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General => Collector's Corner => Mystery Figures Series => Topic started by: Indianna on March 19, 2012, 17:24:40
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Is anyone keeping track of the printed codes on the back of each Surprise Fi?ure packet? If we set up a chart of codes and packet contents maybe we could develop a scheme for indentifying the contents of each packet without relying on feeling them. I though that weight might be a good way but with all the reports of missing and/or extra parts, weight would be unreliable. There must be some way for Playmobil to keep track of the fi?ures once they are bagged so the printed code may be the answer.
If anyone is interested, we could set up a google spreadsheet which could be shared and updated by the community. What do you think?
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I think this was tried to be done with series 1 and it didn't work for the codes kept changing as I recall. there is a thread somehwere... sorry but Im very bad with the search engine :P
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Here is one thread where it was discussed: Surprise Bags 5203 and 5204 Decode (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=8422.msg153335#msg153335)
I am assuming that it would not be as simple as a particular code for each figure, but I was thinking that there would have to be a way for Playmobil to identify the figures once they are sealed in the packets, if only to make sure that they are properly distributed within the case boxes (while there are some case boxes that have not had 4 of each figure, it does seem to be Playmobil's goal to have 4 of each figure in a case box.)
I was thinking that there may be a formula or a pattern that we can figure out if we have enough data to play with. On the other hand, this could be like trying to figure out how they assign numbers to individual parts. 8}
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A set of codes would be awesome. I really stink at groping the bags to figure out which ones they are. 8}
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I think the codes are only specific or close-to-specific for each case individually, as in all knights will have the same or very similar codes in a single case. I'm not entirely sure though. :-\
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I don't know. I ended up with several football players and the codes had nothing in common.
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I was thinking that there would have to be a way for Playmobil to identify the figures once they are sealed in the packets, if only to make sure that they are properly distributed within the case boxes
Maybe they X-ray them...
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I think someone mentioned that they weigh them.
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Best option: touch and feel!
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Best option: touch and feel!
The ONLY fool-proof option!!! :)
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I agree with the touch and feel method. I takes time but if you have been collecting PM for a while, you should know the parts. Another thing you can do is look at the pictures on the display and feel for the parts that way. You can identify accessories pretty easy. I will admit, the figs with small amounts of accessories can be harder to identify. Patience my friends. Patience.
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That's right, it just takes patience. If you spend enough time feeling the bag, you will come up with something you can identify. You just have to be willing to spend the time standing there doing it.
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And not minding people giving you the weird look :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I have a digital kitchen scale. I could weight each figure and post that info .... but is someone gonna go with a scale to a toy store? 8}
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but is someone gonna go with a scale to a toy store? 8}
:lol: :lol: :lol: ''Hi!! I need to buy two kilograms of f?gures'' :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I still prefer X-raying :lol:
Are there still such special glasses available anywhere? Could also be usefull if there are nice ladies around shopping for playmo... :-[ ;D
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The only truly foolproof method is to break the bag open and look inside. The guys at the shop look at you funny if you do that though.
I wonder if there is some micro camera attachment you could get so you would just have to put a little pinhole in the bag to look inside? You'd probably need a little teeny light too though.
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You guys are funny. :lol: If you spend long enough sensing the parts, it's basically foolproof too. And like others said, you can always use the codes in the same case to help on your search if buying multiples of the same figure. Just make sure to feel-check always! ;)
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It sounds like the "feel" method is the most reliable for now. I used to think that really accurate weights would be a good way to tell what's in each packet but people are reporting so many extra and/or missing parts that the weight method seems doomed.
If anybody is motivated to keep a list of the packet code and contents for the bags they open, let me know and I will start a list. Ultimately, it may not tell us anything (as cardensb said, several packets of the same figure had different codes) but if we have enough data we may be able to "break" the code (if there is one 8}. )
Thanks to everybody for all the great comments on this topic! :hatoff:
Special note for my friend Hadoque:
X-Ray Specs (http://www.halloweenexpress.com/xray-specs-p-1083.html)
or, if you are willing to spend just a bit more:
Video X-ray Glasses (http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/goggles.html)
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Special note for my friend Hadoque:
X-Ray Specs (http://www.halloweenexpress.com/xray-specs-p-1083.html)
or, if you are willing to spend just a bit more:
Video X-ray Glasses (http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/goggles.html)
Lol, those spectacles from the 1st link! I can't imagine myself walking in a shop wearing those :lol: :lol:
The 2nd option seems a bit more technically advanced, and safer for the eye... :sherlock:
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Special note for my friend Hadoque:
X-Ray Specs (http://www.halloweenexpress.com/xray-specs-p-1083.html)
or, if you are willing to spend just a bit more:
Video X-ray Glasses (http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/goggles.html)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i guess the last reason i would buy these glasses is too see what klickies are in the fi?gures bags , but for other reasons as mentioned in your link indianna :glasses: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
btw i guess someone would be more embarrassed wearing these on a shop , than feeling the bags for hours ::) ::) ::) ::)
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OK, so I loaded up my patience and the wife and I went to TRU and groped like crazy and got all the figures I wanted. :)
But man I was groping forever. I wasn't the only one though, some teenagers were squeezing the Lego mini figs too.
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i can not believe everyone is talking about and encouraging us to grope playmobil :loco:
:lol: