Sainsburys Lego Cards start today

colay

As per last year, 4 cards for £10 spend. I don not know if they are new, revised, or a re-release, as not been shopping yet :) till 8th October

colay

New cards, Ive just been told

Speedman29

There are more details in the here. I got my first four packs today from the office home delivery order. Look very similar to last years ones, with minifigures on most with chrome minibuilds on a few. I'm off to my local to get the book later.

bookmum

I knew this a couple of weeks ago. Told by my Sainsburys worker sister. She said I couldn't tell anyone because Sainsburys didn't want it leaked. Bit stupid if you ask me. Everyone probably went and bought the new school uniforms last week at Asda but now they are probably thinking " Darn it. If I had waited I could of got the ugly grey polyester this week instead and I would of got some cool cards out of it ".
(Memo to self....don't forget to buy the school shoes.......)

RogerKirk

I got 4 packs this morning and one of the books to put them in. Will be opening them with my little boy when he finishes nursery later.

Speedman29

Just been into the Winnersh store to get a few bits, some albums and get free cards....nothing. Asked at CS desk and they said it was a mistake by the advertising department who put Wednesday 28th August on the posters.

However a colleague did some shopping and came back with eight packs of cards....and nobody else has claimed to be collecting them yet!

SumoLego

Hey, if anyone is able to secure a couple of sets and some extra sealed packs for me, please drop me an PM.

Although I assume there will be copious amounts of these around, I like to get ahead on these things.

Thanks!

CCC

Will they be producing more albums this time ...?

Gibbo1959

 @SumoLego suggest you tap up @Pitfall69 while he's over here and he can fill up his family's luggage with cards and albums for the US market.

SumoLego

Ooo... good call!

darthdc

So, does this mean the same problems as last time? Mis-cut cards, packets with less than stated number of cards, and mountains of swaps.

Speedman29

12 packs opened. All cards look fine, just three duplicates!

I'm looking to do a couple of albums again like last year. But this grew to four full sets and probably 50-60% of a fifth and sixth. Happy to hunt out an additional set for across the pond @SumoLego if you need one.

redarmy

@SumoLego..will help if need be...

colay

I'll be getting a few sets too, I hope. Still have sets and books left over from last year :)

darthdc

Is there a set to accompany the cards, just like last time? I've seen an advert on Facebook, and they've got two new MFs to front it.

darthdc

I see they've reused some of the figures on the cards too - Banana Suit Guy for example. Seeing how many CMFs there are, they could have created another set without using duplicates.

Arpie

I was in Sainsburys in south London yesterday evening and they were stocking up on all the promo material.  The display stands were up but they had no stock of the new set to go with it so just had standard Creator sets and Banana men.  They didn't know what the new set would be but last years car was pretty good so I'm hoping it's of the same calibre.  Interestingly I was told the book and promotion were launching on Saturday (1st September) so I don't know if the roll out will be different in different regions?

Speedman29

Got my albums today and 5 more packs as the checkout chap was feeling generous! There is no set to go with the cards this year which is a shame. I did see banana and hotdog guy keyring at the tills and bag for life with the card logo on.

CCC

I don't think the set was very popular last year. All the Sainsburys near me had loads left that needed discounting.

bookmum

Is there an offical matching set ? I didn't see any mention of one when I got my first 16 cards yesterday? 

bookmum

There is no linked to promo set on sainsburys website.

LostInTranslation

Got the album. Looks really good! Full of fun facts. 
I think I'll be trading cards with people at work again - last time all of the parents were apparently much more into completing the set and doing swapsies than the kids! 

colay

Dont let the kids do swappies, they're hands are grubby :)

Toc13

Happened to go into the Sainsbury's in Welwyn. They had a display up & a second one with random sets.
Not collecting but not going to turn down free cards

SumoLego

colay said:

Dont let the kids do swappies, they're hands are grubby :)

They'll put them in their bicycle spokes.  Or maybe in the Hoverboard fenders... kids.

bookmum

I am already planning a swapsies event at my daughters school and the school year hasn't even started yet! Not for the kids - it's for us parents. The kids mean and horrible teachers don't let them bring in cards to swap so their interest runs out quicker than the grown ups! Last time people must have thought the PTA was communicating in secret code 
"I need a 17 and a 53"
"I have two 97's but need 24"
"36"
"104 and 3"
"47"
and on and on....

Speedman29

Last year I ended up like some dodgy dealer with dozens of swaps. The office ladies with kids were coming in with lists they needed. By the end I had so many swaps and so few wants that I did 30 cards for 1 in return

Muftak1

If anyone can assist in getting these for me, it would be appreciated.

Based in Ireland

colay

@muftak1 I'll do my best to help. What do you need help with? swap, or obtaining cards and a book?

Speedman29

Bit of glut of packs in the first couple of days. We appear to be half way to the first set already!

