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  1. Moderator: -Zach Oat (marketing supervisor) Panelists: -Chuck Terceira (president of DST) -Jason Wires (prototype painter) Beginning was a slide show presentation covering the entire line. No photos allowed since some of the art that was shown may not be approved yet. Plus, Zach asked nicely. Panelists were given free 2005 Red SDCC Blanks and a ticket for 1 of 4 prizes (2x Walking Dead SDCC set, 2x Marvel DofP SDCC set) upon entry. The 2005 Red SDCC blanks were just discovered inside DST's vault. Slide Show Aliens single packs -Coming in the fall. -3 humans, 9 aliens (4, 3, 2) Godzilla -1st box set in production, packaging finalized. -Series 2 on display, fire breathing piece is removable. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Sin City Kill Bill -2nd box set based on the Crazy 88, lots of extra parts to build different versions, including female Pulp Fiction -Hastings Exclusive set TMNT -9 figures, case of 18. -Translucent Michelangelo is called Mutagen Michelangelo. -Exclusive Minimates to different outlets. Plants vs Zombies Mass Effect -Gamestop has 1st set exclusively, bling boxed. -Expected to have wide distribution since Gamestops are located in many areas, but not sure if all stores will carry them. -9 characters, 1 lucid figure. Walking Dead -In image shown of series 6, Party Michonne has wrong headpiece. Exact hairpiece is same as other Michonne. Just didn’t have 2 at the time. Big Bang Theory -2 box sets -Can build the entire couch with the 2 box sets. Pathfinder Grimm Fairy Tales Marvel -Best Of Series 3, Power Man/Iron Fist has lots of parts to recreate classic and modern looks. -Hopefully adding more figures to Greg Capullo X-Force team. -Infinity Fan Poll Results: Thanos, Thane, Captain America, Hulk -Other 2 (Ronan, Iron Man), will try to fit in later waves. Audience Questions For every person who asks a question, they get another prize from the DST vault. This time, it was the Minimates SDCC shirt from 2011. -Shonen Jump? -Anime is very stylized, hard to get right in Minimate form. Hard to work with in the past. -How to decide 2 pack vs 4 pack vs blind? -For the record, Chuck does not like blind boxes. Blind boxes are price point driven by the retailers, though. Also, Gamestop has limited shelf space but still want lots of product. Movies are generally small universes so that is perfect for 4-packs. Deep universes are good for 2-packs. So really depends on depth of universe and the retailers. -More stuff outside comics? -DST commented that a lot of what they do aren’t comics. Maybe comics are 50% of the line (Note: it was a guesstimate that I’m sure another MMMV member will calculate). -More Tarantino properties? -DST has rights to Miramax movies, not Weinstein Group movies. -Another Walking Dean Universe? (Note: Sorry, not sure what the exact question was, I’m not familiar with Walking Dead so I’m not sure about the answer either) -Currently doing prison arc. May jump ahead to War arc. -Powers? Or The Boys? -Haven’t talked about either comic book properties. The Boys ship has sailed. Called an “intense property”. Powers would be fantastic though so “never say never”. Especially with the TV show coming up. -Blind boxed or blind bagged? -Bagged but you won’t be able to tell what it is since there are no numbers for different figures or anything. Chuck even considered a double bag to prevent easy feeling. Finding the translucent one will be hard. Same sculpt for translucent figure so you shouldn’t be able to tell which is which. Maybe the different plastic will have different feeling? Chuck asks you to “molest it”. No one at DST has tested if the different plastic feels different in the bag yet. -Larger scale? -No, Chuck hates micro scale too. Likes one size fits all like Marvel Minimates Series 1. -Mentioned retailers such as Hastings, Kmart, Gamestop. Any more outlets for Minimates? -DST pitches to all stores. Walmart is not interested. Target said they are a trend follower. Plus, one SKU 3 times a year is hard logistically. How to make shelf space for it when product comes out? Marvel probably won’t get past TRU. -Rat Queens (the comic)? -Zach, in an obviously tired state, kept asking the name of the property over and over. He thought he heard “Drag Queens” being said instead. And thinks that RuPaul’s Drag Race would be a good idea. But they haven’t talked about it. Regarding comic book properties such as Saga, they are well known in the comics community, but may not be as well known outside of comics. So that is a concern. Invincible, not much talk at this point. -Broadway line of Minimates? -It was unfortunate that they never got to Phantom of the