Chaapaaiguy

I rang what was their number the other day and was told by a very helpful gent that sadly they had closed at the end of the month the shop is still a comic store and specialises in games (trading card and board i think) but is no longer stocking minimates *now i have to find somewhere else to feed my habit) ,at least some of us still have those great skrulls they made now a little piece of mate history.

Damn! I thought i'd not seen Winkerbean crop up much on the boards recently, Hope all's going well down your way, Man!

Now i'm probably going to have to get my 'mates from..."Shudder"..Forbidden Planet...Arrrgh!

Anyone know what's up with Limited Edition in Plymouth? They just seem to have dropped off the edge recently...Who else am i going to source my crack from?

I actually quite enjoyed it, I was totally expecting a grade A cluster-f**k of a movie like TF2: Electric Boogaloo...

Let's face it, It was a two hour toy commercial and in that regards it succeeded, I actually wanted to buy a Night Raven despite not having owned any Action Force toys since 1985 and Scarlett & The Baroness were exceptionally easy on the eye so theres that too.

Brilliant work Luke! I am so loving that Donna Troy WG. But hey... where's Beast Boy?

And Disco-Collar Nightwing!!

BTW: Those Black Lanterns redefine awesome...

can anyone provide an address for limited edition, cuz the link on MMMV doesnt work for me

cheers

Limited Edition (eBay)

This is Limited Editions shop on eBay, Not sure what happened to their online shop, I just got the Villains set and Marvel Wave 25 & variant from them last week, and i can't fault them,

Limited Edition are my go-to guys for 'Mates in the UK....Yay!

Ian

Still waiting for Scarlett as black widow pics

Hear, Hear!

Any film is enhanced by the nubile charms of Ms. Johannson lol!

Please say Favreau is sticking to the winning skintight leather catsuit/impractical yet alluring high-heels combe we know and love from the comics...Please Jon, Please!! :biggrin:

Have we heard who's playing Hammer? And will they be keeping the "evil Heff" outfit?

AFAIK They've got Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer for this one, I'm pretty stoked to see the chemistry between Stark/RDJ and Hammer/SR, They're both great actors so i'm hoping they play up the Evil Tony aspect to Justin's character because i think they have similar acting styles...

Iron Man 2's Whiplash

What do you think, guys?

I'm quietly optimistic on this, The first movie was one of the highlights of 2008 for me so here's hoping...

My guess for the possible storyline is that Justin Hammer gets hold of some Irontech (Maybe remains of Iron Monger armour?), Has Vanko build a suit of armour (With added whip action) that then gets used to kill either hundreds of people or one special Tony-Specific (Girlfriend/Relative?) person whose death Stark considers himself responsible for,

Cue spiral into alcoholic dependency that requires Rhodey to become Iron Man, Rhodey gets his ass handed to him by Vanko causing Tony to snap out of his alcoholism, builds a new War Machine armor to take down Whiplash and then takes up IM identity again and passes on War Machine armour to Rhodey to take Hammer down once and for all...

That works for me. Hopefully the Whiplash armor has more to it than Mickey Rourke in bondage gear though Lol!

In the end though, The minimates are gonna be freakin' awesome!!

I've just finished reading John Birmingham's fantastic Axis of Time trilogy about a US-led naval taskforce from 2021 beinf accidentally sent back in time to 1942 and the US fleet sailing to Midway, I found them to be some of the most engrossing techno-thrillers i've read in years,

Now on to the meat of the post...

Who would you have as the principle characters on any possible movie/TV adaption?

I'd start by having...

"Uptimers"

Admiral Philip Kolhammer, USN - Ed Harris

Colonel J. "Lonesome" Jones, USMC - Dennis Haysbert (The Unit)

Captain Karen Halabi, RN - Parminder Nagra (ER)

Captain Jane Willett , RAN - Lucy Lawless (Yes, I know she's a Kiwi not an Aussie...lol!)

Prince Harry Windsor, SAS - Daniel Craig (007)

Julia Duffy, Reporter, New York Times - Not sure, Someone with the presence of Michelle Forbes but younger?

"Temps"

Cmdr. Dan Black USN - Matthem Modine

Lt. Wally Black USN - Milo Ventimiglia

Admiral Yamamoto IJN - George Takei (Let's get some Sulu love up in this house!!)

That's all i've got so far,I don't know whether this would be better as a trilogy of movies or maybe a series of mini series with a similar format to Band of Brothers?

Who else has read this excellent books and has ideas for cast?

Ian.

I'm quite partial to a Jim Rhodes Iron-Man with the add-ons (Backpack & pods) from when he holds up the mountain, It's been a while since i read it though, that was probably the Hulk...lol!

I also quite fancy a Secret Wars II Beyonder, I always thought he looked like the Hoff as a kid ;-)

Minimates Central is down as it's hit the monthly bandwidth cap. This is the first time it has happened since I upgraded the bandwidth allowance by 25% a few months ago.

Apologies, it will be up again on the 1st July when you will be able to once again read my latest DC reviews!

Cheers for setting that straight, Danny

I'm not sure I could face you "sob" LEAVING me again!!!

I wait henceforth until the first...

Hey,

Anyone else having problems accessing Minimates central, I've been trying most of the morning and all it gives back is a blank screen?

Any ideas whats up?

Hey, Wait a gorram minute!

Why has no-one suggested Firefly/Serenity mates?

Mal/Inara

Zoey/Wash

River/Simon

Jayne/Shepard Book (& Vera of course)

Kaylee/Badger

The Hands of Blue 2-pack

That'd be super shiny...

Don't like Gul Dukat Chest thing it looks like it'll limit his arm movement alot

Yeah, I was totally thinking the same thing, Wink.

