captain_cbecker

Nothing in Northern California yet.... but we always get that stuff last. Not much restocking going on at my TRU - more like restoration at this point.

This store looked like it was mauled by about 1000 hyperkinetic second graders during a 7.8 earthquake. Hopefully some new stock shows up soon

My submissions:

1.BEST MINIMATE: Hulkbuster Iron man, Lockjaw, Statue of Liberty

2.WORST MINIMATE: Battle Ravaged Spiderman, Klaw, Menace

3.BEST ACCESSORY: Lockheed, GB: World of the Psychic Hairless Cat, Resistance Soldier Backpack & cannisters

4.WORST ACCESORY: Professor X Blanket, Atlantean Soldier Oversized Gun, Doc Ock's Wonky Arms

5.BEST ACCESSORIZED MINIMATE: MAX Special Ops, Max Law Enforcement, Max Fire (all)

6.BEST WAVE OR BOXED SET: GB Slimeblower Boxset

7.WORST WAVE OR BOXED SET: Spiderman Friends & Foes

8.BIGGEST SLEEPER- "didn't see that one coming" - unexpectedly good, an unsung hero: Statue of Liberty, Rachel Summers, Minimates Max Red Jet

9.BEST VARIANT- BTTF Rad Suit Marty McFly

10.WORST VARIANT- Battle Ravaged Spiderman

11.SEXIEST MINIMATE: 90's Rogue, Black Queen Jean Grey, Rachel Grey

12.BIGGEST PAIN IN THE ASS TO OBTAIN: Hulkbuster Iron man

13.BEST FACIAL EXPRESSION- Statue of Liberty, Viggo the Carpathian (Alternate Head), Shadowcat

14.BEST HAIRPIECE Black Queen Jean Grey, Secret Wars Storm, Creature from the Black Lagoon

15.BEST MINIMATE VEHICLE: (tie) BTTF TRU Exclusive DeLorean & Halo TRU Exclusive Warthog

16.MINIMATE IN MOST NEED OF AN UPDATE- any mate from your collection that is in desperate need of a cosmetic overhaul/update: Witchblade,

Got my series 1 set and a dump case. Seeing how varied the IM2 dump case was ( a lot of collectors got different ratios of mates per case), I thought we could see if DST got their act together with their QC. Here's the breakdown of my dump (case that is):

Elite Assault armour (gold) x 1

Elite Assault (khaki) x 2

ODST (olive) x 2

CQB Spartan (cyan) x 3

Mark VI Spartan x 4

Anybody else get the same or something way off?

My set matches that.

and finally i now have enough master chefs to do this:

Anybody care to show me how to fit six figures into a Warthog? (As promised on the packaging.)

Yeah - I was wondering that myself - 6 seems a little over-the-top

For anyone interested, SciFi Genre has the singles for sale individually:

http://www.scifigenre.com/itemList.aspx?si...ExpandToID=4250

though it would be involved, I suggest creating all the categories and then having nominations from the floor, with at least one other member to second the nomination. Once the list is compiled, everyone votes

Those 5th Element mates are outstanding... very well done.

Yeah - I've noticed that TRU has been raising prices on many things for the holidays - likely to support all those sales and coupons that they are throwing out there...

Lego minifigs, WWE wrestlers and Star Wars all increased about 25% in the last month... Fortunately the minimates have taken only a slight increase, comparatively

These finally showed in Northern California this afternoon - though no Warthog.

Well - based on today's minimate Q & A, any talk of another boxset or completion wave with GB1 Janine and others is pretty much done.

On the RGB (which doesn't really excite me).

Has anyone seen the Warthog in stores yet?

These finally made a showing in Northern California today

I wonder if Pirates are on hold until Spring/Summer to coincide with the likely resurgent interest in pirates that will coincide with the release of POTC: On Stranger Tides (which may also be the POTC/Jack Sparrow hint we saw snuck into the Lego exhibit at SDCC.

I still can't wait for the MAXX pirates - I like the idea of Navy (with a small zodiac boat?) and I also think divers would be interesting...

I scraped together a whole set over the last week - though I was surprised to see that on my last visit there was only 1 police set left - these flew off the shelves in my area

POTC, Tron, and Rocketeer would be nice and I would buy all of those, but MY ideal Disney property would be The Black Hole!

A couple of exclusive boxsets is all you would need:

Set 1:

- V.I.N.CENT

- Dr. Hans Reinhardt

- Dr. Alan Durant

- Capt. Dan Holland

- Robot Drone

Set 2:

- Dr. Kate McRae

- Old B.O.B.

- Harry Booth (we need an Ernest Borgnine 'mate!)

- Lt. Charlie Pizer

- Maximilian

V.I.N.CENT is one of my favorites - I've been trying to find a reasonably priced Mego or Kubrick figure, but that hasn't happened.

I'd really like to see a minimate version.

Sorry for the thread Necro but wanted to throw out that AFX is blowing out the Cyberdyne exclusives @ $2.99 ea (the IM2 Battle tactics is also on sale for about 1/2 off)

Sadly, these deals are probably best if you're scooping up some of the NYCC exclusives - because AFX is not exactly gentle when it comes to shipping charges.

Linkage

A little OT, but still BTTF related...how weird is this?

Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly

I read that and saw the clips... seeing him as Marty looked like a wierd, alternate reality version of BTTF

Prices are up everywhere...

Individual SW and Marvel Universe figures are about $7.99/ea at the major retailers now - if you catch a sale you might get 2 for $10. In fact, I paid $8.99 at Walmart for a marvel Universe 3.75" figure last week. 2 figures for $9 is still a pretty good deal - especially when you look at Kubrick's @ $10/ea or $20/pr. Other figure multipacks are $12/pr or $20+ for 3-4. Don't get me started on the vehicle price comparison - $12/ea isn't too bad

These showed up in Northern California this week

Thanks for the links...

I got my set ordered without the customary running around

Darn that BTTF 2 set.. alas, it is my great white whale.. I never seem to catch a break in finding it for sale. I want future doc and that hover board pretty bad..

Anyone have news on the LCS frosty delorean release?

I think Luke said that 9/29 is the new release date

Nothing here on the West Coast yet either... but if the other waves are any indicator, we may have a couple of weeks

Can Someone PLEASE PM me if they have a spare TRU Marty and a delorean?I can pay or trade handsomely,i also make commissions............

I think these are still available online at TRU.

I stopped by TRU yesterday and they had just put these out so I grabbed both jets and a Delorean. Something was out of place when I opened them though. The extra hands and hair piece for the MAX pilot was included with the Delorean, not the MAX Jet?!? Is anyone else seeing this problem?

Yeah, I got the Delorean last week and it had those extra hands and hair too.

Me too... i thought they were extras for the alternate version Delorean & Rad Suit Marty and that DST was packaging a generic parts & instructions kit with both versions

Looks like DST updated their Summer shipping dates

http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2010/08/ship-date-update-2/