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Great. So, the Avengers are fighting !? That'll make for a good movie. Thanks for the pic!

I checked my TRU this morning and the only new mates they had were another case of MvC; no 12 and no Galactus set. On the plus side, they did have the new Lego Batman Super Heroes sets in stock. And through a weird quirk of multiple sales flyers with contradicting exclusions, I was able to pick a couple up at Buy One, Get One 50% off.

I am really hoping that Thor 2 does make it to production. Then we could get them, whether they feature prominently or not (and more Thor movie villisns). Maybe there will be a flashback scene in IM3 that would allow for FB Whiplash too (similar to Kyle in T2).

I have a "feeling" that "The Redacted" are all the same character. Loki will be the Big Bad in the movie with his other-worldly/extra-dimensional hoards. He will be packed with an extra army builder in the TRU assortment ala Thor (Asguargian) and CATFA (Hydra Flame Trooper). If there is an extra baddie in the movie, I think he will wind up in the box set with Final Battle Whiplash, Arnim "Human" Zola, and X3 Magneto.

I am a minimate completist. I buy at least one of each pack from the LCS waves, mainly to keep my comic shop in the minimate business; which is getting tougher when they are charging close to $10 per pack. I have (up to the current wave) been very lucky in finding the TRU waves. I will even buy (rebuy) the packs shared with the LCS waves, again, mainly to keep TRU (re)stocking mates. I will also buy extras for customs that I never seem to have the time to make. All that being said, it does not seem like it is the LCS waves that are needing more of the Caps, Thors, Spidys, and Wolverines. These seem like the guys who should be flooding the shelves at TRU where the new fans are going to be found. My first mates came from the original box sets, the ones with the "blind packed" characters, from TRU back when I was a freshman on college. That got me into minimates because I liked Spidy, Wolvie, DD, Venom, etc. I learned from there that I could get minimates at my LCS and was able to round out the first four waves from there and eBay; I have been completing since. IMO, TRU should house the classics. Maybe the new exclusives continue to keep the likes of us interested in TRU. Keep the heavy hitters limited to one per pack (two per wave) in LCS waves. Wave 42 was a good wave with the mix. Wave 44, not so much. But I am very much looking forward to Wave 43 and 45; big wins there. Just the way I see it.

Can someone possibly verify that the TRU item number for this wave is still #646982. I know it was mentioned, but was not sure it was confirmed. Thanks in advance!

Madison, WI TRU has a few packs left (8 tops), but definitely not a full set. I think we got in two cases; one initially and one restock. I have yet to see the Cap/Thor wave (a full case worth of Spider-men from the last two waves is still present, so it may be a while) and when I ask about the Galactus set, nothing pending, nothing in the DC and the closest store that does have them is Indiana or Southern Illinois.

After asking my local TRU helpful (Her really is) employee to search the system; I was bummed. There are/were only 12 (hopefully that is cases) in the DC with no pending manifests. Look like it may take a while to get these.

I like the idea of a BAF. I have for a while, about as long as I wanted army builders in the variant packs. For me, if we can't get larger mates, I would like an additional army builder. Break down (LCS wave) would look like this: Pack A- "vanilla" mate 2-pack (think big time spidey and iron fist) with army builder upper torso (maybe a different tampo - females?) Pack B- more detailed 2-pack (DD & Elektra) with identicle army builder lower torso. Pack C & D- character and variant w/ army builder with army builder head/hair variant ( this could even be different in the regular versus variant packs A set up like this would not require you to get every pack in the wave. It would reward you if you did. Those who get complete sets would now get not two, but three army builders and each would/could look unique. Those who do not want every set, would not be "penalized" for not getting every set, they would just get spare parts. And those who buy multiples of only the army builder set would have at least a few alternate display options.

I like the ideas presented for TRU, but I would throw out the idea, too, for LCSes to get god cases. My LCS has, I believe, 4 minimate collectors. They buy 2 cases and always hold a full set for me. Someone else gets the other variant set, but the other collectors miss out. By making every case a god case, LCSes would not be stuck with as much left over mates. Couple this with TRU getting 3-3-3-3 cases and you still have variants and TRU exclusives in limited numbers and fewer cross-distributed mates left on the shelves. Back on topic, I cannot wait for all these awesome mates to be released. I am happy with all I have seen coming out of NYCC this year. Good work DST!

I never get email coupons anymore. I used to get ones for stuff I don't need, but now, nothing....

