So I guess it's fitting that we kickoff the year with something I managed to find in a Warehouse (NZ's version of Walmart.) There we were on the second last day of our trip, my wife and I, disappointed that there were no real finds in the toy section. Then lo and behold, we see two lime green Series 3 boxes of Lego Minifigs! "Elf, Elf, ELF!" was all I could remember thinking.
Mel then asked me if I had the bar code list to decipher each figure's blind bag. Of course I didn't. I never have them when I need them. But I replied that the Rangerlord had told me there's a better way: to feel for the elf's bow. As the store was due to close pretty soon, we hurried through feeling the packs and concluded that someone had already been through them and taken our pointy eared friends. We left but I was kinda expecting we wouldn't find them.What made me go back to the crumpled packs on the shelf the next day to try again, I'll never know. But I took my time, wanting to identify each figure I was feeling. Maybe I'd just buy a Samurai? Maybe I'd get the Sumo wrestler. I also realized then that the identifiable bar codes from the first two series had been done away with, so feeling the packs was the only way to find them Elves! By the time Mel was done browsing at the clothing section and came by, I'd found two of 'em. She also proved to be a lucky charm, helping me fell out two more! Yay!
Two of them are staying with me, and the other two are going to the Rangerlord. It's part of our blood pact to share in our hunts. :P
So how did Lego's first ever Elf minifig turn out? Find out after the jump!
