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This set is everything I want from minimates.  Fun, untapped characters, excellent toyetic designs, and a great balance of hero and villain.  Here's hoping this becomes the template moving forward.

On 4/16/2024 at 11:23 AM, thereasonsy said:

I think I remember Spector Creative saying something about the characters usage rights made him problematic. 
 

One of my toy friends just suggested Deadly Foes of Spider-Man and I hope he’s right.

Boy, that "toy friend" of yours sounds as smart as he is handsome and an all around cool dude.

11 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Great stuff! How have we not made... any Slingers ?

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!

It's the PERFECT four pack!  Toss in an 'on the run' Spider-Man and you've got yourself a certified banger!

Nothing against Firestar - she is great and deserves a newer Mate - but man, if we're talking about character Redos for the Clone Saga, it's gotta be a White Suit Doc Ock.

I mean, really, Kaine's gotta have someone to murder.

Who knows, maybe we'll get an Echo/Daredevil two pack as an SDCC exclusive.  

It's like, too perfect to be a real thing.

I'd be in for a Bones through the Ages set of just his civilian getups from all the movies.  The man was an impeccable dresser with a flair for amazing jackets.

22 hours ago, Nessex said:

I mean... the Slingers had a little reunion moment in the late 2010s with Scarlet Spider.
Despite my near constant cry out for more female characters and more villains, I think a set featuring Ben Reilly, Dusk, Hornet, Prodigy & Ricochet would look pretty hot!
 

Your ideas appeal to me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter

On 4/2/2023 at 7:31 PM, nandoninny said:

that said, if you ever do a larry hama figure i'd be first in line!

Did you know there actually is a Larry Hama figure?  A six inch guy from Fresh Monkey Fiction.

I'm intrigued by this Deluxe set.  Fingers crossed for some kind of turnstile/ring set up

20 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Great shots, Funkguerilla. I've been posting some too, but they're not as good as yours!

If anyone knows MInimated, let him or her know I'd be happy to donate prizes. I appear to be... disconnected from him. 

If not, I'll just give some stuff away here, because why not!

A- Thank you! I'm digging your stuff too; my favorite thing about this is seeing all the fun weird combos everyone is bringing out.

B- I reached out to minimated, but who knows.  He's a man with a plan.

2 hours ago, hellpop said:

Very cool! I post Minimate photos on Instagram occasionally, but I don't really use it all that much.

Thank you!  And you should totally post again!

14 hours ago, minifigvig said:

scrolled through the tag and it’s great to see people already bringing the HEAT

loving these, they all look really cool

AGREED! Everyone is really firing on all cylinders and it's incredible to see.  Every day I'm in awe of the creativity.

Also Also, Here's a smattering of what I've done so far.

Hey y'all!  

In case you were not aware, over on the Instagram a bunch of us are celebrating our favorite 2 inch figure line with a month long picture extravaganza.  Each week has a theme, each day a suggestion, and so far, every pic has been an inspiration.  It's so much fun AND a great way to raise awareness to all the fuddy duddies in our lives that don't know how rad minimates are. 

You (yes YOU) should come join us!  Grab a camera (or your phone) snap a pic and post it with the hashtag #marchofminimates to get in on the action! AND if you tag your pic with @minimated (the legend organizing this whole fiasco) you'll be entered into a weekly drawing for real life prizes.  I dare you to find a better deal online than that!

And listen, if for whatever reason you don't want to clutter your insta feed with toy pics (which I understand), at least come check out the hashtag and DM your buddies about it.  The whole point of this month is to honor minimates and show off how cool they are.  Come help us in anyway you can/want.

OH!  And here's the list of prompts, starting with today 3/13 through the end of the month.

Week 2 - Heroes and Villains

13 A Victory

14 A Defeat

Week 3 - Movies and TV

15 Super Hero

16 Action/Adventure

17 Sci-Fi

18 Fantasy

19 Comedy

20 Horror

21 AniMATEd

Week 4 - Scene Recreations

22 A Comic Cover 

23 A movie poster

24 A dramatic Moment

25 A heroic Moment

26A scene with Aliens

27 A scene with Monsters

28 A scene with Machines

WEEK 5 - BONUS

29-31 - Create your own characters!

Now go check it out!

THAT'S NEXT WEEK!

I almost fell outta my chair!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am unbelievably stoked!  It feels like just yesterday we got that Fantastic Four set.

