Category Archives: deep thoughts

An Open Letter to Diamond Select Toys

Dear Diamond Select Toys, Ever since you first debuted Minimates back in 2003 there has been an interest in the Minimate community for blank Minimates that are readily available for purchase. Through this blog and through Luke’s Toy Store, I have received weekly requests and questions about this very topic (including one that arrived as [...]

Your Most Requested Decal Has Arrived!

Every day there are at least ten emails in my inbox asking for this one certain minimate decal. You know who I am talking about. He is there, right in the front of your mind. His calm eyes are looking down into your very soul. You cannot resist his charm, and who could? Each year I hope DST will release an official minimate of this noble hero, and each year that goes by without his release tears my heart into pieces. I finally had to take matters into my own hands.

Possible Customs from Upcoming Minimates

Toy Fair was this week in New York City, and a lot of amazing new minimates were revealed. If you haven’t seen the images yet, I recommend the pictures over at ASMzine. Today I am going to take a look at some possible customs using all of the upcoming minimates that we know about.

Poll Results and Winner Announcement!

The first Minimate Factory Poll wrapped up last Sunday, and I want to thank everyone that participated! I got some amazing suggestions for future content, and some great feedback on my current stream of content. I will be sharing some of the poll results below, but first I wanted to announce the winner of the [...]

Take the Minimate Factory Poll and Win!

I have a new contest for you all, but first I want to go back to our last contest for a minute, the Gruesome Ghosts Writing Contest. The 1st place winner was entitled to, among other prizes, a custom minimate of his choice. Pictured above is the custom chosen by Groundhog7s, none other than Stan [...]