Curse you Buzz. I was going to leave these at 11 and never try for the last five.

I only need Krebapple, Hibbert, Martin and Marge's sisters..

I also need the car to get through its MOT today...

I've just spent nearly a tenner on these things.

My priorities are clearly in order.

Nice, In stock in the nearest 5 stores :smiley:

And 1 free as you spent over £10 :wink:

The whole process is basically elimination, or at least to start with ascertaining if they are child characters or adult character. Each bag obviously has the oblong stand you have to eliminate out of the equation, then you need to feel for the other pieces...shake the bags up, feel for each piece and with your fingers move them to the sides of the bag so you can squeeze the foil around them to try and ascertain what they are.

Apart from Maggie whom is solid bodied, each bag will have a seperate body and leg torso, the adult characters have bendable legs, and you can feel that in the bag, the children have static legs.....that narrows it down straight away

Right, first familarise yourself with the tick off sheet....



As can be seen 6 characters have 2x2 tiles, 1 - Homer, 7 - Comic Book Guy, 11 - Selma, 14 - Mrs Krabbaple, 15 - Smithers, 16 - Dr Hibbert

By feeling the bags, ascertaining there to be a 2x2 tile in there, you know for certain it is going to be one of these 6 characters.....

The easiest one to ascertain is 15 - Smithers, he has two 2x2 tiles doubled up to make his accessory, the Malibou Stacy doll box, also if u isolate his head in the bag it has a flat top.

Homer or Dr Hibbert, the hardest of the bunch, you will feel they have very similar shaped heads and no other accessory in the bag. After isolating the head in the foil you will feel the ridges of the ears, both the same...it literally is a matter of feeling if you can notice bobbles on the head (do not confuse with Patty or Selma they have far rounder heads). If it has bobbles, you have Hibbert....otherwise it is Homer.

Comic Book Guy and Mrs Krabbaple.....both these have 2x2 tile and an accessory (the only two characters in the set with 2x2 tiles that do have accessories) so therefore if u feel an accessory in the bag, isolate it. U can feel the straw 'nub' of comic book guys frappuccino. You can also feel the cylindrical cup of Mrs Krabbaple and the prominence of her hair by feeling her head. Just be sure if you feel the cup you are not confusing with 6 - Milhouse who will have short legs.

Last of the 6 2x2 tile characters is Selma, easily identified by a 2x2 tile in the bag and the rounded bobble head, very easy bag I find.

This leads us onto Patty, you will obviously not feel a 2x2 tile, but rounded bobble head and isolate the purse accessory, just make sure it is not marge who has a very different head.......

Marge, very easy, bobble head of a very cylindrical long shape, the longest head in the set, very easy to feel for.

Bart, his head has ridges that can be easily felt....however it is difficult (have to really feel the bag) to find his accessory as it is a small catapult, once you have found it though it is easy to tell it is his Y shaped catapult and that you have him.

Milhouse, the only character with short legs and a cup, quite easy to identify. Isolate the head you should also be able to feel the ridge of his nose.

Martin Prince - His book in the bag is a big giveaway once you have isolated it, it unclips open and being a large rectangle has a dipped 'ridge' where the book opens. Just make sure you are not confusing it with the much smaller rectangle of Moleman.....

Moleman, the small rectangle block in the bag is a dead giveaway, it is hollowed out at the back, easy to spot. Head is small and lips prominent too.

Professor Fink - Once isolated his accessory you will feel the stem of the conical flask has a prominent ridge to it, also his tall head is quite distinctive. I found his accessory to be the easy identification.

Groundskeeper Willie....his accessory by far is his giveaway, you can feel the rod and the sponginess of the rubber in the bag, his plunger is easy to identify.

And finally Maggie and Lisa, the only solid character body in the set, both her and Lisa if you isolate the head will have the ridges of hair 'spikes' you should be able to make out the legs of the dog Santas Little Helper, otherwise chances are it is going to be Lisa instead with far blockier cat, you should be able to feel for the tail of the cat.

The last comment here is a little ambiguous because obviously as stated I was missing Lisa from my set, but should be fairly easy to distinguish between the two characters.

Happy hunting, and bag feeling.....it really is worth giving it a go due to Argos return policy with them remaining unopened.

Oh, They've gone back up to £139.97 :disappointed:

Anyone still got any to swap? I have . . .

