DSTZach

I wasn't aware that TRU.com shipped ex-US, is this new? Not that I know of. BRB, are you seeing Minimates at a TRU in Europe? Because that should be impossible. Great suggestion!

Knight Rider is nowhere near done. But I was just reiterating what I read. I guess Chuck saw Dukes to be much more limited, or much too expensive, or maybe he had the same concerns other toy companies have.

Yes, we just needed to put all our Redacted in one basket. Oh, and tan pants on Hulk and new boots on Cap, for those keeping score at home. No waffle treads that I can see, but a nice new sculpt that reflects their curvy lines.

I think we were looking into it at one point. Not sure it's still under discussion.

I cannot! Never discussed it. Only one Hazzard question in the Q&As I can see, and Chuck focused on the cost of the rights, and the limited product possibilities. BUT when I suggested CHiPs once, he laughed and laughed. I think that's why he likes having me around. The laughter I provide. :biggrin:

It's a prototype, so the white may still be added. Face is inserted digitally, so that may be tweaked, as well. But please send me your reference pics of the bottom of Cap's feet from the movie! Not sure we have any. So - who is being bumped from the TRU assortment to make room for Nick? Great point, Nessex. Zach, are you able to confirm that this is the new line-up? Marvel Minimates Wave 45 (Specialty stores/comic shops) - Captain America & Thor - Iron Man MK7 & Hulk - REDACTED (from TRU wave) & REDACTED (exclusive) - Maria Hill & REDACTED (exclusive) Marvel Minimates - The Avengers (Toys “R” Us/toysrus.com) - Captain America & Thor - Iron Man MK7 & Hulk - Hawkeye & Black Widow (exclusive) - Loki & Nick Fury (exclusive) Looks right, should have said "Redacted" and not "mystery character." Sorry, Nessex. Not POSITIVE we're keeping the Hawkeye/Black Widow/Loki/Fury pairings, but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.

Never mind, did a search, found it in the "Through the Ages" thread, back in March. I wasn't here yet. I certainly know people want Kang, just hadn't seen it expressed in that format. I liked it. I don't do line plans, though. But I would like to see more villains at the conventions.

While I imagine that would be a tough box set to get greenlit, it's possibly the most brilliant idea for a boxset I've ever heard. Has that been suggested here before? Iron Lad, Rama-Tut, Kang, Immortus? Because it's the first time I've heard it, and it made me smile. At least ten of you! http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=10434&st=0

I don't think anyone will even be able to remember Titania's name once we start announcing AFX and con four-packs.

Marvel Studios has said no Hulk merchandise promotion until January 31st. And yes, your questions are the same as mine. So, if he is moving to TRU, who is he bumping out of their assortment? And if he is no longer in the LCS wave, who gets his spot? Will he and a TRU character be swapped? Or maybe DST learned about the "other Big Bad" and was able to include that character in the LCS wave.... Nick is going to TRU and a mystery character is going to LCS, for timing purposes.

Odin may end up being gold, if recent Asgardians are any indication. I'll ask. Glad most of you like them.

Not leaked, digital Previews was released today. BUT the text on that BBTS listing is incorrect. We've actually changed the lineup for this assortment a tad. Nick Fury is no longer in this assortment, he'll be at TRU. We'll be able to show Hulk at the end of the month, but the remaining three figures in the wave are all going to be off-limits for a while. And yes, that includes Maria Hill.

Well, now I know Undeadpool's real name... Not even Odin? I thought Odin came out pretty great.

Minimates are technically block figures, and block figures are with construction figures. I certainly hope we win this year, but I don't see how we can. It's an unfortunate categorization, and I'd love to remove the construction set component to level the playing field, but you can't compare a Minimate to a fully sculpted 3.75 inch figure, they're too different. But thank you guys so much for your support.

Full disclosure, because I like you guys. (Not really, but let's pretend.) (Joke.) (Waits for laughter.) (No laughter.) (Moving on.) There were originally more FI box sets; I alluded to this elsewhere. So there was some more design work done, and we may see some more Worthy and/or Mighty mixed into waves down the road. Just letting you know. Hope you dig 'em as much as I dig 'em, and I hope we make a regular Grey Gargoyle someday, too. He's my fave.

I would hope that everyone on here has seen these two videos, but someone surprised me the other day by saying they'd never seen them, so here you go: Working on a new MAX episode now.

Given the fact that most of the team members are pulled from different times, and even alternate realities, and the consequences are not very tangible (Kang and Immortus split, Rick Jones and Genis merge), I tend to think of it as an alternate-reality side adventure. There's also way too much time travel (which I always considered the FF's realm) and non-members (Songbird/Capt. Marvel) and cowboys and a lot of talk about "destiny." I actually got bored halfway through and stopped buying it. Granted, I read it when it came out, so I was... 21? Practically a kid! If I read it today, in one volume, maybe I'd feel differently. But when I think Quintessential Avengers storyline, I think of "Avengers Under Siege," or "Ultron Unlimited."

We're against it, too, but orders were extremely low for the four pack. Some will be in Series 2. They will be. Well, we appreciate it, but again, it was a hard sell to specialty. How many did you order through your local comic shop? Hopefully, if your TRU in Canada got in Series 1, they'll get in Series 2. I think we can manage that.

One almost happened, based on the Paramount stuff that was announced: http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=5705 I don;t know the particulars, but it never got past the concept stage, as far as I know. Not sure why it didn't happen (or the Godfather line, for that matter), but it made me very sad. By the way, for something to be defunct, it needs to have been funct in the first place. If it was never funct, how can we refunctify it?

Heh. You're right, I'm gone. This wave was before my time, and I know nothing about it. I'm not even supposed to BE here today!

Who's Zack? And calling "Avengers Forever" an event is being generous.

The only thing that ever bugged me was the drastic change in letter size, but the new tweak evens that out, and makes it more legible. I don't think we'll be changing it again any time soon. Although once we get our 10th anniversary logo on the packaging, you guys might dig it.

I never said they were canceled for quality issues, but I'll ignore the dis and say that one of them was for a specific retailer, who cut back on the number of sets they wanted. I believe some of the cancelled figures will make it into the regular two-packs. But not all. And given this board's general attitude towards this year's event-based sets, I don't think they will be missed overmuch, especially since they were exclusives, and therefore a hassle for some.

They're not happening. I'm sad, too.

There were soldiers in the first Wave of MAX, and we're hoping to bring them back -- in a cool new deco -- in Series 3. You may have seen our Black Ops and Arctic Mission designs for that series, and those are currently on deck as well. The APC is going to be a nice piece of military equipment -- our first two colors are police blue and arctic white, but an olive drab or camo repaint in the future is possible. We showed a MAX helicopter a while back, and as far as I know that is still in the works. And I've been pushing for some realistic-colors MAX jets (grey, maybe a camo) and will continue to do so, but we may be shelving that vehicle for a while after four paint schemes. So bust out your grey spray-paint, cuz the black ones are on sale. By the way, you can tell DSTChuck (the Director of DST) what you want in Ask DST: http://www.artasylum.com/question I'm sure he'd be thrilled to get a bunch of MAX or Pirate Raiders questions -- specific requests like military paint, and not just a wish list of wizards, knights and what have you. It will take us years to become Playmobil.