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1 hour ago, Nessex said:

Kaine and Jackal look dope! 
Kanie's design never struck me as especially practical looking... more a case of riding the wave of flowly caped, dark/edgy characters that Spawn epitomised in the 90s.... but in pink! I think they've captured the essence of his windswept hair and cape and 90sness perfectly. 

I agree I just hate windswept anything without a neutral option 😆

5 hours ago, funkguerilla said:

Boy, that "toy friend" of yours sounds as smart as he is handsome and an all around cool dude.

He’s the best

7 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

 

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?

 

 

I used a First Class Jean Grey head on it and forgot about it until you just brought it up. 

3 hours ago, Freaqualizer said:

I have Luke’s Cardiac custom, and he’s stupendous! I would also love an official Cardiac. Because the character is just so epic looking. I do think Cardiac would be considered an anti-hero. 

I love this custom so much.

3 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

A Beetle would be soooooo welcome.

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

Yeah…. You don’t?!?

30 minutes ago, nandoninny said:

gonna put this out there, am i the only one who would love a CARDIAC figure?  

is he an anti hero?  probably not really........

but love me some erik larsen spider-man!

I think I remember Spector Creative saying something about the characters usage rights made him problematic. 
 

One of my toy friends just suggested Deadly Foes of Spider-Man and I hope he’s right.

3 hours ago, TheMinimateKing30 said:

Oh, God, not a Battle-Damaged Spider-Man. That's giving me MAD Friends and Foes box set flashbacks 💀

Honestly, the goal is to not only get a new Electro, but just get new looks for most of the classic villains that don't rely on the animated stuff to do so. I cannot BEGIN to describe to you how EXHAUSTED I am in seeing the classic Green Goblin design in the comic book releases and ONLY that version. A Marvel Knights or Thunderbolts Goblin, IMO, would go HARD. Hell, I'd take a Final Chapter-styled Green Goblin if it meant we had just a BRIEF break from the classic design.

I hear you on this. I feel like I have the same figure 17 times over. And I barely wanted one. I vaguely recall that the new costumes weren’t selling well but that might be a Legends topic. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2 hours ago, BuffaloDelorean said:

As a Thunderbolts fan, a Sinister Syndicate set would be pretty great, and the Wrecking Crew with a better classic Thor also seems like it'd be a good fit for this format.

I would love this but good luck getting my custom crew out of my hands! 
 

On 4/14/2024 at 2:44 PM, NerdyTrev said:

Star-Lord has received a comics figure. Hail Ivan.

But, to your point, a modern-classic set of Guardians of the Galaxy characters would be terrific. In the navy blue/red uniforms emulated in the last movie. It could just be the core five characters from the movies with a Cosmo pack-in figure. Although, based on how Spider-Ham looks in the upcoming "Spider-Verse" assortment, I would trust them to do justice with a Rocket Raccoon mini-figure, freeing up a spot for an additional character like Phyla-Vell or Adam Warlock.

Speaking of which. . .

I would also advocate for a seventies-era Jim Starlin Warlock set.
Warlock
Magus
Gamora
Thanos
In-Betweener 
pack in Pip the Troll, based on the same confidence in the Spider-Ham figure.

The Avengers Time Suit 4 pack, to me, was pure bliss and the go forward for all team uniforms. I’d happily buy multiple of a GOTG set in those costumes. Also Alcolytes, X-Factor (ok it’s was just Scott and Jean but relax), New Mutants (x-edition), Hellions, and more. 

Just now, buttheadsmate said:

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

Lol I bought so many I put heads on Vindicator/Guardian bodies to give them team uniforms. 

20 minutes ago, NerdyTrev said:

I think that the Spider-Man we're about to get in the next "wave" could be the most definitive since the original from more than twenty years ago! Of course, the final verdict will have to wait until they are in hand. 

I think proximity to other releases is an important, often overlooked factor here. If we're getting ALL these Spider-Men now, then maybe a set of just friends and foes isn't so absurd?

