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UPDATE : Simply put , I am now up -to-speed with shipping/packaging costs etc. I am being asked for a single DP/Nega pack , please realise that that is by far the most expensive way to obtain this ....approx. £23 including shipping in a bubbled envelope!!! By far the most economical method is to buy BOTH sets & buy 2 of each . £64 . You will note that I have raised the price slightly to accommodate Paypal's exchange rate . In a nutshell unless you want the above it's going to be a struggle to make this work for you. I will reply to all PMs this weekend.

I appreciate that you guys are keen to get these & I'll help , i read my PM's & I know who wants what Patience please. The easiest & most economical way that you are going to get these sent from the UK is to order 4 packs, 2 of each .

Thanks for letting me know , no issue Matt with yours . When using Paypal please choose to pay in £££s & you'll see that it will allow you to see what you are paying in $$$s just before you send . I'll get back to anybody PMing me ,please be patient

Finally things are moving ...thanks for your patience

PM me your address , pay via paypal at the address given above (robertbeavis55@btinternet.com & you're done . I hope ! I've ordered some suitable shipping boxes which should be with me early next week & I'll send them. Sharing the shipping is exactly what I'd hoped people would do.

The safety-regs thing is perhaps what riled me the most . I have just sent 2 x 2 packs to a USA member . Shipping was £18.10 . I can therefore confirm that it will cost approx. $83 to ship 2 x 2 Minimate packs to the US ( 4 packs in total ) . 2 packs of DP/Nega & 2 packs of Laura /Logan. $83 = £62 . I will send any member in the US a similar package for the same price . I honestly believe that this is the most efficient method for me at the moment to get this moving . I'm thinking paypal & I'm your 'friend' not your retailer . robertbeavis55@btinternet.com . Let's see how that works first .

I am truly thankful for your post as it precisely sums the situation up . Theses sets will be in your hands sooner rather than later.

£1 is about $1.34... just saying. The facts... I've just come back from the post office & sending 2,2 packs in a box to the US feels a bit gloomy to me at £18.10 (tracked). I would imagine that sending 4 ,2 packs would be similar .....probably. To send what I have ,26 of each ,52 packs is going to be : Global Express £101.80 Global Priority £100.25 Global Value £82 .90 Therefore the spread cost is about £4 per set of 2,2 packs. ....& then someone has to send them from the 'hub' ,add that on . Individually sent: So 2 2packs @ £22 + £18.10 = £40 4 2packs @ £44 + £18.10 (?) = £62.10 'Bulk ' from hub 2 2 packs @ £22 + £4 = £26 + internal US shipping 4 2packs @ £44 + £4 = £48 + internal US shipping My poor ol' brain might not have got that all that correct PLMK if I haven't. Be tactful I am old & grouchy Weigh it up & tell me what you think .

I am trying hard to be that person . I am trying to be as transparent as I can otherwise I'll end up being remembered as 'The Sheriff' rather than 'Robin' . The UK market for Minimates is just not there so I'll tell you right now that these WG sets will get cheaper & cheaper BUT there comes a time when the trigger needs to be pulled , I pulled the trigger at £11 a pack (delivered to me ). I paid out £500 & I just hope to recoup that ,that's all . For emphasis the entire inventory of Minimates that did not make their stores in the US is likely to be here in the UK .......& that means that there are thousands of the Logan/Laura Deadpool /Nega with the UK wholesaler . I was tempted to buy assortment cases from the wholesaler , I now have a trade account but TBQH I don't want to be lumbered with the 'other' sets especially when the minimum order would cost me £1500. I love you guys but not that much !\ Next step is to figure out the cost for shipping these safely to the US where they can be re-distributed to anybody who wants them . Shipping plus shipping might not sound the way to go but I really can't see how I can circumvent that . I can track one package but racking dozens is not my path of choice. Thoughts?

Zach, My Beyond Toys shipment arrived on Monday . Nobody would have needed anybody to ship anything anywhere if somebody with a brain at DST had kept a few cases for their loyal US collectors . Would that really have been such a difficult thing to do? Maybe I'm being a tad sensitive but 'importation plans' sounds a little sarcastic?

The genie is out of the bottle , Pandora's box is open because ,as someone predicted , Walgreens unwanted inventory is now completely awash on the UK market . I could tell you where they are being sourced from & what they are being wholesaled at but it wouldn't be pleasant reading if you are a dedicated Minimate fan . What a fiasco.

