The Problem with LEGO Collectible Minifigures...

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  • čas přidán 9. 04. 2024
  • LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series 25, as well as some of its box format predecessors have caused some debate about LEGO's marketing strategy... I have a lot to say about this series because it sets a precedent going forward about LEGO CMFs.
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Komentáře • 201

  • @Uzunami29
    @Uzunami29 Před 3 měsíci +172

    lego fans discovering that gambling is unfair

    • @josephmarkese8563
      @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci +10

      Not really.
      The Qr Codes work well.
      The small Codes are a pain but a large bulk of the large codes where avible.

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 Před 2 měsíci +4

      So you admit lego is selling gambling to kids, which is really really illegal (personally I think blind bags should be illegal)

    • @Uzunami29
      @Uzunami29 Před 2 měsíci +8

      @@dannybrezelhorner2715 literally everyone knows they do lol
      Blind bags are just family friendly gambling

    • @itscoreyg8622
      @itscoreyg8622 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@dannybrezelhorner2715there’s arcades that’s gambling are you saying they should be illegal

    • @poolee77
      @poolee77 Před měsícem +2

      @@dannybrezelhorner2715so are cards like Pokémon and sports

  • @Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment
    @Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment Před 3 měsíci +73

    Lego should 100% sell all 12 of them in one box. I’ve bought dozens and dozens before and still not gotta certain minifigs and I’ll have 5 each of 3-4 of them.

    • @cooperv.6083
      @cooperv.6083 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Maybe just smaller sets of minifigs/more of a willingness to do one off silly army builder sets, too. Imagine how well they could do if, instead of a single army builder CMF per wave, they'd do like 'fright knights battlepack'--they could even price them up and make them in the format of those scummy minifigure packs where you pay 15 for 3 guys and boring sidebuilds.

    • @can_not_find_name
      @can_not_find_name Před 3 měsíci +1

      I scanned mine with a matrix code or barcode and got what I wanted

    • @legomurderbears
      @legomurderbears Před 3 měsíci +4

      The only real solution is to sell them individually online, let people buy 20+ or whatever what they want and let them skip over the ones they dont want

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 Před 2 měsíci

      That's a cool idea, but then lego will make less money re-selling the figures on bricklink, the same reason they keep making super rare UCS figures they're double dipping on profits with bricklink they're *scamming* us i'm so disgusted by lego this souless corporation upsets me so much I used to love lego but now with these greedy decisions, bad printing, awful giant 400$+ sets that don't do anything, just sit there, horrible quality control and being way too expensive. They're creating false scarcity to increase their bricklink profits and it's BS lego is exploiting it's fans i'm so done

    • @truecrimejungle
      @truecrimejungle Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@legomurderbears I actually love this, as humans we follow the pack - if they did that it would totally change what people want given there wouldn't be differing values and popularity bias.

  • @Luke_SkywaIker
    @Luke_SkywaIker Před 3 měsíci +24

    I guess I should go to Vegas because I grabbed two random CMF boxes off the shelf and both of them came with Basil 😂

    • @dgray3771
      @dgray3771 Před měsícem

      Scan them and get a dozen. It is just utterly pointless for those that discuss the issue. You can just get the figure you want if you put a fraction of effort into getting an app that helps you.

    • @Luke_SkywaIker
      @Luke_SkywaIker Před měsícem

      @@dgray3771 there was no app when I posted this comment originally :(

  • @AnthonyAvon
    @AnthonyAvon Před 3 měsíci +63

    People hoarding medieval figures so that the rest of us can't find or have to pay ridiculous prices just to have one...

    • @bambostarla6259
      @bambostarla6259 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Yeah scalpers ruining everything for everyone

    • @josephmarkese8563
      @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci +21

      Hoarding or Arming building.
      Lego should put the Goat hearder and Vampire knights in to pick a brick.

    • @gameragurken7635
      @gameragurken7635 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@josephmarkese8563yes please it would be The awesome to buy Them in Pick a brick

    • @black_hand78
      @black_hand78 Před 20 dny +2

      $200 for that new Sauron 😅. Glad I’ve got the money to buy what I want whenever I want.

    • @AnthonyAvon
      @AnthonyAvon Před 20 dny +2

      @black_hand78 Why would anyone spend 200$ on that figure when for an additional 200$ you can get the whole set...

  • @teakat9608
    @teakat9608 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Its frustrating for me because I live in an area that doesn't have a large lego retail store. I have a Kroger and a Walmart close by and neither sell very much. And when I go to try and snag a minifig from one of those boxes, Basil and the Goat Herder are nowhere to be seen. I'm not the only one who's looking for that figure and I'm punished for not having the free time to lurk around when a new box is opened.

