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Ohhhhhh that's a great one. I made them all a few years ago, but I've never been satisfied with them.

The price point definitely played a part in that; as cool as those figures looked with the blister cards, it jacked up the price to the point that casual GI Joe fans were less likely to take a flyer on them. But I agree, I am shocked these have struggled.

LOL I actually made Friends customs a few years ago when my wife started binging the show and I got sucked into it. I have both the Lego sets but still have yet to build them. Maybe I'll pick this up to pair with them.

They sold out of series 3 but still have 2 in stock. Also Amazon has some good prices for these too.

Using Punk in the shot with the Bucks is cheeky. 😄

I like the shoes! I was wondering how DST would do them. The Bucks very famously have a shoe fetish, in particular for Air Jordans. I might look and see if I can get some Marty McFlys and swap out the feet.

Kendo sticks are not legal per se, but AEW is a little loose as to what constitutes a disqualification. You can, for example, put someone through a table without consequences (other than it hurts), but you can't hit someone with a chair. Kendo sticks became a fairly common wrestling weapon some 30 years ago, and several wrestlers carry them to the ring as part of their gimmick. On the whole AEW is far more violent than WWE, which is relatively quite tame. By the way, if you want to see what all the fuss is about, AEW is running their biggest show ever in London in August at Wembley. They've already sold over 65,000 tickets, which is an astonishing amount this early and tracks to be the biggest non-WrestleMania event anywhere in the world, ever.

If only Hot Rod came with a fishing pole.

https://www.diamondselecttoys.com/blog/diamond-select-toys-and-gentle-giant-ltd-attack-san-diego/ Scroll down, friends.

If there's anyone still looking for the What If set, BBTS has it on sale as part of their one day sale today. Of course, you should all have already bought it from Luke.

Luke, if you're making Frog Thor I will faint dead away.

Swordsman is a GREAT guess!

Shang Chi is definitely the best answer, though Clea is also a great guess. Any one of the Eternals would fit too.

I actually made the Ultra Humanite. One of my proudest customs.

For Captain Atom, any Colossus head will work; then you just need to pick a hairpiece and paint it silver (I don't think there are any silver hairpieces out there, unless I'm mistaken).

That's a good one! I'll have to try that on my old custom.

Oh, a couple other good ones: -The Jack Knight Starman is pretty easy to do, if you have the cosmic staff that came with Stargirl (the Star Spangled Kid). You'd also need a black overcoat and goggles. That might be the hardest part, since none of the existing 'mates ones work that well. Or at least they didn't when I made him, years ago. -Someone mentioned Black Canary, and she's very much needed. I'd suggest modeling her on her Justice League Unlimited look as much as possible. You can design a decal with a short blue waistcoat, or if you want to go the parts route I know there's a few that fit the bill. Also the little sonic accessory that came with Banshee and Siryn is perfect for her. -The masked Marvel Girl hairpiece that came in the X-Men vs Brotherhood box set allows you to easily make a favorite character of mine-The Huntress! I personally like the classic Earth 2 version of her, but the modern one is okay as well. -If you have any cowboy hats on hand, you can make Jonah Hex! -Arguably the biggest missing character from the DC line is Two Face. Unfortunately, he's rather difficult to do because there's not a hairpiece that matches his neat on one side, wild on the other style. The closest I've ever found is this one from the Terminator 2 line: http://minimatedatabase.com/figure.php?i=743&n=Half+Human+Terminator I apologize for spamming this thread, today and in the future. DC Minimate customs is kind of my wheelhouse. 😄

I remember you releasing some before, right? Didn't you have a Data head? I basically saved all your decal releases so that I could crib your designs for my own, since you're so much better at it than I am, and I know I remember Trek ones. 😄

Aw yeah! Luke, I've made dozens upon dozens of DC customs over the years, so if you need any parts suggestions for specific characters let me know. You can also have some of my old decals if you want, but your designs are much better than mine. I'd say the most pressing needs would be to finish off teams, specifically the JLA, JSA, and Teen Titans. Firestorm, Zatanna, The Atom, and Elongated Man would all be great choices. For the JSA the Original Green Lantern is a must, and others like Starman, Dr Mid-Nite and Hourman would be great. For the Teen Titans Wonder Girl and Changeling (Beast Boy) should be at the top, as they would more or less complete the original New Teen Titans lineup. I'm betting that most of us here would prefer Silver/Bronze Age characters, so I don't think you should look at too many modern characters. One pretty easy one to do would be John Constantine, as you'd just need a trenchcoat and cigarette hand. Another good one is Death (from the Sandman series) as you just need the Shriek hairpiece, plus a white head, white arms, and black legs (if you have any goth accessories like those studded belts and wristbands you can use those too). Ages ago I commishioned Big Barda and Mister Miracle from you, and those would be good choices. For Mister M's cape you used a Doctor Doom one and cut off the upper hood part, so it was just a collar. I thought that was very clever. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I know Luke is a Marvel guy, but there are SO MANY DC characters waiting to be done. He could do themed sticker kits with the JSA, the Legion, the New Gods...so many possibilities!

Design sheets were always one of my favorite things. I've got a folder of them on my old computer; they were always really useful to crib from and make custom decals. I also have some originals that an extremely cool person from DST sent me as a thank you for picking up some exclusives. One of them was even an unproduced figure. Also, in looking back through this thread I wanted to expand on the Desperately Seeking Susan question; other longtimers here can probably back me up, but I remember Chuck saying that his wife is a huge Madonna fan, and he basically made him for her when he saw that was part of the blanket license. Then when Urban Outfitters picked them up they actually became one of the most successful releases of all time.

THESE CAME TODAY!!!

AEW is very much an in-ring promotion (meaning that matches tend to matter more than storylines) and pretty easy to get into IMHO. The main show airs Wednesdays on TBS. Unfortunately, there's not a streaming service as of yet to get caught up, but their YouTube channel has some good highlights. The owner, Tony Khan, is the son of a billionaire and a wrestling nerd so the shows reflect that by having a deep roster of tremendous talents. Honestly I think he collects wrestlers like we collect Minimates. 😄

Ah! Yeah, mine was in the old store. Probably the last preorder from there. It will be a nice surprise when they arrive. 😊

That folding table is really cool. When are you shipping these out Luke?