Spider-man related that we would never see? What about Madame Web with her big ol' chair? That would be cool and her name has yet to appear in this thread....

See.... I just have a standing order with my LCS; if there is a Marvel minimate wave, he saves me a set, including variant. I don't even need to preorder. He just calls me Tuesday to say I can pick them up the next day or anytime after that. Westfield Comics is great!

I'm going to pick up my set from my LCS tomorrow after work. I cannot wait to open these.

Just throwing this out there: did anyone else have issues with Red Hulk's legs getting stuck (rubbing) when trying to pose him? I am talking about the new hip covers rubbing on the crotch piece. Or was this just me? If you did, a quick fix is to swap out the "T" piece with the new Halo "I" crotch piece. This worked great for me to have a flexible red behemoth! O6

That looks amazing! That would be an awesome set-up to have. But, alas, I will shave to stick with my SDCC exclusive Stay Puft Bank from DST.

I picked up the Rocket Warthog last night from local TRU. It's great!

It would be interesting to see if anyone else gets these. This type of coupon seems like it is one per TRU reward account and uses the account, not the coupon, to ensure you only use one. So, it could be that everyone on this board could use the coupon, maybe. Anyway, I got last weeks one (thanks again!) and do not need anything this week.

My cousin lives in San Diego and is coming for a visit in August. I was hoping to see if he could get this set for me. Does anyone know if these are still available and/or if there is anything specific I should tell him to ask for? Thanks for the info.

This would be awesome for the MAX line. Hopefully they come in a 2-pack. Either as a "minimate" with a rider in a standard minimate 2-pack. Or in a MAX vehicle pack with two bikes (and two mates). And bring on the Zombies!!

What is your favorite single minimate? This changes often. But most recently I have been enjoying Hal Jordan and Sinestro. I enhanced them with constructs (TRU Jolly Rancher Hulk and Holocaust, respectively) and they are great to have in my pocket for a quick lantern war wherever I go! What minimate/pack did you spend the most money on? The SDCC/NYCC Battle Beasts. Still need the Toy Fair one.... What was your hardest to find mate/pack that you now own? Tracking down wave 2 Black Spidy (still in sealed package). I could not justify paying $50+ dollars for him on eBay. I think I found him eventually for around $25 What are you looking forward to most out of the newly announced minimates? MvC. MODOK and (since I do not yet have her) White Phoenix. What mate/pack do you hope to see announced for next year? Songbird. Of all the teams that need completing, she would make me happiest.

What has started to frustrate me with the Marvel line is the overlap between LCS and TRU. It is even more of an issue now, with only 4 different 2-packs at TRU and the line-ups for the next few waves of mates. When there were 5 different 2-packs, we got 6 "new" characters or pairings (in 3 different packs) and 50% of the TRU wave was repacks from the LCS. Now we are getting 80% LCS repacks and only 4 "new" characters. We no longer are getting the different pairings. With the army builder now being in the LCS waves, the packs that go to both LCSs and TRUs are peg-warming at both locations! This is a problem. It would be better, in my opinion, if the Marvel waves were run a little more like the Real Ghostbuster line: LCS gets: Character/Army Builder (no RGB counterpart) Variant/Army Builder (no RGB counterpart) 2-pack A (1/2 of RGB 4-pack) 2-pack B (other 1/2 of RGB 4-pack) TRU gets Exclusive 2-pack C (like ghosts) Exclusive 2-pack D (see above) 2-pack A from LCS (see Egon and Ray) Variant of 2-pack B from LCS (Janine and Slimer) This way, by making one (or both DST!) of the shared packs different, even slightly, there is incentive to pick up the third set from TRU. We have kind of been getting this with the last few waves and the Wolverine variants (and better yet a new character), but I can see the new line-up being an issue. To give an example of what would have been better: TRU 11: Grey Hulk with Gold FA Iron man TRU 11: Commander Rogers with a Modern (or Red Skull inhabited) Zola Otherwise I am okay with character selections, but would like to see, it seems, an extra 2-pack to round out each wave.

I think uncharted worked the best because it was essentially two (well-armed) civilians. They also have great tampos for some quick customs. I used there heads for two of my MAX police/swat officers.

Those ate great quick customs! Thanks for sharing. I will have to give a few of those a try myself.

I am taking dibs on Dinobot's coupon. Thanks man! I want to get me a big old Star Wars Lego. That will really help! O6 Edit: you saved me $26, sir. Much obliged!