kaipo
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Just wondering, what's different about the new venom from venom unleashed?
Also Nova looks pretty similar to 51 version
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the short bodies look good
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broods are awesome
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yea Agent Venom shouldn't be too hard since its a repaint
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I think Minimates will never be fully able to pull off the "woman in swimsuit" look.
If only they were hourglass figures and not block figures.
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Did someone mention before that this Punisher had a reversible chest piece or an extra chest piece with the white skull? I'm down for one set if that's the case.
yep it comes with the white skull too
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If Zach is hinting at wave 54 & TRU 17 & 18, does that mean they will be revealed at SDCC next week??
lol. not sure about 54 but TRU 17 is possible. wave 53 (thor 2) isnt even finalized yet from what i remember
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I think the OG zombies would still look great with these
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I don't know why, but I got a Leader vibe off of Zach's hint. Would a new Ultron really be that different from his previous 'mate? He's a different color, but otherwise he seems pretty much the same.
I'm down for Leader. Maybe a Hulk theme?
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that songbird piece is awesome.
and LOL @Lobsterman
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I think everyone has presented great points/perspectives/opinions. The only point I would differ on is how much space trades take up vs single issues.
Granted, my experience is solely with paperback trades (no hardcovers or omnibuses) but in that respect; a trade collects (on average) 6 issues in a single binding. 6 single issues, bagged and boarded, take up almost twice that amount of space.
That's been my experience, at least.
Wow. So since I would probably be going with paperback trades over hardcovers, they would actually take up LESS space.
The only thing is the spine that you mentioned. Although the ONE trade paperback I have (House of M) I've read it a few times and the spine is still holding up.
I'm still deciding. I think I will pick one series that I like and just get the singles from that, and for everything else that interests me get the trades. Not sure yet.
What I like about singles is that they're comics. So there's just some value in "collecting comic books" to me. Idk. I have a hand me down box of 70s comics from my dad. So being able to pass those down later is kinda cool to me.
But the trades would stand up better over time, I think.
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im thinking the alt hairpiece will distinguish her enough from the previous version
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And William Shatner has 14 Minimates now. FYI.
Ahhh. Good to know!
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Yeah, I'm all over this.
And yes, bulked-up Abomination, por favor.
and A-Bomb! and Skaar!
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this is a stretch but.....
zombie red skull....
could this mean an updated comic Red Skull in Wave 54? which makes it most likely a Cap-themed wave?
just speculating
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Yeah Hobo Wolvie will accompany Hobo Tony Stark on my shelf
good idea zakky
im guessing both samurai's will either be part a of a box set, another TRU wave or just not made at all
hmmm i'm gonna be half empty and say not at all. based on IM3.... even if there was a box set I doubt it would have new sculpts (ie the reasoning why there was no Igor in the IM3 box set)
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Don't they all have beards?....
HAHA Zak... always on my case.
But really.
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the only thing I don't like is that ebay seller does not ship to Alaska or hawaii.
what a jerk
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Today was a great day in minimate reveals!!! Thanks to my bffs ZexionArmando and Zak Katz ;^*
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Yeah, it is definitely a missed opportunity not having the Silver Samurai in this set. But then economics and time frame probably played a part in this. Seemed like the Movie Mates tend to be very "basic". No time for sculpting new parts.
um most if not all of the recent movie waves have had new sculpts.
Anyways! At the next Minimate Awards Hugh Jackman needs to get some kind of Lifetime Achievement Award for having the most minimate versions of him (11!!!!)
I'm happy for bearded logan though. He's already my favorite
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Oh man those all look pretty epic. Yeah, Elektra is the most "meh" out of the group but you never know, she could come with alt. parts that aren't shown. I don't know if I'm more excited for Rulk or Deadpool or Punisher. They all look WOW! I mean.. NOW! I mean wow. I don't know.....
PS Rulk has TOES!!!!*
(Editor's Note: see the tru 16 thread if you don't get it)
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my favorite part about the set is the sewage-green-brown goblin flame base.
actually just goblin in general.
well maybe both.
What I wanna know is.... is DST going on a roll with parts-reuse only box sets?
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One of the big drawbacks I find is storing trades seems much harder. I finally sold off about 40-50 Marvel omnibus' a couple of weeks ago because they really are too big to casually read and they took up a huge chunk of my shelf space. Single issues do take up way less room and are easier to read.
This is pretty much one of the drawbacks I'm considering with trades...is that they take up more space.
The one big drawback (at least for me) to trades is that I'm always fearful of damaging the spine. You can't open up a page all the way, and that gets especially annoying when the artist chose to use both pages for a layout (whether as one big splash page, or when using both pages to share panels. That happens more often than I would have expected). Single issues don't have that problem...
I'm surprised to hear this. I would think I would be more careful with single issues, since they could rip easier.
I generally buy only hardcovers as it is more sturdy in the long run.
If I do go with collected editions, I would definitely get paperback over hardcover. Just based on the fact that I think they'd be cheaper, lighter, and easier to read/handle.
I love the feel of comics, the smell of the old newspaper is nice, and its just nice feeling to get that missing key issue you need to fill in a blank (way better feeling than "Oh, I got the book...)
The only thing I would give trades is the lack of tacky ad's in the pages. Ugh, such a pointless page waster.
I definitely like the feel of comics as well. Very nostalgic.
However, not having ads is actually a pretty big factor for me now that I think about it. I love reading my digital comics because they are ad-free!
If I do go with the single issues, what I would probably do is read them once in print, redeem the code, then bag them and put them away and if I want to reread I can go to the digital.
If I go with trades, though, I would definitely have them on a shelf and have no problem picking them up and rereading.
Thoughts???
Thanks for all the responses so far!
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I think there's only one new character in the poll, and five old ones. I forget.
I know who I'm voting for then. Is the one villain the new character?
I hope so.
Cant wait to see TRU 17 and 18. or hear about them at least. I wish we knew as soon as zach did ^____^
Marvel Wave 18
in Marvel Minimates
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Totally. Inspiration maybe?