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On this, International Talk Like William Shattner day I thought it was appropriate to note that BigW have the new "Droid Escape 9490" set on sale - $10 off their normal discounted price. If you can find it, it sells around the $40 mark out here (which hurts a lot given that it's under US$20 on Amazon), this actually makes it not that bad at all….. in particular given that as well as the escape pod and a bike, it comes with four minifigs including R2D2 and C3PO. I expect you could probably split up the set and sell the bits individually on eBay and make a profit…. if you could be bothered!
I dropped by Southland (Vic) around 11am today as they said they were showing as being in stock - but had sold out. When I asked if there were any out the back, the guy looked confused and went to where (apparently) he'd put a whole stackload that morning. You may be luckier with your local BigW but shipping was only $7 so (although they told me that they will be ordering in some more) I just bought a couple online. I should note that they also have the large Tie Fighter 9492 set for $68.
And…. OH - NO - I - HAVE - mixedmyuniverses! Khaaaaaaaaannnn….. ;-)
www.shopforme.com.au is cheaper. But I have not compared postage rates.