Harry Potter Series 2 (Mystery Minis)

[highlanderfil]

So, I have a $10 off $30 coupon for Hot Topic and they are running a buy2get1 deal, which means that, at $8.90/per, I can pay for 4 and get 6 for about $25. Uggghhh, I should not be doing this...

[highlanderfil]

Quick question, folks...how do you tell the letter of the box? Couldn't find the answer in the 11 pages of this thread...

[Geescube]

Quick question, folks...how do you tell the letter of the box? Couldn't find the answer in the 11 pages of this thread...

You must be to the store BEFORE they open up the cardboard shipper and place the PDQ on the floor. The box letter is indicated on the outer cardboard shipping box. Its not often that you can get to a store before the PDQ is already out on the floor though.

[highlanderfil]

Quick question, folks...how do you tell the letter of the box? Couldn't find the answer in the 11 pages of this thread...

You must be to the store BEFORE they open up the cardboard shipper and place the PDQ on the floor. The box letter is indicated on the outer cardboard shipping box. Its not often that you can get to a store before the PDQ is already out on the floor though.

Cheers, appreciate it. Looks like that's the one piece of info I won't have.

[Geescube]

Quick question, folks...how do you tell the letter of the box? Couldn't find the answer in the 11 pages of this thread...

You must be to the store BEFORE they open up the cardboard shipper and place the PDQ on the floor. The box letter is indicated on the outer cardboard shipping box. Its not often that you can get to a store before the PDQ is already out on the floor though.

Cheers, appreciate it. Looks like that's the one piece of info I won't have.

Never know. Sometimes you can catch em, but mostly no.

[opopssum]

My HT ran out of cases before I could get one so I opted buying 12 off the site in hopes of getting a case but did not. I ended up with mostly Buckbeaks and no exclusives at all. I even tried buying from B&N but still nothing. Am disappointed in the amount of commons out of this set. I love Hp and have the complete first set and all the pops, but am just put out in trying any more for this one.

Dang congrats To many buckbeaks is a problem I wish I had I kick my self for not paying 80$ for him when there were any to find on eBay. I really hope they do a massive restock or buckbeak may just be a lost cause. The 1/72s wreck me

[Geescube]

My HT ran out of cases before I could get one so I opted buying 12 off the site in hopes of getting a case but did not. I ended up with mostly Buckbeaks and no exclusives at all. I even tried buying from B&N but still nothing. Am disappointed in the amount of commons out of this set. I love Hp and have the complete first set and all the pops, but am just put out in trying any more for this one.

pics or it didnt happen.

[highlanderfil]

The other two Hot Topic ones: 63g Sirius (yay) and 47g Thestral (welp, I guess we have a herd now).

[opopssum]

The other two Hot Topic ones: 63g Sirius (yay) and 47g Thestral (welp, I guess we have a herd now).

I have a herd too I actually of want to get one more so every member of Dumbledore's army has one The Thestral is such an amazing sculpt and they all have no problems standing which for an HP mini is a gift

[highlanderfil]

Box D! Pixie (36g) and Neville (54.2g)! Wheeee! Going to go back in to see if the heavy horntail is there, as well.

[keyese]

My HT ran out of cases before I could get one so I opted buying 12 off the site in hopes of getting a case but did not. I ended up with mostly Buckbeaks and no exclusives at all. I even tried buying from B&N but still nothing. Am disappointed in the amount of commons out of this set. I love Hp and have the complete first set and all the pops, but am just put out in trying any more for this one.

Errrr -- Buckbeak is the exclusive that everyone wants, so if you ended up with a ton of those then you should be excited. You can easily trade for other exclusives.

Umm...Woooo for Buckbeak?.. Time to put them all up on Evilbay for triple the amount.
In all honesty I forced them on anyone that took more than a minute to think about if they wanted him or not. I was the Oprah of Buckbeaks! You get a Buckbeak and you get a Buckbeak! You all get Buckbeaks!!

