Instead of digging up old threads for me to just drop in an image or two, I thought a fresh thread was in order.  If you’ve got any questions or requests, I'm open to being asked, but answers may vary depending on the subject of the question.

Here are the links that I have found which have dealt with specific compatibility inquiries:

dioramas/play sets:

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=4316

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=3840

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=2538

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/tosmm1.php

non-diorama displays/stands:

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=1742

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=3604

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=2439

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=2092

http://minimateheadquarters.com/blog/2006/...-display-cases/

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=728

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.ph...3entry103

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=297

weapons/accessories:

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=4233

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=3572

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=4105

vehicles:

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=4259

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/bttfmm.php

--EDIT: New Links discovered by Northraider--

Stands/Displays - http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=1145

Doom's Castle - http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=1507

punisher's Bank Diorama (the Mega Bloks one) - http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=2997

Quick fixes for a Goblin Glider - http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=3096

A MASS device for Doom () - http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=4107

-other vehicle note: Minimates fit in Transformers Alternators rather well. I have tried Hound and Tracks, and the only real problem is with the front seat. The steering wheel gets in the way and has to be moved around a bit, and feet have to be taken off in Tracks. The scale is really good, however:

edit:

And here is a cool patriotic motorcycle that I picked up tonight at the dollar store for my favorite mini-soldier, from some cheap-o brand called "Chopperz":

I'm sure that I am missing some relevant links (particularly since I've only searched through the "Crisis on Infinite Minimates" section for the threads linked here), so if someone knows of or finds other links, please post them here.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-comics-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

Why the post ?  Christmas is on the horizon & I also spotted a couple of ebay listings  ....really ?? 

Was there ever a thread on these because I can't find one ?

* late 2017 was a dark time for me so I'm not particularly surprised . 

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1. Some of them a sticky - varying from lightly tacky, to half eaten jolly rancher 🤢 Its mostly older mates, but not always. I assume this is to do with plastic breaking down, and is hopefully fixed with some warm soapy water?
2. Colour bleed - I think this is a well know issue. Especially white parts - AXM Emma, I'm looking at you (she's more now the yellow queen). Vindicators red visor has bled through the white paint and in now the whole thing is pink. Can anything be done about this? The mask I think can just be repainted

All suggestions welcome!

straight from DSTs site!!

Diamond Select Toys is excited to announce the first playset designed specifically for Minimates is coming to store later this year! The Minimates Laboratory Playset is perfect for your favorite Minimate lines from Marvel Comics to Battlestar Galactica and as an added bonus can also be reconfigured for three and three-quarter inch toys!

Constructed using a unique fold-up design, the Minimates Laboratory Playset is designed for any toy line between two and four inches. Special removable floor panels can add extra rooms for your smaller figures such as Minimates, or give your taller toys some much needed breathing room. The exterior of the playset also features an urban cityscape appearance - totaling three playsets in one!

Also included in this set are two exclusive Minimates - an armed guard to protect your playset and a yet-to-be-revealed all-new animal-related Minimate sure to delight fans looking to see where Minimates are headed in the future. Look for the Minimates Laboratory Playset in the August issue of Diamond Previews and be sure to stay tuned for more updates as San Diego Comic Con approaches!

man this is sweet news....an armed guard and an animal related minimate?? cant wait to see what those look like!

Jeff of the Miniacs

I'll post mine when, well, I've actually finished checking everything off and when a couple of orders come in.

Revised checklist posted to include the metallic Electro variant from Amazing Spider-Man 2

Marvel Movie Minimate Checklist.pdf

I have been wanting to produce Minimate trading cards for years, but I've never known if there is any demand out there. Please let me know if this is something you might be interested in. 

Apparently there are some of you that have only recently found the 'ignore' button... this might be the time to find it .

Don't even dream of opening the 'spoiler' tag with a full stomach.

Picture #1 'Casebuster' ....if it helps convince yourself that ol' bhm just collects empty packages .....

Coming next : Cylons

I'm also not going to count the 3" lines here because I want to do a different thread for those. I'll count lines with 3" Minimates in them if any of them happen to show up, but not the 3" only lines. 

Before I give the list, I'm going to go ahead and say I think that Peter Pan nailed it. Perfect selection of characters, damn near complete except for the Natives and like... Yeah I wouldn't have made them either. Objectively, for a small line, I think it's hard to top that. However, my favorite is Power Rangers. I find that, not only do they look great, they've got excellent accessories and exactly what you'd want for the alternate looks. The only thing holding the Ranger line back is the lack of villains. 

Godzilla would be my favorite if it wasn't for the fact that they never fucking made Ghidorah. Most of the other unmade Kaiju are forgivable, but Ghidorah is an absolute necessity for the Godzilla universe. If any customizers here want to take a crack at him, I do make my own money which I can spend as I like.

