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I don't mind more Iron Man armors, as long as they are comic based, of course. Now all we need is a Tony Stark in Cobalt Man armor.

At first I was excited, but then I was thinking about it and my voracious tenacity for stuff that is minimates went to a luke-warm feeling of, "I don't really care", but i will still want to see pics.

I checked today and I saw one of the bones and cap pack. This other guy got it right before I could reach for it!!! Man I was sooooo close. Better luck next time.

Checked my local Toys R Us today and found the wave except for Bones and Cap. I did manage to pick up Balder. Not half bad. Alas, just like everywhere else, the employees don't know what your talking about and the place is a mess!!!! Seriously, its like a grenade blew up in the isles and forget about finding anything where its supposed to be. I am so glad I don't work there. Just seeing the pile of toys laying near the price checker makes me feel sorry for the poor guy who has to restock after hours.

I visited my local Toys R Us and found more than twenty of these sets. I'm thinking of picking up another one.

I concur with that! I'm also buying that set for that awesome cannon. Finally we'll have a proton cannon!

I'm really liking the Master Chief armor. Its a fresh take on what there is an overabundance out there. It's an "older" version, but looks way better.

Well all I know is that my G/F doesn't know why I even bother collecting mini mates. She says all I end up doing is buying whatever new series comes out, play with them for a few minutes and then put them in little baggies and into a storage bin. The most I payed for a single set would have to be around $35. Forgot which one it was though. As for collecting in general, I rarely leave any mini mates in their boxes. Usually the ones that are, are the ones I don't really like and also happen to be the variants. If I really like the variants I buy two so I can open one of them. But I really don't bother thinking about their future value. Whether their worth a lot later on is inconsequential to me. Hell, I buy the 1/6 scale stuff from Hot Toys too. Anyone who knows that stuff knows that they are not cheap. But I open them and "play" with them not really caring how much they are gonna be worth. With minimates, I buy what I like and what I can afford. But with the Hot Toys stuff, I tend to buy only what I like and even then, I come out having to sell other stuff on eBay just to get the ones I want. But all in all one has to have fun collecting these things and not let anyone tell us otherwise, unless it really taps into one's livelihood and causes serious problems.

Yay, I went to Toys R Us yesterday and picked up the Rocket Warthog and the Active Camo Brute 2 pack. Love the Warthog. Waiting on the Toys R Us exclusive Warthog with Kat and Carter.

Awesome, but not surprising that I still haven't seen him since my Toys R Us is late in the game when it comes to new releases. Thanks for the info.

groundhog7s where did you get that red Spartan? I've never seen it, but then again I just got into buying the Halo minimates.

In my opinion, I would open them. Around 95% of my collection is open and the remainder are in their boxes. Those in boxes are the variants from some of the less popular waves and some doubles of my favorite variants or exclusives, Hulkbuster Iron Man, Original Avengers Box set, Marvel Zombie minimates. But yeah, open them and if you have doubts, buy doubles of those you really, really like.

Hmm. MODOK, It will be very interesting on how they made him. In all honesty, I am lukewarm on this wave. It s like one figure makes my day, but the other one makes it a little bland. I'm all for variety, even a little bit of it ( your talking to a guy that has almost every Iron Man mate released, even the ones with the slight differences ) But in all honesty, I'll end up buying the whole series. At the very least we are getting some new mates and updated mates. One thing though, the new hulk doesn't really blow my skirt up like the way the guy being interviewed in the AA blog made it sound. So many various files for a figure that looks OK, IMHO. But to each their own.

How's about more Kree with different colors denoting ranks!

Regardless of the beard, they all look good, naked lady in tow. ;-) Beautiful Galactus and for all we know, the Silver Surfer was just thrown in there for the heck of it.

So these are coming out already? Wow! My Toys R Us still hasn't even received Wave 9! This sucks. Can't wait for Omega Red. Yay but Nay.

Down here in Laredo, TX I managed to snag two active camo ODST's and the rest of the mates. I left Master Chief because he didn't look as detailed as the others, kinda plain looking compared to the Blue Spartan or even Noble 6. The other mates had more character to them. The Arbiter really didn't look that good either. The rest of the minis look awesome. It's funny how the other Spartans don't have faces, just black blank heads, except for Jorge. Hmm didnt konw about the Warthog. Might go back today and check on that one.

The police mates have three figures, although I haven't opened them up yet, I see a full figure in the gear up section plus the other two, one not geared up and the other geared up. Unless I'm wrong, but I'll check them today.

I got that set too and also bought the Special Forces set and Police Officers set as well. They are awesome. I'm sure its been mentioned but i think its cool that the Police minimates has three instead of the Special Ops guys only having two mates. Odd though.

Damn! These things are already out. Love the Iron Man. Looks fantastic. Guess I'm gonna go checking my local TRU every weekend from now on until I find them, unless its like the Secret Wars set that never came here.

I always found it weird that my TRU never got the Secret Wars set. It got all the other sets except that one. Well, thats part of the fun of collecting these little buggers, isn't it?

Awesome, another Iron Man armor worth getting! :biggrin: Thor still looks bulky though.

Quick question, how does the new heroic age box set look? I don't know if it has been shown, but does anyone have a pic?

Wow, that's something I totally didn't notice. I agree with Aapje with the whole mask thing. I like the masks much better than the slip over kind. To me it just seems right. Can't wait for that Armored Cap. Looks awesome.

So to recap, these will be at Toys R Us? If so, those special ops guys will be my new SHIELD agents!