The Walking Dead Minimates Wave 5 and TRU Series

Like I always say, you suck Toys R Us for hogging all the great minimates regardless if it's marvel minimates or these the Walking Dead minimates. Anyway, here's wave 5 of this set which will add more zombies and a new Rick Grimes figure.

The Walking Dead minimates Toys R Us Exclusive Series 5

• Traveler Rick Grimes and Business Zombie
• Riot Gear Michonne and Hitchhiker Zombie
• Abraham Ford and Military Zombie
• Eugene Porter and Emaciated Zombie

If you won't be buying your minimates from TRU and you plan on picking it up from specialty stores, these are what would be made available...

Maggie Greene and Riot Gear Glenn

•    Tyreese and Prison Michonne
•   Survivor Morgan and Geek Zombie
•  Caesar Martinez and Geek Zombie (rare variant)

No release date yet for this wave but you can certainly go and pre-order at the Diamond Select Toys official website.

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Toys R Us Marvel Minimates Wave Series 17 Preview

My golly look at the size of that Hulk minimate figure. And it's not even the Hulk that we know, rather it's a robotic version of the Green goliath.

Of course this will not only make me NOT want to quit, this will also make me NOT want to sell my collection.

Look at the ecclectic set on this wave:

1. Superior Spider-Man version 2 and Ultimate Electro



2. Pepper Potts in Rescue armor + Robot Hulk



3. Sam Alexander Nova + Alien Symbiote Venom



4. Marvel Now Hawkeye + Marvel Now Black Widow



(But if there's really anything that I'd like to get, it has to be this one pack)

What's on the back?



So for the first time, we've got a bulky character being pegged as the 'army-builder'. Impressive.

Here's what they look like outside of their respective boxes/ containers.



These badboys come out end of the year.

Perfect Halloween Stuff - Ghostbusters Minimates and StayPuft The Marshmallow Man

Diamond Select Toys will be putting out some awesome stuff just in time for Halloween starting with this:

So it's a slightly bigger version of the already-out-in-the-market 12" Staypuft Marshmallow Man Vinyl Bank. This one though is twice as big (and twice as angry as well) clocking in at 24". It retails for SRP: $124.99.

Here's the entirety of the photo.

And while we're on the subject of Ghostbusters, there's also a four-pack coming out featuring the 4 horsemen Ghostbusters (that's Egon, Ray, Peter and Winston) in their final scene when they go up against, you betcha, the Staypuft Marshmallow Man.

Ghostbusters Minimates I Love This Town Box Set / SRP: $19.99

Marvel Minimates to Release Marvel Zombies Villain Set

Start getting your wallets ready as Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum brings us another set of Marvel Zombies, this time, rather than featuring zombified heroes, we're getting zombified villains.

A Diamond Select Release! Designed by Art Asylum! The end of days must be upon us, because Marvel Zombies Minimates are back! This time, DST and Art Asylum have zombified four already-frightening villains of the Marvel Universe: the Red Skull, the Green Goblin, Magneto and Galactus! Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with a variety of interchangeable and decomposing parts. Packaged in a full-color window box.

Look for these to be released in October 2013.

Marvel Now Thunderbolts Minimates Coming Next Year

The Marvel Now version of the Thunderbolts are coming to a LCS near you come next year. This new box set will feature some of Marvel's toughest heroes working together on clandestine and dirty jobs no other heroes can touch!

Here's the breakdown of the characters (as if you didn't know them)

• Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross)
• Elektra
• Punisher
• Deadpool

And rather than give us an extra figure in the pack, we're given a different (not to mention weird) head sculpt for Rulk's alter ego...

Sucks though that they didn't include the Agent Venom version in this box set, that'd totally rock!

TOYCON 2013 Coverage - Booth Babes

More photos from my coverage of Toycon 2013 as well as added photos courtesy of my friend and frequent contributor Vince Corpuz from the recently concluded TOYCON 2013:

Some photos also came from PSS [PinoySixthScale]. Anyways, more photos after the cut. And yes, I realize that the buxom girl is Pinoy Big Brother's Jahziel Manabat.

The Walking Dead Minimates Wave 4 Preview

Here's a quick look at the fourth batch of The Walking Dead Minimates from Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore.

Here's the breakdown:

• The Governor and Gabe
• Michonne w/ poncho and Bruce
• Prison Lori w/ baby and Shoulder Zombie
• Alice with Shoulder Zombie. 

The cool thing here is that it's the Prison Lori and Alice figures that will be exclusively sold at LCS.

Thundercats Minimates Wave 5 featuring Bengali and More

The more obscure and lesser known Thundercats gets their moment in the spotlight with the announcement of the release of the fourth wave of Thundercats minimates from Art Asylum.

Interestingly enough, there's a jump as we haven't even seen which characters will appear for Wave 4.

Anyway, the characters from this wave are as follows: (From Left to Right) Pumyra, Berbil Ro-bear Bert, Lynx-O, Bengali and Ratar-O.

