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Aw man, I'm going to have to get those variations, aren't I?

Yes! I made a bunch of them using cylon armor. Back then those were really easy to find; I bet Luke still has some. I used a Nightcrawler head and the snake base from...oh, a Pathfinder character maybe? For the snake guy. A Gambit hairpiece for that one guy that wore one like that, and Starfire's head for that one big woman. And Jugger I think was just the original X-Men Cyclops visor, which is shaped differently from the more modern ones. But maybe it was a different piece; I still haven't checked. 😄

Well...I really hope the CM Punk Minimate is too far along in production. 😬

18 hours ago, elhonez said:

I would buy two Robocops, so I could finally make my Jugger Grimrod custom from Alien Legion:

I believe I used a Cyclops visor to make him? I'm not sure, I'd have to check. I made a bunch of Alien Legion characters years ago.

#giveZachapanel

I think I already wrote this, but I think the sculpted heads used for things like The Simpsons and Looney Tunes look really good. They actually fit Minimate bodies better IMHO because they look a bit big for Legos. Also any helmeted heads, like Darth Vader, look very good.

11 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

Zim & Girs' position of generally being the most-expensive vinimates on ebay looks like being eclipsed by the (currently) elusive AEW SDCC pair  . 

I have no real understanding of this licence ( or Zim & Gir for that matter)  but ,obviously ,somebody is hungry for it.

There's a very big market for all things wrestling collectibles. AEW has only been around three years, so other than action figures and a few other things they haven't had a whole lot of merchandise. I think this is going to be one of DST's bigger licenses.

On 7/29/2022 at 11:01 PM, Navaan said:

So... What packs/whom do folks think will be the next out after the first sets?

I can see some two packs for Young Bucks, Lucha Bros, Jurassic Express, and Best Friends.

A Dark Order five pack with Evil Uno, John Silver, Ten, Alex Reynolds and mini Brodie Lee Jr. Sadly, Anna Jay may not fit there, anymore. ?
 

I think Zach said that there was a tag team set that was currently being held as a possible exclusive. My guess is that it's the Young Bucks and that Ringside Collectibles is the store. But that's just a guess.

Bryan Danielson is my biggest want. Sting and Darby Allin also make sense. If they are looking to mix in more women, Thunder Rosa would make for a great looking 'mate. MJF seems like a must.

If they are going after just the Hellpop market, the next box set will be Bryan Danielson/Ricky Starks/Daniel Garcia/Konosuke Takeshita.

On 8/18/2022 at 12:46 PM, DSTZach said:

You know, I'm not sure of the status of our Predator license, but that would certainly be cool. Ditto Alien, Bruce Lee, John Wick... well, now I'm sad.

Welcome to our world buddy! 😄

You know, the Rocketeer would also make for a cool video box....

Technically it's Diamond Comics Distributors, the parent company, doing the suing. So it might not involve DST products directly. But that definitely sucks for them.

Finished Sandman yesterday, which got me thinking about how nice it would be to get some Minimates from the show. I figure three box sets, one based on the first five episodes of the show, one on the last four, and one on the largely standalone episode six:

Set One:
Dream (robed with helm)/Lucifer/Johanna Constantine/John Dee

Set Two:
Dream (1789)/Hob Gadling (1789)/Lady Johanna Constantine/Death

Set Three:
Dream (long coat)/Corinthian/Rose Walker/Gilbert

If those do well enough, I could see one last set focusing on The Dreaming:
Lucienne/Cain/Abel/Merv

Overall I quite enjoyed the show, although I'm afraid that the second half does not live up to the first. I think the biggest problem is that the actress playing Rose Walker just isn't up to the demands of the role. And of course, the Death episode is the standout, just like the comic it was adapted from was the standout of the early issues of the series.

Yeah, this set is definitely too expensive for just custom parts. Which is kind of a bummer. I don't mind paying a premium to support Minimates, but in the past I would often buy extra sets to use for projects, or even just to give someone else an extra accessory (I can think of several figures that would look nice with those Invisible Woman force shields), but that's not going to happen with this set.

By the way, anyone looking to make other stretchy Reeds, or any other stretchy characters, I found that the elongated Jack Skellington torsos work really well (with some paint and/or decals of course).