  • @zenonx1
    @zenonx1 Před 3 měsíci +7

    For the amount of cmf 25 boxes I bought the fact I didn’t pull any bat lords is insane. I bit the bullet and bought it on eBay

  • @samkerr6029
    @samkerr6029 Před 2 měsíci +5

    My feedback to Lego was for them to sell the figures with full transparancy on their website. If one wanted to buy 50 vampire knights then they could easily do so without having to pay tripple the cost to scalpers.
    I bought about 150 of the series 25 and managed to scan about 90% of them. I'm lucky enough to live in a rather big town which has around 10 toy stores to buy from. The new QR-codes is the only reason I bothered to get into CMF.

  • @sonicguyver7445
    @sonicguyver7445 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I have actually been flourishing in this new landscape. Thanks to the QR codes on the bottom of the boxes and some dedicated fans I have an app that let's me scan that to see what's inside. I have already gotten the minifigs I wanted from the two recent CMF series thanks to that. I was bad at feeling the bags and just couldn't figure out what I was feeling.

  • @mephisto40
    @mephisto40 Před dnem +1

    You can scan the barcodes into an app and it tells you what minifigs are inside what box

  • @taraelizabethdensley9475
    @taraelizabethdensley9475 Před 3 měsíci +2

    All I wanted was the goat, even with the app I couldn't find it. Part of the fun was feeling for the accessories so I could find which I wanted. The boxes took the fun out of it, so I don't collect the figures anymore

  • @BrickChick
    @BrickChick Před 2 měsíci +2

    Well there is an app for that now

  • @OhayoMatt_29
    @OhayoMatt_29 Před 3 měsíci +9

    I just went on Amazon and bought a $25 earwax camera that connects to my phone to peek inside. The hole it leaves behind is tiny and you can squeeze it back to together to make it look like the box wasn’t tampered with. I bought two boxes of 6 and the extras I had I took back to Lego and returned them. I plan on doing the same thing in May with the new space wave of CMF’s

    • @GlowingTrashPanda99
      @GlowingTrashPanda99 Před 3 měsíci +3

      You know they have scannable QR codes that tell you what's inside, right?

    • @OhayoMatt_29
      @OhayoMatt_29 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@GlowingTrashPanda99 I’m aware but the boxes I got had the little QR code that isn’t readable so I had to go camera route lol

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@GlowingTrashPanda99not all of them are scannable in series 25. Only less than half it seems like. There’s a difference between small and big matrix codes.

    • @GlowingTrashPanda99
      @GlowingTrashPanda99 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@BrickFleet I know. I just specifically search out the ones with the scannable codes, even here in Tampa. Another group has put together a pretty reliable system for the small dot matrices too. I'll have to send myself the link to post it.

  • @jacobelmslie3862
    @jacobelmslie3862 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I have had pretty good success just gessing by weight in hand and how many pieces rattle... the train guy and goat are similar but slightly pressing on the box reveals the train. then basil is decently weighted but has a lot of pieces but is slightly muted due to the extra cardboard from the cape. Also there is the QR code which I have not used, and if you can find a fresh box, there is a distinct packing order.... I got a couple extra I do not want, but have found multiples of the ones I do want this way.

  • @MrAndersJuhl
    @MrAndersJuhl Před 3 měsíci +19

    Maybe they are trying to get rid of the hoarders who only buy to resell ✌️

    • @rsledge704
      @rsledge704 Před 3 měsíci

      😂

    • @Maddenhawk
      @Maddenhawk Před 3 měsíci +6

      You do realize Lego owns BrickLink? They profit from resellers...

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@Maddenhawkexactly!! Thank you we need to spread the word that lego bought bricklink amd have been getting worse ever since, notice all the new super expensive exclusive UCS figures that keep coming out? It's because lego wants more money from bricklink sales they know scalpers are gonna exploit people and lego wants a piece of that scalper pie.

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 Před 2 měsíci +1

      You realize this just gave scalpers more profit right?

    • @truecrimejungle
      @truecrimejungle Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@Maddenhawk yeah - but if 1 popular figure is worth 15 and the rest are worth 5, lego profits off 70$ of resale...if all are worth $6, lego profits 72$ off resale...so it's actually a pretty complicated game they are playing and that's why they continuously change up how they do things like exclusives, etc..

  • @AAa-kq6ro
    @AAa-kq6ro Před hodinou

    my biggest problem is there are so many knighta that could be on pick a brick, but because they are cmfs, we will never see some of these factions brought back.

  • @danielbillingsley8073

    I didnt know about the QR codd trick until last week.
    But now the Spsce/Series 26 series has been out for a while and nobody was buying them in my local supermarket, I decided to scan the ones left over and found 10 out of 12.
    Probably looked like a weirdo, but with a 100% success rate why not take the time to be thorough?

  • @javierjio3795
    @javierjio3795 Před měsícem +2

    5:17 where did u manage to find the values of each minifig from?

