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As far as I know, we are still taking orders, but I will find out tomorrow.

NOT Cardiac, sadly. But the anti-hero has never had a figure EVER, not just in Minimates, if I know my toy history, which I think I do.

Thanks guys. Not much info, but I appreciate the kind words.

1990s!

Series 89 has been promoted to Series 88 due to a delay with the New Fantastic Four. Pre-orders open January 24. Spidey, three villains, one unmade anti-hero.

The pre-ordering of MInimates, true, may not guarantee that a product will get MADE, if pre-orders are low and the product is cancelled (Bruce Lee, John Wick), BUT if you don't pre-order it, then that is more likely to happen. Also, your preferred supplier may not order enough for you to get a set, and other suppliers may sell out if it does better than they anticipated. If you are not ordering through a local store or one of the big e-tailers like EE, Amazon or BBTS, then you should order through Luke's or diamondselecttoys.com. Just my opinion, I don't get paid by the pre-order.

Might be an error.

For MMPR, I think it all comes down to who pre-orders, and when people started collecting the line. If retail sales of MMPR Series 1 (which only had half the team) were weak, then retailer orders for Series 2 were going to be low. But once they were both available, everyone who passed on Series 1 wanted both, leading to a shortage of Set 2. GI Joe had, from what I hear, a different problem. Series 1 retail sales were probably weak due to character repetition and price, leading to low retailer orders of Series 2. And Series 2 still didn't sell well due to character repetition and price. Hopefully we can solve the Joe problem with new characters and a lower price.

It WAS the 45th anniversary. If we do it for SDCC, it will be the 46th. All re-issues, but in new packaging.

I think the designs will be in for approval shortly. They're not as far along as I thought.

Far fewer of Series 2 were made than Series 1, likely due to the lower orders. I'm hoping that the new Skybound sets will reverse that trend.

Sorry for the delay, guys and girls.

Yeah, I've been trying for 13 years to get wider recognition for Minimates, and even the people who ARE them still don't know what they are. It's a little disheartening. Onward and upward!

Hmm. The site must have under- ordered, and hasn't looked into ordering more yet. They should still be able to.

I actually suggested this at one point, but I'm not sure where we are with it.