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But, if that set is a massive success, I think we all reserve the right to yell "I TOLD YOU SO!" at the top of our lungs.

Yup, you guys kept saying, "Make more Avengers product to tie in to the Avengers movie!" But we wouldn't listen. We have learned our lesson.

Picked up the other set when i exchanged Kang; must have just put it out this afternoon. Hawkeye is fantastic, you can get some great poses with him. Oh, and his hairpiece DOES have a spacer in it, so it must have been added right after Movie Hawkeye was made. Shame, i tried it on Renner and it looked much better.

THe movie Hawkeye had a spacer, as well, but it was mysteriously removed right before production. Robert was not too happy about that.

THe Purifiers? I love that movie!

No talk of a two-army system, but we'll see what the poll results look like.

Airwalker and Firelord are coming, and we will NOT be putting them in new polls and making people vote on them again. We may find out more about them at SDCC, not sure.

Great pics, Undeadpool!

Will this set be out this year or next, Zach?

This year.

Just make the wrecking crew and get it over with already!!!!

You know we've wanted them for years.

But does anyone else? If Spider-Man was in the Wrecking Crew, we'd have made it years ago. I hope we'll do it someday, but not as a TRU exclusive. Maybe at a con. We'll see how this year's sets do.

Cannon Fodder – army builder characters who you’d be willing to buy multiple of

oh ok, like "Multiple" Man XFactor. nice clue

There are no army builders in the TRU box set poll. I think you want the other thread.

I live in NY so will be sending a friend just didn't know if there is a booth number or a limit or any of that fun jazz

I don't believe they've assigned booth numbers yet, but I will check. And I don't think we'll be limiting people. We don't want to bring any home.

are the characters to the right of the post the heavy hiiters?

I think those are default characters when a Marvel.com story doesn't mention anybody specifically, but yes. Yes, those are 5 of the 8 heavy hitters in the poll.

Will the vote for the TRU set be for the THEME or for the CHARACTERS?

Answered this in the TRU Fan Poll thread:

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=10988

TRU Poll

http://marvel.com/news/story/18697/marvel_minimates_10th_anniversary_fan_polls

Will the vote for the TRU set be for the THEME or for the CHARACTERS?

Like... will the poll be more like...

Pick a theme:

Brotherhood

Wrecking Crew

Avengers vs X-Men

Or...

The set IS Avengers vs X-Men, now pick 2 Avengers and 2 X-Men.

(These teams/themes are just examples to breakdown my question. If a theme is picked, no need to actually reveal it. )

Pick a theme:

Brotherhood

Wrecking Crew

Avengers vs X-Men

What would upset me about this hypothetical method (with those hypothetical choices), is that I just know Avengers vs X-Men would win the Marvel.com vote

Also, it would require us to design multiple sets in advance, or start development after the theme was chosen, which means we would likely miss the deadline for this yea. No, we'll be doing it like we did the Heralds poll last year. We have a theme, you vote on the characters, from the art provided. That poll won't go up until June, on toysrus.com.

Army builders are all new. No repeated army builders. Repeat, no repeated army builders.

Comic art will show indicated costume, yes. You will know what costume you're getting.

And no hugs necessary. Hold all thanks until you see all the polls, or until you see the prototypes, or better yet, until the wave is made and hits stores.

http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2012/05/ship-date-updates-6/

Amazing Spiderman Wave 46 - 5/23

Expendables Boxset 1 - 5/30

Halo Boxset #5 - 7/11

MvsC Wave 3 - 7/11

Fear Itself Boxset#1 - 8/1

Fear Itself Boxset#2 - 8/1

Mummy Boxset - 8/15

Hunchback Boxset - 8/15

Walking Dead Series 1 - 9/1

Munsters Koach - 9/1

Marvel Mininates Wave 47 - 10/3

4 months between marvel waves?? bummer

Remember, TRU 13 isn't on this list (June-ish), nor 14. Nor Venom TTA, for some reason (Sept.). And MvC3 is technically a Marvel wave, with MODOK.

Battle Beasts hasn't been solicited yet, so it's not in the system. Probably why Venom isn't on here.

A few things:

- I didn't use the pinned Wish List thread, I used the "Most Wanted New Marvel Minimates" thread (http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=10434&st=0). That one had a poll element, and was created in December. So it's more recent AND quantifiable.

- We will not have control art for all of them. We will have comic art. So you can cast a vote for a character, and a costume, but not for a cool new part or accessory. This poll is for collectors, not customizers. But hopefully recent releases have proven that we will execute high-quality Mates.

- The story mentions, I believe, that there will be one or two figures made from each category. That means there will not be three A-listers, there will be two, max. One army builder will win, and B-lister and villain quantities will depend on which of the winners inspires the best variant, and makes the best pairing with the army-builder. We didn't want to make a fan choice figure impossible (or difficult) to get, so that one-per-case spot is going to be filled by us based on the winners. If it's the villain that gets a variant, then we'll pick two B-listers, and vice-versa.