Zach , I (we ), of course,know that you want everyone one to get one . So do I. Everybody , Separating the Logans & Deadpools from this UK 'inventory' is going to prevent me pursuing the wholesaler for cases of the 'assortments '. I have everything else WG, as do, it would seem, my fellow-collectors in the US . I am therefore left with my age-old position of just buying from a retailer . I am a collector , I rarely sell anything. The only good thing about this 'assortments' sale in the UK is that retailers here are very unlikely to know that just 2 of the sets are actually really wanted in the US. That may change ,who knows? I have ,in hand ,several sets which were bought with fellow-members in mind but ....& I'll be blunt .....nobody need to feel under any obligation to me . I have had so much help over the years from MMMV members I felt that maybe I could reciprocate. If nothing comes of my following suggestion then guys who really know me, PM me & we'll talk . My initial thoughts are to find somebody US-based who will distribute these once I have sent them en-bloc to the US , put yourself or nominate somebody please. If this works out then we can keep the shipping down to a minimum. I don't want to make a cent on this , I don't want any grief either These 2 packs have cost me $15 each & by the time they get to the US they'll be more than $15 each because of shipping. Or....y'all & I can just wait & see what happens. I am not overly concerned if a better route (to the US) transpires. PLMK

I believe I've been fairly consistent in my (general) praise for Walgreen Minimates & to be totally honest I was mainly interested in just completing my WG 'set' , not really being that fussed about the actual Minimates . A sad reflection on me. This WG Deadpool is a stunner whilst Nega is amongst those few Minimates that you didn't really want until you saw it ! To make matters worse the Logan set has a superb Logan that begs you to buy a second set until you realise you'll have to decide what to do with Laura....WTF would you do with one? 67 previous Logan/Wolverine Minimates & this one (two) would be up there with the best.

I can confirm that cartons of the erstwhile Walgreen minimates have arrived in the UK . Currently I can also confirm that the cartons have the description 'Legacy Movie MM Asst. ' . They are also described as Wave 2 ! Quite what that means is debatable but it would imply there is a Wave 1. There is a vendor item code, MAR178503 with a UPC Code: 699788824085 . This particular asst. includes Spider/DocOck , Sup.Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Deadpool /Negasonic & Logan / Laura . Whether or not there are other 'assortment' cases is currently unknown to me . Interestingly (to me) the individual 2 packs are stickered by a UK importer. This sticker includes a CE plus a UK CA mark ...that'll be of no interest to most everybody except me . There cartons are numbered but apparently as I have often been told the numbers ...er.... mean nothing . Let me be clear, they are not going to be elusive or rare. I just can't believe that ALL of the the 'lost' WG Minimates got exported out of the US , got stickered up & dumped here in the UK & perhaps France ! I still believe they'll turn up in the US but if they don't & you're in the US ...worry not. So was all that helpful ? Personally I am only interested in the elusive DP/Nega & the Logan/Laura 2 packs ..... I am still assuming that that is the case with other people ???? I am putting no energy as yet into procuring other Walgreen stuff ....should I be ?

1st. Black Spider-Man ..simply special. Wonder Woman ...gorgeous , almost not a minimate more like a tiny real Wonder Woman. Help needed! 1st. Hulkbuster..perhaps the best minimate ever made but amongst the least articulate . Dead Six ...the personification (?) of my collecting OCD ,I have no real reason to own so many of this odd Minimate but if I see one I buy it. More help needed. Dracula ....he has belatedly become a favourite . Spidey Max statue ..my ego gets the better of me with this one , almost unique & its in my collection . It should've been in everybody's. Original Deadpool release.. I'll confess that I'd hardly heard of DP when this arrived , what a Minimate,never bettered. Invaders Namor . It's him but little !! Gauntlet Stark / Stealth iron Man .....the moment in (Minimate) time when everything changed . I'll class this as one Minimate if I may? Super-Adaptoid ..........one day. I would guess that over the years I would have had a different list ....that's todays.

I wish I could help ,I have no useful info for you . 'A sticky finish afterwards' isn't always all bad

Schaumberg is German for 'Foam mountain' & I am very surprised that MM Menagerie (based there) hasn't acquired multiples of these.

I can see the FF sets have been listed @ $49.99 but the SDCC Marvel (Avengers) aren't there ?

I will of course help anybody that needs it. Just my personal gut-feeling......... I had all the WG sets except the *Logan/Laura - DP/Nega sets *.....this is the first time I have seen either set for sale on any ebay site anywhere. I very much doubt that they'll be the last & this first seller wanted the equivalent of $21 a pack , nobody is going to pay that in the UK IMHO . There will be other sellers in due course . Is it just these 2 packs(**) that people want? Surely some of these sets stayed in the US ?

UK ebay .

They are now for sale online .

I rarely if ever put my name forward for these gifts from you . I have this promo but I would like to stake a place for a fellow -member very /immensely deserved of one of these . A big PLEASE to you Zach . Rob

I wasn't sure where to post this news but my order for the NBX box set , directly placed with DST online, apparently shipped yesterday

Regards the Minimates logo I have always considered it to be more of a burden to the line than a benefit . Maybe some might consider that I'm being too lofty but the logo is wrong in almost every way . This would be the time to change it.

Check out the art on the packaging & then check out the figure