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| | | Author: | sasquatch_eater  | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 10:32 | | Subject: | Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 275 times | | Topic: | General | |
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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| | | | | Author: | John_Miller | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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Probably because they are so new no one has got them for sale on here yet. They
are 2023 release items
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 12:40 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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| | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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That makes sense, but there are other Monkie kid minifigures from the same wave
of sets being sold in several different places. Such as and .
I just think it seems strange. I thought Mk127 would be a more popular minifigure
(as monkie kid stuff goes.)
----Ivan
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 13:25 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| And while I'm discussing Monkie Kid, I might as well address another point
that confuses me. I cannot figure why the Monkie Kid theme as an whole is as
unpopular as it is. Is it just because it is not sold at stores like crazylegoman
said? I've seen the T.V. show and, although it wasn't great, I thought
it was strides better than the Ninjago one. Maybe just my opinion? I do not
know.
----Ivan
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | And while I'm discussing Monkie Kid, I might as well address another point
that confuses me. I cannot figure why the Monkie Kid theme as an whole is as
unpopular as it is. Is it just because it is not sold at stores like crazylegoman
said? I've seen the T.V. show and, although it wasn't great, I thought
it was strides better than the Ninjago one. Maybe just my opinion? I do not
know.
----Ivan
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I’m pretty sure it’s extremely popular in china where lego has been expanding
quite a bit lately but can’t say I’ve seen to many fans
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | And while I'm discussing Monkie Kid, I might as well address another point
that confuses me. I cannot figure why the Monkie Kid theme as an whole is as
unpopular as it is. Is it just because it is not sold at stores like crazylegoman
said? I've seen the T.V. show and, although it wasn't great, I thought
it was strides better than the Ninjago one. Maybe just my opinion? I do not
know.
----Ivan
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I’m pretty sure it’s extremely popular in china where lego has been expanding
quite a bit lately but can’t say I’ve seen to many fans
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That's kind of what I was thinking since it's a re-telling a Chinese
myth and all...
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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| | I’m pretty sure it’s extremely popular in china where lego has been expanding
quite a bit lately but can’t say I’ve seen to many fans
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That's kind of what I was thinking since it's a re-telling a Chinese
myth and all...
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For info, it seems in France it’s aired on Cartoon Network, only available on
cable & internet and with a subscription.
(Plus, there were shenanigans between Warner Bros and Canal+. So Warner’s channels
aren’t included in Canal+ packages any more. And Canal+ is big in France. If
you subscribe to channel packages, it’s the first you take.)
For comparison, Ninjago is on national TV, free and rerunned from time to time
and available for free on streaming too.
Same with Dreamzz now.
And I think France TV is airing (or aired) the City series too.
What I mean is that the strategy is different, and if that applies everywhere
but in East Asia, that explains why it’s not popular overall.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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| | I’m pretty sure it’s extremely popular in china where lego has been expanding
quite a bit lately but can’t say I’ve seen to many fans
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That's kind of what I was thinking since it's a re-telling a Chinese
myth and all...
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For info, it seems in France it’s aired on Cartoon Network, only available on
cable & internet and with a subscription.
(Plus, there were shenanigans between Warner Bros and Canal+. So Warner’s channels
aren’t included in Canal+ packages any more. And Canal+ is big in France. If
you subscribe to channel packages, it’s the first you take.)
For comparison, Ninjago is on national TV, free and rerunned from time to time
and available for free on streaming too.
Same with Dreamzz now.
And I think France TV is airing (or aired) the City series too.
What I mean is that the strategy is different, and if that applies everywhere
but in East Asia, that explains why it’s not popular overall.
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That would probably be the reason. I think in the U.S.A. the first two seasons
are available free on Amazon prime T.V. I don't know that you can watch
it anywhere else here.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | And while I'm discussing Monkie Kid, I might as well address another point
that confuses me. I cannot figure why the Monkie Kid theme as an whole is as
unpopular as it is. Is it just because it is not sold at stores like crazylegoman
said? I've seen the T.V. show and, although it wasn't great, I thought
it was strides better than the Ninjago one. Maybe just my opinion? I do not
know.
----Ivan
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It is based on an old, classic Chinese novel that is pretty popular in the Far
East (where the theme does well), but it really isn't a story that kids here
in the Americas grow up hearing about. We have Disney for that. 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 15:18 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | And while I'm discussing Monkie Kid, I might as well address another point
that confuses me. I cannot figure why the Monkie Kid theme as an whole is as
unpopular as it is. Is it just because it is not sold at stores like crazylegoman
said? I've seen the T.V. show and, although it wasn't great, I thought
it was strides better than the Ninjago one. Maybe just my opinion? I do not
know.
