1 | [[AC:Works that have received the Minimate treatment include:]] |
2 | * Creator/MarvelComics |
3 | * Creator/DCComics |
4 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'' |
5 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' |
6 | * ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' |
7 | * ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' |
8 | * ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' |
9 | * ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' |
10 | * ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' |
11 | * The Film/DollarsTrilogy |
12 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' |
13 | ... and many, [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover many]] more. |
14 | |
15 | A comprehensive list of almost every official Minimate ever produced can be found [[http://www.minimatedatabase.com/mainList.php here]]. |
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18 | !!Tropes demonstrated by this toyline include: |
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20 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: to Kubricks, by Japan-based company Medicom Toy. |
21 | * ArtEvolution: The figures' height shift from the original 3-inch scale to the more familiar 2 inches. |
22 | * CashCowFranchise: the Creator/MarvelComics line. |
23 | * FunSize |
24 | * KibblesAndBits: Translating the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] to block form is harder than it sounds. |
25 | * LegoGenetics: Minimates lend themselves surprisingly well to quick customization. |
26 | * LongRunner: Again, the [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel]] line. 65 waves and counting, and that's not even including the boxsets and exclusives... |
27 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The line's unified scale means you can have the ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}} and ComicBook/TheAvengers team up to fight [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Gozer]] and the [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Cylons]], all while [[Franchise/Rocky Rocky Balboa]], the [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]] and the [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Man With No Name]] slug it out in the background. Or you can induct [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] into [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet]] while [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] are plotting to... [[ManChild what?]] |
28 | * OfferVoidInNebraska: Due to Minimates being a US-based line, this makes some exclusives [[NoExportForYou hard to find for overseas collectors]]. |
29 | * OlderThanTheyThink: the line predates [[DuelingShows Superhero Squad]] by at least three years. |
30 | * ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy |
31 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Minimates" getting spelled as two words instead of one. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Also with or without an S.]] |
32 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: rattling off whole ''lists'' of these is practically the fandom's national sport. See MemeticMutation for when this goes overboard. |
33 | ** Not just specific characters either... whole ''properties'', even. |
34 | * UnexpectedCharacter: Ambush Bug and Ma Hunkel from Creator/DCComics, not to mention ''Desperately Seeking Susan''. |
35 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the non-starter sets, including ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/TheGodfather'', wave 2 of VideoGame/StreetFighterII and wave 3 of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. |
36 | * WolverinePublicity: The variations on main characters in the popular lines almost take this to EnvironmentSpecificActionFigure levels. |
37 | ** The Marvel line's three most prolific characters are ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/IronMan, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. |
38 | *** Iron Man is a borderline {{Justified|Trope}} case due to his wide variety of distinctive armors in both comic and [[Film/IronMan movie]] canon. |
39 | ** Naturally, ComicBook/{{Batman}} from the currently-defunct DC line. |
40 | ** [[TheKirk Kirk]] and [[TheSpock Spock]] in the Franchise/StarTrek line. |
41 | ** The [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]]. |
42 | ** Even Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} isn't safe from this, if the number of versions of Peter, Egon and Ray are any indication. |
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