LEGO 8684 Collectable Minifigures Series 2 Availability

[possum]

TRU had nothing either, but the City sets were cleared out pretty good. The City Advent Calendar was there though. I wonder if that is BOGO this week. Anyone know?

Just the city Advent, not the pirates.

[hardtravelinghero]

TRU had nothing either, but the City sets were cleared out pretty good. The City Advent Calendar was there though. I wonder if that is BOGO this week. Anyone know?

Just the city Advent, not the pirates.

Disclosure of location should be required when listing your finds!

I concur with your signature. Do people feel a need to be greedy and secretive, even after they've cleaned out the minifigs in an area? I'm sure we all love Lego and minifigs a ridiculous amount, but in the end they don't give us any of our human necessities. It's not like if we were all trapped in a desert and one of us found a spring but didn't want to share it because it's a survival issue for his or her family (though we could argue about that one). Some of us need to get over ourselves and take this hobby a little less seriously. This is coming from someone who has been to two Targets every day for nearly a week, and TRU most T/Ths. If I never got the figures, I'd have no less a fulfilling life. But I sure as hell would enjoy the things. Plastic, lifeless things, no matter how much of an imagination you or I have. Toys. Hobby. Fun. Necessity they are not.

Excelsior,
Paul

[ncbarrett]

2 partial boxes still at Monroe, MI Target.

[possum]

TRU had nothing either, but the City sets were cleared out pretty good. The City Advent Calendar was there though. I wonder if that is BOGO this week. Anyone know?

Just the city Advent, not the pirates.

Disclosure of location should be required when listing your finds!

I concur with your signature. Do people feel a need to be greedy and secretive, even after they've cleaned out the minifigs in an area? I'm sure we all love Lego and minifigs a ridiculous amount, but in the end they don't give us any of our human necessities. It's not like if we were all trapped in a desert and one of us found a spring but didn't want to share it because it's a survival issue for his or her family (though we could argue about that one). Some of us need to get over ourselves and take this hobby a little less seriously. This is coming from someone who has been to two Targets every day for nearly a week, and TRU most T/Ths. If I never got the figures, I'd have no less a fulfilling life. But I sure as hell would enjoy the things. Plastic, lifeless things, no matter how much of an imagination you or I have. Toys. Hobby. Fun. Necessity they are not.

Excelsior,
Paul

I don't want to get too far off topic here, but want to add to your point. I have another (much much more expensive) hobby that I've kind of put on the back burner recently due to a new family and that is collecting game worn hockey & baseball jerseys. In the game worn community it's common not to share finds because each shirt is one of a kind. LEGO isn't like that. They grow on trees, and even the CMFs (back on topic!) aren't that tough to find if you're willing to spend a little extra cash. And people who complain about TRU or BL seller markups should come over to the game worn hobby where a $125 jersey can fetch anywhere between $300 and five figures depending on the player.

[hatcher]

The Walmart in Barrie Ontario (North End Walmart) has the series 2 in stock. Locked like 2 boxes, but that might been a consolidations since they looked rather mixed up. $2.86 each.

Also, the Toys R Us in Barrie has about 5 boxes of them in, selling for $2.99 each.

[Legobrandon]

The Walmart in Barrie Ontario (North End Walmart) has the series 2 in stock. Locked like 2 boxes, but that might been a consolidations since they looked rather mixed up. $2.86 each.

Also, the Toys R Us in Barrie has about 5 boxes of them in, selling for $2.99 each.

Thanks for the update Hatcher! I will be going to TRU and checking to complete my collection! :)

[vynsane]

Both Targets in Newburgh and Poughkeepsie (NY) had these in the Seasonal aisle as of last week, just too busy to post.

[Legoliner Pilot]

And my loot so far!




The stuff in the bag is an un-opened set of Series 2. The bags on the left are extras (13 to be exact). On the right are both series one and two instrcution leaflets.



All of my Spartans:



All purchased from Fort Lauderdale Toys 'R Us, Miami LEGO Store, and Bricklink.

[kevin93]

You got so much figures and spartans. Spartans are so hard to find. Man am I jealous now

[stocktheodds]

Target in Salt Lake City Utah off of Fort Union had 2 boxes just put on the self this morning. I grabbed a couple that I needed and left the rest! Good luck...

[Mantisking]

The Target in Framingham has them. I grabbed eight (Disco Stu, Explorer, Mime, Spartan, Vampire, Karateka, and Pharaoh(x2)) on Wednesday of last week.

[hardtravelinghero]

Good finds in Central PA and North Central MD.