Swaps:
Bart
Marge
Groundskeeper Willie
Millhouse x2
Dr. Hibbert x2
Maggie x2

Need:
Comic Book Guy
Hans Moleman
Martin Prince
Professor Frink
Selma

I need Patty and that 's it now, got Homer, Milhouse, Selma and Krabappel for trade.

You can have whatever ones you need as long as I get Patty, thanks.

ooh I need Bart :-) that'd be great

Hi
I have a few Lego Simpsons mini figures I need to get and I have some doubles, I would love to swap.
I need
Lisa with Snowball ll
Edna Krabappel
Hans Moleman
Maggie with Santas little helper

I have doubles of

Patty x2
Millhouse as fallout boy
Marge in a fancy dress
Martin Prince
Grounds Keeper Willie.

Cheers.

Thanks I was trying to put the wrong side in his hand.

I've just finished putting my set together, anyone know how to get martin's book in his hand?

I've got Homer, Bart, Milhouse, Selma and Krabappel if any of those are good to you?

Hi yes I do :-) want to message me what you have for trade.

Have Grounds Keeper Willie and Martin for trade

For what's it's worth....I have the following spares to swap

1 x Bartman
2 Krabappel
2 x Doctor
1x Groundsman Willie

The ones needed:

Date Night Homer, Maggie , Smithers , Comic book guy, Millhouse, Hans Moleman.
I'm going into Argos probably Monday if nobody wants any of the above will do a late night check of my PM (Sunday eve).

Sorry, I can't PM you. Could you email me? [email protected] (mod removed, please don`t post personal details on the forum)

Sounds good to me, PM me with details :smiley:

Patty is the Pink dress with the handbag,I have her if you need it? Or is it Selma in the blue dress that you need?

I have 3x homer, 2x Marge, 1x dr hibbert, 1x groundskeeper willy, 2x Milhouse, 2x Bart,1x hand moleman

Need Lisa, comic book guy, patty (blue dress), krabappel, Smithers.

i just got four for 99p each.

They came up on the till as £1.99 but the bin they were in said 99p and they honoured it.

Might have just been they'd forgotten to take off the half-price label, but still might be worth a check else where.

Spares I have:
- Professor Frink
- Groundskeeper Willie
- Maggie
- Milhouse
- Dr. Hibbert (x3)
- Edna Krabappel

Need: (Prefer) Bart & Comic Book Guy if someone has them?
Then also Martin, Smithers and both the Sisters.

Cheers

Anyone have the below to swap

Marge
Lisa
Patty
Martin

Thanks Dan

have not read all comments but these are also £1 in asda

Damn, price raised to £1.99 before I got my reservation

They are back up to £1.99 now by the way. The deal finished yesterday.

I need Homer, Krebapple and Smithers.

Homer is one of the most common so I'm not sure how I've managed to miss him entirely!

What do you want in return for patty

My updated list is as follows

The duplicates I have are

Millhouse x2
Homer
Bart

The ones I need are

Prof Frink
Hans moleman

Thank you to those who have traded with me to get the other ones I needed :smiley:

When you reserve this how long do they keep it for, orfered mines yesterday and it's ready for collection today, but won't be able to make it.

Thanks

Yes this is now expired.

I need Moleman ands that's all

Hi all Price of simpsons minifigures gone up to £1.99 from morning at argos

I have a Marge & Bart, Looking for a Lisa...

got 8 and can feel I've got 3 duplicates, will take back to ARGOS today and swap but what do I say lol?

Does anyone have a spare Prof. Frink and Super Bart?

I have Patty and Selma available

I need Marge, Lisa, Martin and Patty.

Have Bart, Milhouse, Homer, Selma, Maggie and Miss K for trade.

Up to £1.99 now. Ah well it was fun while it lasted!

Sounds good to me!

I have doubles of Professor Frink, Milhouse and Homer. I need Lisa, Hibbert, Martin, MoMan, Bart and krabapple

Just checked and I need:
Hans Moleman
Martin Prince

For trade I have:
Krabapple
Hibbert
Milhouse
Smithers

Also have series 1 needs and trades.

I need Lisa, moleman, willie, Martin, patty

Have to trade(all sealed): Hibbert, frink, marge, simthers,

Great, thanks - bought some.

I have a patty to trade

I got the best assistant ever, I reserved 20, planning to use extras for swaps/ ebay. But she was a collector herself and said she could open the up, and just tape up the ones I didn't need. She spent 25 mins doing this ( keeping ones she needed for herself too, after I had first choice). However this was a little quiet argos, I can't imagine them doing this in a busy store.

