captain_cbecker

Well, Toy Fair has run it's course, and absolutely no love for BSG Minimates - Anyone heard anything?

Even though I was hoping for something BSG-wise to pin hopes on, I think Ghostbusters has to be my favorite... Of the sets, I think my favorite is Egon Spengler.

They better get a lot better than that...

Nothing my way

And it seems to have sold....

Well, we knew this would happen.... though the amount is just crazy: http://cgi.ebay.com/Diamond-Select-Star-Tr...%3A1%7C294%3A50

I was hoping to see something more concrete but I'm not worried. I know the line isn't dead so just be patient. We'll see something. I'd like to hope that DST didn't just outright lie to everyone - so perhaps the delays are related to some upcoming plot revelation or another plot twist that's coming that they can't reveal until it airs or SciFi Channel gives it their blessing

Apparently a couple of sources at DST have promised "something" at Toy Fair - maybe since the characters aren't "new" and this has been solicited in one form already, it got passed on some of the preview phot ops in favor of the really fresh stuff... I keep checking the Toy Fair coverage... best just to give it time, but I can tell you that Godfather is no substitute for those last BSG cylons

Ghostbusters looks great - did anyone notice Egon's got a detachable PKE Meter and I'm glad that they've thrown in a ghost trap too. In 2 box sets, they manage to capture a fair representation of the primary characters. Great job with Mr. Stay Puft, Slimer and the demon-dog - I'm always impressed when DST departs from the human/biped figure and goes a slightly different direction (like the daggit) The BTTF DeLoreans look hot - nice light up effects, but I'm wondering if those will be close to Minimate scale???? I like the Exclusive Spock give away from the show - but I hate chasing for those things since attending Toy Fair is out of the question for me. Wolverine Movie Mates look cool - the rest of the Marvel stuff isn't really my thing, though there are a couple of figures or sets that may be worth getting. Terminator all looks cool, including wave 2 - I think someone's gotten excited about the sulpts of the BD T-1000 I was hoping the preview photos would have some details about the direction of BSG - I'd really like to know what the new, re-tooled lineup will look like. Guess those may show up in a day or two Sorry to see no Trek Mates - but we saw that coming I'm reserving judgement on the Godfather until I see some product. On a non-minimate related note: The ST TWOK Communicator and Phaser look hot, as do the Classic Tricorders (Medical & Science) - they did such a spectacular job on the Classic phaser, that I'm sure these will be great. Gotta love everyone's favorite Borg Porn Star - I'll take one of each The Nurse Chapel sculpt for the 7" series looks like it's very well done (and a nice tribute to the late Mrs Roddenberry) Just out of curiosity... Does the 'A' on his helmet stand for 'France'? I thought a white flag stood for France???

Tonight's episode was a great as well as a good start on explaining . Looks like they're expanding the storyline of Makes me wonder if the Interesting insight into and his mindset. I wonder where this is gonna come into play, if at all. Funny how the PC guy from the PC vs Mac commercials made an appearance as the Next week appears to be another threat . The appearance of may suggest that the fleet. These new events may be part of the reconfiguration of the final waves of mates.

(my italics) Uh, do you mean Caprica, the prequel TV show? That won't start until 2010, though the 2 hour pilot will be out on DVD sometime in 2009. It's kinda early to expect to see Caprica Minimates. I'm pretty sure he was referring to the "New Caprica" box set rather than the upcoming spin-off series. While the "final five" would be nice, all of the 'mates from the box set and Series 5-6 are pretty important to rounding-out this line and deserve to be released somehow. Without spoiling anything, it is important to remember that the final five (2 have been done...but I won't say who) are separate from the other unreleased 'skin-jobs' (which total 4). That, and I really wanted at least one stripped-down/tank-top pilot to use as a base for pilot customs (provided that it wasn't a limited variant). I could personally call-it-quits after that (and easily customize anything lacking...except for Colonial Marines!). Hopefully, they have a "plan" to somehow incorporate all of these. Of the New Caprica Set and series 5, 6, I think there's room to slim it down a bit... I certainly wouldn't lose sleep without the Captive Six, Romo Lampkin or Preacher Baltar - afterall there's quite a few Baltars & Sixes out there and Lampkin wasn't a particularly compelling character. I also think if you packed Athena, Hotdog or Racetrack with the variant, an extra head/hair will go further to round out the cast. I'm just hoping that all the cylon models get fleshed out by the time this things ends its run

Based on the last minimate Q & A, the DST guys hinted that they'd have something to show to help re-kindle interest in the final BSG waves... To Quote the AA Q&A blog: We plan to show at Toy Fair and we have a couple ideas but for now yes BSG 5&6 as well as the Caprica box set are on “hold” Sadly, the photos from a couple of sources at Toyfair have not revealed anything for BSG minimates... just the 7" figures. It kinda suggests that someone was blowing smoke up our collective you-know-whats.

