buttheadsmate

Everybody .....clap .

Thank you Zach , I wasn't absolutely sure .

On 4/22/2024 at 1:20 PM, TheMinimateKing30 said:

No, I mean, I liked the new Elektra as well, just... IDK. I'm not sure how much room it could've taken up in the box set, but some alt. parts for a more neutral mask and sash would have been welcome if you just wanna pose her normally.

So ,now I'm sure , it would be nice to have a couple of 'neutrals' when the std. Minimate is dynamic.  

Are we actually getting 5 or 6 (complete) Minimates ?  

I'm pretty grounded but I squealed out loud when I saw  Invincible minimates in the background of that 'Walking Dead' episode  

On 4/21/2024 at 3:36 PM, Smashmaster12 said:

This is disappointing. It feels like every time there’s a Minimates line based on an IP I like it just fizzles out instantly (Still bitter about Sonic and KH). I skipped the Cobra set because it just didn’t feel like it was worth it.

Anyone got custom recipes? I want a Flint and Beachhead the most but getting to boost the ranks of either side would be nice. 

As always, I have to stress that I don't fit into many if any Minimate demographic ....I also respect your opinion & I agree that Sonic & KH ended very abruptly .  I'm not big into Sonic but I was  also surprised that we never got at least another box-set, not my 'stuff' but they worked as Minimates, I liked them.

Kingdom Hearts Minimates ? I have to be honest ,I just don't think they worked on any level . Sorry!

Regards the 'fizzling' I can categorically state that many of the 'fizzled licence' Minimates have become outrageously expensive on the secondary market , Invincibles, Mass Effect &  Plants & Zombies (maybe?)  immediately come to mind.   

Unfortunately 'Kingdom Hearts'  aren't in that group 

I haven't mentioned GI Joe , I really hope that the license can get into a bit of a stride . I'll leave it at that.

My opinion would be that we are unlikely see further MCU Minimates   

It's all history now but the final WG wave which was dumped outside of the US more or less said everything. 

1 hour ago, Captain Paco said:

Minimike: thank you for the interest in my customs. The head of Martian Manhunter is that of Heroic Hobgoblin.  I appreciate it and the question about the parts is welcome. I hope you are able to expand your DC collection like I am doing. Happy Customizing!

No wonder I couldn't figure that 'head'  ....it's an alternative head  

I must have trawled my mind & the MMDB several times ....it's perfect .

54 minutes ago, cylonchaney said:

I don't think I have any grails since the last bhm blowout. Filled my gaps then. How long ago was that? Seems like ages now.

My grails are pretty much things unmade by DST and myself. Rocky 3 Minimates and an Aliens Drop Ship. If I had more space I'd want a Bat Cave.

Last blow-out was 2014 ....ages ago !   The Bat Cave BTW never really got the praise it deserved , it is a tad 'nervous' but I used to love mine......when I had room 

1 hour ago, minifigvig said:

x-factor angel/warpath

box/vindicator

if i could get those then i’d complete some more mutant teams

I hadn't realised that Box/Vindicator set was so rare!  

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My Minimate grails are limited to what new stuff Luke sends me next   That said I am always intrigued by other members' minimate Grails .

Words, occasionally, fail me ....brilliant stuff & so accomplished  It's difficult to pick my favourite but Manhunter it is ..wow!  What's the donor head please?

On 4/9/2024 at 6:54 PM, buttheadsmate said:

I'm up for any of the villains mentioned whether they've been made in a different format ( animated, comic etc.etc. ) or not.

However I'm not sure whether I'll embrace too many, new ,slightly different comic versions of existing Minimate animated versions. The animated Jackal for example is IMHO .....unfortunate...& needs a completely different version . Interestingly enough the animated Jackal wore shorts whilst the comic version sports a pair of green Speedos .... 

 

Clever stuff ..I get it 

No argument from me, your post is spot on ......although...

...IMHO the 15 year old GG* (Bring on TBG)  is perfection & it is the only true comic version out of the 9 GG we have gotten (Himmel ) .    The other versions look archaic or straight from a Walgreens wave.    

