TheMinimateKing30

Honestly, I really just want more classic Avengers.

I've been championing it for a few months now; can we please have new 'Mates of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne? I'll legit take anything at this point for those 2 characters. They've gotten next-to-no love in the realm of Marvel Minimates aside from the MCU stuff, and even with the MCU stuff, there's no figure of Janet herself.

Please, Diamond. Pull together and give us new 'Mates of Giant-Man and Wasp.

Another idea I had (I might have brought this up before, IDR) is an MC2-based wave. We got Spider-Girl in Wave 30... more than 10 years ago. XD

In all seriousness, tho, a whole MC2 wave, IMO, would not only offer Marvel an opportunity to have another go at Mayday Parker, but also to introduce other characters not previously seen in the Minimates' pantheon (American Dream, Stinger, J2, Mainframe, etc.). Even if it's a 6-pack, or 2 6-packs, I'd still take them.

I dunno. I'm a guy with a terrible lotta love for the MC2 imprint (I honestly think it's one of Marvel's finest, undiscovered gems) and if there can be more merch based on it, I'm for it all the way. No questions asked.

43 minutes ago, MisterPL said:

But he looked so different! Maybe she'd be happy if Ruffalo looped over Norton's dialogue. 

He looked different, yeah, but it's still Roth.

I'm not a supporter of it. I think it's a tad ridiculous. I understand Marvel wanting to use recasts in the context of flashbacks to earlier media (like the Incredible Hulk scenes in the third episode of What If... ?), but outright declaring those films non-canon in the sense of pure casting is taking the piss.

On 12/10/2021 at 1:10 PM, MisterPL said:

(Don't forget the Abomination and Fandral!)

Hey, I think it's adorable that the showrunner of She-Hulk has an opinion. Someone needs to explain to her that those films are very much canonical and that she should think of recasts the same way comic readers look at a change in pencillers. Yes, the characters might appear different but it's the same character. ?

 

Abomination is played by the same guy, Tim Roth. Hell, he provided the vocals for Abomination's cameo in Shang-Chi.

8 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:

You flippantly say “2012” as if it’s not one month away from being a Decade ago. And I think Minimates last seen a decade ago are perfectly fair game. 

I guess that's fair. I dunno. I'm just throwing out ideas. Anything to get my precious updates for Hank and Janet.

21 hours ago, MisterPL said:

Blame the multiverse. ? 

I mean, the showrunner of the upcoming She-Hulk series stated that Iron Man,The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers are only canon in the context of mentally replacing Terrance Howard, Ed Norton, and Damion Poitier with Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Brolin as James Rhodes, Bruce Banner, and Thanos, respectively, and that the Terrance Howard, Ed Norton, and Damion Poitier versions of those movies aren't canon.

TBH, I call bullshit on that, but whatever. Marvel wants consistency, which I can't really knock, but it'd be more sincere if they actually managed to keep Terrance, Ed, and Damion.

23 hours ago, elhonez said:

Classic Vision re-do with more modern detailed decals/tampos. Solid colors with phasing limb accessories.

I second this. It might actually be cool to get some kinda, like, Ultron family sorta wave. Or a new classic Avengers wave focused on Ultron's extended and complicated family history. Assuming we go back to 4 2-packs a wave, we could finally get that updated Hank Pym/Janet van Dyne set I've been clamoring for (with accessories to shift them into alt. costumes like in the Avengers #1 set), a new classic Vision/Scarlet Witch set (since the last classic Vision we got was in 2008 and the last classic Scarlet Witch was in 2012), an updated classic Ultron/Quicksilver pack (I'm aware that we already have updated versions of Quicksilver in both his blue and green costumes, but maybe you could just re-issue one of those 2 for this?), and as a last pack... IDK, Grim Reaper and Wonder Man? I know we have a pretty decent Grim Reaper from the second Disney Store exclusive Avengers Box Set from 2012, but we haven't gotten a good update to Simon Williams since 2009, and that's in his more modern costume. Our last classic Wonder Man came out in 2007.

