After looking at the poll thead, I counted over 200 minimates for 2010! (125 were Marvel)
I'm really excited to see where 2011 takes us! We're about a month away from ToyFair, and I'm dying to see some new lines!
Confirmed for 2011:
Marvel (duh!) (including Comic Book, Thor, Cap America & X-Men Movies)
Real Ghostbusters
MAX Pirates (WANT!!!)
Universal Monsters (WANT!!)
Halo
Sony Video Games
BTTF 25th anniversary set
MAX heroes box set (variants! yawn)
So, where will 2011 take us? 2010 gave us Marvel, GB, Halo, MAX, and Universal Monsters. Sure, we got the Delorian & T2 vehicles which gave us a couple of BTTF & T2 minimates, but 2010 was not as expansive as previous years. Expensive, yes, but not as many properties as before with all the movie mates. I mean, we got a "Desperately Seeking Susan" 2-pack but DST states that "the time has passed" for Kick-Ass! So where does that leave us for our requested older properties like Army of Darkness, Big Lebowski, Fifth Element, etc, etc, etc?
Will 2011 bring us the return of more cult classic movies & TV shows as minimates? I love what DST has done with the Ghostbusters property, and I'm not even a huge GB fan. I would love to see older properties get the same treatment and I'd love to see DST take more chance this year!
Especially now that DST has made it into the Disney Store & theme parks, I'd love to see them use that leverage to tackle some Disney properties! I'd rather see minimates at Disneyland than that horrible Vinylmation!