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The nerd in me read this hours ago. When I got home I had to do some data mining of the Lego site and put the numbers together.

Average Brick Price

    Australia:18.3c
    UK: 14.9c
    USA: 10.8c

So yes, the price is almost double in Australia what it is in the US.

Average Licenced Brick Price

    Australia: 22.0c
    UK: 17.5c
    US: 11.5c

If the link works, you can see all my numbers on my Facebook page: http://rick.ph/lego_price_analysis

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Remember that Australian prices include 10% GST which the US prices won't have. Similarly, the UK will probably have 17.5% (I think) VAT. Still much pricier, but a shade less so.

At least there's the pseudo-excuse for the increased price of actually shipping physical goods, as opposed to the argument for digital downloads which is "Hey, look over there! scamper"

Just to note, UK VAT has been at 17.5% previously but is now at 20%.

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