Happy New Year Minimate Multiverse, the time has come again for your voice(s) to be heard. Voting for The Best Minimates of 2014 is now active. For those of you who have participated in this event before, you know the drill. For those of you new to the MMMV, here's the rundown of what you gotta do:
Posted below is a list of every minimate produced in 2014 (211 mates by my count) and the 25 categories for which they are eligible to be voted in. You will submit your top 3 choices per category (unless otherwise indicated) in descending order (first choice, second choice, third choice). The standard 3 points, 2 points & 1 point award system will be used as it has in past award shows. I'd like to keep the results a surprise for the "big award show" in February, so please send me your votes via PM. But I know there are some of you who want to publicly showcase your picks, so to you guys, you can post them in the thread. Voting will take place starting January 1st and run all month, as many of you are still awaiting minimates released in December. Voting will officially close January 31, 2015. Shortly afterwards I will post all the winners in a grandiose awards show. And making its return will be the ever popular red carpet pre-show. Here are the 25 categories you'll be voting on this year:
BEST MINIMATE (top 3 choices)
BEST ACCESSORY (WEAPON ) (top 3 choices)
BEST ACCESSORY (NON WEAPON) (top 3 choices)
BEST ACCESSORIZED MINIMATE (top 3 choices)
BEST LICENSE (top 1 choice)
BEST WAVE - Pick the wave that had the best mix / pairing of minimates (top 1 choice)
BEST BOXED SET (top 1 choice)
BEST PACKAGING - Pick which packaging looked the best aesthetically (top 1 choice)
BIGGEST SLEEPER - "Didn't see that one coming" - unexpectedly good, an unsung hero (top 3 choices)
BEST VARIANT- Not just a labelled variant, but an alternate version of a previously released figure (top 1 choice)
BEST SCULPTED / BULKED UP MINIMATE- That particular minimate that was adorned with an ornate sculpted head, limbs or body coverings that set it apart from therest (top 3 choices)
BEAUTY QUEEN OF THE YEAR -That one female minimate you thought was hands down the most gorgeous, kick ass, femme fatale of 2014 (top 3 choices)
MANLY MAN OF THE YEAR -That one particular male minimate you thought was the most ruggedly, gung-ho, alpha male of 2014 (top 3 choices)
GHASTLY MINIMATE* Formerly Ugliest / Scariest Minimate (top 3 choices)
FAVORITE CON or STORE EXCLUSIVE-That particular minimate that was a little more challenging to obtain due to its exclusive / hard to find nature. Single mates, not pairs (top 3 choices)
BEST HAIRPIECE (top 3 choices)
BEST FACIAL EXPRESSION - That particular minimate face you thought was hilarious, disturbing or just darn perfect for that particular character (top 3 choices)
BEST MINIMATE INNOVATION - That one amazing feature that has brought minimates to the next level design-wise (top 3 choices)
BEST HIDDEN FEATURE - That one secret / surprise that was hiding in a minimate pack or on a minimate itself (top 3 choices)
BEST PART RE-USE* - That one minimate who was comprised of one or multiple recycled minimate parts and pulled off an amazing look (top 3 choices)
BEST PAINT APPS* - That one distinctive minimate that had the cleanest paint applications and/or beautifully detailed tampos (top 3 choices)
BEST CELEBRITY LIKENESS* - That one particular minimate that actually resembles the actor/actress they were based upon (top 3 choices)
FAVORITE ARMY BUILDER -The name says it all (top 3 choices)
MINIMATE IN MOST NEED OF AN UPDATE - A minimate who's been around forever but is in desperate need of a cosmetic overhaul / update (top 3 choices)
BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT (BEST MOVIEMATE) - 2014 saw the release of a plethora of movie based minimates, so this the BTDI category will honor one of them (top 3 choices)
