BrickArms gets shiny!
I have a soft spot for shiny things, and I can’t take my eyes off these 24K gold-plated BrickArms weapons. The good news is that you have a chance to get one in their newly released mystery packs. There’s a 5% chance you’ll strike gold when you spend $12 on a mystery pack, so happy hunting to all the BrickArms fans out there!
May 1st, 2011 at 2:57 pm
I can’t say I’m a fan of the collectible/random goodie approach to distributing unique BrickArms weapons any more than I am for LEGO minifigs, but it certainly seems like a solid business decision that will net them some serious profits from their fan base.
May 1st, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Mmmmm chrooooome!
May 1st, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I assume when you say a 5% chance of striking gold, you mean the entire mystery pack and not just 1 item, correct? If so, I may need to give it a shot!
May 1st, 2011 at 3:40 pm
It’s not the entire pack unfortunately, or that’d be ridiculous.
May 1st, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Yeah, the way it works is that in every case of 20 packs, one of those packs will have a random gold-plated accessory in it. So overall you have about a 1 in 20 chance of getting that pack, or you can buy a sealed case of 20 in order to guarantee you get one.
May 1st, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I’m not sure about ridiculous, but thanks for the clarification. And catsy, that’s interesting information, thanks for that as well.
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:51 am
My but our little hobby is getting a bit mercenary. No offense to Brickarms, but this trend of squeezing the fans for every last dime on an already expensive hobby is not good.
May 2nd, 2011 at 10:16 am
^ Mercenary? Squeezing? I’m struggling to understand how either of these terms apply to this new pack.
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Seems more like the cool prize at the bottom of a box of cereal than the whole Collectible minifig rarity thing.
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Oh, and there’s no-one more “mercenary” than a small business owner. It’s what they do.