{"id":939,"date":"2010-07-24T06:16:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=939"},"modified":"2011-02-01T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T02:53:52","slug":"minimate-spotlight-12-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/minimate-spotlight-12-wolverine\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Spotlight #12 Wolverine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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>Every so often, a unique style of figure comes along that breaks the mold, so to speak. Each Saturday, Donny B<\/a> will be showcasing various offerings from Art Asylum’s take on the ‘block figure’, with a weekly spotlight on Minimates<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we saw last week, Art Asylum’s comic-based\u00a0Minimates almost <\/em>never deviate from\u00a0the character continuity established in their respective comic books.\u00a0The only exception to that rule of thumb is Batman, who received\u00a0a few conspicuous\u00a0costume variations in the C3 line. That aside, there have been no Minimate costume releases\u00a0designed to exploit the toy market and the little kids who just want an exciting looking Spiderman, even if he’s neon green.<\/p>\n

However, the bottom line for any toy company is the need to make a profit, and that is\u00a0usually only possible to pull off with\u00a0big name heroes that are guaranteed to sell.\u00a0If\u00a0collectors want lower profile characters that don’t have as much general\u00a0appeal, they need to wade through a veritable river of the big guns\u00a0that are more likely to catch the average buyer’s eye. So that raises a question – if Art Asylum\u00a0literally needs<\/em> to release\u00a0at least one new version of Spidey or Iron Man or\u00a0Hulk\u00a0with every wave,\u00a0how do they fill 35+ waves\u00a0without\u00a0fabricating new designs of those characters? Well, when the characters in question have decades worth of comic history, there is often plenty of pre-established costume diversity to tap into. And with more than\u00a020 Minimate releases so far, Wolverine<\/strong><\/em> is a great example.<\/p>\n

Left to right: New X-Men<\/em> Wolverine, Gaijin<\/em> Wolverine, Giant Sized X-Men #1\u00a0boxed set<\/em> Wolverine, Patch <\/em>Wolverine, Ultimate<\/em> Wolverine<\/p>\n

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Behind the Image:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The visual approach on this\u00a0one is clearly different than any of my other posts so far. I played around with a few ideas and eventually decided to utilize a very stylized feel for this image.
\nIn order to set up for next week’s article, I wanted to center the focus here on the Giant Sized X-Men #1 version of Wolverine. In order to establish that, I placed him in the middle, made him larger than the others, and then muted the color schemes on the 4 background ‘mates.<\/p>\n

On Ebay<\/span>: Wolverine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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