TheMinimateKing30
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2 hours ago, thereasonsy said:
Slight suggestion:
Sprite
Deathbird
Fang Wolverine with Daken Claws and alternate heads.
Binary
Ch'od & Cr'reee and the Bug.More reasonable.
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50 minutes ago, NerdyTrev said:
Cockrum Brood Wolverine is markedly different from Silvestri Brood Wolverine.
Ah, damn. MB. I didn't know there were two different designs.
Still, I think I'd rather see a new Brood-infected character and not just a copypasta of Wolverine. That way, armybuilding can be a thing for the Brood.
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On 4/18/2024 at 6:33 PM, buttheadsmate said:
No argument from me, your post is spot on ......although...
...IMHO the 15 year old GG* (Bring on TBG) is perfection & it is the only true comic version out of the 9 GG we have gotten (Himmel ) . The other versions look archaic or straight from a Walgreens wave.
* which was also included in TRU Wave 2 . TRU wave 2 had 10 characters which included (to date) my favourite Green Goblin, one of my favourite Spider-Mans , my favourite Magneto, my favourite Doctor Doom, my favourite Punisher ,my favourite coloured Hulk , perhaps my favourite Wolverine , my favourite Wonder Man & ....cor blimey mate ...Union Jack
TRU
Wave 2
....that wasn't a wave it was a Tsunami .....wonderful.
On God. IK the Heroes to the Rescue Spider-Man is considered peak Spider-Man (I can agree that it is a peak Spider-Man in its own right)... I'm still more biased towards the Wave 24 Spider-Man being the greatest comic book Spider-Man Minimate ever released. Vibrant red, dark blue, and some of the best printing I've ever seen on a Spider-Man. But, that's a conversation for a different thread.
The Wave 86 Green Goblin, despite some gripes with it, looks absolutely amazing and I can't wait to get my hands on it.
(Still waiting on my coveted Thunderbolts and Marvel Knights Goblins in the meantime XD)
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On 3/4/2024 at 11:36 AM, NerdyTrev said:
Inferno and Mutant Massacre are clear choices, but they're both so big. It would be tough to whittle the characters down to five key players.
Mutant Massacre seems even more difficult than Inferno. With that one, it can at least be kept to the main conflict with Goblin Queen and Limbo. Maybe a Limbo-armor Magik is in our midst? Packed with Goblin Queen and S'ym?
My heart yearns for a set commemorating the Brood Saga, off the heels of the relatively recent Phoenix wave. Although, I recognize that it may not be "80s" enough.
Sprite
Deathbird
Brood-Infected Wolverine
Binary
Maybe another Starjammer, Ch'od & Cr'reee?
But, like I said, this storyline is the last gasp of the Cockrum era. Very 70's, not really 80s.A Brood-infected Wolverine already exists. We don't need another one. There any other characters from the Brood Saga who got infected?
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3 hours ago, Padrino said:
I didn't follow Spider-Man during these costumes. I love how insanely 90's these designs are! I can't wait to see that Goblin 'mate up close.
On God. While the pre-posed design elements irk me to a degree (Elektra Daredevil all over again where it can only be posed in a certain way), it looks fantastic overall. And the new glider? Fucking BEAUTIFUL.
Same with the tentacles on Carolyn Trainer. Those are just god-tier. I hope to see these new parts reused more for future Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus Minimates because they look nothing short of astounding to me.
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Now I can actually see some merit behind 85 and 86 being back-to-back Spider-Man releases on account of the similar aesthetics for the classic Spider-Man design and the fact that we're getting Scarlet Spider and Reilly Spider-Man one after the other.
I gotta hand it to you guys, this is pretty fucking cool. Hats off. Will be P.O.ing as soon as it goes live.
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14 hours ago, elhonez said:
W00t! That Jackal is PERFECT. Loving Kaine and the Goblin as well.
HOLY SHIT
DIAMOND SELECT, YOU BRILLIANT, CRAZY-ASS SONS OF BITCHES
YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY PRAYERS
A NEW GREEN GOBLIN
HALLELUJAH
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On 4/16/2024 at 11:29 AM, thereasonsy said:
I hear you on this. I feel like I have the same figure 17 times over. And I barely wanted one. I vaguely recall that the new costumes weren’t selling well but that might be a Legends topic. 🤷🏻♂️
The Bring on the Bad Guys! and Wave 41 Green Goblins are, IMO, sufficient enough as just classic Goblins. The former if you want detail, the latter if you want the glider and alt. Norman Osborn head.
