Found this on Brickset:

Looks to be a GWP in December.

 

Looks like a turd to me.

So, another Exclusive Collectible Minifigure with high priced potential is killed - Thanks!

LEGO has been really lazy this year. I hope this isn't the future way of doing business for them but a one-off.

23 minutes ago, Dark Helmet said:

LEGO has been really lazy this year. I hope this isn't the future way of doing business for them but a one-off.

Chicken man was the one-off. This would be a two-off.

Just now, marcandre said:

Chicken man was the one-off. This would be a two-off.

Still a good time to unload/reload.

So basically they had an excess of Gingerbread Man key chains and figured GWP for December.

7 minutes ago, marcandre said:

Chicken man was the one-off. This would be a two-off.

 

You also have Darth Revan, Death Star, Trick or Treat, (Toy Shop) tech 2015 but I will still include.. The list just keeps on getting longer of re-releases. Don't forget they are redoing the Space Slug as a special give-a-way.

Sorry, should have clarified my 1st post I was talking about in general about LEGO rehashes not just CMF

Edited October 20, 20169 yr by Dark Helmet

 

You also have Darth Revan, Death Star, Trick or Treat, (Toy Shop) tech 2015 but I will still include.. The list just keeps on getting longer of re-releases. Don't forget they are redoing the Space Slug as a special give-a-way.

Sorry, should have clarified my 1st post I was talking about in general about LEGO rehashes not just CMF

All of these things are not the same.

Revan and Space Slug are excess inventory dumps, not remakes.

We still don't (I think) know what was up with ToT. I certainly never saw them anywhere, and as far as I know it was a BN.com only thing for a few minutes until BP jackals cleaned them out.

Gingy and CSG are certainly remakes of popular CMFs and a lazy/easy way to have a promo. If I had any remaining popular CMFs I'd be dumping (Bunny Suit, Bumble Bee, Brickasaurus etc).

Death Star and Toy Shop are true remakes as well, but logical to capitalize on consumer demand.

They could have at least called it:

The Iconic Christmas Gingerbread Man

They could have at least called it:
The Iconic Christmas Gingerbread Man

And given him a cheese slope piece of Christmas cake.

5 hours ago, Brian Briggs said:

 

 

What's with the complaining??  That looks like a great gingerbread theme outhouse to complete any winter village display  

No mug though - original CMF came with a red mug with "Dunk me" printed on the side.

Bunny suit guy is next. We've seen lots of promotional material that used him for easter last year.

Nice minifig to add to last year's Gingerbread House.  

But that's all it really is good for.

Sold out after 3 days and only one thread page here. Ching ching methinks.

After seeing the gingerbread man in person at a Lego store, the coloring looks different than the normal CFM gingerbread man. 

 

On 10/20/2016 at 7:02 PM, Sfcommando14 said:

We still don't (I think) know what was up with ToT. I certainly never saw them anywhere, and as far as I know it was a BN.com only thing for a few minutes until BP jackals cleaned them out.

Gingy and CSG are certainly remakes of popular CMFs and a lazy/easy way to have a promo. If I had any remaining popular CMFs I'd be dumping (Bunny Suit, Bumble Bee, Brickasaurus etc).

Death Star and Toy Shop are true remakes as well, but logical to capitalize on consumer demand.

Trick or treat was seen in Walmart and other stores. I picked up 4 of them at a Legoland Discovery center. 

40125 Santa's Visit resurfaced recently at Barnes and Noble though. 

 

Pity there is no Gingerbread Man in Star Wars. Fans would go crazy about being able to buy the same minifig twice in two different shades of brown.

17 minutes ago, Sharkbait said:

After seeing the gingerbread man in person at a Lego store, the coloring looks different than the normal CFM gingerbread man. 

Confirmed different:

All look the same to me.

Edited December 15, 20169 yr by Val-E

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

Confirmed different:

Has there been a drop in quality or is it a pigment of my imagination?

1 hour ago, TabbyBoy said:

 

 

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

Confirmed different:

That is great to see - Hopefully LEGO is learning not to hurt their own product (or maybe it's just another example of poor quality control).

Edited December 15, 20169 yr by KShine

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

Confirmed different:

Either this Gingerbread Man was more 'baked' or perhaps made with a dash of cinnamon. Here I did not think they could add some (even a little) variety to this quirky character. It would seem they proved me wrong.

On 15-12-2016 at 11:05 PM, Val-E said:

Sold out after 3 days and only one thread page here. Ching ching methinks.

I only just noticed this thing is not available anymore at the EU Lego S@H. I saw the A-Wing Pilot promo getting put up a few days ago, but assumed the GBM would still be available. Guess not. Looks like it's still available in the US for now.

The re-release barely seems to have affected the value of the original minifigure so far, but that was not a super high value figure to begin with. Around 10-12€ on bricklink.

I think Bunny Suit guy will be a completely different story. That one is valued at about 35€. Could be cut in half if we see it as the "Iconic Easter Bunny Suit Guy"!