Here's a random thought. For the first person that is lucky enough to find one of the "Golden Minifigures", what do you think they will list it on eBay for? (Let's just assume he/she did for the fun of it.) How about....

Here's the list of Mr Gold's that have appeared so far (that I know of).

796 - Zellingen, Germany

865 - Karlsruhe, Germany

870 - Karlsruhe, Germany

880 - Karlsruhe, Germany

898 - Burke, Virginia

933 - Karlsruhe, Germany

934 - Karlsruhe, Germany

942 - Karlsruhe, Germany

1229 - Germany

1331 - Belgium, Europe

1604 - agp548 from Hawaii, USA

1849 - Graz, Austria

3160 - Benzo on Brickset from Saskatchewan, Canada

3194 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

3271 - Tuckerton, New Jersey

3342 - mushedroom

3739 - La Mesa, California

4154 - Richardson, Texas

4544 - Mountain Home, Idaho

4576 - Lake in the Hills, Illinois

4610 - Tacoma, Washington

4616 - Ellensburg, Washington

4625 - BrickBrats on eBay from Victorville, California

4628 - Portland, Oregon

4746 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

4838 - Deder2416 on Brickset from Georgia

4855 - SamuraiPete on Brickset from Spring Hill, Kansas

4914 - datsunman on Brickset from Phillipsburg, New Jersey

4928 - Twiddlepotts from Portland, Oregon

These have been found but no number given.

Bricks was lucky enough to find 2

Tommahas8012 had one

Akamu54 on Brickset from Thunder Bay, Ontario

buriedbybricks on Brickset from New Brunswick, Canada

jvdrummer182 on BrickSet from New Jersey

Mike in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (No idea on number or what the guys real name is.)

Mr. Gold's found: 2,152

Mr. Gold's left to be found: 2,848

Mr. Gold: Where is he found?

Mr. Gold: World Map

Ed Mack's Edit: In addition to the Mr. Gold value discussion, John and Dave from BRICKS AND MINIFIGS posted a picture of the "dot codes" from a Mr. Gold they have in their possession. Maybe it will help you find another one.

Edited October 23, 201411 yr by TheOrcKing
update to Mr. Gold count

I feel bad for TLG. They made a really cool, blinged-out, limited run minifig, and nobody wants to keep it lol.

Heh heh. Instead of Mr Gold, they should have called him Mr Bling! :-)

I get what Lego was thinking but unfortunately rare items like Mr Gold only seem to benefit the seller. I'm hoping to hear stories of people that have found Mr Gold simply because they wanted him in their own collection, not just to make some moolah.

20 dollars most. After market gets them. 1st one may be a lot higher from a naive buyer. Only way it will be worth a lot is if lego changes the packaging system they have.

I'd like 100 of them at that price then please. Will probably sell them 4 years from now...

Anyways, in all fairness to your comment, I'd say one factor that may bring price down is if LEGO gets record sales on this series compared to the previous ones (and they will for sure). That would encourage them to produce 5000 new "mistery minifigs" for the upcoming series and I wonder if that would not bring the overall demand slightly down to decrease it's future expected prices compared to its genre, such as the golden C3PO??

It's works like the golden egg chicken, if you mass produce one idea then it's not that attractive any more is it? Or am I wrong?

Seeing some pre-orders for $169.99 w/ free shipping. This would be under retail. How is this possible? The sellers on ebay look more than legit, heck, I'm pretty sure I've ordered stuff from "brickdude" before.

Seeing some pre-orders for $169.99 w/ free shipping. This would be under retail. How is this possible? The sellers on ebay look more than legit, heck, I'm pretty sure I've ordered stuff from "brickdude" before.

Ive ordered from him before and everything was all good. And I also pre ordered a case of series 10 from him as well.

I found another Mr. Gold today - #4746. I was hoping for a second to keep, but while the price has already dropped off quite a bit, I can't keep it when I can still get around $750 for it. Worst case scenario I'll get one for myself when the market gets really flooded.

Hi. I was smooshing a few bags today looking for roman solider and of course Mr. Gold ( of course ALL bags were "pre-felt" in every location I went). The question popped up in my mind: Is the clear bag-that Mr. Gold comes inside the packaging- is significantly smaller than the outer package? Since Mr. gold is the only one double bagged it makes it even easier to spot him then, because if you feel one piece in the top left corner of the bag and another on on right bottom = not Mr. Gold!- the inner clear bag would not let the pieces separate that much inside the package... What do you guys think?

Hi. I was smooshing a few bags today looking for roman solider and of course Mr. Gold ( of course ALL bags were "pre-felt" in every location I went).

The question popped up in my mind:

Is the clear bag-that Mr. Gold comes inside the packaging- is significantly smaller than the outer package?

Since Mr. gold is the only one double bagged it makes it even easier to spot him then, because if you feel one piece in the top left corner of the bag and another on on right bottom = not Mr. Gold!- the inner clear bag would not let the pieces separate that much inside the package...

What do you guys think?