Opera. Rocky is on Broadway, though. There was talks about Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Zach is in the New York office so we’ll see. Maybe Cats? -Has a property approached you instead of DST approaching property? -Chuck stated that Star Wars contacted DST and Chuck deemed them not fit since they had Pulp Fiction. (Note: This is a joke. Nothing against Pulp Fiction either but I believe it was stated in the past that Chuck would kill for Star Wars.) In the past they have been approached, like Chef Duff. And relationships with current companies, the company may approach with another property too they that might think may be good for Minimates. -Process of deciding new piece or reuse piece? -Chuck noted that retooling, even if same exact piece, is easier. Hard to find old piece (Note: mold?) so easier to just retool exact piece even though everyone else thinks it is a parts reuse. When Chuck lists characters, stuff just comes out of his head. Tooling isn’t the biggest expense. It’s tampo. Original Wave 2 Spider-Man Minimate seemed cheap to make but was most expensive minimate due to all the webbing tampo all over. -Heat activated Minimates? -That is patented by Hasbro. Can’t do it. Also, Chuck may not want to do it, but the only property he’d consider is for Battle Beasts. -Battle Beasts Series 2? -IDW comic was okay but not great. Trying to find another publisher to do the comic. But wants something to drive the it. Would do the comic and lose money but have toys to drive it. Currently, not getting enough traction. Not dead, but maybe on life support? -Power Loader for Aliens? Possible for vehicles. The lucky raffle winners were announced. And that was it!
  2. Happy Birthday Lobsterman! See ya around SDCC!
  3. I've never opened an con promo baggie before but I might have to pull a Cappy and demolish the packaging to free those radioactive turtles. Zach, I'm your slave next week at SDCC! Will Work For Turtles!
  4. Happy Birthday Shane! Feel free to wear those Hulk hands all day and smash everything!
  5. I thought this week was a slight step up from last week, which was boring. Only thing that really stood out to me was the Zeb Coulter segment. Usually the US hero vs international monster is boring, but Zeb really got me into it and I am really looking forward to seeing how this plays out. The little Reigns/Cena interactions were great tension building moments that are subtly helping Reigns a lot. And of course seeing Sting on TV was awesome. Oh, and has anyone eaten at Sonic yet? I always wanted to try it but there are none near me. WWE's product placement segment last night with Rose and Sandow as the bellhop made me crave Sonic!
  6. No John Cena photo? I guess you cat see him.
  7. So they fired her and then probably rehired her at a lower contract to punish her and save money. I hope this incident gives her a decent push now that people are talking about her. But they'll probably just have Santino just do a mention that Emma stole his heart. Come on kleptomaniac gimmick! I'm slowly getting more interested in the Divas division now since Paige got called up, Funkadactyls are breaking up, Alicia Fox is finally interesting, Brie's conflict with Stephanie, and AJ is back!
  8. That was sad to hear when I saw the report. Without knowing what happened in the case of her arrest, it might have been just an unfortunate misunderstanding. But Superstars and Divas are held to a high standard that if you aren't a top tier talent, any negative press could be their undoing. Especially during a time of cutbacks. I have hopes that she will be back since she offered a different type of charisma in the Divas division. Hopefully she runs with this and teams with Crime Time in other promotions. Turn a negative into a positive, right?
  9. I think Swagger is better suited for tag teams. I loved Zig-Swag with Vickie and the Real Americans with Cesaro. Both teams deserved a championship run before being broken up. In both those instances, the other partner showed a little more charisma and there was a mouthpiece so Swagger could just keep up. Heck, I liked the Soaring Eagle more. But on his own, he is a little lacking in personality. He's competent enough in the ring, but nothing too flashy. I like his new shirt, though. It's quirky and has some personality and helps his run as a good guy. Maybe just put him in a new 3MB with Slater? Hornswoggle can be the 3rd guy and mouthpiece. I liked the 3MB theme and hope it isn't thrown away... Bad Influence was good. Wolves are very good in the ring but I haven't latched on to their personality yet. Too bad Motor City Machine Guns aren't around anymore. They were a team I could always watch.
