Here's a random thought. For the first person that is lucky enough to find one of the "Golden Minifigures", what do you think they will list it on eBay for? (Let's just assume he/she did for the fun of it.) How about....

Here's the list of Mr Gold's that have appeared so far (that I know of).

796 - Zellingen, Germany

865 - Karlsruhe, Germany

870 - Karlsruhe, Germany

880 - Karlsruhe, Germany

898 - Burke, Virginia

933 - Karlsruhe, Germany

934 - Karlsruhe, Germany

942 - Karlsruhe, Germany

1229 - Germany

1331 - Belgium, Europe

1604 - agp548 from Hawaii, USA

1849 - Graz, Austria

3160 - Benzo on Brickset from Saskatchewan, Canada

3194 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

3271 - Tuckerton, New Jersey

3342 - mushedroom

3739 - La Mesa, California

4154 - Richardson, Texas

4544 - Mountain Home, Idaho

4576 - Lake in the Hills, Illinois

4610 - Tacoma, Washington

4616 - Ellensburg, Washington

4625 - BrickBrats on eBay from Victorville, California

4628 - Portland, Oregon

4746 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

4838 - Deder2416 on Brickset from Georgia

4855 - SamuraiPete on Brickset from Spring Hill, Kansas

4914 - datsunman on Brickset from Phillipsburg, New Jersey

4928 - Twiddlepotts from Portland, Oregon

These have been found but no number given.

Bricks was lucky enough to find 2

Tommahas8012 had one

Akamu54 on Brickset from Thunder Bay, Ontario

buriedbybricks on Brickset from New Brunswick, Canada

jvdrummer182 on BrickSet from New Jersey

Mike in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (No idea on number or what the guys real name is.)

Mr. Gold's found: 2,152

Mr. Gold's left to be found: 2,848

Mr. Gold: Where is he found?

Mr. Gold: World Map

Ed Mack's Edit: In addition to the Mr. Gold value discussion, John and Dave from BRICKS AND MINIFIGS posted a picture of the "dot codes" from a Mr. Gold they have in their possession. Maybe it will help you find another one.

Edited October 23, 201411 yr by TheOrcKing
update to Mr. Gold count

No...what would be even more sick is if Tommashas8012 uses that money and bought a case and he gets another Mr. Gold before May 1!!!!!! He would be the luckiest Brickpicker member ever!!! We'll have Ed and Jeff throw you a personal party on their yaht. lol If that happened...I would say "Man forget all this Mr. Gold stuff...you need to buy some Lottery and Power Ball Tickets." LOL this Mr. Gold thing is CHUMP CHANGE!!!

Good point. Buy some more boxes of minifigs with it!

Congratulations! All I can really think about though is what sick mind has the kind of expendable capital to spend on something like this!

No...what would be even more sick is if Tommashas8012 uses that money and bought a case and he gets another Mr. Gold before May 1!!!!!! He would be the luckiest Brickpicker member ever!!! We'll have Ed and Jeff throw you a personal party on their yaht. lol If that happened...I would say "Man forget all this Mr. Gold stuff...you need to buy some Lottery and Power Ball Tickets." LOL this Mr. Gold thing is CHUMP CHANGE!!!

I actually went back to the store that I go the mr gold and bought every last series 10 they had, including the case they had in the back. Spending the day feeling for gold. It will be interesting to see if TLG sent him to different stores or just threw him in random packages.

So you can keep your list updated, TheOrcKing, mine was number 3194 and I'm in Southern California. I think it would be cool if your list also kept track of location when possible.

Think I might give my TRU a call to see if they have any in. Getting too anxious waiting :)

Well, just called....sold out... poop! Should I bother calling Target? Would they know what I was talking about?

A guy on eBay has 4 Mr. Golds!!! Four!! How is that possible? There will be none left at this rate!

If thats the case, I'm done. I have my compete set of 16 and a few extras. I have one sealed box on its way...(May 1st) other than that....i give up! lol

If thats the case, I'm done. I have my compete set of 16 and a few extras. I have one sealed box on its way...(May 1st) other than that....i give up! lol

I agree I give up too this is rididculous. how can one person have four of them when some people like myself cant even find a single pack of these damn things. its very frustrating to say the least. if any brickmembers on here have an extra one by some miracle and are feeling generous enough to sell one at a decent price pm me otherwise my chances are pretty grim.

I think (IMO) by the middle of May the prices should come down to a reasonable level. If thats the case, I'll try to buy one if not, the sun still rises and each day still comes. As I told the wife, I want a Mr Gold...I dont need one!

A guy on eBay has 4 Mr. Golds!!! Four!! How is that possible? There will be none left at this rate!

