The LEGO® Store Lakeside Mall — Local services in Metairie

I am addicted to Lego’s, and when I say addicted I mean I have sold my blood to buy a Lego set before. This said most of the time I have to buy my legos online or at some variety store. For me having the chance to shop at a Lego store is like getting to meet Taylor Swift for others.

As I entered the store I was immediately overwhelmed by the vast amounts of merchandise available at my fingertips. I was greeted by an extremely polite and friendly employee then had to spend ten minutes breathing into a bag so I wouldn’t pass out from over excitement. The amount of unique and large sets sitting on the shelves baffled me. I have only seen most of these sets on a website and here they are for me to hold and drool over. Seeing all these sets in person made me appreciate them even more and want some of the collections I didn’t want before.

Once the overall aesthetic of the store wore off I made my in and started to wish I had more money. On the shelves were sets that had been retired or are extremely hard to get. Now right in front of my eyes here they are ready and begging for me to purchase them. Besides the immense options of sets the store also furnished my eyes to fully built sets to look at and play with. Taking the opportunity to embarrass my daughter this 45 year old man started to play with new museum sets like a 10 year old. After spending 20 minutes imagining the dinosaurs were real and rampaging down town New York I was yanked back to reality and made my way to the back of the shop to investigate what else this heavenly place has to offer. Along the back wall are these round clear plastic containers backlit and filled with loose LEGO pieces available to purchase. Now you can finish the set that had the lost piece and feel a sense of accomplishment. The staff was nice enough to explain to me that the loose pieces could be purchased by one of two different sized box full for a set price. So for a solitary price you can get as many pieces and different amounts you want as long as they fit into one of the boxes.

After spending what felt like hours browsing through all the glorious options I made my way to counter to buy the 10-15 boxes I picked out. The young lady (I believe her name was Shania) greeted me like I was good friend and took the time to scan my selected goodies and assume in getting my LEGO membership number. After putting up with my stupid banter she was still polite enough to assist me with finding a gift for my daughter behind her back. I absolutely love how friendly and helpful the staff is. They have the patience of a saint and the playfulness of a kitten.

All and all this is a marvelous store with an incredible staff and stupendous supply of fun. I had fantastical time and encourage you to visit here some and often. Make sure you buy something if you play...

I went to the Lego store here with my friend and was greeted by some racial profiling. I an African-American woman, picked up a lego set, specifically set 76924 which I was GOING to buy and a girl named GENEVIEVE came up to me and my friend and asked to take the set I had in my hand until I was finished shopping to keep my hands free for more shopping, but didn’t even wait for a response and just took it. I did give it to her because I was initially confused at first because we were in the store for 10 minutes and as soon as I grabbed the set she came up to us, but came to the realization that I have NEVER been asked that when I would go to the Lego store. Employees asking customers to hold their items so they can have free hands when shopping is NOT a store policy at this store. This situation has just made my friend and I EXTREMELY uncomfortable and Lego you should be ashamed about the people you guys are hiring because GENEVIEVE...

I want to say when I walked in I was not greeted Armani was very friendly and will be the reason I come back. Howeverrrrrr Christina was rude and passive aggressive she would not check me out because I had cash but checked the next person out with cash. She followed us around the store and pin pointed us with aggression and rude looks ....she made our visit feel unwelcomed

Armani was warm and inviting but it did not over shadow the hidden scrutiny given by Christina to me...