LEGO 8803 Collectable Minifigures Series 3 Availability

[gabriellee11]

USA Lego S@H has CMF series 3 listed, but not available to purchase yet. Says available Jan 1st limit 16 per customer. No price is currently being shown.

Price is showing at $2.99 right now at S@H!!!!

[oocaleb101oo]

USA Lego S@H has CMF series 3 listed, but not available to purchase yet. Says available Jan 1st limit 16 per customer. No price is currently being shown.

Price is showing at $2.99 right now at S@H!!!!

Yep, I just saw that too. Guess it's official.. they've gotten bumped up. Bleh! I hope walmart gets them soon. I need that price + no hassle returns.

[natelite]

or get them at meijer for $1.99 while they last!

[vynsane]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

[BobaFett2]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

That's true-in this case, it's more likely that they will go to kids who either have no clue, are being bought presents by the clueless, or whom are simply excited to collect. They're also preventing adults from buying all in stores.

[ncbarrett]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

That's true-in this case, it's more likely that they will go to kids who either have no clue, are being bought presents by the clueless, or whom are simply excited to collect. They're also preventing adults from buying all in stores.

i believe that is part of the reason for the new price, along with basic supply/demand.

[r4-g9]

they are still 2.99 cad...

[vynsane]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

That's true-in this case, it's more likely that they will go to kids who either have no clue, are being bought presents by the clueless, or whom are simply excited to collect. They're also preventing adults from buying all in stores.

i believe that is part of the reason for the new price, along with basic supply/demand.

Yes, but the demand is there for an increased supply. If the price remained at $1.99, and they increased the supply, I would've bought a full set of 16 plus the dupes/trips of some of the ones I really liked PLUS there would've still been more for kids to buy. Now, they'll only get some of my money and some of the kids money, whereas they could have had more of my money. Hence, foot-shooting.

[ncbarrett]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

That's true-in this case, it's more likely that they will go to kids who either have no clue, are being bought presents by the clueless, or whom are simply excited to collect. They're also preventing adults from buying all in stores.

i believe that is part of the reason for the new price, along with basic supply/demand.

Yes, but the demand is there for an increased supply. If the price remained at $1.99, and they increased the supply, I would've bought a full set of 16 plus the dupes/trips of some of the ones I really liked PLUS there would've still been more for kids to buy. Now, they'll only get some of my money and some of the kids money, whereas they could have had more of my money. Hence, foot-shooting.

They make more money by charging more for less items.
Less to produce & get more per figure.
Having worked in many different types of manufacturing, this is something that is constant.

Not saying I agree with it, but basic production rules don't lend themselves to the customer.

[BobaFett2]

Well, I guess I have to concede the MSRP increase. They're seriously shooting themselves in the foot. For $2.99 I'm really not interested in a lot of these guys. There are 7 or 8 out of the 16 that I actually want, and I would've grabbed the rest for the sake of completeness at $1.99, but now I'll give them a pass.

That's true-in this case, it's more likely that they will go to kids who either have no clue, are being bought presents by the clueless, or whom are simply excited to collect. They're also preventing adults from buying all in stores.

i believe that is part of the reason for the new price, along with basic supply/demand.

Yes, but the demand is there for an increased supply. If the price remained at $1.99, and they increased the supply, I would've bought a full set of 16 plus the dupes/trips of some of the ones I really liked PLUS there would've still been more for kids to buy. Now, they'll only get some of my money and some of the kids money, whereas they could have had more of my money. Hence, foot-shooting.

They make more money by charging more for less items.
Less to produce & get more per figure.
Having worked in many different types of manufacturing, this is something that is constant.

Not saying I agree with it, but basic production rules don't lend themselves to the customer.

It's not just this-the non-licensed themes have soared, with bad price per parts for NINJAGO and PQ.

[vynsane]

They make more money by charging more for less items.
Less to produce & get more per figure.
Having worked in many different types of manufacturing, this is something that is constant.

Not saying I agree with it, but basic production rules don't lend themselves to the customer.

Oh, I agree that short-term, they're going with the best way to make as much of their money back up-front. However, longer-term trends can be swayed here. Had I gotten CMFs3 for $1.99, I would've gotten an entire set. If CMFs4 was $1.99, I would've gotten an entire set as well. Now I have four full sets of 16 figures from each series. If CMFs5 came out at $2.99, I might have been more inclined to say "well, inflation blah blah blah" and bit the bullet because, heck, I have four full sets behind me, I'm not going to stop now!

But as it stands I only have two full sets of 16 behind me and I'm already bowing out of completing CMFs3, because I don't have that built-up collection mentality. They got a little greedy and I'm not taking the bait. I feel like, at $1.99, the CMFs were a perpetual money-printing machine - they could sell them at that price forever and they'd sell out.

Another principle to think about here is gradual increase of production run AND price = exponentially greater return. I might have had a better reaction if the price increased to $2.24 or even $2.49, but an entire dollar is harder to swallow.

I guess this is why 'simple supply and demand' is never all that simple... ;)

[hardtravelinghero]

The horror! The HORROR! I'm going to have to ask my Chicago area friends and relatives to hit Meijer until they see the increase in price too. Anyone still hoping Five Below has them for $1.99 still?

Last night at TRU they had a case of some sort of NinjaGo, what looked like a single pack with a jester-like villain. It was $9.99. Ugh! One figure and what, a spinning disk thing or whatever it is those figures are supposed to do, Beyblade style or something. Those are not on my wishlist.

[legodt]

I just obtained 36 minifigures series 3 (8803) at the TRU Springfield, IL. I also go the BOGO deal and an original container.

[Tomatoe]

they are still 2.99 cad...

I bet that won't stay for long. Lego always charges a premium in Canada for like 40% more than US.

[oocaleb101oo]

Sad that the minifigures are now higher than the price of a gallon of gas....

[vynsane]

Sad that the minifigures are now higher than the price of a gallon of gas....

Man, where are YOU getting gas, because I want to go there! It's ~$3.20/gallon at BEST around here!

[oocaleb101oo]

Sad that the minifigures are now higher than the price of a gallon of gas....

Man, where are YOU getting gas, because I want to go there! It's ~$3.20/gallon at BEST around here!

Live in GA, but get gas in SC since i'm by the border. So usually like $2.77 or so...

[ncbarrett]

Hit my local Meijer (Monroe, MI) last night, and they had about a box there.
Picked up a couple gorilla suit guys for my relatives, and another elf and fisherman.
still $1.99

[lugnik]

Has anyone seen series 3 minifigs in the Seattle area recently, ie at TRU, Fred Meyer? I'll be making a trip to Seattle this week and am hoping to pick up some!
Thanks in advance.

[hardtravelinghero]

Has anyone seen series 3 minifigs in the Seattle area recently, ie at TRU, Fred Meyer? I'll be making a trip to Seattle this week and am hoping to pick up some!
Thanks in advance.

How much does Fred Meyer charge anyway?