71006 The Simpsons House Priced For Australia

The fantastic looking 71006 The Simpsons House has just appeared on the Australian LEGO Online store. Unfortunately it is priced a little more than Australian fans were probably hoping.

The Bricking Around prediction was $299.99 for this set, but the official price is $329.99. The set is available to purchase from the 1st February.

Considering that this set is $199.99 in the US this seems like a pretty significant markup. Based on our standard conversion formula (US price + 10%, converted to $AU) the set comes out at $245 at current exchange rates. Based on those figures LEGO is placing a 34% percent markup on the converted price.

As a big Simpsons fan I really hope that this isn’t an online exclusive. With consistent sales throughout 2013, if this set is widely available it shouldn’t be difficult to find at 20% or more off. It’s possible that this could be a set that shows up for the mid-year toy sales.

You can view the official store page for the set hereĀ http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/The-Simpsons-House-71006

Thanks to Bricking Around reader Nick for letting us know the set had shown up online.

 

1 thought on “71006 The Simpsons House Priced For Australia

  1. Nick Harris Reply

    Thanks for the credit guys! Yesterday I heard from someone in the know that 15 select Myer stores will be selling the Simpsons House – and this should hopefully be in time for the mid year sales. With any luck Myer One members will be able to get 30% off, like last year. Makes it much more palatable. For anyone who can’t wait, apparantly it goes on sale tomorrow at Lego shop@home for VIPs only. I for one am going to exercise some willpower and hold off for the sales…

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