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

The Comic Con exclusives last year had 300 each in New York and 1,000 each in San Diego. If anyone pays $1,000 for Mr. Gold they're out of their mind. Since there are 5,000 Mr. Golds around, that is way more than the Comic Con exclusives, which would mean that Mr. Gold should be less valuable than those. I would guess that the first couple that show up on ebay go for around $250-300 and steadily fall into the $100-$150 range as more hit the market. The price will slowly go back up once Series 10 is sold out.

I love the thought of kids finding some of them. I cringe though at the thought of them just going into mashed up Lego boxes

I think demand is going to be very high. So many people collect the CMF series. If I had to predict, I'd say $500 to start then dropping to around $100 as more are found (probably by store employees!) and then back up to $2-300.

I think demand is going to be very high. So many people collect the CMF series. If I had to predict, I'd say $500 to start then dropping to around $100 as more are found (probably by store employees!) and then back up to $2-300.

Good point. There will likely be some Wal-Mart employees doing some serious smooshing.

I don't think as many people as we think are gonna be hunting for Mr gold........the hard core CMFers for sure but they aren't everywhere. I doubt Joe Schmo Walmart employee will know anything about this.

I don't think as many people as we think are gonna be hunting for Mr gold........the hard core CMFers for sure but they aren't everywhere. I doubt Joe Schmo Walmart employee will know anything about this.

That's what they WANT you to think.....BWAHAHAHA!

Little Johnny's gonna be watching you smoosh from a distance as he's organizing tampons in the feminine products aisle with a smile on his face thinking "sucker!"

I absolutely agree.....LEGO's are meant to be built and enjoyed!

No offense to anyone here, but I hope the youngest Lego collectors with just a couple bucks manage to get lucky and get these as opposed to the AFOLS who are undoubtedly going to buy case after case. I guess I'm just in the mood for a feel-good story.

Based on logic of pure numbers, then why are the SDCC mini-figs priced lower than the Gold C-3P0? Its based on demand IMO. Its all fun to guess at this point. As one posted said....I hope some kids actually get some! (yes, my kids lol)

The Comic Con exclusives last year had 300 each in New York and 1,000 each in San Diego. If anyone pays $1,000 for Mr. Gold they're out of their mind. Since there are 5,000 Mr. Golds around, that is way more than the Comic Con exclusives, which would mean that Mr. Gold should be less valuable than those. I would guess that the first couple that show up on ebay go for around $250-300 and steadily fall into the $100-$150 range as more hit the market. The price will slowly go back up once Series 10 is sold out.

No offense to anyone here, but I hope the youngest Lego collectors with just a couple bucks manage to get lucky and get these as opposed to the AFOLS who are undoubtedly going to buy case after case. I guess I'm just in the mood for a feel-good story.

I agree with your sentiment. I think it will be a shame that this probably won't be the case and AFOl's will end up with the majority.

Is there going to be an easy way to feel for him? Like his gold top hat or something? I don't have much experience "smooshing."

I think they should put the CMFs in a plastic case inside the bag.......damn smooshers ;)

Is there going to be an easy way to feel for him? Like his gold top hat or something? I don't have much experience "smooshing."

Well the easiest way is knowing the weight that he should be. As you said, the hat is probably the next easiest way to find him. Haven't started on collecting them, but I think i'll buy a couple sealed boxes off eBay for the older series, then resell the minifigures. The main problem that i'll run into is shipping. I hate to charge $1.50 shipping on a $3 figure.

I predict some EBAY seller from Europe (cousin, brother, or uncle of some TLG executive) is going to "mysteriously" end up with about 1000 of these and have them for sale for hundreds of dollars each.

