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  1. and here i am a month later bumping this lol sorry..but i have to say this----doesn't the iceman in 1st app. remind you of mike's hard lemonade? think about it! he looks just like a bottle of that stuff.
  2. what a strange find...I could never understand why they made these and ignored the other main SF characters. I've already cannibalized demitri's capes from the 2 demitiris I have---anyone ever notice how loose the head is on him once you take the cape off? He's got noodle-neck syndrome.
  3. possibly the LAMEST product they have put out to date...
  4. perhaps this is the one for doom? i haven't found what the vault guard looks like yet. http://www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/9...aa902_large.jpg
  5. A regular Venkman (GB1) is hard to find --I eventually found box 1 for $20 online. I don't feel I need another Venkmen variant at this time. I was going to try and get GB2 suits, but I have given that idea up (too costly). However, this set is interesting news! Altho, I'm running out of space and money for these guys lol. The statue of liberty is a great concept, and Janosz is a must. I haven't made up my mind about the others tho, Ray with his little squirt gun--perhaps to go with liberty? I would have rather had the judge than the mayor i think...the ghosts while cool, I don't recall them at all. At least this doesn't come out until July to give the wallet a break lol, I don't feel so bad about spending another $30 if its a few months later and I can give the minimate buying spree a break for a while. Are these a must-buy for you guys or what?
  6. I just picked up the Happy Hogan set in Borders last night. I wasn't really planning on getting him, but I happened to be there...and so did he.... Also, for the FIRST time in minimate history, I observed someone purchasing the other Happy set--never saw someone buy minimates before haha. I didn't get to talk to him unfortunately, but he was about mid 30s with a little toddler boy--I don't think they were purchased for the boy as I heard him explain to his son, "now see, this is a variant which means its RARE! I'm buying this!"
  7. I am going to turn one of my rachels into a sentinel! hey they gave us the armor, so why not! So I am wondering if anyone has already invented the wheel and made a sentinel face decal that they wouldn't mind sharing?
  8. Thank you! I know some people are bored with SF, but it was driving me nuts that we were missing some key players. I still find SF to be a bit more transparent than Halo or more modern video games for some reason--perhaps some would disagree.
  9. Thanks! Just so I can figure out which techniques worked and what didn't--best out of the bunch? worst out of the bunch?
  10. slightly off topic here, but on the iron man spectrum--i have recently acquired a stealth iron man from wave 6. the helmet is basically glued on lol. luckily I happen to like that look better, however if I had wanted to take the mask off, does anyone have any suggestions for this? or am I pretty much stuck with it on forever?
  11. That;s actually pretty soon, I was hoping someone would say, late July-August. So I can feel like I haven't bought minimates in a really long time lol.
  12. I like the idea of Stiltman, hulkbuster is cool as well. The iron men are kind of meh for me, as we have a million out at the moment...the inhumans are also cool, I just started reading ultimate FF so it's cool that that pack happens to turn up. I assume there isn't any idea on when these actually show up?
  13. OK so after quite a few weeks, months? I have finally created a bunch of people I have always wanted to own. I am still needing to work on Ken, so he is out. We have (going across) Dhalsim, Blanka, Sagat, Balrog, Vega, Zangief, Guile, V for Vendetta, some group shots with the factory M. Bison, Akuma, Ryu and Chun Li. Then there are some U2 shots with the famous trabant, and then they are posing as they would on All that you can't leave behind album. Then there is a picture of Conan O'Brien lighting the NBC sign on fire. I kind of had to cheat on V because I couldn't create the face really well. Guile's decals and all the chest decals came from the minimatefactory as you know, however Dhalsim and Blanka are my handy work, the others have painted/drawn on faces. I also used Magic Sculpt to make all the hair and hats etc. They are all sprayed with clear coat except for Blanka and Dhalsim because I literally finished them minutes ago! Special thanks to the groundhog we all know and love for supplying some much needed parts! Hope you all enjoy, if you have any customizing suggestions for improvement, please let me know! I'm not sure the best way to load this up-so here goes:
  14. So, from a movie line that focuses on men in robotic suits of armor fighting robotic drones, you're only interested in men in suits? You do realize Iron Man 2 is an action movie, right? he's only interested in the classiest of minimates! btw--whoever posted that spoiler pic cracked me up LOL
  15. Although it might seem disappointing to many people about some of those licenses/releases, I am not at all surprised about the answers to most of those questions with the exception of friends and foes. I don't see how any of those would really sell on a large scale (although you never know), I'm sure most people here would buy them up--but to the minimaters out there who aren't even aware of this forum... I'm not sure what their interest would be. I just don't understand how F&F made it out with such poor quality...and hey, they do have a great track record, but at the price point, having ONE screw up that immense is still pretty bad I would say.
  16. What do you guys do with all the extra mates of people who aren't supposed to be army builders? ebay? I assume people don't really care that much about say, yellow jacket or rachel grey being that more than likely, they already have her.
  17. It will be a real shame if/when the line ends...each wave that comes out I think, "yes they are still going!" Funny to think that originally I was against the 2" line, but they take up that much less room, which means it's way easier to have more! The other thing that occurred to me is when the line ends, how much this site will die down and it will get real quiet around here as the most popular conversations happen on the recent mates (naturally). The new lines look interesting, but I don't have the same connection that I would have to marvel guys from my childhood. That is why I say--variant away! rehash away! up up and away!