I had a look at some of my bags and the contents,the dots didn't match at all with the sheet. One of the bags had a pattern of dots that wasn't even on the sheet

Which ones do you have and I will let you know if I need them

Full box is sixty so I will have at least 3 sets - I intend to return all but 16 of them although not worked out which is which yet - if someone is desperate then I can help.
best place to look is Jaysbrickblog.com

I have Martin and Smithers to trade

Bought 5 got 3 Maggies and 2 Marges!

i bought ten and got bloody THREE millhouses! and two selmas

ffs

And Selma

The whole process is basically elimination, or at least to start with ascertaining if they are child characters or adult character. Each bag obviously has the oblong stand you have to eliminate out of the equation, then you need to feel for the other pieces...shake the bags up, feel for each piece and with your fingers move them to the sides of the bag so you can squeeze the foil around them to try and ascertain what they are.

Apart from Maggie whom is solid bodied, each bag will have a seperate body and leg torso, the adult characters have bendable legs, and you can feel that in the bag, the children have static legs.....that narrows it down straight away

Right, first familarise yourself with the tick off sheet....



As can be seen 6 characters have 2x2 tiles, 1 - Homer, 7 - Comic Book Guy, 11 - Selma, 14 - Mrs Krabbaple, 15 - Smithers, 16 - Dr Hibbert

By feeling the bags, ascertaining there to be a 2x2 tile in there, you know for certain it is going to be one of these 6 characters.....

The easiest one to ascertain is 15 - Smithers, he has two 2x2 tiles doubled up to make his accessory, the Malibou Stacy doll box, also if u isolate his head in the bag it has a flat top.

Homer or Dr Hibbert, the hardest of the bunch, you will feel they have very similar shaped heads and no other accessory in the bag. After isolating the head in the foil you will feel the ridges of the ears, both the same...it literally is a matter of feeling if you can notice bobbles on the head (do not confuse with Patty or Selma they have far rounder heads). If it has bobbles, you have Hibbert....otherwise it is Homer.

Comic Book Guy and Mrs Krabbaple.....both these have 2x2 tile and an accessory (the only two characters in the set with 2x2 tiles that do have accessories) so therefore if u feel an accessory in the bag, isolate it. U can feel the straw 'nub' of comic book guys frappuccino. You can also feel the cylindrical cup of Mrs Krabbaple and the prominence of her hair by feeling her head. Just be sure if you feel the cup you are not confusing with 6 - Milhouse who will have short legs.

Last of the 6 2x2 tile characters is Selma, easily identified by a 2x2 tile in the bag and the rounded bobble head, very easy bag I find.

This leads us onto Patty, you will obviously not feel a 2x2 tile, but rounded bobble head and isolate the purse accessory, just make sure it is not marge who has a very different head.......

Marge, very easy, bobble head of a very cylindrical long shape, the longest head in the set, very easy to feel for.

Bart, his head has ridges that can be easily felt....however it is difficult (have to really feel the bag) to find his accessory as it is a small catapult, once you have found it though it is easy to tell it is his Y shaped catapult and that you have him.

Milhouse, the only character with short legs and a cup, quite easy to identify. Isolate the head you should also be able to feel the ridge of his nose.

Martin Prince - His book in the bag is a big giveaway once you have isolated it, it unclips open and being a large rectangle has a dipped 'ridge' where the book opens. Just make sure you are not confusing it with the much smaller rectangle of Moleman.....

Moleman, the small rectangle block in the bag is a dead giveaway, it is hollowed out at the back, easy to spot. Head is small and lips prominent too.

Professor Fink - Once isolated his accessory you will feel the stem of the conical flask has a prominent ridge to it, also his tall head is quite distinctive. I found his accessory to be the easy identification.

Groundskeeper Willie....his accessory by far is his giveaway, you can feel the rod and the sponginess of the rubber in the bag, his plunger is easy to identify.

And finally Maggie and Lisa, the only solid character body in the set, both her and Lisa if you isolate the head will have the ridges of hair 'spikes' you should be able to make out the legs of the dog Santas Little Helper, otherwise chances are it is going to be Lisa instead with far blockier cat, you should be able to feel for the tail of the cat.

The last comment here is a little ambiguous because obviously as stated I was missing Lisa from my set, but should be fairly easy to distinguish between the two characters.

Happy hunting, and bag feeling.....it really is worth giving it a go due to Argos return policy with them remaining unopened.

Curse you Buzz. I was going to leave these at 11 and never try for the last five.

I only need Krebapple, Hibbert, Martin and Marge's sisters..