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před měsícem +2

      I made that chart. I aggregated it from bricklink.com

    • @javierjio3795
      @javierjio3795 Před měsícem

      @@BrickFleet woah that's cool thks

  • @sennanmacleod752
    @sennanmacleod752 Před 3 měsíci +3

    i mean, the whole point of these was always that they were blind bags right? and the only downside of the new boxes that i can see is that everyone can have a chance at getting any of the figures? instead of having one guy that just comes and takes all the bags with the figure that everyone wants.

    • @MidnightAtom777
      @MidnightAtom777 Před 2 měsíci

      Finally someone with some sense

    • @black_hand78
      @black_hand78 Před 20 dny

      I’m a collector, easily have $10K+ in legos, and I agree.

  • @missingpanda7757
    @missingpanda7757 Před 10 hodinami

    You can scan the boxes since about 5/6 months so the unfair part is that kids have less chance of getting their favorite figure because it is sold out

  • @MutantProductions
    @MutantProductions Před 3 měsíci +1

    What about the special QR codes which make it possible to choose exactly the dirigée you want/need?
    It also seems those codes will also appear in the forthcoming space series too.

  • @Spaggetabout_It
    @Spaggetabout_It Před 3 měsíci +2

    To play devil's advocate for a minute, If they keep up with putting the Qr codes on the boxes I'll be happy, it's a lot easier to scan a box (assuming you have a phone to do so) than fidget around a bunch of bags feeling for one part, I know they don't put the big Qr codes on every box but in my experience it's not usually too hard to find the one's that are scalable, and I don't think lego are intentionally making "higher quality" figs for a malicious purpose, they just want to have a diverse selection of characters to appeal to the most people, naturally this does also encourage the uninformed buyer to buy as many as is required to get the one they want which I don't approve of, but anyone that invested in collecting a specific character will likely turn to the internet and discover the Qr codes, I think characters like Basil and the Goat herder weren't made with the intent to persuade afol's to buy a bunch of figs they don't want, I think that's just how mystery packages are inherently designed, it was the same back when they were in bags, it's just now we're scanning instead of feeling, and I wouldn't even say the desirable fig are better than the others it's just that they have connections outside themselves that make people want them, basil as the fright knights leader and the goat herder for the long awaited goat reissue, my only complaint would be that they don't have the big codes on every box and doing a price hike at the same time as such a controversial change probably wasn't the smartest move on their end

  • @Frontier_Films
    @Frontier_Films Před 3 měsíci +1

    You know, back when the vidiyo figures were being released, it seemed impossible in my area at least, to find a box that WASNT tampered with. Even then it was bad, and I still see broken boxes with the newer figures as well. And I still haven’t found a goat herder yet because all the boxes I’ve found have had the non-scannable QR on the bottom

    • @deckie_
      @deckie_ Před 3 měsíci +1

      I've been to several stores in my rough vacinity and scanned every single box there
      I have only found one Barbarian, no vampire knights and no goat herders

    • @flavioteron799
      @flavioteron799 Před 3 měsíci

      @@deckie_scum

  • @fritz404
    @fritz404 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I just purchase the already open ones at a small mark-up from my local toy store. It's just ridiculous buying these for the current price when you can't even do basic things such as feeling. And that QR code box trick doesn't work in my country either.

  • @BlueDragonBricks
    @BlueDragonBricks Před 3 měsíci +11

    It's obvious that Basil the favorite. But people opening boxes before they buy them is just plain wrong. There is no excuse for people acting like 2-year-olds. Lego fans must realize it was always meant to be a mystery box. If you don't like it, go on the aftermarket, weigh them, or don't buy them. It's not optimal, but oh well. I do agree with most of what you said, and I do believe that Basil should have come in a set not as a CMF, but Womp Womp I guess.

    • @nathanstarnz5468
      @nathanstarnz5468 Před 3 měsíci +3

      if there wasnt a bunch of fully grown adults feeling out the best minifigs and buying them all to resell then we wouldnt have boxes. personally i prefer the boxes. gives me a chance to get something decent and much more exciting in general opening it up for a surprise rather than knowing before you even buy it. you were never meant to know before purchasing in the first place.

  • @black_hand78
    @black_hand78 Před 20 dny

    They did this for a couple reasons. 1: to get more customers to buy more products and 2: to stop people from searching for certain figures and then reselling them for more money online. For example when they created the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts CMF line, they only put 1 Percival Greaves into an entire box of CMFs. They did this on purpose to drive up collector value because collectors are who make Lego the most $. However in doing this they cause consumers to feel the bags and search for specific characters, which in turn means that either only those characters get bought and the others go on discount eventually or people buy entire boxes of CMFs in order to find that one character. This means that a lot of people are missing out unless they buy from collectors and Lego is trying to be more consumer friendly by using boxes instead of bags, which negates the collectors ability to feel for a specific character. I’m a collector and idc that they’re making the switch, in fact I welcome it, plastic is bad.

