{"id":2487,"date":"2011-05-07T02:01:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T09:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2011-05-07T02:01:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T09:01:25","slug":"minimate-spotlight-51-thor-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/minimate-spotlight-51-thor-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Spotlight #51 Thor Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. <\/span><span style=\"color: #b18d58\">Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, <a href=\"http:\/\/donny-b.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donny B<\/a> will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum&#8217;s take on the &#8216;block figure&#8217;, with a weekly spotlight on <em><strong>Minimates<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check it out &#8211; one year ago, I began my weekly <strong>Minimate Spotlight<\/strong> articles here at Cyberspace Comics!<\/p>\n<p>I kicked off that first entry with a photo\u00a0showcasing the two lead characters from<em>\u00a0Iron Man 2<\/em>, which happened to\u00a0have its theatrical\u00a0release that weekend. As it would happen, coinciding with the one year anniversary of Minimate Spotlight is the release of Marvel&#8217;s <em>Thor<\/em> movie. So to commemorate both of those events, I decided to pay homage to myself (because I&#8217;m just that awesome, apparently) and &#8216;duplicate&#8217; the format of that first photo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Minimates_2011_05-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2489\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Minimates_2011_05-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Minimates_2011_05-07.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Minimates_2011_05-07-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040\"><strong>Behind the Image:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I love macro mode and utilizing lighting\/shadows. I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I know very little about the professional side of photography, but using what little I <em>do<\/em> know makes photography loads of fun.<br \/>\nAgain, this photo required no photoshop work aside from cleaning up little specs of dust and the like.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22thor%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Thor<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On AtomicAvenue<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicavenue.com\/atomic\/SellerIssues.aspx?XT=1&amp;T=thor&amp;S=cyberspacecomics\" target=\"_blank\">Thor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action figures have long been a perfect compliment to comic books, since every kid (or kid at heart) has that natural desire to act out adventures with their favorite heroes off the drawn page. Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. 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