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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| | | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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.
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| Author: | Nevaeh | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 20:32 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| 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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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 20:29 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| 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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| Author: | Nevaeh | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 20:24 | | Subject: | Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 226 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| 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: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jun 15, 2023 12:45 | | Subject: | Re: Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Sets, pcthurman writes:
| | […]
5 children, 12 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, 4 cats
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So, I was right, it’s goons
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Yes! I call them my goon squad!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, pcthurman writes:
| | […]
5 children, 12 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, 4 cats
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So, I was right, it’s goons
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Sets, pcthurman writes:
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I started building my Rivendell set on April 16th. I still have all of book 3
to build which by the way is 25 bags to build the middle section. I may finish
it sometime this year!
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How do you do that? There’s goons keeping you off of it?
I don’t think I ever managed to not finish a build. Sleep is overrated!
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Yes, there is sleep (I get 4-6 hrs. a night), but in truth it is the 3,000+ sq
ft house I have to maintain, 5 children, 12 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren,
4 cats (they take a LOT of my time, and to top it all off my LEGO business.
I consider myself lucky if I get to spend 2-3 hours a week building one of my
own sets.
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| Author: | Fidelito | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 03:34 | | Subject: | Re: Approval process | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Sets, Fidelito writes:
| | How long does the approval process for new sets, parts, and inventories take?
I want to contribute some images, a new part, and the inventory for an exclusive
mexican set, but the set has been pending approval since May 13th.
I already counted all pieces, took pictures, uploaded them, created the new part
& minifig id's (I have its inventory in Bricktore minus the new piece & fig
waiting for their approval). I just wanna know the usual delay time of the process.
The set is: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6469488-1#T=S&O={%22ss%22:%22MX%22,%22rpp%22:%22500%22,%22iconly%22:0}
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New items can take a while to get added as there is always a massive backlog
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPend.asp
So bricklink prioritizes new sets that people will be more likely to part out
and similar and since a whole bunch of lego sets were just released with the
June wave it can take a while to get to old requests. Bricklink likes to prioritize
the ones that provide the most commercial benefit first they work on the other
ones as they have time since there are only a limited number of people who are
working behind the scenes
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Makes sense, lets see how long it takes them to approve this obscure one, thanks!
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 03:15 | | Subject: | Re: Approval process | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, Fidelito writes:
| | How long does the approval process for new sets, parts, and inventories take?
I want to contribute some images, a new part, and the inventory for an exclusive
mexican set, but the set has been pending approval since May 13th.
I already counted all pieces, took pictures, uploaded them, created the new part
& minifig id's (I have its inventory in Bricktore minus the new piece & fig
waiting for their approval). I just wanna know the usual delay time of the process.
The set is: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6469488-1#T=S&O={%22ss%22:%22MX%22,%22rpp%22:%22500%22,%22iconly%22:0}
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New items can take a while to get added as there is always a massive backlog
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPend.asp
So bricklink prioritizes new sets that people will be more likely to part out
and similar and since a whole bunch of lego sets were just released with the
June wave it can take a while to get to old requests. Bricklink likes to prioritize
the ones that provide the most commercial benefit first they work on the other
ones as they have time since there are only a limited number of people who are
working behind the scenes
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| Author: | Fidelito | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 03:05 | | Subject: | Approval process | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| How long does the approval process for new sets, parts, and inventories take?
I want to contribute some images, a new part, and the inventory for an exclusive
mexican set, but the set has been pending approval since May 13th.
I already counted all pieces, took pictures, uploaded them, created the new part
& minifig id's (I have its inventory in Bricktore minus the new piece & fig
waiting for their approval). I just wanna know the usual delay time of the process.
The set is: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6469488-1#T=S&O={%22ss%22:%22MX%22,%22rpp%22:%22500%22,%22iconly%22:0}
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2023 13:05 | | Subject: | Re: Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, pcthurman writes:
| | […]
I started building my Rivendell set on April 16th. I still have all of book 3
to build which by the way is 25 bags to build the middle section. I may finish
it sometime this year!
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How do you do that? There’s goons keeping you off of it?
I don’t think I ever managed to not finish a build. Sleep is overrated!
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, macebobo writes:
| | I can not link it here as reddit has subs selling Lego. But if you go to /r/Lego
and search that sub for Speed Build, you will find it.
It is absolutely stunning.
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I started building my Rivendell set on April 16th. I still have all of book 3
to build which by the way is 25 bags to build the middle section. I may finish
it sometime this year!
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2023 18:49 | | Subject: | Reddit Rivendell Speed Build video | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| I can not link it here as reddit has subs selling Lego. But if you go to /r/Lego
and search that sub for Speed Build, you will find it.
It is absolutely stunning.
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| Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2023 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: Will there be new Lego Transformer sets? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| Would be nice if they made more
Sadler_Bricks
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| Author: | CykillsGarage | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 14:22 | | Subject: | Re: Will there be new Lego Transformer sets? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, 1001bricks writes:
| | I'm not sure why would people be passionated about those?
And I an tell you - I'm an electrician by formation.
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LOL!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: Will there be new Lego Transformer sets? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| In New Sets, 1001bricks writes:
| | I'm not sure why would people be passionated about those?
And I an tell you - I'm an electrician by
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trans-
And then you switched? Enlightnening!
Sorry, I’m off.
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 13:44 | | Subject: | Re: Will there be new Lego Transformer sets? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
| I think I’d get a bigger kick from one of these than the other. 
In New Sets, 1001bricks writes:
| | I'm not sure why would people be passionated about those?
And I an tell you - I'm an electrician by formation.
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