  • @icethepolarbear
    @icethepolarbear Před 13 dny

    Hopefully this problem now is solved with the QRcodes in series 26, I hope LEGO will keep making them readable going forward.

  • @amostroe6056
    @amostroe6056 Před 3 měsíci +4

    A very simple way of telling what’s inside is to get the app that lets you scan the code at the bottom of the boxes, telling you what’s inside. It works really well for me, i don’t know if it’s not up for download in some countries (i live in Europe).

  • @JBro79
    @JBro79 Před 3 měsíci +9

    there's an app. You just scan the bottom of the box and it tells you which figure is inside. It's been a 100% correct so far. There was the first variation with the smaller code, but they moved to the bigger one which is scannable.

  • @thedragonsden2004
    @thedragonsden2004 Před 2 měsíci

    I’m pretty sure there is some sorta film that makes it so you can only see the silhouette of an object, perhaps they could incorporate that into the boxes

  • @zevfeitelson
    @zevfeitelson Před měsícem

    you can scan the qr code?

  • @Imperialofficer07
    @Imperialofficer07 Před měsícem

    A friend of mine bought one of these (sealed mind you) and somehow got a Friends mini-doll that wasn't in the series. So there's that to be worried about.

  • @Elbricks
    @Elbricks Před měsícem

    you can hust scan the qr-code though?

  • @christopherr.2180
    @christopherr.2180 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Basil leaves! *Kicking basil* That was a good one :-)

  • @user-th8px6np1v
    @user-th8px6np1v Před 3 měsíci

    I went to Barnes and noble back when the marvel CMFs came out. There were all sorts of people using mini scales. Everyone looked at me weird when I just grabbed one. I got Wolverine. Really good mini fig.

  • @mustachetwirler7617
    @mustachetwirler7617 Před 2 měsíci

    Good thing I only wanted the Lego Fitness Instructor and I managed to get that one on my first purchase.

  • @harryberning3621
    @harryberning3621 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I think its a good thing that it went to boxes. Now everyone with a smart phone can find out what is inside rather then having to spend ages feeling what is inside. I think its a lot fairer this way

    • @TerryGXD
      @TerryGXD Před 3 měsíci +3

      L take

    • @neilworroll9278
      @neilworroll9278 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Not true. Here in Australia you can not scan the QR code with your phone as our stock has the small codes which are not readable.
      Maybe if the next drop has the larger QR codes we can successfully identify the figures we want.

    • @GlowingTrashPanda99
      @GlowingTrashPanda99 Před 3 měsíci

      @@neilworroll9278 The next drop will supposedly all have the larger codes.

    • @alastairolson3226
      @alastairolson3226 Před 6 dny

      @@TerryGXD no w take

  • @jamesconnally8250
    @jamesconnally8250 Před 12 dny

    The boxes level the playing field and give more people the opportunity to get the better figures. For the muppets wave, I bought five figures and they were all the same lessor character

  • @Timewarpiaman
    @Timewarpiaman Před měsícem +1

    There's an obvious answer people are not seeing here, just trade them with other LEGO fans. If you do that LEGO loses and everyone ends up with the figures they want.

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 Před 5 hodinami +1

      I'm pretty sure that was always the point! Inevitably some figures still end up in demand but you can swap two or more figures with somebody who has a spare rare or desirable figure.
      That's how we did it with pokemon cards, Yu-Gi-Oh and all kinds of trading cards throughout the ages.

  • @IoannesOculus
    @IoannesOculus Před 2 měsíci

    You can use the app to scan. Yet, you haven't thought about people who werr unable to feel the content of the bag. Lego could simply sell the minifigures openly so that you know what you're buying. That would be the best. I find no fun in neither the bag nor the box.

  • @BasementDweller_
    @BasementDweller_ Před dnem

    Never has been fair.

  • @mcoy217
    @mcoy217 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I wish they went back to the original bags. I bought 2 Marvel CMFs and I got an Echo and another Echo. (I already had an Echo).

  • @jeanseymatt8595
    @jeanseymatt8595 Před 3 měsíci

    Got the Goat & Man, and Basil on first three boxes lol. 😂 It's been 10 years since i touched a series, and tada! The best consumer restraint for some is just 6 or less, and not the whole deck. Heck, i just get 3, and will do for the next one. There's also a digit code to abuse below the boxes to identify each pack individually.

  • @todddavis2041
    @todddavis2041 Před 3 měsíci

    I bough half of a case of series 25. I got 3x Train costume fan, Harpie, E sports Champion and Goatherd. 2x Vampire Knight & Noir Classic Detective, follwed by 1 Weighlifter and Feirce Warrior. Happy to get 3 Goatherds.

