I stopped by the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Center to check out some of the latest sets. The store from the outside:
Double VIP points in October:
The LEGO Volkswagen T1 Camper Van set 10220. Really impressive, much larger than I expected for some reason. Definitely planning on picking this up:
The LEGO Winter Village Post Office on display, with Rockefeller Center in the background. A nice looking set, nothing unexpected, but a great addition to the line:
I am very impressed that LEGO is keeping three sets from the winter village series on the shelves:
The box to Winter Village Post Office set 10222. Looking at it now, I’m surprised it doesn’t say the set name on the front.
The VW Camper box. I think they only had two on the shelves, even though the display is front and center when you walk into the store:
The new Life of George iPhone app set:
I loved seeing this, a family picking out the LEGO Death Star, and it taking two of them to carry it across the store to the register. It was the last set on the shelf, and the box was a little rough. You can see the hole on the shelf in the back left of the shot:
On the pick-a-brick wall, for some reason, these caught my eye:
A LEGO Store employee refilling the pick-a-brick wall. Magic in those little boxes.
Three series of collectible minifigs on display:
I had never paid much attention to the selection in the build-a-minifig displays. Some torsos:
More torsos:
Some heads:
And… more torsos:
An appearance of the Super Star Destroyer, plus THREE other $250+ LEGO Star Wars sets:
They still had tons of Maersk container ships in stock (here and high on the shelves:
City magnet sets are already on sale:
