More Minimates

A couple weeks ago I ordered some sort of hard to find Mini mates online from BBTS.com(or BigBadToyStore.com). On Monday I got my mates that I had ordered and was actually sorta shocked at how good they looked. Take a look below to see what I mean.

First up is the Original X-Men boxed set:

The set includes Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and Iceman.

Cyclops is in the Yellow and Black of his first appearance and honestly its still ugly just like 1st appearance Angels costume. He's got flared gloves and boots with the tops folded down, nothing really special about that. What really got me was that under his cowl and visor when you take it off he has his ruby quartz sunglasses painted on his face so you can actually put his hair on him and not have him running around with red eye looking like he needs Visine. Because this is the first appearance of Scott Summers/Cyclops the glasses he wears look black with just a little rimming of red, I can forgive them for that because they actually gave him glasses.

Jean Grey is the same color scheme as Cyclops but

with a more feminine appeal, in other words her costume looks like it should have boobs on it. She has the same flared gloves and boots as Cyclops. Two problems on this character are that her left glove continuously falls off her had, sorta frustrating, also her mask with hair attachment is not as tight as her hair with out the mask. Jean also comes with red hair to put on her head when you take off her mask, this hair is very tight on her and looks pretty good.

Beast is one bulky son of a bitch. He has huge feet like he is supposed to have and his hands are much longer/bigger than normal Mini's, the hands were used in the Ultimate Hulk figure and work well for Hank. He came with another set of feet and hands but they are just to make him taller and have normal Minimate hands, honestly I like the way he looks with the big feet and hands. His mask is also removable and in place of the mask you can put hair on his head to have a human(ish) looking Hank.

Iceman is essentially naked other than his boots. I have been looking for a good Iceman for a while, I never got the first one released, could never find it. This is just after Bobby discovered that he didn't have to just cover himself in snow and look like Frosty the Snow Man this was his first appearance of the cased in ice form. Bobby is cast in semi translucent plastic to give him that icy looking sheen to him. There are no facial features on this guy because in his first ice form he didn't have a face. He comes with a blast like thing that is supposed to be his ice powers, I think it looks silly so not gonna use it on him.

Next up is X-Factor the first Appearance of them.

You know them as the original X-Men but I don't know why they became X-Factor but it was a decent enough story line.

Cyclops has the standard Minimate body no flared gloves or boots just basic body. He is blue and yellow, the yellow on his chest makes an 'X' just like it did in the comic, yay for detail. Speaking of detail Scott has much more definition on him than his first appearance counterpart. Again just like with the first appearance Cyclops he has his Ruby Quartz glasses under his cowl but this time you can actually see that his glasses are red.

Jean Grey same story as Cyclops with the basic Minimate body but her detailing actually gives her boobs, she's not exactly centered either, she leans to the right so her boobs are off center. This Jean did not come with another set of hair to take off her mask but that's okay because her green mask is painted on her face. Her costume colors are green and yellow and it looks good on her.

Beast is dark blue and red. This is about the time he started to experiment on himself and loose

his intelligence for a little while, its not when he started going all blue and furry. This Hank is buffer than this 1st appearance counterpart but still holds the same hands and feet, he also comes with with a hair piece that you can put on his head to have a human looking Hank again.

Iceman is completely naked this time save for the belt he wore when Loki made his powers run out of control. He is cast in the same semi translucent plastic as his 1st appearance counterpart but he now has more definition on him and also has facial features. He is smiling with his happy go lucky look on him, it is very fitting for Bobby.

Secret War boxed set. This set was a fans choice that Diamond Select offered the fans to create their own packs. I voted but none of the characters I voted for were in the final 4 other than the Beyonder.

Beyonder for an all powerful being he sure has lousy tastes in clothes. He is wearing a white jump suit with a open 'V' front. I guess it was the 70's that this character first came into being and I guess jumpsuits were popular but ugh this thing is ugly. The character is amazing looking and done in great details. He has white eyes and high cheekbones that give him a more 'pretty' look. He has tussled hair that looks like he has been throwing a lot of power around. Under his jacked there is a bare chest with good detail on it, hell they gave him nipples for gods sake. Beyonder has yellow power bursts that fit over his hands so it looks like he is charging up his powers.

Photon is Monica Ramsey a light/electromagnetic power type Avenger. I don't know why she was voted into this set, I have never liked her except when she was in NEXT Wave. Photon has the basic minimate body with flared boots, she has her wings behind her and a fucking afro of all things, even Zombie Cage didn't get a 'fro.

Spider-Man is in mid transformation with the Symboite that would soon become his infamous black costume. Pretty much all of the left side is covered in the Symboite while the right side is his classic red and blue costume just with more 'scars/battle damage. An accessory that came with Spidey was a full on head piece of the Symboite mask that goes over his head, I don't like it as it makes him look dumb.

Dr.Doom is in his Beyonder power stealing armor. The only reused parts on this Doom are the arms and legs, everything else is different. He has a new mask, new head piece things around his wrists, ankles and something on his thigh like a holster but not, he also has a bit of a bulkier chest which is sculpted with circuitry and electronic parts for him to keep track of his powers.

Ghostbusters 4 pack series 2

Ray Stanz is in his Ghostbusters 1 costume. This actually sort of looks like Dan Aykroyd in a small way. Ray comes with the usual Ghostbusters photon pack with the photon trail, Ray also comes with the Trap to place ghosts roaming around the world and these weird goggle things that are not much of a use if you want to see his face.

Winston Zeddmore is the only black guy on the Ghostbusters team. He didn't come with anything special or defining, just the photon pack and the photon trail. I think that they needed a token black guy on the team to keep people from bitching and Winston fit the bill, I really don't know.

Gozer Demon is pretty god damn ugly. She has a Wolverine style hair due, white body that is kinda scaled and red blazing eyes. Again like Winston there is nothing special about her other than she is from the first movie and completes the set with Sigourney Weaver's character and Rick Moranis's character to have the demon dogs and Peter Venkman's love interest.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is one of my tallest mini's I have he stands at about 3 inches instead of the normal 2 that the others are. Now Stay has rolls and has his classic look to him. He actually looks really good, nice detail on all his parts. Stay's extra chest part that also is is upper legs hinders almost all his leg movement.

Slimer/Ray Stanz two pack

Ray is not much different from the GB4PS2 other than the coloring of his uniform which is that of Ghostbusters 2 a much darker grey than the original. His facial expression is different too in that it is a scared look instead of the placid look on his counterparts face.

Slimer is the glow-in-the-dark make of him instead of the translucent that the first one I picked up is. This is actually a really ugly decision for Slimer other than the fact that he glows a nice neat green. The base of Slimer flying is the energy output of the trap that Ray carries with him. This is a neat looking feature for Slimer and it works well.

These last few pictures are of the extra hands and feet for Beast and sort of the details on the photon packs, since they are all the same mold for the packs.

I promise in the next blog it will not be so long. Next will cover Slimer, slimmed Peter, Egon, Peter, Gozer dog and Dana of Ghostbusters the movie. Look for it in the next couple days.