  • @Cookie_productions4
    @Cookie_productions4 Před 2 měsíci

    All I want is a medieval themed cmf

  • @daytonfryhling
    @daytonfryhling Před 3 měsíci

    I ordered two 6 packs while Target had a sale and got all 12 of them.

  • @velocitypromo3177
    @velocitypromo3177 Před 2 měsíci

    Adding lesser interesting mf’s to the lineup might be a cost thing too. Some mf’s cost more to make, so they might offset it by making cheaper ones. Series 36 imo doesn’t have any that suck. But some are much cooler than others

  • @darkknightforU
    @darkknightforU Před 3 měsíci

    Me and colleague using the qr code to get our army, my colleague already have 20 of the vampire hunter, goat hearder and the barbarian, me I'm about 7 vampire hunter, 4 goat hearder and 4 barbarian with a little help from my colleague.

  • @thecopperowl8386
    @thecopperowl8386 Před 2 měsíci

    Glad I got my 1 goat and Basil. But I am buying all the Beetlezoids in my town.

  • @polarboy5862
    @polarboy5862 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I think you are over thinking it, Lego don't care about after market prices or damage or shoplifting. Once the store has paid and they are in the shipping container lego's job is done. Blind bags are a shitty business practice but thats been the case since day one. From what I found most figures are worth a stupid amount once they are a couple of series old anyway.

    • @black_hand78
      @black_hand78 Před 20 dny

      If they don’t care then why did they buy out BrickLink? They get a percentage of the sales, so I most definitely think they care. Also if they didn’t care, they wouldn’t purposefully inflate the collectors market by only making so many of a certain character, ex: Percival Graves in the HP and Fantastic Beasts CMF line.

  • @MNeuenswander
    @MNeuenswander Před 2 měsíci

    Talking about how hard it is to get certain figures due to the move to boxes while displaying an outsized number of goat herders and basil figs.

  • @danielware4991
    @danielware4991 Před 3 měsíci

    Perhaps LEGO could put a QR code on the outside packaging, which will reveal the silhouette of a component inside. That would keep people from breaking open the boxes or weighing them to determine which minifigure is inside. However, I doubt they would do this.

    • @darkknightforU
      @darkknightforU Před 3 měsíci

      There's already a qr code on the box that people use to get the ones they want, that's how I gets mine to my collection

  • @gregmcfadden8505
    @gregmcfadden8505 Před 2 měsíci

    I can tell my story to collect the entire 25th set ..my first as im mainly a total lego noob ...well last time was childhood
    ITS DIRTY TACTICS. so i played dirty to ..BUT ..main thing is basically the way to ensure a complete set quickly is to buy a entire case an do whatever with the rest .
    I founnd these late but a full case CVS ..at marked up $7 each.....yeah but these are gone everywhere...so i can deal with the markup .....first ...wont lie hid them in store to go back day after day to RETURN DUPLICATES...an get a few more .
    Honestly i took them home cut them open insanely precise l,,,
    ooked in ...
    TOOK NOTHING out ..
    an reglued them an brought them back did it like 6 times .
    I told them i was scanning QR codes which is possible but not for me a the time .
    So lego your telling me...
    So when im at 11 figures an need 1 MORE.....i have to just buy 8,9,10 more duplicates till you get that last one at a 2 dollar markup ..oh no .
    I returned complete items ..basically all i needed was too LOOK ...thats why people say the bags were fun ...i missed the entire bag era ...so i never experienced it once ......oh an i did end up keeping a few of the cooler duplicates wont lie ....who dosent want two evil knigts an a extra goat ....so yeah look at what i had to spend .an go through
    ..for 12 figures .

  • @tetsi0815
    @tetsi0815 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Every type of loot box is unethical. Either you're telling me exactly what I'm buying or you have to declare it as a "lottery" of "gambling". And those boxes are clearly the latter.

  • @TerryGXD
    @TerryGXD Před 3 měsíci +1

    keep opening boxes in store

  • @4LokoCisco
    @4LokoCisco Před 6 dny

    There’s an app scanner now

  • @Hoosierdaddyjones812
    @Hoosierdaddyjones812 Před 3 měsíci

    I've been lucky this series, walmart by me just put out a new case of mf 2 days ago. I bought 19 and have 3 goats and 3 bat loards, and I only need the amputee guy for all. The whole case is on a discount, paid 3.75 after tax per mini fig

  • @LegitBabySnuts
    @LegitBabySnuts Před 3 měsíci +1

    Can you ship me 20 Lego goats?

