Minimates are a fad that, until just recently, I never really saw the point of. They're kind of super-Lego-people, and they've carved out their own little niche among action figure collectors, in spite of their obvious shortcomings in terms of size and sculpt. Normally I wouldn't be interested in them - why buy a Lego version of a character when you can buy a real action figure instead? - but I can't say no to She-Hulk, and she's actually freakin' adorable, and warmed me up to the idea of Minimates and their ilk in general. (There's some Battlestar ones at the comic shop as well, and I'm toying with the idea of getting some - I'll skip Six and Caprica, seeing as both of them are on the way as full-size figures, but Boomer is tempting (and she comes with a cool Cylon Centurian), and even though she's a limited case variant and thus a bit more expensive, Gina is pretty cool, and she probably won't get a regular figure, being a relatively minor character.) Anyway, She-Hulk: she's mostly just the standard Minimate body, except for the hair, which is a pretty good piece that, so far as is possible in the Minimate style, resembles Shulkie's hairdo quite well. The plastic colour and paint makes it all work, with a good match to her skin tone (the 'grassy green', anyway - depending on the colourist, She-Hulk varies from grassy green to a bluer jade green), and the colours and details on her costume are accurate, and manage to give her blocky torso some sense of curves. The only inaccuracy is her boots - she's worn purple boots at times, but usually with an earlier version of her costume, which was all purple with a white belt. The costume with the white vertical centre (her current look) is usually accompanied by low-topped white shoes, or black boots to match her fingerless gloves. She's got the standard articulation for a Minimate, which is one area they make up ground on normal action figures - not having to hide the joints, they can be much more flexible without looking bad (or rather, you're meant to be able to see the joints, so it's neither here nor there). She has a ball joint neck, ball shoulders and hips, peg elbows and knees, and swivel wrists, waist, and ankles. Her feet have peg holes, which are sized to fit Minimate standard bases, and will fit Lego pegs too. Seeing as I've got three crates full of Lego, it wasn't long before I set about constructing a diorama base for mini-Shulkie. She comes with the iron bar, pre-bended - it would have been nice if it'd been flexible with a wire core, so it could be bent whichever way you wanted. As is, it's meant (as shown in the photo on the back of the box) to be held in both hands and bent over her knee - the level ends mean it doesn't look right if she's just holding it out in front of her, where it should just be bending in the centre. Also, in the box photos it's metallic, but the bar included with the figure is flat grey - not a great accessory. Minimates are sold in two-packs - She-Hulk comes with fellow Avenger Wonder Man, who is a fellow Avenger, but not really a close acquaintance of hers (he's hanging around with Ms. Marvel these days). Paying for two figures just to get one is a bit of a pain, especially with females almost always being paired with a male I wouldn't want for display - however, the two-pack is still less than half the price of a normal figure, so it's not that bad. Characters like Scarlet Witch (paired with her brother Quicksilver) I'll skip, seeing as I'm not a particular fan of hers, but I don't mind buying a two-pack just to get one character who's a favourite of mine.