I want a design we haven't seen before. Again, if marketability is the issue, a Thunderbolts Green Goblin is the perfect answer.
https://www.chasingamazingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/image28.jpg
It's just a moderately-updated look to the classic design. Throw in a glider and an alt. Norman head and boom. Instant lure for young and experienced collectors alike.
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On 4/17/2024 at 11:30 AM, cylonchaney said:
Usually after a pun filled post by bhm there will be many puns afoot in the thread. I'm not sure why his is the sole post this time. I try to toe the line as I'd like people to join in if the shoe was on the other foot. I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by saying so.
Nah, it's fine. I'm just the odd autistic dude who can't understand humor sometimes.
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On 4/14/2024 at 2:44 PM, NerdyTrev said:
Star-Lord has received a comics figure. Hail Ivan.
But, to your point, a modern-classic set of Guardians of the Galaxy characters would be terrific. In the navy blue/red uniforms emulated in the last movie. It could just be the core five characters from the movies with a Cosmo pack-in figure. Although, based on how Spider-Ham looks in the upcoming "Spider-Verse" assortment, I would trust them to do justice with a Rocket Raccoon mini-figure, freeing up a spot for an additional character like Phyla-Vell or Adam Warlock.
Speaking of which. . .
I would also advocate for a seventies-era Jim Starlin Warlock set.
Warlock
Magus
Gamora
Thanos
In-Betweener
pack in Pip the Troll, based on the same confidence in the Spider-Ham figure.Oh boy, a first-appearance Thanos would be MAD interesting to get.
(If you get the joke, congratulations. Here's your no-prize. XD)
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13 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:
My guess: Clone Saga
Ben Reilly
Kaine
Doc Ock?
Jackal
Judas Traveller?
This is my prediction, too. Man, a Ben Reilly Spider-Man after, like, 20 years since the original one would go HARD.
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20 hours ago, thereasonsy said:
It must be the apocalypse… I disagree and we have numbers to prove that Z is right. Look at the Deadly Foes of Spider-Man set that Luke made. That thing was and is a love letter to the line and to fans. It wasn’t an instant success and that was in the prime years. You need an anchor character to get interest from casual fans and new ones. We would need at least two box sets to get all new Sinister Six figures and there would be a Spider-Man in both. Perhaps a battle damaged one.
If the goal is to get an Electro, maybe focusing on a storyline that he’s heavily featured in. Like Untold Tales’ Shock before Shock. We could have Electro, Eel, Spider-Man Ditko, and any other two characters from that run. We could even have Amazing Spider-Man 422-425, The Rose, Electro, Spider-Man, Nate Grey, and the female Doc Ock.
Oh, God, not a Battle-Damaged Spider-Man. That's giving me MAD Friends and Foes box set flashbacks 💀
Honestly, the goal is to not only get a new Electro, but just get new looks for most of the classic villains that don't rely on the animated stuff to do so. I cannot BEGIN to describe to you how EXHAUSTED I am in seeing the classic Green Goblin design in the comic book releases and ONLY that version. A Marvel Knights or Thunderbolts Goblin, IMO, would go HARD. Hell, I'd take a Final Chapter-styled Green Goblin if it meant we had just a BRIEF break from the classic design.
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20 hours ago, DSTZach said:
See above post, casual collectors will want to make Spidey fight the Sinister Six. But since we are now doing five-packs, the point is moot, a six- OR seven-pack would need to be a (more) deluxe release.
Luke did an all-villains box set, and I'm not sure it was a success for him. And that one had CARNAGE in it. If a box set of JUST B-level Villains was a sure thing, we would have done the Wrecking Crew ages ago. Ironically, with a five-pack, the Wrecking Crew now becomes feasible.
Full disclosure, we've planned a Spidey set for down the road that has Spidey (yes, that Spidey) and some Sinister Six members for him to fight. But just like a Spidey-less Sinister Six set would assume that the collector already has a Spidey, this set will assume that the collector already has other Sinister Six members. But even if they don't, they can still set up battles between the heroes and villains in the set.