  • @dylanwhite3383
    @dylanwhite3383 Před 3 měsíci

    Personally i haven't been able to get the total of 15 for the vampire knight yet i only have 7 of them so far

  • @dale444ify
    @dale444ify Před 2 měsíci

    Who cares a box is a box the random is what makes it fun

  • @slowazzd2165
    @slowazzd2165 Před 24 dny

    Just use a damn scanner 😂

  • @TheZohansolo
    @TheZohansolo Před 3 měsíci

    They should lable what it is or sell in a set of about 5 minifigures or sell the complete colecrion in 1 box

    • @GlowingTrashPanda99
      @GlowingTrashPanda99 Před 3 měsíci

      They literally have a QR code on the bottom that can be read by free apps.

  • @mbphilipblack8993
    @mbphilipblack8993 Před 7 hodinami

    Before as you could feel the bags/had feel guides i think it was fair as you could feel around for what you wanted now with the box style it definitely has taken that aspect away and has now promoted people breaking the boxes out of pure frustration or just to steal/create carnage possible in an attempt to force LEGO to go back.
    I've kinda of always been against CMFs anyway as of how random they are the likelihood you'd het duplicates and i can't get behind the price increase they used to he £2 now £5 just seems crazy and i don't like/hate buying LEGO solely for Mini Figures.
    I just brought the Storm, Beast and Wolverine through Amazon/ebay paying a bit more for the guaranteed fig i wanted it is crummy but I'm not risking it.

  • @MK00040
    @MK00040 Před 3 měsíci +9

    I've never heard anyone moan about Pokemon packs being blindbags, most times you get trash, sometimes you get a nice card. Buying these things is a gamble, that's the whole idea, live with it.

    • @barton3591
      @barton3591 Před 3 měsíci

      Pokemon cards and Lego mini figures are very different things. If you think otherwise then you’re dumb

    • @josephmarkese8563
      @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci +3

      No one has cared about Pokémon cards for years. Sure it has there fans.. but yeah

    • @cooperv.6083
      @cooperv.6083 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Just because a practice is common doesn't mean it's right

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Doesn’t mean that it isn’t wrong and that consumers have a right to know exactly what they are purchasing.

  • @rhuman8672
    @rhuman8672 Před 2 měsíci

    The solution to this is to give people the choice to buy the minifigure they want instead of blind bags. How many figures are sat in a draw unwanted . Not really eco friendly.

  • @kitty_cat3546
    @kitty_cat3546 Před 3 měsíci

    just bought 5 boxes, of course trying to get basil and the goat man. i got 3 fitness lady’s, one mushroom girl (the only one I already had) and the kid with the train.
    I used to go to stores with my mom and feel for the figures i wanted, which like you said in the video was most of the fun about them, but i just spend €20 and feel kind of scammed. please Lego go back to blind bags, not these corporate greed boxes:(

  • @BrickByBrickYT
    @BrickByBrickYT Před 3 měsíci +1

    Nice Hyperboil.

  • @josephmarkese8563
    @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci

    Boy.. Welcome to Pokémon / Yu gi oh / Magic

  • @nathanstarnz5468
    @nathanstarnz5468 Před 3 měsíci +2

    i like the blind boxes, takes me back to being a kid, no idea whats inside, i just buy one every now and then and see what i get. so much more exciting to open when you dont already know whats inside. i always thought feeling the bags defeated the whole purpose. Theyre collectibles they shouldnt be so easy to collect them all or have people hogging all the good ones by simply feeling them out. now i actually feel like i have a chance at getting a good minifig from them because people cant just go feel them out and take all the best ones the day they drop.

  • @aidanbblp4308
    @aidanbblp4308 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The main thing I don't get is why you act like they were lying about this being an environmental decision? Lego has been trying to be more eco-friendly before even Vidyo. I agree it's anti-consumer, but both can be true at the same time. I wouldn't even be surprised if it was a little bit of both, but I feel completely denying the environmental aspect feels unfair.
    Anyways, I agree with the conclusion of making better CMFs beings solution, altho I guess it's up to the buyer what they'd consider "invaluable" in a CMF. Another way to curb the issue is to do what other companies have done and mark them with special codes, because they're pretty easy to ignore if you're looking to have the blind box experience.

    • @black_hand78
      @black_hand78 Před 20 dny

      I argue it’s pro consumer because now scrapers and collectors, im a collector, can’t just feel for a specific character then buy them all up. It gives everyone a more fair chance.

  • @darkovinster2754
    @darkovinster2754 Před 3 měsíci

    Cardboard box? Yes, this is more eco friendly! But it would be way more simple to sell them with a printed picture of the minifigures you are buying. So everyone pay for what they want and less plastic is wasted on minifigures you don’t want! That would be more ecological! If some minifigures cost more to produce… well charge accordingly! I don’t see why Lego use this gambling path to sell just some minifigures! People want more vampires… just make more of them instead and sell them! Love Lego, but i never understood why they do this.

