{"id":503,"date":"2014-12-25T14:34:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T20:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minifigpriceguide.com\/wordpress\/?p=503"},"modified":"2014-12-26T12:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T18:32:54","slug":"2012-new-york-lego-toy-fair-exclusive-captain-america-and-iron-man-minifigure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minifigpriceguide.com\/wordpress\/2012-new-york-lego-toy-fair-exclusive-captain-america-and-iron-man-minifigure\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 New York Lego Toy Fair Exclusive Captain America and Iron Man Minifigure Details"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As I have stated before, I am a huge minifigure collector. \u00a0But my first love was comic books when i was a kid back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. \u00a0So back in 2011\u00a0when when I heard about Lego getting possibly marvel and DC superhero figures, I was floored. \u00a0I thought Mega Bloks had at least the Marvel line tied up. \u00a0But then these two press release articles were released at almost the same time.<\/p>\n

DC<\/p>\n

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Marvel<\/p>\n

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And just like that, they dropped a bomb on everyone. \u00a0I had not even heard rumors of all of this. \u00a0What did this mean to me personally? \u00a0It meant that I was going to have to stop collecting only Star Wars figures and look into the Super Hero figures also.<\/p>\n

They then went on to announce that they will kick this all off with a few exclusives at the 2011 SDCC Comic-con. \u00a0I thought that is the end of my wallet.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/minifigpriceguide.com\/wordpress\/wb-builds-on-lego-partnership-2011\/<\/a>\u00a0 3000 batman and Green Lantern figures to be given away.<\/p>\n

I will remind you, that my primary goal at the time was still collecting star wars figures and that these were a distraction from my main obsession. \u00a0So in February of 2012 when I was watching eBay and all of the sites for the exclusive star wars figure to be released that year as part of the 2012 Toy Fair, I was thrown off when I found out that it is was really a set of Super Heroes figures and not star wars figures.<\/p>\n

“Iron Man and Bucky Barnes Captain America”<\/p>\n

See here for current prices for these figures.<\/p>\n

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Here is the article on FBTB that originally informed me of this. \u00a0http:\/\/www.fbtb.net\/2012\/02\/12\/lego-toy-fair-exclusives-2012\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I immediately started watching ebay for every variation of these figures so I could catch them as soon as people started posting them. \u00a0Well me and every other Lego obsessed collector.<\/p>\n

“Toy Fair 2012”<\/p>\n

“ToyFair 2012”<\/p>\n

“Toy Fair Lego”, You get the idea.<\/p>\n

Finally, I found a few later that evening on 2\/12\/212 and they were priced at the ridiculous amount of $400 and I thought, those will never sell. \u00a0But sure enough, a few minutes later they were gone. \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0I continued to watch for more and finally an ebay member named Druid was selling one with the bag for $225 buy it now and free shipping.<\/p>\n

“Toy Fair 2012 Lego Exclsuive Avengers 2 pack”<\/p>\n

Note the misspelling. \u00a0 I think that this is the only reason that I picked this up at such a good price. \u00a0BAMM! \u00a0I bought it and waited for it to arrive.<\/p>\n

In hindsight, this was when people started paying silly money for lego figures. \u00a0Before this time, you could still get a Cloud City Boba Fett for $80 – $100 and Watto fir about $45. \u00a0After this, who knows.<\/p>\n

These Iron Man and Captain America figures came with the two figures and a bag. \u00a0Some people were also including the lanyard as well which indicated which of the 125 figures that you received. \u00a0I did not get the lanyard with my set, but at $225, I was OK with that. \u00a0I did receive the bag, but I quickly listed the bag on eBay and sold it for $125 alone so my final price for the figures was only $100. \u00a0Not too bad I thought.<\/p>\n

I sold the bag for two reasons. \u00a0I had not way to display it and it looked terrible. \u00a0It was dented from the figures and it was silly to keep it when people were willing to pay so much for it. \u00a0I am not sure if the was the right decision, but I am planning to keep these figures, so it will never affect me. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The Lego group produced 200 of these figures. \u00a0I have not been able to get a solid number, but I have met people that worked for Lego and stated that another 75 of these were produced and given away internally. \u00a0These did not come with a bag or the Lanyard, but they \u00a0are the same figures.<\/p>\n

These two figures were modeled after the comic book characters instead of the movie characters as you can see in the images. \u00a0The other main differences with the figures as as follows.<\/p>\n

Here is a side by side of the front of these figures next to the standard one that was released in the sets.<\/p>\n

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