Suit-Up Tony Stark and Extremis Soldier Iron Man 3 Minimates Unveiled

Here's a look at the two 'mystery' figures for wave 49 of DST's Marvel Minimates line based on Iron Man 3. These two figures are 'Suit Up' Tony Stark with incomplete armor and an Extremis powered soldier.

Check out more photos from the freshly revealed Iron Man 3 Marvel Minimates wave 49 after the cut.

DST Unveils The Wolverine Marvel Select Figure

We saw the teaser for the Marvel Select "The Wolverine" figure and now Marvel's official website has finally revealed the actual action figure.

Check out more of the image after the cut.

Diamond Select Toys Teases Marvel Select Wolverine 2 Figure

The Wolverine is coming out soon and Diamond Select Toys aka DST has teased us with a look at the upcoming Marvel Select "The Wolverine" action figure.

Looks pretty awesome. Cannot wait for this to be released. Also I hope that this new figure shares a more uncanny resemblance to actor Hugh Jackman who will reprise his role as Logan/ Wolverine for the James Mangold directed film "The Wolverine" from 20th Century Fox.

Marvel Minimates Strange Tales Packaged Preview

Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum shows off the packaged version of their upcoming "Strange Tales" marvel minimates figures.

Here's the official press release:

The strangest set of Marvel Minimates ever just got a little stranger! Sorcerer Dr. Strange takes the spotlight on the new packaging for the Strange Tales box set, featuring Strange, First Appearance Blade, Werewolf by Night and Morbius the Living Vampire.

Disney Minimates Peter Pan Preview

Wow! Diamond Select Toys just released new photos for the first ever Disney Minimates featuring the characters from Peter Pan. 

These new figures will coincide will the release of Peter Pan on Blu-Ray. There's a total of three sets here. The first and primary set features: 

• Peter Pan with miniature Tinkerbell
• Cubby
• Tootles
• Nib

The second set will feature:

Toyfair 2013 Tomb Raider Minimates Coming Soon

Here's another great news for minimates collectors - toyfair 2013 proves that we will soon be seeing a Tomb Raider minimates wave based on the new Tomb Raider prequel game.

The new Tomb Raider minimates will sport two different Lara Croft figures as well as some various baddie figs.

More photos have suddenly appeared:

Photos courtesy of Toyark.

Toyfair 2013: Invincible Minimates Boxset Coming Soon

The DST Booth at the recently concluded Toyfair 2013 showed a promising surprise for fans of the long running Image Comics series Invincible with a teaser for their upcoming Invincible minimates boxset.

photo credit: Comicslliance

This upcoming set will feature the following characters (all created by Robert Kirkman no less):

Iron Man 3 Minimates Preview

MTV Geek shared a couple of new photos for the upcoming Iron Man 3 minimates including the Mark 42 armor.

Here's the breakdown of the characters appearing for the Iron Man 3 wave:

• Iron Man Mark 42 Armor
• Cowboy Tony Stark
• Iron Patriot
• War Machine
• The Mandarin
• Aldrich Killian
• Maya Hansen

Check out the individual photos below:

Superior Spider-Man Leads Marvel Minimates Wave 51

The Superior Spider-Man headlines wave 51 of the Marvel Minimates toyline. This new wave will also feature other figures from the Marvel Now relaunch. 

Here's the breakdown of the characters available for this series:

Marvel NOW! Minimates from Diamond Select With major team shake-ups across the Marvel Universe, Diamond Select Toys is kicking off another ten years of Marvel Minimates with updated costumes and characters! Series 51 includes Spider-Man and Nova (Sam Alexander), Shanna the She-Devil and Sauron, Nick Fury Jr. and Heavy SHIELD Agent and a rare variant set, Maria Hill with Heavy SHIELD Agent. Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and a variety of removable and interchangeable parts and accessories.

Cheetara and Tigra Part of Thundercats Minimates Wave 3

I now beat myself senseless for passing up the opportunity of buying the Thundercats minimates wave 1. Why? Because DST and Art Asylum just released photos for Thundercats minimates wave 3 and it includes Cheetara.

Check out more of the photos after the cut.

The Walking Dead Minimates Soon to Bust Out with Prison Figs

The third wave of "The Walking Dead" minimates will draw inspiration from prison or more specifically the prison arc from the comic book. 

The set will include the following characters:

First Look at Marvel Minimates Wave 50 - the Fan Favorite Winners

Here's the first look at the upcoming minimates from Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys dubbed as the Marvel Minimates wave 50.

So here's the breakdwon of the characters:

1. Deathlok Spider-Man

2. Danny Ketch Ghost Rider

3. Modern Baron Zemo (Thunderbolts)

4. WWII Baron Zemo 

5. Nova 

6. Songbird (Thunderbolts) 

7. Onslaught

I love the Thunderbolts as much as the next guy but I'm wondering why they even decided to go with a Spider-Man/ Deathlok. I guess it just boils down to what figure will never see the light of day as a "Best Of" after a few years.