[Snowflakian]

I collect both Minimates and MU.

I'm not a completionist though, so I only collect certain ones of each.

Minimates are great for displays and if you enjoy 'super deformed' versions of characters, but collecting them all would be a pain. So I tend to stick to only certain ones like wanting Modern X-Force teams, and stuff like armored marvel. (Nova Prime, modern Ironman, Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo, Armored Cap, armored Daredevil). In this case it's really not that bad, as most of these figures I can get on ebay for just a couple bucks.

MU I collect for the more realistic dioramas. I can use those figures to fit in with GI Joe, and others of that size class without an issue. In some instances you can mix them too. Like Ultron with a minimates mini-me ultron.

Really it's a question of preference, and stylistic choices that each offer. So I couldn't see collecting one over the other as they just present different things to the table. It's just about which aesthetic and size you prefer moreso.

I do gotta admit I probably play around with my minimates X-Force more than I do the MU ones though. I love the realistic styling of the MU X-Force, and will probably have more fun with them once X-23 is released, but until then, I just get a kick out of the fun poses minimates can do, and the ease of balance that can be created thanks to their feet compatibility to building blocks like lego.

It just yields better results when I can dig into a box of building blocks and pull out transparent pieces for Ironman flight jets, or add small city scape dios for cap against hydra, or rooftops for cloak and dagger, or even just rooftops and factories for X-Force, without having to build an entire tower like the IronMan MU armory is becoming.

Minimates also make MU galactus, and BAF sentinel even bigger in comparison though too which is all kinds of awesome. xD