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Lazy was the term I should have used. Sorry for any confusion. I had no problem with the regular versions of movie Spidey or lizard. They turned out to be pretty neat. In all my years of collecting marvel mates I've rarely complained about them, but I stand by what I said. These, to ME, are boring and lazy. I'm speaking for myself, not the whole of the minimate community. It's my own personal opinion. I'm sorry if it doesn't suit you.

DST should have used actual sewage. Maybe then they would have turned out better.

I'll take a ' Battle-damaged Sue-er Stan' or a 'Litigation Lee'

bhm's/DST's best battle damaged Minimate by a country mile - Mk.3 Iron Man (Hostile Takeover) which is immensely superior to the Wave 21 version .

I agree, that IM hostile takeover mate is the cats pajamas. It's at the very front of my IM mates.

I appreciate that.

Sure, if I'm going to give someone my money, it might as well be someone from here.

I cancelled all my preorders with AFX and decided to go with Luke's Toy store instead, as he seems pretty good on prices.

Whether I chose to buy them or not isn't the point, the point is that, some minimates are just poorly executed. The sewer battle lizard is virtually identical to it's regular wave counterpart, with the exception of a few scratches and splotches of sewer gunk, and the spider man, although slightly different, is just the same movie spider man with mud, or whatever it's supposed to be splattered on him. I'm not hating on minimates, quite the opposite actually. What DST cranks out 99.9% of the time is pure unadulterated awesomeness. I love collecting them, I still get goosebumps when I open them, and I get stoked for every new wave that's put out there. With the exceptional quality that we've been spoiled by lately,(i.e. Modok, Hulkbuster, Best of 1&2, Venom through the ages) I can't help but to be disheartened when they just aren't up to par with the rest of them.

I will ask DST to make a Stan Minimate, I hadn't thought of that, will do.

I have an extra Torch/Annihilus pack if someone is looking for one.

I would be happy with a simple Stan Lee/First Appearance Spider-Man re-do convention exclusive. It would have a Spidey, so Chuck would be happy, and Stan would be a great selling point for a con exclusive. It has to be better than a "sewer battle" exclusive, right?

I would love that!

That's exactly what I'm saying, we get a lot of garbage exclusives like that, why not some love for Stan?

Garbage? Wow.

I just did not care for the sewer battle exclusive. It felt unnecessary. The same goes with the Iron Man 2 exclusive with Tony and Black Widow in the leopard print dress. They're not exactly bad, just not my cup of tea.

I would be happy with a simple Stan Lee/First Appearance Spider-Man re-do convention exclusive. It would have a Spidey, so Chuck would be happy, and Stan would be a great selling point for a con exclusive. It has to be better than a "sewer battle" exclusive, right?

I would love that!

That's exactly what I'm saying, we get a lot of garbage exclusives like that, why not some love for Stan?

I've recently been going through my Marvel Minimate collection upon my recent acquisition of a swanky new display shelf, and I've been noticing that there are a ton of lackluster civilian characters. Namely Aunt May from the new Spider-Man movie, the Punisher War Zone thugs, etc. It somehow dawned on me, why not a Stan Lee Minimate? How awesome would that be? I'd put him front and center in my collection. He's been in the comics, just about every movie, he's just as much a Marvel character as Hulk or Spidey, so why the hell not? Anyone agree?

I'd love to see the rest of the worthy. Are there any plans to make them? I don't remember seeing any prototypes.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll contact AFX and see if they can resolve this. If not I'll consider buying from somewhere else.

TRU in Burbank, IL is well stocked with this wave.

I order them usually one at a time, as soon as they are available for preorder. I have seen none of them yet.

I've been a marvel minimate collector since the very beginning and I pride(/shame) myself on having every single one of them and have kept up with them without fail. I've been buying them from AFX ever since I stopped buying them from my local comic shop, which has been more than 4 years now. For some reason the past few waves and a few of the more recent box sets have yet to be shipped to me. This usually isn't a problem, but I know for a fact that these have been released for some time now. The most recent examples are the worthy and mighty boxed sets, the best of wave 1, the best of wave 2, and the strange tales box set. Has anyone else noticed that they are pretty behind on their stock? In any case, I'm thinking of cancelling all of my preorders and buying from someone else. Where do you guys buy from that is pretty reliable?

Looking over this list, it looks like all the best ones were already made. I went with Puma.

Squirrel Girl.

Why not just make a box set with all of them. I'd buy it.

But seriously, a bulked up Blob would be pretty rad.

That's why I didn't vote for any Brotherhood members, I don't want one of them, I want all of them.

Toad, Avalanche, Blob, and Pyro would be the perfect boxed set. I agree.

Why not just make a box set with all of them. I'd buy it.

But seriously, a bulked up Blob would be pretty rad.

I'll still keep buying them until either they stop making them, or until I'm dead.

marvelousnews has pics up of 15...

Looks like Annihilus / Torch (flamed-on) as expected, as well as Firelord / Airwalker, Surfer / Thing (blue with white trim, parts to change into pilot Ben Grimm), and Fear Itself Hulk and Juggernaut. Cool stuff, loving the Annihilus.

Link, please.

http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?catid=252&itemid=15418

I still can't order the rictor and boomer pack. The add to cart button isn't showing up. Anyone else still having this problem? Is there someway to add them to the cart other then clicking on the item first?

Tried to order these today, and the add to cart window isn't showing up. Anyone know what might be going on?

I've had the same problem for the last three days. I think maybe something is wrong with the website.

TRU item number: 823725

Capt Stacy and Protospidy is also in stock (and non-searchable):

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12894902&prodFindSrc=prodCrossSell

I was able to get both sets using these links. Thanks for the tip!

I can't believe it... They kept stringing us along all this time. It's a shame he's finally getting made. Now we have nothing left to look forward to.

For the first time in a long time, I'm burned out on Minimates. I think I'm going through that lull that many others have experienced lately. Not sure why I am posting that here, but is just seemed to fit the theme.

I agree. There's too many. They just keep pumping them out without any breaks in between. If we were getting consistently new characters, it wouldn't be so bad, but there are way to many rehashes like the recent best of wave. Although it will never happen, they should just make a 40 pack of new characters and save some time.

Sweet Christmas!! That Modok mate is sweet! Absolute perfection. :biggrin: