Advice on Marvel Superheroes Minifigs

DarthMorl

Hi All,
As a reward for spending my hard earned cash on a Fairground mixer, another theme started but at least I got in at the beginning of this one, I recieved a free polybaged spiderman. Great I thought to myself a freebie is always good!! Well of course all this has done is fuel my desire for another "exclusive/promo" collection before I've even finished my Starwars one!!
so my question is what are the "exclusive/promo" Minifigs and which ones are the more expensive ones?
thanks in advance for any advice:)

Solarious

Star Wars and Superheroes?
My advice would be to get another job

Passed that- next week starts the Winter Soldier promo. Spend $75 at Shop Lego to get it free
or just wait a few hours after and see if you can get it relatively cheap down in the Marketplace  

DarthMorl

Another job would be a good idea lol.
Thanks for the heads up on Winter Soldier. I live in the UK so will check if the promotion is on over here :smile: 

SumoLego

The list of exclusive polybags (and some that become non-exclusives) is as long as Chewbacca's arm.

Just the tip of the iceberg...

Lego Store Exclusives
Toys 'r' Us Exclusives
Target Exclusives
Gamestop Exclusives (video game releases)
DVD exclusives (Hobbit, Superhero)

I think the store Five Below had some exclusives last year.  

Then there are the regular polybags that come and go...

Good luck!

Mojoest

^ The winter Soldier was on here back in Feb and March with the purchase of the Hellicarrier. I don't think we're getting a wider release of it, although availability in the US will hopefully mean it falls from its current price on eBay/BL.

Mojoest

In terms of the cost of SH figures, the most expensive are the 2012 Toy Fair Iron man and Captain America exclusives. Last time I looked they were upwards of £1,000. Next come the SDCC figures, with the 2013 ones around the £500 mark and other years £150-£250. Then its the various poly bag figures, recent ones like the spider jumper go for £7 or so on Ebay, up to £30 or so for older ones like the hulk. After that its the set figures which range anything from £30 to £2-3 each if you buy them individually.

SumoLego

And don't forget the Chrome Darth Vader, White Boba Fett - they're in the $75.00 range.

DarthMorl

Thanks All,
Its only the promotional polybag figs I'm after really and possibly the comic con/toy fair figs.
Not so interested in figs from sets.....thankfully lol.
Can anyone list the promo's?

MattPetersen

There was a Rocket Raccoon with baby Groot poly bag promo at Toys R Us last year. 

BrickDancer

Here's the list of all Superhero figs that were released outside of normal sets:

sh027	- Iron Man (Toy Fair)
sh028	- Captain America (Toy Fair)
sh001	- Green Lantern (NYCC 2011)
sh002	- Batman (NYCC 2011)
sh003	- Superman (NYCC 2011)
sh042	- Shazam (SDCC 2012)
sh043	- Bizarro (SDCC 2012)
sh044	- Jean Grey (SDCC 2012)
sh045	- Spider-Man Black Suit (SDCC 2012)
sh138	- Green Arrow (SDCC 2013)
sh137	- Superman Black Suit (SDCC 2013)
sh139	- Spider-Man (SDCC 2013)
sh140	- Spider Woman (SDCC 2013)
sh130	- The Collector (SDCC 2014)
sh129	- Batman Zur-En-Aarh (SDCC 2014)
sh046	- Batman (Electro Suit)
sh163	- Batzarro
sh083	- Clark Kent
sh082	- Jor-El
sh039	- Lex Luthor (Battle Armor)
sh114	- Martian Manhunter
sh142	- Plastic Man
sh143	- Superboy
sh141	- Electro (ASM2)
sh037	- Hulk (Mini)
sh084	- Iron Patriot
sh090	- Rocket Raccoon (Red)
sh181	- Winter Soldier

DarthMorl

Thank you BrickDancer, that's a scary list lol.... Gonna be great fun collecting all them :)
Anyone got a bag to start me off?? 

BrickDancer

Only the top part of that list is crazy, the SDCC + ToyFair Pair will be about $5K.

The DC set should be around $120, the Marvel set should be around $80. So $200 total for the regular promos.

DarthMorl

Your a star!
out of interest what does the sh prefix stand for? 

DarthMorl

No Joker???

iso3200

I made a custom query to help me with my hunting.

http://brickset.com/sets/query-1933

This lists everything in the Brickset database that has the packaging tagged as a polybag.

To further refine it, just choose the theme you wish to collect. For instance

Marvel polybags

DC polybags

Hope that helps as a quick reference.

DarthMorl

Thanks @ iso3200

binaryeye

The "sh" prefix is the BrickLink catalog ID.

sh027 - Iron Man (Toy Fair)
sh028 - Captain America (Toy Fair)
sh001 - Green Lantern (NYCC 2011)
sh002 - Batman (NYCC 2011)
sh003 - Superman (NYCC 2011)
sh042 - Shazam (SDCC 2012)
sh043 - Bizarro (SDCC 2012)
sh044 - Jean Grey (SDCC 2012)
sh045 - Spider-Man Black Suit (SDCC 2012)
sh138 - Green Arrow (SDCC 2013)
sh137 - Superman Black Suit (SDCC 2013)
sh139 - Spider-Man (SDCC 2013)
sh140 - Spider Woman (SDCC 2013)
sh130 - The Collector (SDCC 2014)
sh129 - Batman Zur-En-Aarh (SDCC 2014)

sh046 - Batman (Electro Suit)
sh163 - Batzarro
sh083 - Clark Kent
sh082 - Jor-El
sh039 - Lex Luthor (Battle Armor)
sh114 - Martian Manhunter
sh142 - Plastic Man
sh143 - Superboy

sh141 - Electro (ASM2)
sh037 - Hulk (Mini)
sh084 - Iron Patriot
sh090 - Rocket Raccoon (Red)
sh181 - Winter Soldier

BrickDancer

@DarthMorl the 'sh' stands for Superheroes. Same as 'sw' stands for Star Wars on all those figs in the Bricklink/Brickset databases.

DarthMorl

Thanks guys, love how helpful everyone is on here

binaryeye

DarthMorl said:

No Joker???

There is this and this but the minifigures are/were available in other sets.

Drmnez

The toy fair mf are gonna be hard to come by. With only 125 of them and not many selling them you'll probably pay a premium for the set. Plus it would be better to get them with the bag and/or lanyard to "prove" authenticity.

BrickDancer

@darthmorl anytime! Let me know if you need help on the SW figs list, I have that handy too.

DarthMorl

@BrickDancer, yeah the SW fig list would be great :) 

DarthMorl

@Drmnez thanks for the advice :) 

BrickDancer

^^Did you want to make a new thread for Star Wars or just add to this thread?

DarthMorl

This thread is fine by me but I'm happy to do a SW if that is more appropriate? 

DarthMorl

Do you have a similar run down of polybags, DVDs etc for this lot? @BrickDancer

BrickDancer

sh046 - Batman (Electro Suit)
sh163 - Batzarro
sh083 - Clark Kent

Only these 3 came from DVDs or Books.

sh143 - Superboy Came from a one-off Target Cube.

Rest of the figs came in Polys.

DarthMorl

Thank you 

yys4u

Speaking of these exclusies, wasn't there another Target cube with a superhero character? I only remember the first one with super boy...

leego76

Lightning Lad but not out yet is it? #5004077

http://brickset.com/sets/5004077-1/Minifigure-cube

yys4u

@leego76 ahh thanks. I had seen the post about it a while ago and never heard anything on it so wasn't sure if I had missed it or what. Good to know its not out yet. 

sstoroe

For what it is worth, here is a list of all of the exclusive and expensive figures.  Most are Super Hero and Star Wars at the top of the list.

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/Top100LegoMinifigures.html

vwong19

BrickDancer said:

Here's the list of all Superhero figs that were released outside of normal sets:

sh027	- Iron Man (Toy Fair)
sh028	- Captain America (Toy Fair)
sh001	- Green Lantern (NYCC 2011)
sh002	- Batman (NYCC 2011)
sh003	- Superman (NYCC 2011)
sh042	- Shazam (SDCC 2012)
sh043	- Bizarro (SDCC 2012)
sh044	- Jean Grey (SDCC 2012)
sh045	- Spider-Man Black Suit (SDCC 2012)
sh138	- Green Arrow (SDCC 2013)
sh137	- Superman Black Suit (SDCC 2013)
sh139	- Spider-Man (SDCC 2013)
sh140	- Spider Woman (SDCC 2013)
sh130	- The Collector (SDCC 2014)
sh129	- Batman Zur-En-Aarh (SDCC 2014)
sh046	- Batman (Electro Suit)
sh163	- Batzarro
sh083	- Clark Kent
sh082	- Jor-El
sh039	- Lex Luthor (Battle Armor)
sh114	- Martian Manhunter
sh142	- Plastic Man
sh143	- Superboy
sh141	- Electro (ASM2)
sh037	- Hulk (Mini)
sh084	- Iron Patriot
sh090	- Rocket Raccoon (Red)
sh181	- Winter Soldier

Future Releases
Sh??? - Trickster
sh??? - Iron Man Silver Centurion
sh??? - Lightning Lad

SDCC2015 - gotta think there will be something 

No other theme has this many exclusives per year... 6-7 minifigures/year.

DarthMorl

What about 30167, Iron man v fighting drone?? Does he not count?

BrickDancer

^He's already released as a regular fig in the Cosmic Cube Chase set, so was not included on the Promo fig list. Same for others like Robin, Thor and Hawkeye. 

BrickDancer

@vwong19 Yes it's getting harder to keep up with the SH figs, as some of the recent waves and sets have been quite expensive in the way they spread out the figs. Plus SDCC is 4-years running that makes a 5th year most likely, just pray it's nothing like 2013.

donutboy

The Iron man from #30167 - Iron Man vs. Fighting Drone is exactly the same as the Iron Man from #6867 - Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape (sh015)

DarthMorl

Cool, so Robin Thor and Hawkeye basically are widely available within other sets making them not true promo only minifigs if I understand @BrickDancer and @donutboy correctly?

sstoroe

Here are pictures of all of the polybags that had minifigures in them. http://minifigpriceguide.com/wordpress/full-complete-list-of-all-lego-marvel-and-dc-super-hero-polybags-with-minifigures/

Drmnez

I dread sdcc. If there will be a SH presence, I hope there is only one, two at the most with there being at least 2k to keep cost down. LOL

DarthMorl

Awesome, thanks @sstoroe

DarthMorl

@BrickDancer any chance of an updated list?