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let me just say that put a BIG smile on my face. brought back memories. i was still working in a toystore when this got announced and the first few waves started coming out. good times. thank you!

sorry to hear things are still rough. i thought to ask how it was going on the luke's stream but figured it was none of my business. i wish i knew how to help. my guess is most of your work is digital but if you can take on some commission work there's a market for that. John Cleary (former mcfarlane artist) also has a patreon where he offers up files for 3d printing. i doubt it brings home a living on its own but its a way to make a few bucks i'm sure. anyways, i hope you find something soon.

wow!! these are great to see. like a director's cut. thanks!! and yeah, still a lot of minimates that i would have loved to see done and some of these were on my list. i'm surprised the wonder man wasn't made. i would have thought that would have been a perfect variant for one of the ones that did get made. i don't know squat about the character so i am not even sure if i have one of the ones that did come out.

i'm definately curious about all of these. most likly will be more interested once i see more. the unreleased stuff especially! main one i'd love to get my hands on is the malificent from kingdom hearts if it exists or any street fighter

i was never a big beer guy until covid. last night i actually dreampt that i had a case of dark stout beer that i had missplaced and was trying to find. i was able to get one bottle back but then had it snatched from me and the dream was spent trying to track down that bottle so i could at least try the beer. if you're ever in Texas i HIGHLY recommend finding some St. Arnolds and/or Brash beer. very good micro brews.

@Barry the polly pocket approach would have been great! i seem to remember a max vehicle that was announced that was kinda like that. thanks for pointing me to this thread too!

i always wondered about this one and i swear there was another one that was a sewer playset much earlier than this one. i think it was some kind of statue material. i can picture it in my head but can't find any pictures. here's the link to the EE listing for the lab playset: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/minimates-laboratory-playset-with-2-exclusive-figures/dc73117

damn, Barry's story reminded me of when i worked with folks in China. they'd wait up for me to get to the office and even though it was 8 or 9 PM for them they'd ask if i had finished my coffee before we'd get down to business. I am glad to hear i'm not the only one with such a good interaction with folks there. i wish i'd kept up with my main contact there. he was always a pleasure to work with.

ha! these are fantastic! would it have been 2 foot soldiers or was there a 4th figure? kinda funny story, i went to a dinner party one time and got sat across from Brendan Smalls (home movies, metalocalypse/dethklok). i'm a huge fan so i had to contain my excitement and so instead of talking to him i talked to his very lovely wife the whole evening. turns out she used to be a child model on the barbie boxes. she mentioned that the some of the boxes were regional though so her friends in California never got to see her on the box. she mentioned growing up with the guy that played zach morris on saved by the bell. i had never really thought about the life of child models before that but now that you mention that these kids would get to play with the toys before they had been released you're making me regret not asking this lady if she got to keep the toys or not.

gosh darn shame. love seeing these designs though!

damn! those muppets! and the spongebob ones look great!

damn, did i just get a kick out of reading that! thanks again @Barry i think @DSTZach always did a great job explaining decisions but i'm sure even his hands (tongue?) were tied a few times regarding what he could/couldn't say. so this un-plugged performance is especially insightful. @DSTZach -- any secrets you want to get off of your chest?

I did not know about these muppets!!!!!!! 😢

wow!! thank you for that very good detailed explanation, @Barry !! i'm an accountant so i understand this driving the logic and detailed answers to my nerdy questions like this make my day! thanks again!

@Barry -- these have all be so much fun to look at. thank you for sharing -- that jubilee reminds me of a question i've had for a while -- the original jubilee had the 1 head with a different face on each side. i know there was at least one or two other figures like that but the bulk of the different facial expressions just came with 2 heads. any insight into the reasoning that you can provide?