:0 that's amazing. Congrats on such luck! If you find any others I'd be happy to trade for others you may be missing

[Katers]

My HT ran out of cases before I could get one so I opted buying 12 off the site in hopes of getting a case but did not. I ended up with mostly Buckbeaks and no exclusives at all. I even tried buying from B&N but still nothing. Am disappointed in the amount of commons out of this set. I love Hp and have the complete first set and all the pops, but am just put out in trying any more for this one.

Errrr -- Buckbeak is the exclusive that everyone wants, so if you ended up with a ton of those then you should be excited. You can easily trade for other exclusives.

Umm...Woooo for Buckbeak?.. Time to put them all up on Evilbay for triple the amount.
In all honesty I forced them on anyone that took more than a minute to think about if they wanted him or not. I was the Oprah of Buckbeaks! You get a Buckbeak and you get a Buckbeak! You all get Buckbeaks!!

I'm trying to decide if I feel like I stumbled upon a comedy story, or a horror story...! Mulitiple buckbeaks, and forcing them on people. You were living the dream!

So now we all know, we just need to order singles online, and the Buckbeaks will come to us, right? HA!

[highlanderfil]

Anyone need a Pixie? Pulled an extra one the other day

[keyese]

Errrr -- Buckbeak is the exclusive that everyone wants, so if you ended up with a ton of those then you should be excited. You can easily trade for other exclusives.

Umm...Woooo for Buckbeak?.. Time to put them all up on Evilbay for triple the amount.
In all honesty I forced them on anyone that took more than a minute to think about if they wanted him or not. I was the Oprah of Buckbeaks! You get a Buckbeak and you get a Buckbeak! You all get Buckbeaks!!

I'm trying to decide if I feel like I stumbled upon a comedy story, or a horror story...! Mulitiple buckbeaks, and forcing them on people. You were living the dream!

So now we all know, we just need to order singles online, and the Buckbeaks will come to us, right? HA!

I'm glad I'm not the only one with an online alert for if they ever come back in stock at Hot Topic

[Katers]

Umm...Woooo for Buckbeak?.. Time to put them all up on Evilbay for triple the amount.
In all honesty I forced them on anyone that took more than a minute to think about if they wanted him or not. I was the Oprah of Buckbeaks! You get a Buckbeak and you get a Buckbeak! You all get Buckbeaks!!

I'm trying to decide if I feel like I stumbled upon a comedy story, or a horror story...! Mulitiple buckbeaks, and forcing them on people. You were living the dream!

So now we all know, we just need to order singles online, and the Buckbeaks will come to us, right? HA!

I'm glad I'm not the only one with an online alert for if they ever come back in stock at Hot Topic

Stalking? Us? Never!....oh, wait, is that what this is called? LOL! I've made friends with the HT people at my local store. If I get lucky, they'll let me know when the minis come in!

[highlanderfil]

You can't make this up. Went into a Toys 'R Us in Lawndale, CA yesterday. No scale (although how I bought one at K-Mart to verify two boxes purchased an hour prior only to return those two - likely a hatter and Thestral - and pick up what I thought was Arnold and turned out to be a Pixie, was frantic stuff of legend). Thought I'd at least hand-weigh some to see if I can find a Selkie. Found a box someone else had opened and left alone. The black bag was unopened, so I felt around the silhouette and immediately went to buy it. Walked out of the store with Bella a minute later. Still need that Selkie, but one away from the common set now.

[keyese]

I'm trying to decide if I feel like I stumbled upon a comedy story, or a horror story...! Mulitiple buckbeaks, and forcing them on people. You were living the dream!

So now we all know, we just need to order singles online, and the Buckbeaks will come to us, right? HA!

I'm glad I'm not the only one with an online alert for if they ever come back in stock at Hot Topic

Stalking? Us? Never!....oh, wait, is that what this is called? LOL! I've made friends with the HT people at my local store. If I get lucky, they'll let me know when the minis come in!

Same here They have my number/Facebook if a case A appears.

