71010 - Minifigures - Series 14 Monsters

[dcdfan]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=57583016

 

[ravenb99]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=57583016

 

should get some Electros or Brown Ninjas out of that...

[Kevink24]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=57583016

 

My local TRU had them today. The store employee told me that they got them on the truck last night and put on shelf this morning. Other TRU's may be in the same boat, if others are looking in store. (No Electros or Brown Ninja's for me)!

Edited September 5, 2015 by Kevink24

[MinifiguresPlus]

To all of our Brickpicker customers, I hope that I can answer any and all questions and put any concerns to rest here. I will include photos of strip-style boxing for a different series at the bottom of this message. 

1. In our many years of experience, strip-style boxes always receive the exact same 60 minifigures that a display box receives. 

2. For those who are concerned that the box will have a different resale value, that simply has not been true in our experience either. A buyer's primary concern is that the box is factory sealed and contents are guaranteed. With this packaging, both of these concerns are still put to rest. This series has still received the highest demand of any series we have had yet, and we are still keeping our prices raised as we did because we know this packaging will not stall demand.

3. If anyone would like display packaging, we will be ordering that once we sell out of this shipment. However, we purchased enough to last until Halloween, so display boxes will not be sold in our store until Christmas time. I also want to note that our pre-order price will almost certainly not be offered again on this series.

I hope to convey my sincerest apologies for this inconvenience. I know that consistency with the agreement is one of the important elements in a pre-order. However, I hope that I can also answer any questions and concerns here. We could have made the choice to reject the supply and send it back for the correct packaging, but because we know that timeliness is the most important factor in the pre-order, and the value would remain unchanged, the decision was made to accept the goods in the packaging our suppliers were given.

Once again, all contents remain the same. The shipment date estimate remains unchanged. The value is unchanged. And most importantly, this is still the best series to invest in yet.

Please DM or comment and I will do my best to answer any and all questions as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

Jon

[rcdb1984]

i can live with that

[adewar]

That's lame. If I was buying them to resell individually it probably wouldn't matter, as long as they sent three complete sets plus the 12 randoms that each case contains. Mine were going to be left sealed though and sold a few years from now as a case.  I have no idea how they can guarantee the same distribution with these strips. At least they got out in front of the situation by sending the letter and option to cancel, otherwise I'm sure they would have a lot of unhappy buyers wanting a refund when they receive these strips instead of the sealed case they were expecting.

Thanks for posting.  I will likely cancel.  I bought this with gift cards, so I don't know how a refund works in that case.  Very dissapointing.

[Kenxxx]

It will likely credit back to your paypal account at the full purchase price (the case price on the minifigs).  You'll make a "gift card profit" and not have to sell a thing... (oh... but you won't have any monsters to play with at Halloween either).  

[rcdb1984]

save the big ticket ones in there. And if you're a small seller, then make the pennies.

[thoroakenfelder]

The Skeleton Guy is technically the only character here who is wearing a suit according to his short bio and the outfit does look that way as well. Plant Monster seems like someone in a costume although his background reads otherwise as in the process of being digested by the plant only to be spat out later and Tiger Woman can easily go as a full bodysuit with some face paint applied but she is considered to be something of an anthro.

Far as the general public is concerned, they're all costumes.

I would think that the Banshee and Specter would be difficult to write off as costumes.

[jaylay]

Thanks for posting.  I will likely cancel.  I bought this with gift cards, so I don't know how a refund works in that case.  Very dissapointing.

i used GC on a ebay item that i got a refund for .... the GC will still be good as ebay/paypal will refund to the GC ...

[Brickbuilder.g]

I have sealed cases in brown box from older series. Is there a way to know if they are strip or regular display case?

[terrymc4677]

I hit up my two targets this afternoon. Both showed over 100 in stock on the T.I.T. Neither store had them out for sale, which was good because that increases the chance of acquiring a sealed case. One store could not locate them. The other brought out a nice minty fresh sealed case for me. After the red card discount the total came out to about the same as the pre-order. If the case being sealed is important to you then check your T.I.T. and starting pounding some pavement. Being POLITE to the store employees goes a long way in increasing your chance at acquiring a sealed case. It is a little more leg work, but in the long run it's worth it. 

 

I hit hit up a local mom and pop as well to try and get the second case I initially pre-ordered. They took my name and number so we'll see if that pans out. They have come through for me in the past, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed they do once again.

 

For anyone canceling their pre-orders from MFP, just to let you know that my return was flawless. Thank you.

[gregpj]

I have sealed cases in brown box from older series. Is there a way to know if they are strip or regular display case?

Open the brown box.

[Brickbuilder.g]

Open the brown box.

Duh but then if you try to sell it someone will

Complain that it was opened. Lol. I really could care less if they're strips or display box. As long as the assortment is the same and I received both styles both styles previous series and assortment always the same.

[ravenb99]

 

Open the brown box.

smarta#@

[dcdfan]

These are $3.99 each, right...?

[ravenb99]

These are $3.99 each, right...?

yes

[agp548]

Forget sold out. I don't even see these listed on Lego shop at home anymore

[gregpj]

Forget sold out. I don't even see these listed on Lego shop at home anymore

Showing up on mobile under Minifigures still.. Sold out though.

[agp548]

 

Showing up on mobile under Minifigures still.. Sold out though.

oh ok. I'm on iPad maybe that's why. I figured they'd show back up later and it was only temporary. And I kept my mini figures plus order too. Wanted the display box. Sealed or not didn't matter. I like to use the boxes to,store my extra figs. But oh well. No matter. 

[ravenb99]

I like sold out...

[2x4]

Thanks all, the fact that shop at home is already sold out convinced me to head back to target and buy out everything they had. Now I guess I better work on my smooshing technique so I can start listing these baddys.

[rcdb1984]

can we move on from buying and returning and get back on topic?

 

[themoose9]

can we move on from buying and returning and get back on topic?

 

Please. Series 14 kicks a**

[trekgate502]

can we move on from buying and returning and get back on topic?

 

Yippee !