MisterMiracle

Who's that?

For a modern Iron Fist, yeah. That one and only Classic Iron Fist we got was from A LONG time ago though.

Here's my top choices One new classic character = Doc Samson Two never-made classic costumes = Speedball / Marvel Girl One requested update = Ghost Rider / Iron Fist / Power man / Abomination

Let me know if you ever need help with the TRU stuff. The Marvel box set sounds like it will be good. I'm looking forward to the new Walgreens stuff too. Did we ever get the line-up for that? I don't remember.

Well that's disappointing. Teen Titans Go seems to be very popular with kids but I just can't get into it. I really liked this latest TMNT Nick show so I'm a little worried about this new direction.

I'd be down for a Santa Vinimate. Zach, do you know if there's going to be other Vinimates for Elf or is it just Buddy?

What constitutes an "action figure" then? Lego Mini-figures don't have much articulation but people still think of them as figures. The old LJN WWF wrestling figures from the 1980's had 0 articulation but people still think of them as figures.

I don't know about that. The Playmates 6" Classic line stalled out but these look promising: https://funko.com/collections/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/products/mystery-minis-blind-box-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles https://www.kidrobot.com/products/tmnt-mini-series-2

Now, I'm torn between getting the Playmobil Stay Puft or the Vinimates Stay Puft. Even though the Lego version is waaaaay more, I think it looks better and it sounds like the scale is closer too.

Man, I completely agree with ALL of what you said. The Nick TMNT line WAS one of my favorites but now I regret buying most of it. Guys like Chris Bradford, Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko aren't impressive anymore since we're not getting a Fish Face, Dogpound, Snake Weed, Leatherhead, Stockman Fly, Tiger Claw, Rat King, etc. Add in the fact that we now have incomplete Translucent versions and Dark Horizons versions and this line doesn't quite seem like the home run it should have been. I'm also looking forward to the new 80's versions but I'm not getting my hopes up for this line to continue past what we're already seen.

Well, I think most people that frequent a comic shop would want the 80's Turtles over the Nick Turtles. There's really not a whole lot of Nick Turtles merch from what I've seen. I've been buying all of the Nick Turtles comics and comic stores don't order many copies of the Nick Turtles comics if any at all. (The current Nick Turtles comic is on a hiatus because they're doing the animated Batman/Turtles crossover.)

I disagree with you on that. I'd rather sell 2 sets versus 0 sets (because they didn't want to have to buy the whole wave to get all 4 turtles). If anything, at least if people buy 1 set, they may really like them and go back to buy more. I hate to say it but EVERY 2-pack from Series 4 & 5 has been a peg warmer from what I've seen. Also, people have been complaining about the blind bag breakdown for a while. There were a lot of people that wanted the TMNT blind bag figures but just gave up because the figures they wanted were pretty much unavailable unless you resort to the crazy eBay prices. This was one of my favorite Minimates lines so it's frustrating to see how it was just hit a brick wall after Series 3 and won't be continuing anymore due to what happened with Series 4 & 5. I just hope that you guys can apply what you've learned from past mistakes (failure might be too much in this particular scenario) to future lines.

There are 3 FULL PEGS (that's a lot of 2-packs) of TMNT Series 4 & 5 not moving at my local TRU. AND that's at a price point of $3.98, not even $7.49. The Space episodes weren't nearly as good as the episodes from the other seasons but they were a lot of cool looking characters that played huge roles that we never got (Mona Lisa, Lord Dragg, Armaggon, etc.) I'm just throwing this out there, but they might move sets to casual collectors/current fans if you could get all four Turtles in only two sets instead of having to buy all four sets. Also, they would probably move more sets to hardcore collectors if army builders like Kraang or Foot Soldiers were paired together. I know they probably have their own way that they like to do it but here's how I would've done the pairings for Retro Series 1 & 2 Leonardo & Donatello Shredder & Splinter Foot Soldier & Foot Soldier Casey Jones & April O'Neil Michelangelo & Raphael Bebop & Rocksteady Baxter & Krang Foot Soldier & Foot Soldier

Were there any pics of the Alien Covenant stuff?

Does anyone need help with the last wave of blind bags?

So...you're telling me there's a chance?! Yeahhhhh! Toys R Us clearanced down the Ghostbusters Vinimates and Think Geek clearanced down their Predator (and I want to say Alien) Vinimates. There always seems to be the same amount every time I go to those places. I know we can't have Marvel Minimates that are over 2" tall but is there a way to get Marvel Vinimates or is that off the table?

I fished my wish: They look pretty good together. I think I'll definitely pick up a Stay-Puft to go with the Ghostbusters.

Has anyone posted a pic of a Vinimate and Minimate next to each other yet? I'm interested to see how they look side by side.

Stay-Puft!!!!! Looks like I'll be buying a Vinimate after all!

I gotta say I'm worried about the whole Vinimates first Minimates later thing that seems to be happening more and more. I think the Vinimates look cool but I haven't bought any yet. The ones I've seen are already clearanced down at both Toys R Us and Think Geek. I think a lot of people are going to have their pitchforks out if we don't get Minimates for a license due to poor sales of Vinimates. I'm not super excited for Kingdom Hearts (MK, MGS or Simpsons would've been cool), but I'm interested to see what the Disney guys look like.

Those damn space figures killed the Nick line. Series 4 & 5 haven't moved much at all from what I've seen. I was just telling a friend yesterday about the new 80's stuff and he said he stopped buying them for this son. They have everything up until Series 3 but they just didn't like the figures in Series 4 & 5. Again, while I'm really excited about the 80's stuff, there are lot of villains from the Nick show (which is amazing, by the way) that were never made. My biggest gripe though is though we'll probably never see a Translucent Purple Donnie or the Dark Horizons versions of Donnie, Leo, or Mikey. Comic con exclusive 4-pack for the TMNT fans maybe?!

I really hope this leads to Batman: The Animated Series Minimates.

So...it looks like DC is back! WOW! "The #Vinimates vinyl figure line is expanding, with upcoming Vinimates from#DCComics, TV, movies and video games!"

Why does the Vinimate have black trunks but the Minimate doesn't?

Man, while I'm SUPER excited about these retro Turtles...I'm a little bummed out about no more Nick TMNT and no more TMNT at TRU. Can we pleassssse get some spinning nun-chucks for Mikey?