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Tomb Raider Minimates debut at Toy Fair
At Toy Fair, Diamond Select Toys showed off six new Tomb Raider Minimate figures, based on the upcoming reboot. The Minimates, which look like Lego figures with more points of articulation, are slated to hit shelves this summer, as two-packs sold in comic and specialty stores. The six figures shown include: a basic Lara Croft, a Lara Croft with battle damage, Captain Conrad Roth (Lara's mentor), two enemy scavengers and a figure who appeared to look like a priest. Diamond Select wasn't at liberty to share the names of the characters but suggested that the figure with the hood was a type of priest. The Art Asylum-designed figures excellent details, right down to Captain Conrad's chiseled eyebrows and five o'clock shadow. Each figure comes with accessories. The basic Lara Croft has a more generic hatchet, while the battle damaged, mud soaked Lara Croft has the stylized hatchet we've seen from Tomb Raider concept art. The Molotov cocktail scavenger comes with just that – a Molotov cocktail. The second scavenger had a shield and an iron mask. The designs are still pending licensor approval.
Street Fighter X Tekken Minimates coming this fall
Excellent news for that one guy making a Street Fighter X Tekken stop-motion animation film based on the one fanfic he wrote, as well as regular people with cubicles that need decorating: Diamond Select Toys will be releasing two new series of SFxT Minimates figures, with the first wave arriving in November.Regardless of which wave they're in, characters come in fixed packs of two: Ken vs. Steve, Cammy vs. Nina, Poison vs. Lili and Sagat vs. King (above) make up November's offering. Wave two, said to release sometime in February, pits Chun-Li vs. Hwoarang, Abel vs. Kazuya, Ryu vs. Yoshimitsu and Rufus vs. Julia, all of whom can be seen after the break. No word on pricing, but we do know that some pairs will be more rare than others.
Halo Anniversary inspires new set of Minimates toys
In honor of Halo Anniversary, Master Chief and friends are being remastered again, this time as a new series of Minimates toys. The new "Series 4" includes Cortana, Master Chief, Jacob Keys, and the Prophet of Truth. The Master Chief toy even comes with an even mini-er Cortana!
San Diego Comic-Con will sell you some friends from Marvel vs. Capcom 3
If your friend to pocket ratio is ridiculously pocket-heavy, San Diego Comic-Con will have an exclusive deal on Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates to solve all your loneliness woes and fill those empty voids on your cargo pants. At Entertainment Earth Booth #2343, Toys"R"Us will be selling a limited number of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates, including Iron Man in stealth armor, Red Hulk, Morrigan and Zero. For those unable to snag a ticket to San Diego Comic-Con (everyone), Toys"R"Us will be selling the exclusive Minimates online at Toysrus.com/comiccon2011 beginning the final day of Comic-Con, Sunday, July 24.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates articulated with new images
Hey, remember those sweet Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates action figures? After being announced (and then unannounced) earlier this year, it looks like the curtain has been officially raised, as Art Asylum has posted a new interview on the upcoming lineup of figures. The article includes plenty of details on the figures and, more importantly, lots of new pictures. We're particularly fond of M. Bison. The one we're really waiting to see is M.O.D.O.K., who was apparently pretty hard to fit into the traditional Minimates mold. Unfortunately, he's not coming out until wave 3. Wave 1 arrives this October. Head over to Art Asylum for more images and info. Update: As a few commenters pointed out, Bison is actually from a Street Fighter 2 line of Minimates (especially considering he's not in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.) The new line will feature an updated Chun-li figure, however.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of tiny action figures
Potentially good news for fans of tiny versions of things they like: A new line of Minimates figures based on Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was revealed by Minimates HQ earlier today. The site has since pulled the announcement at the request of Diamond Select Toys, though not before the news and images (like the ones above) were firmly planted on the internet. Figures appear to run the gamut from Arthur to X-23. Even as their creators have apparently backtracked on the official announcement, the MvC3 Minimates appear to be legit (they even showed up on Capcom Unity, briefly) -- and they're definitely marketable. Seriously, we've wanted a pocket-sized Arthur since, like, 1989.
