Best price for Lego Mindstorms? (robotic sets)

[alohamom]

Hello everyone-I am up in Canada and since Lego Mindstorms are sooo expensive I thought maybe they might be cheaper south of the border. Any one have suggestions where I can get my best price for this stuff?

 

[pigletto]

We have the last version (not the newest one that came out last year I think) and we ordered it from Target in the U.S. It was a big difference from the prices here. Can you drive over to get one? I am close to a border city so I had it delivered to a package service and went over to pick it up. Even after paying duty I saved over $100.

ETA) I did wait for a sale at Target to get the best deal.

 

[alohamom]

Thanks Pigletto-this is exactly what I suspected! Do your kids actually play with the system?

 

[podgirl]

I'm Canadian and bought one last year when Chapters Indigo put out their Christmas flier with a 25% off coupon. (Or maybe it was more off, can't remember.) However, it is not being used as much as I had hoped.

 

[pigletto]

He didn't play with it as much as I had hoped the first year. I think it was actually two years ago that I bought it so he would have been 8. He did enjoy making the robots with daddy but not by himself.
This year he went to robotics camp at the local University (he's 10 now) and now it comes out all the time!!! He loves it and is begging for the new one (not a chance lol). He also can't wait for the Lego Robotics club at school to start up this year so he can join. So it didn't get the use I wanted the first year and a half and I was disappointed. If you find that's the case make sure they are really understanding all it can do. Once he grasped it through the camp he was wild about it!