Day 524

Day 524 June 7^th

Marvel Minimates series 4:

Masked Spider-Man

            The naming of this particular Minimate always makes me chuckle since Spider-Man generally always has a mask unless he is unmasked but they needed to point out the difference since his masked is rolled up over his mouth.  We see Spidey like this often in comics, since he is very guarded about his secret identity, so in scenes where he is eating or other such things he will roll up the bottom of his mask.  This Minimate also debuted the web grab line which is a great Spidey accessory and I am glad they have brought it back a couple times since this!

Day 522

Day 522 June 5^th

Marvel Minimates series 4:

Unmasked Spider-Man

            I have always found the expression on Peter’s face to be almost too serious for Peter Parker.  I think that my favourite part of this Minimate is the web backpack, such a cool idea and true to the source material!

Day 495

Day 495 May 9^th

Exclusive Peter Parker

            Another one of my favourite classic Minimates has got to be this Peter Parker Minimate.  It really captures the feel of the character and I love the book and backpack accessories!

Day 494

Day 494 May 8^th

Exclusive Mary Jane

            Coming in one of the first ever convention exclusive 2 packs is our first Minimate of Peter Parkers long time girlfriend/wife; Mary Jane!  I thought this was a very cool way to release her, and this set is still a favourite of mine!

Day 483

Day 483 April 27^th

Gold and Silver blog banner variant

            A little fun variant of the new blog banner with some gold and silver friends!  Today is the opening day the Calgary Comic Con and my first ever comic con…you bet there will be pictures!

Day 464

Day 464 April 8^th

Sundays with my Son

            A special treat for you all for Easter!

Day 446

Day 446 March 21^st

Video Review

Marvel Series 43

Spider Man and Jean Dewolf

Day 428

Day 428 March 3^rd

Video Review – Spider Man and Chris Refield, Marvel vs Capcom 3 series 2

Day 423

Day 423 February 27^th

Video Review – Spider-Man and Green Goblin, Best of series

Day 413

Day 413 February 17^th

TRU exclusive Mr. Negative

This is one very interesting looking character and Minimate.  I know nothing about the character having not read any current Spider Man titles in awhile but the look and the bio is interesting enough.  I do love DSTs use of the separate tie piece to be able to have him displayed jacket-less and show off the yin yang tattoo on his back as well.  All in all a great Minimate with great detail, especially for using a black and white colour palette!

Exclusive Premiere!

Exclusive Premiere – Marvel TRU Wave 13

Today brings a debut to the blog, well 2 debuts in fact.  One being the new section to Portrait of an Addiction – a news section where I will make additional posts to cover news releases related to our favourite toys Minimates!  The second debut is the EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE of the lucky 13^th wave of Marvel Minimates to hit Toys R Us!

This wave consists of a nice assortment of characters from across the Marvel Universe and out of the 8 Minimates in the wave 7 are brand new, only the Daredevil will be a repeat, being the same as the one slated for wave 43.  In this assortment we have:

Ø      Spider-Sense Spider-Man and The Punisher – This is the first new Punisher Minimate since the Punisher: War Zone box set and is based on his first appearance where he took on none other then Spider-Man!  Appropriately Spidey comes with a removable spider-sense effect to help him dodge the Punishers attacks!

Ø      Daredevil and Kingpin – The first Kingpin Minimate goes all the way back to the very first wave of Marvel Minimates in 2003 and this new one is a welcomed update thanks to DSTs new big-body design for bigger characters like the Hulk.  He is packed with his long time foe Daredevil in his traditional red costume!

Ø      Mirage and Magma – Heading into the X-Men side of the Marvel Universe DST brings us two highly anticipated New Mutant favourites in Mirage and the fiery Magma!  Both of these are first timers to the Minimates line and will help round out anyones New Mutants collection!

Ø      Boomer and Rictor – DST flashes back to the 90’s with these versions of Rictor and Boomer from X-Force.  These two all new Minimates fill out the roster of that record breaking comic team and give mutants fans a couple more characters to add to their collection!

Look for this assortment in Toys R Us stores and online at toyrus.com in March!