  • @astralshore
    @astralshore Před 3 měsíci

    Pure nonsense. It’s not like prices didn’t vary wildly from CMS1 onward. Unless each minifig in a series is identical, there will always be price differences in the secondary market based on supply and demand.

  • @brickstarsofficial
    @brickstarsofficial Před 3 měsíci

    Can I buy one of your fright knights? :D good video though, agreed!

  • @dgray3771
    @dgray3771 Před měsícem

    The whole discussion is moot, and people simply skip over facts.
    First off most people do not have that great a "feel" when it comes to the bags. And sometimes people would be unable to tell what is inside. And for those that love the gamble game they would not be phased by the idea of risking a duplicate. As for the foil bag, yes it is worse for the environment than carton boxes.
    The boxes, well it is easy. You either do not weigh or scan to get the figures and you still experience the randomness of having a figure you do not know which you get. As for the material it is better for the environment. Do you really want to know what is inside before opening? Scan it. That way you never ever run into a duplicate.
    The only people that are affected by the change in packaging are people that loved to try and feel the figure. This is but a fraction of the people that bought these. And they just got to deal with the fact they can no longer feel the content. But if their thrill was guessing what's inside or make sure what is inside both options are there, but changed method.
    Now who gets upset the most here? And again and again and again it is the same people....scalpers. Those that buy empty shelves of CMFs or rare figures from boxes and resell them for insane prices. 100 bucks for a figure or brick animal is insane. Lego knows this and combats it. They are done with the practice. Because newsflash, they don't want these people in the fanbase. The toy, Lego is for enjoyment, play. Not as a business opportunity for scalpers. Try getting a bear knight or the Raven knight online. It goes for insane prices. And guess what, a lot of them come from the same sellers. Who bought empty shelves of figures.
    Now with the code. Well the figures are not that worth while anymore since anyone can simply scan a box and get a basil if he wants.

  • @harrydresden6258
    @harrydresden6258 Před 3 měsíci

    I got 4 goat men and 2 basils.... And 4 barbarians. I bought 20 boxes.

  • @smokingtomato
    @smokingtomato Před 2 měsíci

    Seems more like a con because you can build 3 Minifigures for $9.99 in the Lego store and get what you want. But we buy these boxes for $4.99 and almost never get what we want.

  • @josephmarkese8563
    @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Dood.. just use the QR Code and reader.

  • @darthjump
    @darthjump Před 3 měsíci +2

    The transition to cardboard is simply for waste reduction and eco friendly reasons. Also you were never supposed to feel for a certain minifigure, you are supposed to have the same chance as any other customer. Here in Germany the CMFs would usually be placed near the counter so nobody will scan or feel for a specific figure. If you ask me, i understand the nostalgia but i think the new system is better, if carried out correctly.

  • @foxy8-103
    @foxy8-103 Před 2 měsíci

    Do you actually think I wanted two skater guys no I wanted my brown spaceman it took me a while now series 26 all I want is ice planet and m tron

  • @Qoonutz
    @Qoonutz Před 3 měsíci

    Sell CMF as a set. All 12 in one box. Done.

  • @aidan_548
    @aidan_548 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Personally, I've had a problem with cmfs for a while pre box era. But you make a great argument for why the community is pissed about this decision. I also applaud you for pointing out the real reason behind the decision as well. Hopefully Lego will see the large outcry over this and change this sometime soon.

  • @zethrenbeltran4071
    @zethrenbeltran4071 Před 3 měsíci

    Every time castle related cmfs are the ones w highest demand, and lego simply doesnt want to do anything about this. No $10 $20 $30 castle set.

  • @fikrimuhammad576
    @fikrimuhammad576 Před 3 měsíci

    But better box can do hunt for treasure

  • @Beamofmoonlight42
    @Beamofmoonlight42 Před 3 měsíci

    me: can i get a goat
    lego: no, get three dino guy.
    -_-

  • @matthewmorton7386
    @matthewmorton7386 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My local Walmarts have put all Lego behind lock and key. It’s tragic.

  • @azraelvrykolakas157
    @azraelvrykolakas157 Před 3 měsíci

    I don't even think the vampire is in the top half for me. But the goat obviously kicks ass

  • @user-fp7mg1fl1n
    @user-fp7mg1fl1n Před 15 dny +3

    Cardboard boxes are more quiet to rip open in store than the old bag model! Thanks Lego! Now I can collect for free!

  • @micahromero2609
    @micahromero2609 Před 2 měsíci

    You shouldn't buy the product to hope in reselling it, these are originally kids toys btw

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před 2 měsíci

      Oh I don't resell these to be clear, I just keep them in my personal collection. All of these dupes are personal. But what I meant by that is they all should be cheap and equal value so that they can be easily traded amongst kids/adults/etc.

