Mysterious Stranger

Casey, Splinter, Bebop and Rocksteady are on my wishlist. After those I'll be satisfied with the line and anything else is just gravy.

I opened my sets this morning. Pleased to report no QC issues. The hip joints on all of my figures were a bit tighter than I'm used to with other Minimates but nothing to worry about. Just had to carefully move them and they freed up okay. One big negative is that the girls are all in skirts and can't sit on the couch at all without removing the skirt piece. Not sure how that could have been fixed without including separate pants leg pieces for them but considering that Amy and Bernadette are always wearing dresses that wouldn't make sense. So they'll be hovering behind their boys on the couch. Also be careful with the food hands. The pegs seem to be thicker than the regular hands and could bend or break when inserting them into the wrists if you're not careful. I just shaved a tiny bit off the hand pegs and they fit just fine. This was mostly with the soda can and chinese food box hands as they are completely new tools. The chopsticks hand looks to be a regular hand with the chopsticks molded into it so the peg fit better with no modification needed. Overall I really like these 'mates. Getting a full couch with each set was the smart thing to do as it allows you to have a couch and chair just like they do on the show. I'll probably be getting another set to have for civilian custom fodder and to paint a couch Iron Man.

Wait, you guys are missing something critical here ... Thanos didn't HAVE the Tesseract before he sent Loki to Earth in Avengers. He was sent to retrieve it for Thanos, which was kinda the whole point of the movie. So when Loki arrived on Earth he could have channeled the power of the Tesseract through his staff. Or his staff isn't related to the Tesseract at all. Just another Asgard magic bauble. I'm of course basing this on the presumption that all 6 Infinity stones are in play and Thanos doesn't have any of them at the beginning of Avengers.

Don't quote me on this but I think those figures are closer to 3" tall than 2".

Staring at Mutagen Leo here on my desk I'm almost tempted to get another set of the Mutagen figures and paint all their straps, belts and pads and stuff. Just to better make the clear green pop.

TENIME_art helped me out with a TRU Mutagen Leo. Now I just have to wait for my blind bag case from BBTS and I'm complete for now.

Kraang will be in the Wave 2 2-packs, at specialty stores. I know Zach has said such somewhere in this thread. Not sure if he'll be in the TRU series or not.

If no one else gets to it first I should be able to post some this weekend.

The case I orderd from BBTS is in stock and waiting in my Pile O' Loot. Now to decide if I can wait for more stuff to arrive or if I want these now. As soon as I click the "SHIP" button a few other things will be available. #collectorproblems

I got my shipping notice from EE last night. I'll be getting another set for sure from Luke once their in stock.

I'll take you up on splitting the Mutagen Leo/Foot set. I only need the Mutagen Leo.

Putting it out there, I just need a Mutagen Leo if anyone gets the 2-pack and wants to keep the Foot Soldier.

Donatello isn't a chase figure. And Zach has said these are all identical across all retailers, except for the Mutagen variants and store "exclusive" figures. I don't have a Donatello yet so I can't say for certain about the blade. But if it is accurate its the same whether its K-Mart, TRU or specialty stores.

I received my IM3 Heartbreaker Armor yesterday. I have to say I think this is my new favorite armor so far. It is the same style as the other movie armors but is just different enough to look truly unique.Something about it just speaks to me.

Went back to the K-Mart store I found these at and they were gone completely, no restock in sight.

Lure them into your kitchen with cookies and lemonade then ambush them with a film crew?

Zach posted control art for the box set on Facebook earlier this week. Looking good. Really good.

So, blind bag assortment is singles of Baron Strucker and an Ultron and the rest Iron Man and Ultron drones. Cool. More armybuilders in the dump case means more slots for unique characters in the 2-packs.

A second wave of movie figures? Well that should take care of any missing characters.

I'm going to speculate based on previous TRU movie waves and say that the TRU exclusives with either be Scarlett Witch/Quicksilver (like Avengers 1 Hawkeye/BW set) or one of them and an Ultron of some sort (like Yondu and Sakaar Soldier set). My money (and hopes) are on SW/Quicksilver though.

You know what? I wasn't going to go back to K-Mart to look for more of these as I found the ones I wanted. But I just so happen to be wife-free this weekend and will put a stop at K-Mart on my list to look for these just for YOU. How's about that? You looking for all of them or just some in particular?

As long as Newt still comes with the creepy doll head accessory they can put whoever they want in the Power Loader.

Zach, I know you can't give details on the actual blind bag figures but can you confirm a case of 18 will contain all the blind bag figures like the TMNT cases? I'm preordering a case for sure (and Wave 61) but I don't want to miss out on a crazy chase figure or something.

The "blue shirt" was actually the top half of her jumpsuit unzipped and tied off around her waist like a sweater (a waist piece like this would lend accuracy but probably bulk up the figure with the grenade straps) . But yeah, for the "ass-kicking" scenes from the last act of the movie she's in her T-shirt like this figure. A jacketed version (with sleeves pushed up) was shown at one of the conventions (with Newt) so that's probably coming in Wave 2. I like this mix a lot. A couple key characters, a couple supporting characters, a background character and some army builders. Considering how well the dump box figures seem to be selling I think this one has some legs. We're still going to need 2 more waves or a wave and a 4-pack to get all the Marines but I don't see completing the main film cast being a problem. The only way I can think to make the chest burster look better would be to tool up a unique torso block. A torso cover would be too bulky I think and wouldn't allow for a wide range of uses. This piece (which I believe is the same as the one that comes with Kane) works for Minimates. With some fit adjustments I think it'll be nigh-perfect.

Agree with the no blind bags please. At least not if that's the ONLY way to get the figures. Like with the TMNT blind bags, (most of) the figures are going to be available in TRU 2-packs as well. I thought this might be a typo and should have been a 12/case set but the pricing is consistent with the 18/case TMNT blind bag cases. Hopefully Zach will address this when he's able to release some info. Until then, let the speculation and doom-saying commence!