Author:  WhiteHorseMatt  Posted:  Aug 27, 2023 06:09  Subject:  Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes  Viewed:  63 times  Topic:  New Sets Cancel Reply

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In New Sets, yorbrick writes:       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. I still miss the first two series, where you could memorise the barcode pattern and get what you want.

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Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes - yorbrick (1185)

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

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Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes - yorbrick (1185)

[...] I think I still have the Spartan's barcode encoded in my brain. The same with the bump codes for S3 onwards. (9 months ago, Aug 27, 2023, to New Sets)

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