Day 537 July 19th
Mondays
with Mike
From
SDCC!!
Mike was hard at
work again Saturday at SDCC takin notes during the Minimates Turn Ten
panel. A brief run down; along with some
additional info from a few other sources will follow this blurb. Mike also presented Zach and Chuck with some
t-shirts made especially for the show and designed by yours truly; will post
pics of the shirt once I have a good one.
Mike also got to meet several members of the Minimate Multiverse after
the panel which by all accounts was a very cool thing! Pictures from the panel courtesy Mike, TNI and
Toyark.
The Panel:
Panelists: Zach (marketing supervisor),
Chuck (director), Digger (creator of minimates), Jason Wires (head product
painter)
Marvel vs Capcom wave 3 is final wave in the line.
Munsters vehicle - the face changed from originally planned sad to happy.
But Zach mentioned that in the episode he lost the race, he had a sad face so
it would have been appropriate.
TRU wave 14 Miles/Ult Cap, Havok/Storm (to
round out outback X-Men), Box/Vindicator (to round out Alpha Flight), Iron Man
(before Extremis armor)/Rhino.
Marvel wave 48 Torch has a flame base.
Invisible Woman has a force field base.
The winners of the fan poll were: Cyborg
Spidey, Danny Ketch Ghost Rider, Songbird, Onslaught, Baron Zemo and the Nova
Corps army builder, DST selected to do a WW2 Zemo variant
Will get control art soon on wave 50.
Star Trek Enterprise. Command chair possibly removable
to display it next to the ship.
Video of new Pirate Raiders stop motion
shown. Chuck actually hasn't seen it yet. Ends in cliffhanger with 2nd half
possibly shown at NYCC.
-Basically Vanes goes to
meet Madusa. No one lived after seeing Madusa's stare other than Calico Jack.
Madusa give Vanes a magical periscope(?) to find Calico Jack. Vanes is shown on
the GITD ship and ends with him looking into the periscope and Calico Jack
being shown in periscope.
-Same guy who does the
Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! videos did it. Zach used to work with him for
Twisted Toy Fair
Q&A
Anyone who asks a question gets a chance to grab a promo from a bag, which
includes translucent blue Vorin, gold Vorin, and Agent 88 promos.
Will see more animals in Battle Beasts line
other than the scorpions and spiders.
Calico Jack on hold for now. Focusing on Battle Beasts.
DST doesn't have license for Ultimate
Marvel vs. Capcom but hopes SFxTekken will fill holes in the Street Fighter
side.
Kirk in the Enterprise set is a new mold and design. The Enterprise is going to
test the market and will focus on the TV properties and not the recent movie
reboot.
Doesn't seem likely there will be another
fan poll as Chuck seems against it even though Zach fought hard for it. Maybe
for Marvel wave 100? But they are looking at the voting data for future
consideration of sets.
No DC.
No Mars Attacks minimates but Chuck admits
that it'd be cool.
DST has seen the new Marvel Now designs and
are looking for ways to work them into series when possible.
Extra pieces, parts sets only? Chuck says
no but is looking into packs of the bases but no blank bodies.
No vehicles for Thundercats planned.
TRU Battle Beasts Minimates will have some
colors amped up with some metallic’s added while the regular ones will be comic
book accurate.
Bat and Moose BB 2-pack will not be released at specialty, only at TRU.
There will be more villains besides scorpions and spiders for Battle Beasts
The Ulitmates Version of Marvel vs. Capcom is not part of the DST license.
Universal Monsters Mole People minimate could be a possibility for 2013.
ThunderCats will only be released as 4-packs. The next 2 sets will be released
as NYCC exclusives through AFX.
They try to add extra parts for their Marvel Minimates to allow people to do
more customizing.
DST's line of Battle Beasts other than name is totally separate from the
original line and they have tried to stay away from those vintage features.
With these Minimates they have a story to tell and want to play up the
interchangeability features Minimates are known for.
GIJoe and Transformers Minimates will never happen. Masters of the Universe
Minimates were asked about, they said they are pursing licenses and such but
don't want to say anything that might get people's hopes up if it didn't happen.
Diggger is working on a Kickstarter movie
project called Agent 88 which DST will be doing some Minimates for.
