I had always read that the marvel minimates were stuck at 2 inches tall due to licensing issues and what is definine as an action figure. (articulated plastic over 2 inches tall if memory serves). So lets get down to business. apocalyspe and the new civil war ironman have different types of boots than everone else (but perhaps repainted boots from eachother but thats a different post). these boots put them at 2 3/8 inches. Is this a violation of the contract , or (hopefully) the old license is up and marvel minimates can get taller? This would open a window nto all kinds of cool figures, giant-man , "dead" civil war goliath , maybe a taller hulk , thing or perhaps if we want to be obscure stilt-man? Also If we are throwing the old rules out the window its high time we got a build a figure, but with a new twist , the regular assortment has all the parts you need but the vriant has an extra accessorie part , i.e. a gun or perhaps a morphed arm for apocalypse , different head or somesuch. Anyway thats my rant , maybe Im reading something out of nothing, but perhaps , not.