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[Ridureyu]

trumanshower, on Jul 30 2006, 09:38 AM, said:

this one really rocks!!!!!!!!

Jimmy Squarefoot?

ROCK!!!!

[trumanshower]

do you know the prices??

Edited by trumanshower, 31 July 2006 - 06:42 AM.

[estes95]

Here's info I received:

Thank you for your message.

The average size of the new Monster in my Pocket figures is approximately 5 - 6 cm.

Monster in my Pocket is currently available exclusively from selected Woolworths in the following formats:

· 6 different 4 Packs @ £4.99 each

· 4 different 3 Packs plus a UV Light @ £4.99 each

· 4 different 1 Packs plus a UV Light @ £2.99 each

· A Showdown Game @ £9.99 each

· A Skull Carrier @ £12.99 each

· A Haunted Mountain @ £19.99 each

These products will also be available from Corinthian direct from 4th September.

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Luisa Timberlake
Customer Services Supervisor

[matthewf1tz]

estes95, on Jul 31 2006, 07:16 AM, said:

Here's info I received:

· 6 different 4 Packs @ £4.99 each

· 4 different 3 Packs plus a UV Light @ £4.99 each

· 4 different 1 Packs plus a UV Light @ £2.99 each

· A Showdown Game @ £9.99 each

· A Skull Carrier @ £12.99 each

· A Haunted Mountain @ £19.99 each

These products will also be available from Corinthian direct from 4th September.

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Luisa Timberlake
Customer Services Supervisor

hmmm, looking at those three packs on ebay at the moment and estes95 info it's interesting that they say 'different packs' which would make me assume each pack has predetermined figures rather thann a random selection.

If it is the case it will be a bit too easy to get the full set.....

...BUT...

there may be some cross-over with the same figures appearing in more than one pack format as by my calculation if every pack contains unique figures that makes 40 individual figures. And that is assuming the carrier/game/mountain don't come with exclusive figures.....

This doesn't fit with the original Corinthian qoute of a second wave of 36 exclusive confectionary figures being released bringing the total to around 60 figures

I can't wait to get to Woolworths on Saturday and check this out! i may even go thursday night late nite shopping......

[matthewf1tz]

trumanshower, on Jul 31 2006, 05:34 AM, said:

do you know the prices??

by the way Truman, on Sunday I asked the seller of the items you have pictured for scans of the back of the packs....they said no!

[matthewf1tz]

trumanshower, on Jul 31 2006, 05:34 AM, said:

do you know the prices??

by the way Truman, on Sunday I asked the seller of the items you have pictured for scans of the back of the packs....they said no!

[Adamantiumwulf]

matthewf1tz, on Jul 29 2006, 04:26 PM, said:

maybe the one on the right is a prototype for the Griffin (attahed)??

I think it is a Roc

The one on the left I dunno about

Edited by Adamantiumwulf, 02 August 2006 - 07:16 AM.

[trumanshower]

Dark Clown, on Aug 2 2006, 10:38 AM, said:

Vampire, Harpy, Grim Reaper and Catoblepas i can identify.

also hobgoblin, charon, gremlin, ogre an werewolf.
not grim reaper.

[matthewf1tz]

I finally managed to get to Woolworths (three in fact!) on Sunday - only one of the three had any of the new MIMP and supply was VERY limited. Unfortunately none of the packs available had the figures I wanted most so I decided to hang back for a bit - AND they weren't even priced up!

I did take a look on the back of the packs and there are only a couple of figures pictured as an example the rest are just listed in their groups (all groups as per the UK website) with a drawing from the website of one figure above each group.

The other other thing I saw that I hadn't seen on ebay or the MIMP website was a different decoder - in the shape of what seems to be a club (like a cave man's/ogre's)

As soon as I see the Swamp Beast though he is coming home with me.....

[Drtooth]

I've never really been too big a MIMP fan, but I'll definately pick some of these up. I'll have mixed emotions if this does better than the UM minifigure toyline did... once again, I feel MIMP borrowed cues from the MUSCLE toys, but was far more successful.

But all in all, I want these things. Too bad another try at a resurrected MUSCLE line is impossible and improbable.

[ironmask]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

it's been a long time, since UM, that i have been excited like this about toys.

