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You’ve quietly been collecting the Art Asylum Ghostbuster Minimates, but have been at a loss as to how to play/display the toys in a way that pays homage to the popular 25 year-old movie franchise. Thanks to Millionaire Playboy, you now have the solution in the form of paper craft backgrounds. Each set can be downloaded in PDF format, printed out, and folded so you can relive your favorite scenes from the movie.
Cool!
Yes, it’s true – Art Asylum has put its own spin on Marvel’s Secret Wars, by unveiling a Toys “R” Us exclusive Minimate set that arrives in November. Take the jump for the first four figures to be released, plus a closer look at that very cool promo poster.
When it comes time for me to get my Minimates fix, I’m always heading to Toys R Us, but lately finding Diamond Select Toys has been rather difficult. All that’s changing now that the two companies have announced a new partnership that will bring all the latest DST products to Toys R Us stores across the country.
To make this announcement even better, our newest Toys R Us exclusive Minimates can now be found on store shelves! Two exclusive sets are included in this first series of Minimates, get ready to bring home Stealth Iron Man & Gauntlet Tony Stark as well as Hulk & Abomination – stars of this year’s biggest Marvel movies! Plus be on the lookout for our other Marvel Minimate two-packs: Spider-Man & Shocker, Back in Black Spider-Man & Kraven and Cosmic Spider-Man & Transformation Venom!
Woot! More things to spend my money on! This is the announcement I’ve been waiting for, as it is the sign that the recession will soon be over!
Or maybe I’m just a little too excited.
Diamond Select Toys will bring Frank Miller’s interpretation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit characters to Minimate form in 2009. The company has announced a four character box set, and a Previews Exclusive two-pack, and Major Spoiler has the pictures and info, after the jump!
Growing up, I had a friend who had all the original Mego Star Trek figures. On a few occasions I would go over to his house and marvel at how lucky he was to have cool toys. One day he showed me the bridge to the starship Enterprise that featured a cool transporter that would zap those Megos to a new land.
I’m pretty sure that friend used a magnifying glass to melt those figures…
Jump forward to present day, and Diamon Select Toys announcing a reissue of the Star Trek line based on the original Mego molds. “All well and good,” you say, “but what about the bridge?”
DST and Art Asylum have you covered with the new bridge based on the old design, that still includes the transporter.
You’ll have to wait until 2009, and it will set you back $60.00.
I suppose if Minimate Alfred is too busy mending Batman’s wounds, and needs to whip up a specialty cake for the Dark Knight’s birthday he could get Ace of Cakes founder Chef Duff Goldman to help out…if only there were a Minimate for that…
Exclusively available through Charm City Cakes, this limited Minimate includes a wide array of cake-making accessories including two of the shop’s signature cakes, a drill-powered mixer, a chainsaw, wooden spoon, spatula, guitar and flame-thrower! Also included is an alternate baseball cap to recreate another Duff Goldman look!
Bwa? Okay…
Diamond Select Toys has announced the next wave of its Marvel Minimates line will be on the way soon, with all new characters, villains, and costumes.
Series 23 will contain several two-packs featuring characters taken from the past twenty years of Marvel history. Nova will be paired with Gamora, Cloak will team up with Dagger and the Spymaster will take on War Machine in this all-star lineup. The variant War Machine featuring Jim Rhodes will also be available as a limited chase figure.
With the ongoing success of the Amazing Spider-Man, it was only a matter of time before his villains got their due as Minimates! Series 24 will feature two-packs consisting of Spider-Man & Shocker, Cosmic Spider-Man & Transformation Venom, “Back in Black” Spider-Man & Kraven and the limited Tarantula variant. Additional pieces will also be included for transforming Transformation Venom into Eddie Brock and each Spider-Man into Peter Parker.
If you were/are worried that the Minimate line was getting thin to the point of being canceled, fear not, as DST has assured Major Spoilers there are going to be Minimates well into the future.
The Invaders are set to make an appearance at the San Diego Comic Con in a big way. Or rather, a small way, in the form of an exclusive set of Minimates.
