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By Ron, on March 11th, 2010 This is an extremely cool event in support of a great charity. If you’re a Minimates customizer and love robots, or just someone who wants to help out, reach out for luke314pi at the Charitymates 4 thread on the Minimate Multiverse.
We’ll be sure to highlight the Minimates robots auctions when the first auctions start in April, as well as the main event starting in June.
Customizers Supporting Convoy of Hope
Our 4th annual Charitymates customizing event has begun! Charitymates is an annual charity event held at the Minimate Multiverse. During this event, Minimate customizers (veteran and novice alike) create and donate a Minimate custom based on a theme chosen by the community. These one-of-a-kind creations are then auctioned off on eBay with 75% of the proceeds going to a specific charity (also chosen by the community) and the remaining 25% helping with the operation costs of the Minimate Multiverse.
This year’s theme is A Convoy of Robots Supporting Convoy of Hope. Customizers will create unique robot Minimates limited only by their imagination. If you are interested in participating, head on over to the Charitymates 4 thread at MMV. We already have 21 customizers who have pledged to make a custom, and we are hoping we can get even more participants before the June 1st deadline. Most of the artists who have participated in the past are returning again this year, providing an all-star line-up of talented customizers. And our charity of choice, Convoy of Hope, needs donations now more than ever. They are currently providing food, clean water, and supplies to victims of the earthquake in Chile. You can read more about Convoy of Hope on their web site here.
The finished customs will be posted on our brand new web site at Charitymates.com. This site will also feature information on the upcoming auctions for this annual event, where you will have a chance to own an amazing custom and help a worthy cause at the same time. And while the annual Charitymates event will be our main focus, our web site will also auction off one custom Minimate each month for charity. The first of these smaller auctions will be coming in April. We hope that you will stop by our site from time to time and check out the cool customs the Minimate customizing community is creating for a good cause.
For more information, please visit Charitymates.com.
By Ron, on March 1st, 2010
By Ron, on February 15th, 2010 We met with Chris Myers of Diamond Select Toys yesterday and got a rundown on the upcoming toy lines, both licensed and original. We’ll focus here on their Marvel properties.
Diamond Select Toys continues to develop Marvel toys across its Marvel Select 7-inch scaled line and Marvel Minimates 2-inch mini-figure line (which it calls the world’s most popular block toy action figure), and they’re adding a new scale for Marvel this summer. Let’s take a look!
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Diamond Select Toys Marvel Update
By Sandman21xxi, on February 4th, 2010 I am in love with Art Asylum’s Marvel Minimates. Yes I am. I have always seen these guys in my local comic book shop and at Toys R Us, I always thought they looked interesting, but I never gave in to buying them. When I saw the Series 28 Deadpool, I was so impressed with the detail and the wealth of accessories that I decided to pick him up. Open the floodgates. I was an official Minimates collector. I know I’ll never be a completist with this line starting so late, but I do notice that Art Asylum has been updating some of the previous Marvel characters they have done before. So there’s still a chance to catch up on some characters that I’ve missed!
Today we’ll have a look at Series 32. If you’re a die-hard Minimates fan, you’ve probably picked these guys up already as they came out around January. For the curious, read on and see if Minimates are something you’d be into!
Series 32 includes four sets: Iron Man and Titanium Man, Cable and X-23, Yellowjacket and Kree Soldier, and the variant set of Goliath and Kree Soldier.
There’s more… click to continue reading Marvel Minimates Series 32 – Iron Man, Titanium Man, Cable, X-23, Yellowjacket, Goliath, and Kree Soldiers
By Ron, on January 27th, 2010 
Here’s some packaged pics of the Ghostbusters Minimates series that includes Vigo the Carpathian.
There’s more… click to continue reading Ghostbuster Minimates Toys R Us Series 3 Packaged Pics
By Ron, on January 27th, 2010  Minimate Broken Wall and Broken Window Dioramas Luke’s Toy Store, who started a sponsorship campaign with us at the start of the year, sent over a set of their Mini-Figure Dioramas, including the Broken Wall and Broken Window sets. I told Luke before he dropped the package in the mail that I’d be speaking my mind, and he was fine with that. So let’s take a look!
  
I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of packaging and contents – Luke’s is a family-run business – but I was impressed with what I received. Each diorama was packed in a ziplock bag with a heavy cardstock four-color label depicting the final product. Inside, the parts of the diorama and an instruction sheet, again printed clearly on heavy cardstock.
There’s more… click to continue reading Mini-Figure Broken Wall and Broken Window Dioramas
By Ron, on January 26th, 2010 Diamond Select Toys is throwing their weight behind C2E2 with an exclusive Iron Man Minimates 2-pack. The innaugural Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will run April 16 – 18. They also revealed an Iron Man Minimates 4-pack exclusive to Action Figure Xpress for the convention season – this set will be available at C2E2, San Diego, and NYCC.
DST Unleashes C2E2 Plans & Exclusives!
With the dawn of a new decade comes another exciting year of comic book and pop culture fan gatherings – and 2010 is already shaping up to be one of the biggest and best convention seasons on record! With both the San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con events already on the schedule for July and October respectively, we’re excited to announce our attendance at what is sure to be the largest and most extravagant convention in the Midwest – the first annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – C2E2!
Operated by convention veterans Reed Exhibitions (of New York Comic Con fame) and housed in downtown Chicago’s spacious McCormick Place, C2E2 is already shaping up to be one of the year’s premier shows thanks to an all-star guest list, special event programming and a host of convention exclusives – including two from Diamond Select Toys!
DST’s exclusive delivers two of the stars of this spring’s upcoming blockbuster Iron Man 2 in Minimate form! The Iron Man 2 Stark Expo Minimates Two-Pack will only be available at this show and features Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark and Scarlett Johannson’s Natalie Romanova as they appear during the fictional Stark Expo event. Each Minimate two-pack will retail at the show for $8.00.
 
