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I loved the Blade Runner film, and watch it whenver it shows up on cable TV. Edward James Olmos did have a William Adama Minimate done, so Gaff would not be a major problem. Harrison Ford as Deckard would be the second Star Wars actor to have a Minimate, as Samuel Jackson just got one as "The Octopus" from the recent "Spirit" film. How about William Sanderson as Sebastian, the fellow who made the living "toys". The Teddy Bear and the Toy soldier would make good Minimates as well.

Wow, what a collection!!! I started collecting about a year ago, and have about 112 Minimates, 1 Shooting Star race Car, and 1 Palz figure, all in Rubbermaid containers at the moment. Eventualy, I may build some sort of Diorama/Dollhouse setup to better display them, maybe even a small town setup, or a Space City/Space Station (I have a lot of Sci-Fi and superhero figures).

I live in Orlando, FL, where I recently found inexpensive plastic toy vehicles that are compatible in scale with Minimates: (Please note: some of this information was already posted, but I have added some info I just got today) Dollar General sells a $3.00 "bobcat" style "no-cab" bulldozer that seats 1 figure as well as some $1.50 boats WalMart offers land vehicles, aircraft, and watercarft that can seat various sizes of figures, including Minimates, ranging in price from $1.68 to $2.99 Walgreens Pharmacies offer small plastic "cigarette-style" boats that can seat several Minimates; they usally cost $1.99 each, but this week, you can get 3 for the price of 2, $3.98. In late summer, the price has dropped to $1.49 to clear the inventory for the fall toys. They also have other types of watercraft at the same prices that would work as well. Toys R Us has $2.99 plastic boaths that can seat several Minimates each, butthey appear to be more suitable for the older 3" scale than the current 2" scale In all of these cases, the vehicles tend to be very simple, with a single-color top over a white body; you can try to customize them with decals and/or paint that works on plastic. I was browsing a local Asian Dollar store, and found a $5.00 "Concept car" that has lights, sounds, and "morphs" into a larger vehicle. I got the last one in stock for $3.00, and it seats Minimates fairly easily.

Dear Captain: This will be my 3rd of 4 postings, since I joined last night. Thanks for the suggestion; although I cannot appreciate the wording/tone; I found the post from kharamazov80 helpful. I would still post what I did since I just found the vehicles a few days ago, and thought that others might appreciate the info, and if someone finds something tomorrow; they might be encouraged to share that info.

Today I spotted some new Marvel 2-packs at our local Toys R Us, for $6.99 each, which include Wolverine & The Blob (From the new movie) Special Ops Wolverine & Deadpool (From the new movie) Logan & Sabretooth (From the new movie) Spiderman (2 separate heads, masked and unmasked, included) & Green Goblin Hulk & Dr. Doom Hulk & Abomination (Exclusive Package)

Several months ago, I found a loose "Tony" figure with his gear at a Orlando-area shop, and grabbed it IMMEDIATELY!! I was lucky; I have not found another since.

The closes I think we will get to a "Star Wars" Minimate is the Octopus Character from the Spirit movie Minimates, as Samuel Jackson played that character as well as Jedi master mace Windu. Maybe someone can try to make a custom of Mace using the Octopus haed, a Superhero, Sam or Frodo "Cape". etc.

I live in Orlando, FL, where I recently found inexpensive plastic toy vehicles that are compatible in scale with Minimates: Dollar General sells a $3.00 "bobcat" style "no-cab" bulldozer that seats 1 figure as well as some $1.50 boats WalMart offers land vehicles, aircraft, and watercarft that can seat various sizes of figures, including Minimates, ranging in price from $1.68 to $2.99 Walgreens Pharmacies offer small plastic "cigarette-style" boats that can seat several Minimates; they usally cost $1.99 each, but this week, you can get 3 for the price of 2, $3.98. In late summer, the price has dropped to $1.49 to clear the inventory for the fall toys. They also have other types of watercraft at the same prices that would work as well. In all of these cases, the vehicles tend to be very simple, with a single-color top over a white body; you can try to customize them with decals and/or paint that works on plastic. I was browsing a local Asian Dollar store, and found a $5.00 "Concept car" that has lights, sounds, and "morphs" into a larger vehicle. I got the last one in stock for $3.00, and it seats Minimates fairly easily. Has anyone found Minimate-scale furniture, buildings, vehicles. etc.??? If so, please post a reply, and help us all out.