Minimate compatibility thread

[thereasonsy]

This person managed to get the Jada TMNT set and it doesn’t look that bad! 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvE8Mgaua63/?img_index=1&igshid=YmQ5MjYyNzNkNQ==

[cylonchaney]

1 hour ago, thereasonsy said:

This person managed to get the Jada TMNT set and it doesn’t look that bad! 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvE8Mgaua63/?img_index=1&igshid=YmQ5MjYyNzNkNQ==

That looks awesome!

[hellpop]

I was browsing around Amazon and I saw these sets; I can't quite tell but I bet they would scale well with GI Joe Minimates:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/327359CB-F3FF-4A7D-85CB-199A0821240D?ingress=2&visitId=c6ed2041-5a65-44a3-8bcf-400056e8d833&ref_=ast_bln

[cylonchaney]

3 hours ago, hellpop said:

I was browsing around Amazon and I saw these sets; I can't quite tell but I bet they would scale well with GI Joe Minimates:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/327359CB-F3FF-4A7D-85CB-199A0821240D?ingress=2&visitId=c6ed2041-5a65-44a3-8bcf-400056e8d833&ref_=ast_bln

Nice find. Sadly it looks to me like a mix of 12" scale and probably 3.75" scale figures and accessories. All of which will likely be too big for minimates. You never know though. I find some oversize stuff still looks pretty good. Playmobil horses for example.

[thereasonsy]

20 hours ago, cylonchaney said:

Nice find. Sadly it looks to me like a mix of 12" scale and probably 3.75" scale figures and accessories. All of which will likely be too big for minimates. You never know though. I find some oversize stuff still looks pretty good. Playmobil horses for example.

I bit the bullet on some of these. They really are hit or miss.

[cylonchaney]

1 minute ago, thereasonsy said:

I bit the bullet on some of these. They really are hit or miss.

They were priced well enough that it won't hurt too bad if some stuff doesn't scale well. Interested to see how they work out for you.

[thereasonsy]

38 minutes ago, cylonchaney said:

They were priced well enough that it won't hurt too bad if some stuff doesn't scale well. Interested to see how they work out for you.

I chopped the legs off the tables but everything else kind of works. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CnQOaiwOypy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[cylonchaney]

3 hours ago, thereasonsy said:

I chopped the legs off the tables but everything else kind of works. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CnQOaiwOypy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Now I wish I wasn't a tinfoil hat wearing crackpot with no instagram account due to concerns of being tracked by "Big Brother". LOL

[thereasonsy]

Rekonnect’s new system is out and pretty stellar!

[Chigarillo]

How do larger Lego sets scale with mates? My father (a huge Lego Stars Wars collector) showed me a leaked picture that Lego may finally be putting out a Lego X-Mansion in 2024... It looked a little small and i know sets can vary. The Lego Rivendell set actually scales really well with Minimates, but the Blackbird and Milano are too small. 

Is it usually a case of vehicles being too small but sets scaling decent enough?

[Trekker 42]

Nah man usually nothing scales. The X-Mansion is likely to be directed specifically toward minifigs and therefore Minimates will look really damn huge. 
Rivendell was this big premium set that was definitively an exception. And even then you can’t really use the original LOTR line in there because of the 2.5inch scale. 

[Chigarillo]

That's kind of what I figured. I just threw a couple Marvel mates in the Rivendell set and they didn't look off. Never seen the Avengers tower or Dr Strange sets out of the box and built though.

[nandoninny]

i use lego and mega blox w/ my minimates.  its never perfect but its better than nothing and some of them i'm able to move or add parts to make it look decent.  the megabloks castle greyskull or snake mountain work particularly well as does a lot of the halo stuff

[cylonchaney]

If you have the same colour bricks you can add one row of bricks per floor or whatever for a better fit. I have a building made from a bunch of Mega Bloks sets and I did exactly that. Obviously that won't work for every set. But it's a good option in some cases.

[Chigarillo]

Lol. If the rumors of this set are true, I may buy two just to have the extra blocks... Wanted this set for a very long time!

[hellpop]

My custom Jonah Hex on an Indiana Jones horse:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx3QfgQOkV6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[cylonchaney]

That looks great!

[hellpop]

9 hours ago, cylonchaney said:

That looks great!

Three bucks at Target!

[WookieFodder]

https://www.target.com/p/city-village-countdown-calendar-threshold-8482/-/A-88101231
 

this was 35 in store but 25 online. Looked pretty good. 

[Padrino]

The scale is a bit large (as is the price tag) but this diorama looks amazing!

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/182566?o=1

[DSTZach]

That's pretty nice!

[Padrino]

2 hours ago, DSTZach said:

That's pretty nice!

now all we need are some Castlevania minimates and it will make the investment totally worth it!

[nandoninny]

36 minutes ago, Padrino said:

now all we need are some Castlevania minimates and it will make the investment totally worth it!

yeah, i remember getting so excited when that license was announced!!!  oh well.........

[WookieFodder]

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/273952?o=9
 

Simpsons House with Homer

[Donny B]

has anyone checked out the dios that come with the new 1988 Remastered TMNT figures? I'm curious if they scale well with Minimates