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DST sent out an email promoting their upcoming SDCC exclusive reveals. I sincerely doubt that they will have any Minimates (it's been years since there was a Minimate con exclusive) but I thought it possible that they might have something for GI Joe or Transformers. Heck, since it's the Hasbro license maybe they will make Rom or Micronauts or something. A fella can dream, can't he?

Well, we had a good run.

Love them!

Happy birthday to Luke... and Boyd too!

I am slightly less excited for GI Joe Minimates than Transformers, because I've already made lots of GI Joe customs, but it's still pretty great. By the way, if you can find any of the old MegaBlox Call of Duty sets, they work pretty well as Minimate GI Joe vehicles.

Oh these are so cool! I know that Transformers is a dream property for a lot of the DST team, and you can see it in the designs. Congratulations guys!

This Hall of Justice is one clearance at Entertainment Earth:

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/justice-league-pin-mate-wood-hall-of-justice-playset-with-superman-and-bizarro/bbp22869

I ordered one, so I'll let you all know how it looks with Minimates; should be a bit more in scale than the Funko one.

Yeah, Black Panther in that same look is one of my big Minimate wants.

I am not a big fan of retro stuff but I really like these.

Oh, absolutely. I am *dying* for a modular Lego set of their building to put next to my Simpsons house. I picked up the Loyal Subjects figures the other week and they are pretty cool, but not Minimates, y'know.

Oh God I hadn't even considered the Nadja doll.

It's probably pointless to wish for any new Minimate licenses but MAN what I wouldn't give for a What We Do In The Shadows box set.

All right Zach, you finally got me. I'm going to buy the Rocketeer.

Happy birthday big guy!

Yeah, I like the prompts. And it gives me a good excuse to take a day off.

I'm skipping today, since I'm not a video game guy, but I'll be back tomorrow.

For anyone looking to make the Starjammers, here's a few recipe tips:

-Ch'od is actually pretty easy, as a Pathfinder Goblin head on any number of Hulk bodies will fit the bill.

-There's a skunk tail from the Peter Pan Minimates that works perfectly for Hepzibah, with a little glue. From there it's really just parts matching to get the look you want, since there are plenty of white female faces (I recommend Lady Death) white hairpieces, and yellow female chest blocks.

-Raza is probably the toughest, since there's not going to be a face that matches him, but the Retro X-Force Cable chest is a perfect match for him, as is the Championspool ponytail.

Love ‘em. 

Deathlok is arguably the most important Marvel character yet to be made, and Constrictor is one of my personal all-time favorites. Super excited to get both. This wave looks like a big win so far. 

Fwoosh has a couple leaked images of Roadblock and Scarlett from the 6" GI Joe line, and I dunno what they are thinking. Rather than making them look like the classic Joes, they've gone with redesigns that make them almost unrecognizable. I think they've completely misunderstood the audience for this line; it's surprising, since they've done such a good job with Star Wars Black and Marvel Legends.

Apparently Hasbro is finally offering a 6" GI Joe line, so that will probably be the dominant collector news.

Cool! Sorry for the miscredit. My other artistic skills are even worse than my customizing, so that's as far as I'll be participating. But I do have some cool Minimate- compatible pieces to pull out, so I may get a little creative that way.

Luke did, I believe. His feed is where I first saw it. I'm gonna try to participate, though I suck at photos. But it's a chance to put up some customs I've had sitting around that fit the categories, so why not?

Personally, I think that "real" people Minimates plays away from the strength of the figure, and I'm not a big fan. A lot of the figures are fairly drab and not really eye-catching. I agree with BHM that figures in costumes like the Ghostbusters are a better sell. Aesthetically, I think comics and especially animation translates best to Minimates, and if I were DSTHellpop that's more what I would be focusing on.

Not to beat a dead horse, but AFI posted a DST Toyfair sneak peak, which includes no Minimates:

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/new-york-toyfair-sneak-peek-from-collectdst-black-widow-it-star-wars-and-more-nytf/

Always liked this emoji.