The TRU waves often felt like mismatched assortments of random characters because they were the place the essential figures went that did not otherwise have a home. Why is Fantomex packed with Mr. Negative? Because there wasn't a fifth slot available in the Uncanny X-Force box set! Vindicator and Box exist in a non-Alpha Flight related wave because the two Alpha Flight box sets had just released and it made sense for them to be available concurrently. Same for the Outback versions of Havok and Storm to line up with Series 47. 
 

There isn't a straight answer here. I totally understand why a set of Spider-Man characters without Spider-Man is a total bummer move. However, if there were to be a hypothetical release of solely Spider-Man villains, would it not be beneficial to put on the back of the box advertisements for the other Spider-related minimates? Seems like we're getting TWO in the very near future. That's already ten additional Spider-characters collectors can look out for.

Minimates used to have a "Collect Them All!" mentality (corroborated by the back of older boxes showcasing droves of characters and even saying the words), but now it feels more like "eh, get em if ya see em."

I whole heartedly agree with you and grieve TRU often. The reality is we are getting 15 full sized minimates a year (with the 3 smaller characters potentially) so we have to be realistic. I never in my life expected to own a Vindicator action figure I after the ToyBiz one. She’s still a proud possession. So getting a Minimate of Heather was unreal! We really had it good then and hopefully will have it good again. Ideally, if we were stuck in this model of 3 Marvel releases a year I would hope DST started a crowd funded option to drive buzz. For me a four pack Acolytes Vs X-Men that featured a male/female character in both suits with additional heads to make all the Acolytes and maybe parts for larger ones or  more costumes ones like Senyaka paired with the “New X-Men” X uniform that Moonstar was released in as a Marvel Legend would be EPIC. Add in a Green costume Jamie Maddrox with different heads and I’m in heaven. I just don’t think they are open to it if we can’t even get a GI Joe Army Builder Pack. Yes, different companies, different contracts, different yadda. But the message I’m getting is crowd funding is off the table.

2 minutes ago, buttheadsmate said:

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 

 

 

I own 6 lol. And I agree I’ve had my fill of Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, and Iron Man. At this point I am ready to put them as a set in plastic baggies and donate them to a store.

1 hour ago, Scorpion said:

I think Spider-man should be in a Sinster Six box set. Just so we can get a unique costume. But I don't think we necessarily need an anchor character just so customers can recognize the characters. If Minimates were sold in retail stores like Walmart, Target, and Walgreens, I would get that. But aren't Minimates only sold at online toy websites or comic book stores now, where the customer probably is going to be more familiar with comics.

During the peak time, Deadly Foes, a four pack containing more accessories than a Deluxe Classified, featuring Doc Ock, Carnage, Sandman, and the Lizard  was a peg warmer. So as much as it pains me to say this Z has valid points and I think he’s right. It’s a bitter pill to swallow but the fact is that you need an anchor even for LCS/online. Also, LCS are not in a boom. There’s under 3K in North America if that.  They don’t want to hold on to inventory as that costs them money. They want to quickly sell out and make their profit while moving on to the next thing. The line needs guaranteed hits so I suspect we will always have a redo of a hugely popular figure in every box set go forward. Even Elektra as Daredevil with Bullseye and Kingpin wasn’t enough to get Stride of Pride DD knocked out of the boxset. Unless DST pivots on their crowdfunding positioning or an economic boom occurs the days of Alpha Flight Box Set 1 and 2 are over. At this rate we are lucky to get A con exclusive. 

10 hours ago, TheMinimateKing30 said:

I'm sorry, but HARD disagree. ESPECIALLY given how many Spider-Man Minimates we've gotten as of late. I imagine most people who collect Minimates have at least ONE figure of the classic Spider-Man suit.

Unless we're talking an Ultimate Six box set, I actually think a regular Sinister Six box set would BENEFIT from a lack of Spider-Man. Just have it be the villains.

