New lego minifigures- series 3

Trixie102

My DS has just discovered on the Lego site that series 3 of the 16 collectable mini figures is out later this month (check out the cool Elf- I need this one myself). However, I have just read that the barcode will not be on the back of the packet to prevent people from 'selecting' the ones they want :mad:.

But they have been replaced by a series of bumps on the reverse of the packet instead. Quick search on Google and I have found this site http://www.fbtb.net/2010/11/18/series-3-blind-pack-code-cracked/ . The codes may or may not work but I for one will be trying them out - obviously getting yet more strange looks from the staff at John Lewis

rowens101

great, did the barcode thing on series 2 in whsmiths. will have to try this now

jaffacat_2

where do you buy the mini figures from, do local stores sell them as we dont have a JL near us?

What is the site you found out about the release of series 3?

We are only just starting to collect lego so any help is much appreciated.

building_with_lego

jaffacat wrote: »

where do you buy the mini figures from, do local stores sell them as we dont have a JL near us?
Our Argos, W H Smith and a Toymaster store have them. Try Toys R Us too.

What is the site you found out about the release of series 3?
Lego.com has them when they're actually on sale; eurobricks forum, brickset and some blogs have info before then. eg there are already pics of the fabulous- looking series 4 which aren't out till April.

We are only just starting to collect lego so any help is much appreciated.
Enjoy!

Good luck with the bumps too...

ashcarrot

Ive bought a couple and i've checked out the bumps and they're accurate BUT they are very hard to see (im 29 with good sight), so in the end i just bought two random ones and going to try again tomorrow now im sure they're working.

ashcarrot

Gave up and just bought 7 with the WHsmith voucher .. Got three duplicates though

Maybe we could set up some sort of swap shop, I've got the Fisherman, Samari and snowboarder to swap and need the race car driver, monkey and indian

juliet_f

ashcarrot wrote: »

Gave up and just bought 7 with the WHsmith voucher .. Got three duplicates though

Maybe we could set up some sort of swap shop, I've got the Fisherman, Samari and snowboarder to swap and need the race car driver, monkey and indian

Hi Ashcarrot, My son loves these and we're planning a trip to WH smith this weekend. Just wondered where you had got the WHsmith voucher? I'm a member of their privillage club but the only voucher I could see is 20% off cards and paper.:( Thanks, Juliet.x

juliet_f

We went to WH smith armed with the code breaker info today. Spent ages trying to find the right ones, could see the dimples but found some of them fainter than others and also there were a few that had small pockets of trapped air in the sealed edge (which made it harder)! Out of the 4 we bought 2 turned out to be the ones we wanted, which wasn't a great success but better than just taking pot luck, I guess!