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26 minutes ago, NerdyTrev said:

Can we crowd fund a Bishop and Ferro

That might be a possibility through DST's new site if they're so inclined. It's taken them this long to take the site this far so I'm not sure if I should say "but don't hold your breath" or suggest that there's new momentum within the organization.

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2 hours ago, NerdyTrev said:

Can we crowd fund a Bishop and Ferro

I think you mean Bishop and Ferro and dropship!

If we're going to have to advance fund them to get them made, might as well include the ship.

I would love it if Luke took these on as a one-off project aside from his Marvel and WWE customs. I bet a custom Bishop and Ferro 2 pack would be a huge seller.

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I'd like to think that there'd be more support for a dropship just because collectors would likely want more than one. I know I would. Add the figures and give them enough parts to make alternate versions of each character and I think it's a home run.

Not sure if DST still has the license though. I had hoped that when they exhausted Alien they'd move onto AvP but clearly that hasn't happened.

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18 hours ago, cylonchaney said:

I think you mean Bishop and Ferro and dropship!

Personally, I'm okay without a drop ship. I see why others want one (or two), but I don't have a need for one. The APC was a surprise in and of itself. I just want the cast of the movie to be complete. 

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A dropship would be great but a 'bridge too far' in the current climate whereas a 2-pack series finisher would seem far more realistic .

I have tried to feel some love for Minimate vehicles , the BSG items came close , but I have little . I would ,for example,have much preferred all of the Munsters family rather than the 2 Munsters koaches & 2 Hermans that we got !!

 

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34 minutes ago, MisterPL said:

Wrapping up a cast with a vehicle is a little different than starting one (or restarting one) with a vehicle. 

If it came down to a choice, knowing how tiny the dropship would be, I'd be giddy with the Ferro/Bishop 2-pack. 

My point was just that if it was going to be crowdfunded anyway (post I was replying to), might as well find out if there's enough interest to justify the dropship too.

I think my Luke idea was our best bet at this point. I wonder if he's got parts that would work to make a pile of these?

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I still buy the occasional old Minimate from ebay if it's cheap enough it interests me, 'dump' chases always come into that category .  This week I received 6 Alien dump cases which included the 3 human figures which I always go for .

They were described as 'new' & the 3 human figures were as described BUT ol'butt nearly threw his toys out of the pram when he noticed that the Alien figures were almost bursting out of their little cases! :angry:  On inspection I noted that they were still taped,obviously unopened, so WTF had gone on ? 

You know...but I didn't ....that back in 2014 somebody must have realised a bit too late that the box was a wee bit too small for the xenomorph , Ivan's site confirms . The reason for posting this is that it's kind of sad that it's taken 7 years for me to realise this ....I must also add that I had the TRU xenomporphs versions (in hand) way before I had the dump cases so there was little reason for me to inspect mine.

ITS BEEN A SLOW NEWS DAY HERE.

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5 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

... the Alien figures were almost bursting out of their little cases!

How appropriate. ?

I never considered myself a huge fan of this franchise but, damn, I have a hard time NOT buying every Alien Minimate I see. If DST ever gets the chance to continue with Alien 3, Resurrection, Isolation, and whatever Disney cooks up, I'm there.

 

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Since this topic seems to have some life in it, and we're almost to page 79(!), I thought I'd do a giveaway for a 1979-boxed Alien Minimate I've had in my office forever. First person to claim it who does NOT have one (honor system) gets it!

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So say we all.

That particular pack is, I believe,an homage to the original Kenner pack. Medicom did the same with kubricks,several years ago ...they however produced a big 400%   f8cker as well as the normal sized version,both had almost identically styled packaging.

 

I mention this because it is fascinating to have watched, over the years ,some ebay sellers  contriving to photograph their 'normal-sized' packaged item in such a manner that the uninitiated might think they are buying the big 'un.:no:

Just saying.

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2 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

Eaglemoss have a Dropship up for pre-order .......but at 200mm long it's not going to be minimate scale .

:(

I have at least one smaller dropship that's fine as a background prop for photos. I was really hoping Lanard would get around to offering one for their Walmart Alien line like they did with the APC. That would probably scale great with Minimates.

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True. If anything can generate more interest at retail, it's a well done series. Let's hope it's of the same caliber as The Mandalorian.

Now I'm wondering if DST has a license to continue making Minimates. Not that they can't reacquire it from their friends at Disney. ?

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