71014 - Minifigures - DFB German Football Team

[The Leveller]

4 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Finally opening my 32 German minifigures, I won't lie, it's bloody tense here. I'm a quarter of the way in and I have 6 of the 16 so far, with 2 spares, both feckin 23, Max Kruse.

I feel like Charlie Bucket looking for the golden ticket. Right back to it, 24 to go.

I had 92 figs and got only one complete serie. I wish you luck sir!

[Sprocket77]

Just now, Frankster said:

I had 92 figs and got only one complete serie. I wish you luck sir!

You could have waited to post that until after I'd finished, sheesh, way to take the wind out of a fella's sails 

[Sprocket77]

10 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Finally opening my 32 German minifigures, I won't lie, it's bloody tense here. I'm a quarter of the way in and I have 6 of the 16 so far, with 2 spares, both feckin 23, Max Kruse.

I feel like Charlie Bucket looking for the golden ticket. Right back to it, 24 to go.

Right, half way through and already starting to feel deflated, only 8 unique figures and already have 3 of each of Schurrle, Hummels and Kruse.

Dammit to hell 

[Sprocket77]

Well that was a rollercoaster, I'm all worn out, started out of the gates well, 8 of the first 11 were unique and I only had 2 Max Kruse and an Andre Schurrle spare to darken my mood. Was confident at this stage, despite Mr Gloom @Frankster and his only one full set out of 92 figures. Don't play the lotto dude, you'll lose.

Started to struggle from here though, the next 8 were spares, dammit, it was going to be a up hill climb from here on in to get the set. Suddenly 4 out of 5 unique,  including Joachim Low, only four to go now. A couple more spares followed before two Manuel Neuer in a row, great I have both goalie and coach and even have a Neuer Spare, not looking to shabby. 

So three to go and I still need three, not looking good, but 2 out of those 3 were missing players, so final tally was 15 unique players/coach and only Toni Kroos missing, not a bad tally from where I was with only 8 from the first 19 bags.

I need to go and lie down now though, that was way too much excitement for one day. 

After re-reading what I've posted, I just realised I use a lot of sporting analogies. Well it was a real game of two halves and a real team effort and I'd like to thank God for this performance of opening bags.

[Will 4]

1 hour ago, Sprocket77 said:

Finally opening my 32 German minifigures, I won't lie, it's bloody tense here. I'm a quarter of the way in and I have 6 of the 16 so far, with 2 spares, both feckin 23, Max Kruse.

I feel like Charlie Bucket looking for the golden ticket. Right back to it, 24 to go.

TBF he is a good seller on Ebay despite the scandal http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3502921/Max-Kruse-thrown-Germany-squad-Joachim-Low-losing-60-000-night-need-players-focussed.html

[Bold-Arrow]

Löw shouldn't be talking . Refer to the Euro thread . 

[Sprocket77]

And already I've found someone who lives down the road from me who will swap a Toni Kroos for one of my Boatengs. Full set sorted.

 

[Quacs]

2 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

Well that was a rollercoaster, I'm all worn out, started out of the gates well, 8 of the first 11 were unique and I only had 2 Max Kruse and an Andre Schurrle spare to darken my mood. Was confident at this stage, despite Mr Gloom @Frankster and his only one full set out of 92 figures. Don't play the lotto dude, you'll lose.

Started to struggle from here though, the next 8 were spares, dammit, it was going to be a up hill climb from here on in to get the set. Suddenly 4 out of 5 unique,  including Joachim Low, only four to go now. A couple more spares followed before two Manuel Neuer in a row, great I have both goalie and coach and even have a Neuer Spare, not looking to shabby. 

So three to go and I still need three, not looking good, but 2 out of those 3 were missing players, so final tally was 15 unique players/coach and only Toni Kroos missing, not a bad tally from where I was with only 8 from the first 19 bags.

I need to go and lie down now though, that was way too much excitement for one day. 

