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Thanks guys! And yeah, RE: the Aim Agent, I forget that not everyone has a 15 year back inventory of figures to pick and choose from. I suppose then, you could potentially use an extra Strong Guy head when wave 78 hits. Hopefully the head is packed with Multiple Man!

I posted this elsewhere, but just for prosperity, here's the newest figures I've been working on. First up is Bonebreaker. He's an AIM solider head, Storm's Mohawk, Space Cap's arm, Movie Wolverine's torso, and a weird blind box tank I stumbled upon while at an Armenian Market. Which goes to show, you should always be thinking about Minimates, even when shopping for Lavash Bread. Next up I have Marvel Boy's nemesis, Doctor Midas. He's exactly what you think: A classic Iron Man with a black trenchcoat (this one was from the Thunderbolts Punisher). Simple, effective, and a good use of the nonsense in my junk bin. I'm working on one more and barring any weirdness, I should have pics of him (or technically them) up soon.

Reading the back and forth about Bonebreaker got me inspired. Here's my take: The lucky find was that tank base. I found it at an Armenian Market in their candy/toy section as a blind box. Apparently it's from a Russian company, so it might be a little scarce in the US, unless you live near a weird local market like me. Here's the link to the manufacturer, Sweet Box. The rest of Bonebreaker is pretty simple: An AIM agent head, A movie Wolverine Torso (I think), Storm's mohawk, Space cap's arm, a shoulder harness from someone, and the bandolier from a T2 figure. And then I attached him with some putty just to hold him in place. Hopes ya dig!

Man, I know The Crossing is terrible, but some of those costumes are pretty stellar. Specifically, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Black Widow. The rest, along with the event, are best left in the quarter bins.

Same on all counts. Hell, my comic store still has minimates for Civil War hanging on the shelf. In my experience, it's the big colorful waves that sell through the fastest (barring a few outliers like the Old Man Logan/Maestro set at TRU or Ms Marvel/Kang at Walgreens) and the movie waves that just linger FOREVER.

An MCU through the Ages, natch: General Lee (From Winter Soldier), Watcher Fan (From GotG2), "Hugh" Lee (From Iron Man), and Cranky Old Neighbor Lee (Spider-Man: Homecoming). There are some fun, toyetic costumes AND they'd fit in with the MCU stuff people already have. It's Win-Win! However, we all know that would never happen. Instead, what about a Marvel Through the Ages: Top-Hat-ed Flashback Stan (from the Flashback issues), Wedding Guest Stan (From Reed and Sue's Wedding), A young Editor-in-cheif (you know as the head of 616 marvel comics), and I dunno, Spidey's bestie (from that issue where Stan and Spidey meet, but when he was older). Tied with continuity for fans, without the licensing headaches involved in the MCU, AND they'd fit in with any era of marvel stuff. It's also a Win-Win! Double however, it would never sell. Who wants a four pack of an old man in a top hat with some comics? In the end, it should just be a single pack, sold as a con exclusive. I'd totally buy one.

I've had similar experiences as Gillbob here in Los Angeles. I can find all the new movie waves and the BC wave fine, but the animated stuff seems to have dried up. The newest animated wave I've been able to find is wave 7 (the red hulk/capt Marvel, Cap Buster/Zemo, etc), but mostly the shelves are choked with those dang Ms. Marvel packs. I keep holding out hope I'll find that Warlock or Ghost Rider though, but I'm beginning to doubt I'll ever see it.

For the record, I'm totally shocked that we're actually getting a 90s X-Factor team. I thought it would forever be a pipe dream like the Wrecking Crew, but here we are. And they look great! I can't wait to fold them into my collection! Fantastic stuff! Can't wait until these hit the shelves.

I found'em at a couple of random places around Los Angeles (Wackos in Los Feliz and A Shop Called Quest in Claremont, to be specific), but I did find a link to buy them online at Claires of all places. https://www.claires.com/us/midway-classic-arcade-collectors-keyring-blind-bag-234713.html?pid=234713&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6bDhnum_4AIVFCCtBh1wRQDBEAQYASABEgLJTfD_BwE

If you're interested, I found these great blind bagged arcade machines that are the perfect scale for minimates. I think they're pretty neat, even if I don't quite know what to do with them yet. Also, I seem to only get Tapper.

This is really solid and I hope this is what we get. However, on that same line of thinking, we could end up with a Fatal Attractions wave: - Psychic Battle ready Professor Xavier / Be-mulleted Magneto - Acolyte Colossus / Exodus - Battle Damaged Jean / Adamantium-tendril Wolverine - Gambit / Rogue BAF Fabien Cortez I'm super down for either.

I gotta say, I sympathize with those that are upset about the lack of Far From Home figures, but I am OVERJOYED to hear we're getting more comic waves instead. That said, I'm pretty confident there will be a big 'bleh' response to whatever the wave ends up being. I'd put my money on a Dark Phoenix wave with half the wave made up of characters we've already gotten six times over plus one wildcard (Llandra, obvs) and an overdue character or two. That said, I'm still going to hold out hope for a cosmic wave that involves a Darkhawk.

