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On 2/28/2024 at 4:46 AM, DSTZach said:

BUT it does have an obscure X-Villain in it!

We love the 80s and we LOVE an obscure villain. Is this a set we're expecting this year?

I clearly don't check in here often enough. 

Happy (very belated) Birthday, Luke. 

29 minutes ago, MJtheJuiceman26 said:

Any chance we could get some new X-Men minimates from their latest comic line? Some really cool designs in those new series. 

Right? That X-cutioner figure hrom Hasbro has my hopes up high that we'll see more slightly obscure villains turn up in the show and in toy form. 
Would be great to see a couple of Minimates sets too.

Super exciting! Will you be correcting Hasbro's mistaken skin/hair tone? 

Just had a little brainwave: Lady Deathstrike has played both sides of the fence & she was once in the body of Ana Cortes (so not always the same person).
And there are a few costume options we haven't seen as Minimates yet:

X2 movie
Messiah Complex era (Might have been a Humberto Ramos design?)
Sugar Skull/Dia De Los Muertos (Ana Cortes)

6 hours ago, Freaqualizer said:

I know this will be hella wrong, but my guess is the X-Cutioner.

That would be a DOPE minimate! 

Has Omega Sentinel ever been someone other than Karima Shapandar? I feel like she's swung pretty heavily between executioner to protector and back again.  

Merry Crimbo, folks. 
Hope you all get some down time over the New Year period. 
Thanks for making this such a nice space to get away from the world in 2023. 

Can't wait to see the Life Foundation Symbiotes! They're the only non-x-men Marvel Legends I've collected. 
I don't know if she counts as a 'Robot', but Cylla Markham is sorely missing from *any* toy line. She's just so toyetic. 

these are so damn cool. beautiful work.

Love seeing the most prolifically represented character being turned into someone a little more niche/obscure for the fans.
Beautiful work as always, man.

Really keen to see the box art on this set. I think it'll be killer. 

Apparently we've had cigars from the very beginning! 
Ol' Fisk had one in the first ever wave of Marvel Minimates (Hail Ivan).
His was a permanent fixture, sculpted into the hand. Interestingly... his cigar smoking hand was obscured in the packaging behind Daredevil's (Praise Ivan). I wonder if this was a deliberate choice to get it past the licensors? 
 

Doing a quick search for 'cigar' on MMMV, I was actually surprised by how many smokers there were in the Miniverse.
And @minimateship is correct - we did also see a loose cigar accessory with Clobberin' Time Thing (Glory be to Ivan).
 

Such sad news. I didn't get to know him very well, but I follow his insta and his Minimate photography is just amazing. 
Gonna miss his creativity and talent. 
RIP, buddy.

9 hours ago, Lobsterman said:

WHAAT? Marvel Legends is making CRYSTAR?!?!? Sorry, I mean "Marvel's Saga of Crystar." That is the way to work a license.

Ha ha, Right! 
The wave has some odd choices... but I love that they're including some classics from the vault.
Interestingly, most Australian ML distributors have announced that they are not being supplied with this wave. It seems that Hasbro might be making smaller quantities going forward?

3 hours ago, nandoninny said:

b) what's the figure to the far left of this picture?  looks like another minimate

That would be Miles Morales Spider-Man. Apologies for the pic cutting him off. I wasn't actually there IRL, and this was shared with me by someone who was actually getting a photo of Archangel.

So.... are we talking about this yet?

YAAASSS! 
I was desperate for that X-Men Animated Sinister. @DSTZach has stated a few times that they were still trying to find a home for the set. 
I feel like that'll be easier once X-Men '97 starts airing on D+.

On 8/8/2023 at 8:23 AM, buttheadsmate said:

I'm mentioning this because of the reference to a  'Ben Reilly' minimate which ,out of sheer coincidence, I've noticed on US eBay (re: Sun Coast Hobgoblin/Scarlet Spider) has become something of an overpriced rarity....bidding has not finished on one item on current US eBay & the bidding started at $80 !

I can't explain why but that is one of my most loved 2 packs. When I eventually part with all of my non X-Men related minis, I suspect these are two I'll hold on to. 

They look perfect!
These are going to make SO many people here SO happy. 

I mean... the Slingers had a little reunion moment in the late 2010s with Scarlet Spider.
Despite my near constant cry out for more female characters and more villains, I think a set featuring Ben Reilly, Dusk, Hornet, Prodigy & Ricochet would look pretty hot!
 

There's a real convergence of 'cashing in on current hype' and 'the tooling already exists' for a lot of characters. 
While looking into some characters from the X universe that are missing from both my Minimates collection and my Legends collection, I came across this Joseph figure. Apparently a C-list magneto clone was popular/easy enough to make in the 90s. 
But sometimes, you get absolute wildcards that make no sense in terms of either tooling or hype.
Like Amphibious?!?!? 🤯 The 90's really was a wild time for toys.

Anyway - to keep this post on topic, here are some more characters that I don't think have ever had articulated figures:
Dr Cecilia Reyes might be a good candidate? I also don't think we've ever officially had Tessa/Sage. I've mentioned here before, but Tempo feels like a good candidate now with her recent run on Krakoa. She could come with two helmets for a classic MLF look or a current Marauders look.
Then I'll take Beak, Angel, Dust, Surge, Anole, Bling, No-Girl, etc...

2 hours ago, DSTZach said:

 Daredevil will come with a D-Man mask.

Huh! That's actually pretty clever... I can't believe no-one's thought of that before.

Congratulations folks. There's some very serious talent in our little community. 

Damn! What a great group. Choosing a top 4 was really tough! 
I'm in awe of the costomising community here. Congratulations to everyone who entered. You made it very difficult to vote. 

SPIDER-BUGGY! 😍