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And all other Inhumans!

That's the one! Thanks for digging up such a quality image of it. I definitely remember it being a big deal when that Brotherhood box set with Toad was announced.

Oh! I've definitely seen these!! It's really exciting to find out you're the brains behind them. I dreamt for a long time of BTAS getting minimate'd. I planned out several series' and everything. Do you think we could ever see some off-hand, speculative designs from the man behind the 'mates?

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It's the Ultimate Comics design. The tentacles sprung from the front of his torso rather than his back. Yes. Around the 'Heroes Return' period when George Perez was back on Avengers, he gave Wondy a pure energy form. I remember seeing some of these in a big mural. Maybe around the 10th anniversary of minimates in 2013 or 2014. There was an early Toad design, right?

'Astonishing' Beast had a nose, so I see no reason why this design couldn't have been given one as well.

I think that Beast design looks very good, all things considered! It was good enough to be used as a character model for the 'Dark Tide' short film from many years ago, anyways. Xorn is terrific, too. Do you think he would've had a Magneto head underneath? Man, if minimates ever come back, I think New X-Men will be at the top of my list.

Even if we had only gotten Storm & Rogue from X-Treme X-Men in some mutant-themed catchall wave, it would have been fun. A single box set based on X-Treme X-Men could have been a good way to get a Sage figure. Do you have access to your Beast and Xorn designs? Or maybe the entire stash of pre-designed, brainstorm characters? Good call on the Strong Guy model. Quitely's Beast is certainly top-heavy, and especially wider at the shoulders. Thank you for such a thorough reply!

I hauled out a cache of minimates while being off work due to the weather some of this past week. I ended up grouping together different generations of X-Men. 60's Lee/Kirby 70's Cockrum 80's Outback 90's Jim Lee blue team 2010's Kieron Gillen team It got me wondering, Barry, if there were ever any intentions of going back and revisiting Morrison's New X-Men. Some of the earliest Marvel minimates were in those outfits, but the team never got its full due in the same way other iterations did. In particular, I want to pick your brain about how you might have gotten around to designing Beast. Frank Quitely's version of the character was quite () the departure from how he had traditionally been depicted. If it was never considered then, how would you do it now? In particular, how top heavy the design is and the odd shape of the head, in comparison to other minimates. I'd love to hear any thoughts you have!

For Shang-Chi? I wanted to use the Billy hairpiece from Predator for Shang-Chi, but that figure is no less difficult to come by.

I think this was my first introduction to the minimates brand. Thanks for bringing this back to the front of the mind, BHM.

Shang-Chi?

Are you leaning more towards illustrating them, or using toy photography?

I would really be interested in seeing them and discussing them, but I don't think I would ever purchase them physically. Are you thinking they'd be modeled after the Impel Marvel cards?

I made one several years ago (will search for a pic) and used Banshee's cape heated up and flattened, then cut and flipped upside down and glued to the back of a Captain America chestpiece. ______ Super Adaptoid. You can see kinda see it in the back, but I also stripped an old Hawkeye chest block of his quiver and pasted it on top of the Banshee wings.