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I'm happy with this wave, but I have to say that Morgan seems kind of unnecessary. I would have rather seen another new character or a more drastic variant. I am happy with Michonne even though we've seen quite a few of her at this point. I've never been happy with her multi-colored sock and animal print mini-skirt look.

You can say that again.

Other characters who have worn riot gear: Maggie, Tyreese, Michonne, Hershel, and Billy.

There hasn't been a video rental store around me for somewhere near 10 years now. That said, great way to score codes!

There's one local, independent video store in my area. I'm pretty sure that they must be selling drugs, dog fighting, or cooking meth to stay afloat.

Mattalica, I think you're being a little churlish on this point. While these don't come with a whole tray of accessories as we've become accustomed to, they still undeniably follow the swappable-part model of any other Minimate. You can put Iron Man's boots on Hulk, you can put Hulk's head in the Hulkbuster suit, You can put Hulk's feet on Tony Stark, etc. This mix-and-match feature, as opposed to the standard action figure model of a solid body with no interchangable parts and maybe one accessory, is still a different play pattern for kids who are newcomers to the line. In the end, I guess it depends on your definition of a "variety" of parts, but if you're going to be a stickler on that, the vast majority of Minimates fall short of the standard.

I think Mattalica's point is that this is only true if you opt to get Hulk and Hulkbuster. If you only get the free Iron Man, you don't have a variety of swappable parts, even though you can deconstruct him. There should have been a prominent subliminal message that encourages kids and parents to buy more minimates.

I'd watch ASM again just for the C. Thomas Howell cameo.

You should definitely check out Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood.

Does your like or dislike of a movie determine whether you buy the minimates or not? While I'm not excited for the movie, I am glad that it will feature an array of villains who can get figures. On the flip side, I wasn't really into the Thor mates until after I saw the movie.

Um...hand boosters....or Silver Surfer cosmic powers....or Hulk threw him.

How much patience? Like a month's worth or a year's worth?

I also enjoyed John Carter. You are not alone.

I didn't like the approach that ASM took. What makes Spider-Man great is his relatability. He was a high school loser with problems just like everyone else. He wasn't rich, or famous, or a powerful other worldly being, or destined for greatness. The movie took that away by inferring that Peter's parents were involved in some way with him becoming Spider-Man.

My review of the Villains set here: http://askmeaboutzombies.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/marvel-zombies-villains-minimates/

Here's my review of the Marvel Zombies: Villains box set:

http://askmeaboutzombies.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/marvel-zombies-villains-minimates/

When you say "full" mohawk, are you referring to a carpet matches the drapes-type situation?

The figure represents later Morgan, otherwise he would have been more clean cut.

I think they're sticking to a timeline in general, but there are certainly outliers. Morgan, Survivor Rick, and 2nd Glenn are all post-prison characters. Also Sailor Zombie, that guy was way out of sequence.

Better call Saul.

Not if their heads are on fire.

I wouldn't mind a bit of jumping around, timeline wise. Hopefully this line has the legs to last a while and we'll get most of the characters we want. There are already a few that I never thought I'd see (Dexter, Alice, Bruce, Gabe). Character selection has been good so far and I trust DST's judgment.

As for the two that we are getting: I'm hoping for Carl and Martinez, although no combination of those four would make me upset.

Well that's exciting! Hopefully we get Carl and/or a few of the supporting cast from early on like Allan, Billy, Maggie, Martinez, etc. Definitely a few staples missing so far.

Two of those, yes!

Excited to see what kind of variants y'all crank out to keep the main characters in rotation. Just curious, but are there any characters other than Rick and Michonne who are considered recognizable/big enough to anchor waves?

I think as long as one of them is in the assortment, we're okay. Specialty only has one of them, but it's a requested version of that character. I think TRU will get both again, and both variations are pretty solid. But there is NO overlap between the two assortments at this point.

Just saw the line-up for Series 5. Very exciting stuff! You guys may get that Tyreese you've been asking for...

I pretty much confirmed you guys are getting Tyreese, but nobody said Maggie was definitely in this assortment. Why must you turn this forum into a house of lies?

Soooo... If I'm reading into this correctly...Axel and Eugene are confirmed!

When was Maggie confirmed?

Ok. Sounds like problem solved, then.

Weapons pack could be cool. Ask DST!

I think a weapons pack was done already. It was called The Expendables.

Saw this series in Albany ny. All of the spidey's eyes looked fine. I only picked up robo hulk. Both figures are really nice.

YB, I stand by my assessment based on that picture of Ultimate Spider-Man, but the picture of Movie Spidey that BHM posted is incredibly atrocious. (Although it is a battle-damaged figure, so you could say that Spidey's mask just got all kinds of screwed up in the sewer)