Hey dudes! Wait... I already said that in the title... Uhh... I've been a lurker for ages, and a Minimates fan for even longer, and joined ages ago, but must have been distracted by something, probably a piece of tin foil or an unusual biscuit. I was recommended this site YEARS AGO by a really cool guy on CustomJoes, as I posted a pic of a custom Minimate Zartan I cobbled together. He was super awesome, (the dude who invited me, not Zartan. Although Zartan is also super awesome) and I said I'd join, which I did, but never posted, because I'm an idiot with the attention span of a goldfish who keeps being surprised by the same bubble spewing pirate skull in the corner of the tank.
Right, enough of my rambling gibberish, I love minimates, lego figures (although far less than the 'Mates!), I also collect G.I.Joe, MOTU, Transformers, Ninja Turtles, Hellboy, comics, empty beer bottles and epic 80's hair rock/metal that mostly concentrates on mythical creatures and dudes kicking ass with broadswords on the backs of eagles. I live in England, which makes the sourcing of minimates entirely ebay based, although the rare gem does appear on amazon. I'm on Hisstank, Cobraisland and Bloodforthebaron as Dreadnok Rocksteady, He-Man.org as Wolf Man and the Hellboy forum as Ualac. My favourite minimates are the rock mates, especially Eddie, (damn I wish they'd done the whole series), Ghostbusters, DC, Marvel movies, Expendables and the Thundercats 'Mates have made my year.
Oh, and I love the wealth and taste reference, David Bowie rocks.