Well, it seems we’re going to be on the lookout for cheap airfare to the United Kingdom, since we now have yet another reason to visit London and their new LEGO store–where you can get a custom mosaic kit of your face. The LEGO Mosaic Maker, as it’s appropriately called, functions as the coolest photo booth in existence by taking your picture, rendering it in a grayscale grid, sorting out which LEGO pieces are needed, and giving you the photo as an assembly guide. According to CNET’s video, the kit includes over 4500 pieces and only costs £99 (about $125.00 US). Your first thought might be that the price tag seems a bit steep for a LEGO set, but consider the process you’d have to go through without this miracle machine. Not only would you be left to your own devices to translate a photo to a brick-friendly grid, you’d also be on the hook for nearly double the price if ordering the bricks piece by piece. The Pick-A-Brick portion of the LEGO website allows you to order specific pieces, and the 1×1 plate piece the kit appears to come with are priced at six cents each.
So, assuming you had the time to figure out what your face translates to in a similar fashion, the 4502 1×1 plate bricks you’d need would cost you roughly $270.00 US. And that’s not even counting the base plate, packaging and handy dandy instructions you’d need. Basically, what we’re saying is that it makes more sense to just come with us to London and get your custom LEGO portrait with us. Cool custom LEGO set, or coolest custom LEGO set? Let’s discuss in the comments below! I will be going to Legoland Windsor but was told that the price for lego set there is more expensive than the standard retail price. Other than Hamleys, is there any specialty toy store that has a wide variety of Lego? Does the Toys r Us in Whiteleys Shopping Centre have a lot of options? thanx for your help! I bought some in France yesterday and I thought it was cheaper than here, so you might start with your local Carrefour. Otherwise any decent toy shop should have a good range, it's very popular so Toys r Us will be a good place to look.
The shop at Legoland Windsor may be more expensive but there will be a lot more choice - it's more of an experience buying Lego from Legoland. Almost all toy shops will sell Lego. There is a LOT more choice in the Legoland shop including kits that are no longer on sale elsewhere or were never carried by the mainstream toy shops. There are Lego stores at Westfield and Westfield Stratford. Pretty sure they sell lego... I'm not sure that your original advice is correct, although you might find stores that have special promotions. I'd buy it at Legoland where the range is huge. Hamleys might have some stock if you're in Central London. As mentioned, buying Legos at LEGOLAND is a huge part of the experience! We also bought some at Hamley's. We found that the prices at both places were higher than in the US, so we only bought sets that were not available in the US at that time. But my son (now 15) still knows exactly which ones are his "London Legos". At legoland you could also buy individual bricks loose, by volume.
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The project to open the store started in late 2014 and the store itself took almost five months to build. There are over five tonnes of Lego big build models displayed within the store, utilising a total of over 1.7 million bricks.Oh, and don't forget to check out our guide to the best Lego sets as well. First Floor - this is where you'll find most of the sets to buy. You can sit inside the tube train and have your picture taken (we did it!)Ground floor - there's plenty of space for tourists to come in and buy the most popular sets. Lester - he's the mascot of the store. Just don't mention Brexit. Master Builder area - Lego says its master builders will often visit the store to give demonstrations. Pick and build - naturally you can pic and mix bricks as well as minifigure parts.'Endless aisle' - browse through sets on this big screen and summon assistance if you need it. A robot version of R2-D2 roams the store upstairs. The tube is the largest Lego build in the store, made up of 637,903 bricks and took 3,399 hours to build.
No idea if you can really post anything in this box, but it looks cool. This mosaic surrounds the stairwell and features 265,557 bricks. Lester took over 90 hours to build and features 24,500 bricks. The tube carriage features William Shakespeare, Robin Hood......as well as The Queen (she's on the other side, we couldn't see her as the window was covered) and this handsome chapThere's even a Lego tube map on the wall and Leicester Square station arch in the entrance.Here's the covered-up entrance There are penty of UK-centric touchesThe Moasic Maker machine is located on the first floor of the store. It costs £99 to have one done. It's like a photo booth and takes an image of your face and, eventually, spits out a box like this. This is the final result!The box contains a base plate (the same large one we've had for decades) as well as boxes of 1x1 squares in black, white, yellow and two shades of grey. Very large sets feature heavily in the stock, among them the Mercedes-Benz Technics truck which is one of our favourites.