ramseesthegreat1 Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Is there any one that knows whether or not these lines like street fighter or lord of the rings can be purchased. I loved to get a Blanka and Ken pack as well as a Nazgul. Quote
drgnrbrn316 Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 No, these can't be purchased. Their respective lines were canceled before they saw production. Quote
ramseesthegreat1 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Posted March 26, 2008 so they melt down the ones that they showed on like AFX and other websites. Because I'm sure some lucky collector out there has some of these that I mentioned. Probably a scultptor. Smooth Real Smooth. Quote
Reideen1313 Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 The prototypes are out there, but they aren't available for purchase by most collectors. Quote
ramseesthegreat1 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Posted March 26, 2008 humm thats what I suspected. How do you get into this elite minimates club. Quote
buttheadsmate Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 humm thats what I suspected. How do you get into this elite minimates club. I believe you either need to be rich or 'bandy-legged' :biggrin: Quote
Shanester Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 The protos are often kept by the company. Some are found in private collections. I have one of the LOTR Orcs that never saw retail production. Quote
karamazov80 Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Sometimes prototypes for various types of toys will show up on eBay (example: http://cgi.ebay.com/G-I-JOE-Prototype-Un-R...bayphotohosting ), but I don't think that I've seen any Minimate prototypes available there. . . Quote
buttheadsmate Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Now Corndog is a different 'kettle o'fish' he was one of the driving forces at Palisades before it folded. Before I collected 'Mates I accumulated all the Palz figures & a lot of prototypes from each of the X-Files ,Die-Hard & Buffy Series' which I bought mainly from Corndog. To follow up on my earlier comment ,collecting Palz prototypes left me 'Broke &...... bandy-legged' Quote
TBT! Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Minimate Proto's a notoriously hard to come by for collectors. DST doesn't like them out in the 'wild' especially those that never saw production and AA tend to keep those that do in house for reference. Some do leak out though, mostly from employee's of those companies that no longer work there. T. Quote
super spider piggy Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 I hope they do sell those Iron Maiden prototypes someday. I mean the ones from Rock wave 2 & 3. Quote
buttheadsmate Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 I hope they do sell those Iron Maiden prototypes someday. I mean the ones from Rock wave 2 & 3. I've just seen those for the first time in 'Licenses Past' & you're right they're pretty cute. Quote
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