Psyguy

Hey guys... Have had some spare time on my hands and thought I would put it to good use, by making my first customs. Just wanted to thank all the board members who have posted their work, which has helped me enormously in my own attempts! Especially Luke for all his tutorials and decals which have been used on these customs. Your site is amazing! First up is Dazzler, I got ideas from these boards for her design so thanks to everyone. I'm not massively happy with her and will probably change her at some point. I think she is slightly too dark a shade of blue but I had a spare set of Spymaster legs and didn't want to paint legs for my first custom. Her hair and face are from a Battlestar Galactica Six minimate with a milluput headband. The chest decal is from Luke but doesn't show up as well as I would like due to the blue colour. Next up is Hellcat. She is made form a Dark Phoenix minimate with all paint removed, a modified Menace slipover mask and chest decal from Luke. His custom helped me a lot, as did the one from joeacevedo.com. Lastly is my British Psylocke. She is one of my favourite X-Men and I hold no hope for ever seeing her made in minimate form in this costume. Her hair is from Jewel, her sleeve tassles are cut from a spare Spidey webline and her chest is a decal from Luke. Her sleeves and boot details are sculpted from milliput. Thanks for looking! Tweaked repainted 90's Jean Grey with waterslide decal pockets. Spare Scarlet Witch energy signiture. I was really disappointed when the promo picture didn't match the minimate and am much happier with her now. I think the official mate looks a bit top-heavy.

I also live in Manchester and have been collecting for about 4 years. Forbidden Planet in the city centre does stock some Minimates, but as was stated can be very hit and miss. I tend to buy mine from ebay or end up ordering from the States. Upstairs in the Manchester store (last time I was there a few weeks ago) they had movie-related 'mates; 24, Star Trek, Back to the Future. Downstairs are the comic-related 'mates and they had Dark Avengers #2, Thunderbolts and Punisher box sets, FA Avengers and some leftovers from previous waves such as Iron Man movie, Havok/Polaris. Box sets tend to retail at around £12.99. Although they do eventually get shipments, they are ages after the 'mates are first released and aren't very predictable or reliable. Happy hunting!

Thanks for the welcome! I have put in a pre-order with play and am just going to see what happens. I guess if it hits any problems I can just cancel and try to track down the Dark Avengers set from somewhere else. I will let everyone know how it goes anyway. Fingers crossed.

Hey everyone.... New poster here. Been lurking around the boards for some time now and collecting Marvel 'mates for a few years, but this is my first post. Like most of the UK members, am finding that minimates are becoming increasingly difficult to find. I just paid a daft amount for the TRU Bullseye/Moonstone set on ebay, but I have to say, they were worth it. Love the pearly finish on Moonstone after not feeling that impressed with the initial pictures I had seen. I have pre-ordered The Champions, Thunderbolts, Dark Avengers #2 and the Psylocke/Gambit series from BBTS in the States and am hoping to pick up the Dark Avengers #1 box set somehow, I found it available for pre-order on play.com for £12.99 and was wondering if anyone has any experience of ordering minimates from them? The page has the promo art for the Iron Patriot and an expected availabillity of July 31st. Would appreciate some advice...do people think it is worth ordering or am I living in hope? Thanks everyone! Hopefully I will post a little more often now I have broken the ice!