Day 120: April 30th
Odin
Another minimate from the Thor movie line, Odin the all father as played by Sir Anthony Hopkins. I love the detail and over all look of this minimate. The helmet is an amazing piece of toy sculpting and the spear looks pretty accurate! One wish would have been for a hairpiece for when the helmet is off.
Day 119: April 29th
Big Time Spider Man
Now I can fully admit that I have absolutely no idea what this suit is all about but I do find it to be a pretty neat look. I can’t say it really grabs a spot in my top Spidey costumes but I don’t hate it either. Best of all is the fact that it translates very well in minimate form so that’s a huge plus. The nifty web line helps too!
Day 118: April 28th
Shadowland Iron Fist
There have been many people that have been waiting for a modern looking Iron Fist minimate and now we have it. It took me a little getting used to the over sized hands they used to show the wraps on his hands but I am getting more accustomed to them and not really minding them much. I do enjoy how DST included the extra hands and a hairpiece for an unmasked look too.
Day 117: April 27th
Age of Apocalypse Magneto
After his friend Charles Xavier dies in his arms, the life of Magneto changes drastically and instead of becoming a villain he instead takes up Xaviers crusade and forms the X-Men. As I mentioned before, I really loved the designs in the AoA story and love how well they have been translated into minimate form. The various hair pieces used to show his longer hair both with and without his helmet are a nice touch and the black face makes for some great visuals! When these 2 box sets were announced I was overjoyed and the fact that they have added more AoA character releases to help fill out the characters from the story is awesome!
Day 116: April 26th
Age of Apocalypse Rogue
Wife of Magneto, mother of Charles and co-leader of the X-Men this version of Rogue is defiantly a strong force in the Age of Apocalypse. While the minimate looks great and has captured the look perfectly I am still, after all these years, not 100% sold on this look. The up side is that the more I work with the minimate the more accepting of the look I am.
Day 115: April 25th
Age of Apocalypse Cyclops
The AoA version of Cyclops is on the wrong side of the fight, being one of Apocalypses prelates and one of the group in charge of the vile Pens facility. He has a much more rough look with his scruffy face and the long hair which covers the missing eye, lost in battle, making him live up to his name! I really enjoy the new look for this character and equally enjoy how they translated it in the minimate version.
Day 114: April 24th
Sundays with my Son
My dad said that this is an awesome set up. I picked this set up because I like Captain America and the red skull. They came together in a box set in wave 25. Red skull came with two jackets and a silver gun. Captain America comes with his shield a pocket knife and a gun.
Day 113: April 23rd
Age of Apocalypse Sunfire
I absolutely loved the Age of Apocalypse storyline when it first came out and I still do. The re-imagining of the entire Marvel universe was such a great idea and the overall story was amazing! There were a lot of great character redesigns and Sunfire was a huge hit, so much so that Marvel eventually had his regular universe version go through a change that led to him having this look!
Day 112: April 22nd
Evil Daredevil
In the Shadowland storyline we get a new Daredevil costume as he becomes the leader of the Hand and attempts to use them as a force of good. While I have only skimmed the story I have read enough to know that the Hand as other things in mind and Daredevil becomes possessed by a Hand demon driving him more evil, even killing Bullseye. I really dig the look of this costume and since getting the minimate have been thinking if I can work a demon Daredevil into my comic project.
Day 111: April 21st
Elektra
Probably one of the most requested remakes in Minimate history; the first time we got an Elektra minimate was waaaay back in wave 1. Now in wave 38 she makes her return! I really dig the redo and it makes it nicer to use in my projects since it fits in better with the more new minimates. I really like the serious look on her face, Elektra is generally a no nonsense, all business type character.
Day 110: April 20th
Super Villain Prison Cell
When this first showed up at Luke’s Toy Store I knew I had to have at least one. Now that I have one I am sure I will be looking at getting at least one more if not a couple. I love the look of it and how well it works for the ideas I have for it. It holds one mate nicely but it can also hold more than one if need be, which increases its usefulness. You can see more pics from Luke himself here: http://www.lukestoystore.com/suviprce.html
Day 109: April 19th
Captive Sabretooth custom
I am a big fan of the Sabretooth character, despite the fact that he has been written in a multitude of ways – some of which are just horrid, say for instance his appearance in the first X-Men movie. Probably one of my favorite story lines is when Vic turns himself over to Xavier to help him with his uncontrollable blood lust and they have him locked up at the mansion. There were a bunch of great stories during that time and I liked the look they came up with for him. This awesome custom came from the master customizer Luke!