[hailmary25]

You can't make this up. Went into a Toys 'R Us in Lawndale, CA yesterday. No scale (although how I bought one at K-Mart to verify two boxes purchased an hour prior only to return those two - likely a hatter and Thestral - and pick up what I thought was Arnold and turned out to be a Pixie, was frantic stuff of legend). Thought I'd at least hand-weigh some to see if I can find a Selkie. Found a box someone else had opened and left alone. The black bag was unopened, so I felt around the silhouette and immediately went to buy it. Walked out of the store with Bella a minute later. Still need that Selkie, but one away from the common set now.

Good Karma to you for still purchasing. I know plenty that would have just pocketed it.

[highlanderfil]

Good Karma to you for still purchasing. I know plenty that would have just pocketed it.

Yeah, shoplifting isn't really a word in my dictionary.

[highlanderfil]

Went to HT in Livonia, MI again. Got two boxes - a 77 gram one contained, predictably, a Horntail, of which we have one already, but I wasn't going to waste a BOGO50%OFF, but a 56-gram one had the 1/36 twin, so we ended up pretty pleased Just need Bucky and the other twin from HT now.

[Katers]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with an online alert for if they ever come back in stock at Hot Topic

Stalking? Us? Never!....oh, wait, is that what this is called? LOL! I've made friends with the HT people at my local store. If I get lucky, they'll let me know when the minis come in!

Same here They have my number/Facebook if a case A appears.

See....this! I've tried to explain to my non-Funko friends that this is perfectly normal behavior...but they just shake their heads! They still go on hunts with me though, so that's something!

[highlanderfil]

Found a Selkie at Meijer (73.6 grams). Unfortunately, I didn’t realize how fragile she was and tossed it up a flight of stairs to my wife...and her head fell off :-( pretty sure we can superglue her back together, though

[highlanderfil]

Completed the HT set! George (55.3 grams) and Bucky (56.0).

[opopssum]

You found a buckbeak oh you lucky duckling

[S_E_R_G_I_O]

Lucky I need buckbeak to complete my set

[highlanderfil]

Couple more from Meijer. 67.9 g - Snape. 76.7g - Horntail.

[highlanderfil]

We pulled an Arnold at B&N today, as well. Three full boxes, B, D and E, but, sadly, no A, so no Trevor.

[opopssum]

We pulled an Arnold at B&N today, as well. Three full boxes, B, D and E, but, sadly, no A, so no Trevor.

Woo you are on a roll you'll have to take a picture once your set is complete so all us missing buckbeak can droll

Icant wait for series 3 tho hopefully a few less 1/72s

[highlanderfil]

We pulled an Arnold at B&N today, as well. Three full boxes, B, D and E, but, sadly, no A, so no Trevor.

Woo you are on a roll you'll have to take a picture once your set is complete so all us missing buckbeak can droll

Icant wait for series 3 tho hopefully a few less 1/72s

I need to do a bit of cleaning up tomorrow to identify all the duplicates (doesn't help that my wife and I have two separate collections going, but I'm not as heavily invested and just basically pick up the dupes) We were able to reassemble the Selkie, so that's it for the common boxes and now we only need Trevor to finish off all of Series 2. Still need a bunch of Series 1 though.

Any ideas about Series 3? When are they usually announced?

[w00kiee77]

Found a Selkie at Meijer (73.6 grams). Unfortunately, I didn’t realize how fragile she was and tossed it up a flight of stairs to my wife...and her head fell off :-( pretty sure we can superglue her back together, though

Obviously more fragile when they are out of the water!

[Katers]

We pulled an Arnold at B&N today, as well. Three full boxes, B, D and E, but, sadly, no A, so no Trevor.

Woo you are on a roll you'll have to take a picture once your set is complete so all us missing buckbeak can droll

Icant wait for series 3 tho hopefully a few less 1/72s

I need to do a bit of cleaning up tomorrow to identify all the duplicates (doesn't help that my wife and I have two separate collections going, but I'm not as heavily invested and just basically pick up the dupes) We were able to reassemble the Selkie, so that's it for the common boxes and now we only need Trevor to finish off all of Series 2. Still need a bunch of Series 1 though.

Any ideas about Series 3? When are they usually announced?

Congrats on the successful 'surgery'! Ugh, how heartstopping to be so close and yet so far with a broken mini!

