Thanks Michael, much clearer now.

Oh ic, it would help if the actual dates was next to the days of the grand opening, ie: Friday May 4th Because the only reference to May opening on the VLC site was in the post of the soft opening, and it doesn't mention the 4th - 6th, I only found that out via that forum post of the events calendar...

I'm confused, so is the store opening this Friday April 13th as posted on the VLC homepage? Because the official Lego site makes no mention of it in it's page for the vancouver store. Plus someone posted a picture of a Lego events calendar a few pages ago that has in print that the store is opening ...

Here is the question, would we Lego fans in the Vancouver area really support a Lego Brand Store here with their prices or would we still shop across the line for US prices? I'd still goto an official vancouver Lego store for little things that Toy stores here don't carry, like Lego keychains, mugs...

@RedStar: No, it's not worth the $20 - $30 sets to drive to the US. But even the sets that typically cost $59 in the US, cost $79 here, like the xmas sets. So if you wait till you can order a few at a time, you'll save $20 per set. Which is still a big savings for the half hour drive to Blaine. Also...

I wish there is a Lego store in Vancouver, but unfortunately buying sets from the US is much more economical. All Lego sets cost much more here in canada than it does in the states. For example, buying a Lego modular building set costs $150 in the US, buying one from Lego.ca costs $200! So what i us...