[matthewf1tz]

matthewf1tz, on Aug 7 2006, 12:15 PM, said:

I finally managed to get to Woolworths (three in fact!) on Sunday - only one of the three had any of the new MIMP and supply was VERY limited. Unfortunately none of the packs available had the figures I wanted most so I decided to hang back for a bit - AND they weren't even priced up!

I went back to all three Woolworths yesterday and still only one had them and they'd not even had any new stock in!!!!!

But.....

I went to a fourth today and they had them! still only a small supply but different figures to the other store so I picked up three 4 packs (£4.99 each). I didn't get the two figures I wanted most; Swamp Beast and the clear plastic Ghost but I got some pretty cool ones. I'll post some pics this evening - I want to see if the paint jobs on the actual figures are as good as those on the website.

They came with the game cards and a small pamphlet - I'll post some scans of those tonight as well.

One interesting thing on the pamphlet is that while it only shows the illustrations of the figures it does show some photo's of the playsets and it mentions exclusive figures:

Haunted mountain: 2 exclusive figures
Showdown game: 2 exclusive figures
Skull carrier: 1 exclusive figure, 1 exclusive decoder

I'm hoping it's not any of the figures I want most that are the exclusive ones....

[matthewf1tz]

well as I suspected some of the images on the website seem to be a little different from the actual figures - the paint job is a lot better! in particular the 6-armed sorceress - I will post some comparison pics tomorrow.

On the plus side some of the paint jobs are just as good as on the site:



and a little something that may interest Trumanshower from the pamphlet:



One of those missing figures again (circled)!!!! we can see a bit more of the figure this time although due to the pamphlet being so small the quality is poor. From this picture I think it is definitely supposed to be the Griffin. BUT WHY IS HE DIFFERENT!?

a larger (but still pretty poor quality) image is HERE

[trumanshower]

mysterious... he really looks like the griffin but is different... thanks for the informations matt

do you have a picture of the skull carrier?

[matthewf1tz]

maybe we will find the answer soon....

here is a pic from the tiny pamphlet showing the 'Showdown Game' and the 'Skull Carrier'

play sets

not sure if this picture will show for the next hour as my bandwith is screwed!!

Edited by matthewf1tz, 13 August 2006 - 03:44 PM.

[ironmask]

so, where are these things released so far?
any american release date?

[matthewf1tz]

ironmask, on Aug 15 2006, 05:27 PM, said:

so, where are these things released so far?
any american release date?

hey Ironmask, according to the site there is no change yet - Just UK, Australia and New Zealand with availability direct from suppliers in September (although I'm not sure that's how it will work).

In the UK I can say that in my area the supplies are limited and no playsets at all. Also I'm still unsure how the 'confectionary packs' as mentioned further back in this thread will fit in.

[ironmask]

the anticipation is murder!

so everybody here from england who's got 'em.... happy with them so far?

[matthewf1tz]

ironmask, on Aug 22 2006, 08:02 AM, said:

the anticipation is murder!

so everybody here from england who's got 'em.... happy with them so far?

maybe I'm the only one??

I would say that overall I am pleased.

I LOVE some figures in the line and really dislike others. The main reason is the paint jobs.

Some like the pictures I posted above are fantastic, but others like Six-Armed Sorceress are pretty poor. I find this with a lot of toy lines though, as much as a liked the single colour Ultimate Muscle figures some of the painted ones were crappy.

Overall is a great line and I'm looking forward to getting more of the sculpts I like most.

[estes95]

Haven't heard anything more about these. Anyone know anything? Are the available in the USA?

[DoctorKent]

Whoa! Can't believe that this is the 1st time that I have heard of this. Great that MIMP is back.

DoctorKent

[Ridureyu]

I would really love to pick some of these up, especially the Haniver.

[matthewf1tz]

estes95, on Oct 10 2006, 06:04 PM, said:

Haven't heard anything more about these.  Anyone know anything?  Are the available in the USA?

it looks like they still aren't out in the States, but I'm not sure if the new on-line store sells worldwide or just here in UK?

Corinthian Shop

The site shows some nice close ups of all the packaging and accessories and also lets us know which exclusive figures come with which sets

I've just been trying to register so I can finally pick up the Swamp Beast but the site is running painfully slow at the moment....