TBT!

Oh Wow, this is a really cool thread! - It's cool to see you sharing some inside baseball Barry. T.

Thanks Guys, Nice to see some familiar faces still around. T.

So Yeah, It's been a while, my name is Tim and I used to hang out here sometimes. I have had 3-400 minimates displayed in cases on the wall behind me in my office for over a decade ( damn that's weird to say) and occasionally i will still just stop, stare, smile and get a warm fuzzy glow from them but I'm not the obsessive collector I used to be. Nice to see this place still going, You guys really need to thank Shane for keeping the lights on after all this time. Sad to See what happened to DST but I guess all good things must come to an end. Anyway just wanted to say 'hey' and see how everyone's doing. T.

Did you really have to introduce the word member into this thread? T. p.s. waiting for Rob to show up post something pithy and sign off as 'buttnakedheadsmate' EDIT ***I guess I haven't been by for a while, this was last Jan! sorry or the Necro!***

Not sure what material was used for this but as CylonChaney says it's probably ABS or PLA. I've done some regular sized minimate joint printing with PLA and it's pretty flexible, definitely flexible enough to 'pop' arms or head sockets onto ball joints that hold with friction. Also if it were an issue you could actually just print the ball joint inside the socket as you're not limited as you would be using some sort of mold. T.

Ditto, I started to build one, got as far as the head/chest/crotch before realizing the leg/knee joints were beyond my modelling skills. T.

Pretty sure I no longer have the AI files I used to make the decals & labels first time around (and I'm the worst kind of data hoarder who generally keeps backups of everything!). Probably just better to let it be part of our wierd history and let it go, I'm also guessing anyone who wasn't around back then wouldn't be excited or interested by it anyway. T. Donny. PM me, you're welcome to mine If you want it?

There seems to be a lot of minimate peeps in PDX. I've thought about driving up for ECCC, So if you are in Seattle there might be a road trip on the cards for me! T.

Yeah still here more or less - I don't post much these days though. My collecting is at best sporadic these days, we don't seem to get as much of the lines I'm interested anymore and Marvel the line has been around long enough that I pick and choose what I pick up due to repeats etc. My desk is still scattered with random or QC minimates but the excitement is just not there anymore for me. The Bomber-Mate reference gave me the warm fuzzies though, it really does seems like a lifetime ago now! T. p.s. Good to see the A(n)dycarter bot still checks in occasionally too!

Hey Jerkface! Happy Birthday, old man! T.

This one? Yeah it's a custom. T.

Like this one? I don't think so... T.

Given, that we've had Tomb Raider and Kingdom hearts, then I'd guess we might be looking at another Square enix property, So Final Fantasy or DragonQuest? If I had to pick Game Licenses I'd want to see it would be the likes of Fallout, Borderlands or perhaps an assortment like the last sony series. T.

I usually burn through comic books pretty quickly and if you're looking to fill 3 weeks reading they I'm guessing you could get through all 3 in that time without rushing them. Having said that, you might want to take one volume and something else to read so you don't get tired of reading the same thing. Each one is about 50 regular comic sized issues, if that helps you figure it out how fast you'll get through them. oh and 3 week vacation... who gets to do that anymore, you lucky bastard! T.

The expanded license is going to be that they can now make... wait for it... Vinimates of the original series crew!!! T.