Bricktober 2012 or the return of the Vintage Minifigure Collections

It is a tradition at Toys R Us in the USA, October is the month devoted to LEGOs with the soberly titled operation Bricktober.

This year, TRU customers will be offered a copy of these LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection with any purchase that qualifies for the offer. (Minimum amount and / or sets concerned not communicated) The operation is spread over the four weeks of October and the set offered will therefore change every week.

There are 4 volumes of this series devoted to vintage minifigs:

852331 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 1 (released in 2008 - Yellow box)
852535 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 2 (released 2009 - Blue box)
852753 LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection - Volume 4 (released in 2009 - Black box)

And the set in green box which contains 2 minifigs (Cook, cowboy) from Volume 3 (852697 -2009) and 3 minifigs (Nurse, woman in green and white ninja) from Volume 5 (852769 - 2010)

If you are a fan of these series of minifigs, watch eBay or Bricklink in the coming weeks, you should be able to find what you are looking for at decent prices ...