Got my hands on the last pack of the Winter Soldier/John Walker Captain America pack at the Walgreens I work at yesterday. It was on clearance, and since I'm an employee, I got the price cut down even more to $5.82.

Already have the Falcon/Zemo pack, so it was nice to get my hands on what is probably the last set of Minimates I'll ever buy at a Walgreens.

Sad to see the Walgreens stuff go out like this, but oh, well. At least it's not the end of the whole line...

1 hour ago, AFMcGill said:

Modern Boomerang and 80s Beetle.

That's all.

Honestly, I'd welcome a '60s Beetle. That design was so weird and ridiculous that I gotta have it in physical form somehow.

1 hour ago, BuffaloDelorean said:

Short of 90's The Crossing versions, I can't think of any Hank and Jan variants I wouldn't welcome (Although I've got no idea what their current status quo is in the comics, is Hank still dead/Ultron?), so it's nice to hear that they're under consideration. Fingers crossed for a classic Avengers wave after the F4.

Yeah. Hank's still dead.

18 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

Believe it or not, they are being discussed, but they may not be the ones you want...

I'll honestly take anything at this point. Anything that's, like... I can put it in a regular Avengers display and it won't look out of place.

1 hour ago, elhonez said:

My 2 cents on Rhino:

I love it. But: he's a bit hard to find right now, and that figure (while great), mixes two eras. It's mostly classic, but has the studded gauntlets of the 80s Sinister Syndicate version, making it a cool amalgam but technically inaccurate for either.

 

My current wishes, for Spidey, FF and Avengers-related:

I know Chuck's a huge Spidey fan, and y'all have gone pretty deep, but there are still a few classic villains I'd love to see, some which round out villain teams:

• Madame Web, Beetle (80s), Boomerang (80s), Swarm, Shocker (classic)

For FF-family, there are

• the Inhumans, Dragon Man, Thundra, Diablo and Psycho-Man

Overall, I see the greatest opportunity / representation gaps in Avengers Villains

• ex: Wrecking Crew, Whirlwind, Nefaria, Graviton, Tiger Shark, Man-Ape, Batroc, Blacklash, Serpent Society, Ringmaster, many many more

 

I agree with that list, but one note; Madame Webb isn't a villain.

2 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Wow, you're gonna post this in every thread, huh?  

I'm determined. I NEED new versions of Hank and Jan. And I won't rest until I have my way. XD

On 12/2/2017 at 7:00 PM, RedTiger95 said:

One Spider-Man I'm fond of is the Torment Spider-Man. I always been a fan of that McFarlane style Spider-Man so it's nice they made one. I really appreciate it and wouldn't mind a new version of it.http://www.minimatedatabase.com/img/fig/fig0399flg.jpg

Yes. I wholeheartedly agree.

For me, the best versions of most of the major characters are as follows;

MISC. HEROES

- Spider-Man - Wave 24 Classic Spidey

- Daredevil - Wave 43 Daredevil

- Luke Cage - Best Of Wave 3 Power Man Luke Cage

- Iron Fist - Best Of Wave 3 Dragon Attack Iron Fist

AVENGERS

- Captain America - Through the Ages Box Set Cap Reborn

- Iron Man - either Wave 32 Extremis Iron Man (for a modern look) or T.R.U. Wave 26 Holographic Iron Man (for a classic look)

- Thor - either Wave 33 Thor Reborn (for a modern look) or Classic Heroic Age Box Set Thor (for a classic look)

- Hulk - T.R.U. Wave 22 Savage Hulk

- Hawkeye - Best Of Wave 3 Classic Hawkeye

- Scarlet Witch - Avengers vs. X-Men Box Set #2 version

- Quicksilver - X-Men vs. Brotherhood Box Set Quicksilver

X-MEN

- Wolverine - Wave 28 Wolverine

- Beast - Wave 34 '90s Beast

- Cyclops - either Avengers vs. X-Men Box Set normal Cyclops or Wave 34 '90s Cyclops

- Jean Grey - either X-Men vs. Brotherhood Box Set Marvel Girl or Wave 34 '90s Jean Grey

