Comments on: LEGO Star Wars magnets make collecting rare minifigs cheaper [News]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:14:11 +0000

Hi all, I got my own magnet sets over the weekend, and just like the photos I included in the post, they’re all very “real” minifigs — everything comes apart as it should. Chris Doyle also sends word that his were the same.

Hurray!

By: Dr. X

Dr. X — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:36:49 +0000

Note: Hmm.. it seems as if the prices of all of those three minifigs have just dropped. My total now if I sold all of my three keychain figs would be just $24, about $10 less than when this was first blogged. And I only ordered one as a tester, so I paid $5 shipping for a total of $20. Poo. :(

By: Dr. X

Dr. X — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:34:38 +0000

Woohoo! Time to stock up. And hope they become available on Amazon.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:58:01 +0000

And I just updated the post with pics I got, too. So, confirmed that the minifigs are in fact real. Hurray!!!

By: ry

ry — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:05:58 +0000

^Link fail:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uubergeek/3277037416/in/photostream/

By: ry

ry — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:04:39 +0000

Nevermind, found his pics on Flickr. Courtesy of Uubergeek

By: ry

ry — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:02:48 +0000

On FBTB a member posted his own pics: they do indeed come apart, and the minifigs are 100% normal.

Unfortunately, FBTB is down now, and I can’t show you :\

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:18:52 +0000

Hi all, I have direct confirmation from someone who has these magnet sets in hand, and they assure me that the minifigs do indeed come apart like they should. He’s sending me pictures, and I’ll update the post with them as soon as I get the pics.

By: joedapoboy

joedapoboy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:02:38 +0000

I’m insanely exited about getting dooku, but my only other thought is : Why, why, why did incorporating legit minifigs into magnets have to happen after batman :(
All I ever wanted was a wavy haired Robin…

By: Dr. X

Dr. X — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:36:46 +0000

Hmm…. now I’m confused.

I looked at the reviews on the official site, and the first review said the minifigs WEREN’T removable. But the EB and BH reviews demonstrate they are.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/johnnyfrye7685/CPPPP/picture_1.png

I trust fellow hobbyists more than some kid who bought one of these things from S@H, but still, I’m not completely sure yet.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:42:24 +0000

^ I’m the one who blogged this, not Nannan. I’m sorry this seems to be such a big issue for you. :( Can we get back to talking about the sets themselves, please? ;-)

By: Starwars4J

Starwars4J — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:44:38 +0000

Well I mean it was noticed, at least the photo was commented on by Nannan at the time. Just thought it was weird there was no mention of it.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:32:33 +0000

^ We get tons of messages a day, so if we accidentally overlooked it, it wasn’t anything personal. Sorry!

By: Starwars4J

Starwars4J — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:18:47 +0000

Huh that's weird, I sent in a notice to you guys about this over a week ago when xwingyoda submitted it to the LEGO news worldwide flickr group along with the Pirate version. Simply overlooked I guess? It's actually already reviewed too.

By: Nathan Wells

Nathan Wells — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:02:36 +0000

I am going to wait until I get confirmation from Andrew, but if it’s true, I’m definitely picking up the clone wars pack.

I guess the sets being “magnet sets” gets around Hasbro freaking out because of them being figure packs.