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  1. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Minimates Series 1 should hit in December. No exact date yet.
  2. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Our site is primarily for consumers, not retailers -- retailers get wholesale pricing through Diamond Comic Distributors. But our store still ships from our warehouse, and it's not exactly set up that way. For figures we can do singles (most of the time) and assortments, and an assortment is...
  3. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    No, each assortment has four two-packs. But while Kermit is a reporter at comic shops and specialty stores, he wears a different outfit at TRU. So while Kermit is at both places with Animal, Teeth and Rowlf, it is not the same figure. There will be four Pigs in Space at TRU.
  4. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    In case that's unclear, in Series 1 Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and Scooter are shared, and in Series 2 Rowlf, Teeth and Animal are shared.
  5. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    We said they would be in Series 2, and they will. In Series 1, comic shops and specialty stores get Gonzo and Swedish Chef exclusively, while Toys R Us gets Bunsen and Beaker. For Series 2, comic shops and specialty stores will have Statler, Waldorf, Harry and Mahna Mahna exclusively. TRU will...
  6. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Not many besides what is shown. Drumsticks, microphone, and Harry might come with a couple of bomb accessories, we'll see.
  7. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Series 2 of Minimates (specialty and comic shops, others I mentioned will be at TRU): Series 1 should arrive before the end of the year.
  8. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    I'm sure if we weren't making these figures, there would be plenty of people saying, "The Muppets are on TV, why is no one making action figures?" Not everyone buys their toys online, and these will be in retail stores, for people to see and buy, including a large number of people who did not...
  9. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Remember, our action figures will be slightly smaller than Palisades', so if you're still looking for a basic Fozzie and Gonzo in that scale, you may need to look elsewhere. As to the Minimates, Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and Scooter will be everywhere, including every comic shop and online toy...
  10. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    These are resin protoypes, so the articulation will likely be less noticeable in plastic. I personally crazy glued a few of Kermit's limbs on myself. Having a Kermit who can bend his knees to sit on a stool seems like reason enough to give him articulated knees. And I'm pretty sure Bean will...
  11. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Is it massive? His hands have been shown as pretty big, depending on the version. He needs to pick that banjo. They're approved, anyway.
  12. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    I don't know what Muppetspot is reading, but I post Facebook comments on DST's page, and I said there would be more accessories than what was in the case. Kermit comes with Bean and Robin and a banjo and a stool and I believe a log. Fozzie comes with Scooter and a chicken. Gonzo comes with...
  13. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    A few of the main characters we haven't gotten to, a couple of variations on Piggy and Kermit, and a couple of minor characters, including two who never got Palisades figures.
  14. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    I believe the action figure line is set up so that those characters would be possible in the format, but I am not sure how we'd do that with Minimates. There are possibilities, but we'll see how the line does. Our license is for US and Canada, but there are US retailers who ship...
  15. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Minimates by end of year, I believe, but AF will most likely be early 2016. We have not solicited them to retailers yet, and there is an order-gathering period before manufacturing.
  16. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Heh heh, a question about the terms of our license is a lot harder to answer than whether Swedish Chef comes with a spoon. I honestly do not know, I'd say ask the president via ASK DST, but he recently declined to answer...
  17. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    All I know is what is in these pictures. Not sure how final these are, but I believe they will all make the cut. There may be more we haven't seen, but you have infinite accessories if you factor in the preceding 13 years of Minimates and the stuff they come with (they're all compatible). The...
  18. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    For Minimates, or action figures? Both will have some, and I think we've shown some of the Minimates ones, like a rubber chicken, a beaker, a pot, Camilla, Robin, a spoon, etc. I thnk Camilla fits in the pot. The figures will have some, as well, not sure what's final.
  19. DSTZach

    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    Not a question of allowed, I have no idea what will be ready or on display. They're being finalized now, and may be done by then, and in Diamond Comics' Previews catalog shortly after. If so, it will likely be all of Series 1, which is three two-packs.
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