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Marathor?

So we are looking at 2 waves a year at specialty accounting for a 6 month +/- window between solicitation and release.

What happened to the boxsets that used to help fill in the gaps between releases?  I thought retailers preferred those because they don't have to order by the case?  The last comic themed boxset we got was the X-Men Brotherhood set in 2017.

We still need those Warriors Three and Wrecking Crew boxsets.

On 1/14/2020 at 10:54 PM, DSTZach said:

Most of the DST items on that list are not cancelled, if anyone wants to re-assess their thoughts about DST's future and/or line-planning. We do cancel items occasionally, but many of those are key releases for us, including Series 79.

So what happened with John Wick?  Did it get cancelled?  Did someone forget to tell the factory to press the start button?

10 minutes ago, Swarm198 said:

I was pretty indifferent to this series. I probably would have picked it up eventually. At this point, I'm more worried about the line as a whole than this particular series.

Unfortunately given the state of the line, all Minimates enthusiasts need to treat every release as vital to the continuation of the line and pre-order at your retailer of choice at the time of solicitation.

The days of picking and choosing are over.  Preorder or expect it to not get produced at all.

Looking at that list of canceled DST solicitations, it's clear that DST needs to clean house as the current leadership is no longer effective.

Welp...

- Stealth Iron Man / Ghost

- Miller Black Widow / Red Guardian

- Silver Sable / Paladin

BAF: Yelena Belova BW

Wow, Lange's must be the place that DST clearance dumps leftover inventory to...he has 84 Zoot packs, which translates to 28 cases.  Where were those 28 cases all these years, lost in a warehouse?  Maybe if these had been available to purchase, you know, at the time they were actually released, the line would have continued.  Was DST sitting on these unsold cases since 2017???

On 1/2/2020 at 10:53 AM, hellpop said:

Minimates is basically the last survivor

On 12/22/2019 at 5:17 PM, luke314pi said:

Thanks for the suggestions! The trouble with a lot of costumes is that I simply don't have the parts to make a run of them. I wish I did!

My new custom will be going up for preorder tomorrow instead of today. It isn't Vader (I don't have the parts for him) or Sid (he might be coming later!).

Luke, did I miss this one?

Yay, another license for which we won't get Minimates!!!

I just got cancellations from BBTS for the Bruce Lee Vinimates, I guess nobody pre-ordered those either.

Unfortunately, no.

DST instituted these 250 run production numbers for con exclusives and they are selling out quickly at the shows.

Up for preorder at BBTS!

Looks like Darkhawk may have a sculpted head???

Le sigh.

@DSTZach

Did the Sonic boxset get another run along with Endgame?

These started popping up on eBay in the last couple of weeks with this sticker on the front.

I'm guessing these got cancelled after all.

On 4/23/2019 at 3:23 PM, luke314pi said:

And just a heads-up, War Machine and Hulk are in the wrong labelled spots in the package on all sets.

Apparently they fixed this in the re-release.

What's odd is that instead of just modifying the name locations on the packaging, they manufactured a new tray???

Also swapped the War Machine helmet for Hawkeye's head.

Strong Guy's bulked torso slides over a standard Minimate body block.  The standard block arm balls sit flush into slots in the bulky torso.  The bulky torso has its own arm balls to attach the arms to give him a proportionate look.

Zach, were there any variants for the Pennywise Vinimate?  I have a hard time believing that Hot Topic didn't get an exclusive or other variations weren't produced.

i'll keep my eyes open too.

Look what I just happened to have in front of me!

We could also be dealing with TRU waves 1-9.

The Long Awaited Hero redo has to be Stealth Iron Man....easy design, no new sculpted parts.  

Yeah, got the HCF ones on eBay, they arrived last night.