.88
Sail Barge $291.43
Yeah...
Needless to say, I didn't find anything I would be bringing home. If anyone is looking for something hard to find, I'll certainly look but I don't see much meat left on any bones here.
Not the most interesting post but I hope you at least found it interesting. My next trip is to various destination is West Africa. I look forward to searching those locales as well. Until then.