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Purple. The fuchsia one was a painted prototype, while the other one was painted at the factory. The one in the box I'm looking at is close to the factory sample I shot.

LOVING the new MMMV color scheme. So, so, so pretty. Purple is my favorite color! Which is why I am almost as happy as you all to have Kang... and a new Hawkeye, as well. Next up, I'm "Kang-paigning" for Purple Man, Dragon Man, Wizard, Trapster, Medusa and Graviton.

You never got the Future FOundation? I love that set. Slipover mask. Wasn't there a Kang where he just had the blue head? In the old Avengers cartoon, maybe? And no, Reaper doesn't have a hairpiece. But if he was a blonde, he'll have his pick of the toupee shop. Yes, and nobody has to repaint their Fear Itself Hawkeye, either. Speaking of Hulk and fodder, Hulk actually comes with the open hands movie Hulk has, in comic Hulk colors. Wasn't somebody just asking for more of those? Or watch Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I've only seen the first half of Season 1 (Kang makes a kameo, and the Reaper re-appears) but apparently Kang rules the rest of Season 1. Which is why us not making him for so long makes us, what was it? Chowderheads?

I had them fix that to May. I was recently told Mid-May for the release, and I don't know that online will have them sooner than that. This.

No, no, no -- each comes with a regular hammer and a spinny hammer, like the one MvC3 Thor has. You get four hammers, but only two spinny hammers. Thanks! I like the silhouette better, and I actually didn't darken that pic AT ALL. The sun was behind a cloud, it was overcast, and that's just how it came out. Then the sun came out, I changed my angle slightly, and I got the non-silho blue-sky shot. Literally, within 15 seconds of each other. So weird. I gave them outdoor Kang and Grim Reaper shots, too, but they didn't use them.

You're welcome! And these were never planned for TRU. TRU and specialty were separate starting with 43. Disney wanted box sets, they wanted the big guns, and this seemed like the best option, rather than scrambling to come up with even MORE slightly different versions of the characters. (There may have been a crunch factor that limited development time, as well, I'm not sure.) Remember, Disney is considered a specialty store, too.

Well, now you see why I never showed you the silhos of the other figures. Because you'd seen them. I don't think this will hurt specialty sales in general, because most comic shops don't compete with Disney Stores due to their limited locations, but I do feel bad for Luke, because I know a lot of the hardcores were a tough sell on that wave already. BUT, I think you will want to keep your orders with Luke, for the following reasons: 1. Ant-Man 2.0 and Sentry are awesome. 2. Hank Pym can be displayed three different ways -- short Ant-Man, tall Giant-Man and regular height unmasked Pym. (He comes with hair.) So you actually need three of those. 3. Thor comes with extra helmetless hair and an extra clean-shaven face. He also comes with both regular and spinny hammers. 4. Hawkeye comes with hair and a quiver full of individual arrows. 5. Iron Man comes with blue boot jets. Will post tray pics and box pics soon. Oh, and I do not remember mentioning a wave with Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Moon Knight in it.

Wait until the Tomb Raider Minimates show up, she can raid all of those tombs. Does Nathan Drake hang out in tombs? I have no idea. And that video is amazing, Luke. I was waiting, waiting, waiting, then all of a sudden somebody threw a helicopter at me. NICE.

Aw, you guys... Although, technically, this may be the year Ghostbusters Minimates ended. :sad: On the bright side, I just wrote Previews text for Santa's Ship! Plus, Expendables, Tomb Raider, Knight Rider, etc. It's been a good year, and will keep getting better. SDCC will be pretty cool. And something may happen this year that will pay off next year, so it's a two-fer.

I'm sure these new hands will get re-used at some point.

Sorry, all. This is the second time it's been bumped -- I honestly thought it would run last week. I'd be mad, but they're being very nice about promoting stuff for us (I got bumped by a story on series 45). Plus we may work together on a larger project down the road.

I'm seeing next week.

Those are the only three silhouettes I shot, and you'll see why when they announce the sets. But I gave them lit versions of these photos in addition to the official photography of the full sets, so I hope you like those, as well. I was told it would run today, but not when. You all may want to take five, focus on your day jobs or school or whatever until end of day EST. I've seen them post stories at 5:30 sometimes. Sorry for the teases, I just thought you guys would get a kick out of them. I did this for you all, and the <500 people following Minimates on Twitter were an afterthought.

Sorry about that. You were a half-mile away. Don't be so shy next time! Multiversers belong in the front row.

Marvel knows where, and they know when. "When" is slightly farther away than I indicated, but not much farther.

No idea when Marvel will post, but they'll be showing a full set. Or two. Sorry to sully this thread with this nonsense, BTW. Probably should have just started a new one. I need to start more threads.

I forgot. And you should probably stop speculating.

The timing of the release has to do with content, but the timing of the reveal had to do with the outlet. We don't like to advance-promote exclusives too far in advance, especially if there is no pre-order available.

I'm pretty sure they'll be hitting in the next week or two, but I will confirm.

I have a packaged sample in hand, yes. These are mostly test shots, though. Close to final. May post another tonight. AT MIDNIGHT. MUAHAHAHAHAHAH. ...If I remember. Thanks, man. Posting your Vorin pic everywhere. Little Rubber Guys, Facebook, everywhere.

Another shot I took for a thing.

Is there anything more beautiful than a man's love for translucent plastic? Bravo.

Man, I really want to enter this... I don't want to win, just make a beast.

I think there's hope we'll revisit those designs someday, yes. But right now we just want the WD line to do well. Wave 2 is shaping up nicely, and should come hot on the heels of Wave 1.

Great shot Geo. And Ivan, once again you have managed to make Minimates disturbing. I mistyped "Minimare" just now, and I think that sums it up. Well done.