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19 hours ago, nandoninny said:

the potential here is freaking limitless..................

Yup. DST has never had a line that has so many potential army builders as an example.

Let's hope they don't do anything foolish like pack Duke with a Trooper.

YES! The Transformers announcement left me kinda, "meh", but I was prepared to buy because I want Minimates to do well. But this? Man, this could be a major rabbit hole! Especially if they have classic looks!

I'm confused why they would lose wrist articulation, as these just look like overlays,. but maybe I'm missing something. I think they look pretty cool. TF is not a property I care much about, but I could definitely see myself picking up a few of these because they're the iconic looks in nice mini form.

Yeah this was confusing because they were talking about Minimates and then he's like, what about blind boxes? And I got all excited that we were getting Rocketeer and Mortal Kombat minimates... But alas, I think he means some other kinda mini fig things.

I bet this one will be HOT!

Put me down for the two translucent turtle bros! If this is still an option.

Any word if there will be a restock of these? I had an order placed with Amazon and it got cancelled randomly as they claim they have no more stock (even though I ordered it weeks ago and was delayed due to the holiday slow down on Amazon) and it was set to arrive this week... Now it's not even available. Grrr...

Just curious if more will be coming!

I have no dog in this fight, but best I can tell, we're getting 5 people from that cover in this wave Gladiator is coming next wave and that Beta-ray and Nova aren't too awfully different than previous versions of them we've gotten. So in that regard I'd say it's not too bad, overall.

Will you ever do any more of these, Luke? As in Movie Minimates, not Braveheart.

Yeah I don't think taking a hard line is the right move. I would assume that DCD hopes at some point DC reconsiders. Cutting them off from other licensing deals just hurts DCD. 

Terrible news for DCD, but I wouldn't be shocked if this ends up hurting DC more in the long run. Unless Marvel was to follow suit which would basically completely change the industry... BUT, if I had to place money I wouldn't be wholly surprised if DC shot themselves in the foot. It's what they know.

I had the Hoxpox once, but a doctor gave me a cream and it cleared right up.

From my experience visiting quite a few Walgreens locations locally, they all have a hodgepodge of stuff, but all of them have the new Black Widow wave available. 

How do I get in on this Blue Leo jamboree?!

I'm down for a "get Minimates into X retailer campaign"... I don't think MAX (nothing against MAX but I think you gotta hook em with something else first) is the way to go, but I'll participate in said email campaign.

Radical customs. But they sideways bro!

Groovy!

Ah well that makes sense why I never saw them! D'oh! I must have missed that somehow. At least I can stop looking for Spot now, lol. I've never had any luck finding Minimates on Walgreens website, so I'm sure I never bothered to look.

I saw Luke had decent-ish deals on some. I still like the idea of actually being able to go into a Walgreens and finding them, though. Maybe I'll hold out a little longer for the Ghost Rider, there was such a mix of figures it's certainly possible one may show up otherwise I guess it's secondary market.

Hopefully this is the right place for this.

A couple years ago I went pretty crazy into Minimates, I was a late starter and not the type to complete series or groups or anything, just bought stuff that I liked, some junk for customs, etc. Anyway, at the time I spent a fair amount on Minimates. A lot of it is still in boxes, but I digress...

Over time I kinda lost the passion for it. I'm not a huge Marvel guy (nothing against Marvel, I like them and the Mates but it's not a huge thing for me) and so I mostly collected TMNT, Aliens, Predator and the oddball stuff, Beetlejuice, Elf, etc. I was happy as a clam when the Classic TMNT was set to come out and I kinda stopped buying mates in anticipation of spending a few hundred dollars on all the new TMNT mates I was gonna get. Yeah, well, we know how that went. Then I was super stoked about Bruce Lee mates, and then, well, you know how that went.

Anyway, slowly I lost interest. Again, with Minimates sort of just becoming a Marvel thing, I bought less and less. Picked up some Spidey stuff here or there, but it fell to the back of the list. I'd still look on occasion at Walgreens but some of the characters I didn't know or were outfits I didn't care for, etc.

Anyway this is a POSITIVE post... Point is, I recently decided to make some new customs. Which led to me needing a few different figures, some different pieces, buying some stuff. Then I fell down the damn hole again. I went from buying stuff for my customs to, oh hey, I'd like a set of those, and hey I can get a few of those for a good price and hell I never even knew they made those but that's cool... And over the last few weeks I've dropped a couple hundred bucks on Minimates. 

So what's the point of this post? Just to say that I love Minimates and I hope things continue to grow. It's a line you can kinda fall away from and rediscover and waste lots of your paycheck on. 

Hit every Walgreens in town today trying to find Wave 10 Ghost Rider set, but to no avail. The new Black Widow movie mates are everywhere and a hodgepodge of other stuff, but I've never found the Spot wave or much of 6, 7 and 8. It's frustrating.

Fantastic shots! Thanks for that!

Happy belated recycled birthday!

20 hours ago, AugieWargo said:

I got the sci-fi display set, the German pillbox bunkers, and the Higgins boats. 

Very curious about the Sci-fi set! pics please when you get them!

1 hour ago, thereasonsy said:

Ok I bit the bullet and they should get here on Thursday. Let’s see how we go.

Sweet. Take lots of pics!