* which was also included in TRU Wave 2 . TRU wave 2 had 10 characters which included (to date) my favourite Green Goblin, one of my favourite Spider-Mans , my favourite Magneto, my favourite Doctor Doom, my favourite Punisher ,my favourite coloured Hulk , perhaps my favourite Wolverine , my favourite Wonder Man & ....cor blimey mate ...Union Jack 

TRU Wave 2    ....that wasn't a wave it was a Tsunami .....wonderful.

"Solely available from ToesRUs.com  ....Shinister Socks ,your favourite Shoe-per-heroes  "

I'm wandering whether Bigbadtoestore & Lukes Toe store will be stocking them?

.....or Entoetainment Earth .

-bigtoenailsmate

Please help me .....

7 hours ago, thereasonsy said:

Yeah…. You don’t?!?

I would need friends first.

A Beetle would be soooooo welcome.

'Toy friends' ?  You have toys of your friends ??  

1 hour ago, NerdyTrev said:

Absolutely not Triton. He's my favorite. 

May be a tad compromising, but Lockjaw could be a pack-in figure. Size could be achieved, but perhaps not mobility.

Lockjaw as a pack in figure? 

I wouldn't mind a set of Inhumans but it needs to be said that the animated Medusa was superb & very un-animated  looking & inexpensively plentiful on eBay . The same 2-pack had a rather dull (lazy design -sorry ) Black Bolt ...but he's OK .  What I'm saying is ....I'm not sure an Inhumans set is timely?

Good Lord - Gott Im Himmel.

-Hinterkopfpartner 

The 'mismatched assortments of random characters' between LCS , TRU Waves & box-sets was contrived & a deliberate marketing decision by DST to encourage collectors to buy from differing sources . 

Re : Alpha Flight #1 & #2 .......I bought many ....many more when they were discounted ......I wish I hadn't 

I understand the need for a Spider-Man in a SM box set packed with SM villains , I rather think we all do 

I would however have to say that now that we are coming towards our 100th. Spider-Man there are an awful lot of not-so -good versions . Of course there are some superb versions but from a completist's viewpoint not enough .

In a nutshell if Spider-Man is essential then let's have a beauty rather than a beast . 

Regards the 'Deadly Foes' set , I bought many & I wish I'd bought more 

At my age it's OK to get confused ....so I always confuse the Serpent Society with the Sons of the Serpent . So ,first of all, I'd love a Serpent Society character or box set 

I'd also love a Sons of the Serpent army builder box set but it aint going to happen . Avengers #32 (1966) was fresh off the stands when I read it ,one of the first Marvel comics I had ever seen or read . Don Heck's artwork just sucked you in & this was dark stuff .....these were the KKK in different hats.   

I actually love the version of Electro that I (we?) have .   15 years later & I'd welcome a new one & would hope that Electro's mask could be revised , the W30 version is far too bulky IMHO.

The Kamala Khan character is amongst many recent Marvel characters that have generally passed beneath my radar, I was aware of her existence mainly because of the original news-hype around her ethnicity .  My knowledge of her was limited but I have now brought myself a bit more up to speed. 

That said I was well-aware of the Walgreen Minimate ( packed with Kang only our second Kang !! ) .

 Minimate 'hands' are a necessary evil , I accept that, but her big hideous minimate 'hand' is, IMHO, ludicrous . WTF ?

 "Here's tonite's guest heroine , Ms. Marvel , let's give her a big hand "

-bighandsmate

Regards a new Astonishing X-Men Wolverine, I, for one, would be up for that . I was almost sure that we had had one other than the Wave 13 antique * ...a trawl of the MMDB ( hail Ivan) & I'll put forward W2 Marvel v Capcom Wolverine . Lose the shoulder 'things' & we're nearly there** but that shouldn't mean we couldn't have another ? The M v Capcom line gave us (me?) some lovely versions of Marvel characters ....shame about the Capcoms IMHO.

* It's worth looking at that version again, I just have, what on earth is going on with that belt ?  

** too many Minimates fail by being 'nearly there ' , the FA Wolverine (TRU 22) would be typical .....slip on mask with no moulded ears . Unforgivable .