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?Browse other questions tagged minifigures shopping collectable-minifigures or ask your own question.The blind bags are cool but they can be frustrating finding the figure you want. You may want just one figure from a set. You might want to collect all the figures. or you may want multiples of the same figure for army building. But how can you know what is in the bag? These Blind bags guides can help. The best I’ve found for LEGO is the Touch Guide in the My Mini’s app. The app coats $1.99 so less than a minifig and its well worth it. no only does it tell you what to feel for it shows you what mini’s you might confuse with it.
The app lets you inventory your figures and you can see figures by theme, series or alphabetically. They also have a Star Wars mini-fig app with all the LEGO Star wars mini-figs. My Mini’s app search iTunes for MyMinis or SWMinis. Brickfans guide to minifig distribution per case. Looks like there be 3 or 4 of each figure in each case. Brickfinder’s touch guide for Disney Minifigures. The Brick Blogger Touch Guide The Brick Fan Touch Guide. The BrickBlogger series 13 Pictures and details. The Brick Blogger Touch Guide. Touch Guide the Brick Fan EuroBrick’s Series 13 Review and Distribution breakdown Stepping sideways with bricks review and feel guide. BrickFinder, a Singapore LEGO Fan Group has made an informative touch guide for series 13. EuroBrick’s Series 12 review and distribution breakdown. Touch Guide by The Brick Fan The Brick Blogger Review LEGO Simpsons Bump Codes from Brick and Bloks. LEGO Simpsons minifigs feel guide from The Brick Fan
Euro Bricks has a great review and distribution breakdown for the Simpsons minfigs. The My Mini’s app now has a Simpsons Touch guide. The Brick Blogger’s Simpsons Touch guide The Brick Blogger The LEGO Movie touch guide A touch guide and partial bump codes for series 11. The Brick Blogger Series 11 Touch guide. Another short article on feeling the blind bags. The Brick Blogger has a Touch guide for series 10 LEGO mini figures. Click HERE to read the guide. Here’s a video with bump codes for LEGO Mini-figs series 8. Bump codes can be hard to see so I use the touch guide. The video also shows placement of each figure in a new box so that can be helpful. Don’t want to look for codes or feel bags for parts you can try E-bay. For LEGO mini-figs there is bricklink where many people sell LEGO either by part or in whole sets. You can also find them at Brick conventions or comic conventions. Bricks and Bloks is the best place to find codes.