Day 400

Day 400 February 4^th

Blade

Despite the fact that he has a hole in his head this is one fantastic Minimate!  I thought this box set all around interesting and had some neat designs but when I took Blade out of the box I was floored!  This has quickly become one of my favourite Minimates; he just looks so bad ass and is very functional for play/pose fun.  I thought the first Blade Minimate was great but now it really pales in comparison.  DST did an amazing job with the designs and execution on this minimate and all his gear; from the body armour to the swords and scabbards and even his wicked little serum injector – all combine to make this one awesome Minimate!

Avengers Movie Minimates debut

Breaking News!  The Avengers Movie Minimates reveal

Straight out of the liveblog with DST on Marvel.com comes the images of The Avengers Minimates including the debut images of Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Loki and Nick Fury!  The last 4 of those being part of the TRU wave.  There are 3 more Minimates in the comic store wave that cannot be shown yet - 2 mystery foes and Maria Hill!

Day 399

Day 399 February 3^rd

Vampire Wolverine

Nice twist to the story here, but I won’t spoil the logistics of it here for anyone who has not read the story but still wants to.  While some bemoan the popularity of Wolverine and his seemingly overuse and such I have always enjoyed him and part of why is for these over the top moments like this one.  Being able to have him become a vampire, even though temporary, is just a neat twist in the story and I like how it worked.  I have read many rants about how it was poorly written and would never work like that and on and on and on and while I respect everyone’s right to their own opinion, I just have to chuckle since I don’t let myself get tied down in the logistics of stuff that is meant to be fantastic and unrealistic – seems kind of the point of the medium!  The fanged snarl on this Minimate is so dead on to the character it is unbelievable! 

Day 398

Day 398 February 2^nd

Dracula

So here is a more modern look to Marvel Comics Dracula, updated when they ran with a story idea of pitting the vampires of the MU against the mutants.  An interesting with some interesting results, I just read the core tpb a couple weeks back – about the same time I got this set actually and rather enjoyed it.  I dig the armoured look to Drac, makes sense to protect yourself against stuff like wooden stakes to the chest!  My only beef is that the sculpted hands that they chose make it a bit tough for him to hold the wicked sword he comes with!

Day 397

Day 397 February 1^st

Dormammu

Finally a foe specifically for Dr. Strange to tangle with!  While I am not totally versed in the Dr. Strange mythos I do know that he has battled the Dread Dormammu many times.  This is one of the huge pluses to the Marvel vs Capcom 3 line in my books – it brings out some characters that may have less of a chance in the regular line due to issues finding a slot to fit them in to.  This Minimate looks great on so many levels and I think it is one of the better Minimates to come from this line so far!

Day 396

Day 396 January 31^st

Trish

I LOVE this sword!  It is huge and just looks wicked!  I have to give high praise to DST for their work on that piece and for doing such a great job getting it to line up with the source material so well.  I have/had another minimate sized version of this sword from a Devil May Cry toy from a few years back…well thinking about it, it was likely more than just a few years ago lol, but I think this version is much better!

Day 395

Day 395 January 30^th

Arthur

I do love some Ghouls and Ghosts and love the fact that we have an Arthur minimate, well two in fact!  DST did a great job with the design of Arthur and this one in the silver armour looks fantastic!  I think I like the shield better is silver than I did on gold!  Now bring on the non-armoured underwear variant and we will be all set!

Day 394

Day 394 January 29^th

Sundays with my Son

His face looks like he’s a ghost because you can see through it.

Day 393

Day 393 January 28^th

Iron Man

This is a nice looking Iron Man minimate, without a doubt.  The colours look great and it really pops!  Marvel has given Tony such a huge inventory of armours over the years it is neat to build a collection of them in minimate style but clearly the best thing about this minimate is the fact he comes with the massive proto-cannon from the game – kick ass!

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!

Day 392

Day 392 January 27^th

Mike Haggar

I have no seen this character before, not having played Final Fight where he is originally from.  I do, however, like how DST did with this minimate.  It looks very good and compares very well to the source material.  The facial expression is great and I love the pipe accessory!

Day 391

Day 391 January 26^th

Green Hulk

I have to admit that I really do like the way that they have increased the bulk for the Hulk minimates.  Yea it can be a bit movement restrictive but it really looks good!  There is something really sweet about the facial expression on this one; really seems to capture the character perfectly, I love it!