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I do have a roll of abs, but have not messed with it yet. Once I have finished setting the printer up in my extra room I will play around with printing in abs. Right now it is set up in my closet in my bedroom and I do not want to print something in abs and walk into a small room with those fumes. I am currently using a .4 nozzle. I do have a .2, but it is clogged and I am having trouble unclogging it (to the point that I have given up on it for now). I think I will probably just buy another. I did buy a generic .2 from Amazon and it ended up scratching the plate really bad. No more generic nozzles for me. I am sticking to the Bambu ones.

I used matte PLA this time. It seems to help cover layer lines better than regular PLA. I want a resin printer to make things like swords and knives (plus translucent things). Printing them in PLA leaves little lumps from the support trees. Sanding helps, but I still want them smoother. Resin printers look like a pain though. If I can find the room for one I may just end up getting one at some point.

Oops, I just realized the wraps on one of the legs slipped up above the knee.

I figured I would start posting my customs again on here after not doing so for years. I occasionally post my customs on a few of the Facebook groups, but I know some of you do not visit them so I figured I would start posting them here again. My first customs are also my favorite Marvel army builders. I love the 1st release of The Hand Minimates the most, although I still like the second versions also. I have 8-9 of them and buy them up when I see them for a good price. I decided last week to make my own and go with their grey outfits instead of the red. Their uniforms, hood, arm and leg wraps, spear, sword and sheath, and shurikens are all 3d printed. The face decal I made in Adobe Illustrator. I am probably going to make at least 6-8 of them for my Hand army. I hope you all like them.

I was hoping he would have won the heavyweight belt when AEW first started up. He was such a great heel at the time. Everything he said and did was believable. I will miss seeing him perform in the ring.

I cant wait to see him. I wish we got a few Moon Knight related Minimates. Bushmaster would have been great, but we did not get anyone in his rogues gallery.

Luke has made a Sleepwalker sticker set, so I dont think it is him. Khonshu maybe?

Citadel and Valejo are great. Just remember to do thin coats when painting. I used to be impatient and would use thick coats, but it just doesn't look as good as thin coats. Now I use thin coats and use a heat gun to dry the paint quickly.

I love the blue tinted Target Iceman.

So it sounds like the way to go for a company would be to just create their own 2 inch block figures that would be interchangeable with Minimates. Maybe tweak a few things, like give them bicep swivel articulation, and thigh swivel articulation. Perhaps have the hands have a bit of sculpted fingers also. I do not know how strict copyright laws are for little block figures.

My wife and I, and the grandkids went and saw it last night. I have to say that I loved it. I have not had this much fun watching a movie in a long time. There are going to be a few funny parts that you may not get if you were not a fan of the 80's cartoon, but overall everyone should really enjoy it. I don't want to get into any spoilers, but make sure you stick around for all three of the scenes during the credits. Overall I would give it an 8.5 out of 10.

Can you recall who would have been in future waves of the DC Minimates if they continued? I always thought some of the choices made in the first few waves made zero sense. Ma Hunkle, S.T.R.I.P.E., Ambush Bug, etc). There were more popular characters that should have been released way before them in my opinion. What was the thought process when choosing what characters were in each wave? I would have loved an updated Catwowman, and Mr. Freeze is another that I feel that should have been in one of the early DC waves.

Barry, are there any Minimates (any license) that you wanted to make an updated version of, but never got the chance to? It could be one that you originally designed, or one someone else did.

I can not figure out how to attach the pic. I have done it in the past, but do not see a way to do it now. Can anyone help me?

I gave it a try to just mess around. It made an awesome Spawn Minimate, but the Savage Dragon one was not that great.