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Well, I guess it's official - no Final Battle Killian minimate

Dr Baghead, there's a box pic on the page. It's one long box of all 10 lined up. I'm less than enthused, especially for the IM3 pack. It looks like a lot of rereleases with a new Tony & Pepper thrown in for $55 I'll definitely be getting the Deadpool & Thundercats. Wasn't really looking for more Deadpool but at least they're well done. Never been a Thundercats fan but I've bought them all because they're so damn well made! Marvel is VERY disappointing for me for SDCC exclusives - A huge handful of the same characters - Wolverines, Deadpools & Iron Mens. Not enough variety for my taste. But I assume they will sell well, so that's a plus.

I'm still down for a set or three!

To appease our God, the Great Zachoat! Praise be to he who gives us the Mates of Mini!

You're welcome! When did Data appear in a similar outfit? And, pass on making a Liberace mate! Trelane, however, would be preferable, but requires sculpting

Well, if they're based on the new movie, I'll wait and see before I get excited. I would personally choose Kick-Ass first, however.

Hot Sex!

So, why is Sin City listed there? Inside information??

I'm holding off on watching the trailer because I expect it to be shown before Man of Steel on Friday! Also, I can't wait to see who shows up at SDCC to promote part 2 this year

So wait, Zach, are you saying we should give up all hope of any more Spider Man? (very nicely stated btw!)

Only if we get a Marv WITH a minimate scale Electric Chair!

Because we want to buy multiples! The Kirk figure is great and useful for parts, i.e. the new leather belt, and Kirk had so many appearances that a few extra Kirk heads aren't a bad thing, plus I want to QC a Trials & Tribblations Sisko. So, I'll wind up with a few extra Khans. Historically speaking, I know I've picked up a few extra spares of different sets throughout the years whenever a board member points out a cool custom with available parts. How many of us are buying extra female Shield agents in wave 51 for QC's? I think Khan's jacket is a new and interesting piece, and I'd hate to have to chase an extra down later on when I'd rather support retail sales if I can find another use for the basic part now. One of the things I love about Minimates are how relatively easy they are to customize with just a label printer and maybe some paint! (This is why I've been such a pest about getting more baseball hats out there like WD series 1 Glen's!) Oh, and an extra Kirk head is already pegged for a "Return of the Archon's" QC with a Van Helsing body

What about Khan's jacket? Even painted, I can't think of an appropriate custom for it at the moment. I figured someone had an idea And yeah, I probably won't be making Khan in Red Shirt, unless I wind up with a TON of extra red shirt torsos. Hmmmm... Maybe sculpting on some additional bits to make it some kind of winter jacket?? Bonus points to anyone who can think of a Universal Monster film for this style of jacket? Maybe the winter jacket for John Carpenter's The Thing?

Fine: Spiderman & Blob Spiderman & Pyro Spiderman & Toad Spiderman & Mastermind TRU: Spiderman & Avalanche Spiderman & Destiny Spiderman & Black Knight Spiderman & Tigra WAVE 55: Wolverine & Piledriver Wolverine & Thunderball Wolverine & Wrecker Wolverine & Bulldozer I would buy them all and be happy. Of course, it's not going to happen like this either! But I'd still buy them

Can you post a pic or reference a comic book number? I'm sure I've read it but it's just not coming to mind.

