TM2 Dinobot Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 See, new arms and legs, and even a shorter torso block would be a great idea. I just don't want to loose what makes Minimates, minimates. Thats a pretty good idea DBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) Palz weren't perfect but they dealt with the kids quite well,same components just smaller ..... Osborne minimate*,Palz kid,Palz adult & kubrick Hurley* *added at random purely for comparison. Edited July 11, 2012 by buttheadsmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) -Manga (Spider-Claw if you must) Spider-man Yes please. I'd kill for a Spidey/Black cat/MJ/IM box set. I love the Marvel Mangaverse on its own, but it was also a great moment in my teenage years. For... several reasons... (that sounded grosser than I meant) Edited July 11, 2012 by TM2 Dinobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatta Pake Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 John Connor. James Howet. Robin. are these three supposed to be examples of successful child minimates? if so, try again, everyone either shortened their John or said “I wish Luke’s mod was the official version”, no one likes James, and Robin is bigger then Batman. if they’re examples of children made the size of adults we’re just supposed to be deal with then yeah, those sure are adult sized kids, good point! (also note John and Robin do NOT have shortening feet, Robin’s feet are the same weird ‘fairy bootie’ Harley Quinn and Deadman use. and John’s feet are a reuse of Future Marty McFly Jr’s feet which are also used on the adult sized Jogger Ghost... so those two aren’t even ‘attempts at child sized’ mates they’re just giant children.) To contribute here’s my idea for three (5?) new parts that could make a decent enough child sized minimate WHILE KEEPING the swappability and articulation of the 2inch mates: A smaller torso block, designed to be no wider then that of the hip piece(so belts can be reused) will greatly reduce height and overall mass, Completing the look would be a new set of shins and forearms. Why shorten the shins?! The shortened shins would give ‘slipper’ feet height (it would still have the weird ‘feet in the shins’ look unfortunately) but it would GAIN the C3 hole and the ability to change shoes the slipper feet currently lack. Shortened arms are to keep them proportional, current slipper mates look like apes since the arms are too long (speaking of which, where’s my Rise of the PotA minimates!!! New Goblin and Gollum aren’t cutting it anymore!) I don’t think any of those pieces are too dramatic a change NOR without president (BIG characters have taken to using an I-crotch instead of a T-crotch, why not a new ‘slim’ torso for tiny characters and we’ve been seeing many mates with sculpted shins, thighs, forearms, or shoulders, so it’s not like the arms/legs can’t be changed for design purposes when needed.) Plus I just want to add making these new piece can lead to following reusues: -Puck again in a TRU 2-pack with whatever Alpha member doesn’t make it into Alpha Flight Box Set 2 -Manga (Spider-Claw if you must) Spider-man -Ultimate Spider-man -Black Ultimate Spider-man -Symbiote Ultimate Spider-man -Wolverine -Wolverine! -Wolverine!! -Wolverine!!! shortened minimates: too logical NOT to make edit: crap, James Franco was NEW Goblin not Green Goblin, STUPID! I’m so stupid... Winner winner chicken dinner. Awesome design. Send this to Robert stat so he can bludgeon Chuck into submission with the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Does the chick on the right look B&W to anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Anyone read #100 yet? s#!t is all could say at the end of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Now we know who Lucille is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm 1:08 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 From Chuck: -Walking Dead specialty preorders easily blow away recent Marvel specialty preorders. -Will have direct market waves as well as TRU waves (similar to Marvel where TRU gets repacks and exclusives) -Some retailer in the UK ordered enough Walking Dead sets that they will be able to carry them in the UK (they don't get minimates directly from Diamond anymore, I think? I forgot what the deal was). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) As a UK'er....... What the frakk!!! Edit I bet its FP (would be cool if toys'r'us get them)that have ordered loads of these i'll get some to help the UK market....... Still probably cheaper from Luke, he can have my money anyday Edited July 12, 2012 by winkerbean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) From Chuck: -Some retailer in the UK ordered enough Walking Dead sets that they will be able to carry them in the UK (they don't get minimates directly from Diamond anymore, I think? I forgot what the deal was). That is perhaps the best news that I could have possibly heard since I began Project Buttheadsmate in 2007. If the Walking Dead license can fuel the long-dormant Minimate market in this country then I will be bloody ec-f*cking-static. It's likely to be 4Plan who'll be selling these & whether I like them or not they have immense influence on the Sci-Fi market in the UK . I had hoped that Dr.Who would have been the UK Minimate springboard but alas that was not to be but whatever licence does it