* New category for 2014
* Re-Named category
* Returning Category
Here are all the minimates released in 2014 that are eligible for voting:
MARVEL
Wave 54
Fighting Chance Captain America
Robot Red Skull
Winter Soldier
Marvel's Falcon
Baron Strucker
Hydra Elite
Viper
Wave 55 (Captain America The Winter Soldier)
Stealth Uniform Captain America
Brock Rumlow
Classic Captain America
Winter Soldier
Black Widow
Falcon
Agent Sitwell
Batroc
Wave 56 (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Spider-Man
Green Goblin (smiling face)
Battle-Damaged Spider-Man
Electro (Metallic)
Peter Parker
Gwen Stacy
Aleksei Sytsevich
Alistair Smythe
Wave 57 (Guardian Of The Galaxy)
Star-Lord
Ronan
Drax
Groot and Rocket Raccoon
Gamora
Nova Corps Centurion
Nebula
Sakaar Trooper
Wave 58 (X-Men Days Of Future Past)
Professor X
Future Magneto
Young Magneto
Mystique
Future Wolverine
Future Storm
Charles Xavier
Bone Claw Wolverine
Wave 59 (All New X-Men)
Cyclops
Marvel Girl
Beast
Angel
Iceman
Bobby Drake
Sentinel
Best Of Marvel Wave 3
Spider Sense Spider-Man
Marvel Now Captain America
Transforming Grey Hulk
MK29 Armor Iron Man
Classic Hawkeye
Lab Attack Ant-Man
Luke Cage Power Man
Dragon Attack Iron Fist
Marvel Toys R Us
Wave 17
Marvel Now Thor
Absorbing Man
Winter Soldier Agent of SHIELD
Age of Ultron Wolverine
Ultron Drone
Amazing Spider-Man 2
Electro (transluscent)
Green Goblin (non smiling face)
Flashback Spider-Man
Max Dillon
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Yondu
Marvel Boxed sets
Days Of Future Past (SDCC 2014)
Future Wolverine
Future Kitty Pryde
Future Sentinel
Mystique
Deadly Foes Of Spder-Man (Luke's Toy Store)
Tendril Attack Carnage
Arm Attack Doctor Octopus
Transforming Lizard
Shape-Shifter Sandman
Infinity (Toys R Us)
Space Suit Captain America
Armored Hulk
Infinity Thanos
Thane
Villain Zombies 2
Zombie Dr. Doom
Zombie Kingpin
Zombie Sabretooth
Morbius The Living Zombie
The Walking Dead
Wave 5
Tyreese
Prison Michonne
Maggie Greene
Riot Gear Glenn
Survivor Morgan
Geek Zombie
Caesar Martinez
Wave 6
Constable Rick Grimes
Douglas Monroe
Carl Grimes
Burning Zombie
Deputy Michonne
Party Michonne
Winter Zombie
The Walking Dead (TRU)
Wave 5
Traveler Rick Grimes
Business Zombie
Riot Gear Michonne
Hitchhiker Zombie
Abraham Ford
Military Zombie
Eugene Porter
Emaciated Zombie
The Walking Dead boxed sets
Days Gone By (SDCC 2014)
Days Gone Bye Rick Grimes
Days Gone Bye Zombie
Days Gone Bye Glenn
Days Gone Bye Shane
View Askew boxed sets
Bluntman and Chronic (SDCC 2014)
Bluntman
Chronic
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back boxed set 1
Silent Bob as Bluntman
Jay as Chronic
Cock-Knocker
Chaka Luther King
Clerks boxed set (Black & White)
Dante
Randal
Jay
Silent Bob
Clerks boxed set (TRU - colored)
Dante
Randal
Jay
Silent Bob
Buddy Christ & Mooby
Buddy Christ
Mooby
Tusk Promotional
Tusk Promo Blank
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mass Market)
Leonardo
Raphael
Michelangelo
Donatello
April O'Neil
Shredder
Foot Soldier
Foot-Bot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (K-Mart)
Kraang
Mutagen Michelangelo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TRU)
Mutagen Leonardo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Specialty Market)
Mutagen Raphael
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (SDCC 2014 promotional)
Translucent Blue Leonardo
Translucent Orange Michelangelo
Pulp Fiction boxed Sets
Jules & Vincent
Jules
Vincent
Vincent and Mia's Night Out boxed set
Twisting Vincent
Twisting Mia
Lance
Jody
Diner Showdown boxed set (Hastings)
Casual Vincent
Casual Jules
Honey Bunny
Pumpkin
Kill Bill boxed Sets
House Of Blue Leaves boxed set
The Bride
O-Ren Ishii
Sofie Fatale
Gogo Yubari
The Crazy 88 Gang boxed set
Crazy 88 #1
Crazy 88 #2
Crazy 88 #3
Crazy 88 #4
Pathfinder
GenCon wave
Human Ranger
Lamia Matriarch
Ostog the Unslain
Cairn Wight
Isiem
Ghoul
Elyana
Razmir Cultist
Gen Con promotional
Dogslicer Ale Goblin
Exclusive Goblin (open mouth)
Konkrud
Munchkin Goblin Hireling
Pathfinder boxed set
Boxed set 1
Valeros
Harsk
Merisiel
Goblin Warrior (teeth clenched)
Aliens
Army Dump case
Alien Warrior
Attacking Alien Warrior
Battle Damaged Alien Warrior
Pvt. Wierzbowski
Crew Chief Pvt. Spunkmeyer
Carter Burke
Mass Effect
Blind Packs wave 1
Commander John Shepard
Commander Jane Shepard
Tali
Garrus
Wrex
Liara
Ashley
Illusive Man
Big Bang Theory boxed sets
Set #1
Sheldon (Flash)
Leonard
Penny
Bernadette
Set #2
Sheldon (Green Lantern)
Amy
Howard
Raj
Plants VS Zombies boxed sets
Set #1 (Specialty Stores)
All-Star Zombie
Engineer Zombie
Set #2 (TRU)
Scientist Zombie
Foot Soldier Zombie
*NOTE: I am hesitant to classify the plants as minimates (as I see them more as glorified accessories) but I will include them for those of you who do not have the same opinion as I do.
Plants VS Zombie plants
Cactus
Peashooter
Sunflower
Chomper
Ghostbusters
I Love This Town boxed set
Peter Venkman
Ray Stantz
Egon Spengler
Winston Zeddemore
Promotional (New York Comic Con 2014)
Ghostbusters Ecto Promo
Godzilla boxed sets
Set #1
Godzilla
Titanosaurus
Gigan
Mothra
Sin City boxed Sets
Set #1 (That Yellow Bastard)
Hartigan
Yellow Bastard
Nancy
Senator Roark
Grimm Fairy Tales
Promotional (SDCC 2014)
Red Riding Hood
Nissa
Random Promotional Minimates
Halloween ComicFest 2014 The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington
San Diego Comic Con 2014
SDCC ComicWow Promo
C2E2 2014
C2E2 Minimate Multiverse
Note: I may have neglected to name some minimates in certain waves or boxed sets, but that's because they were listed in a complimenting wave or set. If I have accidentally neglected to mention a minimate altogether, please tell me and I'll add it to the list. Look over your collections, start thinking about your choices and have fun. Please feel free to ask any questions.
Happy New Year Minimate Multiverse, the time has come again for your voice(s) to be heard. Voting for The Best Minimates of 2014 is now active. For those of you who have participated in this event before, you know the drill. For those of you new to the MMMV, here's the rundown of what you gotta do: Posted below is a list of every minimate produced in 2014 (211 mates by my count) and the 25 categories for which they are eligible to be voted in. You will submit your top 3 choices per category (unless otherwise indicated) in descending order (first choice, second choice, third choice). The standard 3 points, 2 points & 1 point award system will be used as it has in past award shows. I'd like to keep the results a surprise for the "big award show" in February, so please send me your votes via PM. But I know there are some of you who want to publicly showcase your picks, so to you guys, you can post them in the thread. Voting will take place starting January 1st and run all month, as many of you are still awaiting minimates released in December. Voting will officially close January 31, 2015. Shortly afterwards I will post all the winners in a grandiose awards show. And making its return will be the ever popular red carpet pre-show. Here are the 25 categories you'll be voting on this year: BEST MINIMATE (top 3 choices) BEST ACCESSORY (WEAPON ) (top 3 choices) BEST ACCESSORY (NON WEAPON) (top 3 choices) BEST ACCESSORIZED MINIMATE (top 3 choices) BEST LICENSE (top 1 choice) BEST WAVE - Pick the wave that had the best mix / pairing of minimates (top 1 choice) BEST BOXED SET (top 1 choice) BEST PACKAGING - Pick which packaging looked the best aesthetically (top 1 choice) BIGGEST SLEEPER - "Didn't see that one coming" - unexpectedly good, an unsung hero (top 3 choices) BEST VARIANT- Not just a labelled variant, but an alternate version of a previously released figure (top 1 choice) BEST SCULPTED / BULKED UP