karamazov80

That figure is a beauty! Great work as always, Luke!

AI always wants to give Zartan hair. And when you try to correct it the hood always gets messed up.

For some reason the AI really struggled with those, and so I didn't get too far because it was so much work. Try to add joints to a figure's knees and then they screw up his face in the next iteration, etc. Trying to get images of them in the packaging adds an extra level of difficulty. Its 1 step forward and 2 steps back when you try to refine things. But here are a couple of examples you might appreciate as a Joe fan. What if Kenner had the GI Joe license (AI interpreted Secret Wars style to be Kenner style for Flint, interestingly)?

I've been using AI to generate fantasy 1/6 scale figures recently. Ethically, I've got mixed feelings about all this stuff. I HATE what this is doing and will continue to do to artists. But it is very fun to mess around and create imaginary figures. I was doing Super Powers, GI Joe, and Secret Wars styled characters that never were and never will be. For BHM! One of my favorite figures was the Desperately Seeking Susan Madonna. Here are some other musician Minimates I would love to have. I guess the audio monitor (?) is the 4th character? Though its off topic, here's one of the 1/6 Joes AI generated for me. Pretty unbelievable what can be done.

Just seeing your Paladin and Stingray. They are so awesome. Luke is the king!

Even as a kid I never cared for the Zelda cartoon. But I did love me some captain N. That could make for an amazing line of Minimates.

I also miss spending time around here with you fellas. There is a TBT contracting company with a sign I passed on the way to work for while. Every time I saw it I thought of Tim.

My favorite Wolvie is also the wave 68, Giant Sized X-Men version. Iconic Wolvie, terrific design, mostly clean tampos, and whether it was by design or just wishful thinking, he seems to have a Dave Cockrum styled mouth that I appreciate. I echo Padrino, in that this may be my favorite wave of any Minimates ever. Iconic representations of classic comic characters in one of my favorite comic runs with bold, basic colors. Just everything I want from Minimates. My second favorite is the TRU wave 22 Wolvie. And I think part of the reason actually is the slip on mask/helmet deal. I had the Secret Invasion one, and used a wash to highlight the paint details that were lacking on the production figure, but it still looks a bit clunky. The control they had over the TRU 22 version made it look so damn good. The thing that saddens me is that we never had a brown Wolverine that could match up with the greatness of those figures, or the wave 22 or Greatest Hits figures (both really good, by the way, but I'm not as keen on the colors, and eye placement on the wave 22 version). Wave 47 was OK, and before that I cobbled together one using parts from Daken and another brown Wolvie, but this is my favorite design of my favorite Marvel character. I think Tactical Wolverine passed me by completely somehow, so I'm thinking I need to pick that guy up.

The Fassbender synthetic got a fair amount of development and exploration in the two films he was in. But the movies were so bad that I had no interest in seeing more of him after Prometheus. An Olyphant spin-off would be welcome, assuming he survives.

I'm a fan of Hawley's other shows and am really enjoying this one so far. I didn't care so much for the flashback Alien-lite episode from a couple of weeks back, but other than that it's my favorite Alien spinoff since Aliens. Olyphant, in particular, is tremendous, and there are lots of fun threads that are playing out. Curious about Wendy's relationship with the xeno and eyeball goat, in particular.

This is all a real bummer. I'm particularly sorry for Luke. The community that developed around these little guys is special. Also, I just noticed that I'm a "newbie" here

Thanks! Here are pics of Cobra Commander with the 25th anniversary swamp skiier.

Tremendous! Let me be another to echo my happiness and excitement with this set. Just got it yesterday from Luke, and I love them. Perhaps the character I care for the least in this set--Scarlett, is my favorite Minimate of the bunch. Executed so well. Just a great distillation of her, from the details on the suit to the ponytail to the crossbow. But Storm Shadow is a close second. The sword holster works really well and the little design details make him stand out. He's only missing his nunchaku! If and when we get toon-accurate versions, I'll replace this Cobra Commander, but this one is quite serviceable when you remove the cape. I didn't notice before that the stripe is sculpted onto his helmet, though it isn't colored here. My one slight disappointment with the set may be Snake Eyes. I think I personally would have preferred a simple tampo for his visor. As it is, the head seems really bulky. And I appreciate the effort DST went to to give him all his straps, etc., but it makes him a bit busy and hard to pose. The knife bends when you put it in his sheath. Having said that, I still like him a lot, and am very happy with this purchase. I might dig around in my collection to see if there is something approximating his '85 backpack that I could modify for his use. And he's missing the uzi, so I'll have to look for a replacement on that front, as well. My first non-custom Minimate purchase in probably 2 or 3 years! We need MORE!!!

Not sure about others, but I always see Minimates at Walgreens. The problem is that the popular ones folks seem to want are never around. Not sure if they just get gobbled up more quickly, or never make it out to the floor because the older ones are taking up the space.

Crimson Twins before 1986ers, please.