Latest offers at Minifigure Maddness
Posted by Huw,
Conor at Minifigure Maddness writes:
“We are very excited to announce the launch of our new LEGO Minifigure Christmas Crackers!
"Each of our carefully made Christmas Crackers contains one Christmas themed Minifigure, along with another small toy, party hat, snap and a Christmassy joke! . Each cracker is carefully hand made and are limited to one set of three crackers per order. Enter code Brickset80 at checkout to get a set of three for just €12, a saving of €3!
"To celebrate our CRACKING launch, we are also offering our Black Friday offers early to Brickset readers! .
- €10 off all LEGO Minifigures Series 18, Series 19 and series 20 boxes when you enter code Brickset82 at checkout! .
- €15 off LEGO Minifigures Harry Potter Series 1 box of 60! , when you enter code Brickset84 at checkout.
- Finally, we are offering the best LEGO store Minifigures exclusive to you this Christmas, With the Exclusive LEGO build a Minifigure Christmas set of 3 for only €12 when you enter code Brickset86 at checkout.”
23 likes
7 comments on this article
Not gonna lie, those Minifigure Crackers appeal to me! My parents tend to always get cheap crackers to have on Christmas, and I've long been disappointed by the fact that the vast majority of what you get out of those is essentially just rubbish; having a set that turns out Lego minifigures in addition to the usual is certainly an enticing prospect!
Dunno if I'll actually go ahead with it, but I'm definitely considering ^^
I assume that the crackers contain the 3 Christmas themed Build a Minifigure figs?
Curious how they will sell the Christmas crackers abroad as you can't post them outside of the country... because of the explosive material that gives the snap effect. Unless that's been removed... but then its not really got the Christmas cracker sound effect.
What's a Christmas cracker?
@AustinPowers said:
"What's a Christmas cracker? "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cracker
Apparently they're a primarily UK thing... I didn't know that, I assumed they were just a standard part of Christmas everywhere. You learn something new every day, I guess!
@Coolguy5000 said:
"Curious how they will sell the Christmas crackers abroad as you can't post them outside of the country... because of the explosive material that gives the snap effect. Unless that's been removed... but then its not really got the Christmas cracker sound effect. "
yeah, i bought a package of crackers the last time I was in London, and then found out I couldn't bring them home on the plane :-( ... donated them to the B&B I stayed at, so someone enjoyed them.
@d_m_t_arnold said:
"I assume that the crackers contain the 3 Christmas themed Build a Minifigure figs?"
Looking closer, I would suspect not; they sell the BAM Christmas minifigures for €18.99 the set (when not on reduction), but the crackers are €15.00 for three. If they were the same figures in both, that's an odd price discrepancy: particularly taking into account that the crackers would need to cover the cost of additional materials that go into making them, too.
I suspect that they're probably going to be Christmas-themed minifigures left over from sets of previous years, ones for whom there's lower demand; but I don't know for certain, that's just a guess.