CMF Series 17 - The Real One (2017)

LuLego

UK found in Toymaster!

starfire2

$3.99

redarmy

LuLego said:

UK found in Toymaster!

Which one sir?

TheFew

Zoiks!

LuLego

redarmy said:

LuLego said:

UK found in Toymaster!

Which one sir?

If you're in Aberdeen then it's just about as far away from you as possible!
In Weymouth (holiday fun in a caravan).
The young lad behind the counter acknowledged that they shouldn't be out yet but they had a massive Lego delivery in and seemed to be tripping over various Lego shipping boxes. 
I'm tempted to go back in tmrw!

redarmy

LuLego said:

redarmy said:

LuLego said:

UK found in Toymaster!

Which one sir?

If you're in Aberdeen then it's just about as far away from you as possible!
In Weymouth (holiday fun in a caravan).
The young lad behind the counter acknowledged that they shouldn't be out yet but they had a massive Lego delivery in and seemed to be tripping over various Lego shipping boxes. 
I'm tempted to go back in tmrw!

Thats ironically my place of birth...its a small world..

KingAlanI

Saw 44 bags in WalMart, first I've seen of that anywhere, wasn't expecting it so soon.
Will wait til I see em at Target and at least get redcard discount. Might go back to WalMart when I have a better idea of what the rares are and how to identify them

Mystery gimmick aside, Highwayman would go well with S16 Rogue in the Robin Hood division of my medieval collection. Elf for castle too, not sold on dwarf

Frenchman for dog figurine collection, and vet even though she comes with a rabbit

Maybe surfer for beach and rocket boy for space
Maybe chef and hot dog vendor for stadium concourse if I ever work on that

SumoLego

$3.99.

scotty12

Each Walmart in my area has 2 boxes each.  Surfer seems to be the rarest....or maybe my bad luck.

TanDad

Box distribution was reported to be the same by two reviewers (WhiteFang from Eurobricks and brothers-brick.com):

3 each of:

• Professional Surfer
• Gourmet Chef
• Veterinarian
• Butterflies Girl
• Rocket Boy
• Dance Instructor
• Elf Girl

4 each of:

• Sausage Man
• Roman Gladiator
• French Man (aka Connoisseur)
• Battle Dwarf
• Retro Spaceman
• 80’s dude (aka Yuppie)

5 each of:

• Circus Strong Man
• Corn Cob Man
• Highwayman 

FowlerBricks

Found the Highwayman at the local Walmart. Excellent minifigure, though all the secrecy seems a bit weird. Guess it was just for fun. 

Dedgecko

I'm loving the silver pistols !!

FowlerBricks

I'm pretty sure that they're exclusive to this figure, at this point. That alone is a good reason to get him! The cape is really nice too.

VorpalRyu

Nope, according to BrickLink the Flintlock in Pearl Dark Gray is also available in the Silent Mary set.

FowlerBricks

Oh okay. That makes sense.

CircleK

My central Ohio Walmart had a case in as well. Managed to grab 6 of the 8 extras I wanted while I wait on my MinifiguresPlus order to arrive. The display was already hit hard - no Highwaymen or Rocket Boys and there was only one Corncob and Retrospace Guy left. 

Thoughts: One of the easiest series to feel for in recent memory. I tore through them in no time. This is also one of my least favorite regular releases in a very long time. Just a matter of personal taste I guess, but I really only liked 8 of the figs this time around. I think I may finally be experiencing CMF fatigue. Really impressed with the occupations in this series (Pastry Chef, Vet, Hotdog Guy) and the Retro Space Guy is fantastic. 

77ncaachamps

The torso (and sleeves) on the Highwayman look great up close!

MattDawson

flord said:

^ How much are they? Batman CMF price or Series 16 price?

Batman CMF in the UK, and AFAIK the Batman CMF price is the new standard.

samtheq

Today my TRU had a freshly-opened box.  Already had a set coming from MFPlus, so I felt around for a Corn Man for my daughter, who has a collection of all the costumed figs. 

Anyhow, it wouldn't scan at the register, and the guy finally fiddled around and used a bar code from Series 16, then told his coworker to go and REMOVE the box, because they weren't supposed to be sold "until May 1" !

