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7 hours ago, MiniFiend UK said:

Not the biggest fan of movie waves but I do like task Master and Red Guardian.

Completely agree with this sentiment

2 hours ago, Donny B said:

I don't want to get my hopes up, though...

Yea, I have no expectations, just rampant speculation in the smallest hopes that maybe DST will make non-Marvel minimates of a theme I'm a huge fan of

11 minutes ago, BuffaloDelorean said:

New Lord of the Rings minimates could be very exciting, I wonder if there's any chance.

I'd be completely on board for a 2 inch Lord of the Rings, that's the only part of my minimates collection that really stands out like a sore thumb because of the size.

5 hours ago, bilbofett said:

So has anyone swapped out that hairpiece on their current Dark Phoenix? 

I swapped it out on my Secret Invasion Phoenix when I first got the Avengers BC wave. I think I have the alternate All New X-Men Jean Grey head with glowing eyes on there as well. It's a nice combo.

This is a great question. As someone who happened upon minimates around a decade ago at this point I had no idea there were wave numbers when I first picked up the X-Men Origins: Wolverine wave. And after seeing the inner pamphlet with almost every marvel minimate released to that point (which I personally think was brilliant, and should be brought back maybe including the last few years of mates) I was blown away, and at first found it somewhat overwhelming that there were so many, but quickly transitioned to excitement thinking about the entire 2 inch Marvel universe that could be sitting on my shelf.

It wasn't until I picked up more at TRU that I then happened upon Ivan's Database (which I think would go a long way in being advertised my DST themselves, and compensating Ivan of course). This is when I first learned that there had already been 30-something waves of Marvel minimates on top of numerous box sets, exclusives and TRU exclusive waves. That I would say is when I was both scared for my wallet but also invested in collecting.

So the simple answer is probably yes, but I find it might depend on interest in certain characters and definitely after-market availability, which is supported by Luke and plentiful eBay listings.

On 1/18/2020 at 9:58 PM, youbastards said:

We still need those Warriors Three and Wrecking Crew boxsets

Don't forget a Starjammers boxset!

I would buy the crap out of some Last Airbender mates

...please?

18 minutes ago, Heinous said:

I'm sure it'll just be a four pack with white suit Widow, yelena, taskmaster and red guardian 

Precisely what I was thinking; I don't think there's enough outside of those 4 characters to have a full wave

Technically we've gotten a movie version of stealth Iron Man, so not sure that one qualifies as the long awaited redo?

Edit: And a MvC one as well

On 10/12/2019 at 3:10 AM, Trekker 42 said:

With 80 apparently being street themed I know it’s not gonna be X-Men related but not gonna lie I’d really like a House/Powers of X Wave 

Xavier/White Queen

Magneto/Cypher

 

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Apocalypse/Sinister

Moira X/Goldballs

BAF of Nimrod

 

 

YES, I like the lineup, Only others I would like to see would be...

On 7/27/2019 at 3:09 PM, MisterPL said:

DST will likely use their Marvel Comics agreement to offer assortments that tie in to whatever is hot during Phase 4, whether it’s on the big screen or streaming through Disney+ Or Hulu.

I've thought about this for a bit recently, and I'd be down for comic tie-in waves. With all of the bizarre properties announced for Phase 4, we'd most likely be looking at a lot of new characters. This might be fresh on the mind simply because I recently read Gaiman's Eternals series and really enjoyed it, but I could definitely see the Eternals getting a comic wave (or maybe a box set) if the movie does well. I for one would love to see characters like Ikaris, Sersi, and Makkari as minimates

5 hours ago, thereasonsy said:

Well, I don't know your situation but you could always buy and resell, donate to a toy drive, or just exchange them to the store later. The impasse doesn't seem to help you out. 

I think the point is none of that should be necessary to be able to buy figures that were stocked in other locations more than a year ago

1 hour ago, bilbofett said:

Is that during a blood moon?

They only appear on Walgreen's shelves during the blood moon

The pairings that would make the most sense to me would be:

Star Lord/Adam Warlock

Cosmic Ghost Rider/Darkhawk

Gamora/Angela

& BAF Moondragon

23 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Saying that we aren't getting Minimates for licenses we literally just announced is a little premature, but we are certainly looking at new licenses that will work for Minimates.

Please be looking at Avatar: TLA ?

And the Maximum Venom 'mates, but yea, that's it

Brotherhood box set November of last year, so about 9 months ago, and before that the last comic box set was... the Villain Zombies 3 set in October of 2015. Thinking about it now, this is kinda disappointing considering we got 6 comic box sets between December of 2013 and December of 2014. That's 6 in one year, while we've gotten 1 comic box set in the past 3.5 years

9 minutes ago, hellpop said:

They just don't have any buyers without TRU around. The comic shop market basically dried up, with most of us moving to buying from a few online retailers and shops dropping Minimates (opinions certainly vary as to what order that happened).

Agreed, I don't think it's been a lack of demand, but a lack of distribution channels to fill demand

I looked it up, looks as though it is based on the 3rd and upcoming season of the current Spider-Man cartoon which releases in 2020. Impressed that DST has their hands on designs this early for characters not being seen on TV for a while. Though I am a lil' dissapointed it's not based on any comics (say the upcoming Absolute Carnage), those designs are really unique and definitely stand out among symbiotes!

So based on the photos, this is what I got

Series 11:

Doc Ock/Superior Spider-Man 

Peter Parker/Araña 

^these could be mixed up

Peggy Carter/Captain America

Black Panther/Shuri

Maximum Venom Wave (Apparently based on the 3rd and upcoming season of the Spider-Man cartoon):

Venom Hulk/Venom Cap

Maximum Venom/ Back in Black (& Gray) Spider-Man

4 hours ago, Swarm198 said:

I just think they need to do a better job of releasing product related to other popular comics events.

Marvel has now released Damnation, War of Realms, Secret Empire, Spider-Verse, and Venomverse events with no coinciding minimates. I think having event-specific minimates on the shelves in LCS for six months while the single issues are being released is an awesome marketing strategy for impulse buys.

I know this has been tried before though, so maybe it doesn’t work out like I imagine.

Still I think DST producing one-off event specific costumes or costume updates and new characters are often what sets them apart from Marvel Legends and similar toy lines.

JUST PLEASE GIVE ME GOD DOOM AND THE REST OF THE PHOENIX FIVE.

Don't get me started on the Phoenix 3 again...

38 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said:

It’s been a really hard week. 

Talk about it. It's suppose it's better to just not question the logistics of the Wick movies

56 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said:

In the overall John Wick timeline it’s been like... A week or two since the first film by the end of the third. 

Yea, just seems weird to me when John Wick is 

in the 3rd movie

1 hour ago, Heinous said:

BC Avengers? 

Ah, yes, valid, thank you sir! So maybe there still is a possibility for that comic, and Cosmic Ghost Rider!