Definitely a fair point. Releasing a set including Spider-Man and Sinister Six members without it being the whole team probably does benefit from the fact that we still have those fairly-new releases of Kraven and Vulture from a couple years ago that are still relatively cheap.
On the point of it being a deluxe set, tho... maybe make it a Comic-Con exclusive box set? IDK. It's just an idea. I feel that it might create more of a lure for collectors if it were an exclusive, and one of figures that everybody actually wants. But then again, I don't work in the toy industry, so I could be wrong on that.
Like I said; it just feels like a wasted opportunity with the format since it rules out the possibility of us getting a lot of teams instantly without having to buy two-packs individually. Just have all the members right up front. That's the main reason I got the Fantastic Four box set, was so I didn't have to buy separate two-packs just to complete my set of the team like I had to do with the TRU wave 8 Fantastic Four.
I get that marketing has to be taken into account, but yeah. That's just my two-cents on it. I understand that the appeal of an instant fight between hero and villain will always be a primary lure for any Minimates set, tho.
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23 hours ago, Freaqualizer said:
Even though there is a very passionate, dedicated fan base for Minimates, the sets still need to appeal to kids/new collectors. It would be a hard sell for kids to pick up toys that only have villains with no heroes to fight. I don’t know if 10 year old me would’ve been thrilled to only have the baddies with no one to fight; current me who has been buying minimates for almost 20 years would be on board.
I do hope that we will get more outlets for minimates so that we can get more collector themed offerings, while still having the mass appeal offerings to keep the lights on.
I completely understand that, but then it really wouldn't be possible at all to get a proper Sinister Six box set. A Sinister Syndicate set, sure. That's doable. But unless Diamond would be willing to bump up the count from 5 to 7 to accommodate Spider-Man, why even bother?
It really does blow how our options are much more limited now.
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On 4/13/2024 at 11:08 PM, DSTZach said:
The trick with a Six set is you really need to include Spider-Man.
I'm sorry, but HARD disagree. ESPECIALLY given how many Spider-Man Minimates we've gotten as of late. I imagine most people who collect Minimates have at least ONE figure of the classic Spider-Man suit.
Unless we're talking an Ultimate Six box set, I actually think a regular Sinister Six box set would BENEFIT from a lack of Spider-Man. Just have it be the villains.
The novelty of it being an instant collection of some of Spidey's most notable enemies ALONE, I guarantee, would be an AUTOMATIC lure for people.
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12 hours ago, DSTZach said:
Do you mean Minimates at Walgreens or the 90s Xmen Minimates we were originally going to release at Walgreens?
The former are no longer. The latter will be released, some sooner than others.
Was referring to the former in specific, yeah. But the latter gives me a degree of hope on future releases. I've loved X-Men '97 so far. And the Minimates look great from the promo art we got back in 2020.
It's a real shame, tho. I work at Walgreens. I would have LOVED to have gotten more figures from there.
Sadly, God constantly points and laughs at me with contempt and spite. 😭
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10 hours ago, BuffaloDelorean said:
Maybe Electro, for the fifth slot? He was sort of the catalyst for that team, and he's the last un-updated Sinister Six founder.
Nah. If we're talking teams only, I'd rather it just be the heroes. I agree we need a new classic Electro, tho. The original one is still a beautiful figure, IMO, but as I said above about Torment Spider-Man; you have a better chance of finding a solid gold brick on the goddamn Moon than you do getting that figure for a reasonable price nowadays.
So fucking bogus we're only getting 5 figures a set from now on. At least throw us a bone with a Sinister Six box set or something.
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Gonna take a stab in the dark and assume the Walgreens 'Mates are permanently dead in the water?
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On 4/11/2024 at 9:09 AM, NerdyTrev said:
I would welcome a definitive Wolverine in this costume. I don't feel like it's been done total justice yet.
Plus, it would free up a slot in an Astonishing X-Men release for Colossus, completing the team.
While I can agree that the Astonishing suit hasn't been done the best justice in the world of Minimates as of yet... do we REALLY need yet ANOTHER Wolverine clogging up a potential new character slot?
