Smashmaster12 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/2017/07/diamond-select-signs-license-for-pacific-rim-uprising/ "Diamond Select Toys (DST) will offer a wide range of Pacific Rim Uprising products starting in 2018, including Select action figures, Minimates mini-figures, Vinimates vinyl figures, Gallery PVC dioramas, vinyl coin banks, replicas with lights and sound, and housewares. The movie will premiere in U.S. theaters on February 23, 2018, and DST plans to have the first products ship in time for the premiere" I'm curious to see what DST will put out. I thought the first movie was a lot of fun and had some really neat Jaegers and Kaiju designs, so I'm hoping to see the same for the second movie. Edited July 17, 2017 by Smashmaster12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvenproofBug6 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Count me extremely excited for this announcement, hope the 2nd movie lives up to the ridiculous giant-robots-fighting-giant-alien-monsters action of the first film. Hoping the minimates will be focused on the Jaegers and Kaiju, because let's be honest, I could care less about the humans in this film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Huh, cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Both minimates and Vinimates is exciting. I hope the movie does well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Kaiju & Mecha minimates......SOLD! Please skip the humans DST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 The only way I think I'd care about getting the humans is if they put them under the armor of the Jaegars. Just make them alt looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said: The only way I think I'd care about getting the humans is if they put them under the armor of the Jaegars. Just make them alt looks. That would be a neat trick since it takes at least two people to pilot a Jaeger. 33 minutes ago, fwoosheyman said: Kaiju & Mecha minimates......SOLD! Please skip the humans DST. Just the opposite for me. I'd love to see the humans as Minimates and the Jaegers and Kaiju as Vinimates. Heck, I'm even jazzed about the potential electronic offerings. I do have to admit that Minimate-scaled Pacific Rim vs. Godzilla is pretty fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMiracle Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I know nothing about Pacific Rim. Hopefully they look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stack32 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 This is almost as surprising as the fact a sequel is being made to begin with. I don't see the jaegers working very well as minimates but at least they would provide some new armor pieces so Iron Monger and Hulkbuster parts don't have to be reused constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCW Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Interesting choice for a license. I will be curious to see what they end up as. I'd loved to get some of the human characters from the first movie, but I don't think I'll want any from the second. I could totally go for Pimp Daddy Ron Perlman though. I'll be curious to see what they do in the Select line as well. I'm kinda surprised that NECA didn't fight harder for this license given how successful the first movie was for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I have to wonder if the Select line will feature a diorama of a city to build. That could be fun. And if Hannibal Chau is in this movie, he's not listed on IMDb yet. I'd totally go for that Minimate though. (With some pilots, of course.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Spider Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 While I want humans (it'd be awesome to have hunnam and Perlman as mates but that prolly won't happen) I guess if I had a spare couple dollars I'd buy the Jaegers they could be cool robot guards for Fisk or something since we know they're not gonna be in scale (if that was possible it would warrant a definite purchase). Cool human designs are more of an instabuy for me than not in scale big stuff. Times is tough and the $10 price point on 2 packs ain't Helpin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCDX97 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 8:34 AM, MisterPL said: That would be a neat trick since it takes at least two people to pilot a Jaeger. Just the opposite for me. I'd love to see the humans as Minimates and the Jaegers and Kaiju as Vinimates. Heck, I'm even jazzed about the potential electronic offerings. The humans would be SO TINY inside the little Minimates! Aren't Vinimates just statues, though? That's no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 7:34 AM, MisterPL said: Just the opposite for me. I'd love to see the humans as Minimates and the Jaegers and Kaiju as Vinimates. Same. Pilot Minimates, Robot/Monster Vinimates. I'll buy them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowlar Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I could see these as box sets: Jaeger, Kaiju and the two pilots. A deluxe set or two of a category 6 or 7 and battle damaged Jaeger. With maybe a single series of civilian and battle damaged characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Here's a thought: Is there anything keeping DST from making Pacific Rim Vinimates a little more articulated? I thinking maybe six points (neck, shoulders, hips, waist) on a humanoid figure. Or simply making larger Deluxe Minimates, similar to the ridiculously underscaled Enterprise ships offered in the Star Trek Legacy line. Something at the $19.99 MSRP since the $9.99 MSRP is already covered by 2-packs and Vinimates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Articulation would probably substantially raise the price, but it would be nice to see. Hips and elbows without knees would be pretty disappointing, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I'd rather see something in the Deluxe category, similar to the Alien Queen, than an articulated Vinimate, or a Vinimate at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTiger95 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Here is some of the Jaegers for the film. Just to get an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hmm. If the minimates are small enough, that blue one looks like it could be made into one of Abe Jenkins' Mach armours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvenproofBug6 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 From the panel: it sounds like DST is having issues coming up with ideas on how to tackle this line. Chuck said he had no idea what form they would come in, and mentioned a few preliminary ideas they had; the most specific idea he mentioned being a jaeger minimate-stylized vehicle (?) with a smaller Rocket-sized human to go with it, but as previously mentioned he was very unsure of the approach they were going to take. Another interesting tidbit; maybe it was understood by others from the initial announcement (I didn't catch this), but DST does have the license for both films, and are choosing to focus on Uprising first, meaning we could see 'mates from the first movie later on down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnim zola Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Ooh the also mentioned tru still wants more so maybe we'll will get another crazy assortment lime tru 3 with all those new characters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I want the pilots to be the same size as every other human Minimate in every other license, even if that means getting Jaegers & Kaiju the same size as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 This shouldn't be rocket surgery. Human characters as 2" Minimates. Jaegers and Kaiju as larger Deluxe vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stack32 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Jaegers and Kaiju as vinimates or a wave of regular minimates would make sense too. Any of those options would be a better idea than making a smaller human figure to fit in a stylized (does anyone want that?) jaeger, that just seems like overthinking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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