On 10/19/2022 at 1:07 PM, DSTZach said:

Yeah, I've seen some great entries! Although I've also seen some just posted on personal social media, so I hope they were also submitted to the contest.

This one is everything:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj02hWRv85p/

 

Hey thatsa me!  Thanks a lot for the shout out Zach.  That dumb shot was fun, but real intense to knock out.

You can see my super janky setup I did in my kid's room (the darkest room in the house) while I was playing hooky from work, here : https://imgur.com/gallery/FsIBqxA

21 hours ago, Nessex said:

oh WOW! They are not messing around! 

They're whole account is 🔥

And you sir, made my whole week.  Thank you so much!

Slingers, Obvs.  But, as a Spider-Man Identity Crisis set.

So it would be the classics - Ricochet, Prodigy, Dusk, and Hornet - with a 'fugitive' Spider-Man and a crazy CEO Norman Osborn OR The Trapster.

Search your hearts, you know it would be awesome.

I could see this working like the old BTTF license, where each movie gets a four pack with some bonuses and deluxe figure sets.  I could see it like:

Robocop 1 with Robo (grey), Lewis, Bodickker, and either the Old Man or the Melting Man

Robocop 2 with Robo (pearlescent), The Kid, Robocop 2 [with extra Kaine Brain], and Dr Faxx

Robocop 3 with Jet pack Robo, Otomo, The kid, Chief Reed.

Then I'd hope for exclusives of a bloodied Murphy, Battle Damaged Robo, Vandalized Robo, and random thugs.

And finally a deluxe set of ED 209 both in his Robo 1 and Robo 3 incarnations, ala the delorean.

Not that I've thought of this line for a while.  If only it would happen.

1 minute ago, Trekker 42 said:

I just didn’t think of What If as particularly mainstream. 

I want to agree with you, but:

1- Major Streaming Event

2- TWO Marvel Legends waves

3- Mystery Mini Funko blind boxes

4- Funko Pops.

Seems pretty mainstream-y to me.  Personally, I'd be way more excited to get a T'challa Star Lord as an exclusive than as a slot in Wave 83.

On 5/6/2022 at 9:11 AM, DSTZach said:

Will be revealed May 12! This includes:

GI Joe Exclusive 4-pack in "VHS" style packaging

Transformers Exclusive 4-pack in "VHS" style packaging

Power Rangers Exclusive 6-pack in Deluxe window box

This does NOT include:

TMNT 4-Pack (Diamond Comics 40th Anniversary Exclusive)

Mystery License Vinimates 2-Pack (will be revealed closer to the show, as will MM and Gallery Diorama)

So to recap:

the Joe set was delayed to NYCC because of a character swap

The Transformer set is a cartoon repaint (which looks really cool)

presumably Power Rangers got delayed to NYCC too because of license delays

and the mystery license has finally been revealed as AEW.

So what about that TMNT set? It seems like it got all swept up in the other drama we all forgot about it.  Is it still happening?

Clearly the mystery license is Yellowstone: A super popular show about old cowboys that ain't getting cancelled anytime soon.  That's about as 180 from 'cult cartoon about a girl rock band' I can think of.

Fingers crossed for that 'There's No Place Like Springfield' set with older versions of Shipwreck, Duke, and Roadblock, Profession Mullaney and a pile of grey goo.

I'd buy at least one boxset.

I got an inkling and I need to put it here for prosperity:  I think this set is going to be based on The Last Ronin.  Either a two pack with the titular turtle and casey jones or a four pack with those two plus like, I dunno April and Baxter Stockman? 

Honestly, I'm not reading the book cause it's too dang expensive, but I'd still buy the heck out of a set.

Perfect time for a supernatural wave/boxset ala what they did for Spider-Verse.  A new Strange, comic accurate Baron Mordo, Mr. Knight, Bushman, uh... Ghost Rider? and Man Wolf? 

Something like that.  It won't happen, but man can dream.

In no particular order:

- Mimic

- Marrow

- Maggott

- Caliban

- Nate Grey

I need crucial weirdos to really make my setups sing.  And not for nothing, but you toss a Wolverine, Storm, Beast, and Cannonball in a box set with Maggott and Marrow and suddenly you have that great (and massively undrerated) Joe Kelly team from the mid-90s.  I am so IN for this plan.

Has anyone guessed that it might be Fortnite?  I mean, lots of accessories and plenty of new hair pieces seems way in line with that wacky aesthetic than say some kind of sporting event.  I don't play the game, but I definitely wouldn't say no to any of those figures, if for nothing else than the sheer customization options.