jason4444

The eBay listing shut down due to "product not being available."

I bought the set from the TRU ebay store and got a immediate refund.

I finally got the set from toysrus.com. I got it in today and of course the package was crushed. My last 2 minimate purchases from them have arrived damaged. Anyone here have the same problem with the TRU shipping? Will they resend you a new one?

I met Zach at a Wizard World Texas in 2003 (or maybe 2004). He is a man of his word! You better believe his delivery dates.

But he sucks at video trivia. I beat him at classic rock video trivia in the bar. Good times! I think he has a restraining order against me now. Come back to me Zach!

YOU.

No, please question my delivery dates. If Minimates show up early, everybody wins. For the most part.

In true nerd form, I gave Zach a hobo Jem doll as a gift. The pic was printed in Toyfare issue 85 page 8.

PS.. I'm sorry for the necklace it was a phase.

Kisses,

jason

The shipping dates aren't always accurate. This has happened before. Sometimes mates hit before Previews lists them. It can be frustrating if your not ready(stupid bank overdraft fees ) :biggrin: BBTS probably has them and they're going to ship. They created the UPS labelfor mine.

Yes, shipping dates are sometimes late -- since I've been here, I have not seen them go earlier than what we have indicated on the blog, but I've only been here since May, so I'll defer to you guys on that.

But I can't even imagine how you would have gotten Minimates before they were listed in Previews, unless they were offered somewhere else first.

If these aren’t shipping until next week why is BBTS saying these are in stock and have already sent out “your pre-order is now in stock” e-mails?

Diamond's retailer site says "shipped 12/28." I knew many retailers get their items on Tuesdays, but I had no idea they got them this early. I guess they sent shipments out early for the holidays.

I met Zach at a Wizard World Texas in 2003 (or maybe 2004). He is a man of his word! You better believe his delivery dates.

But he sucks at video trivia. I beat him at classic rock video trivia in the bar. Good times! I think he has a restraining order against me now. Come back to me Zach!

I found all of wave 12 (Civil War Cap/Arnim, Armored Thor/Beta Ray Bill, 1st app Thor/Balder and Cap/Crossbones) at the Toy R US at 249 and FM 1960 in Houston. I was there around 1:00pm and they loads of 'em.

I still can't find the Galactus Box Set. I'm not even sure if it's still out. I might have to run to ebay on this one but I was hoping to save on the shipping.

Edit:

Let me know if anyone needs theses and you have stuff on my trade list. Let's trade!

You're welcome.

The link to your trade thread isn't correct. Take this one here: http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=10402&view=findpost&p=139495

I just fixed it. I just forgot how to do it all. I owe you a beer!

Thank you!!

Old Man Jason

Hey Bob!

I think that is it. Let me try it out. Thank you brotha!!!

jason

I think this is the right area to post this...if not please advise. Anyway, I'm having a signature problem. Can someone please help me? At the bottom in the signature area I have my links to my "trades and want to buy section". For some strange reason my codes are all jacked up and you get a error. So...my question is. Can someone please remind me (or send me the link) to the correct area so I can type in the code to fix my codes. I know it start with <a href="http:// or something like like.

Basically, I need help fixing my code.

Thank you in advance.

Old Man Jason

This box is coming along..

Seeing those Shogun Warriors makes me so sad... I wish I still had mine.

I know your pain! I started in 2000 slowly re-buying them on ebay and in my local comic shops. This is what I have so far.

It's very cool that you are going through all the work to replace those boxes, but to me, there is something even cooler and more nostalgic with the boxes being dinged and dented. It says to me "someone loved these toys enough to keep the boxes, but wasn't afraid to play with them too".

I think I still have my Alien somewhere, minus the head shield and inner mouth, of course.

I agree. But I want 'em both. I like my original box but would love to have a fresh perfect one. I think the Alien displays pretty awesome in the box. Go Go 1979!

I'm working on a reproduction box for my 1979 alien figure. This is kind of a test run. Here is my original box.

I flattened the box and scanned it. The image is 31" X 34" and cost $50.00 just to print it. I wish I would have waited and corrected all the flaws on the original scan. The 2nd box I make I'll correct all the tears and bends. Like I said this is a test run.

If all goes well I'm going to repair my Jumbo Shogun Warrior boxes.

I welcome all tips, questions and comments.

jason

This wave is such a huge disappointment. Of all the things it could have been they made Captain America wearing a jacket, Beta Ray repaint, multiple "Thor" variants and an obscure army builder which looks like the Thing.

Booooooo-urns.

You had me at Booooooo-urns.

No Spider-Man? No Wolverine?

:tongue:

To this day, I'm still amazed at what you can find on the Internet....like this Google Maps picture that managed to capture the specific incident Rob is referring to...

Note to self......these fookers on here can find you. :biggrin:

This is relevant to my interests. I have a Wizard World Texas promo that has discolored parts. I wanna try this. Thanks for the info guys.

Great job on the upgrade!

I've actually got some Palisades items that aren't prototypes ....they're really rare

That however is a really nice item Jason.

A case of beer and it's yours.

Get ready to be broke!

Hey Superjayd49,

It's not really a big prized possession on mine. Send me a pm if you wanna trade something for it.

Easy,

Jason

I got it. Got any 2003 blanks?

I don't want to think of the Pit Witch's 'valve'!

As for value, I'm sure Corndog would say it is priceless if he put it on eBay.

Haha! Nice.

That's pretty cool. I loved how Palisades was always willing to give a bunch of stuff away. I won several things from them (including two of the Muppets White Tux Rowlfs), but never anything as cool as that.

Did you end up collecting the rest of the line?

It's funny cos I have none of the other figures. I'm not into them. My brother won a Muppets prototype. I think it was a rat or something like that. I need to get that off of him.

Do you know what kind of valve this Pit Witch has?

I forgot I had this and thought I would show you guys. I won this prototype Army of Darkness Pit Witch at Wizard World Texas. It was in 2002 or maybe 2003 I can't remember. Anyway, I was walking by the Palisades booth and bought one ticket. I got lucky and they called my ticket number and gave me the figure and the card describing the auctioned item. Check it out!

nice idea, after reading about the problem you had with the 'mates floating i had an image of cap either being half frozen, like with one arm poking out

Yeah! You are right.

I have been casting them face down so I get a true flat surface on the front. But I could easily cast them face up and position the arm out.

I really like the look of these! Well done. Could you post a more close up pic of one of them? I'd like to see more details.

Hey Bob,

No problem.

I had someone tell me that I used too much catalyst that's why some look clear and some have moar bubbles/rough areas. I like 'em all. I was going for the frozen ice look so it's win win.

The first mate I did was the white one. I wanted to see if it would work and how it looked.

I really like how the 3rd Cap turned out of in the pic above. The face area is very clear. This was the only one I cast different. I'm new to this and a lot of this was trial and error. The biggest and really only problem I had was at first I put the mate in and poured the resin and waited for it to dry. Well after a few minutes the figure would start to float up. So I was checking it about every 5 minutes and pushing the mate down until the resin started to harden. This was crazy important cos I didn't want the mate to harden with him half way out. One mate took me about an hour just checking on it. Anyway, on that last mate I did (3rd from the left). I poured half the resin in, dropped the mate in and waited for it to dry. Then I poured the other half of the resin in. Maybe this is common sense to most ppl but I didn't know. I just got lucky on the face area being clear. The last thing I did was very lightly sand down the mates. A few of them needed the edges trimmed with a hobby knife. All in all very simple and anyone can do it.

Oh yeah, I hot glued the shields on the back so they would stay in place. If anyone wants I can take a pic of the resin I used and the tools needed.