DSTZach

Oh, all right...

I agree with all of it. And remember that Peter Parker has pretty much always been portrayed as traditionally handsome. I've never seen him drawn as ugly, or even as Tobey Maguire quirky. He's a square-jawed dude. Yes, he wore some unfortunate sweater-vests and (gasp) glasses early on, but after a while he was wearing contacts and Members Only jackets like the best of them. And as far as hair product go, it could be worse -- he could have a Ditko spit-curl.

T Sure, we make the blond agent the rare chase, then for some reason Aunt May comes with mostly redheaded agents, and next thing you know you guys are calling it "SHIELDGate" and our list of major screw-ups gets one longer. No thanks! :tongue: But I'm glad people like the wave! Can't wait to get mine...

Great work, everyone. Especially Bob!

Three camps. 3. "Crap, they're still debating Andrew Garfield. When will they start talking about that swell DST product again? Man, DST is awesome."

Utterly unnecessary, but you're welcome!

Great Dracula shot, funkguerilla! And send me your Oreos, geohound! I'm currently fiending. Gotta get my friend to bring me my Girl Scout cookies, stat.

I LOVE Rescue Men!

8. DENNIS LEARY. But seriously, I like Andrew Garfield and Rhys Ifans as actors, and as much as I've enjoyed other Raimi films, I look forward to a movie that's not partially tongue-in-cheek.

Contact customer service.

Marry that man.

Aaah! Thanks, geohound. Man, I love Stilt-Man. I've been making "The Stilt-Man was here." and even "The most tallest man in the world jokes in my head since I saw it. ("I don't always drink beer, but when I do, look out below!") And that Nightcrawler pic... I need to dress Ben Grimm up like Blackbeard again, stat. And great Man-Spider, Jeff!

I'll look into it, but give me time.

Sorry about your experience, groundhog. That whole situation is... unfortunate.

Sorry you're mad about something else, groundhog7s. I hope Minimates somehow make it better. And I think I've said that no one needs to mind their manners on my account. I know there will always be criticisms of DST on this board -- it's what it's for (the love of Minimates is implied). But I'm not gonna let a shot at DST go by without comment, if I feel it's unjustified. Most of you are quick to defend your own opinions when someone comments on them, so I'll do the same for DST. I don't expect to change hearts and minds, but I will attempt to correct false or unfair perceptions. If this is gonna be a problem, let me know, and I'll scale back my comments and interaction.

Good deal Zach...though that's a McFarlane cover. LOVE Todd. Pwned! I must have had a brain fart, which explains why I couldn't find this cover in a Google search, but I could find that Outback-era fikll-in issue by Liefeld that was a stand-alone parody of DC's Invasion storyline. (I think.) So random.

I said "people," meaning... "people." Not Multiverse people specifically. No, this place is at least 50% positive about what we do. :biggrin: But for the most part, 90% of the Internet seems to be complaints, and that applies to our work, as well. And Boyd's unexpected statement (Et tu, Boyd?) may have been a joke, but it made us sound like that's all we do. Screw up. I will admit I was hurt, but only because I have come to strongly identify myself with DST. I did not think anyone was blaming me specifically, but they were blaming DST specifically, without knowing the facts. (Our factory screwed up -- we certainly did not tell them to put TRU exclusives in boxes going to comic shops.) I am, to be honest, not fully versed in the Angel fiasco, but I would like to know what happened, and will search the forums later. Having seen the pictures of the Spidey Friends and Foes figures, I understand that issue, but I would be very curious to see what our early samples from the factories looked like. I'm sure Chuck has addressed that one elsewhere, but I doubt they looked like that.

I believe The Wave 47 Wolverine claws will be the same ones Brood Wolverine has. Knife blades that get wider towards the ends, a la Liefeld. (My personal favorite claws.)

I mean it only with love, Zach. Your successes have outweighed your mistakes in my eyes. I don't know how to respond to either of those statements.

I think we're looking into it. Waiting on some paperwork to be finalized...

Sold in the UK legally!, we got ways around the minimate prohibition thats lasted all these years, men have got rich & powerful selling these babies to desperate people like myself........ rich & powerful "I'll get you, Minimate Bandit!" "No you won't!" "Oh, yes I will!"

Yes, but this is also the same company that gave us "Angel-Gate". Specatular screw-ups are what they do best I think it's more likely a palette of TRU boxes got mixed with the Direct Market boxes and got shipped, especially since the boxes look alike (as Luke pointed out). The more interesting questions are if TRU is getting Direct Market exclusives, and if so ,what are they going to do with them? Actually, what we do best is make great toys, but the spectacular screw-ups are what people seem to focus on. And yes, it apparently is more widespread, but it is not because TRU cut their order. One retailer has told me that he has received his TRU sets in a specialty box, so it looks like it was a packing error at the factory. Still not sure how widespread it is, and whether it was a production error or simply a packing error, but I would hope that the number of each type of figure is still the same. We'll see if TRU gets specialty sets, and what they choose to do with them. Luckily, we usually make extra specialty sets to keep in inventory, so hopefully they will not be too hard to get.

Because Minimates aren't sold in the U.K.? I dunno. it may be around there, we'll see when everything ships.

See? It's a common mistake. And, in this age of more sculpted bits, technically close to true.

Yeah, I may have copied and pasted that from some old Previews text a couple of times before being told that was actually incorrect. Which I THOUGHT, but didn't question. I'm currently trying to stamp out all mention of that scale, but the Internet is forever. The newer solicitation text should be correct. I actually didn't realize that, so that actually makes sense. Although I am gonna stick with "Super Skrull is a dude, and dudes sell better, especially cool alien dudes." Pretty sure that's our default position. Also, a nice big sculpted part on Super Skrull, which is more cost-effective in higher quantities. I want to share more control art. I'll see if I'm allowed. Hey, is Jill Valentine shorter than the other Minimates? I haven't seen her in person, and someone on FB is saying she is. I know Viewtiful Joe has slippers, but does Jill?