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20 hours ago, THE_CRIPPLER said:

There is also a minimmate Rocketeer helmet and jetpack on Shapeways that you can buy.

Yeah, it's excellent. Strongly recommend. But I also would love an official Rocketeer Minimate (and Betty while we're wishlisting).

On 7/5/2022 at 7:34 PM, DSTZach said:

I would love to make the lone female referee as part of a box set. 

Aubrey Edwards! She's awesome.

14 hours ago, THE_CRIPPLER said:

So does this AEW license give you the ability to make some of the veterans in AEW as they looked when they were young? I would love a Jake The Snake, Taz, DDP (if allowed), Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard if he is still considered part of AEW and not just ROH, etc. A 4-pack of Sting would be awesome too. Surfer Sting, Crow Sting, NWO Wolfpack Sting, and Joker Sting.

Jazwares was able to make a young Jericho figure. I think it just depends on if they're using WWE intellectual property or not.

2 hours ago, DSTZach said:

I'll pass along concerns about blisters. 

What was the last single-packaged non-promo MM -- Alien? I still have one on my shelf, I love that one. Would we count the bat in the bag? I guess so, since it wasn't a freebie.

BTW, we're thinking about doing another promo MM blank for NYCC. I'll make sure to put some aside for the MMMV.

There was also some Marvel ones, right? For Captain America and Thor movies? I can't remember if they were before or after Alien though.

15 hours ago, DSTZach said:

When we planned Series 1 and 2, and the first two 2-packs (no set release date for those yet), Hook was still an unknown and Danhausen was not yet part of the promotion. But I'd love to see a Hookhausen 2-pack sooner rather than later. 

With a bag of chips accessory please and thank you.

Also, to any lapsed wrestling fans here that may be popping into this thread, I highly recommend checking AEW out. If you were turned off by WWE, it's pretty much the opposite of that and the best thing going.

I don't want to get too ahead of things, since we haven't even seen prototypes, much less lineups for the first wave, but....man would I love a Forbidden Door branded wave:

Will Ospreay/Orange Cassidy
Claudio Castagnoli/Zack Sabre Jr
Jon Moxley/Hiroshi Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada/Hangman Page

Oh this is so exciting!

That's a good idea!

Could it be Rom? Or Micronauts?

He's actually been on my custom list for awhile, but I could never figure out a way to do his head. I'm very glad you did! Do you think you might sell extra eyes in the store? I've wanted to get a Minimate scaled green eye to go with my Emerald Empress custom (she's a Legion of Super Heroes villain if you're not familiar).

On 6/8/2022 at 11:24 AM, Lobsterman said:

A while back, I found this company that does custom ALPS printed decals. The advantage of these is they can do silver and gold metallic and opaque white, which is great for use on a dark-colored background like, say, Cobra insignias on black uniforms. It's a little pricey (about $60 for a 8.5"x13" sheet) but if you make decals for a bunch of customs it doesn't sting quite as much.

https://www.bedlamcreations.com/

Oh that's interesting. I am semi-retired from customizing, in part because printing out decals was getting to be a drag. But this may solve that problem. Did you have any trouble with sizing? I still use Luke's old templates and I find they are still accurate for making decal pages.

8 minutes ago, jettstorm said:

Is that a transformed Megatron right above the boom box Blaster? I hadn't noticed that before...

If so I wish it had been hit with a couple of black paint hits but nothing I cant do myself pretty easy. Awesome.

You're right! I hadn't noticed either. Yeah, should be pretty easy to paint.

Give the people what they want Zach.

Boy those look great.

Bongo the Balloon Bear!

6 hours ago, DSTZach said:

While I'm sure there will be plenty to say about this first announcement, the other two may be a little while. Hasbro came back with some VERY late in the game changes, so we had to hold off on announcing them (one was a potential packaging issue, one was a full character replacement). Hopefully they will still make the show, but rest assured they will be offered in some form this year, along with TMNT and the mystery Vinimates. 

Aw that's a bummer. Thanks (as always) for being open with us.

On 5/6/2022 at 12:11 PM, DSTZach said:

Will be revealed May 12! This includes:

GI Joe Exclusive 4-pack in "VHS" style packaging

Transformers Exclusive 4-pack in "VHS" style packaging

Power Rangers Exclusive 6-pack in Deluxe window box

This does NOT include:

TMNT 4-Pack (Diamond Comics 40th Anniversary Exclusive)

Mystery License Vinimates 2-Pack (will be revealed closer to the show, as will MM and Gallery Diorama)

These sound very cool. I like that you all have a strong lineup of exclusives that do not include Marvel; it shows that the brand is coming back. ?

On 4/20/2022 at 9:51 AM, cylonchaney said:

Thought I read somewhere that he was an outside character they licensed or something and it's hard to get merchandising rights.

Or maybe a made up or mixed up memory. I'm starting to get old. lol

No, you're right that they'd need to make a separate deal. NECA did for their upcoming Usagi figure, and Stan's the nicest guy in the world so I bet they could work something out.

Give me my Usagi Minimate Zach!!!

I picked up a couple of the Mega Construx Call of Duty sets, and they pair pretty nicely with Minimates. I don't know how hard it is to find them (I bought them all when Toys R Us was going out of business, to give you an idea how long ago this was) but probably worth looking for if you really want some military vehicles.

23 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:

I forgot about Xorn!

 

he’s on the list now

The only good X-Man. ?

Xorn and...no, just Xorn.

Hey Zach, any chance it will be revealed at the DST Showcase on Friday?

On 2/28/2022 at 2:45 AM, THE_CRIPPLER said:

Yeah, I hope they don't completely stop with the plastic. I want to be able to see what I am buying. I see way too many posts of Classified figures that have been returned to stores and the figure has been swapped out with some random figure, many times not even a G.I. Joe Classified figure. 

TBF that happens more because employees aren't paying attention/don't care when things are returned, not so much because of how much they can see in the package.

I think redos will be fine, if it's something like hooded Cobra Commander or original Snake Eyes. I'm down for supporting this line and Transformers to the bitter end, so I will definitely order them regardless.

Well, I guess you all will just have to make a Mister Hyde Minimate so he doesn't look like a liar. ?