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So my package arrived from Texas yesterday. I have no idea who my Santa is but thanks! there is some awesome stuff in there! what kind of awesome you ask? hit the link http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-355.html Jeff of the Miniacs

I figured the badge would be the giveaway and I was hoping you would dig it. I had managed to get a second one and thought who better to give my spare to since it because of you I hae a Starman minimate in my collection! Glad the package made it and I was hoping everything would be useful for you. Merry Christmas! Jeff of the Miniacs

Well the review posts can be a bit longer I have gotten quite a bit faster at them. My busyness is generally more related to my life outside the toy world, internship teaching, my wife and five kids - that kind of stuff. I like doing the reviews when I can get stuff close to it's release or if there has not been a whole bunch of pics about newer stuff. As the traffic on the blog shows the review posts seem to draw more hits as well, not that it really matter that much to me, but other people do like to see the numbers coming through my door. I will continue to do the single mate posts but will also continue to toss in the reviews when it works out. Coming next year will be some other different posts as well... here is todays post, another review one...this time of the Gauss cannon warthog box set - god bless Canadian TRUs for stocking minimates!! http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-337.html Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-336.html NYCC exclusive Maximum Zombies are up next, such a great set go out and find a set or three now!! Jeff of the Miniacs

That is pretty likely to be more possible then even he realizes Jeff of the Minicas

I will as soon as I can get back to the comic shop to pick a set up, or a set gets here in the mail, whichever comes first! until then here is todays review, the SDCC/Disney Store exclusive FF set! http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-335.html Enjoy! Jeff of the Miniacs

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the love and support! We got the call yesterday, a day earlier than we were supposed to be able to find out anything, which made me panic a bit at first, but her oncologist was elated to say that the size had not changed and all the other tests were clean so she is totally fine and he won't need to see her again until May! Totally made me day! Thanks again guys! Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-334.html Review of the NYCC SPidey and Fire Chief Max 2-pack, Enjoy! Jeff of the Miniacs

no no no, woodchipper trumps them all! lol Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-333.html Next review is up! Enjoy! Jeff of the Miniacs

Review of Beta Ray Bill and Armoured Thor from wave 42 now up!! Day 332 - where has the year gone? http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-332.html Jeff of the Miniacs

Ok first off thanks for everyones well wishes here, it really means a lot, especially since I am not as regular a poster as I used to be. I do have a bit of an update here - Kyrra has gone over a year of monitoring for her meatball with no issues and she had even moved to getting checked every 6 monthes instead of 2...until this week - on Tuesday her oncologist called to say that after her last check up it appears her meatball has grown...so now it is back to wait and worry as tests are booked again......just as I head into the last bit of my internship teaching and the stress in the house was supposed to be going down! so please - like me, love me or hate me please send a thought out to her that this is nothing more then a little bump in her young road yet. Jeff of the Miniacs

bloody brilliant mate, I can only hope to get my sets to look half as good as yours! Jeff of the Miniacs

Here is the link to the interview I did with the local paper about the museum exhibit http://www.humboldtjournal.ca/article/20111117/HUMBOLDT0501/111119915/-1/humboldt/minimates-collection-overruns-museum enjoy! Jeff of the Miniacs

well I started with a general history of minimates, when they started and how I came across them right up to where they are now how long the Marvel line is running and what my current collection is. This covered pretty much anything and everything I could come up with off the top of my head with some longer detail spent on how the global connections thanks to the internet have really made me part of a worldwide community with this and if not for that I would not have the collection I do. I also talked about a few cool things that have come from me doing this display and of course the blog which many of them were very interested in and one of the ladies on staff at the museum has been reading it faithfully since I told them about it when setting this up. Reactions were very cool - it was an older crowd at the opening so I wasnt expecting much but they were impressed and intrigued by them. By having the BTTF and Ghostbusters in there it was some solid connections and they really took time to look through the whole display. Many came and talked to me afterwards asking about my photography, the blog, if I paint them and so on. All in all it was way more attention then I figured my part would get and it was fun! The boys over at DST are loving it, to the point that they were sending me some posters and then added some control artwork to that package so those will be added to the set up once they arrive. I say you should do a display, this has been so much fun and it's only been around a week and now is when people are going to start going to see it as it will be in the local paper and radio so the word will spread. I will have more pics to come as I add some stuff to the display so keep an eye out for those! Jeff of the Miniacs

Opening night! Had to give a talk/presentation about our favourite addiction and it was awesome to see the reactions and hear peoples comments on my display, especially since it is really only a fraction of my collection. Jeff of the Miniacs

yikes, can anyone give this canuck a hand please? Jeff of the Miniacs

Thanks guys, I really dig that I was able to do this...I will get some more pics of the parts I didnt get photos of as well as I have a couple things to add to the display once they arrive. I had to put that shout out to Luke for the dios as I love them and they are really handy and I am all too happy to help increase their exposure. As another aside the blog hit 20,000 hits today, an increase of 10,000 in less than 6 months - all thanks to viewers like you! Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-305.html The museum in my city asked me to be apart of a new exhibition that opens today. My contribution was, of course, minimates! check out the blog for some pics of the display! Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-304.html Happy Halloween everyone, hope its a fun and safe one! Jeff of the Miniacs

http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-302.html hope everyone enjoyed the reviews this week, it was fun to have a full run of them! todays is back to more regular style programing Jeff of the Miniacs

Thanks! oh dont you worry there are plans brewing for January 1st Thanks man! Yes a Leonidis custom would have been great for the 300th day...I had thought about doing something different/big for the 300th day but I was short on time to set up some of the more elaborate shots I was planning so I decided to just stick to a regular post especially since it was all reviews of the new M.A.X. wave now. I am quite happy and even a bit surprised that I have managed to keep this daily for this long, especially now with how busy I am intern teaching. Surprisingly giving Sundays to Kye helped way more then I ever thought it would for my workload. Thanks man!! and congrats on your post marker! and a huge thanks to everyone who has been following the blog and checking it, commenting here or facebook or the blog itself - this project is something for the minimate fans everyone and I am glad people are enjoying it! and without further ramblings here is todays review of the final M.A.X. series 2 set! http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-301.html stay tuned for a big post next week about another fun project I have on the go! Jeff of the Miniacs

Where has the year gone already?? Day 300 is up with a review of the M.A.X. series 2 Search and Rescue minimates! Enjoy! http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-300.html Jeff of the Miniacs

Day 2 of the M.A.X. series 2 reviews brings up the Fire Fighters! http://portraitofanaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-299.html Jeff of the Miniacs

A small update to the review as it has be discovered with the help of Mini_Myte that the hat included in series two is different...it is a reuse of the hat from General Ross while series one used the hat from the DC Blackhawk minimate! Jeff of the Miniacs