Anyone else planning to be at the opening of the new Leicester Square shop tomorrow? 

Doors open at 12:00

Possibly even try for a meet-up after people have grabbed the things they came for just to see who managed to get the Lester minifig rather than a parrot..

I'm in the area today and tomorrow but, will not be popping in. All the crowds, pushing & shoving ain't for me. I'll take a look once it dies down.

No need to queue and be first through the door since no limited exclusives that are first come first served. If there are any of those type of exclusives available they will be given away today in the preview which is invite only. Like Tabby will pop in after work when it's quieter

Don't know if its just me but i was p*****d off to see that spend over 55 just to get a "chance" of getting the Leicester MF .... I want him to to sit in front of my big ben, Even if he is slightly large ?

45 minutes to go and the melee is building. This is going to be chaos.

Keeping people happy with Gingerbread Houses

The face of the horde

Yup. It's proving to be a bit of a joke..

So how long after 12 does the first genuine Lester appear on ebay and how much does it go for? 

I reckon someone will try and post one within the first hour with a BIN over £50

http://brickset.com/article/24596

 

Brickset review of new store.

Looks good but agree with huw that it is dissapointing that not everyone gets lester, there is a 1 in 4 chance to win him via scratchcards and there's only 275 of him so it is definitely going to go for good money.

Edited November 17, 20169 yr by Mhd747

Quarter past twelve and doors are finally open.

That's what a LEGO store looks like hey?

Why is it full of balding men? Where are all the children LOL?

Lots and lots of middle aged men and women spending huge amounts of money at full retail.

Store report on brickset: http://brickset.com/article/24596/leicester-square-brand-store-pre-opening-event-report

1 hour ago, thebrickdad said:

Lots and lots of middle aged men and women spending huge amounts of money at full retail.

Should have gone to Brickpicker first!

I'm going with the family this weekend. My boys got some birthday money he wants to spend

Hoping it ain't gunna be too crazy. Trying to decide what time of day would be quietest.

1 hour ago, thebrickdad said:

Lots and lots of middle aged men and women spending huge amounts of money at full retail.

But that free 40145 and a chance at a Lester!

In line....30 min wait

Stupid parrot!

Two stupid parrots...

I got there at 20:30 after a day of sight seeing thinking we wouldn't have to queue... no such luck.

No sign of PS anywhere in the store (no other notable absences).  Plenty of JW and Scooby Doo at RRP.  Also a bucket load of the London bus promo for straight up sale (and even though the shelves were full every other person had about 2 in their arms - looks like a good souvenir set for the tourists).
They'd already sold out of the winter train set after just one afternoon.  WTS marked as new (so not really a surprise) so I expect that to be avaialble again next year.

What I couldn't get over though was the number of people with large city sets (town square, HS train) picking them up at RRP....

 

How long did you have to queue?

23 minutes ago, GregP said:

How long did you have to queue?

OK it was about 15 mins - but 15mins longer then i expected.  Given where its located I expect it to be pretty busy most of the time (not to the point of queuing to get in).  Heck they were even advertising hotel delivery.

They ran out of the Lego retail store exclusive for purchases over £135 just after 8 which annoyed a lot of the latecomers. Lots of them now on eBay and even a couple of the lester minifigures have now appeared. One going for £2k! Madness I tell you. Madness!