Line #43 Toys/Minimates


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.
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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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Context Toys / Minimates