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There was that weird era where they mixed up the variant Angel (FA) and Halo blue Angel that also drove confusion. I weirdly had a few of both but that X-Factor one was a bane. I got over it because Angel only wore the costume for less than a year and you could use Archangel with the box set but those were sad times. I also love seeing the inverse. I saw a bundle of common figures that the seller was asking HUNDREDS for.

Probably doesn’t help that he was, I think, the first Angel Minimate produced that wasn’t an Archangel. We didn’t know if we’d get another one!

whilst questing for thine grail… how good does it feel to see the figure you want being sold in a lot that’s about the same cost (or less) than what people are trying to sell for the loose single figure? i finally got rachel summers and now a second FA angel this way lol

That makes a lot of sense . I have spent several years collecting multiples of everything 'Minimate' , the Angel /Warpath set was by far the most elusive 2 pack .

Over my ten year chase for Angel I heard many a tall tale. I think the one that made sense was that there were less Angels made then x-factor boxsets produced.

Deathcry is great but an Avenger. Mutant rights! Muuuttant rights!

I don't know what happened with the X-Factor Angel minimate. Whether it was printed in smaller numbers or not, folks really seemed to scramble for it. I had a mate hooking me up with TRU releases at the time, and he (absolute legend btw) hooked me up with every single one. Even some of the tougher ones to come by like Moonstone and Bullseye. X-Factor Angel was the one damn figure he never managed to find an extra of for me. I lucked out with an obscure online trade a few months later, but I always wandered what happened to make Angel seem so difficult to come by.

Oh wow - THERE'S an obscure 90s classic. Hey - I'd be down. If they made her, I'd buy her!

They all wanted to look like Beyoncé in concert 🤣

Those two I'm excited to see!

I have been tinkering with a Scarecrow and even. Yellow Lantern Scarecrow. I have the parts gathered to try to make a Vandal Savage as well, just need to look at all the parts to figure out the right combination. Stay tuned.

but standing on tiny ballet feet or giant cinderblocks, depending on the angle

Thank you! 😊

got my set pre-ordered through luke!!

don't forget always flexing thier muscles and grinding thier teeth that are tiny and much more in count than they should be. and pouches.

The fact that everyone back then looked like the walked around with a fan blowing air from their left side regardless of where they were standing was amazing!

I'd be more interested in a Deathcry.

Sikorsky (is the bug) And I am HANGING out for a Deathbird minimate. She'd look look so bloody good at this scale with her bright purple and wings.

It's approaching 'Spawn's Cape' levels of windswept 90s insanity. So good.

This week was also stellar. I hope we hear of merch for our community sooner rather than later.

Well, I think the messaging with Joes is the problem as the Military hasn’t had a consistent popular sentiment rating since Iraq. The Gen Alpha Honey Badgers being raised by Millienials and Gen X probably won’t connect with these and their mission ever. I am thinking of it as the pívot the brand had to make after Vietnam. That’s how we got the space force etc that May be in the box sets we get this summer. My envy for your trek… it’s palatable. I’m currently learning how to make decals just for this reason as I think the ship sailed, crashed, and the remains went through a worm hole. Robots > Soldiers always. Hopefully the Energon Universe revitalizes the brand. I’ve been loving the comics.

Yeah, I think this is a good read. I think we tend to conflate the two in our minds, but I think Transformers is significantly more popular.

I was too old for Transformers. I watched the show anyway but was definitely too old for the toys. Maybe that's why I'm not bothered with the feature. Also I've always found non-transforming toys look more like the cartoon character which I like. As for Trek, you're pouring my heart out here. LOL Less concerned about Next Gen since I made my crappy customs. They look not too bad in my display case. Would love a factory molded Klingon head though.

I’m betting that the difference for Transformers and Joe is that, as a property, Transformers is more widely liked than GI Joe. Numbers alone, Transformers has had multiple billion dollar films and it’s rare that a Transformers show isn’t running on some network. Joe on the other hand has had two commercial failures and, I believe, one modest success that led nowhere. There hasn’t been a GI Joe cartoon since somewhere around 2011 it seems (and even then that looks like was a miniseries.) People who give a fuck about GI Joe *REALLY* give a fuck about GI Joe. But it’s more of a pure nostalgia property than a living ongoing brand. Maybe that’ll change with the next one, but that’s going to be a Transformers crossover. So Joe just can’t seem to stand on his own. The minimates kick fucking ass though. I don’t give much of a fuck about GI Joe (despite liking Retaliation a lot) but even I think I’m gonna crack and buy the damn minimates soon.

I love the Transformers mates but part of the magic is they transform… our mates do not and have slightly limited movement. They are beautiful but as a kid could I play with them or would I rather buy something that transforms? This is a nostalgic buy for me. Whereas Joes fit the play pattern and in some ways are superior to the other toys offered like Super7. On principle, Super 7 and Minimates share a similar structure of same mold slight variations on the characters (not sure I’m articulating that correctly). Where Minimates wins is the articulation and the interchangeable parts. They have managed to have perceived success because of the amount of skus and the variation in characters imho. My OG Star Trek disdain grows by the moment. I am so frustrated we can’t get to TNG which I consider “my” trek because we keep recycling the OG. Even then just give me three boxsets following Mmpr wave 2. One red shirt, one yellow shirt, one blue shirt and an alien with heads for variations and call it a bloody day. Even if you can’t do all the heads in one Boxset then just follow the formula and give us a Klingon, A Borg, a Romulan.