Big W Lights for 2012 have appeared.

[David_AVD]

Looks like the BigW Icicle lights do not have the snowing function (up/down) again this year, just the cascading (along the string) flashing.

Deals Direct have what appear to be icicles with the snowing effect.

 

[BradsXmasLights]

Driver if you want green, go to bunnings they have 100 strings of green

Saw them - but at $19 per 100 thats double the price they should be IMO.
Ended up getting 5 x 300 LED packs from OO.com.au for $29.95 a set though - so whilst over original budget it was still cost effective

 

[Gray_magic]

I'm new to the controlled lighting, this will be my first year. I am starting with 48ch LOR DC boards. I found that the big w lights seem to be the easiest to cut up and convert to dc controlled. So I went to big W in ipswich in September, by chance looked in the Christmas lighting section and found they had stocked them already. Bought about 20 sets and figured I would come back in a week with my next pay check to buy more. I found no green either . I also needed to more red and white to complete my mini trees but returned to find the shelves pretty bare. I had to go to another big w and got lucky last week as they had just stocked the shelves the night before... 8) Stocked the trolley with another 20 sets, and the checkout girl tells me that they had sold a heap that day already. I sure hope I have enough to finish the job now cause I don't think I will get another chance to stock this many at one time again this year. Can't wait to get. This up and running now...... I think I may have the onset of C.L.A.P. LOL.

 

[Bevo]

Hi Gray magic,
And welcome to ACL. Sounds like you are starting to get the CLAP. It is a good thing you have found this web site as there is heaps of great info here and lots of people willing to help out. Be sure to jump into chat sometime with any problems you come up with or just to have a chat.

Where abouts in this Great State are you?

 

[MarcD]

I was in Big W Browns Plains yesterday returning some surplus sets. The shelves were still full of every type of light. Just in case you need more.

I'm new to the controlled lighting, this will be my first year. I am starting with 48ch LOR DC boards. I found that the big w lights seem to be the easiest to cut up and convert to dc controlled. So I went to big W in ipswich in September, by chance looked in the Christmas lighting section and found they had stocked them already. Bought about 20 sets and figured I would come back in a week with my next pay check to buy more. I found no green either . I also needed to more red and white to complete my mini trees but returned to find the shelves pretty bare. I had to go to another big w and got lucky last week as they had just stocked the shelves the night before... 8) Stocked the trolley with another 20 sets, and the checkout girl tells me that they had sold a heap that day already. I sure hope I have enough to finish the job now cause I don't think I will get another chance to stock this many at one time again this year. Can't wait to get. This up and running now...... I think I may have the onset of C.L.A.P. LOL.

 

[Goose]

Looks like big w have discounted there lights now at $15.00 a set. Guess the Christmas light deals are starting up

 

[muzzag50]

Online also has free delivery. You may need to buy $50 though.

 

[camduncan]

If anyone is looking for more, there was still plenty of stock at Carindale Big W when I was there two weekends ago...

 

[dualbios]

Well Mackays's Big W now has only one box of 600white, a couple of boxes of the starter sets of white and thats it. Online isnt looking much better i bought a total of 10 boxes my self to start building my system. Im trolling the net to try and find out who is the oem maker of these lights as i like the linking abilty.

 

[Christmas on Clarafield]

I had been looking all over the country to find any end of season sale items left to stock up for next year ( tomorrow!) and while most of Adelaide and Melbourne had sold out, big W in South Yarra, conveniently located across the road from my work has a few 100 led extension strings and icicles $3 each and a few 600 led multi coloured strings at $30 each.
I think I cleared them out of the blue extension strings and most of the blue and white extension icicles but the is some multi coloureds left if that helps anyone.

 

[BradsXmasLights]

Interesting - anyone know of any Brisbane stores like this?

 

[Flash]

Nothing available on line - seems like they under ordered this year

 

[David_AVD]

I checked Capalaba this arvo and they had zero lights left.

 

[aussiexmas]

I know Mt Ommaney was bare of all lights before Christmas

 

[camduncan]

I was hoping to find some LED lights to re-wire my reindeer frames (the old style globe lights have finally given up) but have had no luck at home in Brisbane or around my inlaws in Taree...