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I did not like that Doctor Doom from the proto pics, looked too bulky. Seeing it now, this looks freakin awesome. I love the hinges on his elbow joints, nice touch. I'll definitely be picking him up now.

Aaaaand that's pretty much EXACTLY what I want! So much great stuff for Marvel on the horizon.

The robot in question was Delphine Courtney. These look so awesome! Knew this was coming since Vindicator and Box were pretty low-profile for a first Alpha Flight reveal. Doesn't mean I'm any less excited! I'm constantly impressed by how much bang you get for your buck with Minimates, any other toy line would make these alternate looks "variants." Not DST!

Somehow I got to vote twice, picked Wanda and Protector. Those X-Men designs do not interest me at all and with the other AVX set coming out with the same characters it just seems like a waste. And that Iron Man is just wierd.

Found these at my TRU today! Picked up everything except Spidey-Punisher due to financial reasons since that was the most plentiful. Oddly, there were no Amazing Spider-Man mates. I absolutely love this series, a little bit of everything. Kingpin/Daredevil is a great set, although I think Kingpin's hands are a little too big. Also, gonna need to be real careful with that billy club/cane. Is this the first time that Minimates have used something other then plastic for a part? (There's string attaching the pieces) Magma/Moonstar is a great addition to the New Mutants, I believe these are the very first action figures for both of them. Dani has a Marvel Legends figure on the way, but I can't see it topping this. Love the choice of accessories. She's always been one of my favorite characters, thanks DST! My favorite is Boomer/Rictor. I've been waiting since 1993 to get this version of Boomer. I always thought it was a great costume in a 90's kinda way, it perfectly combines the paramilitary X-Force look with her ditzy personality. The old Toybiz line came real close to finishing off the Capullo-designed X-Force costumes, I think all they were missing was Boomer, Siryn, Feral and an updated Cannonball. I would love to get a new Cannonball and Shatterstar in the Capullo costumes and the rest of that version of the team in Minimate form, I have a soft spot for those designs and prefer them a great deal over the original Liefeld designs. Rictor reminds me so much of the old ToyBiz figure, the hair is even sculpted the same way. I keep forgetting he doesn't have a wind-up knob on his back! Thunderstrike boots were the perfect choice for his feet. Thanks DST, I'm anxiously awaiting the next TRU wave!

Hey everyone! I've been lurking around the forums for some time, and finally decided to start posting. A little background on me; I am a huge fan of everything Marvel. I started collecting Marvel Comics when I was 10 years old (I'm 29 now). As a 90's kid, I was raised on X-Men, loved the Animated Series. As I got older, I branched out into Marvel's other offerings. Some of my favorite comics are X-Statix, Morrison & Claremont X-Men, Peter David's Hulk & Captain Marvel, anything by Kurt Busiek, Nicieza X-Force and Thunderbolts, anything by Kirby. I stopped reading Marvel around Secret Invasion because I got burned from all the poorly-edited events they were doing, and a lack of original concepts. I mean, we've gotten to the point where Thunderstrike and the Scarlet Spider are "legacy" characters. Yeah, anyway, no new stuff but I love to pick up Essentials and other trades every now and then. Huge fan of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, I'm pretty active over on their message board. As an OHOTMU fan I love all things obscure, so you'll probably see me requesting some stuff that makes Stilt Man look like an A-lister... As far as my action figure collecting background, I started out with the usual Masters of the Universe and Ninja Turtles. Once I got a little older and into X-Men, I started "serious" collecting. My eyes were opened to "chase figures" "variants" and other things I knew nothing of before. My X-Men love spread into ToyBiz's other Marvel offerings and I started buying Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, anything from the Marvel Universe. I stopped collecting around the late 90's when they were doing too many ridiculous variants like Werewolf Wolverines and Cyborg Spider-Mans, and it just stopped being fun. Star Wars figures completely overruled my Marvel collecting and I had nearly every figure from the 1996 run up until I lost interest around Episode 1. After that, got into Jakks' WWE figures for a couple years before I stopped collecting figures altogether. That was until I discovered Marvel Legends, they completely blew me away and I bought everything I could find. I didn't start collecting them until 2006, so I had to work backwards but amassed quite the collection. I lost interest when Hasbro took over. Marvel Legends also introduced me to customizing. I come from an art background, so I really got into that while I was collecting. If anybody wants to see any of my customs, I can post some pics. I also do costumes every year for Halloween, usually a WWE or Marvel character. If anyone wants to also see those, let me know. I'm a creative guy, and I always loved to combine my creativity with my interests. As far as Minimates, I only recently started collecting but I've always had my eye on the line. When I started losing interest in Marvel Legends, I noticed there was this other line out there making Spymaster, Dreadnoughts, Gamora, etc. I was VERY interested, but figure collecting was out of my budget for a few years. Just before this past Christmas, I stumbled upon the New Mutants Magik/Warlock pack at a TRU and picked it up right away. I love Warlock's design and couldn't believe he was actually made into a Minimate. I started researching what I missed out on and began gobbling up everything I could. I was hooked. I've got about 70 Marvel Minimates now with no intention of stopping. What I love the most about this line is the selection of characters, so much obscurity! I also like how the "neccesary evil" variants aren't anything ludicrous like what ToyBiz was doing in the 90's. The line is very collector-friendly, the Spider-Mans and Iron Mans are representations of something that was in the comics, no "Aqua-Spidey" or "Samurai Iron Man." I also think Minimates are the best deal on the market. I feel DST goes out of its way to give you the most bang for your buck, tons of accessories and even alternate looks are packed into these things! When you compare them to $18 Marvel Legends that usually have no accessories, or having to buy TWO figures to show someone unmasked, Minimates are head and shoulders above. So that's a little history on me, looking forward to contributing here!