Report from a Visit to Bricks&Figs - a New LEGO® Minifigure Museum in Poland
An atmospheric LEGO® minifigure museum has just opened in Kraków, with a collection of 12,000 minifigures and plenty of rare sets! I had a chance to show up there on opening day and decided to share a report from the place 😉
I planned to appear right at the inauguration, meaning 10:00 in the morning, but it went as usual, so I arrived around 14:00 🙃 All in all, it was probably for the best. One of the founders told me there had been a huge queue, and people who came for the opening waited two hours. I did not experience that, but there was still a lot of traffic.
Shop
After entering the building, you land straight in the shop, where you can buy new bricks and tickets. Interestingly, the display cases include MISBs, meaning unopened old sets worth quite a lot of money. You will find real gems there: Western sets, Pirates, Harry Potter, and so on 😉 From the conversation I learned they are not for sale, but that may be possible in the future. After all, who would want to part with such a collection?
Instead, there are plenty of minifigures to buy, and compared with BrickLink, the prices are very reasonable. I saw a few CMF1 troubadours from series 22. They cost 20 PLN each, while the average market price is 23 PLN. Not bad for a physical store, right?
At the shop bar you can get drinks, coffee, some candy bars, and then sit comfortably at tables with minifigures cast in resin. A very cool idea, although unfortunately some of them were not made professionally, and you can see a lot of bubbles. I will spare you the photos.
Also, on the right side from the entrance there is a huge wall of bricks sold by weight! They are sorted by color and the selection is amazing. What caught my attention was the number of people standing there with cups and picking out the better bricks :D And they were not children, oh no.
Museum
Once you buy a ticket from the machine, you can enter the museum itself, the main attraction. The corridors have display cases with a large number of minifigures, divided by theme, and next to each one you will find information about the series and the years when those minifigures appeared. Collectors, fans, and children will be delighted. There is something from every theme, even LEGO® Friends. The only thing I missed was a clearer separation of CMFs1 into specific series.
The famous Black Knight, who often accompanied me in childhood.
Gremlins as LEGO®? I did not even know such a thing existed. Set no. 71256.
There are even minifigures from the Power Miners series.
A funny setup with the orc from the newest CMF series1.
Further into the room, there is a separate space for the most valuable items in the collection. Here you will find minifigures that were available only at special events and rare treasures related to LEGO®. The collection makes a huge impression, although sometimes descriptions are missing, so uninitiated visitors may not appreciate the value of the pieces.
In this part of the museum, you will find nothing but gems.
There is also the famous Mr. Gold minifigure, produced in only five thousand copies as part of CMF1 series 10. It was one of the rarest minifigures ever produced by LEGO®, which caused a real frenzy among collectors. Apparently even store employees searched for it 😂 Each package with a Mr. Gold minifigure contained a code that allowed you to print a special certificate from the LEGO® website and mark on a world map the town where the figure had been found. Today’s prices for this minifigure start at 20,000 PLN and go up! A true rarity and a disgrace for LEGO®. There were accusations of promoting gambling, and the company never repeated an action like that.
There are also limited C-3PO minifigures. That’s right, there is more than one there :)
Besides minifigures, there are also Star Wars UCS2 sets and rarer sets. There is also a magnetic Christmas X-WING that was given to LEGO® employees. Its market value is around 3000 PLN. Unfortunately it stood there sealed in the box, but if you plan to visit the museum, I have good news: they built it 😉
You can see with your own eyes how the AT-AT looks in all its glory and power :D
There were even legendary trains. I dreamed about them as a kid while staring at catalogs.
Summary
Attractions
On opening day, you could play a game of finding minions in the display cases. You had to find 5, and there were as many as 7 in the whole museum.
If you succeeded, you could draw a cap. Luck was not on my side, but I got a fridge magnet with a pirate :D
Wine bar
There should also be a wine bar in the building 🍷 Yes, alcohol and bricks 😄 It is mentioned on the official website, and that is basically it. I did not find this place in the museum, although I think it is near the wall of bricks sold by weight. I caught a glimpse of it when someone was leaving from there. In general it seems like a strange combination, especially with children passing through, but for older collectors and enthusiasts it could be a perfect meeting spot. If it is publicly available.
Brick wall
As for bricks sold by weight, they cost 30 PLN per 100 grams. There are cups by the wall where you can pack the LEGO® parts you choose. The selection is huge. Is it worth it? It depends. Soon I will make a separate post summarizing my purchases.
Tickets
Adult: 36 PLN
Child: 26 PLN
Family 2+2: 98 PLN
Family 2+3 : 118 PLN
Family 2+4: 138 PLN
Groups: 20 PLN/person (min. 10 people)
Location
The museum is located at Henryka Dąbrowskiego 20 in Kraków, in Zabłocie. Very good location, easy to reach by tram. It is open from 10:00 to 20:00 all week, but Mondays are reserved for organized groups.
Rating
Entry costs quite a bit, but is it worth it? Absolutely! You will not find such a huge collection of minifigures anywhere else in Poland. If you are a true LEGO® fan, you will be delighted. If you have children, they will be delighted. I warmly recommend this place and encourage you to visit 😄