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

Fred Meyer put 4 new boxes out today. Those of you in Oregon and Washington might want to check them out again. I picked up the couple that I was missing and all the medusas, sailors and bees I could find. I have gotten very good at feeling them. It is a game to ID them in under 5 seconds. Lol

Twiddlepotts

Springfield, Oregon

NOw I know why after smooshing 60 bags at a walmart today I just couldnt find that sailor lol... oh well guess I'll just ebay the last one.

The painter guy tricked me and I bought a couple because I thought his hat could have been a top hat.

The Decorator's hat is the same as Series 9 Plumber's cap if that helps any. His bucket may be a bit of a giveaway. I would imagine it feels like the Fez piece from a couple of the Indiana Jones sets.

Anyone ever buy a bunch of packs, take them home, smoosh them and then bring the ones you don't want back?

I do not and never would. Not exactly fair to everyone else looking for them. I read a couple of people on Brickset saying they buy a box, smoosh through, keep the ones they want, and then return the unwanted ones to the store for money back.

I haven't tried it but one could argue that is thee a real difference from someone going through all the packs at the store and doing the same thing at home. You are still smooshing all the packs leaving what you don't want. Is it any worse then someone going through several boxes at the store taking out all of one character in every box?

It's really not much different. But it wouldn't surprise me if stores start taking precautions on these to keep people from doing it. My local TRU has some die hard Lego fans that work there. I know damn well they are going through the box before it goes out on the floor. I know they aren't out any money, the figures will sell to someone else anyway. There is a moral dilemma in there somewhere. I have a hard enough time rifling through the bags in the store, let alone take it home and return it with a grin on my face.

This is a question mostly for those lucky ones in the EU that have a Mr Gold. Do you have a pic of the dot code for this minifigure? Since the bags are different from the US ones, I wanted to check if the dot code was different too. Thanks!

Three Golds found so far in New Zealand that I know of. #2990 which sold for $750NZ and it had been removed from packet and handled. #2987 And 1 other haven't seen a # for but just someone claiming to have found one.

The site for the mr gold codes is now live! So far 11 have been entered, 3 from UK!

link?

link?

Here you go! 25 found so far. Or at least 25 reported.

You must admit it is a little exciting!

Little old NZ has 2 posted already, good to see! Would love to add to that myself.

I'm not paying that much for a Mr. Gold. How about a Mr. Pewter or a Mr. Aluminum Foil for us cheap skates.

http://brickultra.com/lego-mr-gold-scandal-increases/#comments

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this is bringing out the worst in some people......

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this is bringing out the worst in some people......

Talk about it. I hate hearing about people who buy a sealed case then if it doesn't have Mr. Gold then they return it. I am thinking this is how people are able to get more than 1, though I am sure there are also honest people out there.

Must (tweak) get a (tweak) Mr. (tweak) Gold. (tweak tweak tweak) by any (tweak) means possible (tweak).

http://brickultra.com/lego-mr-gold-scandal-increases/#comments

Don't like to be a spelling Nazi but spell check anyone?

Guess it isn't that bad.

I still think the best way to have done this is to just insert a golden ticket with a way to redeem the figure.

http://brickultra.com/lego-mr-gold-scandal-increases/#comments

exactly what I was talking about in the other thread about series 10. I wrote a letter to lego about this sort of thing happening last week. It really is bringing out the worst in people. Its quite sad.

I still think the best way to have done this is to just insert a golden ticket with a way to redeem the figure.

That is a good idea. also they could've changed the packaging method and instead of foil packs they could've made small minifigure sized boxes, or even made the Mr Gold figure the same as one of the 16 characters in the series, say 5000 gold skydivers or whichever character, and that way even if people were feeling for him they wouldn't know if it was the gold version of the character or the regular version. Maybe lego will learn a lesson from all of this but I doubt it.

That is a good idea. also they could've changed the packaging method and instead of foil packs they could've made small minifigure sized boxes, or even made the Mr Gold figure the same as one of the 16 characters in the series, say 5000 gold skydivers or whichever character, and that way even if people were feeling for him they wouldn't know if it was the gold version of the character or the regular version. Maybe lego will learn a lesson from all of this but I doubt it.

Don't think the small box would work. It would make cases too big and take up too much room. Originally I thought making one of the figures the gold one would be a good idea but then we would have almost all of one figure missing from the case. Once everyone found out which figure was the gold one, everyone would be pulling that fig from the case. Lego definitely didn't think this through and made a lot of lego fans mad.

That is a good idea. also they could've changed the packaging method and instead of foil packs they could've made small minifigure sized boxes, or even made the Mr Gold figure the same as one of the 16 characters in the series, say 5000 gold skydivers or whichever character, and that way even if people were feeling for him they wouldn't know if it was the gold version of the character or the regular version. Maybe lego will learn a lesson from all of this but I doubt it.

Don't think the small box would work. It would make cases too big and take up too much room. Originally I thought making one of the figures the gold one would be a good idea but then we would have almost all of one figure missing from the case. Once everyone found out which figure was the gold one, everyone would be pulling that fig from the case. Lego definitely didn't think this through and made a lot of lego fans mad.

True

I think the idea is to make ~312 of each figure gold so you really dont know what you are getting. Or better yet, maybe LEGO should stop the cash grab that helped ruin the card industry. Did anyone catch that one of the guys who did this promotion used to work for Topps from that linked article? Sad if true.

I still think the best way to have done this is to just insert a golden ticket with a way to redeem the figure.

Instead of Mr. Gold it could have been an oompa loompa figure.

Instead of Mr. Gold it could have been an oompa loompa figure.

Who couldn't use an army of oompa loompas?