Molybdenum Man

The Vincent and the Doctor episode was really great! By the same person who made (or wrote?) Love Actually. Good way to suck newbies into Doctor Who.

Bummed to find out both shows are being cancelled. I think I may be a bigger fan of GL than YJ.

Young Justice was on CN today (1/5/2013) with one of the last first run episodes before it was inexplicably pulled.

An all new episode next week (01/12/2013)!

New episodes of Green Lantern as well!

Thanks for including all of the art work.

I have checked out his website as well (look up Iron Cow).

...missing DC minimates...<sniff>

I remember UFO in syndication in the early 1970s.

What a great dark show!

Faceless humanoid aliens, abducting humans for replacement organs and who knows what else?

The guy running SHADOW (?), giving up his wife and family to protect the earth, and no one could ever know the truth.

Good stuff.

We did mini cupcakes with candles for all of the kids.

Merry Christmas!

Hope Santa leaves you some 2"-high 14-points of articulation-goodness in your stocking!

I thought this was a Hobbit thread, not a real cool adventure story. I've been up to Portland and it's a nice city. In fact my four kids are from Oregon. I think you will enjoy it.

If you haven't encountered this yet, it is illegal to pump your own gas. So stay in your car. An attendant will work the "self serve" pump foreyou. I never got a clear answer on why this was a law but someone said the law was put into place to provide jobs for the homeless.

As far as jobs go, Nike is a big employer in the area. A lot of big companies post jobs on their company sites before listing externally so it's worth a shot contacting the HR divisions to inquire about openings at some of the bigger places.

That's about all the advice I can offer but definitely have TBT buy you a beer. Go Ducks!

Really about the gas?

I thought New Jersey was the only place in the US where you can't pump your gas.

Good luck to you and your wife.

It is a pretty gutsy thing to do, I respect your courage and I hope it works out for the best for you.

Godspeed!

Since they are releasing a Jack Russell Werewolf By Night minimate, I started to wonder what a Tomb of Dracula minimate would look like? Hence, I decided to make a modification of one.

Also, I made some Brides of Dracula (be warned, it is a pain to find hairstyles that will fit with the dresses).

Those brides remind me also of manos: hands of fate. Always thought samheims robe would be a perfect 'master'. (:

Wow...Manos reference

One of the best MST3K episodes

especially with the creepy helper guy delivering pizzas to the Satellite of Love

My LCS has new (newer) 2-packs for $8.99.

Some older packs (peg warmers) are still at $7.99 (he has not changed the price since displayed; still 1-2 DC ones even).

4-packs are $16.99 - $19.99 range.

This is the same guy who found a Firestar / Iceman pack in a clean up of his inventory 2-3 years ago, and put it out for sale @ $7.99, even though he could have gotten much more on eBay (I bought it, after telling him that - I'm a regular customer, so I guess he didn't mind).

There is another LCS two towns away that has fairly comparable prices, but also sells loose 'mates (in Ziploc bags). This is the only LCS I've seen do that.

Can you post pictures of the give away figures?

Kostis

Thank you for your inspired posting on the linked dc collectibles fb page.

I liked it, literally and figuratively.

Wow, that was really awesome.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

The motorization of the jet plane launch and the Batmobile disc was very well done.

I am amazed by the patience and planning this must take.

Any fans of 3 3/4" Marvel or DC figures ever use these "bargain" figures (using a pleasant euphemism here) for true army builders?

You could use a bunch of these guys as SHIELD soldiers (there was a SHIELD figure wearing desert army fatigues with one of the Cap waves).

Any thoughts? Has anyone done it and taken pictures?

I've been searching for minimate-compatible helmets for an unrelated project of mine & I was surprised when I realised that Lego figures' heads aren't as small as I thought. They're smaller than Mates' heads but not that much ....bearing that in mind try looking on ebay for Lego 'space helmets' & similar & you may well be surprised what you find.

IF someone knows that Lego helmets will not..... in any circumstances..... fit on Minimate heads then please say so & we'll all be saved a lot of trouble.

The Lego knight helmets will NOT fit without Dremeling the inside of the helmet and the edge of the Minimate head. I used this approach to make a custom figure recently (see my Statesman figure).

Went to my local TRU this afternoon and the had just restocked...with the Balder wave! Oh well, I was able to get Crossbones so it wasn't all bad.

Did your Crossbones / Secret War Cap smell pretty strongly of chemicals?

I just picked up a Crossbones / Secret War Cap from TRU.

They reeked of VOCs - the first time I have ever seen this with 'mates.

Has anyone else seen this (smelled this)?

I'll try the dryer sheet method.

I always assumed it was 3 fingers and a thumb.

Right - cartoon hands

Bat VS Lex

Straycat - awesome Mechas!

The Lexbot looks like the Lego set with minor or no modifications, true?

How did you make the Batbot? Did you use a single Lego kit as a starting point? Looks like judicious use of C3 parts as well.

I am jealous :biggrin:

Awesome job!

I love the shot of Supes holding the "dismembered" Lexbot aloft. Looks like it's right out of the comics / cartoons!

Everything else is wild, irresponsible speculation.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Of course not.

Why, some of my best friends are wild, irresponsible speculators.

WOW!

Some very inspired kit-bashing.

The Doctor is in!

More customs and pics!

I took a bunch of Gollums (not to be confused with a flock of Smeagols...sorry, has that been done before?), used a hole puncher to make discs from card stock, used a Sharpie for eye slits, and voila...

Moloids!

Scientists studying a rare life form are attacked by AIM!

AIM hopes to use the alien life form to turn it into a weapon (possibly one that overpromises but never delivers).

The nurse is a Silken Floss head and hair with a D'Anna body (TRU BSG?). Most of the other scientists are as is from the box, except the one with the funky goggles, who was made from random parts (the green shirt may be from a Joker). The "goggles" are actually some random, possibly Mega Bloks part that came in a large eBay lot of blocks. The two pegs in the front were colored in with a silver Sharpie to make the eyepieces.

Custom Colossus

Made from a 2.5" LOTR figure, painted with CITADEL and TESTOR's paints (Testor's for the red - CITADEL's reds were too dull).

Hair is from Sculpie - probably the last time I'll use it. Too difficult to heat it without melting plastic.

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The hair was shaped for finishing with the knock-off Dremel I got at Walmart for $10.

Wristbands are from Evergreen styrene tubing (can be obtained at most hobby / train stores).

Face was drawn free hand using a Sharpie pen and using the 2" figure as a model.

The belt was made from card stock and glued in place.

I am a fan of all of your respective efforts (Bob Harris, Mirymate, TM2, Nessex), so thanks a lot for the feedback!

It helped that the M.Bison sets have been on clearance at FiveBelow's for $2.50 each over the past few years, along with the occasional eBay find.

I'll try to take some more pictures of that set up.

And dj87 and jcastick too - thanks!

More Cap pics, fighting the M Bison army

Who is the leader of these red minions?

Is it him?

No, much worse!

Here's a Captain America scene.

The building is a Mega Bloks "Command Ops" set I got off of eBay.

The minions are M.Bison figures with various head replacements (a number are Tony Stark variants).

The Rocket Reds recently underwent an expansion.

I got some more Silver Centurion Iron Man / Crimson Dynamo sets for cheap. I switched over to Citadel Mithril Silver (from Sharpies) to turn the mask into a faceplate. The star was made with a hole punch and also painted with Mithril Silver. The ID number was added with a Sharpie.