I know I can get them online but I'd like to be able to walk into a store and find them. I have been to BB Walmart, Target, TRU and KMart and can't find them. Who sells these?

Which minifigs?

Im assuming you are talking about minifigure series maybe?

 

If so, they are completely random at all the big box retailers and really most of them just carry the ones that are currently out, etc.

 

Best try for individuals or something of that nature would be a hobby store or secondary market type deal.

Any besides The Simpsons!

I know I can get them online but I'd like to be able to walk into a store and find them. I have been to BB Walmart, Target, TRU and KMart and can't find them. Who sells these?

I had the same time when I first started looking for minifigures.  Sometimes, stores will set out minifigures randomly, but most of the time they will have a box or two that are bought up quickly.  Try going to one of the stores you mentioned on the release date of Minifigures Series 12 and they will most likely have them.

Any besides The Simpsons!

The minifigs series are usually only out for a short period of time.  Most stores only stock the current series and in this case, just Simpsons.  You might have some luck finding some older series at TRU but that is probably it.

Series 11 is most likely going to be gone from the big stores, might try Walgreens.  They won't get the traffic the other stores do.  Older series are long gone, only in stores for a few months each.

I'm not a CMF collector, but the only place that I have seen them with any regularity is target. They usually hang them on the end of one of the toy aisles in the stores that I frequent. They are usually only available for about 2-3 weeks from their release date, and then they disappear until the next series comes out.

I have only seen them at one of my five Walmarts once, and it was the Simpsons. I have never seen any of the regular series there. They have probably had them, but the Wal-Martians just dump them wherever in whichever aisle is convienent, so it's real hit or miss.

Finally, there is a local mom and pop here in town that has had several of the previous series all the way back to series 4 and 5 that nobody has purchased. You may want to try that avenue if it's a possibility for you. It's not a true toy store, but rather a teacher supply store that carries some toys and other educational learning items, so that's probably why they are still there. Nobody goes there looking specifically for lego. I like that store because sometimes they have old retired sets still sitting there at retail. I got two 8097 slave I's there last summer for $60 a piece after I used a 25% off coupon they put out.

My local comic book store stocks them but its usually the latest series and they go pretty quick.

If you have one in your state there is a store called Five Below that sometimes gets them and they can be up at the counter or hidden somewhere.

I've seen older series in cvs and walgreens. Every nice in a while I will stumble upon dome at the bigger chain stores, I.e. Toys r us. Ebay is one way to go but the "sealed" packs are already searched

My local Target ran out of The Simpsons series and got in a box of Series 9. I managed to pick out 12 from the set and some duplicates before they sold out. I stopped by for the heck of it and they had another box of Series 9 out, so I completed my set with a few extras for trading.

I never see even the current ones around me. Ebay it.

Any besides The Simpsons!

Are you crazy?!?! Simpsons are the best!!!

I never see even the current ones around me. Ebay it.

 

Also Bricklink, Brick Owl, sometimes Amazon, and a host of smaller third-party seller sites you can find with a Google search.

Also Bricklink, Brick Owl, sometimes Amazon, and a host of smaller third-party seller sites you can find with a Google search.

 

I also use http://www.miniaturetrading.com/ to get rid of duplicates. Not to mention you can trade other miniatures like heroclix or Doctor Who character builders. I've done maybe 15 trades with no problem so far.