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My order's in too! (Unfortunately the grab bags are all sold out )

Just think what would have happened if you'd given out a plaid Vorin. That just gave me chills thinking about it.

GAH! Now I'm going to have to buy a spare Vorin just to paint his cape plaid for Scottish version, thanks a lot!

Awesome sauce!

I should have them up for order tomorrow. Wednesday at the latest.

Have you already started sending out previous SDCC pre-orders or would I be able to add the Thundercats set to my order?

I do like youbastards idea (only because it means there's a chance I could get my hands on a promo a little easier)

That said, there are a few issues:

1. There's over 300 members here. It may not happen all the time, but there's the possibility of the same resentment from those who are not of the 98 lucky ones as we see from members who are not at the con.

2. While it seems that this is the main forum for minimates, I know there is at least one other site with members who also collect minimates (There may be more, but I really haven't looked) This could cause resentment from other sites (I remember a similar issue with Mattel's Gleek and a certain site that was given a bunch of them while other sites could just watch with jealousy)

I hadn't heard Wednesday, just that Luke was going to have them (At least the first set) Good to know a time period now

After seeing pics from the slide show, I realize I may very well have to buy both the specialty and TRU waves rather than just the TRU waves as I planned

Good job on making both versions of the creatures look like must haves!

I've only bought one MLP, but it was for a custom and I thought it'd be funny to use a pony for it

They also have some at K-Mart and K-Mart is currently doing an extra 50% off clearance making them $11 each

I've already seen one blue one sell BIN for $30. I'm hoping people will value them at or below the value of a red one (basically the same anyway) and maybe I could even offer a trade of a red for a blue?

So far I haven't seen anymore blues show up on ebay

I went into a video game buying frenzy the past 3 years (Once I realized how easy it is to fix old NES systems )

Here's my 3 favorites from that system:

Tiger-Heli

T&C Surf Designs

Excitebike

Other good games:

Mike Tyson's Punch Out

Bionic Commando

Duck Hunt

TMNT 2 and up

Any Mario Games (Mario Bros and Super 1-3)

I just read about this Gold Vorin a few minutes ago while searching for Blue Vorins: http://www.16bit.com/sdcc2012-dia-bb.asp

Apparently the golden boy was in a grab bag at some heavy metal party? Thank the gods I'm not a completionist (Although I'd like to be able to grab a blue Vorin for $10 or less )

That Blue Vorin would look pretty good with my red one, I'll have to find a way to get one.

I'm digging all the creatures I'm seeing in this line, not crazy about the humans, here's hoping the TRU ones aren't too brightly colored (Neon would be bad I think) I might have to get a spare of the snake guy to make my first GI Joe minimate custom

Looks like two more 4 packs with an unarticulated minifigure each

That packaging looks great! I'm almost not going to want to open it......almost

I noticed that the Lion-O with light blue boots seems to be the early prototype (This is the one with no straps on top of the shoulders) The Lion-O with dark blue boots seems more closer to production. I'm willing to bet that the final release will have the straps.

Wait....I take that back, sorta. Looking at the pics on the Thundercats fb, it looks like there's 3 prototypes of Lion-O (Light blue boots, no sides of boots/ Dark Blue full boots/ Light Blue full boots) Looks like both of the figures on the Thundercats page (Light blue missing sides boots & dark blue full boots) may have the straps (It's hard to tell if they're really on the dark blue boots version, which I notice is in the box set pic)

Zach's Lion-O (light blue full boots) seems like it may be the only one without straps

Pretty sure that's the statue. Weird (to me) that it says "Classic" on the T-Cats box. Could that mean that "Modern" versions are also in the pipeline?

It's probably more of a branding issue. All the 5" tall "classics" figures also have the same logo/title

That's much cooler than trying to build one buying the movie masters! Thanx for the heads up!

Please forgive me if this has been asked and answered elsewhere but will the walkers in this line have clear bodies? I was admiring the added depth of the Marvel Zombies 'mates thanks to that aspect and was hopeful that it would carry over into this line.

The sdcc one has a clear body.

So... has a whole line been announced, or just the boxed set?

Not exactly announced, but hinted at per the last ask DST: http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2012/06/ask-dst-164/#more-7050

DSTCHUCK: We get asked lots of time to develop MM for other folks and most of the time we say no thanks. If it’s a real cool opportunity then we do say yes once in the while. We’re working on a real cool line for someone right now and I think they plan to sell their first products at SDCC.

But MASK is owned by Hasbro, right? They slipped Matt Tracker into GI Joe 25th, after all, and I can't imagine they'd pay anyone for what amounts to a novelty figure. Hopefully, it's not impossible.

That's right, so unless Hasbro decideds to license the rights, IF we see a Mask block figure style line, it'll probably be Kre-o

I've long labeled myself as a casual Thundercats fan. I mainly collect Mumm-Ra and after watching a couple of of the old episodes a few years back I realized I really only liked Mumm-Ra's transformation scene The same can be said for Silverhawks too. I have a couple of the figures and the into is the best part about the cartoon

I keep my bans in the garage. Every now and then I go out there and forbid the Rock Lords from entering the house.

Awwww, Rock Lords need love too....just, ya know.......not as minimates

Well this set is called the "Series 1 Box Set" on AFX's site, and Chuck implied in the new Q&A that this is the first product in a line, so all signs point to yes.

I was just about to mention the Q&A answer and how it sounded like there's a full Thundercats line planned

It seems the translucent blanks have been Red, Blue, Green & Orange so maybe it'll be green or orange? I said green earlier, I'm going to stick with that.

Well I never said "sold for" but you're right I was thinking that as I typed.

I suppose I should clarify that you would have the opportunity to buy one during and shortly after the con on ebay for a crazy amount of money such as over $100 (I'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure I saw people asking that much for them even if they never sold for that much)

or

you can wait a month or two and have the opportunity to purchase one on ebay for a less crazy amount of money like $30

Perhaps had you clarified your post saying what I said was completely unfounded to something like "A grey Vorin has never sold for $100", we could have avoided some of this back and forth.

Just so we're clear, I am not a fan of paying crazy money for any exclusive either