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Diamond Select Toys Transformers Minimates Series 1 Images

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Via our sponsor BigBadToyStore we can share for you our first stock images of the new Diamond Select Toys Transformers Minimates Series 1.

Minimates are are block-styled miniature action figures which were originally produced in 2002 and they worked with several popular franchises. We finally have some new G1 Transformers Minimates and the first characters reveales are: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Starscream and Shockwave. Each figure has been painted in a metallic color scheme to mimic the original toy release and comes packaged with weapons on a blister card. Read on for the complete product description:

  • Transforrmers Minimates Series 1
    • 2 inches (5.08 cm)
    • Made of plastic
    • Features 14 points of articulation
    • Fully interchangeable parts
    • Packaged in a full-color window box
    • Designed by Barry Bradfield

These figures are scheduled for release in August this year and priced $29.99 for the complete set of 4 Minimates. Click on the bar to see the mirrored stock images on this news post and then let us know your impressions on the 2005 Board!

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KJ_81 Avatar
scuffed up rts bumblebee

I think hasbro is forgetting that transformers would be nothing without shows like beast wars, armada, animated, prime etc

Or it's the companies requesting to do the G1 versions. I doubt they're approaching Hasbro without a vision of their product already in mind.

dCon Avatar
Oniconvoy

They pushed it in.

Like took a reshot the next day to replace it. I guess since it's not Hasbro they might fix their misgivings, unlike the many mistransformations they leave up.

Oniconvoy Avatar
dCon

How come the first page shows Shockwave with his neck extended out (hence, comments like E.T. were made) but here, same picture but his neck is regular? I understand that it's highly likely the neck could be pushed in anyway but why would the pictures not match?

They pushed it in.

dCon Avatar
DSTZach

YEs, $29.99 for a pack of four. Shockwave figure was assembled wrong, new pic below. He is not part ET.
[​IMG]
I'm sure we'll get to paint variations at some point, I need a Skywarp.

How come the first page shows Shockwave with his neck extended out (hence, comments like E.T. were made) but here, same picture but his neck is regular? I understand that it's highly likely the neck could be pushed in anyway but why would the pictures not match?

Mumble-bee Avatar

for that much money these better be the old 3" minimates

IDWDrift

I didn\'t even know minimates still existed. I thought they went bankrupt.

yes and no. ArtAsylum went under but Diamond Select acquired the name & Minimates rights.
I was vaguely aware they still existed but haven't seen Minimates in any store, even the comic stores, in a long long time. There was a point where one could get them at Target.

maltesefalcon Avatar

was a huge collector of minimates but only one store sold them and they stopped years ago would have loved these back then but now it would just go in a box

Obsidian X Avatar

I kind of like that Shockwave… and that's about it.

scuffed up rts bumblebee Avatar
Electro Rush

Somehow Optimus is the worst looking of the bunch.

If these go on sale I might get them as neat desk toys.

I'm surprised bumblebee isnt the worst

Electro Rush Avatar

Somehow Optimus is the worst looking of the bunch.

If these go on sale I might get them as neat desk toys.

Novaburnhilde Avatar
scuffed up rts bumblebee

I think hasbro is forgetting that transformers would be nothing without shows like beast wars, armada, animated, prime etc

Maybe not so much Prime since you can probably thank that show's failure for Hasbro clinging to G1 so much these days.

scuffed up rts bumblebee Avatar
AOEGalvatronRox

I’m not sure what I find more amazing: The amount of non-transforming Transformer lines that we’ve gotten in the last year or so alone or the fact that literally every single one has been G1. Is Hasbro telling these companies to ignore every other part of the brand or something?

I think hasbro is forgetting that transformers would be nothing without shows like beast wars, armada, animated, prime etc

loof Avatar

I want Shockwave. But I only want Shockwave, and while I love the way he looks, I do not love him enough to buy him for $30.

Soundwinder Avatar

I haven't bought Minimates in a while, but $30 for 4 figures seems excessive? Last I checked they were under $10 for a two-pack of equally licensed (if not more) characters, so this being $30 is rough.

That said, they do look shockingly nice for what they are and translate to the format really surprisingly well. For better or worse there is a lot of new tooling so that's also a thing.

I'd probably pick up a 2-pack if I saw it at Walgreens for $10 but all 4 for $30 is a no-go for me.

NemiMonkey Avatar

Quite like Shockwave and Op, but dunno about dropping $30 to get them and then getting stuck with BB and Screamer.

Not related but seeing these makes me miss Myclone all that much more.

Hooper_X Avatar

HASBRO TO FANDOM: "Fuck you, we're He-Man now. Enjoy the same six dudes over and over forever."

They're nifty little guys for what they are, but what they are is just Adult Collector Bullshit. There's nothing novel or interesting about them, they're just another form of Funko Pop/ReAction/copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy Product™.

It's getting exponentially easier for me to not give a fuck about any of this stuff anymore, ever, unless they do something that's at least Unicron Trilogy-level different starting 2023.

DSTZach Avatar

YEs, $29.99 for a pack of four. Shockwave figure was assembled wrong, new pic below. He is not part ET.
[​IMG]
I'm sure we'll get to paint variations at some point, I need a Skywarp.

Venixion Avatar

Umm, the faces look a little weird.

Rodimus Prime

That Shockwave. He's part ET. :lolol 

:lol 

CheechDaddy Avatar
InstantClazzic

So these cost the same price as a current voyager.
cant transform and are less then half the height.
im sorry but I don\'t get the appeal.
the biggest issue for me is the price, 2 inches should be like 10 dollars tops and I\'d still feel I was getting ripped off.

That's the price for the 4 pack, homie.

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