DST reveals SDCC exclusives!

Over on the Art Asylum blog DST has revealed the exclusives that they will be selling at their own booth at the San Diego Comic Con 2012.  There has been rampant speculation of what was going to be there and I have to say some of these are looking great!  There will also be minimates exclusives at the AFX booth but they have yet to be revealed

Day 493

Day 493 May 7^th

Giant Sized X-Men Box Set:

Wolverine

            For the longest time this was head and shoulders high my favourite Wolverine Minimate.  I just really liked how it all came together and in all honesty it took a long time before they released another one that could take that top spot away.

Day 491

Day 491 May 5^th

Happy Free Comic Book Day!!!

Giant Size X-Men Box Set

Nightcrawler

            I have always thought this to be one of the best done Minimates ever.  Even the re-do of Nightcrawler recently only is a bit better than this classic one!

Day 490

Day 490 May 4^th

Before hitting the meat and potatoes of why you are here please allow me to take a moment to say – May the fourth be with you!  A little shout out for Star Wars day today, being born on this day I was destined to be a geek!

Giant Size X-Men Box Set

Colossus

            I am very excited to see the new Colossus Minimate coming up in wave 47 since I consider this version to be an absolutely awesome Minimate!  It will be interesting to see how the new one will stack up to it.

Day 489

Day 489 May 3^rd

Giant Size X-Men Box Set

Storm

            Another classic X-Men character in her classic look; this Storm is an amazing piece of work without a doubt!

Day 488

Day 488 May 2^nd

Giant Size X-Men Box Set

Cyclops

            As the first release of the regular Marvel universe X-Men this box set was amazing.  For being mostly plain this is still a great classic Cyclops Minimate and still one of my favourites!

Day 487

Day 487 May 1^st

Giant Size X-Men Box Set

Thunderbird

            This was the first set of Minimates I bought at the comic book stores when I started collecting them and boy was I glad it was once I joined the online community and discovered how much these sets were going for on the secondary market!  Thunderbird here looks great, very true to the source material and I love how bold the colours are.

Day 467

Day 467 April 11^th

X-Men First Class: Havok

                        This was one of the examples of changes made to the history of the character but really I am not too picky about having the movie match the comics perfectly.  I liked how they had made Havoks character in the movie, very similar in attitude to the comics version and DST captured the look perfectly!

Day 466

Day 466 April 10^th

X-Men First Class: Beast

                        I was glad to see them include Beast in the movie as it helps connect this to the previous movies timeline and history, if that was indeed what they had wanted.  DST did a great job with the Minimate, the look and colours look great and I love how they used the hands and feet from the Wolf man Minimate to give a more animalistic look to them.

Day 465

Day 465 April 9^th

X-Men First Class: Mystique

                        This was a very different Mystique from the previous movies or the comics.  A more reserved and withdrawn Mystique as opposed to her more harsh and villainous usual portrayal.  I thought it was very well done and a great way to show character progression.  DST did a great job getting the look for this Minimate and I am thinking of ways to use her outside of jus the standard display.

Day 463

Day 463 April 7^th

X-Men First Class: Magneto

            One of the parts I really liked with the First Class movie was how it explored the friendship of Xavier and Magneto in the early days.  I found this to be a great take on the pair.  DST did a great job with the Minimate, getting the look dead on.  Magneto also came with his signature helmet which is a bit of a spoiler to those who hadn’t seen the movie but as you can see in my pictures someone else is holding the helmet…

Day 462

Day 462 April 6^th

X-Men First Class: Azazel

            The comics basis for this character is one from a time where I was not reading X-Men comics at all but he was introduced as Nightcrawlers father.  An interesting idea and the look is kind of neat.  No links in the movie are laid out as such but I like the unique look and feel that DST did good capturing that look with the Minimate.

Day 461

Day 461 April 5^th

X-Men First Class: Emma Frost

            Here we have another classic X-Men villain making the transition to the big screen.  While I am not a huge fan of the character in the comics I felt they did a decent job with her in the movie.  Her white jumpsuit from the movie seems a bit more wearable then her comics costumes and DST did a good job bringing it to life in the Minimate.

Day 460

Day 460 April 4^th

X-Men First Class: Sebastian Shaw

            A classic X-Men villain choice for a movie, Sebastian Shaw was a great addition to this film.  DST did a great job capturing the look of the character even though I find the sculpted slip over suit piece to add a bit of bulk to the Minimate.  Overall this is a nice looking Minimate.

Day 459

Day 459 April 3^rd

X-Men First Class: Charles Xavier

            I really was not sure what to expect out this film as I am a fairly firm X-Men fan but am not a huge stickler that the movies have to reflect the comics 100%.  I like to go into the movies with an open mind and I find I enjoy the majority of the comic book movies made.  This Minimate does a great job capturing the look of a young Charles Xavier just getting started on his journey into human/mutant history.  DST did a nice job getting the detailed flight suits translated into Minimate form!

Day 406

Day 406 February 10^th

Age of X Magneto

It appears that in this storyline Magneto is a savior of mutantkind and thus making the white knight look a very appropriate one.  While at first look it might seem a bit too plain or bland; after looking at the source artwork this is pretty much how he looked.  I love the helmet that he comes with, very knightly looking!  I am not 100% sure but I have ideas stirring in my head and something like this might show up in my comic work.

Day 405

Day 405 February 9^th

Age of X Legacy

I am very curious to read the Age of X story to see exactly how this version of Rogue is written.  The bio talks about her being in charge of preserving dying mutants memories which sounds like a significant change from her more standard role of powerhouse and I think it warrants some reading.  I love how DST got the green to be such a vibrant shade without being too over the top; it really pops the details nicely.  Speaking of detail I dig that they added the details to her one hand since in some of the art I have seen she has a skeletal hand print on the one glove – great work there!

Day 404

Day 404 February 8^th

Age of X Basilisk

In the Age of X storyline Scott Summers is held captive by Arcade and forced to execute other mutants.  Arcade has cut of his eye lids and has a remote that controls the opening and closing of his mask.  He does escape obviously but what a killer story set up right there.  It is something like this that gets my attention and makes me want to check this book out!  Again this is a pretty basic minimate but so is the source material; I think DST did a great job with the mask piece and love the level of detail like the straps pushing the hair down – amazing job!

Day 403

Day 403 February 7^th

Age of X Gambit

Age of X is an alternate reality X-Men story that has many fans comparing it to Age of Apocalypse.  I absolutely adored AoA but am a bit leery to try AoX out yet.  Now that the collected version is out I am a lot more interested to pick it up and give it a read.  This costume for Gambit is pretty plain, nothing too flashy but that could just be how the look is in the books so I can’t drag it down if it is matching the source material.  I actually have an idea for using most of this minimate for a different character in my comic so will need a spare at some point.  The hair and face are winners as well!