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IMHO, the following Marvel comics are consistently good: Amazing Spider-Man Avengers: Initiative Captain America Daredevil Kick Ass The Twelve Thor Wolverine First Class X-Factor

Revenge of the DC Minimates! Oy, Alter-Ego comics, you're a retailer. What do you think, would it work? Are you in? As much as the rumored demise of DC Minimates irks me, and despite the fact that I personally don't care for the Super Hero Squad-type figures, as a retailer, I can't get behind a boycott. DC Direct is a business and all businesses have to make unpopular or difficult decisions sometimes for the sake of the business. Overall, I think that DC Direct is producing a wide variety of products that appeal to a broad fanbase. Do I agree with all of their product choices? Absolutely not (like including Superman and/or Batman in nearly every 6 inch figure line). But that doesn't mean that I should stop giving my customers the choice to buy or not buy a certain item. Does that make sense? You guys as the end consumers have the real power. The power of the purse, or wallet.

We've got our three winners for the BSG Cylon Elf Minimate courtesy of Alter Ego Comics: Melissa S. Scott S. Luke P. Congratulations to you guys! Thanks to everyone that entered the contest, and look watch for a new contest every month in 2008 in the Alter Ego Comics newsletter.

I'm still pretty new to Minimates, so I hadn't even thought about swapping body parts to make other characters . You guys are always full of cool ideas!

I'm looking at buying a PS3 strictly as a Blu Ray player - I'm not much of a gamer, and we have a Wii already. My 8 year old has a PSP, but that's the only Playstation product that we have. Anyway, should I be looking at a 40gb or 80gb PS3?

I hope they do well enough so that I get some Enterprise Minimates!

DST will be releasing Star Trek series 5 Minimates in December. Here's the lowdown: Journey into the unknown with the legendary crews of Star Trek with this fifth assortment of interstellar Minimates from the revolutionary franchise! Featuring "The Trouble With Tribbles" Kirk and Yeoman Rand from Star Trek, Captain Decker and Lieutenant Ilia from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek Deep Space Nine's Captain Sisko, Gul Dukat and Variant Commander Sisko. Is it me, or does Decker look a bit like McCoy?

I believe we're looking at February or March 2009 for the new episodes. I was expecting more of a cliffhanger, based on internet chatter, but I do have one question:

The Office Star Trek Enterprise (I've got my fingers crossed, DST) Babylon 5

I'm actually more excited about Wave 24 than I am about Wave 23. Cloak, Dagger and the Rhodes War Machine are the only ones I'm interested in from 23. Since I'm new to collecting Minimates, and don't have any Spidey Universe mates, I'll take all of 24 .

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, and for the contest entries. How about this for international members. If you would like to pay the shipping cost to ship the BSG Cylon Elf to you, feel free to enter the contest. Sound fair?

Howdy from one of the newer members of the Multiverse. Not only am I a Minimate fan, but I'm also a retailer. So, what better way to introduce myself than to give away a few Battlestar Galactica Cylon Elf Minimates that DST sent to retailers for Christmas last year. To enter, just send an email to contest_at_alteregocomics.com with "Cylon Elf" in the subject line. (U.S. residents only) By entering the contest, you are agreeing to receive the weekly Alter Ego Comics newsletter. We'll accept entries until June 30. Limit one entry per person. We'll pick three winners at random the first week of July and ship your prize out absolutely free. See ya 'round the Multiverse!

So you're the one that snagged all of the Minimates at the Motor City Con, eh? I had just decided to really get into Minimates before going to the Con and was hoping to find some there. But, as you said, there was a severe shortage of Minimates in Motown.

Estimated release date is the end of October, but with Diamond Select, sometime during the 4th quarter sound more accurate.