News Archive 2003



21st December 2003


  • According to Art Asylum, waves 4 and 5 of the Marvel Minimates now won't be available until February. Check the post on the Art Asylum Message Board here for the full details, including more info on the DC and LOTR Minimates.


    • 13th December 2003


  • Images of the Iron Man and Gamma-Ray Hulk Minimates are now available to non-members of DST's Radicals. Check the article at Toy News International here for info and pictures.


    • 9th December 2003


  • In the December issue of their Spectrum Monthly web magazine for their Radical members, Diamond Select Toys show never-before-seen images of the Iron Man and Gamma-Ray Hulk Minimates. Sign up to become a Radical at DST, and click the Spectrum Monthly link to find out more.


    • 6th December 2003


    Although this site is Marvel Minimate Central due to my love for the Marvel Universe, I will be reporting bits and pieces of news concerning the new Art Asylum produced DC Minimates.

  • Action-Figure.com (among with the other main action figure sites) have posted a picture of the new DC Wonder Woman Minimate, which is looking very cool. See the picture and read the whole article here.


    • 23rd November 2003


  • Raving Toy Maniac have posted pictures of upcoming Minimates and new concept packaging from Diamond's booth at Wizard World Texas. Check the whole article here.


    • 13th November 2003


  • Toy News International have posted pictures of Wave 6 Minimates, and pictures of previously unseen Minimates from Waves 4 and 5. Check them out here!


    • 4th November 2003


  • In their Spectrum Monthly web magazine for their Radical members, Diamond Select Toys reveal who are going to be the chase figures for the upcoming waves 4, 5 and 6. Sign up to become a Radical at DST, and click the Spectrum Monthly link to find out more.


    • 29th October 2003


  • DST reveal who is in Wave 6 of the Marvel Minimates:

    New X-Men Wolverine with New X-Men Jean Grey
    Gamma Ray Hulk with The Leader
    Ghost Rider with Iron Man


  • Also, Gamma Ray Hulk will be glow-in-the-dark! Looking forward to Iron Man and Ghost Rider especially.

    So, in the 3 new waves, we get a lot of the fan-favourites that have been requested. Out of the other Marvel heavy hitters, we still need the rest of the Fantastic Four, Thor and the Punisher.

    27th October 2003


  • Diamond Select Toys reveal to their Radical members who is in Wave 6 of the Marvel Minimates line. Sign up to become a Radical at DST to get the info!


    • 22nd October 2003


  • Action-Figure.com have front-and-back pics of Wave 5 of the Marvel Minimates! Check them out here.

    I think they all look fantastic. Even though we've had different Logans before, this one looks awesome. Captain America and Thing also look great. Doom looks a bit stilted but is a difficult body to do in Minimate form.


    20th October 2003


  • Diamond Select Toy's Radical members can now see pics of Wave 5 of the Marvel Minimates! Check the DST site and sign up, it's free to become a Radical.


    17th October 2003


  • DST now reveal that Wave 5 of the Marvel Minimates will be:

    Captain America with Absorbing Man
    Civilian Logan with Juggernaut
    The Thing with Dr. Doom


  • Really looking forward to Cap and Juggernaut! And the Thing with Dr Doom should be a hell of a 2-pack set.

    14th October 2003


  • Radical members find out who is in Wave 5 of the Minimates via the Diamond Select Toys website. Sign up to become a Radical at DST to get the info!


    • 12th October 2003


  • This site has had a few additions made to it. As well as a new review featuring Cyclops and Jean Grey, I have added a Minimate Gallery section and also a Minimate info page. Hope you like them!


    • 9th October 2003


  • Action-Figure.com has now got front and back pics of 5 out of 6 of the Wave 4 Minimates! Check it out here


    • 6th October 2003


  • Diamond Select Toys have made a picture of 5 out of 6 of the Wave 4 Minimates available to their Radicals. Check the site and sign up, it's free.


    • From the pics, Battle-damaged Daredevil, Bullseye and Doc Ock all look great (Doc Ock especially so!) but the 2 Spidey's shown are a bit too similar to what has already been made in Wave 2.

    4th October 2003


  • Now it can be revealed that the Minimate figures making up Wave 4 will be:

    Maskless Spider-Man with Doc Ock
    Grab-line Spider-Man with Gwen Stacy
    Battle-damaged Daredevil with Bullseye

    Remember, if you sign up to become a Radical at DST you get the info before anyone else. It's free to join.


  • From the list, certainly Doc Ock should be a highlight. It'll be interesting to see if this Grab-line will be adding a more accessory-based edge to the Minimates.

    Check out the pictures of Damaged Daredevil and Bulleye from Toy Fair 2003 courtesy of Action-Figure.com


    • 1st October 2003


  • Diamond Select Toys reveal what's in store for the Minimates in Wave 4 to their Radical members. Sign up to become a Radical at DST to get the info!


    • 23rd September 2003


  • Don't forget to enter Millionaire Playboy's Minimate Contest. You can win cool Minimate stuff - including convention exclusives!


    • 21st September 2003


    Well, the main news is that this webpage is now operational - it's my first attempt at a serious webpage and hopefully it will provide a good resource for news and reviews from the world of Marvel Minimates.

    Apart from that, there are a few pieces of information that should be imparted...

  • Diamond Select Toys have an exclusive free offer to get your Venom figure all tongued up, just as the Canadian release was. Check out their website here.


  • See pics of the TRU 4-pack hidden characters here courtesy of Toy News International.


  • AFX show pics of their new Magneto/Professor X Minimates exclusives here. You can order your sets from that page too!


  • A new X-Men Minimate boxset is announced, featuring the 1975 versions of the X-Men team. Check out this article at Toy News International for more information and pictures.


  • Millionaire Playboy.com have a large article on the Minimates, and also a cool competition. Check it out here.


  • Michael's Review of the Week highlights the wave 2 and 3 Minimates here.


  • All Nerd Review also look at the wave 2 and 3 Minimates, along with the exclusives, check here for their usual hi-octane review style.



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