luke314pi Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Any word if these are still due next week? I will know on Wednesday if these are going to arrive on the 25th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj87 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yea, i always pronounce it "chee-tar-ee" so i'm hoping that's right...didn't they say it in Ultimate Avengers 2?? Probably, but it's been awhile since I've seen it. Weren't they also in the first one, too? They were, and as I've not read any Ultimates, that is my only experience of them. Thought they were very dull and generic in those. I think, think... they pronounced it shit-tar-ree in those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 No new minimates arriving here next week, but there is always the possibility that standard cases might arrive at stores this week and custom cases here the next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think Zach said in another thread that 44 and 45 were estimated for early May now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I thought the Avengers movie wave is suppossed to be in stores before the film release date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm pretty sure I said TRU's wave might be in stores end of the month, and specialty's might have to wait for the movie release date, due to secret names of secret army people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geohound Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That really aren't all that secret anymore. The internet ruins everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Can anyone give me a primary source where the name was revealed? By Whedon or whomever? I am looking, but haven;t found it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Can anyone give me a primary source where the name was revealed? By Whedon or whomever? I am looking, but haven;t found it yet. Pretty much just Google "Joss confirms alien army" and you'll get hundreds of links to people reporting that he stated the name at a press conference. It was so many days ago (in internet terms) that the original source is probably too far down the ladder now. But yes, we all already know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Can anyone give me a primary source where the name was revealed? By Whedon or whomever? I am looking, but haven;t found it yet. Pretty much just Google "Joss confirms alien army" and you'll get hundreds of links to people reporting that he stated the name at a press conference. It was so many days ago (in internet terms) that the original source is probably too far down the ladder now. But yes, we all already know. That's just it, I find the same quote everywhere, but no full transcript of the conference, and no footage of it. Just odd, is all. Even the quote doesn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Soooo... do we know, or do we think we know cause we read it online? Had anyone here actually seen the alleged press conference clips or only read about them? Cause, well, people have been known to lie, then sit back and watch fandom get all excited about nothin'. Not sayin', just sayin'. edit Just tried to find video of Joss confirming it, and I couldn't find it. Found a TON of self made videos of people reporting Joss had said, but note of him saying it. And a lot of the text reports are from second hand sources as well. I am not saying it doesn't exist, just that I haven't found it yet. And the fact I can not readily do so is making me a smeg skeptical. Edited April 18, 2012 by Mirymate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 It seems like a tempest in a teapot at this point. We know what they look like, and they don't look like anything in either the 616 or Ultimate 'verse. What they're called is rendered basically moot, because they're now simply "some shapeshifting alien race Joss Whedon made up." A rose by any other name, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 It seems the alien itself can't be identified, even though we have the name for it. perhaps 'a name by any other rose' would suit better here? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironfist1234 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 For anyone who wants to see the "Blacked Out" figures just go to google and type in MARVEL Chitauri there are images of The Complete Set of WAVE 45 Ironman, Hulk, Thor, Cap. America, Maria Hill, Chitauri soldier, and the variant Chitauri General and then theres the TRU wave with Nick fury/Loki and Black WIdow/ Hawkeye just thought i would let you guys know if you are interested they look pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I would like to see what is under the alien heads, they look removable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I think Zach said there's nothin' under the helmets or chest pieces. I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong on that. And do we have an official name release yet, or are we still quoting from a press confrence that no one seems to have actually been at, have video of, but none the less has been taken as fact. I HATE sounding like a Doubting Thomas here, but I've been looking for the actual source reporting on this since Zach first asked, and still havn't found anything but the same second hand reports. Not saying they've aren't the Ulti-Skrulls, they may well be. But I'm starting to disbelieve the "Whedon confirms ID" story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) I *think* i read Chuck or Zach say that they have blank head-blocks underneath, as they weren't shown what the faces under the masks looked like at the time of design. Someone correct me if i'm wrong on this one. EDIT: ooops - beaten to it. Edited April 19, 2012 by Nessex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yeah, Zach said they weren't provided with any designs from Marvel to allow them to put tampos under the helmet/chestpiece. I have a feeling that the "name" of the Alien race is never actually spoken in the movie, and that they are nothing more than fodder for the Hulk to destroy. *If* they are the Chitauri, I doubt they will do any shape-shifting and that their design will eventually (sooner rather than later) be introduced/retconned into mainstream 616 comic continuity. Kevin Feige recently made the following statement: "Truthfully [the aliens] are Loki's army and what is most important about them is that they are Loki's army. The notion of Skrulls and Kree and the amount of speculation -- the great thing about the fans just want to know everything they don't know. They wanted to fill in the blank, and that blank wasn't particularly important of who the aliens were; we revealed Loki a long time ago, he was the main bad guy." "There's a reveal at the end -- the notion that Loki has made an arrangement with somebody, that somebody has provided these extremely deadly and creepy and cool aliens to fight alongside him and then to reveal who that somebody was, that's all Joss and that was sort of the big payoff," Feige said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Zach, do either the REDACTED Soldier or General come with a weapon that looks like this? I see the solicitation picture shows a long rifle with the soldier, but it doesn't show anything for the General. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) The heads are blank grey underneath (I said I was PRETTY SURE we never got that reference), and the general does come with a different gun, but I don't think it's that one. You can see it better here: ...Actually, it might be something vaguely resembling that one. Perhaps we weren't given a context for it? Might require a mod to be fully screen accurate. Edited April 19, 2012 by Zach Oat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Thanks Zach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigertail Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Awesome pic! Thank you, Zach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Can I just point out that it's pretty awesome that the pics that are showing up all over the internet of the aliens that have been kept secret for so long are of DSTs Minimates and Marvel Select? That's some of the best free advertising for the company that i can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) You know, and I never thought I'd say this, but the REDACTED's duck feet really don't bother me. Based on what we've seen they've got weird looking feet anyway and, I don't know, it just seems like maybe the duck feet found their place. Hopefully now that they've been made whole, they won't ever be used again. Edited April 19, 2012 by Turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 That new Thor hair is a HUGE improvement Zach! Thanks for the new pic. I'm really looking forward to Maria Hill & the Chitauri guys. They both look exceptionally cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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