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Press Release On-screen, the stars of the instant-classic action film The Expendables are all larger-than-life, but in the real world, many of them are no bigger than you or me. Jason Statham? Five-foot-nine. Sylvester Stallone? Five-foot-nine-and-a-half. Jet Li? Five-foot-six-and-a-quarter. So translating all of them into 2-inch Minimates minifigures was a piece of cake!

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This past weekend, The Boy and I sat down to build all of the new Marvel LEGO sets. I happened to take a number of pictures during the process, and shared them via my Instagram account. If you don’t follow, take the jump for a look at the Minifig versions of your favorite heroes.

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Press Release Since 2010, Diamond Select Toys has been searching to find the right partner to introduce their Battle Beasts brand to a broader audience. Now the search is over, and DST and IDW Publishing have teamed up to immortalize a new breed of Beasts! At this year’s Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which runs from April 13-15, the two companies will offer a taste of what’s to come: DST will give out an ashcan preview of IDW’s upcoming BATTLE BEASTS comic-book mini-series, as well as an exclusive promo Minimate of one of the book’s lead characters!

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You are probably aware of the Mighty Muggs  figure line, but if those toys are too big for your desk, car, hands, and so on, check out the new Mini Muggs line, that includes characters from the upcoming The Avengers movie.

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I don’t let my kid run around the store unattended, as there are a bunch of really weird people in the world, and that would simply be bad parenting. BUT if I did, I would hope he and his friends would do something like this – only because it would drive the store manager crazy and ensure I’d never be allowed back. Remember when it used to be “Savings in Every Aisle?”

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If you are in your comic shop or specialty toy store today, be on the lookout for the latest wave of Marvel Minimates from Diamond Select Toys. The company sent over a series of images from the latest toy run based on the Jean DeWolff Saga that appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110.

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LEGO and Tinker Toys living together in peace and harmony to help build a better toy playing experience of the future!? Say it isn’t so! But it is…

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Press Release The second wave of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates minifigures is in stores now, and they’re spoiling for a fight! Spider-Man, Chris Redfield, Wolverine, Viewtiful Joe, Crimson Viper, Super Skrull, Jill Valentine and Storm have joined Series 1 on the pegs, which means there are now 24 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates in all! Even though they’re only 2 inches tall, Minimates pack enough articulation, accessories and interchangeable parts to create some crazy fight scenes, so Diamond Select Toys is issuing a challenge — stage a fight scene between two or more Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates and send…

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