I'm pretty much looking forward to the wave though, Glad Season 1 Sisko is the variant, loving the little first contact uniforms,

I wonder if mini Ilia has sworn her oath of mini celibacy?

Theres no such thing as Iron Man overkill, If anything IM is the one Marvel/DC character that perfectly lends itself to multiple versions as there have been many different armours over the years, although I won't be satisfied until i've got a Hydro Armour/Stingray 2-pack from IM Vol. 1, #218 In my grubby little mitts!!

The Hydro Armour Rocks!!

Anything can happen In the next half hour...

I fact I want a multiple wave Armor Wars streak, Goddamit!

Tony Stark will rule the world!!

Top 10:

*Nova (Original Costume)

*Thorbuster Iron Man

*Hulkbuster Iron Man

*Claremont/Cockrum Starjammers 5-Pack (Corsair (With Sikorsky attachment like Booster Gold's Skeets), Hepzibah, Raza, Ch'od & Binary)

*Exiles 5-Pack (Mimic, Thunderbird, Nocturne, Morph & Blink)

*Re-release Silver Centurion Armour Iron Man

*Claremont/Byrne Shi'Ar Imperial Guard 5-Pack (Gladiator, Manta, Hussar, Fang & Warstar)

*Alpha Flight 4-Pack No 1 (Guardian, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Shamen)

*Alpha Flight 4-Pack No 2 (Puck, Marrina, Northstar, Aurora)

*Batroc ze Leaper

I forgot to add...

*Excalibur Classic 4-Pack No 1 (Captain Britain, Meggan, Kylun & Shadowcat)

*Excalibur Classic 4-Pack No 2 (Nightcrawler, Micromax, Phoenix & Pete Wisdom)

Spider-Man/Wolverine Variants:

*House of M Agent of SHIELD Wolvy

*Fantastic 4 Wash-out Paper bag headed Spidey

Yeah, I'm all about the boxsets, The last few sets released have really upped the bar so there could be some real kick-ass release in the future...

Just get a spare DC golden age Flash and use his arms. It's a pretty good match.

Cheers, Now for a trip to the 'net to find a GA Flash, Wish me luck!

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.ph...ost&p=33634

Thanks, I'll ttry to remember to use the forum search function next time lol!

I know I'm probably being a complete noob, But what is the best method to remove paint from 'Mates?

All I want to do is remove the rank braids from a spare Trek Scotty 'mate to make a generic Redshirt and i don't want to ruin the arm by scraping off the paint,

any advice would be much appreciated, Thanks...

Holy Cow!

I work at Borders in Edinburgh and I was searching on the system for a DK Ultimate Guide for Iron Man just today, Seriously.

Weird...I was sure I'd seen info about a release for one ages ago (Dec/Jan), and a couple of other IM movie tie-in books were "cancelled prior to publication" but all trace of the DK ultimate book have disappeared..Damn them!

I've got first editions of the Avengers, Justice League, Batman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four & X-men books, Sure woulda liked an IM one though, Think of the wonderful toys?!?

Curses! Foiled by one!

Much congrats to the winner though...

Does this mean I can buy mine in the usual way now?

I liked Kylie's character for the one special, but wouldn't want a repeat performance. The last Christmas special was one of the worst scripted pieces of rubbish I've ever watched. It was painful to watch at points.

As I've said before, I want an alien companion, and a lot less time spent on Earth. I'll give Tate a chance, and try to forget that shes who she is, but don't have too high hopes.

On a related note, did anyone watch tonights Torchwood? It was amazingly fantastic. Torchwood is one of the best sci-fi shows around in my opinion, and tonights finale was great.

I can't believe they killed off both Owen and Tosh. I saw Owen's death/body being destroyed etc on the cards from when he got shot, but not Tosh. Didn't see that one coming at all!

But the acting was superb. It was such a moving episode and acted brilliantly by all involved, particularly Naoko Mori (Tosh). Anyone know if it's coming back for a third series, and if so who the team is going to be? Any chance that Martha will get a permanent slot on the team?

It's been greenlit for a 3rd series and i believe....

At least that's what I have read at the following websites

Planet Gallifrey

Sylvestermccoy.com

i09.com

My first mates were Captain America/Absorbing Man & Wife-beater Wolverine/Juggernaut from Forbidden Planet in Edinburgh for about 6 or 7 pounds each..and my initial reaction was...Meh!

So I left it for a couple of years until I found some remainder C3 sets at my local TRU and was hooked on the DC goodness,

So now I'm up to date with all DC 'mates (God rest their little souls ) Trek 'mates and BTTF 'mates and I'm totally addicted!!

Ain't got them on display though, just in a big old Tupperware box...The wife looks at me funny when she catches me sniffing the plasticky goodness within...Sorry, guilty pleasure, Yeah I'm a little weird!! lol!

Nothing weird there .

Wolverine drinks Tennents Super ?

LOL! No, Wolvie's on the Jack Daniels wagon this week...

I'm just worried that sniffing plastic fumes is the first step on the long road to drinking Toilet Duck!!

My first mates were Captain America/Absorbing Man & Wife-beater Wolverine/Juggernaut from Forbidden Planet in Edinburgh for about 6 or 7 pounds each..and my initial reaction was...Meh!

So I left it for a couple of years until I found some remainder C3 sets at my local TRU and was hooked on the DC goodness,

So now I'm up to date with all DC 'mates (God rest their little souls ) Trek 'mates and BTTF 'mates and I'm totally addicted!!

Ain't got them on display though, just in a big old Tupperware box...The wife looks at me funny when she catches me sniffing the plasticky goodness within...Sorry, guilty pleasure, Yeah I'm a little weird!! lol!

Wow! Those are frakkin' sweet!!

Whose head did you use for Teal'c?