Like I said; battle-damaged civilian Matt Murdock wouldn't be the MOST visually dynamic figure in the world... but it would at least be unique.
IDK. This is one of the drawbacks of permanently retiring the Waves of two-packs in favor of box sets. You have to be MUCH more conservative picking and choosing who gets released and who doesn't in a given series.
If the Waves were still going about as before, we could have a whole-ass New Avengers one and have an army builder packaged with Wolverine and battle-damaged Matt Murdock as the chase figure or something.
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12 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:
Yeah but not in the 90s.
They’re probably remaking this.
Holy shit, if you're right, I might actually cry tears of joy.
Literally would be a Yellow Daredevil situation. Nearly 20 years after the original are we FINALLY getting an update.
If they make it look consistent with Sonic Attack Spider-Man, that'd make it even better, IMO.
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On 4/10/2024 at 9:40 AM, DSTZach said:
Peter Parker is not in Series 86.
I suggested a McFarlane-themed Spidey set, but I think we ended up not doing that one. You'll see another Spidey set with some cool unmade characters in another few waves (89? 90?). We're working a few waves out at this point.
Thank God. I have numerous Peter Parker Spidey Minimates (Wave 24 Spidey, Armory Spidey, etc.), and just pre-ordered the Spider-Verse box set off Luke's after hemming and hawing on it for months. I can cool the jets with Pete for a minute. XD
Despite that, I appreciate you advocating on behalf of a new McFarlane Spidey. That genuinely means much to me. If not that, then I would KILL for a John Romita, Jr. Spider-Man. I LOVE that man's rendition of the character.
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12 hours ago, BuffaloDelorean said:
The Thunderbolts Luke had a good New Avengers alternate look.
Ah, shit. Yeah, you're right. I forgot about that one. XD
Then... maybe a battle-damaged Matt Murdock? Based on how he looked during the first half of the Breakout! story in New Avengers #1-3.
Prolly wouldn't be an exciting look, but my only other idea for the fifth slot is a new Astonishing X-Men Wolverine. But nobody really wants another Wolverine in the endless sea that exists for him in this line as it is.
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On 4/8/2024 at 5:02 PM, DSTZach said:
Sadly, we have scaled back to more affordable five-packs, sometimes with a microfigure (or goblin glider). But great ideas! Any New Avengers set would need to include Echo/Ronin.
In that case, I would have it include;
- Iron Man Model 25
- 2000s Luke Cage (we haven't gotten that look since the original Luke Cage from 2006)
- Ronin
- A new Sentry (we haven't gotten one since 2009)
- A brand new classic Spider-Woman (last one was the 2006 variant of the original one we got in 2005).
Cap, Spidey, and Wolverine can be substituted with any number of their previously-released comic book variations (I'd say for Logan specifically, it'd have to be the MvC3 one) for a full display of the original New Avengers.
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On 4/8/2024 at 5:12 PM, DSTZach said:
Series 86 will be revealed Series 86 is NOT X-Men, but it IS Spider-Man, which we just did. BUT it is a storyline we have not explored yet. Should be cool.
For the love of God, if we're getting two Spider-Man sets back-to-back (on the assumption 86 is gonna include another Peter Parker), can we at LEAST get an updated Todd McFarlane Spider-Man?
Don't get me wrong, I think the original McFarlane Spider-Man from 2007 does hold up, but it's expensive and hard to come by in this day and age. I think a new McFarlane Spidey (hell, a new Ditko Spidey as well since we haven't had one since 2008) would nicely compliment the Sonic Attack Spider-Man from Wave 76, which was very clearly a Bagley Spider-Man.
Much as I love Peter Parker as my favorite fictional character of all time, I must say that the sheer amount of variations we've gotten of him as of late are wearing me out. I think getting newer/updated 'Mates based on specific artstyles would be an excellent way of counterbalancing that. You still get to pump out variations of the same character while still holding customer interest. Sonic Attack Spider-Man is a PRIME example of that, from what I understand.
Marvel 86: 1990s Spidey
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No, I mean, I liked the new Elektra as well, just... IDK. I'm not sure how much room it could've taken up in the box set, but some alt. parts for a more neutral mask and sash would have been welcome if you just wanna pose her normally.