TMNT minimates its happening!
 

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/in...howtopic=12707

Whooowww:o:o:o:o:D:D:D

*Goes to google to find out what minimates are*

EDIT: So...are these lego knock offs, or...?

not exactly, there are no brick building system with Minimates, it's just blocky action figures.

Minimates are made by Diamond Select Toys, who also make the Marvel Select line. Minimates are over 10 years old. And it's main line is the Marvel line, though it had a brief DC line and LoTR lines, as well as some Knight Rider and Back To The Future stuff. They are excellent little figures and have a lot of detail. My favourite is the Deadpool and Wolverine one in wave 28 (Deadpool has a plethora of weapons, is highly detailed and comes with a second mask, with his actual head underneath, while Wolverine is just the best Wolverine minimate IMO)

AND YES! TMNT MINIMATES

DO WANT. (next can we have Star Wars minimates?)

Very addictive blocky action figures that are compatible with LEGO and other blok lines. They've been going since around 2001.

They also have done a lot of stuff with them....

DC Comics (though sadly were halted by DC because they didn't sell well enough)
Marvel Comics and Movies (which has been their longest going line in the Minimates brand)
Lord of the Rings
Thundercats
Back to the Future (even did a few versions of the car)
Ghostbusters (both the movies and even the animated Real Ghostbusters)
The Walking Dead
Star Trek (all of the stuff, but mainly the Original Series)
Knight Rider
The Munsters
Universal Monsters
Tomb Raider
Battlestar Galactica (modern and classic)
Street Fighter
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Rocky
Terminator 2

And aside from the upcoming TMNT, which I'm pumped for, Aliens, Kill Bill, and Pulp Fiction are also getting Minimates.

Here's a website that shows every single figure that's been made to date...

http://www.minimatedatabase.com/default.php

I actually have high expectations for the TMNT Minimates given how if you look at the Marvel Comics ones and how they evolved and became so detailed and awesome. Seriously, I gave up collecting Marvel Legends years ago because the Minimates are so much cooler with all kinds of classic looks for characters with options.

Here's a few really cool ones to show off what I mean....

http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figu...?i=1671&n=Hulk
http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figu...458&n=Colossus
http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figu...nvisible+Woman
http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figu...med+Spider-Man

looking at the existing Minimates, I don't see any appeal in buying these...but I guess I'll see how the TMNT ones look.

I believe that Star Wars are also being made!!!

If you're a huge Disney fan, they also made some great Peter Pan ones.

I am a huge Disney fan, but Peter Pan just happens to be one of the movies/characters I don't like. If they made a series of classics (Mickey, Donald etc.) or a series of the princesses, than maybe I'd go for them.

As for Minimates in general, I just don't see the appeal of blocky figures.

Yes!
 

I'm actually very excited about this product!! Thanks for sharing dude. Damn, and it's the original series!! I still gotta see what they look like but in certainly interested. How much do these usually go for?

Yeah, the mini mates don't appeal to me either, I think I've only show interest in the Battle Beast mini mates cause they don't have the same blockyness and looks very reminiscent of the original toys.

I'm pretty sure it's the Nick series, actually...

It would be nice to see more non-playmates Nick turtle figures, since both pop and kidrobot figures seems to just do the Fred Wolf turtles.

Yes, the Nick TMNT for now, but I'd imagine if they sell well they might go into other TMNT stuff like maybe the original Mirage comics, Fred Wolf cartoon, etc, etc...

I say that simply because in the Marvel line they cover both modern and classic looks of the characters throughout the line along with if they have any live action movies out.

This. I'm sick of seeing OT turtles being the focus, I don't like the idea that adult fans only like the OT and none of the other incarnations. Sure, that's the most recognizable/relatable to adults, but still.

If they are going to be only 2 inches tall then I'm sticking with Takara Tomy arts figures.

If these are good I'll get them.

Then I'll want more Minimates.

So I'll go online.

And see LOTR ones.

And BTTF ones.

6 months later I have spent $200 on Minimates and have a whole shelf of them.