Featuring the four most famous members of the all-star Invaders team, this set includes Steve Rogers as Captain America, James Buchanan Barnes as Bucky, Prince Namor as the Sub-Mariner and Jim Hammond as the original Human Torch! These legendary heroes were instrumental in the defeat of the Axis powers in WWII and will appear throughout 2008 in the aptly-titled Avengers/Invaders limited series.
I like that there are multiple costume and accessory items to configure your heroes the way you like.
Now I’m really sad I’m not going to the show this year. Oh well, there’s always eBay…
Diamond Select Toys has announced the next line of Minimate figures from Art Asylum features the original team (minus Thor) assembled for the first time.
The Avengers #1 Minimates box set contains Iron Man in his original gold armor, the winged Wasp, the diminutive Ant-Man and the Jack Kirby-style Incredible Hulk.
Diamond Select Toys has announced the next wave of Marvel Minimates will feature characters from Marvel’s Civil War.
Civil War Captain America – Sporting a battle-damaged look, Steve Rogers returns (briefly) for this Minimate version of Captain America complete with removable mask, gloves and even a shackle accessory to recreate his shocking assassination.
Civil War Iron Man – The first Iron Man Minimate to feature his upgraded Extremis armor, this version also includes additional body parts and armor to create your own “un-armored” Tony Stark!
Civil War Spider-Man – While it may not have lasted for long (not counting those new-fangled Scarlet Spiders), Spider-Man’s latest look is captured in two-inch scale for the first time, along with a removable mask and alternate Peter Parker mode!
Civil War Nitro – The mutant that started it all, now you can bring home the villainous Nitro to reenact all your favorite Civil War moments. Just try to keep the explosions to a minimum, okay?
These are New York Comic Con EXCLUSIVES, so best get your tickets for the show, that runs from April 18-20 in NYC.
If you’ve been collecting Minimates for a while, you more than likely already have an Iron Man figure or two (or three or four in my case). Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum are releasing a new set based on the upcoming Iron Man movie.
The core assortment of Iron Man Movie Minimates will feature all-new armor designs as well as supporting characters and villains from the big-screen blockbuster. Mark III Iron Man & Pepper Potts, Iron Monger & Tony Stark and Mark I Iron Man & Jim Rhodes will make up this wave along with a limited Mark I Iron Man & Mark II Iron Man variant two-pack.
In addition to the regular moving parts, this collection will feature plenty of removable armor so you can recreate your favorite scene from movie – or lose amongst your ever growing collection of crap collectibles.
via Diamond Select Toys
Check out the collection of Battlestar Galactica Minimates that arrive in stores this week to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original show. Not only do you get original scary cylons, there’s also Starbuck, Apollo, Muffit, and don’t forget Daggit.
Heh…Daggit…
What’s great about this collection is you can play with it alongside your new BSG figures (Starbuck vs. Starbuck) or Marvel and DC minimates. Not that I would know anything about that… really…
The new (and final) season of Battlestar Galactica kicks off soon, and thankfully it looks like we’ll make it through the year without an updated Daggit.
Heh…Daggit…
Diamond Select Toys has images of the next waves of Star Trek Minimates. Take the jump for old and not so old versions of Scotty, Kirk, and McCoy, the Borg, DS9, and more.
Good news for those of you who like the look of the original Cylon killing machines – Diamond Select Toys will be releasing the entire Razor collection this summer.
Take the jump for the entire rundown of the Cylon invasion.
I can understand fans wanting to pick up Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, DC and Marvel figures, but really, who would have guessed there would be enough people interested in Silence of the Lambs for Diamond Select Toys to launch a line of toys based on the movie?
All four Minimates feature all-new Art Asylum sculpts and accessories, including Hannibal’s removable straight jacket, Buffalo Bill’s signature Death’s Head Moth and Hannibal the Cannibal’s trademark mask and gurney!
Fortunately there is no Buffalo Bill hiding his package figure! If these are the same size as my DC Minimates, I look forward to pitting Batman against Hannibal and Booster Gold against Clarice…
The Silence of the Lambs Minimates will hit stores this year.
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