And now the list:

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Battle Beasts
Beetlejuice
Big Bang Theory
Buck Rogers
Calico Jack (Kinda. Throwing a bone here since I'd normally think each vehicle was a major release)
Comic Book Heroes
The Dark Tower
Desperately Seeking Susan
Disney's Peter Pan
The Dollars Trilogy
Dragon Age
Dungeons and Dragons
Elf
Femme Fatales
Forbidden Planet
Godzilla
Grimm Fairy Tales
Indie Comics Box Set
The Iron Giant
Kingdom Hearts
Lost in Space
Mass Effect
Maximum Zombies
Pathfinder
Pirates of the Caribbean
Plants vs Zombies
Platoon
Playstation
Power Rangers
Rebel Moon
Rocky
The Silence of the Lambs
Sin City
Skybound (Invincible and Thief of Thieves)
Sonic the Hedgehog
Speed Racer
The Spirit
Spongebob Squarepants
Tomb Raider
Valiant Comics
Watchmen
X-Files
 

Anyone recognize this gun? I had it on Khan from Star Trek but after scouring the Trek entries on the Database it doesn’t look like it came from this franchise or Mass Effect. What is this thing?

.... any spare tickets ?  

2. Open Buy-In Customs- There are some easily created figures that require perhaps nothing more than part changes or the like, maybe a titch of paint, or with people like (Luke, el), stickers. Some of these can be offered, to the community, open and forever, such as Black Swan of Marvel, Plastic Man of DC, Savage Land Rogue of Marvel, Jeff the Landshark (using a HeroClix and cut to sit on the shelf), so on. While prices may fluctuate and availability may vary based on parts on hand or easily enabled, having a list of creations open for purchase by folks could be a way to keep engaged and fill in gaps. This option, while fun, has many obvious hurdles mentioned and not.

3. Custom Contests- Contests to the community to make a selected character or theme that last for a few weeks or a month, with prizes going to the winner. I am happy to purchase gift cards to Luke's Toy Store, or other places, as rewards, and the contests could be run Quarterly.

4. Custom Selection Contests- Customizers could put up polls or write-ins to offer suggestions for customs or designs to be made as stickers or purchased customs, etc., as said participants could allow or want. For instance, a participating customer may offer a 'contest,' and have Marvel's Luna Snow win; customizer would then create stickers for her face, chest piece, one arm and legs, and then offer this as a print file to folks (who can then source the other parts).

5. Dedicated, single 'Buy/Sell/Trade' list- While there are certainly many lists, perhaps having a thread on the forum, or the Discord, that is a single or archived list of 'who has what available' that is updated in real time (perhaps a Google open source Google Form or Google Doc?) to better enable fan communication and cooperation.

6. Minimate Database support- Hail Ivan. More than any other option on the net, I would argue Minimate Database is the single best and most important resource available to us as a catalogue and archive of parts. Dear Ivan has, to my knowledge, been operating it, alone. I think looking into a Ko-Fi or such, to help Ivan with costs, would be a great way to keep the servers/web hosting going, and we can try to reach Ivan himself to offer any missing pieces as a community, or to offer suggestions of tags or updates (for instance, some Minimates with stubble are not included with the 'beard' tag, and I know Little Red does not have the 'midriff' tag, and perhaps tags could be added for things to help customizers such as 'tanned skinned,' 'dark skinned,' 'light skinned,' etc.

7. IP Custom Planning threads- Again, whether here or on Discord, the community could vote for and select an 'IP' that we then work to fill with either stickers or guides for easy customers. For instance, I made many Cyberpunk 2077 customs, with easy recipes for Johnny Silverhand, Adam Smasher, Rosalind Myers, Solomon Reed, Arasaka mercenaries, so on. Fans could work together to find recipes for each character, creating a 'guide' to creating a 'decent' collection of said IP, and perhaps customizers with the ability to create stickers could create a few otherwise too difficult to make (same example, Judy Alvarez's torso and arms and head, Panam Palmer singlet torso sticker, so on).

8. Open Source Stickers- Volunteering this one, I will endeavor to purchase a decent photo printer that works with my PC; should fans look for certain stickers, but lack the means to print them, I will offer, at no cost, to print them and send them once I 1) know how, and 2) get set up. This may be contingent on costs and demand, perhaps something that can later be re-reviewed with costs and a Ko-Fi for ink and paper costs. If someone else would rather take this task or charge, by all means. Further, at no point would we print any stickers or kits as made by customizers who sell said stickers, such as Luke. Any stickers from customizers must expressly given to be used as open, free source.