- Storm - either Wave 34 '90s Storm or Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Wave 2 Storm

- Angel - Wave 31 Angel

- Gambit - Wave 28 Gambit

- Rogue - Wave 34 '90s Rogue

FANTASTIC FOUR

- Mister Fantastic - either T.R.U. Wave 8 Mr. Fantastic or Wave 48 Stretch-Punch Mr. Fantastic

- Invisible Woman - either T.R.U. Wave 8 Sue Storm or Wave 48 Force Field Invisible Woman

- Thing - either Best Of Wave 1 Thing or T.R.U. Wave 15 Transforming Thing

- Human Torch - either T.R.U. Wave 8 Human Torch or Wave 48 Flame-On Human Torch

MISC. VILLAINS

- Doctor Doom - either Marvel Villains Box Set version or Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Wave 3 Doctor Doom

- Thanos - Infinity Gauntlet Box Set version

- Kingpin - T.R.U. Wave 12 Kingpin

- Loki - Best Of Wave 2 Loki

SPIDER-MAN VILLAINS

- Green Goblin - either Marvel Villains Box Set version or Wave 41 Green Goblin

- Venom - Through the Ages Venom Unleashed

- Carnage - Deadly Foes of Spider-Man Box Set Tendril Attack Carnage 

- Sandman - Deadly Foes of Spider-Man Box Set Shape-Shifter Sandman

- Doctor Octopus - Deadly Foes of Spider-Man Box Set Arm Attack Doctor Octopus

- Lizard - Deadly Foes of Spider-Man Box Set Transforming Lizard

- Hydro-Man - Wave 77 Hydro-Man

- Mysterio - T.R.U. Wave 19 Mysterio

- Kraven the Hunter - Wave 77 Kraven the Hunter

- Prowler - Wave 77 Marvel's Prowler

- Vulture - Wave 77 Marvel's Vulture

- Hobgoblin - Wave 62 Heroic Hobgoblin

- Electro - Wave 30 Electro

X-MEN VILLAINS

- Magneto - either Marvel Villains Box Set version or T.R.U. Wave 9 Dark Magneto

- Mystique - Days of Future Past Box Set version

- Juggernaut - Excalibur Box Set version

- Sabretooth - Wave 28 normal Sabretooth

- Apocalypse - Wave 62 Axis Apocalypse

My top-tier storyline to be adapted would honestly have to be the death of Harry Osborn from Spectacular Spider-Man #200. It's such a seminal moment in Spider-Man's history, and one of his most bittersweet hours (finally saving the soul of his best friend at the cost of losing him). I think a box set would work well for that, consisting of Spider-Man (if not with a slipover mask, then an alt. Peter Parker head), Green Goblin (with alt. Harry Osborn head), '90s Mary Jane Watson-Parker, and maybe a Normie Osborn and/or Liz Allan-Osborn figure? IDK, I think the more civilian figures we get, the better.

I would like to see figures based on Rage of Ultron. That story had a lot of interesting designs for characters (both present-day and flashback ones), but to me, it would be a perfect excuse to give us figures of Giant-Man and Wasp based on their more modern looks (Wasp wearing an updated, yellow version of her 1960s design and Giant-Man wearing his Avengers Academy design). It would also be an excuse to give us, finally, a figure of Starfox, since he had a starring role in the story as well.

Unrelated to the movie, but I'm gonna keep pushing and championing for this on all boards where it seems viable;

We are in DIRE need of new comic figures of Giant-Man and Wasp. Just putting that out there. Last time we got Giant-Man was in 2012 (based on that terrible Heroes Return design) and our last comic Wasp was in 2008 with the Avengers #1 box set.

I'd like to see either updated versions of their classic designs, or figures of their more modern looks. In Wasp's case specifically, It would be AWESOME if we got a figure based on her Earth's Mightiest Heroes design, since, to me, that's her definitive look. For Giant-Man, if not an updated version of his 1960s design, then at LEAST give us a version based on, again, his Earth's Mightiest Heroes costume, or even better, his Avengers Academy costume from 2010.

