buttheadsmate

8 hours ago, Onyx_6 said:

So, the one thing that caught my eye on the packaging for these is the different looking Minimates Logo.

It's difficult for me to remain interested in this licence when all I recall about Power Rangers when it was on the TV was my gratitude for a nearby TV remote. That's my age & my honesty ..& not anything nasty or snarky. 

The product & their reception, by those that obviously love them ,is far more important .

So ,the one thing that caught my eye on the packaging for these is the different looking Minimates Logo.

Had people been criticising the old one?

Stunning stuff.

9 minutes ago, MiniMilner said:

Any recommendations on where I can get these in the UK?

There's a company called `Sonner Toys' who are advertising them .   

On 1/12/2018 at 1:22 PM, buttheadsmate said:

I have a hankering for some single packs , I should however stress that these should only be used for some 'special' Minimates . I could define which 'mates I would consider 'special' & I'm pretty sure other members would have their own opinion of what they consider to be special .  Luke's current customs could be considered as a foray into a hitherto untapped 'single' minimate market & I genuinely wet myself if he decided to package future offerings .

'Shopko' singles were  IMHO magnificent  ( see MMDB,Hail Ivan ) .............. now I'm a packaging completist but even a die-hard opener surely sees the beauty of these things ? 

..............also I'm told that a singly packaged 'mate was available at a recent convention ?

Oh yeah ......vinimates are singly packed.

 

 

 

My feelings were made in the post above but I realise that many of us are completely divided .....that's the way the world has gone unfortunately on everything .....on the relevance of packaging .

A word of warning to DST , there have been several documented accounts of  'blistered' Minimates where the blisters were shoddily applied...they regularly came off .   If these 'flagship' packaged mates fall into that category then the whole concept will crash in flames .

I'm genuinely pleased for those that are pleased with the announcement of these wrestling 'mates. 

 He's a master.

Blinking marvellous Luke.

I couldn't think of anything cornea.

-blueeyesmate

Fortnite ? Micronauts ? Battle Beasts ...relaunch?

I've run 'nrobots' post past the gynecology dept. & they've positively confirmed what I was thinking about him & his post.

10 hours ago, Mattallica said:

but the young avengers have been around since 2005

..& are now known as the not-so-young Avengers ?

3 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:

The New Champions are newer. 
 

...& are perhaps the Newer Champions ?

I can't wait for the Not-so-Ancient One & The Less than Eternals , Younger Man Logan & Tony Stork * 

-ol'butt

*Get it ?

Bad-ass in so many ways.

-buttsun-drilledmate

+ Pathfinder - Lamia

I'd give up beer* for all the Minimates that could have been .

* & lying 

On 4/22/2022 at 4:59 PM, buttheadsmate said:

I'll definitely let this go after I say just this....

Minimates are designed for interchangeability ,I get that I really do but which Minimate would anybody want to put 'Thing's' separate headpiece onto apart from another 'Thing' ?   Who would put an actual hairpiece on to a Thing head ? It ain't 'appening 

Just mould a one-piece sculpted head ,paint it & be done ?  

....like the Kronan Stone Man (of Saturn) which was the Thing with a different moulded head .

7 hours ago, fwoosheyman said:

Most of the D+ shows really only have  one/two characters that would make good minimates. The rest would be boring civilians.  

I'm not entirely sure which Marvel characters appeared on Disney +, costumed . 

I am entirely sure that the Netflix Minimates weren't as popular as DST might have hoped , I am being polite .

One of those Netlix box-sets commands a premium on ebay.com & that is probably because it was produced in fewer numbers . I cannot confirm that with any certainty ....except that I'm usually right .  

I see a lot of Netflix 'mates on UK ebay , often a sign that secondary sellers are buying from UK discount stores who have had dumps of unsold US stock , similar to the current WG glut .

Netflix Minimates are abundant on US ebay at nigh on original price,apart from the one I have mentioned .  Personally I felt that the Netflix 'mates were well produced,full of accessories but ultimately civilians.

Netflix ain't Disney so I hope we get some costumed Minimates because costumed minimates are what I feel are the 'mates that people desire . I could have just posted just that last sentence but I was in the mood.

On 12/12/2021 at 10:03 AM, buttheadsmate said:

Aliens series 4 were on sale at B & M ( that's their name not an acronym for brick & mortar) . This wave was the one that never made it out of TRU.

Thanks WB , Newsworthy 

I had my suspicions that B & M would eventually be a major outlet for the WG mates . UK ebay is awash with WG 'mate listings now & they were obviously being retailed somewhere !!

OK ..OK 

I'll definitely let this go after I say just this....

Minimates are designed for interchangeability ,I get that I really do but which Minimate would anybody want to put 'Thing's' separate headpiece onto apart from another 'Thing' ?   Who would put an actual hairpiece on to a Thing head ? It ain't 'appening 

Just mould a one-piece sculpted head ,paint it & be done ?  

I was surprised at how much I actually liked Turtle Minimates when I saw them for the first time .They are ,IMHO , also some of the best quality Minimates ever made .

I yearn for certain Minimates to be given sculpted heads when they beg for one ....notably Marvel's Thing which has become a joke ......but in this instance I would agree that they should stay the way they are.

1 minute ago, cylonchaney said:

From my mind to PL's keyboard!

Especially the hashtag.

2 hours ago, funkguerilla said:

 

- Mimic

- Marrow

- Maggott

- Caliban

- Nate Grey

 

At first glance that looks like the ingredients for a curry.

2 hours ago, DSTZach said:

They cancelled Toy Fair, so our huge poster went unused. 

dibs.

Sadly I have to add The Beast, out of the 10 we have had none of them conjures up what I consider to be a definitive early 60's version , the FA duck-footed/ pink gloved version is just sad. Beast had massive biceps, hands &  feet ...the Minimate should have the same with proper moulded parts .

Mimic is desperately needed & would need those same massive biceps,hands & feet.

....& a snowman Iceman. 

5 hours ago, Trekker 42 said:

That’s disgusting. 
I need it. 

There are a couple of Battlefield Baseball promo kubricks that define the word "disgusting" , think 'Old Lady' bathroom  scene in The Shining 

Which leads me to think of a grail of mine , a series of STANLEY Kubrick movie Minimates . Oh the irony!

7 hours ago, MisterPL said:

Maybe it's Roblox. 

As many of you know ,my mind works in mysterious ways .

I see the word Roblox & I immediately think Bollocks which leads me to Never Mind etc.etc. / Sex Pistols which leads me to one of several Kubrick 'music band/group' licenses . I'd enjoy some music minimates but..........

.........that led me to trawling through my list of all the Medicom kubrick licenses & there is one that just shouts "Minimates".

Metal Gear Solid. 

BTW medicom produced 2 waves of wrestlers (Muscle Men/kinnikuman) & a rather superb series of Battlefield Baseball kubricks .