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

The current count of Mr. Golds found and registered is 2,020.

Well we finally reached that second milestone. Let me guess, by the end of this year maybe we will hit 2,500. Ha.

By the end of 2014 the Mr. Gold count will be up to 2,246!

My wife just told me she wants Mr Gold for Xmas this year. I think she just wants an excuse to open our sealed cases of series 10 since we weren't planning on collecting all the CMFs at the time...

Little does she know I have all the ones were missing hidden in my work junk.

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Last night I was looking over minifigure data and coming up with nice ideas for a future community project to help build our price guide for CMF.  I spent some time on Mr Gold and filtered the data.  I was blown away that it is indeed still commanding almost $900 and has a 29,000% increase over its retail price.   Maybe I should crack in to those series 10 cases that Ed has, I don't think he will mind

If only this thing was made of pure gold like the C-3PO minifigure was.  Then, it would be easy to find him with a cheap metal detector.

 

I wonder how high in value this minifigure will go.  There are always more AFOLs and TFOLs that are collecting minifigures that need Mr. Gold to complete their collection - and as time goes on, sealed Mr. Golds will become extremely rare.  I can see someone paying $2000 dollars for one in a few years.

I have a 246,600% increase for the mini VW T1 Camper Van and a 263,500% increase for the 40082 Christmas Tree Stand.

Yeah 900$ is crazy price really....for 1 figure, who cares if its Chromed....

 

I cannot believe it

i'm glad i was able to sell mine for just under 1000.00 last year.

If you have one, unregistered. Would you register it, or keep the code secret?

Are there benefits to register the code? Not do so?

 

thanks

If you have one, unregistered. Would you register it, or keep the code secret?

Are there benefits to register the code? Not do so?

thanks

There is one on eBay but the registration code paperwork is lost. Thus I wouldn't buy it.

I strongly feel that there buyers who would pay more to register one. It will give some satisfaction since that person didn't pull it out of a pack.

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I'm wondering how long Lego is going to keep the "Mr Gold" registration site online for example. If you register the Mr Gold, don't they send you an official document for authenticity of the minifig?

 

I'm not sur how people reason here. There are so many unregistered out there - what does that imply?

 

thanks for your opnions guys

If you have one, unregistered. Would you register it, or keep the code secret?

Are there benefits to register the code? Not do so?

 

thanks

It depends. If you are going to sell it. Keep the code, but don't register it. If I were to buy a Mr. Gold, I would rather buy one that is unregistered, so that I can have the satisfaction of registering it myself. If you are going to keep the Mr. Gold for yourself, register it. There is no harm done in doing so.

 

I'm wondering how long Lego is going to keep the "Mr Gold" registration site online for example. If you register the Mr Gold, don't they send you an official document for authenticity of the minifig?

 

I'm not sur how people reason here. There are so many unregistered out there - what does that imply?

 

thanks for your opnions guys

There are a lot of unregistered Mr. Golds out there. My guess is that many of them have been found in the world, but they have not been registered. Some people probably have a Mr. Gold, but don't even realize the significance of it and don't care (or even know) to register it. Also, there are probably people who want to register their Mr. Gold, but forgot about it and will never remember. Those are just a few reasons why there are so many unregistered Mr. Golds.

No to mention how many Mr Golds ended up in some 5 year's birthday pile of toys and were later eaten by Fido who noticed a bit of peanut butter on Mr Gold's hat from the kid's afternoon snack...

No to mention how many Mr Golds ended up in some 5 year's birthday pile of toys and were later eaten by Fido who noticed a bit of peanut butter on Mr Gold's hat from the kid's afternoon snack...

I'm 99.99% sure that that happened to at least ONE Mr. Gold somewhere in the world.

The current count of Mr. Golds found and registered is 2,079.

It has been a long while since the last update so there you go.

The current count of Mr. Golds found and registered is 2,079.

It has been a long while since the last update so there you go.

That`s not very many at all given that we have passed the 1 year mark. There have definitely been more found, just people haven`t registered them, how many, we`re unlikely to ever know for sure. Still, the lower the number found, more than likely the higher the value of a case will go. 

I have one at an ex-girlfriends house... we broke up very angrily.... im wondering if its worth it to go back and get it....

Edited January 4, 201511 yr by vexxet

She probably either sold it or flushed it down the toilet already.

She probably either sold it or flushed it down the toilet already.

im not so sure she'd do that.  we spend a long time together looking for it.  but it is possible she did it.  she might not even know where it is to be honest.

Well this awkward. I cannot find Mr. Gold's profile page or the world map displaying where all the knowns have been found. I guess LEGO wiped the whole thing clean from their servers or something to make way for the Minifigures Online "Collect & Win". I know the Mr. Gold map was online for October 2014 because that was the last time I updated the count in the main post.

Anyway regardless the last count of found and registered Mr. Golds was 2,152.