DSTZach

It is a pretty great set. The TRU figures are pretty great, too. Especially Shipmaster Rtas Vadam. And that Brute War Chief.

Sorry about Miranda.

NICE.

Man, this changed from an "anything goes" thread to a "let's make fun of DST's Spidey/Avengers fixation" thread so gradually I barely noticed.

Glad you guys are at least adjusting your expectations downward. At this point, Wave 50 may not be as special as I hoped.

These should eventually be in Disney Stores as well.

True, but a) Dudley is a DLC character who technically isn't available until September and I get the feeling the initial 38 are the people we're likely to get first, and b ) he's a SFIII character. I'm probably the only person on this forum who's actually used him more than once, let alone "main" him. If you guys are only going to do 18 per universe, I think it's fair to say he'll be pretty low on the priority list.

Sorry if I seemed rude (I will admit I do love throwing around some of his classic 3rd Strike quotes like "Gutter trash" and "You have no dignity") but in my humble opinion non SFII characters > the "classic" *coughhorriblyoverusedcough* roster.

Not overused by Minimates, though. And while I dig his look (I'd never heard of him), I didn't know he was DLC. Tough break.

Maxcarnage, is a large group of Deadpools called a Deadlake?

Geo, I dig that Widow look, although that hair's gotta throw off her aim. I need to shoot my new buzzcut Widow custom...

Great customs, Jeff, and great shot Punisher! I just dug out a TON of Legends bases for photo shoots.

Those are awesome, Donny B!

HITLER RECIPE, PLEASE.

Ugh, a Zach Oat captured on film! Kill it!

Anybody who sees me out and about, please say hi. I get confused when people just shout my last name from across a plaza, because my last name is essentially a common vowel. But if you introduce yourself, I promise to look less worried.

Wow! Great photos!

I don’t think we’re looking at that right now. The plans are similar to Marvel X Capcom. Get as many of the game characters done as possible in three series.

Wait what... Does this mean that DST are going to be gutter trash and once again deny me a minimate of the greatest gentleman to grace a fighting game tournament (I am of course referring to Dudley). We get fracking KANG and probably Barlog/Boxer and not Dudley?! DST;

Did he say no Dudley? Granted, I just looked at the roster, and would be hard-pressed to find many characters that fall below the Dudley Diagonal. There are 25 characters in each universe, and we're PROBABLY only making 18, so...

I've been using the Marvel Select Danger Room backgrounds for anything and everything that needs a vaguely technological background. (i.e. the entire Halo photo shoot.) It's three interlocking walls, and could actually make a nice diorama piece for a whole box set of Minimates.

Cyclops and Gambit come with them, and Storm and Nightcrawler will, too. Nightcrawler also comes with a small bamf base that would be nice and big for a Minimate. And Colossus comes with this, which I need to try out on a Minimate:

Looking forward to these.. An estimated store date would be great.

I was only told Mid-May. Give it a week or two.

Sorry, shouldn't have been so specific. Buy a lot of Maria Hill/Army sets....

You? Or me?

Me. Should have played dumb. "What dump?"

Very sam Rockwell. Well done!

Thank you! I love Sam Rockwell, so this was a must-have for me.

On a related note, can you say if there have been any other discussions with Chuck about potential non-movie army dumps?

There have not, at least not with me. We've been talking about army-builders lately, but not in that context. I should bring it up soon.

Our boys in uniform call it "Grandpa Gazpacho."

Justin Hammer courtesy youbastards (thanks, YB!), Hunter/Killer courtesy TRU markdown. Got a Colonial Viper, too.

Is there still time to put an army dump case together?

Maybe have Banner, 3 male SHIELD agents, 3 LCS alien troops, 2 BD aliens, 2 BD SHIELD agents and the mystery Big bad?

I would buy 2 cases for sure!

Hahahahaha, no. The development was not done. Killed in concept stage. Not sure art exists. We may not even have gotten reference. It would take months just to get them made.

Sorry, shouldn't have been so specific. Buy a lot of Maria Hill/Army sets and Wave 43 SHIELD agents. We discussed Bruce Banner recipes earlier in the thread, and the Big Bad has already been made in Minimate form, if I understand correctly.

Zach, out of curiosity I know the Avengers army-builder set that would have included Bruce Banner got cancelled, but can you tell us what would have been in it? Obviously lots of the Chitauri, but would they have just been the same as the wave 45 'mate or was there some variety?

No Loki's Army, it was a SHIELD assortment. Anyone seen the movie yet? Do you remember a bunch of different SHIELD Agent looks? Haven't seen it yet (Saturday!), curious to see what we would have made, whether the looks are terribly distinctive.

Not sure why they haven't been picked up by UK TRUs, but if they were, we would have to have additional testing done, yes. It may be a matter of quantities. How many are there?

If we're looking at international TRU's maybe you could look into why TRU Canada carries almost nothing when it comes to Minimates. The only things I've seen at TRU in the last few years are the Heralds boxset and Spider-Man Friends and Foes...

...What? That's just your TRU, right? Since I've been here, I've seen numerous reports for upcoming TRU shipments to Canada, and I thought people were buying them. Minijeff? Anyone? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks for the shots, moc! I need to post a pic of MY new purchase...

3 minimates later and even some atlantean guards to back him up...i say poor alpha flight

Yes, poor Alpha Flight.

And I forgot they ran that Galactus art in a Wizard poster book! And that Uriel drew it! Hmmmmm....

Not sure why they haven't been picked up by UK TRUs, but if they were, we would have to have additional testing done, yes. It may be a matter of quantities. How many are there?

And we had to send Hawkeye and Widow to TRU because of the Loki's Army embargo. We needed to control that release. And as much as collectors don't need more of the Big Four, they are the obvious heavies at mass.

Glad those who bought this series (well, Ant Man and Sentry, anyway) are digging them.

Series 45 should be everywhere next week.

Huh. I could see that working with specialty, but TRU? Maybe it's just recently that they've started to hold stuff back, but I would think TRU would be the least predictable. It might be entirely my fault. I've thrown off the rhythm of our art director, Steve, who used to post those shots. I'll try to bug him for shots more regularly and post them earlier. I still haven't posted Avengers packaging, and I actually have Expendables and ASM packaged samples in hand. It gets a little overwhelming.

I hope you get one some day, Tavino. And yes, YB, that was it.

Tenime, how big is your poster? Is it printed by you or someone else?