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Honestly, if I were inclined to build an army of Hydra or Ultron drones, it's plenty affordable to buy them on Bricklink. I think they're all going for under $2 per fig right now which ain't bad. As a collector I don't want to see anything happen that might jack up the cost of new sets. It's expensive enough as it is to nab all these minifigs!

I have about 95 minifigs now I think, and I display them all pretty much together. I know exactly what I have though, even without looking at my spreadsheet. I maintain a decent spreadsheet with Lego #, description, set #, date purchased, and price paid. I buy all my minifigs new. I've found it pretty easy to keep up with so far, but I think a collection as small as 100 is easy to do that with, now 200 might be an issue!

I agree, the smiling face is a little weird! The suit is cool, but we've seen it. In a couple sets now. I'm kind of offput by the fact that the title character was recycled, and Black widow was too! Awesome about Ant Man, it's the first statuette for me and it's making me want all the others! I'll happily trade my spare Ant Man for one of the others that are out.

I just finished assembling the CACW Airport battle today. Fantastic set. The Giant Ant Man is stunning, it's my favorite part of the set aside from that wicked War Machine mini fig. And I was lucky enough to score an extra Ant Man statuette with my set! My only complaint is that the Captain America minifig is not new. They seem to like repeating with him. I also got the Avenjet space mission and Iron Skull Sub attack today, and both Captain America's in those sets are identical, but one has fins and the other has a jetpack. You'd think the Namesake of the new movie would get a makeover for it, it would have been a perfect time to give him a true helmet. Heck, there are three new Iron man variants this year and he's not the main character in any movie!

Thanks! I splurged a bit, but I don't often have that much to spend and when the gettin's good I get goin! I also ordered the Batman Gotham City cycle chase today as well, it was "Free Chicken guy minifig" Day at Legoshop.com so I got that coming too! My wife is sitting in her chair laughing at me for ordering so many sets in two days!

I just ordered Captain America Civil war Airport battle, Iron Skull Sub Attack, and Avenjet Space mission off Amazon today, along with Black panther and Captain America(no helmet) figs from Bricklink. So on monday that should all arrive along with my Falcon and Crossbones figs I ordered earlier this week, rounding out my CACW fig collection. And today Captain America Vs. Hydra arrived, and a Winter Soldier polybag. It has been a fun week! I opted to order the figs separately instead of getting the Black panther and Crossbones sets since I already have a Winter Soldier coming in the Airport battle and I already own the Black Widow fig(irritating they reused her). I kind of wish I had ordered Black Panther's set as I like the plane in it, but ALL of the Lego from the AoU sets other than Hulkbuster, is sitting in bins now because I just didn't care to keep it all assembled. I saved around $30 doing it this way.

Awesome collection!

I love that! Right now my display consists of a tan baseplate that is absolutely full of minifigures, in fact I need another one the hold the crop of new minifigs I will be buying soon.

I've gone over the money aspect of it with him plenty. Tonight I had him brink his piggy bank down to me and show me what he had. He is up to $12.08, saving to $20 so he can get minecraft for Xbox one(It's my xbox, I've just decided to start sharing it with him). While looking at his piggy bank, he asked me about an iron man variant I plan on ordering next week, and asked what it cost. The one he asked about is Scuba iron man, but I'm buying it with a set so I just told him $10 just to give him a number. He said, "Oooh I have enough for that one!", and I reminded him that he had wanted to save for minecraft. He slapped his forehead and said "Oh yea I forgot!". He kept asking about different figs too and basically I totaled them up at about $35 or so. So we had a nice lesson in wanting more than you can afford and coping with it. I made him go get his bucket o' figs and play with them, and before long any mention of buying new ones was gone. I got into this hobby for me, true, but just as much for him. I want to share the love of the brick with him, and it brings us closer. I recently bought the Lego Avengers video game, simply because I was dying to have the Silver Centurion armor variant. I had planned on selling the game still sealed, but I ended up giving my son the game and that's when I decided to share my xbox with him. He was pretty thrilled getting that game and though he wanted the minifig that came with it, I reminded him that I spent my money on that and it was a collectors item. His jaw it the floor when I told him what that fig goes for on ebay. Same thing happened when I told him how much my Iron Patriot cost. (I know, exclusives suck, but Iron Man/War Machine armor variants are my weakness!)

Awesome response, thank you! I do separate our stuff. My loose parts are in my own plastic bins, and my builds stay in my room or in our living room on my desk, and both my children are allowed to play with any of my sets as long as they wash their hands and put everything back. The exception is my collection of minifigs. Those are on display and off limits. That's the only thing I feel guilty about because it's the only thing he can't touch. My reasoning behind it is sound: the iron man I gave him was scuffed and had a worn out helmet hinge within a week. I've told him over and over why my minifigs can't be touched and I'm positive he gets it. Mine are collector pieces, his are for playing with. I do let him play with my generic minifigs like those that came with my Parisian restaurant and similar sets.