I also need the car to get through its MOT today...

I've just spent nearly a tenner on these things.

My priorities are clearly in order.

Obviously with most Argos stores not allowing you to dip, feel and buy it may be best to buy in bulk. No guarantees you will get the full set but the more you buy the greater the chances. With the first series of these we literally stood in Tesco (a few visits buying 4 or 5 at a time) and did the blind bag feel and fortunately managed to buy all 16 without any duplicates.

This time around, we really wanted to take the time in the comfort of our home to be able to do the blind bag test....the main reason for not wanting to open any bag before being sure of the character is so we can return them to Argos under their 30 day exchange (although that is extended over Xmas so you actually have until January to return these) as these are not exempt, obviously if the packs are still sealed.

We bought 30 of these blighters, and were very fortunate to have 15 out of the 16 characters out of the 30 bags. Thanks to Funkoid on here, we were able to do a swap with one of the spares before returning the rest to get the last remaining character (Lisa/Snowball).

This is just a preamble before my next post which will be a blind bag feel guide, it is difficult at first until you do get a feel for it...after the last batch a year ago we were both rusty in the process but you soon become accustomed to feeling for the pieces, which then becomes a process of elimination.

We found that you could not rely on the bump codes, admittedly some of our duplicates I notice had the same bump code but not all, so it is far from reliable. The only real way to be sure is to feel the bags, and better if you are unsure if there is more than one of you doing the process.

My next post will be lengthy, so will take a while, but will be my own thoughts on blind bag feeling.

That's great, I have pm'd you

Ive got 2 maggie if anyone wants to swap?

Also tried using the chart for the bump codes but bit if a hit and miss. The bumps are there but not coloured and not consistant with the chart. Argos even let me pick frm the box

I can trade you a Frink or Comic Book Guy, if you have Willie?

Here's my updated swap list
Duplicates

Willie
Millhouse x2
Homer
Bart

Need

Prof Frink
Comic book guy
Hans moleman

Hi there, I have he following to swap, I'm listing them by the number they are on the chart they come with, as to not mistake their names

2 x 4 Magie
1 x 6 Millhouse
2 x 7 comic book guy
1 x 9 Prof Frink
1 x 11 ??
1 x16 Doc Hilbert

In return I need

Marge 2, Lisa 3, Martin 8, and 12 not sure what sister this is

Thanks Dan

Could I please trade a comic book guy or prof Frink for a Willie?

I have...

3 X doctors
2 X Lisa
1 X Smithers
1 X Moleman

I'm after trading one of the above for a homer!

Looking to trade :smiley:

Spares:
Homer x2
Comic Book Guy
Prof Frink

Looking for:
Lisa
Selma
Smithers
Willie
Krabappel
Dr Hilbert

I have these spare:

Selma x 2
Lisa x 4
Comicbook Guy x 2

I need:
Prof Frink
Hans Molman
Patty
Willie
ms krabappel
Dr Hibbert

sent you a PM

would you like to trade a Prof Fink or Willie for a Comic book guy?[/quote]

Sure will PM you now :smiley:

Right, before the extras are returned to Argos we just need 1 X Lisa & Snowball.

Have the following to spare (currently sealed with blind bag feel to confirm, but will open to check contents at your wish)

Selma
El Barto
Marge
Homer
Dr Hibbert
Smithers
Martin Prince
Hans Moleman
Groundskeeper Willie
Professor Fink

So 10 swaps and just after 1 x Lisa

nice

Heat added

Perfect stocking fillers for the little one, thank u

I have the following duplicates
Millhouse x 2
Groundskeeper Willie
Selma
Marge
Bart
Homer

I need

Comic guy x2
Hans Molman x2
Martin
Professor Frink
Edna

Happy to swap through here before I try the swap site that someone recommended

There is a way to tell. Said there wasn't with other series. Buy a full box so you are sure you get them all. Then look at the dots and only open ones that are different. Full set acquired. Return the rest.

I have a spare:
Homer x 1
Doctor x 2
Prof Fink x 1
Willie x 1
Mrs K x 1
Sister in pink X1
Martin x 1

I need Marge,Comic book guy,the OAP, sister in blue and Smithers

Just got myself 6 and their all different! Well happy

I can only reserve 9 @ my local (they are in stock in all my local stores!)
Heat, heat, heat!

How do you know what figure is in each pack, there is no way to tell as far i can see, can anyone please help???