MINIMATE- That particular minimate that was adorned with an ornate sculpted head, limbs or body coverings that set it apart from therest (top 3 choices) BEAUTY QUEEN OF THE YEAR -That one female minimate you thought was hands down the most gorgeous, kick ass, femme fatale of 2014 (top 3 choices) MANLY MAN OF THE YEAR -That one particular male minimate you thought was the most ruggedly, gung-ho, alpha male of 2014 (top 3 choices) GHASTLY MINIMATE* Formerly Ugliest / Scariest Minimate (top 3 choices) FAVORITE CON or STORE EXCLUSIVE-That particular minimate that was a little more challenging to obtain due to its exclusive / hard to find nature. Single mates, not pairs (top 3 choices) BEST HAIRPIECE (top 3 choices) BEST FACIAL EXPRESSION - That particular minimate face you thought was hilarious, disturbing or just darn perfect for that particular character (top 3 choices) BEST MINIMATE INNOVATION - That one amazing feature that has brought minimates to the next level design-wise (top 3 choices) BEST HIDDEN FEATURE - That one secret / surprise that was hiding in a minimate pack or on a minimate itself (top 3 choices) BEST PART RE-USE* - That one minimate who was comprised of one or multiple recycled minimate parts and pulled off an amazing look (top 3 choices) BEST PAINT APPS* - That one distinctive minimate that had the cleanest paint applications and/or beautifully detailed tampos (top 3 choices) BEST CELEBRITY LIKENESS* - That one particular minimate that actually resembles the actor/actress they were based upon (top 3 choices) FAVORITE ARMY BUILDER -The name says it all (top 3 choices) MINIMATE IN MOST NEED OF AN UPDATE - A minimate who's been around forever but is in desperate need of a cosmetic overhaul / update (top 3 choices) BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT (BEST MOVIEMATE) - 2014 saw the release of a plethora of movie based minimates, so this the BTDI category will honor one of them (top 3 choices) * New category for 2014 * Re-Named category * Returning Category Here are all the minimates released in 2014 that are eligible for voting: MARVEL Wave 54 Fighting Chance Captain America Robot Red Skull Winter Soldier Marvel's Falcon Baron Strucker Hydra Elite Viper Wave 55 (Captain America The Winter Soldier) Stealth Uniform Captain America Brock Rumlow Classic Captain America Winter Soldier Black Widow Falcon Agent Sitwell Batroc Wave 56 (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) Spider-Man Green Goblin (smiling face) Battle-Damaged Spider-Man Electro (Metallic) Peter Parker Gwen Stacy Aleksei Sytsevich Alistair Smythe Wave 57 (Guardian Of The Galaxy) Star-Lord Ronan Drax Groot and Rocket Raccoon Gamora Nova Corps Centurion Nebula Sakaar Trooper Wave 58 (X-Men Days Of Future Past) Professor X Future Magneto Young Magneto Mystique Future Wolverine Future Storm Charles Xavier Bone Claw Wolverine Wave 59 (All New X-Men) Cyclops Marvel Girl Beast Angel Iceman Bobby Drake Sentinel Best Of Marvel Wave 3 Spider Sense Spider-Man Marvel Now Captain America Transforming Grey Hulk MK29 Armor Iron Man Classic Hawkeye Lab Attack Ant-Man Luke Cage Power Man Dragon Attack Iron Fist Marvel Toys R Us Wave 17 Marvel Now Thor Absorbing Man Winter Soldier Agent of SHIELD Age of Ultron Wolverine Ultron Drone Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro (transluscent) Green Goblin (non smiling face) Flashback Spider-Man Max Dillon Guardians Of The Galaxy Yondu Marvel Boxed sets Days Of Future Past (SDCC 2014) Future Wolverine Future Kitty Pryde Future Sentinel Mystique Deadly Foes Of Spder-Man (Luke's Toy Store) Tendril Attack Carnage Arm Attack Doctor Octopus Transforming Lizard Shape-Shifter Sandman Infinity (Toys R Us) Space Suit Captain America Armored Hulk Infinity Thanos Thane Villain Zombies 2 Zombie Dr. Doom Zombie Kingpin Zombie Sabretooth Morbius The Living Zombie The