That is true that the parts can't get too far apart. I do 3 things -

1:check the dot pattern (if the pattern looks close to Mr. Gold I'm very careful with the rest of the steps)

2:shake the package (if it's Mr. Gold the double bagging makes it sound different)

3:feel for elements

That is true that the parts can't get too far apart. I do 3 things -

1:check the dot pattern (if the pattern looks close to Mr. Gold I'm very careful with the rest of the steps)

2:shake the package (if it's Mr. Gold the double bagging makes it sound different)

3:feel for elements

I am a rookie CMF 'feeler' What is the "dot pattern"?

I found another Mr. Gold today - #4746. I was hoping for a second to keep, but while the price has already dropped off quite a bit, I can't keep it when I can still get around $750 for it. Worst case scenario I'll get one for myself when the market gets really flooded.

As you find your second Mr. Gold I still have yet to see any series 10!

As you find your second Mr. Gold I still have yet to see any series 10! Me neither. I guess all that luck from the first Mr Gold rubbed off on you, Mos Eisley!

If I found two, I would defintely keep one for myself but I suppose that's just me.

As you find your second Mr. Gold I still have yet to see any series 10!

+1 still can't find it anywhere. He's either very lucky or purchased a hell of a lot. I just want a store to sell me some. It's like I'm asking too much, lol.

As you find your second Mr. Gold I still have yet to see any series 10! Me neither. I guess all that luck from the first Mr Gold rubbed off on you, Mos Eisley!

If I found two, I would defintely keep one for myself but I suppose that's just me.

As long as people are willing to throw stupid money at these minifigures, I will take it. I was way off on the initial selling price for Mr. Gold, but I don't believe I'm wrong that these will be $100 or a little less in about a month. It would be crazy of me to keep the minifigure believing that I can replace the minifigure at a fraction of the cost in a few weeks if needed. I plan on having one in my collection, but not at the current prices.

As you find your second Mr. Gold I still have yet to see any series 10!

+1 still can't find it anywhere. He's either very lucky or purchased a hell of a lot. I just want a store to sell me some. It's like I'm asking too much, lol.

I have been the first person to the equivalent of 16 regular size boxes (7 Target boxes and 2 regular boxes at TRU). The box today was sitting out on the shelf of TRU already opened. I didn't think there was any chance that it hadn't been checked before.

No...what would be even more sick is if Tommashas8012 uses that money and bought a case and he gets another Mr. Gold before May 1!!!!!! He would be the luckiest Brickpicker member ever!!! We'll have Ed and Jeff throw you a personal party on their yaht. lol If that happened...I would say "Man forget all this Mr. Gold stuff...you need to buy some Lottery and Power Ball Tickets." LOL this Mr. Gold thing is CHUMP CHANGE!!!

LOL!!

I think we will see a promotional figure such as this for the next Star Wars movie. Like the Gold C3P0. I think it will be scattered around in sealed Lego boxes. Probably 10-20k of them.

good job! you did it right in my opinion. once more of these are found and put up for sale the hype will die down a bit and lower the potential value. are you re-investing your profit in more lego i hope?

I passed out, woke up, passed out again and am here barely writing this post. I mean, 1K? Congrats, you got lucky there! Hope I get one :'(

Is the Minifigures Series 10 for sale in Target, Walmart, ToyR'us or any places in Los Angeles or Orange Country yet? And any Californians who got 'the' Mr Gold?

LEGOLAND CA has tons of Series 10 available for sale now. You can buy them by the box or individually. Right now I don't think they'll do any phone orders for them, but starting May 1 they will (you could try now, but I was told no phone orders yet). For those of you looking for a reputable seller to buy unopened boxes from, this would be your best bet. I believe the LEGO stores will only sell you a max of 16 at a time, so you may have to wait a while to buy a full box from a LEGO store (the LEGO stores and LEGOLAND do not operate under the same rules as they are not owned by the same company). I know there is a seller on ebay selling boxes for $169.99 shipped or somewhere around there, but for a little more I'd take the LEGOLAND boxes myself. They are the regular $2.99 plus shipping, and possibly no tax if you live out of state, not really positive anymore when you get charged sales tax and when you don't on phone orders.

San Diego is quite a distance for me. Do I have to go there to buy it from their shop?

It seems that Brickset has started their own thread for keeping track of the Mr Golds that popped up.

Mr. Gold hunt thread

Now it isn't like Brickset is an enemy site but I wonder if this could be considered, well, 'spying'.

I got to smoosh a lot at TRU today, didn't find any Mr. Gold. The manager came by and asked if I was ok. The painter guy tricked me and I bought a couple because I thought his hat could have been a top hat. Next time I'll hold a corner and see if there's a smaller bag inside.

Anyone ever buy a bunch of packs, take them home, smoosh them and then bring the ones you don't want back?

Anyone ever buy a bunch of packs, take them home, smoosh them and then bring the ones you don't want back?

I would hope no one on here does that. That's pretty low and dishonest in my opinion and not fair to other people, but to each his own.

Fred Meyer put 4 new boxes out today. Those of you in Oregon and Washington might want to check them out again. I picked up the couple that I was missing and all the medusas, sailors and bees I could find. I have gotten very good at feeling them. It is a game to ID them in under 5 seconds. Lol Twiddlepotts Springfield, Oregon