SlushyFrog

Ah I forgot that there's another Ryu in Wave 3. But I do prefer the Wave 2 Ryu... that just means I can pass on the Wave 3 one since I really don't need yet another Captain America.

I picked up a Taskmaster. Ugh really wish I could've combined shipping with the Sentinel. That said, I can do without the Sentinel and mostly want that Ryu. Hopefully there will be spares from army builders if I can't find the pack.

Thanks for doing the count. I think it would also be interesting to see the ratio of new characters to rehashes. I'd imagine over time the ratio is going to get smaller. Might make more sense to break it down by year to see if MU is following a similar trend as Minimates. Anyway, I'm just wondering out loud here, I'm not actually going to take the time to do this, haha.

I'm loving the Expendables. Wonderful. Did Zach say, "no DC matges"? Is this a clever ruse to leave a back-door open for more DC Minimates? Ya, I didn't think so. I think we will see more Capcom v. Marvel tomorrow. Return of Ghostbusters, that is the line that is coming back (in my humble opinion). He didn't deny Star Trek mates.

I would buy a bunch of each if they were in the $3-$4 range per figure. I haven't done any army building yet, because I haven't been able to justify getting many duplicates of a unique character.

Both the triangle and circle can be spotted in the extended Superbowl spot:

that new stand looks intriguing. would be great with a ball joint.

Hmmm, I would like more Young Avengers minimates. Could the Avengers movie justify it? If memory serves, only Vision 2.0 has been done.

I totally agree that Game of Thrones would work great with Minimates. It has a huge cast of characters with a large variety of costumes and seems to be the right genre for collectors. My current favorite tv drama is Justified -- not sure how interesting the characters would be in Minimates form. Despite the possibility of Firefly Minimates having been shot down in a Q&A, I will reiterate that it's at the top of my Minimates wants.

I would totally buy two or three of an army builder 4pack.

damn, missed crossbones.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/07/18/lego-is-coming-game-of-thrones-themed-minifigs/

Anyone have any idea whether Rogue comes with a hairpiece separate from the hood? If not, bummer.

I actually like the sparklyness -- makes him seem more otherworldy. Unfortunately the helmet on mine either sits either too high on the head or the tampo is too low, but I can't get the mouth to peak through.

cool, but id rather have civilians.

bummer. must've missed the logo ghost online. my local tru has multiples of all the other packs, but no logo ghost.

Just out of curiosity, have any of you actually witnessed a noncollector pick up a minimate package and buy it?

got dracula and frankenstein's monster. then i decided to go back and get wolfman and the creature... i've slipped on this slope that's so slippery.

My TRU exclusive came in one envelope, both slightly squashed. I expected this, but it doesn't matter to me because I open my Minimates. I think my Betsy has the same problem as EvilAsh's.

Star Wars. Haha Star Wars would certainly rejuvenate my interest in Minimates. I guess cheap civilians would be nice... I've been using 24 and BSG minimates for such purposes. Like the blind packaged LEGO minifigs -- although they'd have to be cheaper than the single pack army builders for me to buy them. If the MAX line could go towards scientists/doctors and astronauts that would be lovely. But yeah not too much beyond ninjas (already mentioned) really scream out at me. Although I would love WUXIA type figures (think the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 'mates but generic Asian flying kung fu figures). My guess is they wouldn't be too popular but I would totally buy them and I think they could visually look very cool. I would be ecstatic if they got the Fables license but since DC Minimates are out of the question, I can't imagine Fables minimates ever being made. So... fairy tales in the public domain could be a good consolation. Okay, I think I got sidetracked far enough. I'd buy the NYCC packs if they were easy to obtain (retail price + shipping).

I'm surprised it took DST this long to get into generic zombies. With the part swapping feature of minimates, there could be hundreds of different zombie combinations to be had. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this new line of undead minimates. I would probably get zombie minimates (although I never picked up any of the Marvel Zombies). Funny thing is I've never really liked zombies... but pop culture has been bombarded by zombies so much in the last decade that I've been braiiinswashed into thinking they're pretty neat. Hmmm... what other generic nonlicensed minimates would I want (other than zombies and pirates).

i've always assumed minimate storks dropped them off at stores.

So I just got the flying Delorean. And as mentioned above, Doc has holes for glasses... but the figure doesn't come with glasses! Is that the case for everyone? I never got the BTTF 2 box set, so I don't have any glasses to put on Doc.

Agreed. I also want a more modern-looking Rogue. But I am on board with the set as a whole, as I kinda like what I had read of Age of X.

I don't know what kind of interest there is, but I was bummed to hear Chuck definitely crush all hopes for it. They had some pretty random licenses before: Desperately Seeking Susan, Man with no Name Trilogy and I would've thought Firefly had some kind of shot. It's the appropriate genre, still has a fanbase at conventions, and most importantly, it's arguably my favorite TV show ever, heh. And when I say appropriate genre, I'd bet most toy collectors know what Firefly is and have enjoyed watching it. I guess they've had bad luck with licenses of "old" properties -- they certainly seem to be trying to release minimates that would hopefully appeal to the general minimate collector (pirates, MAX), than attract the (likely small) fanbase of an old license.