| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Nevaeh  | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 09:14 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, yorbrick writes:
| | In New Sets, Nevaeh writes:
| | Anyone else upset about mystery minifigures being sold in box packs?
It's going to be a lot easier to get repeats. Maybe the value of full sets
and opened characters will be higher. Any thoughts?
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I don't care, as I've nearly always opened them. And now they are essentially
random, it makes it harder for sellers to strip a store of the popular figures
by feeling them, leaving the less popular ones behind. So it is a good move from
that point of view. Not so good if you only want a specific figure, but at least
now these are essentially random as intended.
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| | Yeah, that's how my siblings and I felt, until we got three Jays and 2 Garmodons. So frustrating.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | In New Sets, yorbrick writes:
| | | | If they are essentially random I hope the distribution is even. Feeling through
the packets sometimes got me the minifigure I was after. I still ended up with
lots of duplicates because my fingers aren't as sensitive as they should
be.
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They have been equally distributed for some time now. Sealed cartons contain
three sets. So if you are first to a box, then then each character should be
evenly distributed. Whereas if you get to a box where someone has weighed them,
there is a possibility that someone has removed popular ones for resale or
their collection. That is less likely to happen now there is a more significant
barrier compared to the feeling approach of identifying them.
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I still miss the first two series, where you could memorise the barcode pattern
and get what you want.
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I think I still have the Spartan's barcode encoded in my brain. The same
with the bump codes for S3 onwards.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 06:09 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, yorbrick writes:
| | | | If they are essentially random I hope the distribution is even. Feeling through
the packets sometimes got me the minifigure I was after. I still ended up with
lots of duplicates because my fingers aren't as sensitive as they should
be.
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They have been equally distributed for some time now. Sealed cartons contain
three sets. So if you are first to a box, then then each character should be
evenly distributed. Whereas if you get to a box where someone has weighed them,
there is a possibility that someone has removed popular ones for resale or
their collection. That is less likely to happen now there is a more significant
barrier compared to the feeling approach of identifying them.
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I still miss the first two series, where you could memorise the barcode pattern
and get what you want.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 02:51 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| | | If they are essentially random I hope the distribution is even. Feeling through
the packets sometimes got me the minifigure I was after. I still ended up with
lots of duplicates because my fingers aren't as sensitive as they should
be.
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They have been equally distributed for some time now. Sealed cartons contain
three sets. So if you are first to a box, then then each character should be
evenly distributed. Whereas if you get to a box where someone has weighed them,
there is a possibility that someone has removed popular ones for resale or
their collection. That is less likely to happen now there is a more significant
barrier compared to the feeling approach of identifying them.
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| Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 02:37 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, yorbrick writes:
| | In New Sets, Nevaeh writes:
| | Anyone else upset about mystery minifigures being sold in box packs?
It's going to be a lot easier to get repeats. Maybe the value of full sets
and opened characters will be higher. Any thoughts?
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I don't care, as I've nearly always opened them. And now they are essentially
random, it makes it harder for sellers to strip a store of the popular figures
by feeling them, leaving the less popular ones behind. So it is a good move from
that point of view. Not so good if you only want a specific figure, but at least
now these are essentially random as intended.
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If they are essentially random I hope the distribution is even. Feeling through
the packets sometimes got me the minifigure I was after. I still ended up with
lots of duplicates because my fingers aren't as sensitive as they should
be.
With box weights, I suppose I'll have to go and find a scale to lug around.
Great, more excess baggage I have to cart around to find that one last minifigure
I'm after!
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 02:30 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, Nevaeh writes:
| | Anyone else upset about mystery minifigures being sold in box packs?
It's going to be a lot easier to get repeats. Maybe the value of full sets
and opened characters will be higher. Any thoughts?
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I don't care, as I've nearly always opened them. And now they are essentially
random, it makes it harder for sellers to strip a store of the popular figures
by feeling them, leaving the less popular ones behind. So it is a good move from
that point of view. Not so good if you only want a specific figure, but at least
now these are essentially random as intended.
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 23:36 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| Yes, it was a bit frustrating. I found 10 different packet codes in a fresh
Marvel series 2 box, so I bought those. I ended up with 2 of Storm and 2 of
Goliath. I was hoping this method would yield 10 different figures out of 12.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a scale with me at the time and I was out of
town, so I have to wait until they stock the figures locally.
In New Sets, Nevaeh writes:
| | Anyone else upset about mystery minifigures being sold in box packs?
It's going to be a lot easier to get repeats. Maybe the value of full sets
and opened characters will be higher. Any thoughts?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 21:34 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, macebobo writes:
| | In New Sets, Nubs_Select writes:
| | people have had luck using scales to weigh the packages to get the figure they want
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LOL. This is going to lead to an increase in folks taking their
to their favorite
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 21:33 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, Nubs_Select writes:
| | people have had luck using scales to weigh the packages to get the figure they want
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LOL. This is going to lead to an increase in folks taking their
to their favorite
.
.
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| Author: | Nevaeh | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 20:32 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Sets, Nevaeh writes:
| | Anyone else upset about mystery minifigures being sold in box packs?
It's going to be a lot easier to get repeats. Maybe the value of full sets
and opened characters will be higher. Any thoughts?
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people have had luck using scales to weigh the packages to get the figure they
want
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| | oh wow, that pretty cool.
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