Danny Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Blimey, TRU are buying any old Minimates tat now! I can't believe how bad that picture looks. $29.99 for that, I just can't see them shifting any. Also it doesn't say what the 2 exclusives are, be interesting to see if they are still security guard and the gator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 It's been listed on their site for at least a month now and it wouldn't be the first Minimate pre-order they've had that never showed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_cbecker Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Though in some ways it's not surprising, it sounds like the playset is dead. I'm sure TRU.com just hasn't caught up with the cancellation. It looks like the corpses of of dead minimate lines like Ghost Rider, Rocky 3, 24 Season 3, Godfather & Beverly Hills Cop now have a tomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightViper Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 And here I got excited that this thread was revived to bring new GOOD news. Back to my corner I go to grumble at everyone who walks by... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Diamond Select Toys still has it listed as a "pre-order" for 02/03/10. You'd think they'd update it. Also, does anybody know that the picture they have representing the "playsets" section is? http://diamondselecttoys.com/store.asp?p=c...ategoryID%3D381 that little map/table thing? I've never seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDurg Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 i'm pretty sure that's just a different way to configure the set, probably just showing it off a bit. doubt it'll be coming to TRU too, but even if it does i'm passing on that steep-as-hell $30 price tag. go get a cardboard box from walmart and cut it up/paint it fancy for about $7, screw the "exclusive" mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 In case anyone was holding out hope that TRU would be the savior of this, the set went to a 'back-ordered' status this morning and has now disappeared off of the site completely it seems. I'm sure we'll see the mates shown some other time some other way, but I doubt the lab will return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Be interesting to know for sure if it was retailer interest or production issues that killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Im really going to show my age, but i remember having a cardboard bat cave from the mego collection when i was a little kid, and i had great fun with it. granted it was 30 years ago...good christ i am old but the lab set really reminded me of it and I for one was really looking forward to it... sad to see it go moc847 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I hope they'll be doing Battle Beasts, but I'm really starting to wonder if they will anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm sure they will, but I think they want to make sure they do it right. My only problem was them anouncing the license long before theyknew how it was coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Im really going to show my age, but i remember having a cardboard bat cave from the mego collection when i was a little kid, and i had great fun with it. granted it was 30 years ago...good christ i am old but the lab set really reminded me of it and I for one was really looking forward to it... sad to see it go moc847 I had one of those. Ah, Megos. Batman and Spider-Man zipping out the faux 'cave in' enterance in the big black and red Batmobile. The near constant search for Peguine and Joker's tiny shoes. The heroic mittens! Good times. The laminated cadboard shell of that thing is still intact in my attic so it's not like it was flimsily built. (Batpole, computer and vinyl matt are long, long gone, to where ever Peguine's shoes went) Apparently though, how you build one of those has become a lost art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Speaking of building those, has anyone else looked at the lab and thought that for $25 they could just build their own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightViper Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I must admit that I never wanted the lab...for the lab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I read this earlier & I of course creased up ...........................The company that was producing the playset has folded. Apparently it was a board decision & it had been on the cards for ages . That's torn it :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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