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First the Britt Baker Vinimate looks way better than in the photos.

Jay Lethal kind of makes sense. His accomplishments in ROH way outshine his current run in AEW.  Are ROH wrestlers off the table?  Both companies are owned by Tony Khan and featured on AEW tv. 

Would 3 packs ever be an option with AEW featuring so many trios tag teams? 

4 hours ago, DSTZach said:

That's the tricky part, I want to make everybody. Picking and choosing is tough. BUT I want to include more female wrestlers, like Toni Storm, Black wrestlers, like Keith Lee, or both, like Jade Cargill. The line is overwhelmingly white and male so far. 

Sting and Darby are prototyped. Waiting to see when and where we offer them. We're talking to AEW.

Yes please to more female wrestlers.   Personally, I would love to see Jade get made.  Her, Shida, Ruby and Rosa are high on my want list.  Would also love to see guys like Swerve, Keith Lee, and Scorpio Sky get made.  

Are there more VInimates planned after Britt Baker? 

9 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Excalibur and the ring go up for pre-order on 9/22.

 

We're talking about who will be in Series 3.

Can't wait.  I'm not going to lie saying who I would want to see. I will pretty much be buying anyone that makes the line.  

 

15 hours ago, hellpop said:

He's one of my all time favorite performers, and that's not going to change, but boy oh boy has his conduct over the last year been detrimental. Anyway, can't wait to get the next set and Orange Cassidy!

He was one of my favorites for a long time.  Now I kind of just want him to go to therapy or anger management. Something that helps him resist the urge to choke coworkers.  I can't wait for wave 2, the ring with Excalibur to be available for preorder and whatever is next.   

Glad we got him, but also glad he's gone.  I can't wait for the next few releases.

Love how these look.  I wasn't sure about Kingpin but his look has grown on me. Only one I don't care for is Bullseye but the figure still looks great.

Wish this line seemed to do better because I'd almost kill for some Putties, Rita, Goldar, Scorpina or Finster? heck at this point I'd take Ivan Ooze.

On 8/11/2023 at 6:49 AM, DSTZach said:

Not sure. Sales on both cartoon sets were strong, but we haven't had much luck with the game itself. We did have some game-based product (not Minimates) in the works, but approvals have been slow, so I am not sure we would expand in that direction. 

It sucks approvals have been slow.  While I will likely purchase the non-Minimates product, I'd kind of like to have more Minimates product.

Does this mean Dungeons & Dragons is done since the second boxset is hitting or is there a chance for any other figures from the game?

On 7/11/2023 at 1:16 PM, DSTZach said:

I honestly don't know. If Series 2 does as well as Series 1, and we renew the license, anything is possible!

That's a shame. I figured we would have at least gotten Drizzt and Strahd. Fingers crossed it does well enough to continue.

Well, it is "heel" Matt and Nick.  It was almost expected.

Nice! Can’t wait for these.

Got my sets over the weekend.  So amazing. The detail on Britt's gear was perfect.  Can't wait for the Bucks two pack.  I really hope this line does well because there are so many people on the roster I'd love to see made.

9 hours ago, DSTZach said:

I personally showed the owner of Ringside Collectibles Series 1 and 2 at SDCC 2022. As far as I know, they did not order it. I do not know the reason. Maybe we can get them to buy some now that it is in stock. 

That's odd. When I asked them about them, they responded to me like I was speaking in tongues.   They didn't seem to have a clue as to what I was talking about. Shame they passed on them, but thank you all the same.

I'm old enough that I had some of the Action Team Joes. While I do think these are an odd choice, I will at least order one set and continue to hope the line stays alive to give most of the people what they want.

On 4/11/2023 at 9:07 AM, DSTZach said:

I am a firm believe in momentum, making a line collectable enough (i.e. having enough releases) to be collected. But it's hard to keep cranking them out when sales are on a downward trend. I think we would do better with less expensive sets, like on a single blister card, but I'm not sure everyone else agrees with me, here or at HQ.

And you'll get two sets next week, I believe! AEW and Power Rangers. Not sure what will be next. D&D, possibly? After that, maybe TMNT Blimp set or the SDCC box set we're doing. 

We're going to start offering more sets soon, so perhaps we'll have more than one per month in the near future. 

Has DST looked into some of the wrestling specialty shops like Ringside Collectibles?  

It's too large.  It's about 8" x 18" by 6".  It's sad because it's too big and Lego set 21108 is too small.

Thank you, Zach. Can’t wait for all of this to hit. 

any word on when we can expect Series one or the announcement of series two?

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and has a great New Year.

36 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

Not REALLY exclusive, just exclusive to Previews, which is where comic shops and Lukestoystore.com order their Minimates from. So any specialty retailer can order it, really. And they'll be at Diamondselecttoys.com.

And 2000 isn't particularly limited, we just won't make more if we sell out. 

Pre-orders open Friday.

Thanks for the update.  With the speed their shoes sold out, I’ll be extremely happy if I’m able to grab one set.

Yes! Thank you, Zach. This is one of the lines I’ve really been waiting for. Can’t wait to see what the future holds.

**ouch! Bucks are limited to 2000 pieces??** 

Any update on these or maybe series two? 

Those look awesome. 

The packaging on these is superb. I definitely prefer this to the vhs style box sets.