- Pretty sure that no matter which character gets chosen in each category, it will be someone a fan wants. Even if casual Marvel fans dogpile on a B-lister or villain, it'll be someone you want. The A-listers are all famous, but they're pretty amazing variations -- in fact, we're revising the A-lister poll to have zero re-dos, and all-new costumes. The army-builders are a mixed bag of requested and obscure, but they're all brand-new.

Oh, and if this line doesn't do well I'll be fired. (Probably not, but Chuck will shake his head whenever he sees me for quite some time.)

Let's not start speculating and wish-listing in this thread, too --

:biggrin: I think there was a thread here once speculating on which wishlist thread would appear next.

When the Wave 50 thread popped up, I was like, "Okay, that makes sense." When Wave 49 popped up, I was like, "Huh?"

People actually guessed a fan poll in the 50 thread, and someone said, "Nope, not enough time." Plenty of time! Granted, it's not a "name anybody!" poll like Hasbro used to do with Star Wars (they did it in ToyFare first, BTW, and I had to sort through the character submissions and tally them all), but I used the Wish List thread poll here as a starting point.

Glad to see you guys are planning ahead to Wave 50, even if it is still a year out.

Only way we could do it, and Marvel.com had a window between billion-dollar blockbusters.

When do you think we may expect to hear info about Waves 48 & 49? SDCC?

Maybe? Think we just finalized Wave 48, which you all will like, I hope, and I have some suggestions for Wave 49.

any info about the 2pack at SDCC? would like to get all the info I can so I can get all my ducks in the row so I dont have to resort to ebay when the time comes to get them

...You should plan to buy a two-pack at SDCC? Two-packs generally cost $9? Not sure what else you really need to know!

There will be other Minimates exclusives, but if you just want Battle Beasts, bring $9. If you're not going to be there, send a friend who has $9. I'm sure they'll be offered online after the show if there are any left.

Captain America box art is what they supplied. You may see it pop up elsewhere like that -- not sure when they created it.

That Scott Lang thing is weird. And people have seen two of them? They're not from the same store? Storm, did you buy it? (I'm assuming no.) Mr. Clean, are you on the West Coast?

Actually, I shouldn't say "weird." I should say "to be expected, when two lines being worked on simultaneously have giant bins of heads lying around."

Let's not start speculating and wish-listing in this thread, too -- you'll see the first poll line-up on Wednesday. And you can start a new thread for the TRU set.

Support Team is not REALLY obscure characters, but it IS characters who would not headline their own movies (although they might headline their own books).

And there is no way we could possibly SATISFY all of the hardcores. Ever. But I hope seeing your top choices in a poll alongside equally-weighted alternatives will be enough, even if the Marvel.com masses go in another direction. For each poll, no matter who wins, I think the hardcores will be... happy. Eventually. This series is probably a year out at this point, but we need to get started on development.

And since there are 32 nominees for 6 slots (the rare variant will not be a category winner, that would be cruel), it will take a while for us to get to the remaining 26, so don't assume you'll see the losers any time soon. They are on our radar, though.

Can't wait to get that new Hawkeye! Anyone know if these will be online or just store exclusive? Must Have Hawkeye!

I know! They will be on DisneyStore.com and MarvelStore.com and apparently Lukestoystore.com

I don't know if your toys will be better but they will be different. So you're right when you say that they won't be affected by the new Takara line. Both look very good and there is enough space for the 2 lines. I wish my best to both so I will have new great figures to buy for years.

Thanks for clearing that up, Sylvain.

Yeah, I've had report's from every corner of North America, and it's official. Something went wrong. We moved some characters around between TRU and specialty at one point, and it looks like the confusion at the factory arose from there. That said, at the time we thought there was only one Chitauri general. IF youbastards has seen multiples in the movie, then more Generals might not be such a bad thing. Although it will certainly make a custom Galaga-playing agent more difficult. Apologies to all.

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT!"

But seriously, thank you guys for the breaking reports from across the country. I feel like I'm on the Global Frequency. I may contact some of you about using this power for good.

Can everyone PM me the name and location of the stores that have Maria Hill as the variant? Thanks.

I wanted a ‘final battle’ Thor so Hobo Thor, Thor Thor, and Avengers Thor went under the knife to become:

shawarma not included.

I SAY THEE YAY!

More importantly, now that DST owns Battle Beast, has anyone seen that Takara is now doing another battle beast line called beast saga? They have also kind of turned Battle Beasts into a game. Being the sister company of Hasbro and having produced these in the past, I can see them releasing more, but if they dont own or co-own the license anymore than I'm afraid of what this will do to DST.

We have the trademark on the name, Arnim. We will not be affected. Also, our toys will be better.

Welcome to the thread.