----Ivan
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It is based on an old, classic Chinese novel that is pretty popular in the Far
East (where the theme does well), but it really isn't a story that kids here
in the Americas grow up hearing about. We have Disney for that.
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I've read most of it.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
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It is based on an old, classic Chinese novel that is pretty popular in the Far
East (where the theme does well), but it really isn't a story that kids here
in the Americas grow up hearing about. We have Disney for that.
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If you saw or read Dragon Ball, you should have déjà vu moments
There was a movie too: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059855/ (I only saw the
first part)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, randyf writes:
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It is based on an old, classic Chinese novel that is pretty popular in the Far
East (where the theme does well), but it really isn't a story that kids here
in the Americas grow up hearing about. We have Disney for that.
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If you saw or read Dragon Ball, you should have déjà vu moments
There was a movie too: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059855/ (I only saw the
first part)
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I have not seen the movie, but I did hear that LEGO picked up a lot of their
Monkie king design there.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | I thought Mk127 would be a more popular minifigure
(as monkie kid stuff goes.)
----Ivan
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It's so popular that once someone gets a hold of one, they never want to
sell it. 
David
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | I thought Mk127 would be a more popular minifigure
(as monkie kid stuff goes.)
----Ivan
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It's so popular that once someone gets a hold of one, they never want to
sell it.
David
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That would be how I would feel about it.
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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^ This.
However, I think that many of the LEGO stores in the U.S. (maybe all?) don't
even carry the Monkie Kid theme in store at all. As far as I know, it is online
only in the U.S. which makes it extremely hard for it to be seen and bought by
the key demographic: kids and their parents walking through department stores
or LEGO stores.
I heard through the grapevine at my local LEGO store that the Monkie Kid theme
pretty much bombed in the U.S., so it really isn't a surprise that anything
Monkie Kid related would be hard to come by here as compared to residing somewhere
in Asia.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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^ This.
However, I think that many of the LEGO stores in the U.S. (maybe all?) don't
even carry the Monkie Kid theme in store at all. As far as I know, it is online
only in the U.S. which makes it extremely hard for it to be seen and bought by
the key demographic: kids and their parents walking through department stores
or LEGO stores.
I heard through the grapevine at my local LEGO store that the Monkie Kid theme
pretty much bombed in the U.S., so it really isn't a surprise that anything
Monkie Kid related would be hard to come by here as compared to residing somewhere
in Asia.
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That makes sense. I'm a fan of it, but I still mostly bought just the minifigures
from Bricklink and the like.
----Ivan
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Hal8472 | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 18:34 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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^ This.
However, I think that many of the LEGO stores in the U.S. (maybe all?) don't
even carry the Monkie Kid theme in store at all. As far as I know, it is online
only in the U.S. which makes it extremely hard for it to be seen and bought by
the key demographic: kids and their parents walking through department stores
or LEGO stores.
I heard through the grapevine at my local LEGO store that the Monkie Kid theme
pretty much bombed in the U.S., so it really isn't a surprise that anything
Monkie Kid related would be hard to come by here as compared to residing somewhere
in Asia.
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That makes sense. I'm a fan of it, but I still mostly bought just the minifigures
from Bricklink and the like.
----Ivan
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Out of curiosity. Why just buy the Minifigures and not the sets?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone know why these are so rare? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Hal8472 writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In General, sasquatch_eater writes:
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even though Monkie Kid is little liked, it seems very odd that neither of these
are being sold anywhere or ever have been. Does anyone know why?
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The Monkie Kid sets are not in regular stores that sell LEGOs (Wal-Mart, Target,
etc.) You can only get them online or at a LEGO store, so any Monkie Kid MF
(not just the ones you mentioned) will be much more rare than MFs from other
themes.
David
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^ This.
However, I think that many of the LEGO stores in the U.S. (maybe all?) don't
even carry the Monkie Kid theme in store at all. As far as I know, it is online
only in the U.S. which makes it extremely hard for it to be seen and bought by
the key demographic: kids and their parents walking through department stores
or LEGO stores.
I heard through the grapevine at my local LEGO store that the Monkie Kid theme
pretty much bombed in the U.S., so it really isn't a surprise that anything
Monkie Kid related would be hard to come by here as compared to residing somewhere
in Asia.
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That makes sense. I'm a fan of it, but I still mostly bought just the minifigures
from Bricklink and the like.
----Ivan
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Out of curiosity. Why just buy the Minifigures and not the sets?
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I make stop-motion videos and the sets are often too large to film, but the mininfigures
are still good for it.
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