luke314pi Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I am gearing up for a big production year for Luke's Toy Store. I already have a huge list of dioramas that I want to make, and these are in various stages of development. But I could use some ideas for smaller accessories like weapons, hair, helmets, capes, utensils, etc. If these type of accessories were priced around $2 each, what would you be interested in? I am working on getting a pressure pot, so I will be able to mold and cast just about anything. Hit me with your best ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Remember the original "women's long hair piece," first used on Ultimate X-Men Storm back in like wave 2, then again on wave 12 Emma Frost? I'd like a version of that, but with more sculpted detail to match current pieces. And like a hundred other things, I'll have to sort them into a coherent order. This is awesome, Luke, I can't wait to see where this goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Oh god how do i choose! I've always wanted minimate scale food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yeah, this will take some thinking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thinking is good. I have no problem with people posting big lists here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) AWESOME! Here's my ideas... Weapons: Psycho Man's Control Box Ghostbusters Containment unit (Similar to the Matty collector version that came with Walter Peck) Hair: Pig tails (like red riding hood but smaller scale) Bed head hair Helmets: Astronaut Football Hockey Winter cap with ball on top Cat in the hat red and white striped hat Soda jerk hat Hard hat Capes: Tattered Cape/Battle damage Trenchcoat & Fedora Utensil: Toaster Blender Microwave TV Globe Lava Lamp Light bulb Cheeseburger Pizza (in and out of box) Milkshake/Soda can/ fountain pop drink Popcorn bucket Books bookshelf Table chairs couch control desk (similar to your doctor doom time machine but larger/longer) Vehicles: Fantasticar Spider-mobile I also really enjoyed the ice sled and Spidey's web net- I'd love to see more of those accessories but that's probably more than $2 each. I'm thinking of the floating debris Magento heroclix figure or Hulk smashing pavement with pieces flying eveywhere- (using the two slabs that came with the Hulk in the recent Avengers box set as a mold). Cyclop's optic blasts. Jean Gray's Mind Probe effect similar to Spidey's spider-sense piece but on the sides of the head instead of the top. Training Course murals with pipes for Beast. I guess you already did that. Explosion clouds similar to the teleport bases but larger with multiple pegs for figures feet and various chunks of debris. Edited January 7, 2013 by Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highassroller Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Luke, Please check out my suggestions! Kame Hame Ha Energy Blast Stacks/Block of Cash Gold Bars Straight Jackets Royal Throne Seat Detailed Mortar/Rocket Puppet(s) on a string Small Suited Dummy (that has a scar on it's cheek) Batlike Bombs Hell Cycle Fantasticar Spider-mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Tombstones, Gargoyles, cemetary fence. Mailbox, trashcan, dumpster Street lamp, light. 3-d sound effects. Thinking the effects from the Batman 60's show but as a 3-d object to be posted on a clear stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) My Walking Dead need more gear designed for the Minimate hand: - Crowbar - Hammer - Power Drill - Crossbow (wink) - Sledgehammer If you want to really let your creativity out, The Dead could use some more guts variations, like the entrails piece we didn't get with Michonne's zombies. Maybe some spilled entrails (like bicycle zombie) or more leg/arm stumps. Human arms with bone stumps, etc All of that stuff would be generic enough to not infringe on any copyrights, and it would increase the ability for part swapping with the officially released 'mates tremendously. Edited January 7, 2013 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny B Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I was also thinking about pizza, but my thought was more along the lines of individual slices. Hands holding soda cans/bottles (along the lines of the hand holding a bottle from the Samwise minimate). Arm cannon (similar to Metroid or Mega Man, maybe?). Any kind of Green Lantern power (translucent green power effects). Jester hats. ipods/ipads or something of that ilk. nunchucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 musical instruments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) 3-d sound effects. Thinking the effects from the Batman 60's show but as a 3-d object to be posted on a clear stand. Oooooooo....great idea!!!! Especially one of these for our Brit members! Edited January 7, 2013 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawcanada Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Any kind of Green Lantern power (translucent green power effects). How about expanding this so it's effects in multiple colours, like say fire, water, electrical and ice effects, as well as perhaps Hadouklen/KameHameHa style energy blasts, again in different colours. Some fire effects could then be given to SFxT's Ken, electrical effect to Kazuya and Heihachi and water effects to a Mera custom I have. Some more custom bases would be good, especially ones that could allow for fighting game style poses. I also wouldn't mind seeing various kinds of weapons (namely cutlasses and katanas) that I can give to people like Nightcrawler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrClean Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 What about some different zombie pieces? Things like hair w/exposed skull, stumps, guts, or even some leg & arm pieces with a mm hand attached to plug into a zombie arm to simulate their lunchtime snack. Also how about some clear throwing effect that say... a shield could plug into... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Is there any chance you could make dividers for Plano ProLatch 3700 utility boxes? I could always use more of those and each box only comes with 24. Oh, and my Iron Man 'mates need a way to showcase their various armors. I was thinking about something like this but obviously smaller. Stackable alcoves would be ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 This one has been bugging me for a while. Weapons that don't look like pea shooters. When the wave 8 figures came out, we got great weapons (thanks Ivan!) These were wonderful huge guns that were held very well, and matched the Superdeformed style that Minimates started off with at the beginning. Then at some point, the guns became tiny. Or dinky. or whatever. But this is awful That's not a shotgun and my Flint is ashamed to hold that. I've resorted to using the smallest GI Joe weapons. Now, I'm not saying remake everything, nor am I saying give us an arsenal. But give me a gun rack Punisher could be proud of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Also how about some clear throwing effect that say... a shield could plug into... Exactly- combined with a possible word effect as a option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappymojo Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 How about some steel girders/beams that could be held in a fight? Also, energy and fire blasts that would come from one figure's hand and envelope a second figure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 How about speech balloons? Something similar to what lego did: But a lot less crappy... A kit could come with the standard speech bubble, thought bubble, and a exclamation/scream bubble. Sample text could be printed on it already or flipped to be clear and you could write on your own (or print and glue on your own I guess). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freaqualizer Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Staff with energy blast effect..I'm lookin at you Cardiac. Oh, and different colored flame head accessories like Vengeance or Helspont! Edited January 7, 2013 by Freaqualizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Okay, here's a few: -Masks with a fin on top. I can think of several characters (Swordsman, Red Guardian, Dr. Light, Adam Strange) with a fin on their head. As I have mediocre sculpting skills, I hate trying to sculpt them myself. -Fist hands. These would pop right into a Minimate arm peg and give you a different display option. Even better, you could make one with a sculpted power ring. -Animal heads. With Battle Beasts on the way, it would be very cool if we could fill out the lineup with some different animals. Maybe a tiger, an elephant, a rabbit... there's really an endless list of possibilities there. Plus, they could be used to make some of the various animals running around the Marvel and DC Universes. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Oh boy! That's awesome! This will prove very usefull to me since while i have the scenery all covered up i could use some more props to give life to them.Anyway here we go: Like the others said lantern constructs in every colour energy beams like kamehamehas in many colours food (pizza,burger,chocolate bar),drinks(wine,glasses with water,wine,beer,cola,pepsi) home stuff(tv,sofas,small and big tables,simple and aristocratic,armchairs,chairs,radios,etc) Stuff for the walking dead and other civvies(crowbars,axes,bolt cutters,flashlights,bateries,cellphones,ipad,ipod,iphone,blackberry,etc) new bases(teleporting base with two bamf! bases connected with clear plastic,new flight base for ironman with two uneven sides,etc) shield throwing effects speech ballons words flying off the minimates fists pieces musical instruments tardis screwdriver (normal and sonic) new coats bow ties bullseye throwing card effect witchcan be held by a normal hand batarang tendrils big ray cannons medieval armour,swords horses hats,watches big screen time travelling platform canes pillars silent heads and hands helmets (astronaut,physicist,nuclear scientist,etc) chalices thrones (medieval and scifi) sci fi looking weapons suspended animation chambers Phone booth Everything that could be found in an evil guy's hi tech lair or a super heroe's hq graves for halloween dioramas Do some comic book research and find stuff that could be used to decorate an evil lair,a house,a cave,a city,etc... EDIT: also some diorama bases like a broken street with chunks or rock flying off would be cool. Edited January 7, 2013 by Kostisfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Totally agree with Kostisfire on the tendril idea- especially tendrill hands/claws. I think we just made Luke's head explode. Edited January 7, 2013 by Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappymojo Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 In terms of an energy blast, I'm thinking something like this that combined elements from Cyclops optic blast with elements of Mr. Fantastic's hand (in the way it can hold another figure) from the upcoming sets. So the blast would come from one character's hand(s) and then after about five inches would engulf another characters chest in something like an explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 If you could sculpt a mask for a classic Swordsman in the same color purple as there are existing pieces to cobble one together... that would be the best thing ever (to me, anyway). I'm lookin' to see what you come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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