We’ve just passed the halfway point for the building phase for our podracer contest and the entries are already pouring in. You still have two weeks left if you would like to participate and earn a shot at the prizes. That’s plenty of time to pick your favorite collectible minifig and build them a matching racer. The full contest rules are available right here on the forum so take a look and join the fun!
Well, they’ve been available for over a week now, but LEGO Shop@Home has Minifigures Series 6 available for purchase now. Limit of 16 as usual. This looks to be the best series yet. That is until Series 7 is released.
Eagle-eyed FBTB forum member mooslug spotted an interesting mistake on Lego Shop@Home’s Series 6 product page. It would seem the current series’ Zookeeper and Snowboarder were omitted from the list and replaced with previously unknown Flamenco Dancer and Jungle Boy. Spoiler for Series 6? 7? 8?
Also, a tipster sent us an image of more possible collectible minifigs that leaked onto the interwebs a few weeks ago, and they’re pretty fantastic:
Lady Liberty, a minotaur, awesome pink space vixen, a genie, Braveheart, a Leprechaun, pompadour hairpieces, meat cleavers and more to love: I’m willing to throw down right now and call this the best series so far, and we haven’t even seen all 16 figures for this wave yet.
Forum member JAYMATIK found Series 1 Collecible Minifigure parts in the build-a-minifigure tubs at a LEGO store in California. This was advertised on the April LEGO Store calendar, but this is the first sighting I’ve come across.
The calendar included a picture of the caveman and robot. This tub had the forestman and clown, along with mermaid parts (pictured above). No accessories or stands though.
The build-a-mini can have some great random parts in it. Sometimes you can strike gold amongst the tubs, so it’s worth a peek. At $9.99 for 3 minifigures, however, it’s a bit steep for the more common parts.
Thanks for sharing your find, JAYMATIK!
Fellow LUG member Kelly reports buying Minifigure Series 3 at her local TRU (Los Feliz store in SoCal in case you’re wondering). They qualified for the current BOGO sale, 18 packs costed her $45 which works out to… $3 per pack? I thought they were $4 each. In any case, stay diligent and you may get lucky. And don’t forget your cheat sheet.
Who needs barcodes? Forum member that guy has cracked the code for determining which figures are inside the blind pack for Minifigures Series 3. It involves a series of raised bumps running along the bottom seal of the individual packs. The pictures above show a black dot for each raised bump for the corresponding figure when viewing the pack from the back.
that guy, the LEGO community thanks you. Your name will go down in history.
Update: Staff writer Rick threw together this cheat sheet:
Not sure when this was posted, but TRU has listed Series 2 of the Collectible Minifigs on their site. While the price is set at $2.99, a full buck over MSRP, you’d be hard pressed to find these anywhere else as most if not all retail outlets carrying them with a reasonable price tag have been sold out, and Shop@Home is now also sold out. No limit on the order.
They also have 2 promos going on right now. Spend $49 or more to get free shipping, and spend $50 or more on LEGO and get a free LEGO City Playmat.
If you haven’t heard by now, LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 3 has been found out in the wild, specifically the wilds of a Fred Meyer store in the Seattle area. Brickpop’s Jeff and Daniel scored a nice pile of loot a few days ago. They wrote an unboxing article complete with pictures yesterday.
Forum member ufjason found Volume 2 of the Collectible Minifigures at Target for 50% off the $2.99 pricetag. Since these are part of the Halloween seasonal items, it seems they qualify for the day-after-Halloween clearance. Assuming they have any left, this is a pretty sweet deal. Good luck trying to find them, but if you don’t, you can always get some cheap Halloween candy while you’re there.
LEGO has updated their Shop@Home site with LEGO Minifigures. Limit 5 per person kinda sucks, but you can probably place more than one order? I don’t know, I’ve never ordered more than my limit on any one thing through their site. They are also showing up at Walmart in Canada, and a few reports are coming in that they are starting to show up at Target stores as well. Keep an eye out on this thread for more information on availability in your area.
