wtf this isn't Sparta

Well, I'm in the middle of making a custom Scorpion using the Superhero Squad Scorpion tail.

Try that.

But be sure to size it on the Minimate you're using and cut it where the waist is before glueing it on, or else he won't be able to move at the waist.

I just picked up Lizard and Scorpion packs today.

This Lizard is what I'm going to use to play with my 'mates as Lizard from now on. He looks perfect with them.

And Scorpion is great, too.

...

Dude.

Ant-Man...

Is the most awsome custom I think I've ever seen.

Perfect Minimate...

Hm.

I'd say, like Luke said, they just need perfect paint application.

I'd say Torment Spidey with all around paint application, perfect lines and even different slightly grey-er paint on the bottom of the foot would make a perfect Minimate, and be an example of how all perfect 'mates should be.

Well that depends on which version of the episode "Arena" you are watching. Paramount has been airing (well technically they sold television stations the rights to air) "Remastered"/"Special Edition"/"Let's Bilk The Trekkies" versions of various Star Trek episodes. (Coming soon to HD-DVD at a store near you!) These new episodes have been altered with new special effects such as CGI starships, enhanced CGI Glowing-Energy-Aliensâ„¢, and shorter skirts (via CGI).

One of the more controversial decisions was to alter storylines. For example, the original theme of "Arena" was how Kirk was able to overcome the unnamed Gorn captain's brawn by using only his wits and whatever he could find on Cestus 3. Ultimately defeating the Gorn, he was still able to maintain his humanity and refused to take the Gorn's life. This proved to the Metrons that humans were not the savage, warlike people they thought.

The execs at Paramount decided that this storyline was far too complex for the new, younger, hipper crowd they were trying to attract. So they decided to "sex it up a bit," "add some T'n'A," or "slam the poodle" by making the Gorn female. Trek is replete with green females so they figured no one would mind. The new storyline centers around how the Gorn (I think her name is Trixie now) is trying to explore her sexuality. Kirk and Trixie are still trapped on Cestus 3 by the Metrons, but instead of fighting each other with styrofoam rocks, ad hoc cannons, and pointy things, they just end up rubbing decon gel all over each other and drinking Jägerbombs. At one point Trixie gets fed up with Kirk continually steering the conversation to old episodes of "Who's The Boss" and she takes off for some "alone time." (She preferred "Mr. Belvedere" anyway.) Just before cutting to commercial you see Trixie open her purse and pull out her "Silver Friend" and smile.

Of course if you're watching the original episodes that aired in the sixties, it's just a Universal Translator.

What the hell?

D:

I am surprised no one has said the obvious:

MINIMATE GLIDER!!!!

If I hadn't found the perfect glider already, I would.

But now, I may need to 3D model a Ghost Rider bike.

Yeah, if anything my torment spidey was the only figure I didn't have problems with in this set.

Have you emailed DST?

Nope.

No clue how.

Do I just mail them my peice and they mail me a new one?

Tookytoo had a good idea with a tentacled Carnage.

When I got my Carnage, he didn't seem like he was complete without his swirling mass of loose symbiote.

So I would say...

Tentacled Carnage/Eddie Brock

Deadpool/Rhino (With bracers and powerhouse chest)

Vermin/Kraven

Variant: Spidey Kraven (Bulkier symbiote Spidey, with loads of muscle detail in blue, and a powerhouse chest to show the difference in bulk of Kraven and Spidey)

No one would expect a Vermin minimate. Ever.

With all due respect, Deadpool and Rhino make absolutely zero sense, and I don't care if there's some inside tie-in to that, to a casual DP fan like myself, it makes zero sense.

Also - DST/AA I hope you're reading this - NO MORE CHARACTER REHASHES!!! The Avengers wave was great. No one we've gotten before, that's "just in a new costume". Don't know who Vermin is, but since we don't have him already, bring him on! Kraven sounds like a good idea, too, though that variant confuses me. We need Gambit, Deadpool, Red Skull, Psylocke, Kraven, Ant Man, Mr. Sinister, War Machine, Mandarin, Electro, Falcon, and countless others before we get another variant of a character we've already gotten. We have a Carnage. We have two Venoms, and we're getting another with two Eddie Brocks. That's more than enough!

