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I'm hpoing it's something like: Hunter-Prey Superman/ Doomsday (2.5) (Black suit Superman/Mongul would be acceptable subsitute) Kyle Gl/Sinestro (Maybe Alan Scott/Solomon Grundy) Martian Manhunter/Despero (2.5) Animal Man/Adam Strange

After spending a few days with these guys, I'll chime in. Steel- 9.5/10 This is really a great mate. He works really well in the minimate form- one of my favorites from the line. Some people may not like the character, but he really looks cool- and looking cool is half the battle right? At first I didn't mind his lack of removable helmet, but now I'm really wishing I could get a glimpse of John Henry's face. All in all, great chest/cape piece, gauntlets, and hammer. He'd be perfect if he could take off his helmet. Cyborg- 9/10 Another great mate. He really creeps me out with that half face thing going on. In fact, that face really makes the mate. All around, the details are nice and this is another that visually works in minimate form. He loses a point because, and yes this proves how spoiled I am, he doesn't have an interchangeable gun arm and American flag. Sure you can take his hand off so his arm looks kind of like a gun, but I would like to have seen a little more inspiration in his accesory department. Come on, that is one of my favorite comic covers ever. Spectre- 5/10 While so many characters in this wave work great in minimate form, Spectre falls a bit short. His hood and cape are nice, as is his facial expression which is perfect for the Spirit of Vengence. But his stark white form with grey details doesn't do it for me. I would have prefered black detailing. And I hate, HATE his gloves. Something about the painted on cuff looks really off to me, like maybe he's got really fat forearms. I don't know. I think with black detailing and sculted gloves, the Spectre could have gone a lot farther. Deadman- 8/10 This is what I expect out of a mate. Good detailing. Good expression. And sure his collar might get in the way, but Deadman wears a huge goofy collar. I'd rather lose a little movement and have the collar than keep the movement and not have the collar. Wildcat- 8/10 Another cool mate that doesn't dissappoint. Like Deadman, it's this kind of mate that really defines the DC line. Consistently good. The detailing on Wildcat's mask is really great. I don't know much about the character, but I'm loving this mate. Flash- 7.5/10 So, from the forehead down he looks really cool. Well, from about halfway down the forehead he looks really good. Seriously, if my power were running really fast, I'd probably wear my hat further down my head. It looks like it's about to fly off. Which may have been the point, but it doesn't work. The high hat really detracts from an otherwise nice mate. Batgirl- 8.5/10 Who doesn't love a red head? Bane- 7.5/10 At first I was pumped for a big Bane, but now I'm not sure if 2.5 was the way to go. Something looks off. Maybe a belt and chest piece would have added some height and weight to a smaller size. Size questions aside, his details are nice. The venom injection system is super cool. Nice face underneath that mask. One thing I really like about his maskless face is that it's well centered. Too bad I can't say the same thing for his mask. The masked face sits very low on his head. And it isn't big enough. I think maybe it's not the size of Bane that feels off, just the size of the masked face. Like Flash's helmet, this really does some damage.

I enjoyed Spidey 3. Without going into an in depth review, it had emotion, action, and humor. While it was on the long side, it couldn't have been the movie it was without that. I thought everyone got the time they needed to advance the story. While Aunt May and Gwen were used more as devices than actual characters, that's just the way it's got to be with such a huge movie. The movie was more about Peter, Harry, and MJ, so they appropriately got more time. The acting was very good as were the special effects. Sandman looked cool. Venom looked cool. The new Goblin was surprisingly cool- much better than the original Goblin suit. A very worthy chapter in the Spiderman story and overall a very fun and entertaining movie that didn't kill the franchise, unlike X3 If I wanted to take an awesome franchise, run it into the ground, put a stake through its heart, catch it on fire, and poo on it, I would have made X3. Terrible movie. Only cool thing was the introduction of all the new characters. This does not make up for the craptastic story that really didn't make any sense. I don't own this movie on DVD. I won't own this movie on DVD. I hope when the time comes for a new X-Men movie, they choose to pick up where X2 left off and maybe pretend X3 was all a bad dream or something. That would work for me. In sum, Spidey 3 good, X3 bad.

A mix of what I'd like to see and what we could possibly see: Alan Scott GL/ Solomon Grundy (this for some reason seems like it will happen) Martian Manhunter/ King Faraday (wha-what? New Frontier cartoon, Sgt Rock and Blackhawk- why not? MM gets regular head and cone head- and an oreo cookie) Animal Man/ Adam Strange Flash/ Captain Cold Other contenders: BD Hal GL/ Sinestro Kyle GL/ Major Force Mr. Terrific Despero Mongul Fire and Ice

Top 10: * Martian Manhunter * Flash * Nightwing * Rocket Red * Black Canary * Mister Miracle * Despero * Animal Man * White Martian * Sinestro Batman/Superman Variants: * First appearance Superman * First appearance Batman

Gaeta was there, but like Cally, he isn't set for release yet, if Toyfare magazine can be trusted. http://briansworld.angelcities.com/Minimat...fficial/BSG.jpg And yeah, no Boxey.

Some characters I'd like to see, more or less in order: 1. Gaeta 2. Cally 3. Leoben 4. Sam 5. Cavil 6. Ellen Tigh 7. Hotdog 8. Kat 9. Billy 10. Doc Cottle 11. Doral 12. Seelix 13. Racetrack 14. Fisk As long as we're wishing, I'd also like to see some ships and playsets

These look great. I'm really digging all of these and can't wait for mine to get here. That Apollo looks fantastic. It's a book- in the new BSG paper, books, etc, have angled corners- a little joke when told they had to cut corners in the budget of the miniseries.

Stuckakid and DST website both have 3-28 as the expected date. So close and yet so very far away.

I'm with you on this. Most of those characters, but especially Darkseid, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Nightwing, and Catwoman, need re-releasing. Darkseid should be 2.5", though.

Baltar looks cool, but Cally and Gaeta are missing from the release list. More to look forward to, I guess. Oh, an eye-patch Tigh variant at some point would be excellent.

I didn't realize how much Sharon's Downloaded outfit looked like the original flight suits until the minimate. Totally threw me. These all look great. I can't wait. I missed that news bit. As long as they are made available, I'll be happy.

I think those red heads are from the original BSG. I don't know their names though. So it looks like: Wave 2: Sharon and Cylon, Adama and Tigh, Baltar and New Caprica Six/Pegasus Six Wave 3: Helo and Gaeta, Apollo and Starbuck uniform, Callie and Flight deck Tyrol/ground crew Tyrol. What happened to Roslin and Zarek? The wait for wave 2 may be just as bad as the wait for wave 1.