So, lucky me, I guess...unless I had gone to Wal-Mart, and it wouldn't be a problem, from what I read above?

Lego_Star

Seen today in a Scottish Tesco. Priced at £3, the Tesco standard for a £2.99 rrp

Not in Whsmith or Smyths yet it would seem.

paul88

anyone know what row the rocket boy is usually in?  I found a case at a walmart this day, but it was cherry picked for the rocket boys!  i think the person must have literally just bought the rocket boys and 2 corn cob guys because that is all that seemed to have been gone.  I took about a half hour figuring out who was who.  These are tougher to feel than I thought they would be though.  I just figured if I knew the positioning of the rocket boy, I could could save a bunch of time the next time I see a case.

nexander

i found two at the back of the case but who knows, they are very easy to find

madforLEGO

paul88 said:

anyone know what row the rocket boy is usually in?  I found a case at a walmart this day, but it was cherry picked for the rocket boys!  i think the person must have literally just bought the rocket boys and 2 corn cob guys because that is all that seemed to have been gone.  I took about a half hour figuring out who was who.  These are tougher to feel than I thought they would be though.  I just figured if I knew the positioning of the rocket boy, I could could save a bunch of time the next time I see a case.

I'm guessing Rocket Boy is as easy to find as Corn cob guy How many Rocket boys are in the box?

Onebricktoomany

TanDad said:

Box distribution was reported to be the same by two reviewers (WhiteFang from Eurobricks and brothers-brick.com):

3 each of:

• Professional Surfer
• Gourmet Chef
• Veterinarian
• Butterflies Girl
• Rocket Boy
• Dance Instructor
• Elf Girl

4 each of:

• Sausage Man
• Roman Gladiator
• French Man (aka Connoisseur)
• Battle Dwarf
• Retro Spaceman
• 80’s dude (aka Yuppie)

5 each of:

• Circus Strong Man
• Corn Cob Man
• Highwayman 

LuLego

Coincidently I was going to comment earlier on thispaul88 said:

anyone know what row the rocket boy is usually in?  I found a case at a walmart this day, but it was cherry picked for the rocket boys!  i think the person must have literally just bought the rocket boys and 2 corn cob guys because that is all that seemed to have been gone.  I took about a half hour figuring out who was who.  These are tougher to feel than I thought they would be though.  I just figured if I knew the positioning of the rocket boy, I could could save a bunch of time the next time I see a case.

I found them (rocket boys) at the back on the far right column. It was the first packet I picked up. Highwayman was at the front of right column.

madforLEGO

Shocker, all the females are rares again. IMO Rocket Boy being rare makes so sense when he is easy to find. I thought LEGO learned their lesson with the Hot Dog suit guy, but I guess not.

samiam391

Does anyone have the SKU/UPC?

samiam391

Found it!

For everyone else:
UPC: 673419265614 
SKU: 170512751

https://brickseek.com/

paul88

LuLego said:

Coincidently I was going to comment earlier on thispaul88 said:

anyone know what row the rocket boy is usually in?  I found a case at a walmart this day, but it was cherry picked for the rocket boys!  i think the person must have literally just bought the rocket boys and 2 corn cob guys because that is all that seemed to have been gone.  I took about a half hour figuring out who was who.  These are tougher to feel than I thought they would be though.  I just figured if I knew the positioning of the rocket boy, I could could save a bunch of time the next time I see a case.

I found them (rocket boys) at the back on the far right column. It was the first packet I picked up. Highwayman was at the front of right column.

Thanks!  In my case, the back right were 3 butterfly girls!  Now, the box appeared to be gone through (at least the first 2 rows about 5 or so deep.  I don't know what to think because it did not look like the back right column was even disturbed.  I guess maybe they were put back very neatly, but to have the butterfly girls all in a clump...very strange.  It's so annoying that the rocket boy is only 3 per case!  He will surely be one that ANYONE can identify (such as casual buyers not seasoned with the "feel" guides LOL).  I'll just assume that unless I come upon an undisturbed case, I'll be having a hard time finding him!  May just go to ebay to ensure I get him.

