pk13

That was a pretty sweet Q&A. And kudos to Kostis for the epic question list(s). TMNT could be a pretty cool line.

Awesome news, pk13! To help facilitate the search, do you mind saying where in the US you are located?

I forgot to mention. I'm in SC.

As much garbage as I talk about TRU, I'll give credit where credit is due. Finally found something new, (a case of The Wolverine), tonight. Two each of the Ninja Yukio/Yukon Wolvie & Prisoner Wolvie/Harada packs per. As a heads up, these were in the action figure section on a Hasbro Wolverine peg instead of the new Minimates section.

ive done a light up human torch. check out the you tube video, (light up) custom human torch minimate.

I just checked that out, nice work!

It's probably a super long shot - but 2014 is the 20th anniversary of Generation X. It's pretty unlikely, but I'd be very happy to see a couple of box-sets dedicated to the Gen X crew.

I'll second that wish.

Signed up. Time to get FESTIVE!

Just checked out the site and have bookmarked it. Looks like a really fun mix of different lines. Especially the 90's ToyBiz figures. Keep up the good work!

My favourite female 'toilet' Minimate is 'Psylocke' . Why ???

Because of her psychic knife: cut right through the crap.

I would've agreed with that a few months ago. I really do understand that a single store, or even district, isn't representative of the whole chain. But lately, what I've seen at my local store, plus a much larger sample of stores I went to in five different states, plus what the majority of people here are saying, plus what many of my toy collecting friends that are spread out across the country are saying... it all seems to point to something more than this being a problem for the minority of collectors.

I just wish that TRU would get it together. From the website to the pegs in stores, it's been kind of lousy the last couple of months. I just want to give my money to DST and get the figures in return. And I completely understand that there has to be a middleman for that process. I just wish the middleman was doing a good job.

The Essex looks good as it's pretty close. Can anyone that's stayed there before let me know how parking works with them? Do they have a parking garage for guests and/or do they charge?

I really want to make it to this show for the meet up and because I've never been to C2E2 before. Can anyone give any suggestions as far as hotels that are close to the show and decent? I'll probably be driving so I won't need one close to the airport. Just checking to see if one is better than the other, or any other good info about attending the show. I figure there are some people here that have been enough times to know the inside info.

The look of terror on that baby's face is freaking cracking me up. And good costumes, guys. Can't say that I've ever seen someone dress up as Omega Red.

But, most importantly, that baby is cracking me up.

And just to make sure no one gets the wrong impression, I'm not bagging on DST here. I would think that having awesome figures that aren't getting into the hands of consumers is frustrating to them, even if they couldn't say so. This is strictly about how TRU is screwing up.

Minimates exclusives have pretty much destroyed the fun of going to TRU for me. I went tonight and was greeted with one pack of W3 TWD, about a half peg of SFvT, enough Kirk/Khan packs to choke a donkey, and 5 cases worth of TRU W15.

It has been especially bad since the reset. The reset severely reduced the peg space for all Minimates but really killed the Marvel selection. I recently took a road trip and hit nine TRUs in five different states and they were all an absolute train wreck as far as Minimates are concerned. All of the stores were post-reset.

I remember a discussion not too long ago about if we would be better off or worse off if a different store took over exclusive Minimates. After the last couple of months with TRU, (not even going to add the cluster of an online system they punish people with into the equation), I really can't imagine it being any worse with any other retailer.

Nothing beats the Uzay figures. Blue Stars and the Imp. Gunner working a desktop calculator are priceless.

I guess I should feel lucky but luck shouldn't even be a factor here. Consumers should be able to walk into a store or order these online without feeling like they're The Chosen One, blessed by the toy gods to receive a special favor.

I was going to say the restriction on heroes for Marvel Zombies may be a blessing in disguise. We got Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine and Daredevil last time as well as Giant Man, if they could make heroes too I think we'd end up getting most of those guys again before we ever got to Magneto or Red Skull, we get to go straight to new stuff instead of getting the original box set over again.

That's an excellent point. This could be a case of less (choices) being much more (new designs).

That's pretty awful even by TRU's low standards.

The only Marvel packs at my TRU are an endcap full of about 5 cases worth of Wave 15. That place will be lucky to see 17, much less 16.

Tawnie Stark?

Great, now I'm thinking of Tawny Kitaen. So all day I'm going to hear a Whitesnake song in my head and think about her beating Chuck Finley's ass.

I noticed that I haven't received any notifications by email on the topics I follow or when I've received a message. I checked my settings here and made sure that everything was right in my email. Is anyone else having the same issue?

TRU wave is up. Looks like a sample case.

Really, to get Stryfe out there, DST could make a Bring On The Pouches & Codpieces set. Just Stryfe and three figures worth of pouches, alternate codpiece looks, and no feet. For the love of God, no feet.

I can't believe Liefeld hasn't been hired by Mattel or the Big H as a sculptor/designer. Not including feet on figures could cut costs by 15% or more.

If you guys do more Liefeld abomin. . .er, creations, would be cool to see you do some alternate Liefeet to go with them.

How would DST even do that? Either include no feet at all or something like half of a slipper foot?