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'24' sets & the Defenders can be included in this particular deal.

Minimates Galactica Rap . I love this :biggrin: I would love to do a link (but never mastered that one although I'll persevere)so..... here's what you do..... Log on to YouTube & type in Minimates Galactica Rap where it says search . :tongue:Minimates Galactica Rap Eureka!

Update: I remained calm & I emailed the pictures to AFX . I have just received an apology & a shipping refund of $28.40 from AFX. They are also going to 'forward this to the warehouse & bring it to their attention'. You see ...it's alright & there is no problem

Well things didn't look too good to start with but I stayed calm & opened the box & that's what greeted me ...but I stayed calm even when I saw this Beneath the heap of BSG & ST 2 packs was the Jin Roh Kerberos Cop which was in an unwrapped presentation box .This is a unique method of packaging ,using new 2 packs as packing . I'm not worried though because I now have a Spidey-Daylight-Armed-Robbery Minimate which was free . All I have to do ,I have read, is email AFX & they will perhaps refund me a part of the shipping cost. The carton I received, by the way, contained separate orders that I had paid( when totalled up) shipping charges of over $90 for. None of this matters because all the things that have been said about AFX are horrid prefabrications & none of this is happening,people are making it up, so I'm staying calm. For comparison I also received today from an 'ordinary' US ebayer a superb batch of 'mates in totally mint condition & the shipping.......? Make your own minds up about AFX, I have

Your experience completely mirrors my own except that they're shipping a subsequent order, placed last week to secure the Spidey-Armed-Robbery-in-Daylight-Mate :tongue: , with them as well. We must all stay calm

It would be difficult to find fault with anything you've said so I won't try. The crux of the argument is that AFX ,albeit innocently ,have stirred a lot of shit for themselves. Unfortunately what should have been a pleasurable experience (getting a unique addition to our collections)has turned out for many into a fiasco. Whichever way you look at it ,it has not been AFX's finest moment.

Whilst I was busily listing my ideas you've done the job for me,thanks. I think Capekillers would sell well ! I appreciate its not a Marvel license (so forgive me) but I'd love to see an army of Jin Roh Kerberos cops .

Here's 3 Marvel Kubrick's that are unlikely to make it as Minimates .....Doppelganger,Peter Porker Spider-Ham & Venom- Ham........ Pity really.

There are 2 main ebay sellers of PALz ,corndogcollectibles & bigsnowtrading. They are both ex-directors of Palisades ,Ken Lilly & Mike Renegar respectively. Corndogcollectibles has just about everything ever produced by Palisades whilst bigsnowtrading lists pretty much the same stuff each week. My current (temporary) avatar features the PALz Buffy line exclusive ,Nightmare Xander & Flukeman from the first X-Files Series. The outhouse featured was an actual accessory with the Flukeman & is typical of the way the PALz lines never took themselves too seriously. Look at the owner of the dunny .....Lilly Sanitation :biggrin: I take no credit for the photos, these are from the excellent Michael Crawford reviews.

Whilst I assume AFX are rubbing their hands with glee ,having cleared the dusty boxes from their store-room, I think they have generated a lot of ill-will for themselves.

You're still young. I'm sure you'll see it plenty more times in the future. I'll miss the ape but Who's the brilliant new avatar. Now then ..deja vu ...I've got the feeling I've seen that before.

Scully scrubbed up.

Q. Whats the difference between unlawful & illegal ? A. Unlawful is 'against the law' ....... & ..illegal is........ .............. .. ......a very sick bird! :tongue:

Fine by me.

Amusingly the vest is based on one from a MGS2 generic soldier Kubrick. As for the color scheme, I had a substantial number of Rhino's lying around so logistics said that I went with a slightly lighter grey than I initially wanted, but the more I look at it the more I'm happy with tha choice it makes the darker parts more contrasting. I want to eventually make a bunch of these types of guys, more terrorist/bankheist/villian designs, SAS , SWAT & general Spec Ops type guys. Personally I think there's huge potential that isn't being used here as kids love to play toy soldiers, and there's no licensing issues as they would be generic figures. If they wanted to they could swap equipment and weapons etc between them. I also think that there's also the video game market where guys are out there playing CounterStrike, Rainbow6 and CoD4 who would love little versions of the soldiers they play online. What does anyone else think? T. Brilliant custom TBT & I know, only too well ,your awareness of the Kubrick Special Forces Series 1-6. Series 5 was sub-titled Enemy's Posse & 6 out of the 7 figures were um..er..baddies ...loosely christened West & East Gang. The recent Sgt. Rock obviously lends himself to the 'toy soldier' role because he is....er... um... a soldier & will be a template for many future military- type customs I'm sure, Sgt. Nick Fury for a starter.

Very popular at my local post office .

Logan has 'creamed' most of his foes.

I will answer your question but not yet. Like yourself ,I want to see other peoples' reactions first !

I put this in another thread initially but I've decided that this should have its own thread . Kubricks are always being compared to Minimates which is, I feel , like comparing cats to dogs,they are so very similar but oh so very different. They are both block figures different in size & articulation , Kubrick is a hybrid word of the Romaji (Japanese) 'Ku (9) '& bricks . Kubricks are generally bigger than Minimates. My favourites in the Marvel line of Kubricks are Logan & Cap. My favourite in the Minimates Marvel line is the Symbiote Spiderman, simple .. iconic. The Kubrick version of the little black guy, like all there Spider-Man versions, are just ....sad. Kubrick Iron Man really grows on you as would the Hobgoblin if it didn't keep falling apart,an Osbourne family trait! Colossus (MM) would be awesome if he was Kubrick-size but he's not because of the Marvel licensing restrictions...come on Marvel ,sort that one out. Finally check out the Minimate version of Doctor Doom which in my opinion is stunning compared to the Kubrick Vicvondoodoo .....terrible. What do you think?

Maybe you could get me one whilst your there....

I've tried it & liked it . I initially found that downloading a comic was very slow which is always very irritating but I'm sure that is my system. I have one of those 'CD Rom Complete Spiderman' efforts which ,when I loaded it, went down as one of the biggest disappointments of my entire life. I mention this because Marvel has finally done it the right way by remastering the originals & not just scanning & pasting old comic pages. I think there are a few things that have 'been lost in translation' with these digital comics but I have waited years for this format. Thankyou Marvel.

Minimate Central says it all, but in a nutshell they are all different from the regular versions . Captain America is probably the true variant,he has a different expression & the lower part of his torso costume is different i.e. white/red /white etc. not red/white/red etc.

Graphic novels we call them in UK.

I'm notoriously inept at many things (including posting pictures here) but would anyone like to see pictures of some Marvel characters in their Kubrick form. If so, give me a little encouragement & I'll take some pics & try to post them.

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