Deadpool and Rhino...I remember reading two issues where they were fighting, and shrinking one another. I need a powerhouse chest for Rhino, so he needs to be redone somehow, with his bracers and anklets and his huge shoulderpads.

Carnage I can live without. I'll just have to play with him inaccurately.

The variant Kraven was from Kraven's Last Hunt, where he takes over. Not the best idea for a variant, but my lineup gave me little room for a variant at all.

And I forgot about the SM3 wave. I didn't think of the movie Brock we'll already be getting. Excuse me.

I may be a little late on this, and I'm sorry if there's a thread for this already.

Today, the paint on my Torment Spidey's chest rubbed right off. Almost all of it.

And the joints on my Hydroman's arms are real tight.

They didn't break, but they're just...blegh.

What's with this set?

Has anyone else had problems with the paint rubbing off?

Tookytoo had a good idea with a tentacled Carnage.

When I got my Carnage, he didn't seem like he was complete without his swirling mass of loose symbiote.

So I would say...

Tentacled Carnage/Eddie Brock

Deadpool/Rhino (With bracers and powerhouse chest)

Vermin/Kraven

Variant: Spidey Kraven (Bulkier symbiote Spidey, with loads of muscle detail in blue, and a powerhouse chest to show the difference in bulk of Kraven and Spidey)

No one would expect a Vermin minimate. Ever.

People who take credit for other people's work are just...

There's not even a word for it.

I always make sure that their faces line up with the masks.

ALWAYS.

What I want know is how to loosen joints that have been painted shut.

I've made a trade for a Nightcrawler minimate, but apparantly both hip joints were painted shut.

How should I make them move again?

I buy one pack of whoever I absolutely need.

I have all of the Spider-Mates, which I needed, and now I need the X-Men.

Normally that equals about four mates at a time.

One version each character, though.

Who the hell needs fourteen different Wolverines?

I always skip the variant.

I have Carnage.

Most people seem to not be able to find him.

Not sure if that counts.

I'm ALWAYS playing with my Minimates and making them fight.

I'll take some picslater.

All of this stuff is great.

WHY DID VENOM DIE!

Venom isn't dead.

He has cancer.

The Scorpion is Venom now.

Probably doesn't make you feel much better, but, hey.

He MIGHT get it back.

My complaint:

I'm sick. I have the flu or some other stupid thing like that.

Well...

I'm going to start getting healthier.

And my girlfriend is visiting from North Dakota this Saturday.

And I founda GREAT comic book store.

...Your first custom?

Are you serious?

You have to have done this before.

GREAT JOB.

I can't to see your Moon Knight.

I reaaaaally hate Naruto, but I guess they'd make good Minimate customs.

DBZ would be great.

actually not really,i mean you could do zim and gir the same height do the tallest and other adult characters at 2.5...

How could you make the arms skinny enough?

Or the heads in the right shape?

Or even mimic Jhonen's style AT ALL with a Minimate?

I love the pose of your minimate in this bank diorama

i try to copy :biggrin: for mine

:o THE BATTLE OF ALL TIME :o

Hey, you use the same Goblin Glider I do!

I glued a sideways C3 foot on there, and take off Gobby's boot when I put him on.

I absolutely love this scene.

LUH-HUUUH-HUUUUUV IT

Well, I opened an issue of Twisted Toyfare and there was the Marvel Minimate guide thing.

Out loud, I said "How stupid." Inside, I said "...I love you."

Two years later, after having them float around in my head every few months, I couldn't stand it.

I googled "Minimates" and found the MMC website.

I found the Spidey Minimate, and I couldn't resist him.

I immediately went on eBay and asked my mother to order the Spidey/Green Goblin 2-pack,as I already had to Marvel Towers Glider. I played with them endlessly, and needed more. I ordered loose Venom, Doc Ock, and Rhino, soon followed by Carage, and now, I have all of the Spider-Man Minimates, some Daredevil stuff, X-Men, Ghost Rider, and every other blocky little pal I can find.

I just found a comic book store about two hours away that sells 'mates, and I went once or twice.

I mostly get them on eBay.

so.......what should i make next

the arbiter to go along with your master cheif, and some eleites to go along with your arbiter, or maybe some spartan color variations?

why dont i build the entire army while im at it

Grunts'll be hard, but try those.

Play with breaking some legs and sticking them on to give it a short effect.