NorthRaider

Glad to have you join up in the madness!

I was something of a miniatures enthusiast myself, I was originally a Stikfas collector when I discovered Minimate Headquarters, which was pretty much my first taste of all things Minimate. Just don't let their small size fool you, they can drain your wallet something fierce!

That's a pretty cool set-up, Dinobot! Almost fooled me into thinking you used real metal.

Oh, and nice ceiling fan

Okay, I have officially lost touch with the 616.

Hmm. The helmet doesn't match. Go figure.

I can see an Ultimate vibe in the helmet though. Guess Xavier designed the suits. If Magneto designed them we'd have greyish silver outfits. Which, honestly, might have looked better.

I'm sorry, but all I keep thinking when I see this photo is "New Mutants Meets Uncanny X-Force"

I... actually kind of like them!

Granted, Egon's lips seem a bit too pronounced for comfort (), but the cartoony style really does sort of work in general. We still need the rest of the team though!

@NorthRaider: They look Lego size in the picture of the guy holding the doctor on a mini stand.

Oh, my bad. Didn't notice the scale/angle of that pic.

These are sounding more and more interesting by the minute. I'll bet that one of the planned construction sets is going to be a mini TARDIS. Any other ideas. though? The Pandorica? Amy's house? The ship from "Time of the Angels"? Interiors of the Starship UK? The War Room? Craig's apartment?

Hmm. Somehow these don't look quite as obnoxious to me as the last DW minifig line(the Superhero Squad-inspired one) did. Granted, I'll never see these in stores here, but these don't look half bad.

No height description though? Somehow I got the impression that these might be roughly the same size as Playmobil figures.

Maybe this will be a fun movie. Just not a fun X-Men movie.

I'm just sayin'.

I figured that, as well, but then noticed that these were created by Nike designers. I assumed Nike's central creative team was based out of the U.S., but maybe they used the Japanese office for those.

Let's just say that Nike is full of sick people

Wow, thanks for reminding me how wacky their hair looked in the series. I'll probably piss myself laughing once those coifs make their way on the official minimates.

and her pal Bill

For a second there I thought you meant Buffalo Bill. That would have been weird.

My guesses would be soldiers for either this universe's SHIELD or HYDRA analog.

And an obvious base for a Snake Eyes quick custom.

Hey, guys! Remember how excited about this we were about this last year?

Well, they're making it a 10-part series now. I can certainly think of worse ways to adapt it.

Interesting observations:

Huh. It just occurred to me that the whole plot of Black Rock Shooter feels like an anime version of Sucker Punch.

I'm guessing you're talking about Black Rock Shooter?

Haven't seen the anime myself, but I have to say she's a respectable-looking Figma. You can't really go wrong with a badass character that comes with a giant bazooka, though I probably won't get her myself seeing as she already skews a tad too "loli" for my tastes. (Though the more I look the more I revise my opinion on her...) Oddly I really like the Dead Master Figma though.

OMG, I want that Cammy/Balrog set so bad!!!

I could have sworn Selene's hairpiece was first used on Gamora in wave 23, though the prototype pic on the box looks more like Silver Fox hair. I dunno, we've had so many releases in the past year it's hard to keep track of everything anymore!

I hate Davis Willis with a passion. Not the apathetic kind of hate, where I don't do anything, but the kind of hate where if he pushes me ONE MORE TIME I'm gona burn his house down. YOU HEAR ME WILLIS?!?!

Plus he's not funny.

Edit: Wow I need to lay off the Invader Zim...

But wait... He's a Transformers guy, you're a Transformers guy, shouldn't you be good friends? Isn't everyone convivial in the Transformers fandom?

Nah, that blind hate thing sounds about right. Willis is even in a rivalry with one of his own characters, for crying out loud

I'll admit that they took some major liberties with the suit's design, but otherwise I don't mind Andrew Garfield. For one thing he looks slightly more convincing to me as Peter Parker (compared to Tobey MacGuire anyway), and as gambitron mentioned he was okay in The Social Network.

Breathe, people. It's not 2012 yet

Welcome to the Multiverse! Nice to know we're a reliable safe refuge for the wayward Minimate fan

Wow, I think most of my webcomic reading list is already on here. Even Head Trip got a mention, just too bad it doesn't get updated that often.

In addition to everything else mentioned so far, I also used to follow Irregular Webcomic (still need to catch up though), and of course DM of the Rings (site seems to be down right now). I'm also a huge fan of Hark! A Vagrant.

I'd been meaning to properly try Gunnerkrigg Court and A Softer World for the longest time,I think I'm also one of the few people crazy enough to actually enjoy reading Powerpuff Girls D. (The man behind this really knows his Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon cartoons, and I mean that as a compliment.)

Last but not least, Romantically Apocalyptic is officially the COOLEST THING EVER. Seriously, I want you people to read it now (and no, I do not know the artist)

WHAT HAPPENED TO ODIN'S FACE?!

(Oh wait, that was just the concept art. Moving on.)

The concept art for these waves sure do look pretty. I'm actually surprised to see Mjolnir-embedded-in-a-rock make it through the prototype phase. And you guys can keep Fandral; I think I've gone gay for Sif

Dangit BHM! And here I thought we had some real news

(Didn't really grow up with the show, but yeah. These would make some cool 'mates.)

While it is a shame they passed on Kick-Ass, it's at least cool to know they actually considered it at some point.

I wonder if Chuck noticed the subliminal "capital letter" message in my question. His answer made no mention of it. I knew my fellow Kang supporters would see it.

... why have I not thought of this before?! Maybe then we could have a _______ minimate by now!!

I hope this pushes through, I am just one Hugo Weaving Red Skull away from my silly imaginary Minimate reenactment of the V For Vendetta movie! (Wait a second, the LOTR Elrond mate was Hugo Weaving too, right? Never mind.)

At this rate though, I think we're now at least guaranteed that movie WWII Cap we'd been seeing all over the previews so far. (Even if at the very least it'll be an absurdly shortpacked TRU exclusive essential character *grumblegrumblemovieBlackWidowgrumblegrumble*)

Now I wish I'd be able to find a Minimate-scale replica of one of those neat WWII-era motorcycles for display: