Day 91

Day 91: April 1^st

Captain Britain

This is another version of Brian Braddock, aka Captain Britain. While I mostly enjoyed the first version we got I do find this one to feel plainer. I am not sure why I feel like that but there it is. The slip on mask of the first vs not slip over mask on this one seems to be a question mark for me. I will just say that I would love for them to make his first, mostly red costume however!

Day 90

Day 90: March 31^st

Meggan

This was one highly demanded minimate, as was the whole box set based on the Excalibur team. Overall I dig the minimate, some minor paint issues and the hair seems a bit overly large but it still works for me.

Day 89

Day 89: March 30^th

Hand Ninja

Here is another great idea for an army builder! Other than the obvious reason for my liking the Multiple Man army builder I figured the Sentinel was going to be the definitive army builder example. Well DST proved me wrong there! The two looks for the Hand ninja make it very hard not to want a lot of them to have an army in each look! I love that they come with a pile of weapons too!!

Day 88

Day 88: March 29^th

Classic White Tiger

While I have never read anything about this character I am still impressed with the simple yet effective look of this minimate. After doing some reading/research about this character I see that the simple look was perfectly matched to who he was, either way another nice minimate to the collection!

Day 87

Day 87: March 28^th

Suspended animation Captain America

When the results of the TRU.com voting for the contents of this set were announced I was pumped for this particular minimate especially since it was the one I had voted for. It is an icon look for Cap and the partial ice block was an amazing idea for an accessory. I think the pulled down mask was a great bonus feature as well!

Day 86

Day 86: March 27^th

Captain America Reborn

Playing out of the same Reborn miniseries as the WW2 Cap minimate, this version is considered by many fans to be the pretty much perfect minimate of Captain America. There is not much more I could add to that idea, this is a great looking minimate!

Day 85

Day 85: March 26^th

Armored Captain America

This version of Cap showed up in the 90’s when they decided that the super soldier serum was destroying Caps body and he needed this suit to move/function. I honestly have read very little Captain America comics but this sounds pretty lame. Since they made the minimate I am more tempted to find the story arc(s) it is from and read them however.

Day 84

Day 84: March 25^th

WW 2 Captain America

Part of the Captain America: Through the Ages box set this version of Cap has a look pretty consistent with how this era was shown in the Reborn miniseries, aside from the shield. I had not read the miniseries until recently and have to say I thought it was great! I found I liked this minimate more than I thought I would, the colours, bulky chain mail top piece and the helmet I really dig! There is a second helmet that does not have the chin strap but I find I do not enjoy that version very much at all.

Day 83

Day 83: March 24^th

Betsy Braddock

Another TRU exclusive minimate this version of Betsy has her in one of her older costumes. Some collectors quipped about the mistakes of representing her powers in a modern way when they were not used in this manner when she wore this particular costume, personally I figure if it is that big a deal then I will take the psychic knives off her wrists and she won’t use the energy katana. I was already planning that to go to one of her other, more ninja-esque looks anyways!

Day 82

Day 82: March 23^rd

Lockjaw

This minimate is a lot of fun all on its own! This marks the 3^rd time DST has made a four legged dog type minimate; the first being the classic BSG character Muffit, second the Ghostbusters Terror Dogs(2 versions) and now the Inhumans resident teleporting canine Lockjaw. I dig how they pulled this one off, pure win here!

Day 81

Day 81: March 22^nd

Gamma Hulk

This is our second run of a translucent green Hulk minimate, the first one going waaaaay back to wave 6 paired with the Leader. I like the updates of the bigger chest piece and the bigger hands (mostly)…it just adds a bit more bulk to the minimate over all.

Day 80

Day 80: March 21^st

Hulk Buster Iron Man

Now this is one huge minimate!! I know loads of people don’t like the use of lots of sculpted parts over the core minimate body but this minimate could not be possible with out it! As an extra bonus this big guy has paved the way for some bigger and bulkier characters on tap for this year’s release.