Captain Paco

I feel the second season of Gotham got off to a good start but I do think the episode was too full of future Batman Villains and that maybe they should have focused more on one or two and not so many. I watched and liked what I saw, but all my wife did was ask where Fish Mooney was as she really liked that character. I admit I liked Fish as well but I think she is gone for awhile or at least until they need to resurrect her form the bottom of the Gotham River as maybe a more fishier villainess when the time comes.

Here is my last minute entry. (Sorry for the image quality never tried to add text bubbles to an image before so was not sure how to do it so I did it in Microsoft Publisher and then save my image as a jpeg and thus it is now fuzzy.)

I only wish my local mall had a Hot Topic. Closest location to me is forty-five minutes away and not easy to do over one's lunch hour.

Where did you get the jack o' lantern you used for the Headless Horseman? It does not look like it is a Lego, but it does look a little like Playmobil?

Here is my take on the this image of the Scarlet Witch. I used Electra's arms, Falcon's legs with some alteration to the tops of each, a black hip piece, Electra's belt, Belinda's torso, not sure who's head but I think it is Phoenix/Jean Gray's hair and then two green energy blasts.

I just got my case from Luke's, and I am loving them. I just find it odd that you get three Oogie Boogie but only two of the Mayor, Finklestein and the Reindeer Skeletons. I wish it could have been two Glowing Sally mates and then only two Oogie Boogies, that would have made me happy. I do like the fact that I got three regular Sally mates and three regular Jack mates, now they can join my Halloween display this year along with the third Oogie.

I finally found the AoU TRU 2 sets. I got only the Banner/War Machine packs. I got three of the four I saw on the peg. I passed on the other sets because I got one custom case form Luke and had those included in that assortment. Now I have all the AoU (Avengers 2) Minimates released by DST. I may get another Hulkbuster Armor Iron Man set down the road if he is still at TRU next trip but not necessary.

Okay, I found one of the five Walgreens in Blo/No. IL that still show them as "In Stock" actually had reset their toy aisle and had them on a shelf. They apparently had at least two boxes (each box holds four 2-packs). All of them were present. I bought both Spider-man 2099/Venom sets and a Star-Lord/Groot Set. That is all the funds I had left because I had just been to TRU, At TRU, I found Ultimate Sandmand/Stealth Spider-man (got two), Ultimate Spider-man/Nick Fury (got one) and Ultimate Nova/Carnage (got one). I also got the TRU Avengers pack of Banner/War Machine (got three of the four I saw). I found out form another Walgreens I stopped but didn't have the minimates out, that they are supposed to wait to shelf/peg these items until after the reset their aisles. The Walgreens I shopped on Sept 1st was just nice enough to get them from the back for me. The other Walgreens in Blo/No will have them on their shelves/pegs very soon if not by the end of today then first thing tomorrow. I would say that is how it likely will be for all Walgreens that have them listed as "In Stock" but do not have them out on the sales floor.

It appears that they may have them in their stock room but have not reset the sales floor so they have place for the. Thus they really aren't supposed to be out already. After all the one post in this thread did say they were to be released on Sept. 4 th, didn't it?

Just ran to one of the seven Walgreen's in BLO/NO, IL. I saw that the one closest to me had minimates in stock. I got there and saw none, so I asked a very nice employee about them. She was willing to go in the back to look for them as they just came in this morning. She brought out a very small box. This box only held four 2-packs. I was one of each of the four packs that Walgreens claims as exclusives. I bought all four of them. Now the locator states that store is out of stock. I will try another location as soon as I can but only two others had listed them as in stock.

Okay, I finally got myself straightened out. TRU is The Ultimate Spider-Man Wave is: Spider-man & Fury, Nova & Carnage, and Stealth Spider-man and Sandman The Walgreen wave is: Spider-Man & Electro, 2099 Spider-Man & Venom, Hulk & Captain America, and Star-Lord & Rocket/Groot. I don't know why I was thinking Howard the Duck was in one of these two waves but I am sorry for any issues I caused by asking questions. I only asked because I thought that the board was to help out those of us that enjoy MiniMates. I try to read the threads while I am at work on my break and lunch and typically get interrupted and thus do not always have a chance to read every entry to find something I may have missed. I do appreciate the help of those that did try to answer my request for the information; Thank you to those of you who do help out a fellow collector/customizer with assistance.

I just thought I would share. I just got back from my local TRU (BLO/NO, IL). I was not looking for any more turtles but since I did not find any Marvel Minimates, I was walking down the Turtle Aisle and just noticed Mutagen Donnie hanging out front of the rest of Peg Warmers. So I snagged him. I never thought I would see him in the wild. Now I have. I got a whole set while I was there. My godson still needs Splinter and Casey Jones, because I kept the ones I opened when I gave him Leo and Mikey. Now I have one of each to give him and my co-worker wanted a Leo and a Mikey so now he is set. Just had to share.

I just went to my local TRU and no Ultimate Spider-man minimates at all. They had no Marvel minimates at all. They had some SpongeBob and Valiant but no Marvel anything. Can some one please tell me just who will be released at Walgreens next week? I can't seem to keep track of these.