The novelty of it being an instant collection of some of Spidey's most notable enemies ALONE, I guarantee, would be an AUTOMATIC lure for people.

It must be the apocalypse… I disagree and we have numbers to prove that Z is right. Look at the Deadly Foes of Spider-Man set that Luke made. That thing was and is a love letter to the line and to fans. It wasn’t an instant success and that was in the prime years. You need an anchor character to get interest from casual fans and new ones. We would need at least two box sets to get all new Sinister Six figures and there would be a Spider-Man in both. Perhaps a battle damaged one.

If the goal is to get an Electro, maybe focusing on a storyline that he’s heavily featured in. Like Untold Tales’ Shock before Shock. We could have Electro, Eel, Spider-Man Ditko, and any other two characters from that run. We could even have Amazing Spider-Man 422-425, The Rose, Electro, Spider-Man, Nate Grey,  and the female Doc Ock. 

On 4/13/2024 at 3:26 PM, AFMcGill said:

The solution to army builders in boxsets is a boxset of exclusively army builders.

Like a S.H.I.E.L.D. themed boxset: with a SHIELD Agent (M and F chest piece), a HYDRA Soldier, an AIM Soldier, a Watchdogs Soldier and an ULTIMATUM Soldier. Or a space boxset with a Kree soldier (pink and blue heads), a Skrull soldier, a shi'ar soldier (M and F chest piece?), a badoon soldier and so on. There there's a bunch of uniforms that allow for this. 2000s era Guardians, a variety of X-Men, Fantastic Four. Sure, some require specific pieces (Star-Lord for example has a unique chest block) whereas others are actually simple add-ons or removals (a hula skirt on top of a female GOTG body for Mantis). Some off the road ones like Bug, Deathcry and Captain Universe could be squeezed into a GOTG boxset like that through alternate pieces for the base GOTG uniform body.

Eh, i hate this thread i started. They changed the format and so all the great suggestions of Thunderbolts, New Warriors, Inhumans... all these 6 figure sets... basically something that felt extremely likely due to fitting the 6-figure format, something like the New Warriors, is now like we're being explicitly told we are probably never going to get them because we're only getting 5 figures. 

I think if people were willing to compromise on one main Warrior being left out it could work across two packs released in the same year. We could do the 5 pack : Kid Nova, Nita, Thrash, Speedball, Firestar and then a fast follow GOTG with Vance (Two chest blocks and two heads), Marty, Yondu, Charlie 27, StarHawk with pieces for Aleta. 

1 hour ago, Padrino said:

https://deadline.com/2024/04/x-men-97-creator-beau-demayo-breaks-silence-exit-episode-5-1235884232/

It’s definitely left its mark here in the city on the X-Fans. Especially, the ones here then. Great art should move you and this certainly did. I saw Lenore and was just in awe of how great the show has been. Hope we get mates from it.

4 hours ago, Freaqualizer said:

Remember It… 🥺

It was a tough one. 

2 hours ago, WookieFodder said:

Peter B. Parker with baby holder. 
 

also X-Men 97 that older Jubilee would be awesome along with other characters that have never been produced. 

For X-Men 97 I’d love to start with a Boxset of Jean, Cyclops, Magneto, Juggernaut, Wolverine. Then a fast follow of box 2: Storm, Bishop, Cool Dad Magneto, Morph (both heads), Shaw. Box 3: Rogue, Gambit, Bishop, Sinister, and Sabertooth.  

Well, I think we could do some stories to fill out some slots. I’ve heard people don’t like army builders in the boxsets but as someone who buys multiple box sets it’s never bothered me. I bought several of wave 2 MMPR to display the cast changes but I wish we had a for for them like a Puddy. Imagine a uniform set of Hellions Vs New Mutants (in the new X costume) packed with the accessories to make more. The 5th figure could be a Genosian Solider or a Friends of Humanity Person or a Zero Tolerance Sentinel. 
 

I’d love them to finish off teams as well. Greg Cap’s Feral, Moonstar, Warpath, Sunspot and Stryfe would be a great 5 pack.

On 4/11/2024 at 9:09 AM, NerdyTrev said:

I would welcome a definitive Wolverine in this costume. I don't feel like it's been done total justice yet. 

Plus, it would free up a slot in an Astonishing X-Men release for Colossus, completing the team. 

 

I don't imagine I would be the only one disappointed if when we finally get Crystal she's in a white costume wearing a bomber jacket. 

At this point I’d take a Crystal head packed into an FF pack. How a member of the Avengers, FF, Inhumans, and married into the X-men has never had a figure is actually obscene. 

11 hours ago, NerdyTrev said:

Swordsman & Mantis would like a word.

They can wait until Crystal is finished.

3 hours ago, NerdyTrev said:

It's a snarky way to say Wolverine because X-23 was Wolverine at one point.



Anyways. Based on Zach's earlier comments 

 

I would be comfortable saying that it doesn't HAVE to be Wolverine. Could be a Storm variant, could be a Colossus variant. Could be loopholes saying that they're looks we haven't seen. Could be entirely fresh. 

I trust DST to not make the same mistake 20th Century Fox made in considering Wolverine as the only X-Men member. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would have to be an A Lister and I think that knocks out the X-Factor team since they just got released in those costumes. It’s been years since the Outback team was released in 2012 (Hail Ivan)! So it could be fair to have everyone as a potential (including Sabertooth) but I don’t know if any of the team is a big enough name to offset the really lesser known ones. 🤷🏻‍♂️

and PS, she’s still Wolverine. 😘

1 hour ago, Nessex said:

I may stand alone on this one... but I would 1000% be down for a Malice-possessed Polaris. That costume SCREAMS 'toyetic'... and don't think we've ever seen her in toy form.

I agree with you it’s gorgeous but it’s hard to do Inferno without Maddy, Sinister, Magik, and one of the demons Sym/Naistra. That leaves one a lot left and no “big names” so Wolverines dad it is.

2 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

I read a lot of the Inferno stuff whilst it was 'current' & I most certainly recall much of it ..... so I understand the reluctance to portray the S&M gear etc. in a toy-line but TBQH I cannot fathom why anybody would want a new-born infant as an accessory/character .   Maybe it's just me ? 

Welllllll baby Christoper was a pretty important character for at least 5 years. He was around from Uncanny 200 til about 271 and drove a lot of story. I for one am happy to have one for my X-Factor display but know he’s not for everyone. 

15 hours ago, Padrino said:

Locking in my guesses now:

-two new villains (Goblin Queen and S'ym/N'astirh)

-two heroes in new looks (Magik and possibly leather bikini Storm or a longshot would be Goblin Princess Meggan),

-one previously made (but long overdue) villain (Mister Sinister)

-one micro-figure (Baby Nathan).

Yeah, I think it’s going to be Wolverine’s Dad still.  It gets us the main players of this classic What If?  https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If...%3F_Vol_1_6?file=What_If...%3F_Vol_1_6.jpg 

2 hours ago, Padrino said:

I’m thinking the other slot is for Goblin Queen. And the alternate look is likely Magik. 

So, Sinister, Maddy, Dark Child, Wolvie’s Dad and maybe a demon.

I have to say, an army builder 4 pack is really what I hear people talk about. Whether it’s two joes and two cobras or three cobras and a joe if an all cobra pack isn’t an option. This always makes me appreciate the work and care of the MAX line. That 4 pack with Kate and the others took the multiple purchase cake until the StrikeForce wave came out. Fingers crossed that we get something that sells like hot cakes. Know that crowd funding isn’t a preferred way forward for this but I would be on the hook minimum for 8 packs as my addiction likes 7 of every army builder whilst my boy scout side likes to keep one mint in box.