ToysRus in York PA had nearly one full box on Friday afternoon. I bought 11 figures and was able to feel the packages to get only the ones I wanted with no mistakes. Only two Spartans. Didn't keep track of the other figures, but felt up every package.

ToysRus in Harrisburg got them sometime this past weekend. There was an empty display box at register 5 this afternoon when I returned my 11 York minifigures because I was lucky enough to find the minifigures at Lutherville-Timonium MD Target. The seasonal display was nearly overflowing.

I had also ordered and received my 16 from Legoshop.com and my mix wasn't too bad:
two extra witches
two extra blackbelts
one extra I don't recall

If your local Target does not yet have them and you have other nearby Targets you're willing to drive to, ask an employee to see if any of the other nearby stores have them. Two days before I made it to Timonium I was informed they had 118 in stock. Most seemed to be there Saturday night at 9:30. Most of that number are still there.

And yes, it seems Spartans are hard to find everywhere. Obviously Lego plans on flooding the market in a few months when they license Frank Miller's 300.

-Paul

[slacker]

Lego in West Nyack NY has two box out right now. I was able to get one set. Target in the mall has been picked. Only had two baywatch girl and two ring master. Target in spring valley has 1 1/2 box. Display boxes are still there. Good hunting

[xoodus]

UK users - I've just got back from buying a few at my local The Entertainer store. I spent a while speaking to the lovely lady at the till and she said they were already on their third case since getting them last Thursday! She was very helpful and even scanned the small barcodes and let me know which ones they were with their own cheat-sheat of codes.

The bad news is that because of the company policy they don't have any of the witches or vampires. She said that they go through all the cases at the warehouse when they recieve them from Lego and take them out! Someone has a boring job! I asked what they do with them and if there's any way of getting hold of them but she said she had no idea. Somewhere, maybe back at Lego, there is a huge stack of vampires and witches.

I'm yet to see them at my local WH Smiths (or anywhere else) so I'll just have to wait to find them. I know this isn't the right thread for asking about trades - so I'm not going to!

[slow1234]

Victoria, BC, Canada status...

The TRU in Mayfair Mall doesn't have any, but the floor manager said they could be coming in any time. He anticipates they will go quickly.

UPDATE: I just talked with the TRU at Mayfair - they don't have any figures yet, but are expecting them. The warehouse manager said the LEGO rep was in yesterday, and the manager asked her specifically about the figures. The LEGO rep didn't know when they would arrive. They are coming though!

I asked the manager whether he'd been getting lots of calls, and he said that in the two hours they've been open today, he's already had 5 or 6 calls specifically about the minifigs!

slow

[NIGELTTF]

UK users - I've just got back from buying a few at my local The Entertainer store. I spent a while speaking to the lovely lady at the till and she said they were already on their third case since getting them last Thursday! She was very helpful and even scanned the small barcodes and let me know which ones they were with their own cheat-sheat of codes.

The bad news is that because of the company policy they don't have any of the witches or vampires. She said that they go through all the cases at the warehouse when they recieve them from Lego and take them out! Someone has a boring job! I asked what they do with them and if there's any way of getting hold of them but she said she had no idea. Somewhere, maybe back at Lego, there is a huge stack of vampires and witches.

I'm yet to see them at my local WH Smiths (or anywhere else) so I'll just have to wait to find them. I know this isn't the right thread for asking about trades - so I'm not going to!

No Witches or Vampires??? What superstitous nonesense would cause a company policy like that?

[vynsane]

No Witches or Vampires??? What superstitous nonesense would cause a company policy like that?

The same kind that causes people to not allow Harry Potter or Twilight books to be sold in their store, since they promote witchcraft and evil. I find it rather ridiculous myself.

Somewhere, maybe back at Lego, there is a huge stack of vampires and witches.

I bet they are sent back to LEGO and enter the pool where the S@H purchases are pulled from.

[vynsane]

Checked in at the Target on Rt. 33 in Harrisonburg, VA while on vacation. No CMFs2, but the bay was there. Spoke to an employee who turned out to be off the clock, just shopping after his shift, who told me to check back on Friday, since that would be the next day they would possibly get them in. He seemed to be under the impression they would be getting more, so if you're in the area on Friday, check it out. If you get there before me, please be kind enough as to leave me a Spartan for the tip ;)

[gabriellee11]

My target is now selling the minifigures for $2.99. Do anyone know if it is probably my target or is it every target?

[Mantisking]

My target is now selling the minifigures for $2.99. Do anyone know if it is probably my target or is it every target?

I bought three today at the Target in Framingham, MA. Still $1.99.