A simple solution would have been to do like the store openings minifigs and make a variant with "SDCC 2012" in text on the back of the character. It still makes it exclusive and collectible but allows for the opportunity for them to mass produce it if they choose.

Fortunately, I'm not collecting the Superhero minifigs so I am unaffected.

A simple solution would have been to do like the store openings minifigs and make a variant with "SDCC 2012" in text on the back of the character. It still makes it exclusive and collectible but allows for the opportunity for them to mass produce it if they choose.

But to echo what fred67 said, not everyone has a Lego store in their state nor have the availability to go to store openings.

Not to mention store exclusive figs are also outrageous in price when sold. :P

-Omi

But to echo what fred67 said, not everyone has a Lego store in their state nor have the availability to go to store openings.

Not to mention store exclusive figs are also outrageous in price when sold. :P

-Omi

Actually, he meant printing their backs to differentiate the exclusives from ones that could appear in sets.

Actually, he meant printing their backs to differentiate the exclusives from ones that could appear in sets.

Oh my bad. :P

-Omi

No you see, you can't please everyone. You just can't. Every fan has different tastes, wants and needs. A company can never be able to satisfy it's entire fanbase at 100%. This petition is a prime example. The poster would be happy about it, but I wouldn't be. See, I'm not pleased.

If Lego wanted to please every single fan based on their individual wants, it would crumble.

-Omi

No, you're right, but a much larger group of actual LEGO fans (as opposed to event attendees... most of whom likely are not big LEGO fans anyway) would be happier if they had at least some variation of these figures they could get.

But I refuse to accept you would be unhappy just because others could get a figure, as opposed to less happy because something someone handed you "for free" isn't worth as much.

Does it really take denying the pleasure to other people in order to make you happy?

A company can never be able to satisfy it's entire fanbase at 100%

Which is why I wrote (and you seem to skip over when I mention it), that if TLG chooses not to sell these figures, I can assume they think it's better for some reason and it's TLG's prerogative to do whatever the heck they want to do.

And yes, what Chump said... I've never argued that they can't have exclusives, but that some variation of characters they haven't released elsewhere should be available.

Why on earth would that make you unhappy?

(as opposed to event attendees... most of whom likely are not big LEGO fans anyway)

But they are comic fans. And them being fans of comics, they still appreciate the fig(s), and they are just as deserving of these figs as we are. They don't have to be Lego fans to do that.

But I refuse to accept you would be unhappy just because others could get a figure, as opposed to less happy because something someone handed you "for free" isn't worth as much.

Why would I be unhappy because I did not recieve a fig that was for free at an event I did not go to?

Why on earth would that make you unhappy?

See my third post post in this topic:

Plus if everyone can get them, there is no point in wanting to collect them for their worth and value.

Suppose Lego made a super special edition figure that was chrome or whatever, and they made a limited quantity to be handed out or to be put in sets. And what if you spent so much time/money on trying to obtain it and suddenly one day you manage to get your hands on it. How would you feel when Lego decides the next day to scrap all that and just make tons and tons more and just hand them out by the gallons?

-Omi

Edited August 1, 201212 yr by Omicron

But they are comic fans. And them being fans of comics, they still appreciate the fig(s). They don't have to be Lego fans to do that.

See my third post post in this topic:

-Omi

Well not all attendees are fans of comics, the con has become such a large place that many people are there just for TV, film, video games and toys. I plan on trying to go to comic con next year which is a lot harder for me. I have to get flights from England and Book a hotel and get tickets to the con. Which is expensive but I want to go once to an large event such as this. Also while true comic fans may appreciate the figures, quite a few of these figures end up on eBay. Which implies that a lot of people who obtain these figures do not wish to keep them.

I would mind exclusives if they were spread out a bit but it's all San Diego or New york. Why don't Lego double the batch and give some away at AFOL con, some away in mainland Europe and some in Australia. At least give the world a chance.

Edited August 1, 201212 yr by Sam892

Which implies that a lot of people who obtain these figures do not wish to keep them.

Collectors tend to sell off their entire or parts of their collection to pay the bills or to make a living. Just cuz the fig ended up on ebay doesn't make the seller a greedy, money grubbing guy. People sell or give these things away because they are handing it off to someone who does want it.

-Omi

Collectors tend to sell off their entire or parts of their collection to pay the bills or to make a living. Just cuz the fig ended up on ebay doesn't make the seller a greedy, money grubbing guy. People sell or give these things away because they are handing it off to someone who does want it.

-Omi

But some of the figures go on eBay straight away which I don't see the point in, why get them in the first case. If the first thing that someone does when they get home ( or even in their hotel at the con ) is sell the figure then it's a bit hypocritical. They may say I'm passing this figure on to someone who truly wants it but someone at that con lost out on a figure because of that person getting one. So when that person sells that figure online at such a high price within such a short time period since getting the fig, then it's wrong. Someone in the world lost out on a free give away only for someone else to make money out of it. It doesn't matter what the reason for selling it is whether it's bills or whatever. That person stopped someone for obtaining that figure and then charged someone else a large some of money for it.