After re-reading what I've posted, I just realised I use a lot of sporting analogies. Well it was a real game of two halves and a real team effort and I'd like to thank God for this performance of opening bags.

I had to towel off after reading your missive.

[Brian Briggs]

4 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

And already I've found someone who lives down the road from me who will swap a Toni Kroos for one of my Boatengs. Full set sorted.

That sounds great. I got 44 packs of 71014 and only opened 13 unique minifigures: no Löw, no Schweinsteiger, no Müller.

[Sprocket77]

8 minutes ago, Brian Briggs said:

That sounds great. I got 44 packs of 71014 and only opened 13 unique minifigures: no Löw, no Schweinsteiger, no Müller.

Sounds like I got really lucky so, I was pretty happy when Low's legs came out of the pack 

13 out of 44 sucks though, I would have thought law of averages would have been a bit kinder on you.

[Brian Briggs]

1 hour ago, Sprocket77 said:

Sounds like I got really lucky so, I was pretty happy when Low's legs came out of the pack 

13 out of 44 sucks though, I would have thought law of averages would have been a bit kinder on you.

That's what happens when you don't bring your sorting basket.

Lesson learned, I guess.

[jaisonline]

My kids built these soccer CMFs today. Pretty darn good CMFs. They look great. I hope Lego issues new countries / teams.

[ichiroll]

at these prices, isn't it better to sell the sealed box than to open them and possibly get a whole "set"?

Edited June 15, 2016 by ichiroll

[makr]

7 hours ago, ichiroll said:

at these prices, isn't it better to sell the sealed box than to open them and possibly get a whole "set"?

Probably, if you got them in a sealed box.

[Mos_Eisley]

On June 14, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

Löw shouldn't be talking . Refer to the Euro thread . 

Don't let him touch any of your minifigs or you'll have to make a note in the listing. 

[Bobofischer]

My little soccer team  

[TLKC]

nice

[Locutus001]

4 hours ago, Bobofischer said:

My little soccer team  

you're not trading r u? ^^

 

brauch noch hummels und schweini ;-) (evtl. nen löw)

[TLKC]

there's a thread for trading

es gibt nen thread fürs tauschen.

[GregP]

What do people think about the potential in a full set of these? Likely to go up in demand/price or better to move on now?

[glucapg]

Italian Football Team is arriving... Brexit is nothing compared to us!

[mauro23]

It has increased on German ebay from 300 to 320 Euro in average during last two weeks - the offers went back from 180 to 80 at the moment. I can assume that it will go up to 400 - how fast it all depends on the game against Italy... :-)

[Nawoo]

Looks like Germany's Euros may end this weekend. I can't see them beating them Conte's Italy. Conte is just too brilliant a tactician. Germany don't even have a proper striker and have been struggling all tournament. 

Hope the set's value doesn't depreciate if they lose. 

[Bold-Arrow]

11 minutes ago, Nawoo said:

Looks like Germany's Euros may end this weekend. I can't see them beating them Conte's Italy. Conte is just too brilliant a tactician. Germany don't even have a proper striker and have been struggling all tournament. 

Hope the set's value doesn't depreciate if they lose. 

The Germans are favorite to win the game especially with de Rossi and Thiago Motta out . Italy might still win but ur assessment is way off especially after Low reverted to a more traditional striker in the team over a false numbe. 9. 

[Nawoo]

7 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

The Germans are favorite to win the game especially with de Rossi and Thiago Motta out . Italy might still win but ur assessment is way off especially after Low reverted to a more traditional striker in the team over a false numbe. 9. 

Germany have never beaten Italy in a competitive match before, which leads to my reservations about their ability to beat them on Saturday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Italy_football_rivalry

Their wins have come from Friendlies, but when it actually matters, Italy have always either won or drawn. 

Yeah my mistake on the striker, they fielded Mario Gomez for the last game. It'll be a great match for sure. I do hope Germany wins for the sake of this Minifigure series. But between Conte and Low, Conte looks the more tactically astute and pumped up.