buttheadsmate

Unfortunately we now have the Wrecker & the Mindless Ones

I can't argue with that although TBQH I rarely reminisce about the Werewolf Minimate The WereCap character as a Minimate could have been great but my memories of the comic story-line are not so great . I read the WBN comics when they were newsstand -fresh & ,even then, a 17 year-old young 'butt laughed out loud at Werewolf's alter ego's name . Jack Russell

A curveball from ol' butt : I love W84 D-Man ....a superior Minimate in every sense.

I can't speak for Shane .....protos (as I call 'em) do appear from time to time but not often . There are actually 3 listings on ebay now ! I have been lucky ( ?) enough to have been able to buy several over the years when I was really into my severe Minimate illness I have also been given ....just given ...several BSG unpainted promos from someone here ...it was a very humbling moment & I treasure them. My most unusual item is a Spider-Man Max fully painted prototype which I bought from a US ebay seller years ago...I have never quite forgiven myself for not securing the Wolverine Max which the same seller had in a separate auction . A light-hearted warning meant in good faith ......."Faint heart never won fair 'mates" .

I'd seen that & my reaction was ....is this a good thing ?

I struggled to keep a hold on the Live session ...quite why I don't know ? The video however is thoroughly enjoyable , thank you.

Plantman

Trapster .

Egghead ?

Mr.Hyde.

I wish I had the answer to my question "where will they be sold" , I haven't . All I do know is that the US market for toys is $40* billion a year, so somebody is selling toys somewhere . As you may or may not be aware I am an atypical toy-buyer , I doubt that 10% of my collection has been purchased in the UK from an UK seller whilst 90% has come directly from the US & Japan. 99.9% of my collection has been delivered to me, I can't recall the last time I walked into a toy-store. I researched my figures for my post & I am very aware of fake news... but I choose to believe it but it seems that online toy sales in the US are projected for 2025 to reach a staggering $30* billion . I avoid politics on this forum , do your own research or just use your eyes & read .....your toys are made in China , 1% of the toys sold on the US market are made in the US * . I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions whether toys are a safe-bet for investment at the moment . * forgive the asterisks but I'm sure somebody'll say that this or that is incorrect , so my figures are based on Google research & undoubtedly inaccurate . Asterix the Gaul BTW is one property that CEO buttheadsmate would demand to be made into minimates. I still hate this thread.

The elephant in the room ...which I have always alluded to in this thread ....is the distribution & promotion of the brand . I would dearly like to see some new entity take over & I sincerely believe they will . As much as I love Minimates however I am skeptical as to where they will be sold ? I have mentioned it several times before but I'll say it again , DST often seemed to go out of their way to make Minimates 'elusive' or 'exclusive' , I lost patience with it years ago & much of my fun of collecting Minimates soured . I know I wasn't alone . I have also been intransigent in my belief that Minimates would one day become recognised for what they are ......a superb toy .

I am no expert . That said, I believe that a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee would have the powers to sell any of the remaining assets of the Diamond 'empire' . So...in theory some company could step in and buy just 'Minimates' .

I'll give that a shot as well .