This offer from Argos is *****t just went to collect my reservation of 10 n asked the Argos pune to +1 to take it over £10 n qualify for the extra pack...he pops round the back momentarily and explains that the offer only qualifies with an Argos "toy" product as in a figurine for example he wouldn't budge from protestations that this was a 'toy' ...how do you get this offer without the Argos promo rules bs?!*@#&%

Excellent - a cock up at the tills and a clueless DP meant I just got 12 packs for £6! :smile:

Hi. Yes. Will pm you

Reserved 20. Yet another deal i don't need but want.

I've sent you a PM

Oh, i'll get my coat.....

Order 1, exchange it for a £5 toy voucher and get 6 more, hey presto 6 for 94p!

I another spare comicbook guy, would you swap for Ms Crabappel

Bargain. So if I buy 101 I get a £10 voucher..... :smirk:

You can use the bump code sheet to see if you have any double without opening them and refund them.

http://pop-critica.com/identification-guide-to-lego-simpsons-series-2-minifigures-blind-bag-codes/

It looks like everyone is right. The free minifig for £10 spend has ended. Around lunch time they hadn't updated the web site. So it still showed the offer.

For anyone interested in swaps, there is a website setup dedicated to lego minifgures for swapping. You enter all the noes you have swaps of, all the ones you need and it return swap options.
No, it's nothing to do with me, but yes, I can vouch for it and it works great for completing sets etc....it has them all on there.
Anyway, it's here if anyone fancies registering and trying it....
http://swap.minifiguresseries.com/login.aspx

Free one [ended] YESTERDAY

Sure, why not.
Inboxed you

Bolton had excess of 300 in stock

From the 16 I Bought I Got:

5x Marge
3x Dr Hibbert
2x Bart

Homer, Millhouse, Patty, Selma, Grounds keeper Willie & Mrs Krabapple.

I am likely to return in hope of Lisa & Maggie.

Edit: Bolton store would not give me a free mini figure despite amount spent. They say offer ended yesterday (you may have more luck at other stores as some already have)

I did pretty well, bought ten and only one duplicate :smiley:

Reserve 10, then when you get to the till get them to add one more to take it over £10
When you go to collect it confirm that there will be 12. If not show them the offer on the website.
I just got my 12 figures.

Bought 22 and of that lot I got 12 of the 16. £8.20 to eBay filled my set. :wink:

I have a spare Smithers and would prefer one of:

1. Lisa
2. Comic book fella
3. Millhouse super hero
4. Professor fella

If anyone is swapping :smiley:

I have a double homer and one of the sisters (with the eye test plate) if anyone wants it

It's refreshing to have an Argos deal in stock at time of posting.

Just got 20,will post my swaps/needs on later

Picked up 20 in two orders of 10. Wouldn't let me use the self service machine to pay and the woman at the till had to override the order quantity. Still got them all though. Will post up any swaps I need :smile:

Bought 15 to open tonight, let me get back to you ;-)

amazing thank you!

anyone doing swaps?

Imagine getting 10 the same :0

I managed to get the extra one free, as in spending over £10

Just ordered 9 for my 10 year old. Thank you

When it says minifigures, are they smaller than normal Lego figures?

I need to get some figures for the 1500 piece Lego set I bought.

Bought 10. For myself.

Brill thanks, fantastic stocking fillers.

Just noticed the free blind bag offer ended yesterday.

Thanks for posting ... stocking fillers sorted

Has anyone managed to get more than 10 through the checkout at once? I broke the website trying to make it:

User CMN3101E The system is unavailable due to "1256244".
System Unable to retrieve the price for catEntry 1256244, quantity: 100.0, unit of measure: C62, and currency: GBP.

Does the free toy on £10 spend only apply if you buy one single toy ? Thanks.

Reserved 15 to try and finish the set, it better not be 15 Homers.

Does anyone know if the free toy when you spend £10 on toys is still on ? Can't find anything on the website. Thanks.

In stock near me, thanks.

Good find. Thanks for this!

ordered 20 (from 2 separate locations) for son's party bag contents ;-)

Can reserve max 10 at a time so don't get the 1 free :disappointed:

thankyou

Thanks great find

Awesome thanks, got a very happy little boy whose pocket money just stretched a little further :smiley:

Thanks plenty in stock

I think its on any one toy to be honest. I could be wrong.

Nice one buzz.

Thanks, just reserved a couple :smiley:

Plenty in stock at the Argos across the road from my office. Roll on first break for some new desk decorations.
Cheers OP.

Nice, In stock in the nearest 5 stores :smiley: