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Greatest hits/Best of Thor and FA (TRU Wave 12) Thor are my two favorite basic Thor figures.  Wave 64 lady Thor isn't Thor Thor, but it is a damn fine minimate.  I'm also a fan of unworthy Thor.  He's not a standard Thor, but he has a cool, unique look.  

So will it just be the same crappy Macy's toy selection just now branded as TRU?  I feel like a lot of people probably got paid a lot of money to make what is clearly a great choice here.  I mean, they tried pop-up stores in malls and that didn't work, so the obvious next step is to make a store in a store that's in a mall.  Matroyshka's R Us.

On 7/12/2021 at 10:38 AM, DSTZach said:

One never mated: NTW

One Redo: Wolvo

Two who have only ever had comic forms: Laura and 616 Deadpool, who has a different origin than the XMOW Deadpool and also doesn't suck. XMOW Deadpool is an abomination and should not be put in the same plane of reality as 616 Deadpool. 

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Very awesome displays!  I need a room like that!

So Diamond Distributors just lost Marvel.  I realize that isn't DST, but it is a massive hit for the Geppi group.  Who knows what, if any, effect this will have on minimates long term.  

Merry Late-December Holiday to all!  I explained Festivus to my (just recently turned) 11-year-old and asked him if he wanted to celebrate.  He said no.  So there's my first grievance to be aired.  Anyway, this remains the most civilized group of collectors on the planet.  I sincerely hope that this season you all are able to project the same awesomeness that you project here.  The world needs more of the MMMV spirit.

I saw Falcon and Winter Soldier 'mates at a Walgreens this weekend.  They are some slick looking minimates, but I had to pass.  

Very cool!  

On 9/21/2020 at 4:03 PM, Trekker 42 said:

I got the Saturn V LEGO set and man it’s beautiful. 

A true thing of beauty.  I have it displayed with the Lander, the ISS and the Women of NASA set.  Awesome stuff. 

The First is a TV series I think you might enjoy, CmdrShep.  It's far from perfect, but it's a real world show set in the near future about preparations for the first trip to Mars.  I enjoyed it.  I also recommend the book series the Lady Astronaut.  It is an alternate history/speculative fiction piece that is based in real world science.  The supposition is that a massive meteor hits near DC in the 1950s, decimating the eastern seaboard and seriously altering humanity's need to reach the stars.  It focuses, as the name implies, on the women who fight to join the space race.  So it's kind of a history lesson while also turning it on its head.  Really enjoyable audio books.  Oh, also, if you haven't already done so, consume The Martian- watch it, read it, audio book it.  It's great.  Commander Hadfield reviewed the film and said the only thing not right is that Martian sandstorms would be less severe.  The attention to detail is otherwise amazing.  Unlike, say, Gravity, which is a beautiful film, but a pretty shoddy hard-science experience.  

Yeah, I ran across a Legends Cap the other day.  Seeing it in toy form didn't make the design any better.  Thing is, these designs, while I think they are overall on the crappy side, might benefit from the Minimate treatment.  The minimalism of minimates might tone down some of the details.  I dunno.  A Gamestop boxset would probably be pretty cool.

I think it IS cool that Gladiator is in the next X-Men wave.  I forgot to mention that.  Pretty good timing.

I haven't read any of Cates' run on GotG, but on some covers Gamora is wearing this costume.  I still think this is a kind of weird, deeply unsatisfying wave, but, man, Ghost Rider looks like a damn cool minimate.  It's a cool design well executed, and I always love that, even if I have no particular attachment to the source.  

I just saw the Legolas and Gimli figures.  Whoa boy, am I excited!  My six year old is thrilled too!  He loves all of my tobiz figures, but he's been jonesing for his LotR action figure to open.  Looks like he's getting a wish.

That Red Guardian is beautiful!  I've definitely got to pick these up.  

4 hours ago, Nessex said:

Dark Phoenix a very apt reuse of the Avengers 1,000,000 BC Phoenix effect. I'm glad DST found a worthy place to get some mileage out of what was a very specific piece.
3 brand new, much requested characters, and 3 re-do's that are gorgeous looking and with serious value-adding accessories. Can't say I'm mad about any of this.
This wave, and wave 80, are what excited me about Minimates to begin with. Diverse, deep, roster-building characters. Bright, comic book designs. I'm looking forward to ordering this series from Luke's.
Sidebar: I hope this does well and opens up the chance for the rest of the Starjammers & key Shi'ar to appear.

I agree 100%.  Everything from the character choices to the character designs is pretty perfect.  I think wave 80 is a better showing off the beauty of vanilla and near-vanilla minimates, but this wave shows what a themed, sculpt-heavy and sculpt-specific wave can do.  And it does hearken back to older waves in all the right way.

Beautiful wave.  I'm definitely on board for all of these.

That is a nice looking wave!  

Has there been a trend to move to 3 sets?  Am I imagining that?  I dunno, but I feel like we'll end up with Widow/Taskmaster, Widow/Red Guardian, Widow/Yelena

Teamwork makes the dream work.  I really thought that at least one Expendable would be wearing a black tank top, but no dice. 

Mark I Iron Man?  SWAT Sarah Connor may lack enough details to work

Gotta take a minute to reiterate how much I appreciate Zach helping to make sure folks like myself ultimately get complete sets.  

That seems like it would be a pretty solid boxset.  But add black suit Natasha and Iron Maiden and two generic bad guy soldiers, and you've got a wave.

PM sent.  I can't express how fortunate we are to have Zach as an active member here.  Thanks so much for being awesome!

12 hours ago, Gabriel said:

Still nothing for you? I never heard back and don't expect to at this point. 

Nothing.  Very disappointing that DST doesn't care enough.

On 11/6/2019 at 1:57 PM, Gabriel said:

I just contacted them last night on their Contact Us page on their website. I also had missing pieces from that set. I haven't heard back but it's been less than 24 hours so I'm not worried yet. 

Did you ever hear anything back?  I still haven't heard anything.