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DC Direct MiniMates
— August 13, 2006 Leave a Comment
Art Asylum will be doing DC MiniMates for DC Direct this fall. If you remember your MiniMate history, Art Asylum started a line of 2 inch MiniMates for Marvel years ago, doing most of the major characters in the Marvel U.
DC also had a MiniMate line that came with Lego-like building sets. I don’t believe these sold very well. Kids didn’t like them and collectors might not have been willing to buy the building block sets just to get the figures. Needless to say they weren’t around very long.
Well, now they are back, and will be sold through DC Direct in 2 packs similar to the Marvel MiniMates. Series 1 through 3 have been announced and will include:
- Series 1 includes four two-packs: classic Superman & Armored Lex Luthor, Green Lantern & Star Sapphire, The Joker & Harley Quinn and Modern Batman & OMAC.
- Series 2 includes four two packs: Battle-Damage Superman & Brainiac, Booster Gold & Blue Beetle, Power Girl & Dr. Fate and Robin & the Penguin.
- Series 3 includes four two packs: Aquaman & Ocean Master, Battle-Damage Batman & Killer Croc, Green Arrow & Deathstroke and Wonder Woman & Ares.
Hopefully, this time around they will be as big of a hit with collectors as the Marvel versions were. Check out the link below for lots of pics from Wizard World Chicago.
DC Direct series of MiniMates at Wizard World Chicago
Update: Due to productions delays, all orders on the DC MiniMates waves 1 through 3 have been cancelled. These items will be resolicited at a later date.