Edited August 1, 201212 yr by Sam892

Last month's Con was my first, and while I consider myself a hardcore comic-book fan, I also think of myself as a bit of a Lego nut too.

I went to the Con with no targets in mind, nothing specific to buy or obtain, just to enjoy the time there and soak up the atmosphere (which I did).

What people don't seem to realise is that even if you do turn up to a large Con like San Diego, the odds of getting an exclusive figure are still pretty slim.

There are around 40,000 - 50,000 daily visitors to the Con, giving you a (roughly) one in fifty chance of getting a minifig, and much of this will involve queueing.

Ah, queueing.

Therein lies the quandry.

You've spent a couple of thousand pounds (and countless frustrating hours on the internet getting tickets) just getting there.

Do you spend an entire day in a queue just to get an exclusive?

Or do you use that time to go see other things in the exhibition hall or panel rooms?

Can't do both.

Which is it to be?

Me, I spent the preview night in the Lego queue and managed to get two exclusive Darth Maul sets (one for me, one for a friend), and I was more than happy with that.

People here seem to be overly obsessed with exclusives and rarities.

If you can't get there, it's no biggie.

Just let it go.

You can't take them with you when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

On another note, if you ever stay at the Hotel Indigo DO NOT LET THEM TALK YOU INTO DRINKING TEQUILA.

No good will come of this.

Also, The Tin Fish smells lovely when you walk past it, but it's not so great inside.

You're better off going to Joe's Crab Shack on the marina side of the convention centre.

Someone in the world lost out on a free give away only for someone else to make money out of it.

You mean the someone in the world who didn't go to the con? They didn't lose out on anything. And if that person was at the con, well there is a reason why Lego (and other swag giveaways) dub these as "limited quantity". So if you aren't up at the crack of dawn waiting for these figs, or making this your first priority when you go to a con, then yeah you still didn't lose out on anything.

That person stopped someone for obtaining that figure and then charged someone else a large some of money for it.

You make it sound like the person pushed a kid aside to grab the figures.

And it doesn't matter how quick they go up on ebay or how much they go for. They can do what they wish. It is their property. No crime in it and nothing morally wrong against it.

-Omi

You mean the someone in the world who didn't go to the con? They didn't lose out on anything. And if that person was at the con, well there is a reason why Lego (and other swag giveaways) dub these as "limited quantity". So if you aren't up at the crack of dawn waiting for these figs, or making this your first priority when you go to a con, then yeah you still didn't lose out on anything.

You make it sound like the person pushed a kid aside to grab the figures.

And it doesn't matter how quick they go up on ebay or how much they go for. They can do what they wish. It is their property. No crime in it and nothing morally wrong against it.

-Omi

I mean someone who also attended the con as these figures aren't given away to the first x amount of people. They are raffled away during the event and anyone can scan there badge at the Lego booth and check back later to see if they won. If that person whether a fan or not knows before they get the figure that they are going to sell the figure online then it is wrong. By them winning one someone else at the con who may want to keep the figure for play or for display is denied the chance of this figure. True the person can do want ever they want it is there property but taking an item in full knowledge that you will sell that figure and make a lot of money when someone else who would use the figure lost out is wrong.

Edited August 1, 201212 yr by Sam892

And it doesn't matter how quick they go up on ebay or how much they go for. They can do what they wish. It is their property. No crime in it and nothing morally wrong against it.

I completely agree.

Going slightly off topic, there was some public outrage when some members of the Olympic torch relay team recently put their torches on eBay.

Who do these so-called guardians of decency think they are?

The torch belongs to that particular runner who ran the leg of the marathon, it's their property, they can do whatever they like with it.

If someone gives me an exclusive minifigure at San Diego and I decide to sell it, does that make me a bad person?

If so, please explain why.

They are raffled away during the event and anyone can scan there badge at the Lego booth and check back later to see if they won.

So explain to me again how someone lost out? Was the raffle rigged so the person who sells them wins it?

And last year they were not raffled out. They were given out to x amount of people.

-Omi

So explain to me again how someone lost out? Was the raffle rigged so the person who sells them wins it?

And last year they were not raffled out. They were given out to x amount of people.

-Omi

No the raffle wasn't rigged they won by luck but if the who wanted to make money hadn't entered that raffle then a someone who would use that figure may have won. By the seller winning they have taken one of those figures from the pool and someone down the line who would have won if the seller had not have entered will have lost out.

The morality of reselling exclusive figs is not the topic here.

Honestly, I'm tired of policing this topic. It's been discussed to death. I'm locking this now.