blargatron

Wow.. SO flippin cool! Awesome set of mates brobot! Really nice work!

Saw this movie today, thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a pretty big GL fan, and while a few parts strayed a bit, i thought they held pretty true to the character. While not perfect, I'm still going to go see it a few more times while it's in theaters.. Anyone see it in 3D? Think I might try that next time..

Awesome customs as always! keep up the good work.

Falcon & Winter Soldier

Commander Rogers & Baron Zemo

SHIELD Agent & Kang

SHIELD Agent & Immortus (Variant)

Without exaggeration I would buy at least 4 whole sets of this wave. At least. Make them DST! Do eeet!

Random thought - if we're getting the translucent blue jet in specialty stores, what do you think TRU is going to get? Red translucent? Clear invisible jet? Or will they even get a jet, considering my local TRUs still have jets hanging on the pegs?

Clear jet! That'd be neat. Wonder Woman would be able to fly in style.

Looks like Sif/Fandrall and Civ Thor/"Heimdall" are back "in stock" on toysrus.com though they're obviously not entirely reliable when it comes to stock being in stock but I'm ordering some anyway. Anyway good luck people who order em!

Which jacket from which mate?

I swapped my Coulson's jacket with an ultimate Nick Fury, the plain black suit jacket. Looks just as good as any black jacket, but I had to do something, his jacket color was too noticeably wrong.

I think Wave 39 was also made in the bad factory judging by the skin tone. Also my Agent coulson's jacket does not match the color of his arms and pants, any1 else have this problem?

I did. My Coulson's jacket was a dark gray, and really stood out against the black arms and legs so i swapped it with another jacket piece that was black and used his for a custom. Seems like these relatively minor QC issues are increasing with surprising regularity over the last few waves and boxsets. Shame, really.

What if you broaden the theme from ninjas to world warriors? Cowboys vs. Ninjas vs. Vikings vs. Savages etc.

I was thinking something along the same lines.. Sorta army builders from various eras/cultures.. spartans, samurai, ninja, african tribesmen, knights, vikings, scots (go men in kilts!), native americans, cowboys, mayans, aboriginal australians, maybe even cavemen or egyptian guards or something.. shrug

1. BEST MINIMATE:

Creature from the Black Lagoon, 90s Cyclops, Viggo the Carpathian

2. WORST MINIMATE:

Black Cat, Battle-Ravaged Spidey, Silver Centurian Iron Man

3. BEST ACCESSORY:

Lockheed, Menace's Glider, Prof. X's Hoverchair

4. WORST ACCESORY:

Big gun (x-force cable, atlantean soldier), Jaws of Life, Polearm from firefighters

5. BEST ACCESSORIZED MINIMATE:

Stilt Man, Sentinel, Professor X

6. BEST WAVE OR BOXED SET:

Captain America Boxset

7. WORST WAVE OR BOXED SET:

Spidey Friends & Foes Boxset

8. BIGGEST SLEEPER:

WWH Hulk, Classic Heroic Age Thor, any of the M.A.X. firefighters

9. BEST VARIANT:

IM2 War Machine

10. WORST VARIANT:

Black Cat

11. SEXIEST MINIMATE

Male: 90's Cyclops, Dr. Reed, Tony Stark in a tux under mark1 armor in TRU wave

Female: Kay Lawrence, Black Queen Selene, Natalie Romanova

12. BIGGEST PAIN IN THE ASS TO OBTAIN:

Heroic Age Boxset

13. BEST FACIAL EXPRESSION:

Hellfire Guard, Jubilee, Dock Ock

14. BEST HAIRPIECE:

Walter Peck Marshmallow Hair, AOA Cyclops, Doc Ock

15. BEST MINIMATE VEHICLE:

M.A.X. Jet(black)

16. MINIMATE IN MOST NEED OF AN UPDATE:

Galactus, Ghost Rider, Nick Fury(616)

Found these in Ventura, CA today. Only had 1 case out, but i got one of each.

That Arkillo is so flippin cool. Very nice work. The others are also awesome of course.

Would Menace's glider go under accessories or vehicles?

Fantastic as always Luke. That LeeLoo is especially awesome. Can't wait to see the rest of the next 5th element foursome.

Aaaaaahhh I'm paaaanicing! The powers that be have ordered me to do so..

on a semi-serious note, no sign of the new TRU wave in Ventura, CA. yet. sigh.

Nick comic Rick! Walking dead is such a great comic. Which face is that that you used for him?

Thanks for sharing the pics stack. Can't wait for them to be in stores. Any chance we could see the caps unmasked with hairpieces on? And what is beneath WWII cap's chest armor?

Blarg

picked them up today, they look great. that was the casepack i saw too, 4-4-2-2 which for these i think makes sense. i'll try 2 post pix tomorrow.

cheers

Does the Dr. Reed minimate come with a spear gun accessory?

Uhh... Anybody?

Yes he does come with a speargun accessory. It's pretty neat.

Is there anything under the chest piece of Anti-Venom?

that is what i wish to know

No there isn't, unfortunately. Just an off-whiteish chest block.

Congratulations!

Awesome news. I hope these get made, along with all the other great horror films in mate form, instead of landing in the Beverly Hills Cop - Godfather zone. I was actually working on my own creature custom mates (which wouldve turned out horrible), so this is the best minimate-related news I've heard in a very long time (sorry IM2 mates). I've always loved The Creature From the Black Lagoon, enough to even have a tattoo of him, so.. yeah. Awesome news.

-blarg

I used the T-1000 head, the "O-face" from the first series, for Blackbolt's face. Looks pretty nifty.

Yarr, the Silver Surfer has a peg on his board to stand on, and the bottom of the board has a hole for the flight stand. Makes a nifty display

For those in southern cali, I spotted these at the TRU in Ventura, off Johnson Drive. They had 2 swordsman/SS and 2 Old Man Logan/Hawkeye, although i bought one of each. And they had a bunch of the other sets. Still no Secret Wars set there though. Shrug.