Price of legos around the world

for prices in Poland you should check allegro.pl site, like

prices are in polish zloty

regards

Wonder

Check out the prices at

These are aftermarket prices, which may be more or less than retail prices.

In the UK...

These are all with VAT (tax) but not delivery (£3.25 standard or $9.50 for express)

Hope this helps

Thank you very much for these.

Richard

Thank you very much for this lead. To the extent that they correspond to retail prices, I will be able to use the information.

Richard

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To thank you all and offer something back, I'm posting the results of my research.

This was based on the retail costs of a 405-piece, large box of Lego toy bricks, manufacturer=92s item number 6166. This retails from the Lego website

This analysis was based on the same concept as the Economist's Big Mac index. You can see

US$ equiv. Exch. rate % Over/under Local Exchange of local based on of foreign Location (currency) Retail Rate price local price curr. value

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------------ --------------- ----------------- Australia AUD 49.99 0.9540 47.69 0.5240 82.1 Austria EUR 24.99 1.5591 38.96 0.6414 143.1 Brazil BRL 129.00 0.6086 78.51 0.3183 91.2 Canada CAD 34.99 1.0034 35.11 0.7118 41.0 Czech Rep. CZK 719.00 0.0623 44.79 0.5579 -88.8 Denmark DKK 249.75 0.2090 52.20 0.4787 -56.3 Germany EUR 25.99 1.5591 40.52 0.6167 152.8 Ireland EUR 29.99 1.5591 46.76 0.5345 191.7 New Zealand NZD 59.99 0.7738 46.42 0.5383 43.7 Sweden SEK 299.50 0.1675 50.17 0.4981 -66.4 Switzerland CHF 39.90 0.9571 38.19 0.6544 46.3 U.K. GBP 19.99 1.9580 39.14 0.6385 206.7

Looks like you want to buy your legos in Denmark, Sweden, or the Czech Republic. The EU area appears to pay more than we do in the US for the same box.

Thanks again.

Richard

Something seems fishy with your numbers. SEK 299.50 is EUR 32.26 which is not that far away from the other EUR values, still Sweden gets -66.4 while Ireland gets +191.7!? What's the definition of this over/under value?

The BigMac index gives Sweden +42, EU +22, Denmark +49, ie. all of them plus.

In the US you pay 7.33 BigMacs for the box of Lego, in Sweden we pay 9.08 BigMacs for the same box (Denmark 9.00, EUR countries 8.19 - 9.83). How can you say:

You definitely don't want to buy Lego in Sweden, the price is twice the US price, I don't know about the wages, and the taxes are much higher. Perhaps you should have an index "how many hours of actual work to be able to buy the Lego box" instead?

Buy Legos in denmark? who would ever have thought of that? ;) BTW, both Denmark and Sweden are EU countries...

Best Wishes Thomas

Thanks for your comment. I indeed found an error in my calculations. These should be more accurate and better match your intuition. 100% over means that in the subject country, one pays twice the price in the US. -10% would mean that one would pay 10% less than in the US.

(Sorry for the formatting, I'm posting this through a web client that uses a proportional font)

US$ Legos Over/Under- Price in May 18 equivalent implied valuation of foreign Exchange of foreign exchange the foreign Location (currency) currency rate price rate currency (fx) S($/fx) (US$) ($/fx) (%)

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---------- ----------- -------------- Australia (AUD) 49.99 0.9540

So, yes, Sweden and Denmark pay about twice what we in the US pay, and, yes, the U.S. seems to be the cheapest place to buy Legos. I'm sorry that I was unable to find retail pricing for the exact same box in Asian countries, that might have been interesting.

In any case, if you're in the U.S. and you know a child in Brazil, help 'em out with some Legos.

Richard

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Thanks for your comment, Thomas. Yes, they are, but do not use the Euro as their official currency.

Richard