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New ship dates:

8/1 – Marvel vs. Capcom Series 3

8/1 – Halo Box Set 5

8/8 – Expendables Box Set 2

8/15 – Marvel Fear Itself Mighty Box Set

8/15 – Marvel Fear Itself Worthy Box Set

8/15 – Universal Monsters Mummy Box Set

8/22 – Venom Through The Ages Box Set

9/5 – Street Fighter X Tekken Series 1

9/5 – Walking Dead Series 1

10/3 – Marvel Series 47

10/3 – Universal Monsters Hunchback Box Set

Venom TTA getting moved up is kind of big news, if it holds. Interesting that they split up the Monsters sets, with Mummy coming out in two weeks and Hunchback pushed back to the usual October date. Expensive couple months coming up, then we sort of hit a wall at the beginning of October. I would think DST would want to get Battle Beasts in stores for holiday shopping; it seems weird they still haven't been solicited... maybe they're giving TRU the first bite at that apple, then rolling into specialty stores early next year? One more Marvel wave before the holidays would be nice, but I'm thinking 48 will probably hit in January or February 2013.

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Kind of a disappointing update.

8/8 9/5 – Expendables Box Set 2

8/15 10/3 – Universal Monsters Mummy Box Set

8/22 12/12 (!!!) – Venom Through The Ages Box Set

9/5 9/26 – Street Fighter X Tekken Series 1

9/5 10/3 – Walking Dead Series 1

10/3 – Marvel Series 47

10/3 10/31 – Universal Monsters Hunchback Box Set

So, almost everything from the last update a little over a month ago got pushed back at least a month. On the other hand, SFxT 2 and Walking Dead 2 are now slated for mid-November (which I have a lot of trouble believing).

As always, I'm curious as to the marketing strategy behind releasing for public consumption dates that will invariably change by months at a time. It seems there must be some intent to stir up excitement, but I just don't understand why you wouldn't save that excitement for a week or two before the release when you know the ship date is solid. Telling people, "hey, get excited, because we moved such-and-such sets up from four months away to two months away," then having to come back and say "sorry, just kidding, they didn't get moved up after all" seems really self-defeating.

Also, still no Battle Beasts...

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Holy crap, is April 24th crowded:

04/10/13 MARVEL MINIMATES STRANGE TALES BOX SET
04/24/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 49 ASST IRON MAN 3
04/24/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51
04/24/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SER 3

05/15/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50

05/22/13 MARVEL MINIMATES HULK THROUGH THE AGES BOX SET
05/29/13 STAR TREK TOS ENTERPRISE MINIMATE VEHICLE

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Okay, April just got a little less crowded but May a little moreso:

04/10/13 MARVEL MINIMATES STRANGE TALES BOX SET
04/24/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 49 ASST IRON MAN 3
04/24/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51

05/15/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50

05/22/13 MARVEL MINIMATES HULK THROUGH THE AGES BOX SET

05/22/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 3
05/29/13 STAR TREK TOS ENTERPRISE MINIMATES VEHICLE

06/05/13 STAR TREK LEGACY MINIMATES SERIES 1

08/14/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52
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May just got packed.

Here's the latest shipping update from AA:

05/01/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 49 ASST IRON MAN 3

05/08/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

05/15/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

05/22/13 MARVEL MINIMATES BOX SET HULK THROUGH THE AGES

05/22/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 3

05/29/13 STAR TREK MINIMATES TOS ENTERPRISE VEHICLE

06/05/13 STAR TREK LEGACY MINIMATES SERIES 1

08/07/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

08/14/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

My tax refund might as well go straight to Diamond. July looks like a good month to breathe a little... except for the SDCC exclusives and TRU waves, of course.

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Ship dates were updated. Pretty much everything got moved back....again. glare.gif

06/05/13 MARVEL MINIMATES BOX SET HULK THROUGH THE AGES

06/05/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 3

06/12/13 STAR TREK LEGACY MINIMATES SERIES 1

06/19/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

06/26/13 STAR TREK MINIMATES TOS ENTERPRISE VEHICLE

07/05/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE


08/07/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

08/14/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

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May just got packed.

Here's the latest shipping update from AA:

05/01/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 49 ASST IRON MAN 3

05/08/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

05/15/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

05/22/13 MARVEL MINIMATES BOX SET HULK THROUGH THE AGES

05/22/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 3

05/29/13 STAR TREK MINIMATES TOS ENTERPRISE VEHICLE

06/05/13 STAR TREK LEGACY MINIMATES SERIES 1

08/07/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

08/14/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

My tax refund might as well go straight to Diamond. July looks like a good month to breathe a little... except for the SDCC exclusives and TRU waves, of course.

