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

Up to 294 Mr Golds found. It's almost OVER 300!!!!

All I'm asking for is one. Is that too much to ask? ;)

All I'm asking for is one. Is that too much to ask?

With only 5,000 4,693 floating around, yeah I guess so.

Seems the train is losing some fuel, so far only 307 Mr Golds have been found.

I imagine about a hundred or so have not been registered but still the numbers seem to be slowing down from before.

Mr. Gold Mrs. Gold

Mr. Gold Mrs. Gold

lol that is hilarious.

lol that is hilarious.

That is a good one! :lol:

With only 5,000 4,693 floating around, yeah I guess so.

Seems the train is losing some fuel, so far only 307 Mr Golds have been found.

I imagine about a hundred or so have not been registered but still the numbers seem to be slowing down from before.

Guess not all of them have been registered. If you find one and plan to sell it then IMO it's worth a little bit more if it hasn't been registered.

I'd say we have less than 4400 roaming around. But that's just my opinion.

With only 5,000 4,693 floating around, yeah I guess so.

Seems the train is losing some fuel, so far only 307 Mr Golds have been found.

I imagine about a hundred or so have not been registered but still the numbers seem to be slowing down from before.

Guess not all of them have been registered. If you find one and plan to sell it then IMO it's worth a little bit more if it hasn't been registered.

I'd say we have less than 4400 roaming around. But that's just my opinion.

Agreed, most people who plan to re-sell are not registering.

Mr. Gold Mrs. Gold

The link does not work. Everytime I click on it, the link changes to this and shows a bunch of fishing lures. :question:

The link does not work. Everytime I click on it, the link changes to this and shows a bunch of fishing lures. looks like it was flagged and removed by eBay........to bad you didn't get to see it, it was hilarious.

Quick update, so far 351 Mr Golds have been found.

It seems like about an average of 20 is being found every day now. So for s**ts and giggles, if I did the math of taking the remainder of Mr Golds left and how many being found on average, that leaves roughly 232 days remaining before all Mr Golds are found and registered. Which will never happen of course but I did say this was for s**ts and giggles to begin with didn't I?

365 Mr Golds currently found and registered.

Definately is slowing down to about 15-20 per day it seems which may be a good thing for collectors that still want to find one.

Here is the link for mrs gold http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINIFIGURE-MR-GOLD-Girl-Companion-GOLD-DIGGER-CUSTOM-LIMITED-RUN-Get-Yours-NOW-/221229844170?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item33825386ca The count is over 400 now. I predict that 1278 will be registered. Anyone else wish to guess?

Here is the link for mrs gold

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINIFIGURE-MR-GOLD-Girl-Companion-GOLD-DIGGER-CUSTOM-LIMITED-RUN-Get-Yours-NOW-/221229844170?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item33825386ca

Oh, so that's what Stephen was going on about. A Visa, iPhone, and bikini. 'Gold' Digger certainly fits. Ha.

Both are a well done custom (assuming that Mr Gold is a custom).

So ever since Series 10 came out, I've come to realize that Mr. Gold is making my minifig hunting a little less enjoyable. Although I just started seeking out the series (only have 4 so far: Bumblebee Girl, Roman Captain, Baseball Fielder, and Decorator/Painter), I find myself standing in the same spot, be it in a Target or Lego Store, for what feels like an eternity feeling out packages in hopes of finding the golden celebrity. When that happens, I'm torn between simply collecting the formal series and being happy with that, and thinking that the .00001% chance of me striking gold (pun intended) will finally work its way out for me. Let it also be said that the reasons behind that aren't so much for the money, but rather because I try to be a completist with each series. Has anyone else gone through this dilemma? I personally enjoy the thrill of the hunt that usually comes along with each new minifig series... but this is getting to be a bit much for me. (Thanks for letting me rant. %-P)

I once went to Target and felt the whole rack with Dunkers97 but sadly, no Mr. Gold. :(

Well it definately has slowed down to nearly a crawl; yesterday 404 were found (when I checked) and now the count is barely up to 411 Mr Golds found.

Yesterday I had a odd thought when looking at the map of found Mr Golds.

Do you think the placement of all the registered Mr Golds could give us a good idea as to the main concentration of Lego buyers?

I mean look at the numbers; 17 in Texas, 26 in California, 11 in New York, 18 in Australia, 67 in United Kingdom, 17 in Germany, 9 in Netherlands, 15 in South Korea, so on & so forth, and those are as it currently stands. Can you imagine how much larger the numbers will be later on when many more are found and registered?

Does anyone here on BP have Mr. Gold?

Does anyone here on BP have Mr. Gold?

agp548 got one, Mos Eisley had two, Bricks found two, mushedroom found one, Twiddlepotts found one, Tommahas8012 had one, and I think that's it so far.

agp548 got one, Mos Eisley had two, Bricks found two, mushedroom found one, Twiddlepotts found one, Tommahas8012 had one, and I think that's it so far.

Gee.... I didn't know that. Thanks for the info OrcKing. What do you think they are planning on selling them for?

agp548 got one, Mos Eisley had two, Bricks found two, mushedroom found one, Twiddlepotts found one, Tommahas8012 had one, and I think that's it so far.

Gee.... I didn't know that. Thanks for the info OrcKing. What do you think they are planning on selling them for?

im keeping mine, I am a completist and if I didn't have one it would drive me nuts lol im only 16 minifigures away from a complete collection of series 1-10

agp548 got one, Mos Eisley had two, Bricks found two, mushedroom found one, Twiddlepotts found one, Tommahas8012 had one, and I think that's it so far. Gee.... I didn't know that. Thanks for the info OrcKing. What do you think they are planning on selling them for? I remember Tommahas8012 sold his straight up for $1,000, and believe Mos Eisley sold his first one for around that much. agp548 just admitted he will keep his which is what I would do should I find a Mr Gold. I don't know about the others; they'll just have to speak for themselves.

agp548 got one, Mos Eisley had two, Bricks found two, mushedroom found one, Twiddlepotts found one, Tommahas8012 had one, and I think that's it so far. Gee.... I didn't know that. Thanks for the info OrcKing. What do you think they are planning on selling them for? I remember Tommahas8012 sold his straight up for $1,000, and believe Mos Eisley sold his first one for around that much. agp548 just admitted he will keep his which is what I would do should I find a Mr Gold. I don't know about the others; they'll just have to speak for themselves.

If I found one I'd sell it for a thousand and buy 10 Orc forges, 2 white houses, 1 SSD, and a Jabbba's palace.

Yesterday I had a odd thought when looking at the map of found Mr Golds.

Do you think the placement of all the registered Mr Golds could give us a good idea as to the main concentration of Lego buyers?

I mean look at the numbers; 17 in Texas, 26 in California, 11 in New York, 18 in Australia, 67 in United Kingdom, 17 in Germany, 9 in Netherlands, 15 in South Korea, so on & so forth, and those are as it currently stands. Can you imagine how much larger the numbers will be later on when many more are found and registered?

I was thinking that as well. It should give a rough estimate of Lego market size as TLG have more than likely distributed the Mr Golds according to sales volumes in each location. There will be some fluctuations of course as some regions are just from a randomness point of view more or less likely to input them on the website etc.

The count jumped up decently today; now there have been 433 Mr Golds found so far.

If I found one I'd sell it for a thousand and buy 10 Orc forges, 2 white houses, 1 SSD, and a Jabbba's palace.

Some good choices.