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 Před 6 hodinami

      The markup on collectable Minifigures in my country means i can buy them from resellers on ebay cheaper than i can get them in stores.
      At the end of the day people who want things have to get them from somewhere, stores won't stock them forever.
      I think you'd have to be crazy to try to collect all the Minifigures, even just the ones from these collectable series, but you might discover that you missed one that you really like and if you're lucky some "scalper" (retailer) will have one in their collection they're willing to sell.

  • @wappa2
    @wappa2 Před měsícem

    Scanning is easy. You can be either very dumb or very lazy to avoid it. And blind bags is GAMBLING, deceiving children from their goal, which, in its basic form, is illegal in many, many countries. Don't be that person.

  • @rio1408
    @rio1408 Před 3 měsíci

    do you live in oregon by chance?

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před 3 měsíci

      Tampa, FL. Why do you ask?

    • @rio1408
      @rio1408 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BrickFleet Oh okay I saw the video from your Walmart and it looked EXACTLY like the walmart near me that tends to have a lot of cmfs. Last time I went in with a scale and got like 5 goats and batlords and I was wondering if you had gone and cleared it out before I went there today haha

    • @rio1408
      @rio1408 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BrickFleet Good video though I think you have some really good points

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před 3 měsíci

      @@rio1408 For some reason, every other Walmart and Target near me didn't carry CMFs or maybe they were sniped by someone... But yeah I think this walmart was a neighborhood Market store or something which is way smaller than the super big ones. It's funny that I got higher odds at that store than the super centers.

    • @rio1408
      @rio1408 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BrickFleet Yeah I noticed that too, the neighborhood market had 3 cases the others were out of stock

  • @josephmarkese8563
    @josephmarkese8563 Před 3 měsíci

    Yes.. I get a set of 12. Then there are figures i get more of, and I have to hunt for them.

  • @user-rr9dr5nq6u
    @user-rr9dr5nq6u Před 3 měsíci

    Got OK at feeling blind bags. Maybe 85% success rate. Got very good at weights. 95%. Gonna get the app for 100% When Lego changes Lego consumers have to change. Why are polybags still in plastic?🤠

  • @daredevil6089
    @daredevil6089 Před 6 dny

    Why is the goat guy so sawed after?

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 Před 6 hodinami

      Sought* LEGO hasn't made goats in an official set for a very long time. Because it's been in so few past sets the goat is considered rare.

  • @ThatLegoGamer
    @ThatLegoGamer Před 3 měsíci +1

    pretty sure they are gonna make qr codes on the back so u can see what figure ur getting

  • @lilging2384
    @lilging2384 Před měsícem

    lol minifig scan just made this whole vid not matter sorry

    • @BrickFleet
      @BrickFleet  Před měsícem

      During the release of this video and other onto a month after it was true that only 1/3rd of the entire stock was scannable. Unfortunately I can’t graft videos live to update information.

  • @yotoeben
    @yotoeben Před 3 měsíci +6

    If they really only made this changed for their climate impact, they would have used paper bags. It is without a doubt to make it harder to find the figure you want

  • @MrBattlestorm
    @MrBattlestorm Před 7 dny

    Agreed this is a problem. We need to find a solution.

    • @rafaelrivera7594
      @rafaelrivera7594 Před 18 hodinami

      There already is. Theres an official app scanner

    • @MrBattlestorm
      @MrBattlestorm Před 24 minutami

      @@rafaelrivera7594 This app is a official "Lego" app scanner?

  • @guyincognito4182
    @guyincognito4182 Před 11 dny

    I feel mainly insulted. Telling me it is about enviroment to use coated paper even worse than plastic bags - somtimes even with plastic bags inside - shows how stupid they think consumers are. It is also severly unmoral to aim this type of gambling to children. The cherry on top is the way lego tries to include disabilities now... The boring dog groomer is the best. At least she comes with a dog. The runner without legs or the wheelchair racer are pretty much the most boring CMFs ever produced... Getting them is not much better than getting an empty box with a middle finger drawn inside. What message does this send to kids? It isn´t as if it had to be that way. Lego made an incredibly cute wooden wheelchair design for their "how to be a knight"-book with a kid in knight costume sitting in it. They could just make this figure and it would be one of the most desired ones in a series. At least they could give a character like the runner a really, really cool shirt and hair style showing he is a heavy metal fan or something like that... that would not only make him a better CMF but also give him a personality that has nothing to do with his legs.

  • @PaleozoicBricks
    @PaleozoicBricks Před 3 měsíci +3

    Lego is just like every other company. Greedy and money hungry. Sad when i genuinely belive pbandai is less scummy

  • @rsledge704
    @rsledge704 Před 3 měsíci

    I think its funny......😂

  • @_Pikalika_
    @_Pikalika_ Před 2 měsíci

    went to 5 mullers 2 lego stores and 2 smiths in Vienna trying to find the vampire lord with no success. fed up i just paid 7euro for him on bricklink