I found 1 corn cob guy, and 1 chef.  There were absolutely no rocket boys or surfers.  I don't know why anyone would need 4 corn cob guys, but maybe they bought them all thinking they were rocket boys.  And.. GEEZ... that dang strongman!  SO EASY to identify with the barbell, even easier/quicker than the elf....but I do not want him!  I think there were at least 4 highway men, too.

preuss

Has anyone seen them in Canada yet? I checked Walmart and Toys'R'Us a few times this week but couldn't find any.

legogal

Looking at this series leaves me cold. It could be CMF burnout. None of them seem to grab me, but there have been a whole lot of CMS in the past year or so. 

josekalel

I'm sure this box had already been gone through since it was in disarray and I found NO corncob guy or the veterinarian. I was able to get two rocket boys and two bakers (one of my mom since she is a baker), so I can't complain...I think I heard correctly when a guy with his wife and kid were about to go into the isle and saw me checking the bags, and the guy said something like "that's what I wanna be doing"...Sorry dude!

Anyone in the RGV, found them at the Conway and 3 Mile Rd. in Mission.

fourstud

I also found a couple boxes today at my local Walmart. I ended up with 15.. I could not figure out what I was missing cause I felt every figure at least 3 times. Turns out it was the Dance Instructor - I must've felt her like 6 times and put her back cause I thought I already had her. Oh well! Still, I got 15/16 on the first try! 

josekalel

For me, the hair in the Dance Instructor gives it away since it feels bulky...I already ordered a set from MiniFiguresPlus, but I want spares for my city and to give away. The only ones that I'm missing, like I mentioned, are the Veterinarian and Corn Guy. 

paul88

CM4S said:

I also found a couple boxes today at my local Walmart. I ended up with 15.. I could not figure out what I was missing cause I felt every figure at least 3 times. Turns out it was the Dance Instructor - I must've felt her like 6 times and put her back cause I thought I already had her. Oh well! Still, I got 15/16 on the first try! 

The first thing with the dance instructor i felt was the HUGE hair piece!  Then, the small round piece for the bottle with the tiny post sticking up.  I think the one that threw me the most was the retro space guy.... the vet was easy once you found the hair piece.  it's very distinctive having 2 sharp points.

fourstud

paul88 said:

CM4S said:

I also found a couple boxes today at my local Walmart. I ended up with 15.. I could not figure out what I was missing cause I felt every figure at least 3 times. Turns out it was the Dance Instructor - I must've felt her like 6 times and put her back cause I thought I already had her. Oh well! Still, I got 15/16 on the first try! 

The first thing with the dance instructor i felt was the HUGE hair piece!  Then, the small round piece for the bottle with the tiny post sticking up.  I think the one that threw me the most was the retro space guy.... the vet was easy once you found the hair piece.  it's very distinctive having 2 sharp points.

Vet was the last and the hardest for me. I felt a brick and then the round ears. 

Highwayman was like my 3rd one, I was really excited when I felt that one!

I think my favorite is the Yuppie - just cause I like how it looks with the phone and the shades, and the hair and the clothes! Just a nice simple minifigure.

spepper

CM4S said:

paul88 said:

the vet was easy once you found the hair piece.  it's very distinctive having 2 sharp points.

Vet was the last and the hardest for me. I felt a brick and then the round ears. 

I thought I had the Vet in my last incursion to Walmart, but it seems I confused it for another one! The most difficult to find was the Miami Vice guy (kinda hard to spot the radio antenna).

I got all the mfs I wanted except for the Vet (not too shabby for a first time minifig-haul). I did not want the Gladiator nor the Weightlifter, but the latter seems to be a nice choice for the Fairground Mixer. So I'll try to get both (with he Vet) during my next visit!

FowlerBricks

CM4S said:

paul88 said:

CM4S said:

I also found a couple boxes today at my local Walmart. I ended up with 15.. I could not figure out what I was missing cause I felt every figure at least 3 times. Turns out it was the Dance Instructor - I must've felt her like 6 times and put her back cause I thought I already had her. Oh well! Still, I got 15/16 on the first try! 

The first thing with the dance instructor i felt was the HUGE hair piece!  Then, the small round piece for the bottle with the tiny post sticking up.  I think the one that threw me the most was the retro space guy.... the vet was easy once you found the hair piece.  it's very distinctive having 2 sharp points.

Vet was the last and the hardest for me. I felt a brick and then the round ears. 

Highwayman was like my 3rd one, I was really excited when I felt that one!

