Author:  yorbrick  Posted:  Aug 27, 2023 02:51  Subject:  Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes  Viewed:  72 times  Topic:  New Sets Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card yorbrick (1185) Location:  United Kingdom, England Member Since Contact Type Status Apr 11, 2011 Seller  Store: Yorbricks

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. 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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Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes - ghyde (203)

[...] 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 [...] (9 months ago, Aug 27, 2023, to New Sets)

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Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes - WhiteHorseMatt (1437)

[...] I still miss the first two series, where you could memorise the barcode pattern and get what you want. (9 months ago, Aug 27, 2023, to New Sets)

Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes - ghyde (203)

[...] The packaging machines and the employees running them would have had to know which minifigure would go into each box and sealed carton, so there has to be some kind of [...] (9 months ago, Aug 27, 2023, to New Sets)

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