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Thanks for the info, Jeff!

Ambivalence is beginning to fully enshroud me.

I virtually cornered the market on Battle Beast comics to get my retailer exclusive one shot Stealth Vorin which was only available blah diddy blah diddy blah diddy dah ................& SDCC 2013 .

Surely you, of all people, should know the power of the chocolate chip cookie. So what's the more economical route: buy a case of comic books or buy a cookie and a plane ticket to a US convention?

It must be kinda old hat to you guys, but last year i saved my pennies & made the pilgrimage to SDCC with my ex. We spent 3 days eating mexican food, treking about in back-packs, lining up for panels & shopping. It. Was. AWESOME!

I had so much fun. I marveled at the craftsmanship that went into all costumes. I got to ask a question at the Minimated panel. I saw Joss Whedon in a panel. I met Zach at the booth who greeted me warmly & asked what my MMMV name was (i had a flash-back to X2 where Magneto asks Pyro 'What's your *real* name?') AND I got to have a slice of pizza with some of the guys i'd been chatting, including the guy who has sent me every SDCC & TRU exclusive for the past several years.

If i had gone every year for the last decade, i might have been tired of it too, but as a newbie - i really did feel like i'd finally arrived. I can't wait to get there again some day.

Nessex, don't you live in Australia? That's a hell of a trek, I'm duly impressed. But I would beg that the next US con you come to be C2E2 or NYCC. Meet the rest of the inmates and all that.

I should add, despite my jaded response, that everyone should see SDCC once in their life. But once should do you.

And forget what that English bloke says: I'm a great roommate! He's just mad because I kept putting out my GitD acquisitions which kept him awake.

I hear you monkeycrumb. Despite being a left coaster, my SDCC days are done -- it's been New York Comic Con for me. Just enough smaller to still be enjoyable, the only things missing are the big studio sets (and many of the stars).

We will be receiving our Mirror Mirror shipment next week.

Yay! I've been waiting for that sucker to hit Luke's so I could get all my Star Trek stuff shipped. :bounce:

Holy Freakin' A! Awesome stuff there. Sure would be cool if DST could wander away from the comic books and release some inspired colorways like that.

Aaaaah. Now I have to rewatch Resurrection, imagining my favorite SF crew in place, as you have. Thanks for the fun tidbits.

SDCC is almost upon us. Can some one provide a consolidated list of Minimate exclusives/new releases? I think I know, but I have gotten a bit lost.

Alien: Resurrection belongs in either the Alien set or as a pilot to Firefly.

I've been trying to figure what you mean. Other than the Joss Wheadon connection, what are you seeing PL?

I suspect Luke is having to experiment with axis of rotation. Do you print the sledgehammer laying flat, or with its head down and the handle up in the air? Maybe put the whole thing at an angle?

I don't know the answers, it will be interesting to hear what he discovers. It's all about how the machine combines those many layers.

Indeed. Is this going to be the future standard for all Minimates? That doesn't settle with me very well.

Luke, what's the rigidity of the plastic like? And how do suppose it would do at printing sockets?

I'm impressed that the head ball worked nicely, you must be happy with the degree of precision?

They always reminded me of Minimate versions of Seventh Kingdom toys.

That's a perfect way to summarize them. I love the Seventh Kingdom, but have no room for figures that size, so MM Battlebeasts are a dream realized.

These are actually Xevoz-compatible. Meaning they are larger than Stikfas and the ball joints snap into Xevoz.

At least, that's what the literature says, I don't actually own any.

Holy wow! I know Mr Gold is an extreme chase, just how rare is he? How many were made?

I just found Transformers Combiner Kreons at my local TRU. These are boxes that contain 4 of the Mico-Changer Kreons, plus you can combine them into one larger Transformer. Haven't put mine together yet, but it looks pretty cool.

Found the TRU wave in Everett, WA, but Janeway was gone. Which means I'm putting the call out: if any of you fine 'Versers have an extra Janeway/7 set, I'd sure be interested.

I get confused: Is Squirrel Girl on the Golden Girls team? Because then I'd buy that set for sure.

Well, I'd intended to use an existing head or full-head-mask rather than just trying to wrap one in circles.

Just wondering what type of tape would be best. What has the least fabric? Electrical?

Whatever you do, do NOT use electrical tape. The glue on such is too soft and will squish out over time.

Not to diminish the beautiful choreography that was the fight itself, bu this photo made me laugh. I'd even call it wallpaper-worthy.

Congrats on accomplishing a full year, Geo!

Actually, the Character Building Daleks look pretty good alongside Minimates. Maybe a little short, but they're a good compromise between prefect fit and availability.

I guess what I don't understand is, why didn't Abrams just create his own outer space adventure shoot-em-up universe? The new stuff, while entertaining in its own right, has at best casual disregard and at worst outright contempt for what came before. Abrams is clearly not interested in building on the old mythos, he wants to blow it up and start over. He just doesn't want to do the heavy lifting of creating a brand from the ground up. He's trying to pirate the existing brand equity of Star Trek, and essentially trick a casually-familiar audience into coming to see something that's really not what he says it is.

This is a great summary of how I feel about what Abrams has approached this. Frankly, he's not a director, he's a producer who directs. It seems like he's more interested in building a money-machine than telling a story.

Those figures have codes printed on the back of the bag, in this case across the top. Even if you don't know who each code signifies, if you buy one of each number you will get all six characters.

But Ninja Turtles did get their own Star Trek line....

Best crossover ever. Ever. These guys have survived many paring-downs of my collections.

Love the Punisher one!

I dunno - the idea of an off-key male voice singing "I'm gonna getcha" kind of made me queasy.