Who’s In The Bag? Can you guess who is hiding in the bag? Read the hints and use your imagination. Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question The best answers are voted up and rise to the top I would love to have one of each minifigure from the various LEGO Minifigure series. Unfortunately, as you receive a random minifigure in each package, this is more difficult than it should be. I either have to purchase a lot of extra packages and hope that I eventually span the entire set, or I have to pay exorbitant amounts on the Internet for the minifigures I need to complete my collection. Is there a simple and reliable way, when I am in the store, to determine what minifigure is in the package? It can be done, but you need to be able to handle the packages. Different minifigure series may require different approaches, from barcodes to patterns of dots or dimples to feeling for certain characteristic parts in the bags. Those approaches have been documented in a number of places:
Series 6 (feel + dots) Also, since every box has a set quantity of each minifig, if you buy a full unopened box of 60, you will get a full set of the minifigs. (More than one set in fact, but you'd have to look at the per-box quantities to see if it's 2 or 3.) I managed to get the five minifigures I wanted, right every time by feeling the bags. It takes patience and a good understanding of how different bricks feel. There are some guides online that show you which individual pieces to look for. Use the process of elimination. If you're looking for the Witch minifig, look for a bag with slope instead of legs. The Witch is the only minifig in it's series that has no legs piece. Working in a store that sold collectible minifigures, I can tell you that you cannot differ each minifigure by barcode. The individual bags are packaged randomly inside a box of 60. There is an uneven quantity of minifigures so some are rarer then others, the quantity of each minifig is the same for each box.
In the end, nothing's more reliable then your own X-ray machine... The cheapest approach is to buy a box online, keep the figures you want, and sell the rest. The most hassle-free approach is to buy the figures you want online. Either individually or as a set. Another option to help finish off your collections is BrickLink, sort of the eBay of LEGO. There are plenty of sellers in the US with a large amount of reputation Here is a link to BrickLink with a listing of the Collectible Minifigs: Be sure to buy the 'complete set' figs otherwise you will probably not get the accessories. My boys and I purchased a precision scale for nine dollars from Harbor Freight and set it to grams. We purchased ten Lego minifigures series nine. We measured the ten empty packages for a weight of 19.8333 grams and divided by 10 to get an average wieght of 1.983 grams, or rounded to 2 grams. We then weighed the ten inserts showing the 16 numbered, named and pictured figurines, they weighed 28.8333 grams and divided by 10 to get an average weight of 2.833 grams, or rounded to 3 grams.
We then made a list from 1 to 16 and named each number with its respective figurine and weighed each to get the following and adding the weight of the insert plus the package for a total package weight of: Lego Minifigures Series 9 Number, Figure Name, Figure Weight in grams, Figure + P&I weight for total weight -4 Knight 6.8 11.7 -5 Cesar 5.3 10.2 -6 Cop 5.4 10.3 -9 Cleo 7.0 11.9 -10 Judge 5.9 10.8 -11 Alien 7.3 12.2 -12 Mermaid 7.6 12.5 -13 Spaceman 6.2 11.1 -14 Jekle/Hide 5.4 10.3 -15 She Shield 7.5 12.4 Insert 2.9g Total wt. 28.8333g Package 2.0g Total wt. 19.8333g P&I 4.9 grams (this will be added to each individual figurine weight) Note that the missing weights are the figurines we still lack. We got 3 repeats and their weight varied by less than 0.01 gram. So, what we did next was to go on our hunt and stealthly enter the toy stores, break out the digital scale, zero it out and weigh the package. We made the list from heaviest to lightest and what we are going to do is to purchase just those weights that we do not have.
Following is said list: Number, Figure Name, Weight in grams, Figure + P&I weight for total weight, As we find the new weights I'll try to repost and upgrade the new information. If someone has the figures we don't have and could post just their figure weight, we would greatly appreciate it. Lastly, the insert weights were right on the money and exact to each other, but the packages did vary above and below the average by around 0.15 grams. What would have been more scientifically significanly would have been if we had weighed each bag that came with each unique figure, but we were so much in a hurry to battle that we lost focus. I think the varience in the package bag weight has to do with sloppy manufacturing than stratigic engineering to confuse us. Theoretically, it shoud be possible to tell the minifigures apart by weight, but you would need highly precise scales to do so. i find it rather easy to feel for the minifigures. All you have to do, is identify a uncommon trait that only that minifigure has, and then feel for that.
for example, the conquistador has a breastplate. just feel for something bendy, hollow on 2 sides. its not that hard. Thank you for your interest in this question. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count). Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead? Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged minifigures shopping collectable-minifigures or ask your own question.Earlier this year when the Disney LEGO Minifigures came out we put together a quick helpful guide to help collectors find their favorite characters inside the blind bags. That post was super popular so we thought we’d do it again but this time for the new LEGO Batman Movie minifigure bags! With the movie releasing this weekend we’re sure you’re going to have one or two of these hilarious characters you’re going to want to add to your LEGO lineup.
Disclaimer: These Blind Bag codes may not match yours exactly, bubbles and bumps in the packaging might be confusing and there is a chance they bumps on the bag weren’t properly stamped. We tested these codes at three different stores and had tons of success. With every character we’ll also include our top tip for feeling the character inside the bag! On the bottom of the bag, in the sealed strip, when looked at in just the right light you can make out tiny little dimples or bumps pressed into the bag. These bumps help you decipher which figure is which inside the bag. It can be tricky to make out in photos or video those tiny dots, so what we did was lay a post it note under the bag, mark the center flap and then copied the dot locations in an easier to read format! Check out our unboxing video (its a bit long as we build every one of the 20 figures) where we show off the codes for each bag! Scroll down for a full gallery & feeling tips for each character if you don’t want to watch the video!
Here is a quick reference guide for all 20 LEGO Batman Movie Minifigures! We transcribed the bag code onto a bright and easy to read post it note. We’ll also include a tip for feeling the character in the bag if you want to double down on confirmation. Reminder: These bump codes might not be perfect. Your mileage may vary… so please be cautious when hunting. Make sure you check our tip for identifying the small accessories in each bag. Remember to shake the bag up a bit to get the smaller easier to ID pieces to settle to one corner. The most telling piece when feeling this bag is the dinner plate, its the only pack with a large round bowl / plate like piece! As with any Batman figures, the other easy to ID piece is his helmet with it’s two pointy ear pieces! The only minifigure in this collection to feature a guitar, a very easy piece to ID when you are feeling the bag! As noted above, you can also check that it’s Batman in the bag just by looking for the pointy ear helmet!
This is one of our favorite Batman figures from this series! When hunting for this pack the easiest tell is the smooth pliable fairy wings! You can also feel for the ruffled tutu piece which is thicker textured piece. This pack is going to be one of the thinner lighter ones as there aren’t many pieces to it, just take your time to find and feel the huge club piece to easily ID this bag. This is the only pack with a large doughnut like piece which sticks out very quickly when you start to feel around this bag. The inner tube piece has two pointy parts (duck head & tail) so finding him should be a breeze. Barbara’s combo hat / hair piece is very easy to feel in this bag, it’s essentially a police hat with a large pony tail. She is also only one of two characters to feature the small round lego piece, paired with the single square stud that isn’t a smooth top, Barbara is easy to find! The rather smooth and rounded hair piece for Gordon combined with the walkie talkie one piece brick with the long antenna topped with a ball gives anyone searching for this pack two very easy to ID pieces.
A very simple build with few pieces, keep an eye out for the rough and pointy hair piece which should make finding the Joker pretty easy. Dick is the only character to have the horn / gun topper piece for his Shark Repellent. There are other packs with guns but this piece has the rounded end so it easily stands out when feeling around for the smaller pieces. While there are multiple Bat hero figures in this series, there is only one with a batarang. Batgirl’s hair piece is also pretty large in this bag and the top pony tail hair style isn’t hard to find when feeling the bag. The most obvious tip we can give you with minifigure is the giant dome piece, it’s incredibly easy to feel in the bag. He also has two tiny pistols which settle into the corner of the bags and are easy to feel out. This is one of the easiest bags to ID in my opinion, Eraser has a the small round flat stud, the cylinder head piece and the large flat square piece of paper. Finding this minifigure should be simple!
Harley’s big black and red pigtail hairpiece is a dead giveaway when you grab this bag, plus the large flat “paper” piece! Put those two easy to ID pieces together and you got yourself a Harley! This awesome minifigure has the longest, thickest piece in the entire series with the one piece head, fin & tail. Grabbing this bag it become very obvious that you’ve got Orca just from the length and shark like fine of the piece. If you’re a fish lover, Zodiac is for you! The two sea life pieces are unique to this bag in the series, either the thick fish like club or the star shaped crab, this minifigure stands out pretty fast. The two claws of this Batman variant are small and easy to shake to a corner. Once there you should feel the pokey prongs of the claws. Don’t confuse the textured flippers from the Vacation Batman for these claws. The big square thick utility belt is also a dead giveaway! The only pack with HUGE BUNNY EARS. Theres nothing more to say here.