DSTZach

Never apologize for stating your thoughts, sorry if my response was overkill. It is a valid concern. I wish we could put out three sets a month and sell them all.

Looking at the design sheet, no, but he will be able to carry all four turtle weapons. And I believe he will come with his journal.

I honestly don't know if the prototypes are even painted. I have not seen them as of yet. We were waiting to hear back on pricing at one point to find out who needed to be cut to reach the new, lower price point, so that may have held them up, or at least held up the solicitation. Also, we may be waiting to see if the FF and Young Avengers sets sell through a little more. Two MM sets in a month is certainly POSSIBLE, but we only offer 10-12 new items every month so as not to overwhelm retailers. If we offer more than one Minimates set, that's another product that has to wait a month to be offered. And we have multiple product categories, including busts, action figures, statues, etc., and multiple licenses, upwards of 20 at last count, jockeying for position. Some of those licenses have time factors, where we need to solicit a certain number of products within a certain window. Marvel MM are not in a particular rush. That said, I don't think one MM set a month is a bad thing, better than feast or famine. Usually we wait for the previous wave to be released before soliciting the next, but that is not a hard-and-fast rule. We didn't do it with AEW, we're not doing it with D&D or Turtles. Here's a breakdown of solicits. August 2022 -- MMPR 2 Sept. 2022 -- Young Avengers Oct. 2022 -- D&D Heroes Dec. 2022 -- AEW Young Bucks Jan. 2023 -- Turtle Blimp Feb. 2023 -- D&D VIllains May 2023 - Last Ronin June 2023 - TMNT July 2023 - Marvel (tentative) Aug. 2023 -- AEW (tentative)

Possibly July. I think we have another non-Marvel set we're offering in June, don't want to put too much out there to pre-order at once.

I don't know that Doctor Who has been considered since back when it was considered. Worth asking Chuck in Ask DST, but it doesn't seem as hot as it once was.

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Technically a comic set, but you can see the first pics of our Last Ronin box set at comicbook.com: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Minimates Coming From Diamond Select Toys (Exclusive) (comicbook.com) Pre-orders open Thursday night.

I did reach out to MWC. No response, but he's busy. I'll try again.

Only two entries? Not a lot of interest in Trek, I guess... I'll give it another day or two.

I do not have a release date on these yet.

Bravo, sir!

Hey, I was going through Uriel's old Minimates artwork, and I found a nice Star Trek piece. It's a Dolim, from Enterprise, I believe, but definitely from the specialty wave of Legacy. Anyone who's interested, say so below, and I'll draw a winner at random.

Hahahaha! Obviously we don't see you enough, Jettstorm. Thank you for the love.

Great customs!

[Mortal Kombat voice] SCORPION WINS! DM me your address, Scorpion! Keep an eye out for another giveaway, all!

Not sure when we said summer, maybe in the Showcase video? We probably should have updated that. Our pre-orders take six months to turn around. There is no AEW in the June Previews catalog, which goes up for pre-order on May 19. So I don't think we'd see anything until January, unfortunately. And new license or no, we don't usually offer a new product before the previous one has come out. The Young Bucks 2-pack was kind of an add-on, but I don't think we would have offered Series 2 or the ring until Series 1 came out. Now that Series 1 is out, one of the others should be offered soon, but we also have a ton of other licenses and products jockeying for position, and we don't want to dump too many pre-orders at one time. We usually only offer 10-12. It's a juggling act. (I don't fully agree with the "one at a time" rule, but it is what it is.)

Like, in stores before June? Uh-uh, we just showed off the ring in early April, and we need to offer a pre-order first. The ring and Series 2 are both early 2024 at this point.

Me, too! We should be offering either the ring set OR the Series 2 set in late June, I think. No SDCC con exclusive at this time, but maybe I'll bring some blanks for those who missed them in NYC.

I am not aware of any flocking.

Hey all, some people have been asking to see what a Uriel Caton design sheet looks like, so here's one. It's Corsair, although I am not 100% sure this is the final design. It pre-dates Series 81 by a bit. Uriel often drew symmetrical characters in half only, and sometimes he only drew the faces if costumes were pre-determined, but this one is one of the more filled-in sheets. Either way, it's still super-cool, so I'm giving it away! Sound off below if you're interested, and I'll pick someone at random. I'll ship it flat so you can frame it.

With Green and White Rangers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmZiyGsyTL/

Here's the base team, will post with JDF in a minute. https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmW_x7Mmob/

Not sure how well Series 2 did, but worth an email to Ask DST.

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