Series 1 Collectable Mini Figures (Part 1) by LEGO

I first heard about this from my brother who is a LEGO fan. The company followed the ever-popular vinyl toy line where you buy blind boxes and don't know what is inside. There are pictures on the side of the box depicting that characters that you can get and the ratio (how hard to get it). Collectors spend a lot of money with this concept because they are trying to complete the whole set.

Enter LEGO. The company released its series 1 of collectable mini figures. For more info kindly check http://www.brothers-brick.com/2010/01/22/lego-8683-collectable-minifigures-coming-june-2010-news/.

Package Contents:

Each pack contains a figure with an accessory or accessories and a stand and runs for $2.00 a piece. There are currently 16 characters to collect within the 1st series.

Collector’s Perspective:

Once a LEGO fan always a LEGO fan. I would gladly starve myself for a week to be able to buy a whole case and try to complete these cute figures. These may not be worth a lot someday (unlike those high priced vinyl’s) but the fact that they are cute already makes them a collectible in my book. I have several LEGO boxes stashed that I have not yet opened for more than a year now.

According to my brother they are hard to find (sold out in HK and Singapore when we inquired) but he is determined to get them. I myself am determined to complete the whole series. 

Now if you check the link above you will notice that these LEGO figures are packed in a way that you will not know what character you are getting, which would make you want to buy more and put a big hole in your wallet.

Well my brother’s not one of those (sometimes he is) so he did some research and found out that you can distinguish each character by carefully analyzing the bar code on the packaging. In short each character has its own unique bar code and he even printed it out for reference. He had a relative (from the U.S. who did not know about the code) bought 5 packs and he only got 2 characters (3 Ninja and 2 Caveman). 

PhoTOYgrapher’s Perspective:

Being a flickr member (http://www.flickr.com/) for a few years now, I have several colleagues who do LEGO toy shoots and their pictures are amazing. To me its creativity at its best and these people are geniuses.

You can check their flickr streams at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpayne85/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smokebelch/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40195501@N06/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kthai/sets/

I love the fact they are small you can practically take them anywhere. Also with the thousands of LEGO accessories available you can make awesome dioramas. The only thing that is holding you back is your imagination.

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Canon DSLR

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