Get around LEGO 71039 Marvel Series 2’s blind boxes by measuring their weights
For the truly dedicated, there’s a way to determine individual characters in LEGO 71039 Marvel Series 2’s blind boxes: measuring their weights.
The LEGO Group is moving away from its flexible foil packaging for Collectible Minifigures as of September, when 71039 Marvel Series 2 arrives on shelves in cardboard boxes. The new packaging is more environmentally friendly, which is good, but prevents fondling the packet to figure out which character is inside (a veritable pastime of LEGO minifigure collectors), which is bad.
It means that you’re well and truly gambling on which minifigure from the new Disney+ dozen you’re going to receive. Unless, that is, you have a set of scales handy. Instagram user 1414falconfan has published a list of weights (in grams) for each of the 12 different characters in 71039 Marvel Series 2, which may help you to identify individual minifigures before buying them.
A couple of caveats: these weights have come from Instagram user thelonesomebrick, who claims to have found the minifigures early at a Target store in Minnesota. Their reliability is therefore not guaranteed at this stage. And several of the characters seemingly have identical weights, so while your scale might say 18 grams (for example), you could still be holding any one of Mr. Knight, Hawkeye or Beast.
This should at least help you to narrow down to a specific pool of characters, though – and Agatha Harkness is the only character to weigh 22 grams, while Kate Bishop should also be fairly easy to identify at 21 grams. Check out the table below for the reported weights of all 12 characters in the new series.
LEGO Minifigures 71039 Marvel Series 2 weights
| 71039 Marvel Series 2 minifigure | Weight |
|---|---|
| Moon Knight | 20g |
| Mr. Knight | 18g |
| Hawkeye | 18g |
| Kate Bishop | 21g |
| Echo | 17g |
| Wolverine | 19g |
| Storm | 19g |
| Beast | 18g |
| Agatha Harkness | 22g |
| Goliath | 17g |
| Werewolf by Night | 17g |
| She-Hulk | 19g |
Of course, this technique also requires a certain level of dedication to carry a scale with you to your local LEGO Store or third-party retailer. Although if you buy your minifigures from a supermarket, you could at least try taking them over to the fresh produce section’s scales…
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Have tried this with series 24 using a precision scale with a 1/100th g resolution, but there are a few confounding factors: Packaging may vary slightly in weight; different minifigs can be very close in weight; and you will need an enclosure for the scales as even slight air currents can throw your measurements off. I’m only 3/4 through a box of series 24, so my results are statistically weak though seem promising. I started without an enclosure though so need to redo everything to be sure of the results…
I agree with Bruno. I have scales calibrated to 5 decimal points and the variation is huge. You will never identify a Figure in a box using scales. In my old job (I’m an Engineer), I was lucky to have access to an
X-ray machine that I used before I learnt how to feel them out. I’m looking at using a very thin borescope to insert into a small opening to check them out this time but for the average person I don’t think there is a reliable method until we get hands on with the boxes.
X-ray will be more reliable, instead of deal with hassle on figuring out what in packages, just send comments to To LEGO that we ain’t buy it until they make it easier to figure out as it doesn’t benefit both to customers and businesses perspective to purchase then break seal then return and purchase and break seal and return over and over until get desired mini figures.
Useless method. The packaging material alone has a tolerance of more than 1g. Tried it with Vidiyo back then and even with a precision scale it’s not reliable enough to identify the correct minifigure.
Thanks for nothing LEGO and taking away the joy of feeling out the wanted minifigures.
This method was largely used to find special cards in the world cup stickers envelopes. The domestic scale is very cheap, small, and works with AA bateries.
You’d have to have some pretty accurate scales too!