Series 3? Argh! While I miss the thrill of the hunt, I am also thrilled to let my wallet recover in between sets! Set 1 came out in late July, I think. I wasn't paying attention when Set 2 came out, but I think it was later than that? So we've probably got awhile before set 3 comes out? But hey - let's get started with brainstorming, rumors, and glams! Especially since those don't cost me anything yet!

[highlanderfil]

Congrats on the successful 'surgery'! Ugh, how heartstopping to be so close and yet so far with a broken mini!

Thank you Yeah, it was a bit anti-climactic to tell my wife "open it, it's the one we're missing!" to find out it was two parts of the one we were missing... But as we are not Sheldon Cooper-level collectors, we're OK with a bit of glue on her.

Series 3? Argh! While I miss the thrill of the hunt, I am also thrilled to let my wallet recover in between sets!

Hear hear! One part of me wishes I'd found the community earlier so that I could save myself the myriad hatted Harries, but, then again, discovering this forum and the Facebook page made me both gain a few freebies and also make someone else's day giving mine away, so it's all good. I'm just hoping for an extra Buckbeak so that I can sell him (if I can't trade him for a Series 1 exclusive, heh) and make myself feel a bit better about spending what is probably now multiple hundreds of dollars on toys (that adult part of my brain does sometimes kick in).

Set 1 came out in late July, I think. I wasn't paying attention when Set 2 came out, but I think it was later than that? So we've probably got awhile before set 3 comes out? But hey - let's get started with brainstorming, rumors, and glams! Especially since those don't cost me anything yet!

So, sounds like it's about a year between releases. Gives my wife and I ample time to speculate and kvetch about which ones HAD to have been here already Hoping at least for Mad-Eye and Tonks to be included in Series 3. And maybe Umbridge and Firenze

[bakivali]

As you can tell by this thread, this series is popular, so I would expect them to keep up with it once a year. There are still so many characters/alternates/creatures they could do.

[Katers]

Congrats on the successful 'surgery'! Ugh, how heartstopping to be so close and yet so far with a broken mini!

Thank you Yeah, it was a bit anti-climactic to tell my wife "open it, it's the one we're missing!" to find out it was two parts of the one we were missing... But as we are not Sheldon Cooper-level collectors, we're OK with a bit of glue on her.

Series 3? Argh! While I miss the thrill of the hunt, I am also thrilled to let my wallet recover in between sets!

Hear hear! One part of me wishes I'd found the community earlier so that I could save myself the myriad hatted Harries, but, then again, discovering this forum and the Facebook page made me both gain a few freebies and also make someone else's day giving mine away, so it's all good. I'm just hoping for an extra Buckbeak so that I can sell him (if I can't trade him for a Series 1 exclusive, heh) and make myself feel a bit better about spending what is probably now multiple hundreds of dollars on toys (that adult part of my brain does sometimes kick in).

Set 1 came out in late July, I think. I wasn't paying attention when Set 2 came out, but I think it was later than that? So we've probably got awhile before set 3 comes out? But hey - let's get started with brainstorming, rumors, and glams! Especially since those don't cost me anything yet!

So, sounds like it's about a year between releases. Gives my wife and I ample time to speculate and kvetch about which ones HAD to have been here already Hoping at least for Mad-Eye and Tonks to be included in Series 3. And maybe Umbridge and Firenze

I feel like funko would drive Sheldon nuts, with paint variations, glow variations - can you imagine him hunting chases? LOL!

I think it's pretty common, for those of us that weren't here since the beginning, to wish we'd discovered this community sooner! It's such a nice, and useful, place to hang out!

Okay, now I truly desperately need a Mad-Eye. My current wants are Mr. & Mrs. Weasley, werewolf Remus, and ghost & regular James & Lily!

[highlanderfil]

Drove all over Metro Detroit yesterday (when I get into something, I get INTO it). Hit two Meijers and a B&N in the morning, then two more Meijers, another B&N, a Box Lunch (didn't even know we had those) and a HT on the way home in a snowstorm. Not ONE catch, although most of the locations were VERY well-stocked (like, each of the B&Ns had two full boxes with spillover). Guess that's what the flip side of our haul from last week feels like

So, those in the know - how often do B&Ns and HTs get their stocks replenished? Need my Trevor!

