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MisterPL

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  1. Offering Minimates as a third party – either through DC Direct or C3 – hasn't yielded very successful results. It'd be best if DST could just license the minifig category from WBCP directly.

    The only other alternative is for McFarlane to buy the Minimates brand from DST but we already know how he feels about block figures based on the figures that come with his construction sets.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Mattallica said:

    but TWICE the price of the most recent (marvel 81) six figure set, and that had two phoenix pieces which should equal the herbie and reed pieces, Wow thats crazy!

    To be fair, the Phoenix pieces were already tooled, unlike these new Reed pieces that will light up, vibrate, and do your taxes!

    37 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

    2. Nope, it's a TV license. Show is on the air, not going away.

    60 Minutes. I'm finally getting that Harry Reasoner Minimate that's made my collection incomplete.

    (Notice how I didn't mention Star Trek first? That's how hopeless it seems.)

  3. 1 hour ago, fwoosheyman said:

    I’m just confused as to why DST has the new box set listed at $29.99 on their own online store. Is it an error or should we all just buy direct and save some money?

    With even the lowest shipping rate ($13 US) it still works out to over $10 per figure.

    HOWEVER, if I could order it and have it added to an order shipped to my LCS for free, I might be interested. That could generate foot traffic to retailers and demonstrate demand for the Minimates™ brand.

  4. Given the price hike in Minimates to essentially $10 each, I’ll be paring down the scope of my purchases. I was fully prepared to jump into GI Joe and Power Rangers as a completist despite being far from a fan of either franchise. Now I’ll be stopping at the 2021 SDCC Joe set and I may only collect the original Morphin’ rangers. 

    That said, the only current license DST holds (?) that could bring me and my cash back in full force is Star Trek. I wouldn’t hesitate to cannonball into the pool if DST decided to offer Trek assortments beyond TOS.

  5. As someone who grew up reading more DC than Marvel, the MCU has been somewhat of a re-introduction to that franchise for me. It's bad enough that we didn't get MCU characters like Whiplash and Silver Samurai. The lack of Minimates based on minority-led and dominated Marvel flicks (not to mention all those Spidey variants) is criminal.

  6. 1 hour ago, Nervous Rex said:

    I made one a few years ago, using bits from Thor and Dr. Fate. I think he's got one of the best looks out there, and multiple configurations.

    Marvel's Blue Marvel

     

    People need to stop posting customs like this. I feel like I've missed an official release when I see one this good! ??

  7. That's definitely a downside to playing catch-up. There's no contacting customer service at DST to get replacement parts for certain figures. 

    I've only had to deal with DST CS two or three times and made out okay but the issues were with the most current releases. 

    Yes, I'd recommend being gentle. I've cringed watching unboxing videos of NEW figures being manhandled right out of the package. I treat my plastic crack with respect. When in doubt; warm, soapy water.  

  8. On 12/12/2021 at 3:41 PM, TheMinimateKing30 said:

    I understand Marvel wanting to use recasts in the context of flashbacks to earlier media (like the Incredible Hulk scenes in the third episode of What If... ?), but outright declaring those films non-canon in the sense of pure casting is taking the piss.

    Is that Marvel's official stand or just Gao's opinion?

  9. (I've decided against responding, "Oh, good. Newbies only have to go back five years in time.")

    I'm just wondering if there's a specific reason Spider-Fan Chuck suddenly refuses to support Spider-Man movies. This isn't like the Fox vs. Disney situation with X-Men and Fantastic Four. Marvel has merchandising rights to the films, not Sony. Are retailers having trouble moving Spidey merch?

  10. I know DST isn't keen on straight reissues but, damn, there are certain characters that should be readily available at retail. Imagine trying to get into this line but the last time a vanilla 616 Spider-Man was offered was ten years ago. All the more reason to continue offering Best of/Greatest Hits assortments.

  11. 1 hour ago, TheMinimateKing30 said:

    I mean, the showrunner of the upcoming She-Hulk series stated that Iron Man,The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers are only canon in the context of mentally replacing Terrance Howard, Ed Norton, and Damion Poitier with Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Brolin as James Rhodes, Bruce Banner, and Thanos, respectively, and that the Terrance Howard, Ed Norton, and Damion Poitier versions of those movies aren't canon.

    (Don't forget the Abomination and Fandral!)

    Hey, I think it's adorable that the showrunner of She-Hulk has an opinion. Someone needs to explain to her that those films are very much canonical and that she should think of recasts the same way comic readers look at a change in pencillers. Yes, the characters might appear different but it's the same character?

     

  12. 5 hours ago, minifigvig said:

    i would probably need to get a second job if star wars minimates ever happened.

     

    I've recently gotten back into collecting Star Wars 3.75" figures (largely due to the relative rarity of Minimates). As someone who started in 1978, I've got almost all the OT figures I need and have sworn of everything else after acquiring entirely too much PT and Clone Wars figures and vehicles. There's very little Disney-era in my collection.

    My focus had been narrowed to TVC (no more 5POA for me, thanks) but then along came The Mandalorian. Ugh. My poor wallet. If The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan are up to par...

    ... yeah, I'll be right there with you at my Star Wars toys job. ?

  13. 6 hours ago, DSTZach said:

    I think a solid four-or six-pack of just one kind of trooper is unlikely, but I'd love to see a mixed set. I'll push for some kind of Trooper (with alt chest block), Viper, Televiper. Crimson Guard set and we'll see what happens. :) Granted, it might not happen until after another round of Cobra top brass (Bludd, Tomax, Xamot, Zartan, etc.), but hopefully it goes for a long, long time. 

    I have no idea what that means but if it's anything like a Stormtrooper/Snowtrooper/Sandtrooper/Scout Trooper assortment following a Vader/Tarkin/Emperor/Admiral Piett, I'm all for it! ?

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