Yesterday I went to my Toys R Us looking for the Series 3 minifigs. Upon arriving at 11 a.m., I saw no figs on the shelves but I asked the woman unpacking the LEGO sets if any had come in. She said it was my lucky day, as she had just taken a box out. She opened up a brand new, green Series 3 box and handed it to me (and my 11-year-old sister). We had a quick chat about my dot list and then I had at it.

Turns out she was the LEGO supervisor for the store (someone who I had only encountered once before)--it was her job to know everything about LEGO (as proven by her realizing that the Ninjago sets should not be on the shelf right in front of me staring me in the face. Darn).

So my sister and I picked through the packages looking for various figs. I relied more on feel while my sister checked for dots.

Among my spoils:

2 elves (one for my roommate) (this guy is just plain cool!)

A cyborg (I was hoping for 2, but turns out xccj is sending me one)

A tennis player (female minifig!)

A hula girl (another female minifig! Actually, the hair is for a River Tam fig.)

An unexpected samurai (but he's pretty neat)

An unexpected mummy (also an acceptable fig. Maybe I'll trade it; I should probably keep it.)

A snowboarder for my sister since she was helping me go through them

Two other unexpected figs due to careless lack of feeling along with not being sure about the dots (these things are tricky. Definitely need to also feel the bag). They will be prizes in my Blog Building Contest #3: Bold Colors.

Then I went back later that afternoon because I didn't get an alien. So I got an alien (also pretty cool), a third "random" fig to round out the blog prizes, and two more figs I'm sending to someone.... When I got there, there were three or four opened boxes (wow!). I helped a kid get a few he wanted and gave my list to a mom since her barcode scanner obviously didn't work now.

The figs were ~$2.60 each because TRU was having a BOGO1/2 sale. They're normally $3.50 there now.

Fourteen figs later, I think I am done. There is nothing else I want, so I'll just wait to get some HF2.0 and other sets early next year (or any sales right after Christmas).

Also, the temptation to buy the popular/rare figs for resale is huge. But not something I want to a) deal with right now and B) become.

-CF