The LEGO Hunt Continues In Taipei And Singapore Airports

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I figured as long as I wrote about our airport LEGO hunt in New York and Copenhagen, I might as well write about our visits to LEGO stores in Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Singapore Changi International Airports as well…it has become another theme of this trip.

LEGO Hunting In TPE + SIN

8-year-old Augustine is far more interested in LEGO stores than airport lounges. At every airport on this trip, his first question is, “Does this airport have a LEGO store?”

While Tunis, Jeddah, Jakarta, and Ho Chi Minh City did not have LEGO shops, Taipei and Singapore did…and we made it a point to stop at both of them.

The Taipei LEGO store was on the small side and we did not spend very long there…

But Singapore was a different story…

The SIN LEGO shop was very well-stocked and actually handed me a difficult dilemma.

The #1 LEGO set on Augustine’s wishlist is the Eldorado Fortress. It costs 214 USD in the USA and I told Augustine to hold off for a Black Friday sale (which never materialized). However, this store had it…

And it was on sale for 220SGD with no additional tax…that’s only 164USD…a tremendous price.

Honestly, I would have bought it right there if we were flying home nonstop. But we were flying via Jakarta, Shanghai, and Seoul…it was a huge box and just too much to lug around for the last day of our trip.

I told Augustine we could get it later if it went on sale in the USA, but sadly it appears sold out on Amazon and directly with LEGO…and also not discounted.

The LEGO shops had assemble-your-own “mini-figs” (like in Copenhagen) and also a very cool LEGO Concorde model.

Augustine did not get his Eldorado Fort, but did get a new blue baseboard he had been looking for…he left a happy camper.

Made in Austria…

This has been a fun part of our trip.