9. Custom Parts/Experts List- Too many people can do too many things, and it could be efficient to list who can and does what, like Cylonchaney can make some 3D printed vehicles, Luke sells stickers he's done and plans to sell more, Elhonez is going to release stickers of his Marvel customs. If we have a 'resource guide,' it may help get more people making Minimates of their own.

10. Community Check In and Invites- Looking at activity, there are a lot of people no longer active; we should reach out to folks we have talked to on the forums, friends we have made, see how they are doing, try to get people to reconnect. We can also invite sellers from eBay or the like who have great history and reviews to also come in and chat with folks to offer wares, see what they may have, create sales and deals, and increase overall activity.

11. Custom Universe Spotlights- How many people have made their whole own universe with Minimates? What stories, adventures, heroes and villains have people created? Doing community spotlights could help engagement, share ideas, gain feedback, connect people to potential resources, and inspire creativity and keep product and supplies moving.

12. IP 'Fill In' Customs Planning Thread- With the future of Minimates in question, brands such as Marvel, DC, AEW, Predator, may have had their time in the sun, but it could be engaging and helpful to 'select' a brand for a time, and create community sourced ideas and recipes, perhaps even new stickers or guides from artists, to fill in characters. For instance, Luke and Elhonez have both made wonderful Marvel Minimates, and the former has great DC stickers. I have recipes for easy wrestlers from AEW, Predator characters, so on. This could help fill in blanks and revitalize interest in certain brands, should Minimates continue or be revived.

13. Community Custom Parts Bin- While this will require set up, volunteers and a lot of trust, a 'community parts bin' would be useful if able to be maintained. This would be a volunteer effort, to send Minimate fodder and pieces and figures, so that fans can have a less expensive way to keep working at their custom projects.

14. AMAs or guides- There was talk of a YouTube retrospective being worked on, but what can further be engaging and fun, maybe even enlightening, are AMAs and guides. It may be worth reaching out to people who work on things such as 3D Joes or After Action Reports, etc., to see about chronicling the brands and toyline, perhaps in a visual guide via a Kickstarter. Additionally, perhaps people such as Barry, Luke, Zach or others might be willing to do an AMA, where they pick a time and answer questions from the community?

15. Meet-Up or Expo- The biggest, most daunting suggestion might be, in the end, the most impactful one; a meet up or expo. It is unlikely to self-source an expo with a full crowd without reaching and connecting and getting added to existing expos or cons, but may be worth trying to do just that. I have some connections with various local comic cons and the like, others may have much better leads. Additionally, we could try just a meet-up, such as a 'Mini-sota Meet-Up.' I do not know if Luke, or the former Minimates Menagerie turned Figure Freak, or such shops have a brick and mortar, but if so, perhaps a meet-up for fans interested to get lunch and see stores in person might be a fun way to grow bonds and keep eyes on the product. While cons and expos are expensive and their own hurdle, things like GI Joe, Transformers, Star Trek and others have kept their passions alive and flourishing via showfloors and meets.

Now, some of these are things I can do in an afternoon. Some of these are things other people will need to chime in on, jump into, etc. Some of these things are suggestions, activities we can try to do as a community, or steps we can take to regrow or retain the community, or rather, the fandom. Sure, plenty of this is 'already there' if scattered or mothballed, in some cases, but I think, with effort and elbow grease, some great strides can be taken to make sure the fanbase, even if Minimates themselves, continue for a long, long time.

Hope yall have been doing okay. For the past few months I’ve had a video project I wanted to cook up and wasn’t sure about starting it until the news broke about DST getting dissolved. 

I used to do Minimates reviews as like, my main hobby. The brand was my entire life from when I was in middle school through the end of college. I’ve been collecting since 2008. Now I sit here, about to turn 30, I really want to do a video looking back at the history of Minimates and sort of the rise and fall of the brand in general. Video essays are huge right now and something I’ve wanted to do is slowly move my channel from my weekly toy videos to more scripted content  

I know Minimates is a *really* obscure toyline all things considered, so I’m curious - does anyone have a vague history on the line? Not like release dates, but more events that happened? Announcements, licenses that were announced but never happened (stuff like Godfather, Beverly Hills cop, the playsets), convention gimmicks (stuff like the hunt, the MMMV meetup), any big moments the line had in the public eye, stuff like that. Stories I can use to weave a timeline of where things started to today. Unfortunately most if not all of the brand’s story is probably within the walls of this forum which is why I ask. 

The video is mostly going to be my personal story with the brand and how it grew with me but I want to know: How have Minimates shaped you? Even if you don’t have insight on the lore of the line, I’d love to hear why Minimates mattered to you.

Thanks all.

-Seline

Anyone got one? Pics? 

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

'tis a shame, no more exclusives from them I guess

I’m looking for the trench coat in this style.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks