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Yep, mine was that way. Both the clawed and un-clawed versions were tubes as opposed to capped. I did note, however, that a one bump round Lego stud is the perfect size to fit in Wolvie's stump I have not taken the time to cut the Lego stud down yet, but that is my intention for a properly capped hand.

Thanks for posting that these were finally available online. And especially for sharing that free shipping note. Now I do not have to drive an hour in the hopes that these are available in my nearest Disney Store. On a semi-related note: for those who found this in stores, how much were they charging there?

I believe the TRU one is clean where as the comic release is muddy. I think they come with the same Spartan though. At least that is what I recall from the blog pictures. My TRU did not have any new mates today. The woman was nice about lookingthem up for me and told me to try calling again since they are getting daily shipments for the holiday season.

I thought it was more of a factory cost preferred limit than a design limit for creating new figures, but I could be wrong. These could have a lower run. Luke, Do you have enough clought with DST and/or desire to requisition your own 4-pack of reissues? I was thinking you could make a killing with that army-building 4-pack we here have all been asking DST for: AIM agent Hydra Solder Kree Warrior Skrull Warrior Just a thought.

I found a peg full of these today in Madison, WI. Also had restock of the Elite Heroes and tons of the other "new" stuff. Still no Heroic Age set though.

Mine restocked these today. I picked up another pack each of the police and spec ops. They also had the Captain America box set. All in all, it was another good day at TRU!

Thank you so much. I was going to ask again tomorrow, using the barcode seen in the pictures, but this will be so much easier! Edit: stupid auto correcting iPod....

I did not see a full case, but found nine 2-packs on the peg. There were 2 each of the police and Spec ops, one each of the four Firefighter sets, plus one extra FF set (I don't remember which of the four it was). This leads me to believe it is a fair split of two each of the six packs. Confirmation would be nice, though.

How did your friend manage to find them in the TRU system? I had a very helpful employee today look in the system and she could not find them at all. She tried searching by company, key word, and even price. Returned nothing for Halo minimates. Any chance of getting the 6 digit code?

Yep. Mine (Madison, WI) had them with the mates in the main aisle. They had one peg below four of the miscellaneous other mates. They were tagged as "MM Max Heroes." I did not pay enough attention as to what the six digit code was, sorry. Also, they were next to a now empty peg of the Secret Wars box sets; which had a sticker indicating that might be where the two new exclusive box sets may end up.

Amazingly I found these at my local TRU this afternoon! I have to work until noon on Fridays and cannot make it there until 12:30 or later. Today I walked in not expecting to find anything. Typically my store gets stuff in two weeks after the first sightings reported here. But low and behold there were nine packs sitting on the shelf. I picked up one each of the four fire fighter sets and two each of the others. I left one pack of smoke jumpers and did not see the other 3 sets. I am assuming that these are two each per case. And they are only 6.99 at my TRU!! Cheaper than the other new mates. I also scored the three "variant" colored Marvel Legends 2-packs. It was a great day at TRU!

One of the pics from SDCC had Jorge in it as well. He and Emile along with two others (one was six, i think) were standing on a pedestal together. Possibly a box set I am thinking. Edit: Found the image. They are in the center. Thanks to Cool Toy Review for the pic.

The price increase will hurt, but at least it is at Toys R Us. I picked up a TRU charge card back on the last Star Wars Midnight Madness and I have my trusty TRU reward card. Together, they average me about $15/month back in TRU gift cards/cash. The more I spend at TRU, the more rewards I earn. And these can be used to buy more minimates. This is not the case with my LCS. I am fortunate enough that they will hold a complete set w/ variant for me, but I only get a price discount if I buy a whole case. If the TRU price hike is translated to the LCS waves (which it looks like it is) I will probably not be picking up extra troop builders as I have in the past. If only DST could/would make Star Wars minimates, I would have all of my Hasbro "budget" to throw at DST

So, can anyone tell the difference between the TRU exclusives reviewed by Lurh and the regular ones shown on the AA blog? They look identical to me. I am really excited about these and intend to get at least one of each, possibly more of the cops and special ops.

Packaging picks are up on the AA Blog this morning for the AFX set. They look even better than the press shots. And it looks like Sunfire is translucent yellow!

Nice work. I like that lab for Reed.

No new mates of any kind in Madison, WI as of this morning. I am really looking forward to getting these guys (and girl).

I asked a friend of mine who works at my local TRU to look them up in the system and he said they were not scheduled to show up in the next week. I am really hoping he was not correct. I cannot wait for these to start hitting the shelves. While I am happy with the Fantastic Four we have, these look so much better and I am really looking forward to these villains and especially the troop builder. Bring on the four! Errr.. Eight!

I have thought about this for some time and did't know what the best way to go about it would be. Thank you, Luke, for coming up with a semi-official way of doing this. I think your idea is awesome. A couple thoughts: First, is the Hydra green the same as the vault guard green? If not, would that be a possible color to add? Second, would it be possible to do hair colors/textures? War Machine Rhodey comes to mind, as does one of the zombies. Lastly, how would you sell them? Would it be like a set of X number of each color? Or would you sell each sticker (or a set of two for mistakes) individually so we could get the correct number for each of our armies? The later could work similar to Lego's pick-a-brick option where the more common colors are a little cheaper and the rare toppers (see my hair idea) are a little more expensive. Whatever you decide to do, Luke, I will be buying these from you for sure.

I was the forth person through the doors today at my Toys R Us. I made a bee-line to the Minimates and found a case of these waiting for me. Minus one of the Hulkbusters. I think one of the TRU employees must have pulled it for his/herself. Oh well, I was happy to get a full set from there. They are great mates! Then I went two blocks down to pick up my LCS wave that was being held for me.t was a very Iron Man day. Ya!

Impressive. Most impressive! IM2 looks good, but this movie looks better.

My Armies as of right now: 4 - AIM Agents (one TRU pack, one variant, two regular) 2 - Ultimate SHIELD Agents (one variant, one regular) 4 - Skrulls (one variant, three regular) 4 - Hydra Agents (one variant, three regular) 4 - Vault Guards (two TRU, one variant, one regular) Yeah, I have a LOT of X-Force Wolvie 4 - Multiple Man (Men?) (two variant, two regular) Anyone need a loose FA Angle? 2 - Kree (one cariant, one regular) 3 - Sentinels (two more on the way) (one variant, two regular) 2 - Hellfire Goons (one variant, one regular) IM Builders: 3 - Air Drone 1 - Sea Drone (2 more on the way) 2 - Ground Drone (2 more on the way) 4 - Tacti-Drone 1 - Hammer Drone (one BD) (with four on the way) I army build when I can do so fiscally. Otherwise it is one variant and one regular from the LCS wave.

My email from Borders just came in! I am off to go get my exclusives!!!

I still have not gotten a confirmation email from Borders to get mine yet in Wisconsin. Stopped in my TRU at 10 this morning and no dice. I asked one of the employees (a guy that is abnormally friendly, knowledgeable and sociable for a TRU employee) if he could help me by looking them up. He looked in the computer and he said there was an X by the stock. He claims this doesn't mean they are canceled, but that they are not coming soon. As I was leaving, he told me he would keep an eye out for me. It pays to know people.

This was the information included in my confirmation email when the clerk at my Borders pre-ordered them for me. Title: Ironman 2 Minimates 2pk Asst By: Diamond Quantity: 2 Date Placed: Mar 29, 2010 Reserve#: 10005***** Note that the title has Ironman as all one word. The first clerk who searched said they normally have these type of products in the Sci-Fi search bracket.