  10. But isn't this Jack Swagger's first run as a good guy? I don't remember a time he was good other than that one minute he walked out and tried to get sympathy. Plus, he isn't really over. Zeb and the "We The People" chant is over. But I'll get behind him since it is something different and hopefully he comes out of his comfort zone. This might be his last chance. And at least he and Cesaro can have a proper feud instead of that bad guy/bad guy/insert random good guy feud. So what other tag teams can there be? Only other active team is R-Truth and Xavier Woods. They are filler team that gets squashed all the time by whoever needs a push. One of the Los Matadores is injured, I heard. Probably pair remaining Matador with Sin Cara? I can't think of any other viable makeshift tag teams other than Santino and Adam Rose based upon that hard iced tea ad. Ascension might get called up sooner or later, but they need a gimmick other than being a smashmouth tag team since we have one in Rowan/Harper. I actually am a little bored with them since they seem to have no gimmick anymore. Even NXTs division isn't that strong but is improving. I miss 3MB and PTP... Even Gabriel/Kidd...
  11. So overall, that was an unexpected and very surprising night with lots of new stuff going on. Almost every segment had something interesting and ended the run of lackluster RAWs. Definitely a more memorable night than MitB. -Swagger/Coulter turned and next American meal for Rusev. -Barrett officially stripped and new champ via battle royal at Battleground. -Funkadactyls probably split. -First match that ended in commercial break/WWE App possibly ever in the Cesaro/Kingston match? -Khali returns (okay not interesting). -Vince returned! Except it was really Sandow... -Miz returns as his old annoying self but more Hollywood-ized. -Rock on WWE App promoting Hercules movie. -Eden (Cody's wife) begins announcing on WWE App. -Ziggler finally gets a feud and possible girl in Summer Rae. SURPRISE1: SURPRISE2: SURPRISE3: -And the obligatory CM Punk chants, Cena being put in an unwinnable PPV match, and false cash-in.
  12. Kofi almost getting the briefcase got me out of my seat and I believed it for a second. But yeah, that match was mainly about Ambrose and Rollins. Too bad Barrett wasn't in the match. He was the only other person outside of Rollins and Ambrose who had some sort of momentum. And I liked both tag matches. Anyone else notice there was 2 of each match last night? Singles, tag, divas, MitB. I wouldn't have noticed if not for 2 Divas matches on a PPV, which is rare. So, who thought of Bo Dallas's nickname during the pre-show? Bo-ner...
  13. Yeah no big surprises, but the MitB matches were decent enough. Each match had its moments. I believed Ambrose's injury at first, but now not so sure. He sold it well and I thought it was a jab at Barrett's shoulder injury. Orton, I didn't believe his injury at first until I saw the blood coming out. Glad he was able to finish the match okay enough.
  14. Summer what? Excuse me but I'm still mourning the loss of Vicky. That was a heck of a start to Raw instead of a generic "you're fired" segment. I really got behind her in that moment. And it was nice she finally came out to Eddie's old music. Not too happy about the mud thing, but at least she went out with a bang.
  15. So when are the exclusives, programming, and exhibitors for the Lake Minimate Convention going to be announced? Maybe Luke will have a booth with a show exclusive? Let's see what possible programming there might be. State of Minimates, with DSTZach Smash History of Minimate Hulk, with Shanester Pub Crawls, with TBT Eating Hats, with AdyCarter Bird Watching Spotlight on Herons, with BirdsHeadsMate Bronies Unite, with TM2 Dinobot And please do a before and after cabin pics!
  16. So my power went out after Vicky got puked on and it didn't come back on until... Stardust! I didn't see most of the match so I can't comment on how Cody is playing him, but I was a happy camper that the power came back on just in time. I guess no explanation but Ambrose and Reigns are going their separate ways. A little odd at first, unless I missed it somewhere. I'm still a little sad about the releases. I kept thinking the Authority was going to award JTG the WWE championship the entire time during the opening segment. Plus, 3MB were entertaining. Heath Slater seemed naked without them.
  17. Sin Cara? That kind of rhymes with John Cena. I mean, his masks will sell a lot more if he's champ! And WWE wants a champ that pushes merchandise to little kids! Sin Cara somehow improved his in ring skills and seems to be a whole new person so why not push him to the moon? I do like the idea of Carlos Pena, though. That'd be a "Big Time Rush" if he wins. Yeah, I knew you were kidding with Del Rio. But I wasn't in saying that I kind of like him. Sure, he's filler, and well, any champ now is filler until DB comes back or Cena regains the title anyway... I still think Orton is the safe choice.
  18. Well... I actually don't mind Del Rio being champ. I actually like him (except his run as a good guy). He's really got nothing to do nowadays so being a transitional champ isn't too bad. Either him or Bray Wyatt to further escalate his feud with Cena and "infecting" the universe.
  19. I'm totally cool with him taking lots of time off. Heck it gives us time to palate cleanse after that lackluster post-WM Kane feud. I feel like this real life medical situation is putting him in a better spot than his storyline with Kane. So maybe 2 MitB ladder matches? One for championship and one for briefcase? I like the idea of having 2 MitB ladder matches on the PPV. At least one of them will probably be good. I feel like a hypocrite saying that since MitB ladder matches are brutal and the superstars can end up injured like Bryan... Yeah, injuries suck, but it is always interesting to see who else steps up. You know, other than John Cena.
  20. Ah yes, the Cena promo where he made fun of Steph's boobs. I remember that now. I thought that was one of his more entertaining promos that made me remember how good he is. I also kind of thought that Cody might be the next member of Evolution after Bluetista quit again. Either that or Cody will eventually wear face paint and become Silverdust or something. I hope Seth faces a healthy Bryan. That's be a great feud. But Evolution had 4 members. Ambrose could still defect so then you have Reigns fighting the Authority with Bryan and probably Cena. Summerslam: Rollins vs Bryan, Cena vs Ambrose, Reigns vs HHH, and Orton as support.
  21. The earthquake was a minor one, a 2.7 I think. Felt like a quick explosion from the next house or something. Apparently there was another one earlier in the evening but I didn't feel it. Plus, you get used to them in California so I didn't think much of it and was watching Rollins beat his "brothers". My initial thought was damn, everyone must be shocked, haha. Even though I didn't want it to happen, what is next for the Shield after a program with the Authority/HHH/Evolution? It's good that the Shield didn't overstay, I guess... And it now feels like Evolution is living up to its name. HHH = past, Orton = present, Rollins = future. Sucks we have to wait for next week for it to develop more. Other than Rusev getting a gold star (pointless segment), I don't remember much else last night, haha.
  22. Right after that incident, there literally was an earthquake in my area. Felt appropriate.
  23. You guys forgot one more match prediction. The husband vs wife one. Daniel Bryan surrendering his championship vs Brie Bella's career. Does anyone else see Brie giving up her career and save her husband from making the choice himself? I'm hoping for a different swerve, even Bryan surrendering would shock me. But Brie is my favorite Bella after watching Total Divas. So I'm going to miss her if she is "fired".
  24. Haven't had time to watch Takeover yet, but you just had to know it is going to be better than Payback. Plus, Tyler Breeze is on the card so it automatically gets a thumbs up from me. The Menagerie, it's interesting, but my main problem with it is the leader, Knux/Mike Knox. It doesn't feel like he's the "ringleader" of the group to me. I'm just waiting for them to go all-out Wyatt-like and be creepy. Then have 3 guys show up dressed like soldiers and dominate the roster in the name of avenging all wrongs. Although, I do like Eric Young as champ so far even though there are Daniel Bryan parallels.
  25. After Bo's Raw and Smackdown debuts, one thing I look forward to now is to see where his hair gets stuck on his face when he walks to the ring and does a promo. I keep waiting for him to fix it, but he doesn't! Haha. Yeah, I know you should just keep going with it, but he needs good Titantron videos with his hair not in his face! Gimmick is okay and I'm an NXT Boliever. But in the big leagues, let's see how he meshes in a couple of decent feuds first. NXT gimmicks don't feel like they translate well in the main roster. The NXT universe has that hot crowd feel that makes everything better. I mean, they made me believe in Yoshi Tatsu for a minute! Minifiend, unless someone else can help quicker, I have a friend who lives in Japan who I see whenever he visits the US for work or holidays. I can PM you when I next know and see if he can help. Then I can ship it over to you. Might be a long while, though... But yeah, I've flipped through Japanese wrestling when I visited overseas for family vacations. Very odd that it is silent a lot, the commentary and audience. But on the flip side, I'm sure they'd really hate Michael Cole if they watch RAW.
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