Completing Mystery Mini Set Methods

[zebus_0]

In your opinion, what's the best way to complete a set of mystery minis?
Debating this on another forum, so far the choices are buying cases and buying singles (the obvious choices)
I think if you're just starting out on a series that it's better off to buy a case, you stand a good chance of getting at least one rare in that case, and will probably nearly complete the entire series minus a couple. You'll have dupes but since most cases are discounted if you buy that many, you're not in deep and reselling them even at retail is possible, or using them as trade bait.
Then you've got buying singles. Personally I think I'm better of buying singles at the moment because I'm collecting the Game of Thrones series, for example, and I'm two off (Drogon and Glow Walker). I'd really love somebody that is good at math and figure up what the probability odds are of me just randomly walking up to cases in different stores that contain differing amounts of figures that may or may not have rares in them. I got Jaime, as an another example, as one of 2 last figs a Hot Topic had on hand. (LUCKY!)
Obviously the 'best' way would be just buying them on eBay, but I'm sure most of you have seen the absurd amounts that rare figs go for. I've seen at least one thread that proposed case layouts but I've never seen proof on it really, and I"ve seen multiple theories on which one is the 'rare spot'

[glowfunkofreak]

Buy a master case ..

Sell the rest.

[zebus_0]

Buy a master case ..

Sell the rest.

A master case? Does that have 1 of everything or something?

[Kaljor]

Master case only has the regulars and 1 chase. You will eventually need to hunt down the other chase figures.

[XXDCXBATMAN]

Master case only has the regulars and 1 chase. You will eventually need to hunt down the other chase figures.

A master case is 6 regular cases.

[Kaljor]

Master case only has the regulars and 1 chase. You will eventually need to hunt down the other chase figures.

A master case is 6 regular cases.

I bow to your knowledge young one.

[zebus_0]

Master case only has the regulars and 1 chase. You will eventually need to hunt down the other chase figures.

A master case is 6 regular cases.

That would be an absurd amount of money to tie up in figs that would take a long time to sell off as dupes, and if it's random case selection wouldn't you not even be guaranteed a rare? I thought the way the odds worked is that in 1/144 there is MAYBE one ever 6 cases, not if I pick 6 random cases of 24 there has to be one in there.

[Squird]

I buy singles until I get a dupe, then cherry pick on trading/auction sites. It helps that I don't always want to complete a set, just get a few here and there.

[XXDCXBATMAN]

Master case only has the regulars and 1 chase. You will eventually need to hunt down the other chase figures.

A master case is 6 regular cases.

That would be an absurd amount of money to tie up in figs that would take a long time to sell off as dupes, and if it's random case selection wouldn't you not even be guaranteed a rare? I thought the way the odds worked is that in 1/144 there is MAYBE one ever 6 cases, not if I pick 6 random cases of 24 there has to be one in there.

Not in a master case, buying a master case isn't like just buying six regular cases, if you buy a master case you get 6 cases, each with one of the 6 different case layouts.

[pattycakesully]

Sadly I wouldn't know. I haven't completed a series yet