LEGO Star WarsSee allLEGOLEGO bricks are a classic building toy enjoyed by the young and young at heart for generations. At Walmart, you'll find a wide seletion of LEGO sets, all at Every Day Low Prices.LEGO sets let you build new and familiar worlds in creative ways. With LEGO Super Heroes sets, you can enter the worlds of your favorite superheroes, including Batman, Spider-Man and the Avengers. Enter the Star Wars universe with Star Wars LEGO sets. Recreate scenes from Jurassic World with LEGO Jurassic World sets. Or build your own urban landscape with classic playsets'>LEGO city sets. Fans will also get a kick out of LEGO Minecraft sets and LEGO Creator sets. For imaginative pretend play, check out the LEGO Friends sets. And for the perfect introduction to building with LEGO bricks, pick up a LEGO Juniors set.With a huge selection of LEGO sets and other toys at great prices, Walmart has you covered. I’m sure many LEGO fans across the world have wondered why the US has the lowest LEGO prices while countries in Europe and Asia have significantly higher prices, oftentimes twice that of the MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) for a LEGO set in the US.
There are even countries where LEGO costs up to three or four times the prices in the US. Here is the answer from Mads Nipper of LEGO’s Corporate Management. Our selling costs in Europe and Asia are higher than in the US because of the size of US market and retailers (economies of scale). Furthermore, the US market is by far the most price competitive in the world. These factors combined mean that we have for years priced our products higher in eg Europe than the US. In recent years, the difference has been increased due to the weakening US dollar – but we have consciously decided not to let this (hopefully short term) weakening of the dollar hurt the US consumer. And in order to stay profitable as a company, we cannot decrease our European prices – especially seen in the light of increasing cost pressure on oil, labor etc. Finally, final pricing in the market place is obviously determined by retailers, which is something we cannot and will not influence.As in new sets? The "bulk" part is the problem.
There are a bunch of sellers that do this, and none of them are very forthcoming with their solutions. However, an alarmingly high number of them also get caught for stealing LEGO. As far as I'm aware, the LEGO community of hobbyists at large isn't aware of a way to do this legally.There probably isn't a way to do this legally and turn a huge profit in bulk. One reason for that is that LEGO probably won't sell sets to you in bulk. LEGO sells sets to the major retailers in bulk, like Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, etc. And you're not one of them.They also sell in limited amounts to smaller retailers, like mom-and-pop toy stores. But that's very difficult. You get a good price, but if memory serves, you're generally not allowed to sell stuff online, because that competes with online retailers like Amazon. You also (generally speaking) need an established retail storefront. You can't just be running the show out of your basement. Further (not sure how much this still holds), small retailers used to be required to buy a certain amount of the full product line-- you couldn't just pick and choose what you wanted.
If your customers don't like Bionicle, well, too bad, you had to stock some anyway. Not sure if that's still true (that was true in 2007 at least), but quite possible.So buying from the company probably won't work for what you've got in mind. This makes "bulk" difficult, because you're going to have to buy through another retailer or distributor, who's already got a contract with LEGO, or buy stuff secondhand.The best deals that I'm aware of are when Target and Walmart discount older stock. They supposedly do this on a regular basis, on predictable days of the month, when you can show up and see what's on sale that's been on the shelves for a while. These often result in prices between 25% and 75% off, because retailers desperately want to reclaim the shelf space. But they try to make that happen as little as possible, so it's hard to predict. Plus, there are a lot of other snipers that you'll have to compete with. Sales in general are this way-- sporadic and unpredictable, but occasionally very good deals.
The good news is that LEGO in the US is cheap, and LEGO abroad is expensive-- and sometimes not even available. I recall selling some large LEGO items to someone in South Africa (for instance) for whom the US retail cost plus shipping was still cheaper than buying locally (especially if he could get things in a single shipment).But you'll also have to compete against a lot of other people doing the same thing. LEGO is pretty popular, and a lot of people have the same idea. And many of them (as above) are willing to break the law in order to make a profit, so they can offer a much better deal than you can (until they're caught).Well if you’re interested in random Lego bricks in bulk this is an option…Bargain Bricks sells high quality, used Legos at a fraction of the price. They are well known for their positive sales record and guarantee a happy buying experience. Their site specializes in Legos by the pound. This means that you can order anywhere between 1-25+ pounds of Legos at a time.
