DSTZach Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 We're still waiting on stuff from Digger, as far as I know. I will bring this to Digger's attention. Hopefully it is just some sort of miscommunication... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is fun? I am not having any fun and I have a financial investment in this unfunny situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is fun? Digger fun. Don't try that one at home folks .......unless you live in Texas . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 When I look at that photo of Digger, I hear Shawn Michaels' "Sexy Boy" music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini-yosko Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 We're still waiting on stuff from Digger, as far as I know. That's not good. At this point, I can't imagine that these will ever get made. The production numbers must be so small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) It is only my opinion & I do not seek to pour gas on a fire.............. I don't think that any recent/future Minimate of any description is moulded in numbers less than 'hundreds' ,these 88s might stand a chance because they seem short on parts & heavy on paint (simply put). If they are made they will be made in sufficient numbers to cater for the fools* who supported this who will subsequently see them readily available in limited numbers ebay elsewhere. Whether these will happen or not relies on how much integrity Digger has, NOT on DST's production schedules. '88' 'mates are undoubtedly the worst thing I could ever associate with the hobby that has given me so much pleasure .......i just want them to go away *- foolsmate edit: just a bit of a typo . Edited November 11, 2013 by buttheadsmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Agreed, on all points. Digger's assistant stated last year that the Kickstarter money had already been spent, so the only way to potentially recoup the expense of Agent 88 Minimates is to "license the rights" or produce them in sufficient numbers that they could be sold through various outlets, essentially negating the exclusivity that caused us to pledge in the first place. Remember, at one point Digger announced that DST had secured merchandising rights, but Zach quickly stated that any/all license announcements would come from him/DST. No matter how this plays out, I just want it over with at this point. I am long over the financial loss, I just don't want the cloud over my hobby anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 If they never happen, I will be glad to bury the memory... That said, don't lie to me. I can accept that a project is troubled or even falling apart, but don't lie to me. It just shows me that you don't care and possibly think little of my intelligence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yep, lesson learned, time to move on one way or another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 How much money did you guys put into this? What was the total if you wanted all of the minimates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 How much money did you guys put into this? What was the total if you wanted all of the minimates? If you wanted 'everything' .....I think it was 10 'mates.... you're in for $138 (+ a bit more if you're an alien(non US) like me ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I think I'm into it somewhere around $1,400.00. FYI, I just looked, and the original timeline for the rewards was December 2012, so we are almost a full year past the original estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Jiminy Christmas, YB! Did you at least get your custom personalized Minimate from Digger? As I've said before, I think we're really looking at this from the unrealistically narrow lens of Minimates. It's frustrating/shady/intellectually dishonest/infuriating that Digger promised as an incentive something he may or may not be able to deliver in the end, but the actual goal of this Kickstarter was to produce a pilot for a web series. If you put money in with that as your goal – and by all rights, that's what it really should have been – mission accomplished. It was always precarious for us Minimate fans to get financially involved with the unspoken but perhaps unfairly implied goal of producing a series of Minimates, but if you look at the Kickstarter, all of Diggers promotion, really the vast majority of the campaign, it was always about the web series. We may have all got taken for a ride, but we more than certainly climbed onto the bus of our own accord. Edited November 11, 2013 by Lobsterman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 We may have all got taken for a ride, but we more than certainly climbed onto the bus of our own accord.Always best to check who's driving the bus before you hop on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Jiminy Christmas, YB! Did you at least get your custom personalized Minimate from Digger? Nope, I've had no attempt from him to find out what I wanted to do with it, either....so of course It must be a hold up on DST's end. Edited November 11, 2013 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I think I paid into two levels, so about $300 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 So is Digger coming to the big C2E2 meetup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I hope so....then we can have a little chat & exchange pleasantries . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Texas style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 exchange pleasantries . Haha, that's what I call my sock full of nickels, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Be careful...he might just take the nickels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Yeah, but he'll promise you the world in return! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcansFury Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi guys. I really wish I'd found this forum before I'd spent my money on these last year. Is anyone in Long Beach California? Because look who's attending their Comic Convention on November 23 & 24 Digger T Mesch! http://www.longbeachcomiccon.com/comic-con-guests.php Is anyone here going, and can they ask him what's going on? Reading this thread, sounds like he's just giving people here the run-around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 COUGH! intervention COUGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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