Lego Minifigures Series 12 & Series 13 Review Pictures

Just seems like yesterday, in the year 2010 when i bought my first Lego Minifigures Series 1, at a retail price of $3.90 each. After 5 years we now have Lego Minifigures Series 13.

Lego Minfigures Series 1 (S$3.90 each in 2010). Now in the year 2015,

it cost S$380-S$400 a set (Jan 2015 price from ebay Singapore)

The humble beginnings of Lego Minifigures Series 1 in the year 2010, that year i bought 2 boxes from retail at S$210.60 per box (10% discount). Sold most of my extra minifigures, to fellow collectors & family members. After series 1, lego fans/collectors/sellers realized that selling these minifigures can be so profitable. This month on local ebay, a set of Lego Minifigure Series 1 cost a cool S$400!!! At $25 per figure!! My advice to buyers is forget about it, just don't buy, skip them. From S$3.90 each to $25? More than 6 times increment....speechless.

Lego is issuing 3 Minifigures Series per year since 2010. If we include the Lego Movie Minifigs & Simpson Minifigs, there are now a total of 15 Series, 240 minifigures!! At this rate, i am sure many fans will give up, the main reason is running out of space.

 the LEGO components in Minifigures Series 13 are now 100% produced in China. Cheap!

Piggy feeding pigs

Lego pieces are now produced in China, the hat of the princess is loose, it is not a tight fit. I had seen enough of these figures qualities over more than 20 years, since my primary school days. From European factories to China factories...standard and quality dropped, the lego minifigures had some kind of cheap plastic look. Profit all the way. I am not worried about commenting these because at S$4.90 per figure, consumers demand better. That is why for Lego Minifigures Series 13, i just bought 9/16 of them, couldn't be bother to have them all.

Wizards gathering..just rounded up a few for a picture. 

this firey wizard is my favourite, he commanded the skeleton warriors

The Return of the King. Which king do you guys prefer?

Crownies King is my favourite.

welcoming the new king in the kingdom, his sword is make of plastic, preferred chrome.

plastic boardsword is a joke in the kingdom of knights.

Firey wizard leading skeleton warriors to battle (check my last post for more army pictures)

Blacksmith fighting off golbins. Golbins are one of my favourite figures in Series 13. I am glad that golbins are cheap...nobody likes them, that is where i picked up a handful of these fellows.

Behind the orcs raiders are the golbins ready to strike. Plundering, that is what they do best!

Will delicate a post for golbins in the next post.

Hun warrior, that is where the horns are from....



Post your comments below, thank you. 

Fantasy Castle Knights

The fantasy castle knights are preparing for battle with the evil skeletons.

final preparation

Using 2 boxes of 7090 Crossbow Attack and 7091 Catapult Defense

Classic Castle Dragon Army Collection

Here are my dragon knights, having 4 figures only
(there was an earlier post Dragon Slayer)
below are the collection from a friend, he took a couple of months buying the parts.

Check last year post here:
Dragon Knight Army

Here are the Dragon Archers (bow & crossbow)

7 crossbow archers standing at the back

the classic dark grey helmet

archers protected by halberd at both side

the foot soldiers

helmets with red, yellow and blue plumes

with dragon shields

both the Dragon foot soldiers & archers

Dragon Knights

Dragon Battle Flags
(the 2 capes on the left are the originals, the others are reprints, the flags are all original)

The white chrome helmet is the most expensive piece, together with the white plumes. White horse headdress are rare and hard to find.

Classic knights having the dark grey sword, comparing it with today's Kingdoms set, the older vintage sword was made of hard plastic (it cost more in price now)

3 different prints on the body torso for the dragon knights

Here comes the knights

the dragon army (ALL)

Enjoying my friend's lego & sharing the pictures here. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Lego Castle & Kingdoms

Castle Fantasy King & his Knights (the grey & golden knight)
2007-09

the new sword for the knight

the current kingdoms knights (superb design on the barding, shield, horse headgear), but too light weight.

Comparing with the early 90s horse barding, we prefer the earlier ones, in terms of quality. The quality has drop over the years (material wise)

Will lego Kingdoms cost more in the next few years (price increase) as compared with the earlier Fantasy Castle (2007-09)?

If we look in terms of designs, no doubt the current Kingdoms version (2010 & 2011) are nicer, having detailed design with prints on the body torso (both front & back), printed legs, horse headgear with horn and horse barding.

As a castle fan, the current plastic feel is just different, comparing with the 90s. Nicer design & print (increase in printing cost, since printed on both sided for the torso), but the weight is less, and it gives an impression of cheap mass produced plastic.

Don't think the price for the current Kingdoms sets (minifigures) will increase that much as compared with Castle theme (skeleton, dwarves & fantasy knights and the sets). As a castle fan, most of us have no intention of building a big kingdoms army.

Whether there will be a price increase on these Kingdoms in the near future, depends on the demand from collectors, with so many different themes coming up this year and probably next year. Buyers will have some budget on what to spend to stretch this hobby in the long run.

Castle (Crownies)
My Crownies Collections

The above collection belongs to my friend.

Next post will be on Dragon Knights...

From a Lego seller & collector

Customized cape

Here are the customized capes for sales

The collection pictures shown here are from a current ebay power seller by the name of FindMyBrick. A massive lego collection, he's a castle fan for sure.

Black Knight castle 1992

Dragon Knight Castle 1993

Heroine

Royal Knights & Knights Kingdom Castle 1995 -2004

Hundreds of knights