Answers.Body: <p>I have never paid customs fees on orders from <a href="http://www.brickforge.com" rel="nofollow">BrickForge</a> or <a href="http://www.brickarms.com" rel="nofollow">BrickArms</a>. The key is to ship via the US Postal Service. Shipping via couriers like UPS usually results in customs brokerage fees which is what drives up the cost.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I simply <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enCA450CA450&amp;gcx=w&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=custom%20lego%20bricks%20canada" rel="nofollow">googled</a> and found <a href="http://www.brickrepublic.com/servlet/StoreFront" rel="nofollow">brickrepublic</a> based in Pointe-Claire, Qc </p>
  
  <p>Trick : I usually arrange with visiting/traveling folks to bring small packages in Canada and avoid the outrageous custom fees.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I knew about BrickRepublic before, and it seems to have a nice collection. But, as I talked about in another comment, it does not carry the type of guns I described, sorry.
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Answers.Body: <p>You may want to try <a href="http://modernbrickwarfare.com" rel="nofollow" title="Modern Brick Warfare">Modern Brick Warfare</a>. They have a ton of custom LEGO-compatible weapons.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'd like to buy some flint-lock era mini-figure guns for my collection, something like <a href="http://www.brickforge.com/store/product.php?productid=16949&amp;cat=419&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">these</a> <a href="http://www.brickforge.com/store/product.php?productid=16947&amp;cat=418&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">guns</a>. What I don't want is to pay the outrageous customs fees to get them to Canada. Does anyone know of either some Canadian makers or Canadian distributors?  </p>
  
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Comments.Text: @pcantin I did do some research before-hand. I knew of the brick republic website talked about in one of the answer, but it is only a distributor of some of the BrickArms line, and does not seem to have any of the flint-lock era type of guns that I described in my question.
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Title: What are some 3rd party mini-figure gun makers that distribute in Canada?
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ThreadText: # What are some 3rd party mini-figure gun makers that distribute in Canada?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-11-02)
  
  I'd like to buy some flint-lock era mini-figure guns for my collection, something like [these](http://www.brickforge.com/store/product.php?productid=16949&cat=419&page=1) [guns](http://www.brickforge.com/store/product.php?productid=16947&cat=418&page=1). What I don't want is to pay the outrageous customs fees to get them to Canada. Does anyone know of either some Canadian makers or Canadian distributors?
  
  **Tags:** shopping, 3rd-party
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Please do a simple research before asking a question.  
  > **username_0**: @pcantin I did do some research before-hand. I knew of the brick republic website talked about in one of the answer, but it is only a distributor of some of the BrickArms line, and does not seem to have any of the flint-lock era type of guns that I described in my question.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2011-11-03. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  I have never paid customs fees on orders from [BrickForge](http://www.brickforge.com) or [BrickArms](http://www.brickarms.com). The key is to ship via the US Postal Service. Shipping via couriers like UPS usually results in customs brokerage fees which is what drives up the cost.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2011-11-02. Score: 2
  
  I simply [googled](http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enCA450CA450&gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=custom%20lego%20bricks%20canada) and found [brickrepublic](http://www.brickrepublic.com/servlet/StoreFront) based in Pointe-Claire, Qc
  
  Trick : I usually arrange with visiting/traveling folks to bring small packages in Canada and avoid the outrageous custom fees.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I knew about BrickRepublic before, and it seems to have a nice collection. But, as I talked about in another comment, it does not carry the type of guns I described, sorry.  
  > **username_3**: If you're that picky, you can certainly afford the custom fees. ;p  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2014-09-24. Score: 0
  
  You may want to try [Modern Brick Warfare](http://modernbrickwarfare.com "Modern Brick Warfare"). They have a ton of custom LEGO-compatible weapons.
  
  
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