Please visit the site for more details and to order.Bargain BricksNow why is this the best way to get bulk Lego?Some Lego sets, pick-a-brick stores and sites like Brick Link charge at a bare minimum $20-$30 for a pound of Lego. Now if you’re looking to save money Bargain Bricks offers a flat rate, cheap Lego option. I ordered 3 pounds of Legos from them for only $45 and I was impressed by how high quality the Lego turned out to be! Ordering from Bargain Bricks is definitely the way to go.Truly affordable educational robotics From US$33 per robot, educational robotics that works with LEGO bricks is now at a price your school can afford! Now you can program Edison in PythonEdPack1 FREE International Express Shipping via DHL AffordableLess than US$50 each and just US$33 each for a full class setWorks with LEGO bricksModular and easily expandable using LEGO bricksProgrammableFree programming software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and AndroidClassroom ready10 free robotics lesson plans with student worksheets and activity sheetsEasy to useSix pre-programmed robot activities set by barcodesBuilt to lastTough enough to be driven over by a car – See our video for proof!
Edison comes with all of these free online resources…10 robotics lesson plansIntegrate Edison into your classroom with ease with our fully illustrated set of 10 free robotics lesson plans. The complete document is 66 pages and includes 36 student Worksheets, 5 Activity sheets, a student achievement chart and a student award certificate.Your EdVenture into Robotics - You're a ControllerIn EdBook1 learn about robotics with Edison, no programming required! Edison can read special barcodes in the book that activate pre-programmed features, such as line following, obstacle avoidance, sumo wrestling and much more. In total seven fun and educational robot activities across 16 pages.Robot activity matAn A1 size (23in x 33in) mat for robot activities such as line following and bounce in borders. The EdMat has six barcodes that activate pre-installed programs such as follow torch, line tracking and sumo wrestle. The EdMat can be downloaded for free and printed at your local print shop.Your EdVenture into Robotics - You're a ProgrammerIn EdBook2 learn about robot programming by programming Edison yourself!
Learn how to write your own robot programs using EdWare’s easy to use drag and drop graphical robot programming software. In total 10 fun and educational robot activities across 27 pages.Graphical robot programming softwareMake robot programming fun and easy to learn with drag and drop graphical icons. EdWare is FREE to use and is for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS (iPad) and Android tablets. Your EdVenture into Robotics - You're a BuilderIn EdBook3 learn about adding pieces made by LEGO to your Edison robot. Follow the step by step guide to combine two Edison robots with LEGO pieces from the LEGO ‘Compact Tracked Loader’ (set 42032) to create more complex robots, such as a remote control robot digger (EdDigger) and a printer (EdPrinter).“I have to say, they are the perfect solution for me. I teach pre-service teachers. In our footprint, schools are low on funding, and low on expertise. I have funded myself, and played with a variety of robots for lower primary, including some quite expensive models.
Without a doubt Edison is most user-friendly, versatile and of course cost-effective” - Wendy Fasso, Central Queensland University, Australia“I've been running camps here in Ireland using Edison robots and the children are delighted with the robots and are really enjoying playing with them. They are amazed with what the robots can do and love designing their own programs. It's great to see how imaginative they are.” - Sinéad Diggin, Ireland “I have been so thrilled watching my students come up with creative ways to work with the two Edisons we have. They are in the process of creating a video to share with our parent community to convince them this is a great way to get students engaged in this type of technology.” - Yolanda Gonzales, Boise school District, USA“In the classrooms, the robots are gradually filtering through all classes. All teachers have been hugely impressed by the enjoyment the students experience as well as the higher order thinking skills that are used to solve challenges that students encounter with the Edison robots.”