OK - here's my votes: 01) BEST MINIMATE: Iron Man, Mark III (Candy-Apple Red Paint was a nice touch) Straight Jacket Hannibal Lecter (1 word - Iconic) Monco from Fistful of Dollars (Again - Iconic Eastwood) 02) WORST MINIMATE T-Shirt Marty McFly (Yawn) Gladiator Kirk (Really Low-Hanging fruit on the effort tree) Pepper Potts (Lousy resemblance - not too exciting) 03) BEST PACKAGING TRU Iron Man Exclusive (Neat new figures w/ partial exposure packaging) 04) BEST BOX SET/WAVE BSG Razor (New Cylons and great flashback pilot uniform) 05) WORST BOX SET/WAVE Iron Man Thru the Ages (more Iron Man - YAWN big time) 06) SEXIEST MINIMATE Con Exclusive BSG Six (Hot Cylon in revealing clothes - enough said) Yeoman Rand (Classic Star Trek hottie w/ nice legs & short skirt) MArlena Moreau 07) BIGGEST SLEEPER BSG Classic Heros - (Great job resurrecting classic BSG, esp w/ the cool Daggit) Fistful of Dollars - (Classic Eastwood Movie) Desperately Seeking Susan 2-Pack (Don't ask me how - but it flew off the shelves) 08) IF ONLY... Lara Croft - (Guns, Boobs, Short Shorts - enough said) 09) FAVORITE CUSTOM (top 3 choices) (too many to judge) 10) BEST ACCESSORY Chef Duff Icing Blaster/Power Drill Mixer/Chainsaw Hannibal Lector Mask, straight Jacket & Hand Truck Gul Dukat Interchangeable head 11) WORST ACCESSORY Sick Bay McCoy & Nurse Chapel (Could have included something more uniquely medical - like a hypospray or med scanner hand) Tribbles Kirk (no Damn Tribbles) 12) BEST VARIANT Mark II Iron Man from wave 21 (nice recreation from the movie) 13) WORST VARIANT (one choice) Tarantula from Wave 24 (Yawn) 14) BEST IRON MAN OF '08 Mark III Iron Man from wave 21 (nice recreation from the movie) Stealth Iron Man from TRU Exclusive (great adaptation of the Mark III) Mark II Iron Man from wave 21 (nice recreation from the movie)

I'm wondering how DST expects to find a market for these... when BSG, Rocky and Star Trek are having a hard time moving... I like civilian mates and I'll probably score a set... but I'm just saying...

I'm supposing there's no way that we'll get the ECTO1 ambulance to go with.... Pretty cool news though

Great episode this week - as promised, . I imagine to preserve all of the . Interesting preview for next week - I guess . No surprise that - Once they , I figured the . One thing though - at the end when , he looks - I can't figure out what those were... Any thoughts? By the way - finally got to see something of the .

Yeah, each week just reaffirms how abso-frak'in-lutely crucial those last two waves and the boxset were! Last night's episode was refreshingly chaotic. It's nice to see Did you watch the 10-part webisodes w/ Gaeta? Yeah...and he's still a turd. A gay, pimping, , backstabbing turd. And for that he should be airlocked. I'm such a kind person, aren't i?? I just thought they completely glossed over that back story when - and there was no fallout from when it happened. I expected or something.

Yeah, each week just reaffirms how abso-frak'in-lutely crucial those last two waves and the boxset were! Last night's episode was refreshingly chaotic. It's nice to see Did you watch the 10-part webisodes w/ Gaeta?

The movie versions are up... both the PX set and the 4-pk box. Are you looking for the comic-based set?

This week was pretty cool - it's nice to see back in action again. Also good to have I hope the teaser I was figuring that this epidode would have seen killed... I think, like , we're gonna see some of the get picked off. I'm also still waiting to see what the deal is with and how that gets rationalized or perhaps explains some type of . I smell some irony cooking for the last couple episodes though. Knowing that is the final cylon begs the question... . My weekly BSG fix does serve as a reminder that we got shorted several minimate cylons with the frakkin' cancellation of wave 5, 6 & New Caprica. Gods Dammit!

During the holidays I bought something from Best Buy that was shipped by their econo UPS/USPS hybrid service (UPS ships to the local USPS hub and then the Post office gets it to your door. In one instance, the item I ordered was tracked by UPS to the Postal hub in about 2 days (within a mile of the delivery address), where it sat for over a week before being delivered. I called to ask after a couple days, and all I heard was, "we have 30 days to deliver before it's late, call us in a month and we'll trace it" Talk about no service. Additionally, I manage a shipping/receiving and mail service department for a stock trading company - I have to argue constantly with the Post Office becasue they mis-deliver items all the time - in one instance, I had to argue that the USPS needed to deliver mail as it was addressed - since the carrier thought they knew better, they were returning mail to the sender, even though the address on the front was correct in all respects. I had to escalate to the National Customer Service department because the local team was a bunch of idiots who pretty much wouldn't be told how they should do their jobs. On the other hand, I feel that UPS charges a lot and makes sure to take their time on the ground service (to remind you that you didn't pay to get it any sooner)... it's funny that a UPS package from AFX in So Cal takes the same amount of time as shipping from BBTS on the East Coast (I live near San Fran.) even though they travel, by truck, about 20% of the distance. For the cost, I prefer Priority Mail, since I get stuff from the East Coast in 2-3 days instead of 7-8. My Punisher-War Zone set shipped from SciFiGenre on Wednesday afternoon and arrived on the West Coast in Friday's delivery and cost about $5 to ship. If it were from BBTS, I'd have paid $2-3 more to ship UPS and I probably wouldn't see it until next Wednesday or Thurs.

I got one of these in the Secret Invasion set, I think. It's the "Join the Revolution" card attached to pics of DST's marvel product. They have the same thing for the BSG figures that are sold thru TRU.

I scored a huntmate for the 1st question I asked a few months ago... nothing for my BSG question this past round. I'm sure it's a one-time deal for initial participation.

It's interesting that they changed up the Sand Sarefs in the packaging, considering they've been pre-selling the sets with the white, formal attire Sand Saref in the 4-pk. I wonder if it's intentional or a goof... based on many of the Q & A's it sounds like there's a lot of details that get overlooked during the proof phases, and by the time anyone notices, it's too late. Or maybe these are just mock-ups and will be corrected in the final version??

Though I'm not sure I'll be able to justify the bridge, I'd certainly like a nice set of 3.75" Trek figures, and from what I hear, the phaser and tricorder may be worth it too.