A second convention exclusive will also be available through Action Figure Xpress in the form of the Iron Man 2 Battle Tactics Minimates Box Set. This con-only set includes battle damaged versions of both Iron Man and War Machine plus Racecar Tony Stark and the first-ever Iron Man 2 Nick Fury!
As always, DST will have personnel manning the booth to interact with fans and showcase upcoming releases – including a few surprises like our daily 2010 C2E2 Minimate giveaway! Stay tuned for more updates and programming announcements as this monumental geek event approaches!
via Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles.
By Ron, on January 26th, 2010 
With the 6th series of Marvel Minimates for Toys R Us, Diamond Select Toys draws on both modern and classic comics. From recent history, they’ve got a Mr. Fantastic and Hulk from World War Hulk and a Coipel Thor and Lady Loki (also in Series 33). From the classic Secret Wars comes punk Storm and Klaw. And to round it out, Cap and a battle damaged Wolvie.
There’s more… click to continue reading Marvel Minimates Toys R Us Series 6 Press Pics
By Ron, on January 20th, 2010 I’m trying not to get too hyped for Iron Man 2 this summer, so I won’t be digging too deep on this reveal of five new non-Iron Man armors. And who ever thought we’d be getting Minimates of Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan? And is Happy holding a briefcase containing the Iron Man armor? I wonder if that thing opens up. Too cool.
Iron Man 2 Minimates – The Reveal!
Fans all over the world are gearing up for Marvel Studios’ next sure-fire blockbuster Iron Man 2 and at Diamond Select Toys we are excited to reveal details surrounding our previously Top Secret Iron Man 2 Minimates! Due in stores this March, two new assortments of Minimates are sure to thrill fans of all ages!
 While one particular high-flying armor-clad character will remain hidden until the March release date, we can now reveal the full contents of our upcoming Marvel Minimates Series 35 Assortment and Iron Man 2 Single Pack Minimates Display. Rounding out the cast of Series 35 is the high-tech army builder paired with Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan – Hammer Industries’ Hammer Drone! Glimpsed only briefly in the Iron Man 2 trailer, not much is known about the Hammer Drones – except that Iron Man and War Machine will apparently square off against an entire squad of them at some point during the film.
The biggest reveal comes in the form of our Iron Man 2 Single Pack Minimates Display, a special set of individually boxed Iron Man 2 Minimates limited to only 500 cases. This set was under complete lockdown, however now we can reveal the full contents!
Each display will include 12 individually packaged Iron Man 2 Minimates, including:
- Air Assault Drone
- Ground Assault Drone
- Sea Assault Drone
- Tactical Assault Drone
   
Plus limited short-packs found in every case featuring:
- Battle Damaged Hammer Drone
- Justin Hammer
 
Styled after the four branches of the US Military, exact how these high-powered armors will come to exist and what their creation means for Iron Man remains to be seen – but we can’t wait to find out! Retailers can still order this limited set as part of their January 2010 Previews orders, so if you want these Iron Man 2 exclusives to become a part of your collection make sure you let them know before it’s too late!
 
via Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles.
By Ron, on January 19th, 2010 A week ago, @DSTMatt tweeted that “The Carpathian cometh…” – now it’s confirmed that we’ll be getting a Vigo the Carpathian Minimate from the Ghostbuster line. You will buy his Minimate – Vigo, the Scourge of Carpathia, the Sorrow of Moldavia, commands you!
 More Ghostbusters Exclusives Coming to Toys ‘R’ Us!
In just a few short weeks, fans of Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum will be able to take their Ghostbusters Minimates collections to an entirely new level thanks to the latest batch of exclusive Ghostbusters Minimates only available from Toys ‘R’ Us! This new assortment will deliver eight new Minimates and complete two sets started in previous waves as well as four new villains – including Vigo himself!
The first two-pack will feature the brilliant Egon Spengler in his Ghostbusters 2 uniform (the last missing Ghostbuster in that style) paired with the Titanic Ghost seen captaining the ill-fated luxury liner in the second Ghostbusters film. Two exclusive sets will complete the Courtroom set started with last year’s Peter Venkman by pairing Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler with the dreaded Scolari Brothers – Nunzio and Tony. The final set combines two of our favorite Ghostbusters 2 characters: the near-unstoppable Vigo the Carpathian and Peter Venkman in his “World of the Psychic” ensemble – which of course includes his signature hairless cat!
All four of these exclusive sets will be available in Toys ‘R’ Us stores nationwide and serve as perfect compliments to the previously-released Ghostbusters Minimates sets currently available in comic and specialty stores. Look for these two-packs in the weeks to come and be sure to check out the latest updates from DiamondSelectToys.com and ArtAsylum.com as the Ghostbusters Minimate universe expands to new heights!
via Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles.
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