Collectable Minifigure blind pack weights

[stclaire]

So I saw online that some people were using scales to weigh decks of Pokemon cards, and it occurred to me that such a technique might be effective for the collectable minifig blind packs. So here are the weights I got for most of series 13 and 14. Weights are of course in the pack, including the package itself, instruction sheet, etc... and are all in grams. If others can post weights we can try and see if there are consistencies and perhaps use this as a method to help determine which figure is in a pack.

13-1: 10.702
13-2: 10.444
13-4: 11.368
13-5: 11.344
13-7: 10.718
13-9: 10.398
13-10: 11.092
13-11: 10.028
13-12: 10.852
13-13: 10.372
13-14: 13.436
13-15: 10.908
13-16: 12.084

14-1: 11.566
14-3: 10.736
14-6: 11.934
14-7: 11.368
14-8: 11.340
14-9: 10.918
14-10: 10.502
14-11: 10.182
14-13: 10.804
14-14: 12.264
14-16: 12.508

[Slickson]

I just purchased a case of 14 which I have split with some friends. Since at least one set will be an XMass present we will leave some of them unopened. Hopefully with your data we can figure out what is what. I will post our results once we are done.

[Slickson]

14-1: 11.566
14-3: 10.736
14-6: 11.934
14-7: 11.368
14-8: 11.340
14-9: 10.918
14-10: 10.502
14-11: 10.182
14-13: 10.804
14-14: 12.264
14-16: 12.508

Are the numbers here "14-16" referring to the number as displayed on the character sheet that comes with the minfigures? Which would mean "14-16" would be Vampire lady with the spider.

[stclaire]

Are the numbers here "14-16" referring to the number as displayed on the character sheet that comes with the minfigures? Which would mean "14-16" would be Vampire lady with the spider.

That's correct.

[Slickson]

61 series 14 bags sorted by weight. All weights are in grams. As you can see, a few of them can be distinguished by weight. The others get you to a good idea of what it could be.


14-12: 10.1727
14-12: 10.18797
14-12: 10.21459
14-12: 10.22419
14-12: 10.24047
14-2: 10.25963
14-11: 10.26604
14-2: 10.27612
14-2: 10.27898
14-11: 10.29555
14-2: 10.30158
14-11: 10.30169
14-2: 10.30966
14-11: 10.31383
14-10: 10.63025
14-10: 10.63855
14-10: 10.67995
14-10: 10.69658
14-3: 10.77056
14-3: 10.79762
14-13: 10.80996
14-15: 10.82006
14-15: 10.82076
14-3: 10.8229
14-13: 10.82622
14-3: 10.82875
14-3: 10.83136
14-13: 10.84097
14-15: 10.84383
14-9: 10.85045
14-9: 10.8562
14-15: 10.858
14-9: 10.977
14-7: 11.23326
14-7: 11.3522
14-7: 11.38297
14-8: 11.40262
14-7: 11.40698
14-7: 11.4098
14-8: 11.41551
14-8: 11.45087
14-1: 11.5746
14-1: 11.6074
14-1: 11.6117
14-6: 11.8625
14-6: 11.87704
14-6: 11.88674
14-6: 11.95236
14-14: 12.27553
14-14: 12.27813
14-14: 12.31458
14-5: 12.49761
14-5: 12.54984
14-16: 12.5522
14-5: 12.55678
14-16: 12.57035
14-16: 12.6083
14-5: 12.61984
14-4: 13.67683
14-4: 13.74136
14-4: 13.74258

[The-Daryl]

This is a great idea! Any suggestions on portable scales that are that precise?

[Slickson]

There are a few on amazon just search .001 scale. The scale I used was at work and so accurate it is inside a box so the air movement doesn't effect the weaght.

[stclaire]

Awesome. Thanks Slickson.

[SpaceNinjaDino]

During Series 3, I bought a .001 scale just for this. But I found significant variations between the same figures. It was an accurate scale because the exact same item would weigh the same each time. I was really surprised because LEGO has regular quality. I should have weighed each piece to pin point what was causing all the variations. But my main goal was to weigh blind packs in the store to know which ones to buy. The feel method was more deterministic.

I would have too many overlapping values and could only group each pack in to a possibility group. Combine that with feel and you should be okay.

[Slickson]

I should have weighed each piece to pin point what was causing all the variations.

My current theory is that the plastic packaging and the paper foldout are causing the variations, maybe the next release i will check ... but I doubt I will have time to do it (or more precisely, spend the time to figure it out.)

I would have too many overlapping values and could only group each pack in to a possibility group. Combine that with feel and you should be okay.

That is exactly how I operated.