May just got unpacked...

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More items moved back and Series 50 & 51 get pushed back into the "giant blob of release dates which don't really mean anything" section.

http://www.artasylum.com/2013/05/ship-date-updates-13/

06/05/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 3

06/12/13 MARVEL MINIMATES BOX SET HULK THROUGH THE AGES

06/26/13 STAR TREK LEGACY MINIMATES SERIES 1

06/26/13 STAR TREK MINIMATES TOS ENTERPRISE VEHICLE

07/24/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

07/31/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

08/07/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES


08/07/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

08/14/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

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If you look at the average release time between solicit and release, six months seems to be a good rule of thumb. Both of those waves have FEB tags at the beginning (as does Trek 1, by the way),, so I'd go as far as saying they'll land in August all said and done. I also won't be surprised when all the APR solicits (Wolverine, Tomb Raider, WD 4) get pushed to October.

Walking Dead 3 may be an exception; based on this timeframe, it shouldn't be coming out until August, either, but the TRU assortment is already out, and it seems like WD is a sales priority for DST, so perhaps that wave will be expedited to come out in June as advertised.

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Ooh, Walking Dead series 4 in early August? Can't wait for cloaked Michonne and the Woodbury folk. TRU assortment has some awesome zombies but it's cool that we are starting to get a Woodbury vs Prison group, the original Atlanta and the Farm Arcs. Hoping for a Carl with several different looks to flesh out my display with some other QCs I want to do (Prison Carol, Prison Michonne, civilian Andrea, Riot Gear Glenn). Series 5 would be October/Novemberish? Wishlist!

Carl/Penny

Carl/Variant Sophia

Underwear Glenn/Farm Maggie (with alternate terrible haicut for a QC Prison Maggie. I think undies Glenn would be a funny variation of a popular character we've already seen twice)

Tyreese/Axel

With Carl and Tyreese getting the Michonne/Governer treatment in the TRU wave and getting repaired with new zombies. The other two sets at TRU should be

Doctor Stevens/Zombie

Billy Greene/Zombie

Carl and Tyreese are set to be a large part of Season 4, which should be starting at the same time. If Carl had an alternate look, and with a non Battle Damage Prison Tyreese QC in mind I wouldnt even mind having to buy 2-3 of each.

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08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

08/28/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

08/28/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

08/28/13 MINIMATES CARRYING CASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY


09/04/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

10/02/13 MARVEL MINIMATES BOX SET ZOMBIE VILLAINS

10/23/13 INVINCIBLE MINIMATES BOX SET 1

10/30/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 53 THOR 2

10/30/13 THIEF OF THIEVES MINIMATES BOX SET 1

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08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

08/28/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

08/28/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

08/28/13 MINIMATES CARRYING CASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY

09/04/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

My guess is:

08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

09/04/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

09/18/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

10/09/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

10/16/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

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Shipping dates have been updated on the AA blog.

09/05/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES ASST (APR131736)

09/05/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE ASST (APR131742)

09/12/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 ASST (FEB131531)

09/19/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 ASST (FEB131532)

09/19/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4 ASST (MAY131782)

09/25/13 MINIMATES CARRYING CASE w/10th ANN. MINIMATE (FEB131534)

10/02/13 MARVEL MINIMATES ZOMBIE VILLAINS BOX SET (AUG132035)

10/30/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 53 ASST (MAY131783)

10/23/13 INVINCIBLE MINIMATES BOX SET (JUN131795)

10/30/13 INVINCIBLE MINIMATES BOX SET (JUN131795)

10/30/13 THIEF OF THIEVES MINIMATE BOX SET (JUL131824)

Not sure why the Invincible mates are posted twice on two different dates.

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08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

08/28/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

08/28/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

08/28/13 MINIMATES CARRYING CASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY

09/04/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

My guess is:

08/21/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

09/04/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

09/18/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

10/09/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

10/16/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

Huh. Sometimes wild-eyed pessimism is just not wild-eyed enough.

My new guess is:

09/05/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 52 THE WOLVERINE

09/12/13 TOMB RAIDER MINIMATES

09/19/13 WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SERIES 4

10/09/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 50 FAN CHOICE

10/16/13 MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 51 MARVEL NOW!

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Ouch. I know DST rushed to get The Wolverine Minimates to market but, damn, it's going to be hitting over a month after the film's release. Good thing it's not Universal Monsters or TRU would have cancelled it by now for missing a window.

And yeah, I noticed Invincible listed twice last time but assumed it was a typo. Are we getting two different sets?

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