  18. Someone mentioned the difference of old to new mates compared to the ol shelby mustang and a 2010 one----that is the exact point I was trying to make, except said better. Someone else also mentioned that re-releases only hurt the price point of the original to a degree--and I agree there too. If you are collecting, what would you rather have a "wave 1 spiderman" or "wave 43 spiderman." I think just based on the fact that it was from a particular wave, will cause the value to remain the same more or less. If you are a completist, and you are buying a santa spidey to complete your collection, let's say DST releases an X-Mass spidey for 2010 no more than 2 months after you finally get the original and pay $500. In theory, wouldn't you then need to have BOTH early version spidey and 2010 spidey? The early version will have its distinct characteristics that separate it from the new one either way. On a strange note, just the other day I found a comic shop in CT I didn't know about, so I called up asking if they had mates. They had ONE pack left--original rogue and mystique--for $6.99 wahoo! So I went over and picked it up (they didn't sell well for this guy, so he isn't stocking any more mates..boo). So what a find! I come out to find that I accidentally illegally parked my car...$35 fine, so I just paid $42 for rogue and mystique...speaking of mystique, I thought she was actually really well done and from years ago, happens to fit in with all the new 90s mates we're gettin now. Getting back on topic, I have to take a look at my invaders cap'n and see what color blue he is. I actually just recently bought that screwed up cap w/ battle damaged wolvie--his mask is actually OK! only one in the store that lined up with his eyes--I bought him with the intention of using my other mask from the Invaders set to have a more modern cap. And that is officially the longest post I have ever made to date on the verse haha.
  19. Haha I bet I did, you made some good money back on em. I don't have any I'm willing to sell off, at least right now, I don't have multiples of the same exact minimate--maybe the same character...wolvie...maybe it is a question of "do i want to sell this guy to get a different guy" too hard to part with them, not that I'm a completist really, but its hard to get rid of someone if they belong to a full wave and you have the rest. Getting further off topic...I would like to see some pics of these armies--but in battle posses! the norm of minimate displays seem to be standing at attention like robots--I like having mine in action!
  20. On the subject of rehashes and rereleases and updates. I would say for the most part, all are welcome. The only BAD thing about them is that if you already have say, 18 wolvies....or they pack a wolvie with every single other character so you have no choice but to have 6 of him. I can see that it forces you to buy them if you want the other guys, but out of selfishness, I just want who I want lol. The updates are nice for sure and it gives people who missed them another chance, what is so bad about that? It might bring your early wave black spidey down a bit in price (much like rogue)--but were you going to sell him anyway? Even still, he is still wave 2 spidey and the other guy is wave 35 or whatever---does that take away from his awesomeness? I should say not.
  21. So far there have really been 3 times that I have collected minimates, all in a spree too. Back in 2003 I bought all the ones I could find. Then I felt they were too expensive so I stopped cold for years. Then in march 2009, I came across a few in my garage and it sparked my interest up in them again--and I noticed the punisher boxset. So I got caught in a tizzy of minimates and my collection expanded by about 100. And then I stopped right after I bought a few terminator mates. Then I stopped cold again and I even stopped myself from visiting the verse so I wouldn't be tempted. That worked really well, until I accidentally came across Ghostbusters and I got pulled in again to the Marvel world. I've definitely spent more money than I should have on them and my collection has once again grown nearly another 50 or so. Not only that, but I started customizing which was a first, so I was buying mates I didn't even care about just so I could turn them into characters Iwoudl never have the chance of owning. Every time I visit this place, I see pictures of the other guys, and then I want to add to my collection, and fill the gaps to make up the teams--and that gets very expensive! I'm trying to find a way, that I can still get enjoyment out of this site, but without going overboard on buying mates--haven't found the solution yet haha. I really need to save and move outta my house! The other thing I try and do, which I haven't done very well this year, is sell off some of my stuff to justify the purchase of more mates...I need to figure out how to do that again. It's hard to give up some other stuff tho, especially if you hunted all over the place for it.
  22. how many times are you allowed to vote?...ahem...multiple computers... oh right only once...building full of computers... vote, and vote often..sounds familiar doesn't it hahah---does anyone remember what point in time that specifically came from?
  23. I went ahead and ordered myself another sentinel/rachel pack, so now i'll have...TWO sentinels! Found him for 10 bucks on ebay, which makes him a bit of an expensive character because I'm really only paying for him (how the hell do you guys afford a whole army?!). Why do they not just make a pack that has 2 sentinels in it? they know everyone wants a million of these guys! I can never understand why they don't do that with army builders. So goofy question for you all--what is your fav sentinel config, old school style with the bare mate purple coloring, or the newer bulked up version with the blue gloves and boots, chest piece? I can;t make up my mind, but I do feel that a shooting fist is a must!
  24. You're not a fan or that era?! (not tryin to attack you--I'm curious what eras would be other people's favs) Maybe because that was the era I grew up with, for me I identify them with that 90s style. I like the old stuff as well, but for me the 90s is where its at. The modern stuff is cool as well, but I like the versions of those characters the best. A purple sentinel for example--when else could you get away with that color scheme haha!
  25. I don't think I mind the themed waves so much--I've been playing catchup to get the 90s versions (which are my favorite incarnations of the characters since that's what I grew up with). Trying to find all these 90s guys hasn't been an easy (or cheap) task! I think these 90s versions though, are some of the strongest mates they have ever put out. Howbout that cable, he is awesome--I especially like the way they are heading with all the extra accessories. I've held off on locating a wheelchair Prof. X, in the hopes of a hoverchair coming around--I really hope they do it!
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