New items 2011 available in Holland

[Ali Baba]

If the items you want from the new collection are not in the shop, they can be orderen on line from our local DS. Just a tip.

The big toy stores do not stock the entire collection, I'm afraid. And there are very few other toy stores here. Such a pity.

[Lindama]

I have seen a number of the new sets on ebay. I bet they go for big prices!

[PrimusPilus]

Though I don't speak German, I'm already going through eBay.de to see what does ship here to Brazil.

[Luis]

If the items you want from the new collection are not in the shop, they can be orderen on line from our local DS. Just a tip.

The big toy stores do not stock the entire collection, I'm afraid. And there are very few other toy stores here. Such a pity.

are the horse sets easy to get in stores?

[Ali Baba]

Well, I had a quick look yesterday what they had in the shops. I'm not sure if I remember it well, because I'm not very into the horse-theme. I thought I saw some.

[berkwit]

The big toy stores do not stock the entire collection, I'm afraid. And there are very few other toy stores here. Such a pity.

That sounds pretty strange, here the big toy stores (Bart Smit, Intertoys, Toy Champ etc) would be very unwise not to stock the entire collection even though it's so close to the German border, but maybe that's a regional thing. I also still know a little toy shop (well, not so little as they used to be anymore  ) that specialises in real toys (Playmobil, Lego, Barbie etc.) with an enormous wall full of Playmobil, their prices are competitive with German prices.

[Luis]

Well, I had a quick look yesterday what they had in the shops. I'm not sure if I remember it well, because I'm not very into the horse-theme. I thought I saw some.

thanks - i'll have her check her local toyshops

[Ali Baba]

That sounds pretty strange, here the big toy stores (Bart Smit, Intertoys, Toy Champ etc) would be very unwise not to stock the entire collection even though it's so close to the German border, but maybe that's a regional thing. I also still know a little toy shop (well, not so little as they used to be anymore  ) that specialises in real toys (Playmobil, Lego, Barbie etc.) with an enormous wall full of Playmobil, their prices are competitive with German prices.

Well do the big stores stock the entire collection in your neck of the woods then? Even the big Bart Smit store at Utrecht CS has about half the collection that DS has, at best.

[berkwit]

They do (obviously not the DS parts that are only available through DS anywhere), and they're usually pretty quick with the new releases. In Heerlen Bart Smit, Intertoys and V&D all sell the complete collection, Blokker and some other stores have a selection. There's also a large Toy Champ store in the mall near the Roda-football stadium and there's lots of shops in the surrounding towns (the best being Top 1 Toys in Vaals, not just because it used to be my childhood toy shop but also because of the large collection and the aforementioned prices).

[Hadoque]

thanks - i'll have her check her local toyshops

Your sis in the Netherlands?! Did you send her with a business-jet, to buy up all the new releases that you otherwise would have to wait for a year longer? 

Btw, if she would be in the eastern part of the Netherlands, and if she has a car at her disposal, she could perhaps cross into Germany, on Playmohunt?
Or, if she's in the south of the country, she could try a short cross into Belgium? We also get the new releases at the same time as in Germany (some weeks later, but f.e. in Ghent I know a shop that gets them almost simultaniously as Germany... And maybe in Antwerp there are also such shops).  Both "Ghent" and "Antwerp" are really close to the Dutch south-border.