Just throwing that out there (and I won't stop until I see it happen, dammit! XD).

I know I've said this before on other threads, but I'm gonna keep saying it 'till it happens;

Diamond, please, for the LOVE of ALL THAT IS HOLY, give us proper updates to Giant-Man and Wasp.

We've gotten 3 versions of Wasp, and only one of them was Janet van Dyne. Don't get me wrong, I think the Avengers #1 box set is a fine release for those wishing to create a Silver Age Marvel display, but the issue is is that it's the ONLY comic Wasp we've EVER gotten.

An updated version based on her more modern appearance (the black and yellow design that her movie costume was based on) would be the Bees' Knees. Hell, I'd take a Minimate inspired by how she looked in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series (Clarification; INSPIRED by. Not DIRECTLY BASED ON. We have enough animated stuff as it is and it could go for a short break, IMO), which is, to me, her best look.

Similar case with Giant-Man. We've only gotten 2 comic versions, and the only one based on the regular costume was, again, in the Avengers #1 set (and the other being based on that horrendous Heroes Return design from 1998.). While it's a serviceable figure, it's in DIRE need of an update. Either a new classic Giant-Man, an EMH-inspired one, or one based on his modern costume from the Avengers Academy comic book series from 2010.

But yeah. There's my continued championing for some more love towards Henry Pym and Janet van Dyne.

7 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said:

Honestly there are so many Minimates I prefer the updated versions

Daredevil

Kingpin

Apocalypse

Civil War Cap is my favorite Cap

Venom

Vision

it keeps going but I won’t  

 

and then there’s Symbiote Spider-Man. Who I’m convinced cannot be improved. 

Which Symbiote Spidey? Wave 24?

13 hours ago, DSTZach said:

Just ideas right now, but we're looking at what hasn't been done yet and what hasn't been done in a while. 

In that case, I STRONGLY suggest updates to Giant-Man and Wasp. We haven't seen comic Wasp since 2008 (based on her original design), and we haven't gotten Giant-Man since 2012, based on that terrible Heroes Return costume from the 1990s (no offense to you or the rest of the team over at D.S.T.!). I'd laud a figure of Janet's 2000s costume and Giant-Man's 2010 redesign from the Avengers Academy comic series.

Or hell, if you guys wanna go REALLY obscure, make a figure of Janet van Dyne's Giant-Girl persona from the Marvel Adventures: The Avengers comic series. It would be a good companion piece to the Lab Attack Ant-Man figure from Best Of Series 3, whose design is based on the Marvel Adventures appearance.

1 hour ago, Heinous said:

Young avengers would be welcome editions, Zach! 

I second this. A Young Avengers wave, or even a box set of the original four members (Iron Lad, Patriot, Hulkling, and Asgardian) would be awesome, IMO.

1 hour ago, Heinous said:

It's crazy to see so many of you guys listing very early mates, especially ones that have been updated 

Hey. For some of us, the wheel was perfected long ago. XD

53 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

I think we're going to solicit in late December, just in time for XMas! Changing up the packaging a little, we'll see how it all turns out. 

Hopefully, I'll be able to pre-order. I recently got together a small little Avengers roster using my favorite designs for each character (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel (Carol), and Beast), so having a complete Fantastic Four set would complement nicely.

46 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

We've started talking about what would come after F4, and I'm excited about the possibilities!

Can you share what they are or is it a Confidential thing?

4 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said:

I usually use NeoClassic with my Avengers displays, but I want to get my hands on hologram Iron Man. I think the suit looks particularly good. 
 

But favorite is a weird one. I looooove Ultimate Iron Man. Love that design in general and it looks great in Minimate form. 

I agree. I don't have Holo Iron Man yet, but judging from the pictures, as well as Smash's review on YouTube, it looks fantastic.

Ultimate Iron Man's a pretty hot take, NGL. IMO, it's not hard to see why the design itself is hated by so many, but the Minimate looks good. Definitely fits well in a display of the bulkier, tank-like suits (Any of the Buster armors or War Machines).