Based on logic of pure numbers, then why are the SDCC mini-figs priced lower than the Gold C-3P0? Its based on demand IMO. Its all fun to guess at this point. As one posted said....I hope some kids actually get some! (yes, my kids lol)

Of course the prices are based on demand. If I had to rank the value or interest for exclusive items in the themes I mentioned I would say it goes:

1. Star Wars

2. Super Heroes

3. TMNT

4. Coll. Min. (3 and 4 are probably fairly close, but I'd give the edge to the licensed minifigures in this case)

When exclusive minifigures come around, it isn't little kids buying them. Most of them probably don't even know there's some rare version of Batman that was only available at Comic Con. Mom and dad aren't buying $250 minifigures to give their kids to play with. Those are being purchased by adult collectors. Those same collectors will be the ones paying a lot for Mr. Gold, not mom and dad. Sure, there will be some who will, but most parents will not. I expect that the vast majority of Mr. Golds will be grabbed by resellers and other adult collectors who know what they're looking for. I won't be surprised at all to see 100+ Mr. Golds listed on ebay after a couple weeks of worldwide release. There will likely be BINs in the $50-$75 neighborhood at that point. Chrome Gold C-3PO wasn't always a $340 figure. You could pick him up with $95 BINs on ebay during the year of the promotion.

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The limited edition minifigure in CMF series 10. The other MF's were used to compare. I guess the better topic name should have been...how much do you think mr. gold is going to go for.

Initial selling price.....$2.99! Haha

Is Mr. Gold going to be in a minifgure packet in a Lego box or just in a packet on the rack with all the other random minifigures?

I agree with your sentiment. I think it will be a shame that this probably won't be the case and AFOl's will end up with the majority.

I too agree. No offense to any AFOLs but, I would rather see a kid get a huge smile on their face when they get a Mr. Gold versus an AFOL who already has dozens of Mr. Gold. Just a thought.

No offense to anyone here, but I hope the youngest Lego collectors with just a couple bucks manage to get lucky and get these as opposed to the AFOLS who are undoubtedly going to buy case after case. I guess I'm just in the mood for a feel-good story.

that would be me! :)

no point in trying to compare it with gold c3po or a black ninja turtle. Both are iconic widely loved characters with huge fan bases that extend far beyond legos

I agree with your sentiment. I think it will be a shame that this probably won't be the case and AFOl's will end up with the majority.

I too agree. No offense to any AFOLs but, I would rather see a kid get a huge smile on their face when they get a Mr. Gold versus an AFOL who already has dozens of Mr. Gold. Just a thought.

Well their parents can always buy sealed Mr Gold from me for 300$ if i get it...

will bring the same smile to kids face just way less smile to Parents face, for which I could care less if they can continue spending loads of cash on CMF hoping to get Mr Gold for their kids, they might aswell open their pockets alot and get it without guessing.

I know I as a parent couldnt care less if my kid gets it lol

Its highly unlikely that any one person will have dozens of Mr golds unless they scoop them all up from eBay.....

Its highly unlikely that any one person will have dozens of Mr golds unless they scoop them all up from eBay.....

I kind of threw that number out there. One to maybe two would be more realistic if you are really lucky and go to many stores. (Unless like what you said bought more Mr. Golds on Ebay.)

I went and merged this topic with the one I had started a while ago since they were both created for the same question of how much Mr Gold will be worth when he hits the open market.

No offense to anyone here, but I hope the youngest Lego collectors with just a couple bucks manage to get lucky and get these as opposed to the AFOLS who are undoubtedly going to buy case after case. I guess I'm just in the mood for a feel-good story.

That would be nice. Like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all over again.

Is there going to be an easy way to feel for him? Like his gold top hat or something? I don't have much experience "smooshing."

Yep. That top hat is wicked easy to find. It was the same thing with Mr Good & Evil; find that top hat and you got him. Also I think Mr Gold is supposed to have some kind of cane or something with a diamond on top. In any case, just feel for the top hat.

Well the easiest way is knowing the weight that he should be. As you said, the hat is probably the next easiest way to find him.

How would that work exactly? He'd weigh the same as everybody else inside of a box and you can just feel for him within a minute outside of a box. Him and Mr Good & Evil are wicked easy to feel for.

I think they should put the CMFs in a plastic case inside the bag.......damn smooshers

Hey, I resent that! And besides, like that would really change a thing. Although If it did, the situation would be worse. Instead of 'smooshers', you'd have 'cutters'. (People would come in with a pair of tiny scissors and just cut open the packs to get the ones they want.)