buttheadsmate

I have sympathy for the devil 

The C3 Batcave Joker would perhaps be the best of the 3 Jokers that we have , 'heads' from that period (18 years ago) look so terribly dated /crude now but they are all memorable.  

BTW they have some pretty loud suits.

If anybody's interested I own one suit which only gets worn on sombre occasions , funerals

....it would seem that you have .

I'm not going to sit on the fence .....

59 minutes ago, SignatureChoice said:

 

I do hope this continues; maybe some of y'all recall the forum days Mattallica speaks of?

Matt's post is perhaps too subtle ........his avatar is his own likeness 

Beetlejuice ?

4 hours ago, nandoninny said:

 

 

to be fair, i'm pretty generic looking so it was easy

F8cking priceless 

I was born with a diastema ,it is not life threatening & I live with it .  I just did a quick check through of well-known (but less-popular characters than myself) with the same affliction* & found that their Minimate likeness's fail in the 'mouth-open' dept. .... & my mouth is generally open . 

I mention the above purely because *William Dafoe, Madonna (?) ,Elijah Wood , Samuel L.Jackson & Arnold Schwarzenegger * have Minimate 'realities' .

I choose Samuel L. as my Minimate doppelgänger  .....we have our differences but I'd be happy enough to say we share attitudes.

On 11/29/2022 at 4:50 PM, Shanester said:

No Spider-Ham is a travesty.  Forbush man? Hells yes!  I loved the "less serious" comics and the What ifs?.

I've said it for years, far too many Minimates , esp. Marvel ones,  have 'that  too serious'  look .  I'm not saying that that is wrong but it is definitely tedious .  'Tedious' because the only part of a Minimate that is .....or not.....precious/unique is the head & its expression.

When Minimates 'END' then  'heads'   will become very important. 

Far too many Minimates take themselves too seriously

That's the sole reason I am not getting involved.

BTW WTF is the size of the GI Joe 'specials' .....please

2 hours ago, Onyx_6 said:

They are obviously smaller in size, but the protective cases for the 3.75 inch Star Wars characters *should* work. If that is what you are asking about.

'Clamshells' was ,I thought, the correct international name for a clear plastic case ?

1 hour ago, cylonchaney said:

Clamshells? What a fintastic idea! Let minnow if you find a seacret stash.

My cod, these ocean puns are krilling me. Am I just fishing for laughs? Dolpinately.

 

I'm not going to bite .

All I wanted to know was the dimensions of the GI Joe packaged 'mates .......

.....before I find a plaice to perches them  

Early question ...it'll take some while before I get these....  which 'stock ' clamshells or acrylic cases fit these please?

Just over a year ago a guy I have known for over 20 odd years took his own life . In those 20 odd years we definitely had our ups & downs & TBQH we had been estranged for quite some while ,still polite to one another but definitely frosty whenever we met which was irregularly .   Quite out of the blue he & I bumped into each other , I live on a small farm , I see very few people but there he was walking the public path that runs through the farm . There was little that either of us could do but to have a chat. 

I recall our conversation vividly .Later I also recall conveying to my gf that I'd just seen 'J' & that I had 'seen' for the first time in several years the bloke that had shared many a fine moment together with me. We had had a lengthy conversation & we both parted with a smile & a laugh , genuine smiles & genuine laughter.

A fortnight later I rang him for the first time in years , I needed a contact number for his business partner . He was surprised to hear from me, understandably. Once more we chatted & chuckled about 'shit' , I got the number , I recall putting the phone down with us both laughing.

2 weeks on, I heard that he had killed himself .

I wrote the above to amplify one thing ....you'll never see it coming.

I'm not getting involved with comic-characters whose names totally rely on spoofs , parodies & puns .

buttheadsmate - aka The Pun-issuer

I confess that DP was initially, completely ....completely....off of my radar , I came up to speed very quickly though.

Wave 28/H & A version = unsurpassed. Nice later versions but please refer to previous= pattern.

So now I'm thinking "Champions' .......First Black Widow = brilliant ,next 14 not so much = pattern . 

Angel = anything with wings= collectable/desirable

Ghost Rider....don't bother unless we get a bike or a tiger.

Hercules .....he took on Thor , let's have a minimate that could take on Thor.....any one of 34 of them  & win. 

Not brand echh would be a rubbish idea for a box set

We got Janet van Wasp in 2008 in an Avengers box set , an homage to 4 original members of the Avengers they were purposely 'dated' .    It kinda worked but the characters looked anachronistic with other contemporary Marvel 'mates .....but of course that was bound to be the case .  The exception was ,surprisingly, The Wasp , not the skirted version with the dopey hat but the skirtless version sans hat. That version is almost 'there' .  

That Invaders box set (2008) ,again an homage, gave us IMHO that perfect Namor , Imperius Rex .  For the record I think that box set gave us our first non-slip-over masked Cap , great idea that never quite worked .

Yeah ....maybe I was a bit too harsh on the She-Hulks , I never ever got my head around the comic-character & I'm influenced by that.

Black Knight ...spot on 

How on earth have we, Minimate fans, only been given one JVD Wasp ,one Hercules, one Black Knight & two too many  (rubbish) She-Hulks ?

30 odd Thors & 50 Captain Americas ???  Re-hashes were the curse in the demise of this otherwise magnificent line.

I don't include Namor because IMHO the initial  'Invaders' version was iconic...just one was enough.

I'd love a proper original Swordsman .

'Armless fun.

Keep an eye out for this one .

Leper Queen ? 

Will this cost an arm a leg ?

Chest blocks / torso blocks seem to be an area that 'the powers that be' don't wish to be too ambitious with .  That said there are exceptions to my perception /that rule but not too many I can actually think of ....can you ? 

I actually typed my reply before I saw Zach's comment ... I leave  my opinion.

Marvel kubricks that just about everybody would enjoy as Minimates are Peter Porker ,Venom Ham & Venom Punisher .  I'm not sure whether I love 'mine'  just because they are brilliantly executed or whether its because I took so long to find them ?  The Captain America kubrick is perhaps my favourite Marvel kubrick.

Metal Gear Solid is a favourite as well . There are some pretty stunning Snake versions ,especially the promotional versions, beautifully painted .

After much deliberation I have decided upon the Panzer Cop ,Jin Roh Ken Roh (version ) . it's perfect.  If you've never heard of the 'Panzer Cop' (Hellhounds legend) be warned ,once you find out about it you may well get hooked .  Incidentally that license (also referred to as Kerberos ) has my favourite 1/6 figures , there are several .

On 11/7/2022 at 4:56 PM, elhonez said:

Maybe he's committed to just annual updates?

Unlike myself .....just committed to just anal updates .

Hail Ivan .

1 hour ago, hellpop said:

Same for me. It's such a nice piece, but where the heck would I put it?

In your Playmobil Earth space dock?