Shop.LEGO.com, the official LEGO store website, offers some great sale and clearance prices along with exclusive sets and promos.
If you’ve got a LEGO maniac at home, or maybe you are one yourself, then you are probably wondering where are the best places to buy new LEGO sets. Let’s explore some of your options for buying brand new LEGO sets online.
BUYING LEGO SETS FROM MAJOR ONLINE RETAILERS
Shop.LEGO.com
The official LEGO store website offers a wide selection of LEGO sets and a few hard to find and exclusive sets as well. There clearance section sometimes features some generously discounted sets.
In-store pickup: No.
Sales tax: Collected in 39 states (as of Jan. 2015) including: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Shipping: Free shipping on orders over $75.
Amazon.com
Amazon offers a wide selection of LEGO sets sold directly from Amazon. On the whole, Amazon LEGO sets can be among the lowest priced sets on the market, although prices vary by set and theme and also often fluctuate.
In-store pickup: No
Sales tax: Collected in 23 states (as of Jan. 2015) including: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin
Shipping: Free shipping on Amazon orders above $35; Amazon Prime Members get free 2 day shipping on orders of any size
Target.com
Target offers a wide selection of sets with some nicely priced sale and clearance items.
In-store pickup: Yes
Sales tax: Collected everywhere except Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon (states without sales tax)
Shipping: Free shipping on Target.com orders above $50
Walmart.com
Like Target, Walmart also offers a variety and good sale and clearance items. Walmart also sells a few exclusive items.
In-store pickup: Yes
Sales tax: Collected everywhere except Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon (states without sales tax)
Shipping: Free shipping on Walmart.com orders of $50 or more. Orders under $50.00 pay a flat rate of $4.97.
ToysRUs.com
ToysRUs.com sells a wide variety of LEGO sets at the list price and some sets above the list price. Check out their sales and clearance items for better deals. They also offer promotional and exclusive LEGO sets.
In-store pickup: Yes
Sales tax: Collected everywhere except Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon (states without sales tax) or Wyoming
Shipping: Free shipping on ToysRUs.com orders of $49 or more.
BN.com
Barnes and Noble is not just for books–they also offer a selection of LEGO. Unfortunately, many of their coupons exclude LEGO and their sets are generally priced at list value, but you might stumbled onto a discount on occasion.
In-store pickup: Yes
Sales tax: Collected everywhere except Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon (states without sales tax)
Shipping: Free shipping on BN.com orders of $25 or more.
BUYING LEGO SETS FROM ONLINE MARKETPLACES
eBay.com
The king of all online marketplaces, eBay boasts one of the largest selections of almost anything you could possibly want, let alone LEGO sets. Although most sellers are honest, some are not. Watch out for signs of a suspicious eBay listing.
BrickLink.com
BrickLink is the go to unofficial online marketplace for LEGO sets and pieces. If you can’t find a retired set on Amazon or eBay, give BrickLink a try.
BrickOwl.com
Established in May 2013, BrickOwl is a online marketplace similar to BrickLink, but with fewer users since the site is still under two years old.
Amazon.com Third-Party Sellers
Amazon.com Third-Party sellers are the people or companies that sell and ship items themselves on Amazon.com. Third-party sellers offer some retired and harder to find sets.
Bonanza.com
Bonanza is an general online marketplace that’s trying to give eBay some competition, nevertheless the site remains quite the David to eBay’s Goliath. Still, you can find a few LEGO sets for sale there.