cylonchaney

This need vehicles. USS Flagg ftw!

Wow! DST has found a way to crowbar open my wallet again. The last mates I bought were Predator. Transformers and GI Joe will probably trigger a pre-order from me. Well done DST!

Did I completely miss a cancelled Jackie Chan line? Or do you mean Bruce Lee? PS DC mates coming back would be cool.

MOTU would be a great license.

Title says it all!

Let's face it. There's one reason this didn't happen. Chuck did not want to have the following conversation. Shareholders: So Chuck, how is it that this new UK distributor is selling out all of the product we ship him and at the same time our US sales have dropped by 60%? Chuck: You don't understand. It's this guy bhm. He used to buy from the US. He's the new distributor. He just keeps them all for himself like Smaug hoarding gold. He's distributing them to himself! Don't you see? Shareholders: Do you actually expect us to believe such a preposterous story? You're fired! Please note that in the story above, Chuck is played by Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Bodiker. Also, bhm is much more generous with his hoard than a dragon.

Will it be possible to order the specialty sets as well as the exclusives from your site, bypassing retail completely?

Too late now Zack! My corkboard already has 7 items held on it with pushpins connected by twine. I'll be adding a map tomorrow. ? It's all connected.

Evasion? Yes. Misdirection? Yes. But I can't remember ever catching Zach in a flat out lie when he's not yet allowed to acknowledge something. Now that I think about it, one could argue packaging concept art is not a product.

Interesting choice of words. Are you saying the packaging is fan art or similar and we will not see these as minimates? If I remember correctly, DC Minimates were technically a DC Direct product and not Diamond. The way you answered the question could apply in a similar case.

Will have to check it out.

I follow a Youtube channel called Mr. H Reviews. He seems quite pumped about this movie. I want to see it based on his review. I think he also did an interview with the director if anyone is interested.

That is a great custom! Is this an animated show or live action?

Had I known the Mega Bloks bridge was coming (which I didn't get) I'd have skipped the AMT model that I also have in a box. ... somewhere. There are some amazing photos of the AMT model somewhere back in this thread I think (or possibly the compatibility thread). Someone made a cubed Earth globe and had it up on the screen. That same person might have used two kits to make a full bridge instead of half. I just remember there were some great photos that inspired me to buy that kit. Edit: Found it. It was in its own thread. Some of the pics are lost to the forum upgrade gods but page 3 still has some photos with mates:

Wow. How many individual photos did you have to take to make that? How long did it take to put together? I'm guessing you put quite a bit of work into it.

With just the silhouettes, I'm can tell who 1,2, and 4 are going to be and I'm pretty sure about 3 as well. Is anyone here full nerd enough to call them all with confidence? DST could make Next Gen mates to the point where the lead character of the wave is Battle Damaged Mr. Singh and I'd still be buying them. It would be a completionist line for me probably with duplicates. I fear there are probably just not enough of us though. It also just occurred to me that I would love a scaled down Mego Enterprise Bridge playset for the TOS mates. I was absolutely fascinated by the Mego transporter as a kid but never got one.

Love the Grinch!

So your web site is going to only list in stock product (and eventually pre-orders) going forward? A thought for you, I came across the Cylon that is my avatar photo, in a counter display at a random store years ago. These were the only minimates in the store. I picked it up on a whim because it was cute and I like Cylons. After having it on my desk for a while, it occurred to me that maybe they make other figures. So I went to the DST web site and discovered a large number of Marvel figures as well as Trek that was on the way. I was over to my local LCS that day to order a case of Trek mates. Since then my collection has grown to over 1000 minimates. If the same thing happened today, I might think DST does not make minimates anymore, or that my find was a one and done, and that might end up with just the one. How is a new collector to find out about the line, its history, and its future today? I just googled "minimates". Results in order: wikipedia, Amazon, Bigbadtoystore, Walmart, DST. The DST link takes me to a shipping dates page with no minimates and no link to any information on them. Please tell me I'm over-reacting and missing tons of marketing and information that exists elsewhere.

I'm floored. ?

+1 That's a badass villain!

Too bad. Looks closer than Playmobil. I'd like to see a mate beside one of the smaller BSG figures that came with the Mattel vehicles. They are said to be 1.5"

Fair enough. I just took minor exception to your statement that ratings suggest I'm alone, and sought to refute it. If you want to continue this discussion, we should do so on the Star Trek mates thread. I'd still like to know if you liked it or not and if you did, I'd be interested to discuss why in a respectful and friendly manner. If not no worries. And back to the point of the thread, if we were to get mates, I'd buy anything I could pretend was older Trek or possibly the classic characters. Which characters would you most like to see minimated?

Actually, I'm far from alone. That doesn't mean no one liked but there are certainly many who agree with me. When you say ratings, do you mean as in rotten tomatoes type ratings or do you mean number of people who watched it? Picard gets 56% from the viewers on RT where the Mandalorian gets 91%. They are touting how it broke streaming records on CBS all access. It's a very new service so somewhat easy to break records. And you have to take their word for it. Have you seen them report any actual numbers or just phrases like biggest premiere ever on CBS All Access? The numbers this article links to are based on actual viewers in Canada where it aired on TV. https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/03/05/star-trek-picard-viewership-plummets-over-half-a-million-in-canada/ It's possible that my dislike of the show and confirmation bias are steering me towards the Trek equivalent of flat earth conspiracy web sites but I don't think so. Out of curiosity, did you like the show personally? I too would love to complete the TNG bridge crew and an Enterprise D in the same style as the Enterprises we already have.

I'd love a mate of the bucket-head guy.