for this wonderful toy-line .....I'll be over the lunar orb. Wonderful wonderful news . The timing is perfect. edit : BTW I'll still be getting all mine from Luke Edited July 12, 2012 by buttheadsmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrClean Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. I second this. As a new reader, I've only gotten past 50 or so issues. After all the depressing stuff that happened up to that point, I had to take a break and read something uplifting, so I read Preacher. Now I have to get back to WD to catch up, and I've been avoiding potential spoilers up to this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 We won't say anymore & you probably should'nt look in the comics thread for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Regarding the shorter mate...the only issue i see is the shins. Not sure they could make the foot peg holes AND knee articulation work in such a small amount of space. Slippers would still work better there. Very nice concept though, i like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonfreshviper22 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. I second this. As a new reader, I've only gotten past 50 or so issues. After all the depressing stuff that happened up to that point, I had to take a break and read something uplifting, so I read Preacher. Now I have to get back to WD to catch up, and I've been avoiding potential spoilers up to this point. I love that Preacher is the uplifting book in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. I'd say this is a reasonable request, if Tenime was asking us not to spoil something that was published over a year ago I'd say it was fair game & his job to avoid them. Does a 6 month or "current arc" spoiler tag warning sound about right for comics? T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. I'd say this is a reasonable request, if Tenime was asking us not to spoil something that was published over a year ago I'd say it was fair game & his job to avoid them. Does a 6 month or "current arc" spoiler tag warning sound about right for comics? T. 6 months seems to be what we usually limited ourselves to anyways. That's about standard from the big screen to DVD, and issues to trades, right? Have I mentioned that I missed you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkguerilla Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Watch the comic spoilers, please. Some of us only read in trades, and won't hit issue 100 for a couple months. I'd say this is a reasonable request, if Tenime was asking us not to spoil something that was published over a year ago I'd say it was fair game & his job to avoid them. Does a 6 month or "current arc" spoiler tag warning sound about right for comics? T. I agree, but others tend not to. In fact, if you go to the beginning of this thread you'll see a big discussion about if Rick losing a hand is considered a spoiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeah, but that was years ago. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 We won't say anymore & you probably should'nt look in the comics thread for a while Thank you, and I wouldn't. If I go looking for it, it's my fault. If someone puts it in front of my face, it's theirs. Like Wizard magazine plastering half a page with a picture of Lori's death so I saw it even just briskly flipping through the magazine. I didn't even read the description because the picture was bad enough. Or Entertainment Weekly using the header SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE the week after the book came out. I only watched the movies, but even if I'd wanted to read the books, a week is hardly past the statute of limitations. As for the six month thing, Walking Dead seems to come out in collected format faster than any other comic I've read, so that should be fine. So, for the next six months from this past Wednesday, everybody has to shut up about it in the toy thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) you only have to wait 2-3 months this arc is nearly over 2 issues to go Edited July 13, 2012 by winkerbean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Volume 16 (came out in June, haven't picked it up yet) ends with #96, volume 17 comes out December 18th. If everyone can keep it in their pants until then (less than 6 months away), we should be fine, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Oh crap.... December!, I get them in trade aswell but started to get the issues for this something to fear story I needed a fix till season 3 starts back up on TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowlar Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Call me crazy but I've never been able to understand the anti-spoiler mentality. So what if I know that popular character dies or that the butler did it? It isn't one pivotal moment that makes a story worth reading or a movie worth watching it is the act of reading or watching the complete story take place, allowing me to get a better view of the whole story, that is what really matters. After all the ending of the first Walking Dead trade was a complete shock to me even though I knew what was coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Is it just me? Or does that girl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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