I got my case of wave 62 in today's mail (as I had it shipped to my office). I only opened one set. I had a little trouble getting Falcon's helmet off but had a really tough time getting Iron Man's helmet off as well as the armor from Red Skull. The Armor on my Red Skull has a purple smug in the middle of his chest, but dung out the Onslaught Armor from the original version and reassembled it. From what I got from Luke, I am happy with this set. I did not have any issues with Sabretooth's belt or any other items. I never read the comics so I am not really sure who Kluh is but I think this minimate is interesting. I will likely part him out for some other ideas I have been toying around with but he is visually interesting.

I think the show was slow to start but once it took off it was full of backstory for the Gordon characters. I got the SDCC two pack of Gordon and Wayne, I can't wait for first box-set and I am now looking forward to the second box-set with Selina and Alfred.

who is all in the Ultimate Spider-Man wave? I really want Howard the Duck and Dazzler! MY BAD! I thought all the mates in this thread were at Walgreens. Did not fully notice the tags on the first page. I just hope I can get Howard the Duck and I hope for at least three of him if possible.

I support Luke's Toy Store when I can. I know I will be getting my custom case for this wave any day now. I really like the characters in this wave. I have some customs in store for one set and one set will get filed way in my locked collection and the third set will be for display at my office. I should also be getting Wave 63 at the same time. I just love the custom case option at Luke's rather than hoping I get it at my local TRU.

In the Series Two blind bags, I also got two of each of the turtles, two Splinters, two Caseys, two Karai, one Bradford and three Norman/Krang. However, I am curious what the mix will be in series three. I know it is supposed to be one General and one Splinter Spirit per case but what is the mix for the case to make eighteen. I also must have missed what series three will be at TRU, has that been announced yet?

I got two Gotham two-packs today. I bought one and my buddy got me one. My buddy wanted to surprise me because he has seen my Gotham customs in my office. The B&N in Blo/No, IL. Is now out of stock.

I just ordered one set just to be sure I do get one. I hope Luke gets them so I can get two more. One will never be opened and one will be for customizing future mates, I already ordered the box set from Luke and I got three, one to open, one to never open and one for customizing. I will retire my customs I have of the three that come in the set and then I can reuse those parts for any new characters for the upcoming season.

I just got back from my local TRU (Blo/No, IL). I found at least one full case of the TRU wave 1 Alien set. I got one of each because I will be opening all of them any way. I did get one extra of the Vasquez/B-D Alien and the Riley/Attacking Alien packs to use the parts for some customs.

Just got back from my local TRU (Blo/No, IL). They must have gotten a case or two of TMNT Wave 2 in on Saturday. I say this because I did not see any Mutagen Donnie packs and they only had one Anton Zeck on the hooks. they had at least two of every other pack hanging there but no more than two. So left one of each that had two packs. I need a mutagen Donnie to complete my display/set. I hope I find one soon.

Just had a thought about a Star Trek 50th Anniversary wave of two pack mates. Five two packs that are likely to get people who are Star Trek fans to purchase as well as MiniMates fans. Wave One: TOS: Gangster Kirk and Bela Oxmyx TNG: Data as Sherlock Holmes and Geordi LaForge as Watson (and could contain parts to make them both in their Starfleet Uniforms) DS9: Worf in his command uniform while on the series (with parts to make him in his TNG uniform) and Quark VGR: Chakotay and Tuvok in their Maquis attire (with parts to make them in their Starfleet uniforms) ENT: T'Pol and Trip (and could include Porthos to go with Archer) Wave Two: TOS: Kirk and Uhura from Plato's Stepchildren TNG: Troi as a Romulan (with parts to make her Starfleet Uniforma) and Sub-Commander Sela (with parts to make Tasha Yar) DS9: Kira (with parts to make her in a Starfleet Uniform) and Odo VGR: Paris and Kim with parts to make them in their racing uniforms ENT: Mayweather and Hoshi or Reed and Phlox. and if we are lucky to get a wave three: ENT: Reed and Phlox or Mayweather and Hoshi VGR: Torres and Neelix DS9: Bashir and O'Brien (with parts to make him in his TNG Uniform) TNG: Dr. Crusher and Picard in 1940's attire from Dixon Hill Holodeck program. TOS: Kirock and Miramanee from "The Paradise Syndrome"

I can see the Kirk and Pike options, the McCoy issue looks like it could work but the one you suggested for Spock, I am not feeling it so will have to see it in person when I get home and look at my extra zombie mates. I just wish I had the parts to do it. Star Trek parts are pricey now and hard to come by.

Hey, I just thought of this. I would buy it merely for the humor of it. With Zombies being the "Tending" thing right now, I would actually like to see a set of the TOS Trek Characters as zombies. With all that the crew of the original ship has undergone, Why couldn't they have a parallel universe set of twins in a zombified universe? I would like to see Kirk, Spock, Scotty and McCoy as zombies in a box set with a second set of zombie versions of Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Chapel and Rand. I would buy at least two sets of each merely to have in my collection but would be a fun set to have as well. Then if they are a huge success, there could be a TNG Zombie set, a DS9 Zombie set, a VGER Zombie set and an ENT Zombie set. I wish I had enough extra Star Trek bodies and enough extra Walking Dead Zombie parts to make a set of Star Trek TOS Zombies. Just a wild thought.