I think my favorite is the Yuppie - just cause I like how it looks with the phone and the shades, and the hair and the clothes! Just a nice simple minifigure.

The vet was hard? I would think she would be easy. My first one was the Roman Gladiator, then a few bags later, the Highwayman. The Yuppie is a good one and it's nice to see someone else appreciates him.  

FowlerBricks

josekalel said:

I'm sure this box had already been gone through since it was in disarray and I found NO corncob guy or the veterinarian. I was able to get two rocket boys and two bakers (one of my mom since she is a baker), so I can't complain...I think I heard correctly when a guy with his wife and kid were about to go into the isle and saw me checking the bags, and the guy said something like "that's what I wanna be doing"...Sorry dude!

Anyone in the RGV, found them at the Conway and 3 Mile Rd. in Mission.

They're not really $16 per fig right? That's just a wrong tag? If not, then the world is coming to an end!

josekalel

@FowlerBricks this store is usually the worst when it comes to tidiness (as bad as having BAD lighting, almost none, at another store nearby...yes, the LEGO aisle is dark). 

samiam391

I must have the only two "goody-goody" Walmarts on the entire East Coast.

Both have them in stock but won't sell them until May 1st. Just my luck...

mathew

Found one retro space guy out of two boxes that had been rummaged through.  I'll say he looks a lot better in person than the reviews show.  My kids think he looks fat due to the round belly.  But aren't all minifigs fat?  The sand green suit and orange/yellow cape and helmet look great though:  

monkeyhanger

I can't believe some of the comments here. Bemoaning new CMF prices (justified) and then saying regular Lego set RRPs are ok - maybe that's TLG's main aim with CMF prices...make the bigger sets look like good value by readjusting our perceptions of good value as far as Lego RRPs are concerned.

stlux

Very jealous of everybody finding these in their local stores! Instead of putting out S17, my local supermarket found 18 more boxes of Simpsons S2...

mmozzano

Got a few characters from WH Smiths in Chester today. Picked up 2 Rocket boys, 3 Corn on the Cob guys, a vet and an Elf.

When I have a bit more time probably keen to also pickup a single Retro Spaceman, French man, Baker, Butterfly Girl and Hotdog Guy. 

At £3 a go it's just too expensive to pickup entire series and duplicates nowadays. 

josekalel

@monkeyhanger Although I do not believe I bemoaned that badly, CMFs prices are still not justified. I understand licensed CMFs, but not 'regular' ones. I do, however, bee-eye-tea-sea-each about the high RRP/MSRP regular set prices. 

Sethro3

I agree that it is harder to justify buying a whole set. I do have that mentality for some reason that I have to get them all, even though I don't have series 1-4, so I'll never have a complete set. Silly me.
Either way, there are enough decent figures that I'll pick up a series with just a few duplicates for my daughter. I do miss the lower price, because I would love to army build the Elf and Rockey boy, but I have money to be spent elsewhere, so maybe just one or two.

Aanchir

I suspect the high CMF prices may be in part a way to curb demand. The first few series were very inexpensive, and consequently, tended to sell out very quickly. As a result there was a risk that people looking for them — people who might've paid well over the $2 price tag — might not find them at all. And that basically equates to lost sales. It also created a golden opportunity for resellers to buy the figs up in massive quantities and then hike up the prices to what people are ACTUALLY willing to pay, profiting mightily from all that unfulfilled demand where LEGO couldn't.

The fact that we're not seeing such hugely inflated prices in the aftermarket for many of the more recent figs as there were for many of the earliest figs even back then suggests to me that LEGO is now doing a better job fulfilling demand in the primary market than they were previously.

That's not to say you shouldn't prefer the old prices! But I think the price hikes make sense in that context.

pharmjod

The only series that was ever difficult to find was series one. I only ever saw it at Toys R Us. By series 2, they were at Meijer, target, Wal-Mart, toys r us and kmart, and that was just in my part of KY. The higher price is simply because we are foolish enough to pay it. LEGO is adept at finding ways to take my money =)

The figures should be $2.99 max. LEGO would still make a killing off of them.

SumoLego

Or sell them for $3.99 and subsidize the costs for Ideas, the GBHQ, and a myriad of other sets that don't sell as well...