Speedman29

Discovered my wife bought Little Miss Speedman an album the same time as I did. She's started tucking cards in already. 134 is my favourite so far.

darthdc

My brother has already started, though I've checked the list at the back. Hotdog Guy and Banana Guy are the only ones from the first set to reapear, while the Easter Bunny Guy is the first not to come from a CMF set (Lily and Sam excluded).

snowhitie

Always fun to save cards, Nanny promised to get us a book, already got us a set, hope to get the book filled! 

whitearmy

Hi all, if anyone needs packs, albums or even full sets please PM me, can send anywhere in the world (you just need to cover the postage) 

Speedman29

Mrs Speedman has the local FB buy nothing group on the case. An envelope with 15 packs dropped through the letterbox this morning. Under 40 to go on the first set.

Gibbo1959

@Speedman29 we’ll know where to come for swapsies then! 

Speedman29

So back to school this week. So new uniform needed. Another 11 packs plus the beach party banana guy in the box too. Down to our last 20 odd cards for the first set and third the way to a 2nd.

colay

Wow. Nice work. I'll let you know what i need :)

77ncaachamps

This stateside guy is jealous of the talk in this thread!

Have fun!

SeanTheCollector

I just finished collecting a full set of this year's Sainsbury's Create The World Incredible Inventions cards:

I had to open 137 packs before I found the last missing card which is much better than last year in my experience! :-)

I spent about £50 on packs, the rest being free with purchases. A few packs had 5 cards and 1 had a half card but all had at least 4 cards. A small number of cards where damaged even though the pack  was undamaged (all were opened very carefully). The foil cards also suffer from inperfections (like last year) at least 50% of the time!

I used one of the Star Wars card collection binders to store all of the cards (all 551 of them) while collecting which is currently available for £4.99. I also bought the official card display book but you will cause significant damage to your cards if you mount them in the display book. Unless I get some more duplicates, I will hold off from using the official display book!

My faviourate card is number 134 Police Officer! What is your faviourate ?

Gibbo1959

@SeanTheCollector well done! Currently about 20 cards shy of a full set but with about 30 packs to open. Also about 50 shy of a second set. Putting one set in the album, cards okay if put in carefully. 2nd set will go into plastic card holders similar to yours (as with series 1) and will keep a 2nd mint album. I like the Sam & Lily cards (would have liked new minifigs even without a set) but also card 134, a spare of which will go with my S18 police force!

77ncaachamps

@SeanTheCollector Are you placing the cards in a penny sleeve first, then the 9-card pocket?

Just thinking the foil may stick to the 9-pocket if it isn't PVC-free.

Gibbo1959

For what it's worth, I calculate I've opened 64 packs so far to get 259 cards as I had a couple of packs with extras - I have 119/140 towards set 1 and 86/140 towards set 2. Recounted the pile and there's 40 still to open (Monday evening sorted!). Due to having been travelling they've been spread around from Newcastle to Newport Pagnell/MK and various points in between so I was wondering (as you do) if there were any regional variations in card distribution. To date the most multiples I have are 7x#57, 6x#86 and 5x#92&#97 - I also have a spreadsheet but will spare you that!

SeanTheCollector

I did record number/category/name/count of my cards in a spreadsheet! :-)

The first half is:

001	Sissors	Lily	7
002	Rock	Sam	4
003	Sissors	Elf Maiden	4
004	Paper	Surfer	3
005	Create!	Boat	3
006	Sissors	Super Wrestler	2
007	Rock	Lumberjack	3
008	Paper	Pop Star	7
009	Create!	Yellow Hut	1
010	Sissors	Viking	4
011	Rock	Monster Rocker	3
012	Paper	Video Game Guy	3
013	Rock	Unicorn Guy	2
014	Paper	Scarecrow	5
015	Create!	Pyramid	3
016	Sissors	Spectre	1
017	Paper	Classic Alien	5
018	Create!	Cat	6
019	Sissors	Librarian	5
020	Create!	Purple Flower	2
021	Paper	Astronaut	4
022	Create!	Year Of The Snake	4
023	Sissors	Cactus Girl	5
024	Sissors	Evil Mech	6
025	Rock	Magician	5
026	Paper	Barbarian	4
027	Sissors	Gourmet Chef	5
028	Create!	Pencil	2
029	Rock	Vampire	5
030	Sissors	Strongman	3
031	Rock	Forest Maiden	3
032	Paper	Motorcycle Mechanic	4
033	Create!	Horse And Carriage	4
034	Create!	Red Car	6
035	Sissors	Intergalactic Girl	4
036	Paper	Battle Goddess	3
037	Rock	King	6
038	Sissors	Hot Dog Guy	1
039	Paper	Dog Show Winner	4
040	Rock	Party Clown	7
041	Create!	Barn Owl	3
042	Sissors	Goblin	5
043	Paper	Wildlife Photographer	4
044	Rock	Wrestling Champion	6
045	Paper	Street Skater	6
046	Sissors	Swiming Champion	3
047	Create!	Ice Cream	1
048	Paper	Genie Girl	3
049	Rock	Pretzel Girl	6
050	Sissors	Cake Guy	2
051	Paper	Elephant Costume Girl	1
052	Paper	Witch	5
053	Create!	Guitar	3
054	Paper	Scallywag Pirate	3
055	Rock	Cyclops	4
056	Paper	Zookeeper	4
057	Create!	Fortress	8
058	Sissors	Banana Suit Guy	5
059	Create!	Witch	3
060	Rock	Downhill Skier	3
061	Paper	Kickboxer	4
062	Sissors	Yuppie	6
063	Create!	Dog	5
064	Rock	Ballerina	2
065	Paper	Dragon Suit Guy	5
066	Create!	Ghost	1
067	Rock	Laser Mech	4
068	Sissors	Grandma Visitor	2
069	Create!	Birthday Cake	5
070	Rock	Wizard	7