He's likely a dealer that "smooshed" through every case he ordered direct from TLG. On one hand I would say hey, you can do whatever you want, it's your money, but on the other hand, I really hope this isn't some store owner who is now going to falsely advertise these for sale telling people they "have a chance" to get a rare Mr. Gold figure when he knows full well he smooshed them all and removed the Mr. Golds.

A guy on eBay has 4 Mr. Golds!!! Four!! How is that possible? There will be none left at this rate!

can someone post the listing for this so I can see who the seller is please. im just curious.

4 is extremely fishy. Something definitely going on. So where is the best place to buy a box of these? Can we trust anyone?

Damn, too late, but I would say to post it on eBay and watch the bidding go nuts. Saw one the other day with the reserve at around $1400, bidding was up to $1200 and the auction just started a day before. People are going nuts for these since there will only be 5000 of them made.

Damn, too late, but I would say to post it on eBay and watch the bidding go nuts. Saw one the other day with the reserve at around $1400, bidding was up to $1200 and the auction just started a day before. People are going nuts for these since there will only be 5000 of them made.

For now lol. You never know.

Your best bet is to be at your local Target first thing May 1 and check the fresh box that they put out. This is assuming they didn't break the street date and still have them in back. Getting multiple Mr. Golds isn't really hard, just requires some luck and a lot of effort. I searched 3.5 Target side cap boxes (equal to 7 regular size boxes) before finding the one I sold. If I had better luck, I could have found a Mr. Gold in 2 or 3 of those boxes, it's just random if the box that any given store gets has Mr. Gold or not. I expect to find one more for me to keep. Finding Mr. Gold is just a numbers game, if you search enough fresh cases, you will eventually find him.

Your best bet is to be at your local Target first thing May 1 and check the fresh box that they put out. This is assuming they didn't break the street date and still have them in back. Getting multiple Mr. Golds isn't really hard, just requires some luck and a lot of effort. I searched 3.5 Target side cap boxes (equal to 7 regular size boxes) before finding the one I sold. If I had better luck, I could have found a Mr. Gold in 2 or 3 of those boxes, it's just random if the box that any given store gets has Mr. Gold or not. I expect to find one more for me to keep. Finding Mr. Gold is just a numbers game, if you search enough fresh cases, you will eventually find him.

Yeah I'll be at my local LEGO store as soon as they open. The only thing that makes me doubt between going there or Target is that since Target is pretty big so I would feel less uncomfortable than in the LEGO store where I will for sure be noticed after spending a few minutes feeling the bags lol.

I'll be doing what Mos Eisley explained, but I'm also seriously considering ordering a sealed case off of Ebay. There's a seller pushing them for 169.99 total which isn't bad if there's 60 figs per case because that means you are getting 10 bucks plus tax off overall retail price, plus the box is sealed so you aren't running the risk of just buying several packs that the dealer already smooshed. The way I figure is I'll get a full set for myself, have a shot at Mr. Gold, and I can turn the other packets into trading or selling fodder here once the Brick classified thing starts.

I'll be doing what Mos Eisley explained, but I'm also seriously considering ordering a sealed case off of Ebay. There's a seller pushing them for 169.99 total which isn't bad if there's 60 figs per case because that means you are getting 10 bucks plus tax off overall retail price, plus the box is sealed so you aren't running the risk of just buying several packs that the dealer already smooshed. The way I figure is I'll get a full set for myself, have a shot at Mr. Gold, and I can turn the other packets into trading or selling fodder here once the Brick classified thing starts.

I'd be careful buying boxes from ebay. You don't know if people have opened them, searched for a Mr Gold and then resealed it. So you might end up with no shot at Mr Gold!

I'd be careful buying boxes from ebay. You don't know if people have opened them, searched for a Mr Gold and then resealed it. So you might end up with no shot at Mr Gold!

True, but these guys seem pretty reputable for the most part. Good feedback, they mention that the cases are sealed within an outer Lego shipping box, and they've been selling Lego for awhile. Don't think it's worth it for them to damage their reputation going through the trouble of trying to make it look like they resealed the boxes. Who knows though. I guess it is possible.

can someone post the listing for this so I can see who the seller is please. im just curious.

Thanks for posting the link. That is so suspect especially since how close the numbers are together. I mean he has 933 and 934. What are the odds of finding four mr golds and especially two of them in sequential order. Oh well crazy crazy.

For now lol. You never know. I do wonder if Lego will do Mr Gold again, like for Series 20 of the Minifigures line.

I'd be careful buying boxes from ebay. You don't know if people have opened them, searched for a Mr Gold and then resealed it. So you might end up with no shot at Mr Gold!

True, but these guys seem pretty reputable for the most part. Good feedback, they mention that the cases are sealed within an outer Lego shipping box, and they've been selling Lego for awhile. Don't think it's worth it for them to damage their reputation going through the trouble of trying to make it look like they resealed the boxes. Who knows though. I guess it is possible.

I got one of those myself playing the odds...."seems legit" LoL