Walking Dead Wave 5 Tyreese Prison Michonne Maggie Greene Riot Gear Glenn Survivor Morgan Geek Zombie Caesar Martinez Wave 6 Constable Rick Grimes Douglas Monroe Carl Grimes Burning Zombie Deputy Michonne Party Michonne Winter Zombie The Walking Dead (TRU) Wave 5 Traveler Rick Grimes Business Zombie Riot Gear Michonne Hitchhiker Zombie Abraham Ford Military Zombie Eugene Porter Emaciated Zombie The Walking Dead boxed sets Days Gone By (SDCC 2014) Days Gone Bye Rick Grimes Days Gone Bye Zombie Days Gone Bye Glenn Days Gone Bye Shane View Askew boxed sets Bluntman and Chronic (SDCC 2014) Bluntman Chronic Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back boxed set 1 Silent Bob as Bluntman Jay as Chronic Cock-Knocker Chaka Luther King Clerks boxed set (Black & White) Dante Randal Jay Silent Bob Clerks boxed set (TRU - colored) Dante Randal Jay Silent Bob Buddy Christ & Mooby Buddy Christ Mooby Tusk Promotional Tusk Promo Blank Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mass Market) Leonardo Raphael Michelangelo Donatello April O'Neil Shredder Foot Soldier Foot-Bot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (K-Mart) Kraang Mutagen Michelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TRU) Mutagen Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Specialty Market) Mutagen Raphael Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (SDCC 2014 promotional) Translucent Blue Leonardo Translucent Orange Michelangelo Pulp Fiction boxed Sets Jules & Vincent Jules Vincent Vincent and Mia's Night Out boxed set Twisting Vincent Twisting Mia Lance Jody Diner Showdown boxed set (Hastings) Casual Vincent Casual Jules Honey Bunny Pumpkin Kill Bill boxed Sets House Of Blue Leaves boxed set The Bride O-Ren Ishii Sofie Fatale Gogo Yubari The Crazy 88 Gang boxed set Crazy 88 #1 Crazy 88 #2 Crazy 88 #3 Crazy 88 #4 Pathfinder GenCon wave Human Ranger Lamia Matriarch Ostog the Unslain Cairn Wight Isiem Ghoul Elyana Razmir Cultist Gen Con promotional Dogslicer Ale Goblin Exclusive Goblin (open mouth) Konkrud Munchkin Goblin Hireling Pathfinder boxed set Boxed set 1 Valeros Harsk Merisiel Goblin Warrior (teeth clenched) Aliens Army Dump case Alien Warrior Attacking Alien Warrior Battle Damaged Alien Warrior Pvt. Wierzbowski Crew Chief Pvt. Spunkmeyer Carter Burke Mass Effect Blind Packs wave 1 Commander John Shepard Commander Jane Shepard Tali Garrus Wrex Liara Ashley Illusive Man Big Bang Theory boxed sets Set #1 Sheldon (Flash) Leonard Penny Bernadette Set #2 Sheldon (Green Lantern) Amy Howard Raj Plants VS Zombies boxed sets Set #1 (Specialty Stores) All-Star Zombie Engineer Zombie Set #2 (TRU) Scientist Zombie Foot Soldier Zombie *NOTE: I am hesitant to classify the plants as minimates (as I see them more as glorified accessories) but I will include them for those of you who do not have the same opinion as I do. Plants VS Zombie plants Cactus Peashooter Sunflower Chomper Ghostbusters I Love This Town boxed set Peter Venkman Ray Stantz Egon Spengler Winston Zeddemore Promotional (New York Comic Con 2014) Ghostbusters Ecto Promo Godzilla boxed sets Set #1 Godzilla Titanosaurus Gigan Mothra Sin City boxed Sets Set #1 (That Yellow Bastard) Hartigan Yellow Bastard Nancy Senator Roark Grimm Fairy Tales Promotional (SDCC 2014) Red Riding Hood Nissa Random Promotional Minimates Halloween ComicFest 2014 The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington San Diego Comic Con 2014 SDCC ComicWow Promo C2E2 2014 C2E2 Minimate Multiverse Note: I may have neglected to name some minimates in certain waves or boxed sets, but that's because they were listed in a complimenting wave or set. If I have accidentally neglected to mention a minimate altogether, please tell me and I'll add it to the list. Look over your collections, start thinking about your choices and have fun. Please feel free to ask any questions.