Total Newbie Question: What makes for an "exclusive Mini figure"

[danielnorber]

Hi everyone,

 

New in town, and am seeing this phrase used a lot.  My guess is that an "exclusive mini-figure" is a mini-figure that is only available in 1 set.  Is this correct?

 

If not, please set me straight!  If so, how does one find out whether a mini-figure is exclusive?

 

Thanks!

 

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[krayzie]

Yes, it is available in one set. If you go through all the released sets in that theme and don't see that character than it is exclusive.

[danielnorber]

Thanks krayzie...I guess I actually have 2 follow up questions in that case:

 

1) How can I find out which sets have exclusive mini-figures

2) will an exclusive mini-figure ever become not exclusive?

 

Thanks!

[MartinP]

Thanks krayzie...I guess I actually have 2 follow up questions in that case:

 

1) How can I find out which sets have exclusive mini-figures

2) will an exclusive mini-figure ever become not exclusive?

 

Thanks!

1) I use brickset.com to find out if a set has an exclusive minifigure. I would search the desired set, click under minifigures, and see how many sets contain that minifigure.

2) My guess is that an exclusive minifigure can sometimes become not exclsusive when a newer set comes out with that minifigure.

[Grolim]

Do others use the same definition of Exclusive and Unique that I have in my head?

 

• Exclusive being the character only appears in one set (as above prior comments)
• Unique being character appears in other sets but in a different variant.  The one in question is a unique variation of the caharacter.

 

Unique's offer good points for values of sets as well.  I think plenty of people like to collect all the unique variants of their favorite characters.

[MartinP]

Do others use the same definition of Exclusive and Unique that I have in my head?

 

• Exclusive being the character only appears in one set (as above prior comments)
• Unique being character appears in other sets but in a different variant.  The one in question is a unique variation of the caharacter.

 

Unique's offer good points for values of sets as well.  I think plenty of people like to collect all the unique variants of their favorite characters.

I think I use the same definition as you, but they are so similar that I forgot the unique definition most of the time.

[TheOrcKing]

Welcome to the site, danielnorber. My idea of an exclusive anything tends to be if it is available in one item. Sometimes I can stretch that limit to two like how the Frodo minifigure from Gandalf Arrives is only included in that set and a polybag, Frodo's Cooking Corner. While the set was easily purchasable, the polybag was not.

 

Do others use the same definition of Exclusive and Unique that I have in my head?

• Exclusive being the character only appears in one set (as above prior comments)
• Unique being character appears in other sets but in a different variant.  The one in question is a unique variation of the caharacter.

Unique's offer good points for values of sets as well.  I think plenty of people like to collect all the unique variants of their favorite characters.

I think that I think the same way. ;)

[Grolim]

 

I think that I think the same way.

 

I think I thought that you'd think that you thought the same way I think. 

[TheOrcKing]

I think I thought that you'd think that you thought the same way I think. 

Oh, I know you knew I knew you known that I known you knew I knew you known. ....Did you know that?

[njseale]

Do others use the same definition of Exclusive and Unique that I have in my head?

 

• Exclusive being the character only appears in one set (as above prior comments)
• Unique being character appears in other sets but in a different variant.  The one in question is a unique variation of the caharacter.

 

Unique's offer good points for values of sets as well.  I think plenty of people like to collect all the unique variants of their favorite characters.

 

I think Exclusive Print when it is a variant that only appears in one set.