Nessex Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Judging by the answers about who they aren't making in 2011, it really looks like Diamond is concentrating all their efforts into the three movie waves. Which makes me wonder, are people excited about the movie waves? Or would you rather have the classic comic version of the characters? I'd almost always rather have the comic accurate version of the characters over a movie wave. That's not to say that some of the movie stuff isn't ok (or even good), but i mainly prefer comic-based figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 C®ockup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamfleet Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 So battle beasts are still delayed. I'll have to get some of those papo figures to fill my need for anthropomorphic figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgnrbrn316 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I can't see how pumping out the Battle Beasts gator again and again will really generate demand for the line. Heck, out of the 4 (5 if the Christmas one was actually released) that have been released, only one of them was for sale, and it was bundled with a carrying case. I fail to see how they can recover the cost of buying the brand and sculpting the molds for the one figure if they won't give anyone a chance to actually pay for one. As for the focus of 2011, it looks like we're focusing on beating the X-Men side of the Marvel Universe to death. We have Thor and Cap movies coming, but we've seen nothing from the comic side of either group. Then, we have X-Men First Class, which will probably be the weakest of the three Marvel movies this year, and which DST hasn't shown much optimism in considering they're only releasing an assortment of TRU exclusives, yet they've already shown off a comic-based box set for X-Men First Class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamfleet Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 well the prototypes we saw, the gorilla, iguana, rhino, gator and octopus were not based on the minimate design at all. Though, they were very much homages of the original battle beasts, except any indication of fire/wood/water. I think they are debating the right way to do it. Maybe there is a debate to do smaller figures with random elements. Or larger figures that either have no elements or its set every time. Or maybe they can't do rubsigns and so on. So, they're in development hell. The stuff I've seen, be it a minimate style or a bigger figure, I'd get either. Though I'd love it if they could incorporate the elements, rubsigns aren't necessary for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpool Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 well the prototypes we saw, the gorilla, iguana, rhino, gator and octopus were not based on the minimate design at all. Though, they were very much homages of the original battle beasts, except any indication of fire/wood/water. I think they are debating the right way to do it. Maybe there is a debate to do smaller figures with random elements. Or larger figures that either have no elements or its set every time. Or maybe they can't do rubsigns and so on. So, they're in development hell. The stuff I've seen, be it a minimate style or a bigger figure, I'd get either. Though I'd love it if they could incorporate the elements, rubsigns aren't necessary for that. What gorilla, iguana, rhino, or octopus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksun1520 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 well the prototypes we saw, the gorilla, iguana, rhino, gator and octopus were not based on the minimate design at all. Though, they were very much homages of the original battle beasts, except any indication of fire/wood/water. I think they are debating the right way to do it. Maybe there is a debate to do smaller figures with random elements. Or larger figures that either have no elements or its set every time. Or maybe they can't do rubsigns and so on. So, they're in development hell. The stuff I've seen, be it a minimate style or a bigger figure, I'd get either. Though I'd love it if they could incorporate the elements, rubsigns aren't necessary for that. What gorilla, iguana, rhino, or octopus? I think screamfleet is referring to these: BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I think screamfleet is referring to these: God, those would be cool as Minimates. Non-Minimate-ish-ness aside with all of those sculpted bits... come on, those would kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamfleet Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yea, I meant those guys. Note the gator is different too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Judging by the answers about who they aren't making in 2011, it really looks like Diamond is concentrating all their efforts into the three movie waves. Which makes me wonder, are people excited about the movie waves? Or would you rather have the classic comic version of the characters? 616 all the way for me. Dont get me wrong I will by the Captain America waves, if for nothing else that awesome Dum Dum Dugan, but the Thor and X Men stuff...for me they are a pass. Nice looking figures, just not what I am interested in right now... well ok the first class stuff looks lazy to me so they are an easy pass. Right now I am mainly focused on riding out 616, and specifically completing the avengers and x men (core). At this point, if they made a Falcon, Black Knight, and Longshot...I could call my collection complete. and everything else would be gravy... so long story short, the movie waves are (imoho) wasted slots... moc847 Right there with ya. Movie waves are pick-and-choose for what I can use with my comic stuff. That's it and that's all. If they're concentrating more on movie stuff for 2011 then I'll be saving lots of money to spend on collected editions of comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 April 3rd Minimates Q&A New Q&A is up. Nothing interesting in this one except they are aware of the QC problems (finally) and believe they have taken steps to fix it. Everything comes from one factory and it seems production bottlenecks cause the issues. Better scheduling with releases spaced out some might help the QC issues. Yea it's great to get all the stuff that came out in March. but I'd rather have a steady stream with no QC issues than months of nothing and then a giant horde released at once with QC issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Good job BHM getting Chuck to address the QC issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 'I’m very proud of the fact that I own at least one pack of every single one that you have ever produced.' if only Chuck knew what 'at least one' really meant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Cool. I guess all we gotta do is contact customer service to get figures from the flawless stock of Black Cat and Battle Ravaged Spideys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) And how is it that as many times as Trek is brought up, DST still doesn't think there's a market for it? It's as if they won't consider maybe it just wasn't marketed right and that's why it fizzled out. Edited April 3, 2011 by groundhog7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) And how is it that as many times as Trek is brought up, DST still doesn't think there's a market for it? It's as if they won't consider maybe it just wasn't marketed right and that's why it fizzled out. I'm concerned that you may not actually be....... being sarcastic ? One factory ! Edited April 3, 2011 by buttheadsmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Mate Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 The Q&A's used to be good and informative and aside from 1 , maybe 2 questions the Q&A has turned into this: Question: have you guys (DST) thought about making <insert character name here>? Chuck: no, we have no plans of making them. It's disappointing they don't reveal more. imo. On a side note....."buttheadsmate". Ah now I get it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yes, he's friends with Justin B... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 IT MAKES SENSE NOW! I love your pun BHM. I really do. As for the Q&A... meh. I've seen better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Tigran Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yes, he's friends with Justin B... Who's friends with Justin B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 The Q&A's used to be good and informative and aside from 1 , maybe 2 questions the Q&A has turned into this:Question: have you guys (DST) thought about making <insert character name here>? Chuck: no, we have no plans of making them. It's disappointing they don't reveal more. imo. Is it possibly a case of the only questions that are being submitted lately are character requests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undeadpool Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yes, he's friends with Justin B... Who's friends with Justin B? im friends with justice beaver...does that count for anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 The Q&A's used to be good and informative and aside from 1 , maybe 2 questions the Q&A has turned into this:Question: have you guys (DST) thought about making <insert character name here>? Chuck: no, we have no plans of making them. It's disappointing they don't reveal more. imo. Is it possibly a case of the only questions that are being submitted lately are character requests? Clearly there is a good question factory and a bad question factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 The Q&A's used to be good and informative and aside from 1 , maybe 2 questions the Q&A has turned into this:Question: have you guys (DST) thought about making <insert character name here>? Chuck: no, we have no plans of making them. It's disappointing they don't reveal more. imo. Is it possibly a case of the only questions that are being submitted lately are character requests? Clearly there is a good question factory and a bad question factory... Of course there isn't; the question process is exactly the same so there can only be one factory...?? Do we really have nothing to "Ask DST" anymore?? At least we had that great quality question; next time someone is at a Con with them, they should really show Chuck some Thor movie ones in comparison to the Shadowland wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawcanada Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Garrett Beatty I’m a huge fan of the Marvel minimates, but there are a few characters that, I believe, could use an update, specifically modern versions of Storm, Colossus and Rogue. I’m also curious to know if there are any plans to make minimate versions of more of the cosmic characters, I’d love a Quasar, Starlord, Mantis, Rocket Raccoon, Ronan, and the rest of the Inhumans. Thanks for your time and keep up the great work! DSTChuck: We do address updates from time to time but I do not think we’re looking at any of those cosmic characters. No Cosmic minimates makes Peter a sad bunny. Heads will roll if we get Kang before any of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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