John Constantine is a real easy QC to make. I used a Jack Bauer head and hairpiece, though there's certain to be other options in the 10+ years since I made him (there's some good scruffy heads from Walking Dead). Then a trenchcoat and any shirt/tie torso combination. You can even find cigarette hands from a couple places, like the X-Files set. Done!

Not to toot my own horn, but my old custom thread is mostly DC figures, since I'm much, much more a DC guy than anything else. I haven't updated it in ages though. There's a lot of other DC customs in those threads, so it's definitely worth poking around some of the older pages and see what people were doing 5-6 years ago.

Picked this up from Luke a few days ago. Despite the sticker shock (can't believe they didn't make it $44.99 at least) it's a very nice set. Love the extra parts for Mister Fantastic, and that they finally added some black to the Thing's rocky bits. I don't really get the deal with the all black Silver Surfer, but the new heroic Doctor Doom is nice to have. HERBIE is very cool, though I do wish I had a Franklin to go with him. I guess that's an easy enough quick custom to do (come to think of it, I may have already done that at some point). The new box art is quite classy; all in all, very good work.

Starfox!

5 hours ago, Freaqualizer said:

Yeah, I think if you’re willing to paint Abomination headcap would be a good choice. If you REALLY wanna be creative I’d probably modify the Ultimate Green Goblin headcap and shave down the extra horns and then cut the ears off of Abomination’s headcap and glue them onto the Goblin piece.

Or, @hellpop used the Etrigan head from the Brave and bold mini fig and that also looks very cool!

That's nice of you to say. If I remember it was a pain to do, because I had to cut the neck pin off a Minimate torso and glued it on. Someone more talented than me could probably drill a little hole in it. Those little Brave and the Bold figures were a great compliment to Minimates. They made a Plastic Man hang glider that's perfectly proportioned for 'mates.

8 hours ago, Minimike said:

Luke should do a custom series of DC minimates! I’d love to see what he could do with firestorm demon zatanna and classic JSA characters!

Luke's heart has always been with Marvel, unfortunately. He's made a lot of great DC customs over the years though. Now Boyd...Boyd's the DC guy....?

9 minutes ago, DSTZach said:

I am not aware of more toy-based sets, specifically, but we have talked repeatedly about offering the cartoon-based sets, either through retailers (attempt 2) or as a web exclusive. Fingers crossed. 

Zach, my friend, have I said to you how much I would like for your future plans to include a certain samurai rabbit?

5 hours ago, buttheadsmate said:

I always read this thread & I continually ask myself why the avenue of 3D printed Minimates isn't fully exploited . As always I probably need to explain that I'm not patronising or criticising those people who are making such fantastic 'pieces' , no way, I am in awe.

I am questioning quite why someone hasn't fully exploited what must be considered to be the future of Minimates ?

That's a question .

I think it's mostly due to the extreme niche nature of our community. You can get some great parts on Shapeways, and I know Nervous was working with someone there who designed some things for him, but for the most part I just don't think there are that many designers that are working on Minimate customs the way there are, say, Legos.

The one real advantage that I think you would have with 3D printing Minimate parts is that it should theoretically allow you to have tampos printed directly on them. I remember talking with someone (Luke or Nervous, can't remember who) about that, and the big problem with printing directly onto Minimate parts is that these days even the blanks are usually painted rather than just colored plastic, and they won't take a printed tampo the way plain colored plastic would. So theoretically you could 3D print your own torsos and then print a design right onto them. Far, far outside my area of expertise though. And I could be wrong about all of that!

9 hours ago, Navaan said:

Gosh I cannot wait for these.

Same. Gonna have CM Punk give the GTS to Optimus Prime.

The first box set in in the new DST solicitations:

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.

I guess you're right, but I'm not really seeing a resemblance to Adam Cole. It's the hairpiece. Both him and Mox (and Jericho, to an extent) need different hairpieces I think. Oh well, that's why I have a parts bin!?

So the AEW 'mates look to be Britt Baker, CM Punk, Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho, Hangman Page, Jon Moxley, Orange Cassidy, and one other I can't place.

Pin Mates also has a Hall of Justice. I bought it to use with Minimates but still haven't opened it. Similarly pretty basic:

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/pinmateoftheday-dccomics-hall-of-justice-with-superman-and-bizarro/

Of course, looking at these has now made me want more Pin Mates.?