F**k. :tlol::tlol:

Then you're an idiot
 

Boo hoo. :tcry::trolleye:Just go to any freaking store and you'll get your fill of your nick series crap. Stop complaining seriously. The original series deserves its due. It put in a lot of the work. And the mold in the pic of the article was a FW turtle so it's understandable. You have an excess of other stuff. Also there's still stuff from 2k3 you can get online and playmates just realized the movie turtles. Seriously you're overplaying it. Just stop kid. It's so annoying hearing you complain about classic figures coming out when all I see in the stores and the new like is nick this and nick that. Seriously no reason to complain. If anything people should be complaining they aren't making enough old stuff!

The lotr minimates are a different scale, so maybe that'll lighten the load.

People are entitled to their own opinions, so I'd appreciate it if you let him state his. I'm getting a little tired of you harassing other members, and would like it if you stayed a little calmer when confronting people.

Minimates are freakin' cool! I have a big collection of their Ghostbusters lineup as well as The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Marty Mcfly and a Delorean vehicle, and Jay and Silent Bob. I'm so excited to get the TMNT, Pulp Fiction, and Dante and Randal figures they announced this weekend!

I'm cool man, not harassing anybody.
 

There's no need to complain about classic stuff coming out. For real. There is so much new stuff coming out now, and you can go anyehere and get it. Let the franchise live. It's not all about one thing. How are you gonna complain about the things that started it all getting their due. I've never once harassed anybody on here. And if everyone's entitled to their opinions then don't call me out? Haha c'mon man. I don't pick people out I just comment on here the majority of the time on here I'm nice. Probably one of the most level headed people on here. It just really really annoying people complaining about past turtles getting their due.

While I won't be personally buying these, it's pretty cool they are joining their 80s lineup.

Hell yeah, glad these are gonna be the Nick version turtles too.

Good to see more licensed stuff. Not a fan of the product line, never liked the faces on these things. But I know some people can't stand LEGO while I personally love it :P As long as everyone is happy

That's a bottle opener, it has nothing to do with the minimates...if you click the link in the first post you'll see that the minimate is in the corner of that picture, no pictures were allowed. They're styled after the Nick series.

Good times! Love minimates, got a couple Batmans (Batmen?) and did have a wee collection of Marvel ones (since sold on due to money issues and space constraints) so looking forward to this!

Diamond Select published their new catalog. No pics or prices but they're OT styled.

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

Though they didn't specifically say OT, they said "classic appearances."
Holding out hope for a red bandanna Mirage box set.

That, I would probably go for. OT turtles? Pass. Unless by some chance they actually look like the OT, unlike all this 'classic' crap we've gotten with neon skin & whatnot.

I'm getting a bit tired of Nu-merc based off FW. POP figures, kidrobot and now minimates. Good thing the capsule figures from Japan is based off the new toon.

Oh, man...was hoping they'd be Nick turtles. Pass.

hmm
 

care to apologize?

I have nothing to apologize for, don't instigate.

For...what, exactly? :tconfuse:

no a few of you just called me out
 

It seemed a bit snarky the way a few of you said it was the nick and not another form of the turtles. Just felt I deserved some reprimands. No not instigating. Just nice to be right. Give credit where credit is due.

I didn't call you out for anything, nor was I snarky. Stop dragging me into your nonsense.

So you're saying that because you hate the Nick show,
These and all merch is automatically OT,
and that you deserve praise.
Okay.
You were right. It was OT.
There you go.

It's not about my hate for the show
 

I was right it had nothing to do with my hate for the show. I didn't say anything new is gonna be OT, I just said this would be and It was, but some snarky remarks by a hot head with an inferiority complex and need for acceptance among others made some questionable remarks towards me because they thought they were right, and probably a bit of a personal issue in there as well. Give credit where credit is do. Accept when you're wrong. That's how life works.

Someone accepting when they're wrong doesn't mean they should bow down before you dude, be humble...

It's weird that you say that, because I'm thinking the same thing. I never collected Battle Beasts as a kid, but those are the first Minimates I could almost see myself buying.

I think just the standard Minimate design is horribly unappealing, visually. It's like someone took a marionette from the Sound of Music and tried to make it 'hip' with a paint application. They just end up looking... kinda ugly. *shrugs*

I like the idea of a mini Ninja Turtle Universe, just not the Diamond Select part.

Thank you to Timmetry for posting these in the Nick merchandise thread, just putting them here as well for those who don't check that thread.

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=378&itemid=22378