[keyese]

Drove all over Metro Detroit yesterday (when I get into something, I get INTO it). Hit two Meijers and a B&N in the morning, then two more Meijers, another B&N, a Box Lunch (didn't even know we had those) and a HT on the way home in a snowstorm. Not ONE catch, although most of the locations were VERY well-stocked (like, each of the B&Ns had two full boxes with spillover). Guess that's what the flip side of our haul from last week feels like

So, those in the know - how often do B&Ns and HTs get their stocks replenished? Need my Trevor!

It's hard to say. B&N has been restocked at least 2x so far, and HT same thing (depending on your location). With Series 1, B&N got restocked MONTHS later, so there might still be hope. HT might be done for unfortunately But it's always good to keep trying!

[highlanderfil]

Drove all over Metro Detroit yesterday (when I get into something, I get INTO it). Hit two Meijers and a B&N in the morning, then two more Meijers, another B&N, a Box Lunch (didn't even know we had those) and a HT on the way home in a snowstorm. Not ONE catch, although most of the locations were VERY well-stocked (like, each of the B&Ns had two full boxes with spillover). Guess that's what the flip side of our haul from last week feels like

So, those in the know - how often do B&Ns and HTs get their stocks replenished? Need my Trevor!

It's hard to say. B&N has been restocked at least 2x so far, and HT same thing (depending on your location). With Series 1, B&N got restocked MONTHS later, so there might still be hope. HT might be done for unfortunately But it's always good to keep trying!

I just went to the Livonia HT and it sounds like they won't be restocking anymore. Good news is I don't actually need another Buckbeak, but it would have been nice to use him to get some of the Series 1 exclusives that I now seem destined to miss out on. B&N in Green Oaks, MI had those three boxes, so they're probably good for a while, as well. I guess I'm left to ordering boxes from B&N, weighing them and returning them if they fail to measure up... There are only a few other B&Ns in Metro Detroit I can hit and most of them are out of my normal driving range.

Guess I can always try in DC when I go there in a month's time. Just got to remember to pack my trusted scale

[bakivali]

Drove all over Metro Detroit yesterday (when I get into something, I get INTO it). Hit two Meijers and a B&N in the morning, then two more Meijers, another B&N, a Box Lunch (didn't even know we had those) and a HT on the way home in a snowstorm. Not ONE catch, although most of the locations were VERY well-stocked (like, each of the B&Ns had two full boxes with spillover). Guess that's what the flip side of our haul from last week feels like

So, those in the know - how often do B&Ns and HTs get their stocks replenished? Need my Trevor!

It's hard to say. B&N has been restocked at least 2x so far, and HT same thing (depending on your location). With Series 1, B&N got restocked MONTHS later, so there might still be hope. HT might be done for unfortunately But it's always good to keep trying!

I just went to the Livonia HT and it sounds like they won't be restocking anymore. Good news is I don't actually need another Buckbeak, but it would have been nice to use him to get some of the Series 1 exclusives that I now seem destined to miss out on. B&N in Green Oaks, MI had those three boxes, so they're probably good for a while, as well. I guess I'm left to ordering boxes from B&N, weighing them and returning them if they fail to measure up... There are only a few other B&Ns in Metro Detroit I can hit and most of them are out of my normal driving range.

Guess I can always try in DC when I go there in a month's time. Just got to remember to pack my trusted scale

Good luck! I always just bring a scale everywhere, you never know if you'll run into a store that has some.

If you do luck out with another Buckbeak, you know where to find us

[hailmary25]

I had a much easier time with completing series 1. With adding Bella and Neville to my set I am only missing the expensive ones. "Cheapest" is Fred and Arnold . Even if I had the money I do not think I could justify paying $150 on buck beak.

[highlanderfil]

Pulled another Selkie today Keeping this one and hopefully will be able to shift the mended one to help pay for the habit