SeanTheCollector

The second half is:

071	Rock	Birthday Party Girl	4
072	Create!	Rainforest Frog	2
073	Paper	Banshee	4
074	Create!	Pirate Ship	4
075	Sissors	Ice Queen	2
076	Paper	Battle Mech	2
077	Sissors	Evil Wizard	3
078	Paper	Surgeon	1
079	Rock	Dino Tracker	4
080	Paper	Warrior Woman	4
081	Paper	Lady Liberty	3
082	Create!	Emerald Express	5
083	Rock	Butterfly Girl	5
084	Sissors	Fitness Instructor	6
085	Rock	Fly Monster	4
086	Create!	Ocean Explorer	4
087	Paper	Zombie Cheerleader	3
088	Rock	Diver	4
089	Create!	Shark	2
090	Sissors	Space Alien	4
091	Rock	Penguin Boy	3
092	Paper	Mariachi	4
093	Create!	Gas Station	5
094	Create!	Drone Explorer	5
095	Sissors	Pharaoh	4
096	Sissors	Samurai	4
097	Create!	Car	6
098	Sissors	Lifeguard	6
099	Create!	Mobile Phone	4
100	Paper	Caveman	1
101	Sissors	Skydiver	4
102	Rock	Fairy	5
103	Rock	Easter Bunny Suit Guy	5
104	Create!	House	2
105	Rock	Minotaur	3
106	Sissors	Gorilla Suit Guy	3
107	Create!	Ice Cream Stand	5
108	Rock	Bricksuit Girl	4
109	Paper	Palaeontologist	1
110	Sissors	Evil Robot	5
111	Create!	St. Bernard Dog	4
112	Rock	Corn Cob Guy	5
113	Create!	Brick Apple	3
114	Paper	Roller Derby Girl	8
115	Sissors	Cyborg	5
116	Rock	Scientist	3
117	Paper	Tennis Ace	6
118	Sissors	Judge	4
119	Rock	Egytian Warrior	2
120	Create!	Hollywood Letters	4
121	Paper	Cat Costume Girl	5
122	Sissors	Spooky Boy	8
123	Create!	Ultralight Plane	4
124	Rock	Ice Skater	5
125	Create!	Helocopter	6
126	Paper	Zombie Businessman	1
127	Rock	Sailor	4
128	Paper	Hiker	2
129	Sissors	Clockwork Robot	2
130	Create!	Future Flyers	3
131	Create!	UFO	6
132	Paper	Detective	2
133	Rock	Hot Dog Vendor	3
134	Sissors	Police Officer	3
135	Rock	Rogue	4
136	Paper	Veterinarian	4
137	Create!	Robot	2
138	Sissors	Babysitter	5
139	Rock	Lily	6
140	Paper	Sam	6

colay

Wow! Im not even close to my first, and I said I'd help @Muftak1 out too getting a set.

I've bought him a book. If anyone can help me with any doubles or triples they have, will help me getting a set for him.

 @whitearmy can you help at all?

Ta

bookmum

Well done @SeanTheCollector. I need about 25 cards and I am done. I have probably spent more money in Sainsburys in the last couple of weeks than I have for months having pretty much defected to Iceland and the over priced corner shop! Staff member at the Big Sainsburys in Sydenham gave me 12 packs when I should of only got one. I told her I loved her. Which is a bit wierd now I look back at that moment. 

PJ76uk

Took my little boy to buy some new slippers and when we were at the till the lady in front asked if he was collecting the cards, I said yes so she gave them to him when she paid, 23 packs she gave us, hopefully the last two "we" need will be amongst them!

Coops

I live in a small village and the closest sainsburys is an hour's drive away, I'm going to get mine from eBay. For the last set, my mother in law picked up some from a charity shop, I still need to finish them too.

Gibbo1959

^ Check on here (probably in Marketplace) before buying off eBay. I have loads of spares (also from set 1) and once I have the 2 sets I’m after I’ll be happy to offload extras.

colay

Gibbo1959 said:

^ Check on here (probably in Marketplace) before buying off eBay. I have loads of spares (also from set 1) and once I have the 2 sets I’m after I’ll be happy to offload extras.

Hi @Gibbo1959 If i give you a list of numbers, would be good if you can help me, complete a set for @Muftak1 please? I said id help earlier in the thread, but I am struggling to complete my set, let alone a second one, but I have a few of certain numbers, then never see others at all 5 x 7, 4 x 54, 4 x 58 etc etc, but never seen 33 or 98 once, let alone any doubles!