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I'm curious. How many of you have children? I have two, one of which is a 7 year old boy who LOVES Lego, but it seems that he's not as in to it on his own, just when I buy my stuff. This all started on his birthday last year when he asked us for the Jurassic World Indominus Rex breakout set. We gladly bought if for him because he's an incredible child, so well behaved and he cares for his things. I put that set together for him because A: I freaking loved Lego as a kid and B: 1200 pieces is a bit large when it was his first real set. That gave me the Lego bug and I started collecting my own Minifigs and sets about two weeks later. Fast forward to now and I have around 15 sets and 70 minifigs with more on the way from Capt. America Civil War(YAAAAAYYY!) Well, my little boy has since acquired a pretty large collection himself, pretty much equalling mine in bricks and figs, but he has a variety of City, star wars, jurassic world(all of the sets), and lego movie sets. We don't believe in buying our children toys every week because they already have a massive amount that they ignore including most of the lego my son has. He goes through phases where he plays with a set or a few figs for a day or two then forgets about it until I happen to get something new, then he starts talking about how badly he wants what I have. He raved over my first Iron Man (Mk 43) for days, so I bought him one. That fig was played with for about a week then he lost it for a month and only found it when I asked him about it. I keep telling him to save his allowance for what he wants, but he can't keep focused for more than a few days on just what that is. This week it's minecraft, next week he'll say he can wait on minecraft if I just let him buy *insert random Lego item here*. I feel guilty sometimes buying myself new figs and sets, but in reality I just have a huge amount of buying power over the average 7 year old. I use a tiny fraction of my income for Lego, really not much at all in the big picture, but even at $25 to $50 a month spent on Lego that's much more than my son can buy on his own. Should I feel guilty for this? I am mainly buying Superhero minifigs right now, and with my tax return I am taking around $200 and spending it all on a carefully priced out selection of sets and individual figs on bricklink. My boy will be getting at least one of the figs because it's a duplicate. My concern is I don't want him to think I don't love him but my collection is separate and I proudly display my figs. I am having difficulty explaining to him the reason behind not buying him every set or fig he likes. I don't get every set I like, and I'll go weeks without ordering a new item. I should reiterate, my son's collection rivals mine due to gifts, he has around pieces and at my last count over 50 minifigs, so he's not Lego-poor. He has 5 bins dedicated to Lego in his room and I gave him a PAB cup to put all his minifigs in so he can keep track of them. I don't know why I'm feeling so guilty but I am. Does anyone else have this issue? Any advice?

I see no reason they couldn't do a Krusty Burger set. I think it would sell well. Probably fit well into the $60-$80 price range too.

That is awesome! Great that she supports you! My lovely wife made it a true Lego christmas, she got me the Parisian Restaurant and the Green Lantern vs Sinestro set.

I think it's fantastic! Love the techniques used, though I do agree it needs more color.

Welcome to freedom!! I never felt so free as when I was able to look my wife in the eye and say "yes dear, I NEED that set because it has the Iron Man armor variant I don't have...".

Fantastic build Shiplover. This has been a fun thread to catch up on. I can't wait to see your progress from here on out. You are inspiring me to begin planning my first MOC.

I snagged an Iron Man 3 set with War Machine in it today off Amazon for $22. After pricing all three figs on Bricklink, I think I came out a buck or two ahead by ordering it on Amazon, and now I get the Lego bricks from the set as a bonus. I never count the bricks in the set as a cost item when buying minifigs for my collection, the Lego is just a bonus. So far I have something like 10 sets where I may have slightly overpaid for the minifigs but I have around 2,000 pieces of essentially free Lego. I also got my refund today for the damaged Iron Patriot and reordered from Amazon. It's still in stock at $24.99 if anyone is interested.

Amazon. Hopefully it's still in stock once I get my refund so I can order another. Yea, I've looked into the realities of selling on ebay and the higher price is(sad to say) quite justified. It's hard to make any money using ebay unless your volume is massive.

That Iron Patriot poly bag I got was damaged. There was a nick in the paint on the faceplate right over the right eye. Returned. Luckily, they have more in stock.

I like checking all my options, it's the most prudent thing to do. I overpaid for two of the Ultron figs and Vision because at the time I didn't really know about bricklink.

After reviewing some more prices on BL, I can't imagine trying to Ebay all of these minifigs. The cost difference is amazing.

I just bought my son a fake Iron patriot. He's 7, and wouldn't leave me alone about the one I just ordered. I figure it's a good chance to see how good the fakes are while allowing him to have a cool looking minifig.

Awesome! I didn't know that, I might just wait then. I am hankering to pick up as many variants as I can. I caved and ordered an Iron Patriot polybag. It was $25, but I really like the fig. I am by no means a completionist, because I hate the exclusive aspect, but if I really like the fig and it's a reasonable price(under $30) then I don't see why I shouldn't have it. After my next batch comes in next week, I will only be short the toy fair variant and one or two others. I will never have the Toy fair one, I refuse to spend that much.

Thanks for the reply! I am looking hard at getting some of the retired ones from the Avengers on BL. I just can't bring myself to buy the Quinjet aerial battle for over $90 when I really only want the Iron man armor variant that's in it.

Fantastic build. I love the use of brown, for some reason that's my favorite color to see in MOC's. You took a cold wintry scene and made it look very home-y and cozy. It's vibrant!