last I heard TE was backlogged and pushed them out. Not sure if anything has changed since?

Yes I believe it's like a once or twice a year thing. Btw, Max Toy club membership is non-expiring which is very cool.

really nice.

^ I wish they could be bought individually instead of a set.

Likewise. I only want the Drazoran in the set.

Good to know it doesn't expire. I was hesitant because I thought it was just a yearly thing.

I like the Eyezon and the Xam from that set. The Draz is pretty neat, too. I like lighter paint applications on clear vinyl...so the Maxx and the Tripus look a little too opaque to me...

Little Teaser/preview pics for the SDCC...

Dream Rocket's style keeps changing. I think the wing covers and tail are my favorite parts of the paint scheme.

The Max Toy mini's are so cute. Why doesn't anyone buy them???
I like the rainbow ones best.

^
99% have been sold out since they were released months ago.

Yeah, what the fuck?

Each wave sells out in what seems like minutes...whether there's an e-mail announcement or not. It's actually been pretty frustrating! Like, are people really just sitting there, refreshing the shop page every 20 minutes???

Nah, but I *finally* scored a set a little while back: the unpainted GID ones. Just gotta figure out how I'm gonna get 'em painted!

Anyway, speaking of the mini's, have you guys seen the Monster Kolor "Neo Hawaii" set?? For $40, looks like you get Hawaii-style paint and an unpainted caucasian mini Eyezon or Tripus! Pretty killer deal!


And it also looks like they're running a painting contest on the Monster Kolor board, too:
http://monsterkolor.ning.com/forum/topics/paint-contest

Pretty neat idea!

I'm kind of confused by rotofugi's pricing of the max toy mini figures.
I payed 100 for 5 figures (+ a duplicate max) directly fromt he max toy club, but rotofugi is selling the same items for 15 a pop. Technically i could have saved 25 dollars by buying the set via rotofugi. It's a great price but sort of confusing. Feels like it should have been the other way around or something.

That must be a mistake... they're supposed to be $25 a pop.

woops! maybe some people will get lucky before they change it. heheh

Yeah... kinda weird. I bought the set from the Club as well, and they're cool, but $15 a pop is way cooler

Well, that's part of the problem right there: it's not a duplicate Maxx. There are two Maxx sculpts. One with an "open" (unmasked) mouth area, and one with a 2nd ver Ultraman-style mouthplate.

So, a complete mini set is 6, not 5.

I wish the mouthplate on the Ultra-style Maxx mini had been painted silver instead of the same flesh color as the mouth version.

Well I'll be damned...you're right.

Yeah, that's silly. Oh well...it's a fucking toy. Get a detail brush and some silver paint and correct that shit!

I just checked my invoices and unless the distributor made a mistake, our pricing at $15 each is correct. I'll check in with Mark and see what the deal is....

A-Ha!

Kirby's kinda right with the first part: the distributor did make a mistake! Got the low-down from Mark just now. Basically, any and all painted minis are supposed to be $25.00 retail.

StrangeCo mistakenly priced them as UNPAINTED minis, which are $15.00 retail, and sold them accordingly. And unfortunately, Mark did not know until a few days ago.

So in the end, the true retail price should be $25.00 each, and NOT $15.00 each. Shucks...but I can totally dig it. If you already have some of these in hand, you know $15 would be highway robbery!

Totally agree. That's pretty much why i said something in the first place.

Indeed a few people did get lucky, but we've now raised the price to the intended SRP.

Are they ever going to issue more colorways of the Marnon?

KR...gulp... has the minis at 15 pop.