I'm pretty stoked for this wave. Yeah, there's a few I don't need (I'm looking at you Mysterio and off-duty Miles), but on a whole I'm pretty stoked for the revamps and new characters. Plus, now I can have kitbash the old Vulture I have into a Blackie Drago and finally have the Vulture battle of my dreams. My dreams have gotten weird, y'all. Regardless, love love love that it's another comic wave. Here's hoping we're overrun with comic waves this year.

Given what DST did with Ant-Man and this boxset being solicited in December (for a feb release), seems to me the likely option is Captain Marvel. Further, I bet it would be followed by a small assortment as a Walgreens exclusive (ala Black Panther), with something like three new figures just to ensure maximum impact and maximum complaints from the board (Kidding, I love you guys!). Plus, the PG13 Deadpool is only running the 12 days before christmas and would be a something of a gamble PLUS by the time the set came out Spider-Verse would already be passe'. Or at least, this is what I hope because I hate those movie waves taking up valuable slots that could be reserved for awesome comic waves.

You know, every time a Comic Wave comes out I'm reminded why I like this line so much. There's something about the format and the simple lines of those classic costumes (and even most of the newer ones) that just work so well together. it makes me wish we lived in a different timeline where instead of every MCU movie getting it's own wave of boring civilians and "Realistic" takes on the costumes we got a comic waves that were inspired by the movie. As for this wave specifically, I think the standouts for me are the Demogoblin (though I echo Stack's thoughts on the glider), The Doppleganger, and Carnage's hands. It's a real fun wave and even though I'm kinda set for standard issue spidey's for the time being and didn't really need ANOTHER Black Cat so soon, I'm happy to have them if it means I could get the rest of the figures. Great stuff. Now hopefully there isn't another 8 month(ish) gap between comic wave again.

I keep having this rogue thought that it's going to be a Red Goblin Wave based on three things: It's similar to Maximum Carnage, Molten Man plays a role, and that rad demogoblin glider. That said, I can't figure out the character selections in a way that fits the clues - all I know is that it would involve a Red Goblin, a Spidey, Molten Man, and probably Agent Anti-Venom. However, I'd be totally in for some kind of Hulk wave involving a new Abomination, a new she-hulk, and like a Doc Green Hulk. But that is a total, unsubstantiated shot in the dark.

Just in time for Halloween, I have my newest custom: Terror Inc. (or Shreck is you remember your Shadowline books) It's the head and hand from the Zombie Hulk, the other hand from a T-800, a body from janoz, and a hat/jacket combo from someone, I forget. The only thing he's really missing is his whiskers, which I'd need to go do some actual crafting to figure out. Until then, this works for me. Hope you dig it!

Finally found these in Los Angeles, or more specifically, North Hollywood. They're pretty fun. Now I just gotta figure out how to display them.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. I'd take all of those and more! Give me a Jester, Mr. Hyde, Cobra, Nuke, Bushwacker, Doppleganger Daredevil, you name it, I'm here for it!

A Melvin Potter Gladiator, now you're talking! I'll pass on the message @Freaqualizer, but I warn you my heart can really hold a grudge. It still gets riled about the untimely cancelation of Slingers.

My heart wants it to be some kind of general, classic Marvel Universe wave with some weirdos mixed in with the standards (I'm holding out for a Spider-Man/Boomerang pack), but my head tells me it'll probably be a Dark Phoenix wave to tie in with the movie; Something with a Cyke, Dark Phoenix, Xavier, Lliandra, Gladiator, and Wolverine. Fingers crossed for heart over head.

I wandered into a Walgreens this morning that was just in the beginning throes of a toy aisle reset. Guess I'll try again in a few days (and a different Walgreens while I'm out for lunch!)

I'm kinda shocked they didn't pull out the 2.5 or 3 inch mold for the new predator in The Predator. I mean, I'm not a big one for size fidelity when it comes to minimates, but it woulda been kinda neat to have a predator hunter towering over the other predators. Also, for what it's worth, I can confirm that the movie is terrible. Not in a "man this is boring and bad" kind of way, but more of a "wait, what?" kind of way. It really bums me out too because I love both Shane Black and Fred Dekker (even if Robocop 3 is garbage); I was really rooting for a rocking good time from them.

I'm actually pretty shocked we've heard nothing about a wave 77 (or 78 for that matter). Seems weird that we're a month-ish away from 76 coming out and haven't gotten the slightest hint on what's next. Man, these news/release droughts are THE WORST!

Probably because the current Carnage Symbiote has changed. From what I recall (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong), the OG carnage symbiote was destroyed in the late 90s early 00s and Cletus ended up getting a new one, but basically the same, from the Negative Zone. This also would explain how the Carnage and Venom symbiotes could mate and create Toxin without any weird inbreeding issues. Hooray comics!