February Previews Catalog Minimates Explosion (non-Rockafire variety)

[Pedro Pablumo]

Remember, the animated series is an assortment, so it would have to have a large-ish cast of characters (at least seven) plus something that would appeal to comic book shop buyers. Adventure Time would be a really good guess, but I don't know how well those characters would translate. Archer is another good candidate. Simpsons? I would think Lego makes them unlikely, but they certainly have a wide variety of characters. Family Guy? Not a fan personally, but it would do well I'm sure.

Maybe we'll get REALLY lucky and it's the Incredibles....

... All those made me immediately think My Little Pony. But then I remembered... Hasbro... so we dodged that one.

Coupling main characters and villains, Scooby Doo has a butt ton of characters. As does Dragonball Z... but wishes are dreams and dreams are pretend and science and reason win out in the end... Much as I want Dragonball Z, we'll never see them. Adventure Time is a great guess out of yours and Archer makes a lot of sense but I think Family Guy is the most likely.

It won't be Family Guy as K'Nex has the liscence to make block-style figures of that liscence.

[dr baghead]

The box set is CLEARLY the Cthulhu/Lovecraft line I guessed we might be getting after they announced the bank.

tangentially related products: Internet Creative types often have Cthulhu fight Godzilla in art pieces, the Real Ghostbusters met Cthulhu, Dr.Strange has to have met Cthulhu or Cthulhu like beings right?, Cthulhu and the Ancient ones are a mainstay in tabletop games making them a natural fit with the Pathfinder minimates. One could make a case Lovecraft’s standing as a master of horror makes it a companion line to Universal Monsters or Aliens/Predators.

Here’s where Zach quotes my post and shots it down, but eh, it is to dream right.

(I don’t want to guess on the 2-packs, Venture Bros. seems possible if it’s a “Thundercats Ho!” scenario where Bif!Bang!Pow! commissioned the series but decided not to make them an Entertainment Earth exclusive... but I don’t even want to speculate for fear of soul crushing heart break)

[buttheadsmate]

Frankenweenie..........From Dusk Till Dawn..........Caprica.....Reservoir Dogs.........King Kong * .....Ben 10 *????

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Edited December 29, 2014 by buttheadsmate

[youbastards]

Animated assortment: Please be Bob's Burgers....please be Bob's Burgers....please be Bob's Burgers....

Tangentially related boxset: Prometheus? Comic Book Men?

The box set is tangentially related to an existing license, and may have more than four Minimates in it.

Kevin Smith, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Ming Chen, Mike Zapcic

I'm going with Comic Book Men as the boxset. My understanding is that DST has a great relationship with Kevin and *hopefully* we'll start seeing View Askew Minimates showing up in the background of the show (if they haven't already...I'm behind this season).

Edited December 29, 2014 by youbastards

[AceSimba]

adventure time!

[DSTZach]

Lots of good guesses! One is correct, and one is actually a future thing NOT being solicited this month!

It won't be Family Guy as K'Nex has the liscence to make block-style figures of that liscence.

That did not stop TMNT.

Well I'm excited. When does the new Previews drop?

I believe the solicit info is released to retailers digitally the third week in January, so be on the lookout for some world premieres just before then, possibly.

[Fizzle]

Archer FTW!

[DSTZach]

Those are fantastic.

[Fizzle]

The real thing would be fantisticker!

[Kostisfire]

Ok, let's see:

-Wave 62: It's neither the first, nor the second AOU wave so it's either the comic wave that got pushed back (the one which was speculated to be AXIS themed) or Ant-Man. Ant-Man isn't coming out until July, so I doubt Marvel would allow the designs to be shown. Therefore, my guess for 62 is that it's the comic (AXIS) wave.

EDIT: I just saw that it's a 2-pack, so yeah, it's Ant-Man and Yellowjacket from the movie. Marvel released some Promo Art of the two (not minimates) a bit earlier.

-Valiant: Probably Quantum and Woody.

-Animated 2-pack: Well, it's a 2-pack so the characters included must be either the two main characters of the show, or the protagonist and the main antagonist. Finn and Jake from Adventure Time fit the criteria, but so do Vegeta and Goku from Dragonball (I don't watch anime, but I think Dragonball has some of the best fictional designs ever). Plus, there are tons of characters to make from the DB franchise, and it's on a roll the last few years. And as for a totally left field choice, maybe Ezra and the Inquisitor from Star Wars: Rebels?

-4 Pack: Lovecraft seems probable but I don't know how you can make a line out of it. Most of the characters are generic humans and appear only in books, thus there is no "canon" art of them. Prometheus is a good guess as well, but again, I don't see how you can make it work as there are not many characters in there. My (totally wrong) guess for this is Star Wars: (Knight of) The Old Republic. They are Bioware games, we got 2 bioware licenses, it's space related so it fits with all other Sci-Fi universes and now that SW is owned by Disney and Marvel is making SW comics, it's possible. Plus, if the animated license is Rebels, it makes sense. It's probably wrong, but I'm sure that sooner than later we'll see some Star Wars mates.

