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Oh wow, these are lovely Barry! Such a shame we never got them

Oooof...

Or "Barry's Brilliance Breaks our Hearts" Best of both worlds!

BAG-MAN noooooo! This is tragic...

Aww man, these look beautiful! This is tragic...

Ugh...I know this is gonna hurt... Any chance we can see the design sheets on these @Barry?

What I audibly said when I saw this 🪦

Oh no no no no no no no no no no I saw this thread up on top of the "recently posted-in" topics list and my heart dropped knowing what I was going to be clicking into. But actually seeing these...ugh what I would've given to get these! They're beautiful @Barry

I have gone for a good number of years now. Last year was...not the best experience. The show has always been "high stress" -- competing for spots in line, tight walkways, attendees accidentally elbowing you in the face as they reach for whatever giveaway is being thrown to the crowd at the Marvel booth. Despite this, in all the years I've gone (almost every in the last decade save for San Diego Covid Con), I have had fun. The good of the community outweighed any and all bad. The panels were top tier. The celebrity sightings were second to none (not every day Jack Black casually strolls by you shrouded in a Stormtrooper helmet while you're in line at Hasbro, the cast of the Defenders navigating the crowd right in front of you, or Jay Mewes and Kevin Smith sign your Minimates at the DST booth). The selection of show exclusives and other items were unique and fun. I felt none of that last year. I have never seen so many people behaving badly in my life. Parents pushing their double wide stroller with wailing toddlers right at me in the middle of the tightly-packed Artist's Alley. Scalpers literally shoving people out of lines to secure their spots for exclusives. The MARVEL booth transformed from he hottest destination on the show floor (with merch and fun experiences) to a glorified social media Photo Booth. I was done when a saw a man splitting the crowd by holding his baby (yes a <1 year old baby) by the stomach outstretched in front of him on his palm. It's just not fun. I tried to make the best of it. Went to panels I usually wouldn't have. Shopped more int the silver/golden age vendor area. But the panels felt dead and the booths were filled with vendors with comics priced 2x higher than they were worth. I didn't even go into the con on one of the days (NEVER would have done that before). I left feeling tired and deflated when I am usually tired and elated coming home from SD. All this to say...skipping this year. The finances aren't there for me to justify a trip and I'm feeling no FOMO. No Minimates just makes this decision easier. - 'Nuff Said

I am utterly heartbroken that these will likely not be happening...Those renders look beautiful and this storyline is one of my faves. What a loss for us...

Indeed! One of the highlights of each SDCC I attended was stopping by the DST booth and having a chat with Zach about the latest previews (he'd even drop some hints about unannounced stuff 🫢). My first was SDCC was well over a decade ago when I was still a teenager (ugh) and even then Zach made sure I was taken care of with all the Minimate exclusives I was hunting. Thanks for all you've done for us Multiversers over the years, @DSTZach!

These look really great! It's a small thing, but I LOVE the shape of Peter Spidey's lenses! Two small gripes: lack of leg detailing (I know that's been discussed, but I'm still bummed) and the lack of interchangeable claw hands for Miguel (the metallic paint on him is great though). Those two would have made these the definitive versions of each character. As-is, it's still a solid set though and probably my first MiniMates purchase in a long time!

This...might be my first Minimate buy in a while! Solid set despite me not personally loving that Bullseye design.

YES!! So excited for it.