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He's still here too. Same Dave that made me a Bishop face, I believe. Wings would not be a good one for me. But I could probably make some harnesses to re-use factory wings.

Another classic about to go by the wayside due to Photobucket. Sigh. And also, thanks for all the laughs Mini_myte. Another person I hope is prospering wherever they are. 🍻

Hey everyone, With Photobucket soon to go paid only, a bunch of the fights in this thread will soon disappear. Anyone who is not familiar with what this thread is about should read it from the beginning. The Geohound had a real talent for Minimate fight choreography and the later stuff hosted on minimatescentral is still there for now. It brought a smile to my face looking back at some of these. Here's to The Geohound! Whatever he is up to these days. I hope he's prospering.

I feel your pain regarding decal sheets. It takes willpower sometimes not to waste a whole sheet for one sticker you really want to see on your figure. LOL

Link? I'm so curious. So curious, in fact, that I did not spend the time trying to think of pig related puns to work into my post. Sausages come in links so there's a weak one I guess. Anyway, where can one see these figures?

Classic BSG have a piece that looks a bit similar. Not sure if it will work for you or not. It's meant to represent the gun belt. But the holster is a separate piece that attaches to the leg. So the belt part looks similar to this piece though not the same one. Hopefully it suits your purpose and you have one.

That is gorgeous!

Well then, we might have to make you one. 🤣

I love this place sometimes. However it should have been obvious. It's a reference to The Princess Bride and how Humperdink wants to frame those smarmy Guilders. edit: Somehow I missed that NerdyTrev had this one. If they ever make Princess Bride mates maybe we can get smarmy Guilder army builders. 😆

2 words for you Zach. And it rhymes with farmie fuilders.

I'm sure the enterprising among us will figure out how to safely decapitate Porker and transplant his head to Itsy Bitsy. Not the end of the world. But it would be nice to not have to. Hopefully it will be like Rocket and we will get an articulated version later.

I quite like the hands and web effects. I hope Spider-Ham is going to come with regular hands or they are at least swappable. You're never going to sell me on that 2099 though. LOL I'd trade the cape and / or the spikes for more tampo myself.

The one we can see in the photo looks cool. It will be neat to have some new web effects. I might not notice in some cases, and / or the figure might look OK without leg tampos. It kills 2099 though. I have the same complaint with this proto as I did with the original. With so little (front facing) tampo and that blue plastic, it looks slapped together. Like a blank with a couple of stickers. This is the only Minimate that ever gave me this cheaped out feeling ... twice. It looks like some detail has been added but I still get the same vibe and still find it ugly and cheap looking. I'd say it's a small improvement over the original, but not enough. If ever a Mate needed some muscle detailing to round it out, it's this one. As for Ben Reilly, #2 was the best, followed by 1. This one is a distant 3rd for me. I'm excited to see more web effects.

I prefer Ben Reilly done with a plain chest block and 2099 still looks like crap. I'm liking the other three though, especially Porker.

That looks great!

That would be truly outrageous.

The salesperson who could cut that deal would be wasting their talent at DST.

No worries. Good luck with your project. I'm curious now. PS Is this your custom?

How's this? Do you have a friend with a 3d printer? I banged this off quickly for you but have not tested. If you know someone who can test print, do that. If you're happy with it, you could order a nice one from Shapeways. I'll try to get around to a test print but am pretty busy these days. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6229556/files

I'm no photo critic. But those Mates are gorgeous!

I made some extra heads and printed off a few versions. Interested to see if anyone has a favourite. Each of these is unique though they will look similar.

A further follow up. I still have not printed a nice version of Dave's Bishop face. In the meantime, continuing to learn the tools I'm working with, I came up with a better rip off of DST's face. You can see my workflow below. Once I've got a full sheet worth of stuff to print, I'll have a face off. Dave's vs. my traced version vs. this version. Also, Hail Ivan! The starting photo is from minimatedatabase.

This strikes me as a bang on assessment of the market for GI Joe Mates.

More Invincible Mates would be great!

I have to say Zach, your attitude seems a bit dismissive. Why not invite bhm to have a serious discussion about how it could be done and what would have to happen. If it needs an American retailer, perhaps he is able to find one to partner with. Then if you cant' make it work, you at least come across as having tried. The above reads like a hard no. Maybe you've had offline conversations. But it has come up publicly on the forum a couple of times and it seems like you just dismiss it without serious consideration. That aside, best of luck with your Joe marketing. I hope you guys can get this line to thrive.