Gmonkey2k Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 In a comic shop far, far away, My first was in 2008 with The Wolverine from the Heroes to the rescue box set (Hail Ivan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 If I recall correctly it was Wolverine and Jean, Storm and Colossus from X3 and Spock and Uhura. Technically I believe Wolverine was the first I removed form the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Ultimate Cyclops, Jean grey, wolverine , storm, and sabretooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Spider-Man 2099, Ghost Rider x Iron Man 2-pack, Venom (no tongue) and Spider-Carnage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmonkey2k Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Those are all pretty old. The oldest I have are the 3-inch Kirk and Spock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnim zola Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The original tru 5 packs that had most of the 1st 3 marvel waves. I think I opened the spider man box first, but it's a blur. My first minimate was essentially 15 minimates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Mine was undoubtedly the Spider-Man boxset from TRU. I remember how happy I was when I found out the secret character was Rhino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Katz Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Dark Mags and Brown Wolverine, not the best set. Then a few days later I got a loose Juggernaut and Green Goblin with a free unmasked Spider-Man that he would of came with had I bought them in box. Those three are the ones who made me fall in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Pablumo Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Avengers movie wave. That was almost three years ago, believe it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Marvel wave 1 Daredevil Yellow / Elecktra Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Santa Spidey ....I had been aware of minimates & thought I'd buy just one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimate-Maniac Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The first ones I purchased were TRU wave 4. They looked really neat and I have been hooked ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. I only bought them because I loved the characters, and would have bought any collectible of those guys put out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDM101 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Parker/spiderman green goblin pack was my first. Never seen Minimates before. Just picked these up coz they looked cool. The rest, as they say, is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glantern Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Yellow Daredevil/Elektra. The original Daredevil costume was always one of my favorites, and I remember desperately looking for the Spider-Man Classics variant, but never finding one. Then my dad came home from the comicbook store one day with this set and I was totally hooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Collector Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I actually didn't like minimates, or the idea of them at least. I bought the Ben Reilly/Black Cat pack, because I liked the characters, and loved them instantly. Many more were bought. I sometimes wonder how many more minimates would be sold if you could just get one into someone's hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexion_Armando Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Easy. (Heil Ivan)I had just started my MvC3 high by looking up stuff about it to find guides and stuff. Saw an article on Joystiq about these figures, with wave 2 recently shown (and having some of my favorite characters) and wave 1 having been released or was about to. Drove about 30 minutes to my closest LCS, bought this pack first, and just fell in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. I only bought them because I loved the characters, and would have bought any collectible of those guys put out. Not my first, but that's the set that turned me into a collector. I think the first ones I had were C3 sets, either the Superman/Darkseid set or the mini Batmobile. I also had a few Marvel sets from Target, Cap/Absorbing Man and Iron Man/Doc Doom. But it was the DC Direct ones, and Beetle and Booster, that really got me excited. And once I went down that road... well, here we are. Really, really, really hope that Lego makes Blue Beetle's Bug at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceSimba Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I had no idea that minimates existed at the time and was about to start a mighty muggs collection till i found out about these and i've been hooked since then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyguy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Giant-Sized X-Men 6 pack, found in a random shop on a trip to London. Because it was a 6-pack, it started off my habit pretty rapidly. I think within a couple of weeks I had tracked down the Xavier/Magneto set and Civilian Logan/Juggernaut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigvis497 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The TRU Marvel 10 pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyTrev Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 My local comic shop had always carried minimates, but I never thought I would like them as much as I did. After looking at some of the sites (minimate central, minimate database HAIL IVAN), I thought I'd give it a try. I picked up the Angel/Multiple Man pack and was HOOKED!! The next weekend I got the 90's Cyclops/90's Jean Grey and never stopped after that. Snooping around eBay, I got a loose Magneto. A few weeks later, I found out that minimates could be found at Toys R Us and picked up the Wolverine/Sabertooth, I was happy. Those are the first few minimates I got. As you can see, I'm a big X-Men fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogi Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I don't exactly remember my first set (I spent many years seeing them in stores and going "those aren't for me" then a friend convinced me I could easily make Doctor Who customs and I started buying Minimates for that purpose) The first sets I remember picking up to keep as is were the Ghostbusters 2 Egon and Ray sets. I was surprised at the amount of detail on the figures and silently cursed myself for passing up all the 1st Ghostbuster Minimates I had seen previously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) 9 years ago I picked up these bad boys. Edited January 19, 2015 by BrobotC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The first I ever acquired was the DC promo Jon Stewart Green Lantern from SDCC. I have 2 of that one. Next was a BSG Cylon giveaway from SDCC (think I have 2 of that one as well) then nothing until I snagged a couple Iron Man 2 2-packs from TRU (Mark IV / War Machine & Mark V / Whiplash). Didn't get any more after that until the Thundercats showed up (only way to get all the 'cats in the same style/scale) and the rest is 2" history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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