[dr baghead]

one is actually a future thing NOT being solicited this month!

ah, so my Cthulhu set is going to be solicited the same month as the NBX set since they’re both October releases

[DSTZach]

Kostis, Wave 62 is an ASSORTMENT of four different two-packs, not one two-pack.

Ditto the animated property's assortment. Three two-packs and a variant.

[Kostisfire]

Kostis, Wave 62 is an ASSORTMENT of four different two-packs, not one two-pack.

Ditto the animated property's assortment. Three two-packs and a variant.

Ooooh, dangit. I though that you'd show only one 2-pack from the whole assortment from 62, and the animated thing would be a standalone 2 pack to promote the new line.

With that info in mind:

-62: Comic (AXIS) Wave.

-Valiant: Quantum and Woody

-Box-Set: Star Wars The Old Republic (it's probably wrong but it fits the criteria) would be my ideal choice, but Prometheus seems more likely, even though I don't see how it can work.

-Animated: Probably Adventure Time, but Rebels and Dragonball also fit the criteria.

[Gmonkey2k]

Adventure Time FTW!!!!!!

[youbastards]

Lots of good guesses! One is correct, and one is actually a future thing NOT being solicited this month!

I'm sticking with Comic Book Men as the boxset.

Could Big Hero 6 be the animated wave? *Technically* its Marvel, but not really associated with any of the current Marvel offerings. it all depends on how Zach/DST classify that kind of thing...

A January solicitation could very well time with the DVD release.

EDIT: Blu-ray/DVD is being released Feb 24, 2015. The timing is off.

Edited December 29, 2014 by youbastards

[JeffBohn]

Kostis, Wave 62 is an ASSORTMENT of four different two-packs, not one two-pack.

Ditto the animated property's assortment. Three two-packs and a variant.

Also hoping for Archer, with Archer with Slightly Darker Black Turtleneck for the variant.

[Gmonkey2k]

So...this new license is for the Showbiz Pizza animatronic guys? Please don't dash my dreams by saying no.

no, no,no, noooooooooooooo. for 2 reasons

A: extremly Creepy (understatement of the year)

B: With the extreme uproar of Fnaf (for those you live under a rock or are not on the internet enough, Five Nights at Freddys horror game produced by Scott Cawthon, who worked by himself to produce two games in 5 months.)+ they use the 2 things that induce paranoia, limited mobility and limited visibility.

If we get animatronic minimates they will HAVE to be Fnaf.

[arnim zola]

one is actually a future thing NOT being solicited this month!

ah, so my Cthulhu set is going to be solicited the same month as the NBX set since theyre both October releases

I'm literally going to go mad!

[Mysterious Stranger]

Prometheus is a great guess. It's "tangentially" related to the Alien license and would probably be in the same licensing deal as Alien and Predator. A 4-pack with David and Shaw (Noomi Rapace) in space suits with parts for non-space suit figures (hence the "more than 4" in the set), the Engineer alien and if there is any fairness in the universe an Idris Elba 'mate because I really want to make a Luther minimate.

[Zexion_Armando]

I wish the 62 wave could be Original Sin just so we could get Uatu, but Axis works too.

(Now Magneto,Captain Falcon, Unworthy Thor, updated Apocalypse, modern Wasp, Zenpool, good Carnage, old man America, even Jarvis works.)

[youbastards]

...any fairness in the universe an Idris Elba 'mate because I really want to make a Luther minimate.

The eye color isn't too off that you couldn't use Heimdall:

[Turtle]

Prometheus is a great guess. It's "tangentially" related to the Alien license and would probably be in the same licensing deal as Alien and Predator. A 4-pack with David and Shaw (Noomi Rapace) in space suits with parts for non-space suit figures (hence the "more than 4" in the set), the Engineer alien and if there is any fairness in the universe an Idris Elba 'mate because I really want to make a Luther minimate.

I would absolutely love a Prometheus set. I'm not sure that's it, but I would love it. I think YB's Comic Book Men guess (and the reasoning behind it) is pretty darn solid.

[luke314pi]

I am going to guess that the animated property is Star Wars Rebels. It just got renewed for a 2nd season, and the characters would all work well as Minimates.

[youbastards]

If we finally get Star Wars Minimates, and they end up being cartoon based, Pookie will burn this mutha down!!!

=D

[Pedro Pablumo]

All I need are some Stromtroopers, Boba Fett and Darth Vader. I don't watch Rebels but I'm betting they'll probably make an appearance.