But wait, there's more! There's the ALWAYS connected Kinnect which MUST remain connected for the XBone to even function. This is a very high tech camera that watches your pupil response and heart rate (as well as everyone else in the room. Sure, they claim you can turn it off by software, but tell me it's not still functioning in some manner - I wasn't born yesterday! So, we have an always-connected high tech camera in front of you. Why?? Well, for one, it will track whether or not you're paying attention to commercials. It will track whomever is in the room as well, so they're collecting demographic data. And what if you have one too many friends or family over to watch something? Might the system decide you're now "exhibiting" a movie and decide you can't play some movies when the camera detects too many people in the room? And the required once/24hr connectionis so the marketer can obtain that sweet, sweet data! This is going to gain Microsoft a TON of money! Advertisers are dying for this kind of data, and studios as well - it's far more advanced than Nielsen ratings! Games - you no longer OWN them, they are now a "service". How long before the same happens with movies too? And what happens to your old games when XBone is no longer sold, years from now? You won't even be able to play them! And legally they can stop providing the "service" whenever they decide because you don't technically own your games! And as for the game resellers, they have to be "participating retailers", so forget selling on ebay, at the flea market, or any way you decide to resell. Honestly, the invasion of privacy with the Kinnect camera is a HUGE dealbreaker for me! It is simply unacceptable. If that didn't exist, I might have considered one day owning a XBone. I'm not going to give up my privacy in such an invasive manner to be any advertiser's guinnea pig! Things are bad enough as it is, when you click "like" or rate some things, you get tons of targeted ads. I don't want to be advertised to any more, I'm very much sick of it. How do you adblock a camera that watches to see if you're paying attention or not? How much more spam, junkmail, or targeted ads do we need? Also, Microsoft has specifically mentioned awarding "Achievements" for watching some advertisements. F that, I'm not paying to be advertised to constantly! I'm excited to finally get Star Wars Battlefront 3. IF it were an XBone exclusive (which I'm 99% sure WON'T happen), I would not abandon my principles just for a game. I love the Dead Rising series, and I'm passing on that since it will be XBone exclusive. No game is worth to me the hassles of dealing with the XBone's bullcarp. I love my XBox360. I was willing to follow MS into the next generation. But this is just customer abuse, pure and simple. I'll eventually get a PS4, but probably not day 1 unless I can't wait to play SW Battlefront 3. (waiting to see more footage first!) But my 360 and PS3 still work well, so I'm really in no rush for a new system. IF Microsoft succeeds, things will only get worse as time goes on. What kind of nonsense will Microsoft push on it's customers a decade from now with their followup to XBone? This crap has to be stopped now. Look at Divx, the pay-to-watch DVD scheme that Circuit City unleashed years ago (not Divx the viewing program, those are two seperate things!) Will they force digital-only downloads a decade from now? Will you still be able to buy the next Star Wars or Marvel movie for $20 to OWN, or will you have to pay $2.99 for each *viewing*, PLUS an additional fee for every person the camera detects in the room?? Please, don't feed Microsoft's BS - it will only get worse for us, not better!

Hey, no complaints here! I liked the advance lead time, it gave me more time to brainstorm customs off this set! And no Hammerhead? He is a Spiderman villain after all. Woot! Heres to AFX announcing their THREE sets soon!!

Oh, dear lord, PLEASE no Red Skull in Onslaught armor! That looks and sounds terrible!

I would burn a case of Invincibles minimates to get official Hellboy minimates.

Merchandising. Even changing IM's arc reactor from round to a triangle from IM1 to IM2 helped sell more toys. As an autograph collector, it's frustrating because the looks are already pretty varied from movie to movie, so I've given up on trying to have everyone "match" (As in I have my Cap Movie Chris Evans in with my Avengers collection - he's very difficult to obtain and I'm not holding my breath on getting him again on a new costume pic).

Well, NeoLego, it appears you were completely wrong about the PS4. Also, I'll just leave this here: http://imgur.com/a/zSN57

So, does anyone have any ideas for customs using the TRU Khan?

I could accept it if it got us a few fill-in TRU 2-packs. But if the only way I could get Toad was in a 4-pack with Magneto, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, then I'd happily fork over my money (assuming the 3 were different from what we already have, otherwise I would grudgingly still fork over the cash) 4-Pack: Magneto, Toad, Mastermind, Quicksilver (we just got 2 Scarlet Witches!) TRU 2-pack: Blob & Pyro Avalanche & Destiny

Red Skull Onslaught version? Anyone have a pic & comic book #?

YB, I'd love for that to be the correct lineup (even better if they were AIM beekeepers!) IF we were to get a new Hydra or AIM soldier, I hope whoever comes with them has plenty of good reusable parts for customs, because I need a ton to combat all those recent Shield troops!