Minimates Central Image Bank: Promotional Shots, Artwork and Prototypes
This page contains a collection of images of the Minimates ranges from various sources. Some are from Art Asylum or Diamond Select Toys as promotional pictures, some are retailer pictures, some are pictures from trade shows of Minimate prototypes that were never released or looked different from the final version. Click the small pictures to be taken to larger versions.
Early Marvel Minimates Promotional Pictures
This was one of the first promotional pictures released for the Marvel Minimates line. All the Minimates featured have now been made apart from Ultimate Colossus.
This is an infamous picture because it features several characters drawn in the Minimate style that have not been released yet, which fans have been wanting to see since the line's inception.
This pic features not only the line in its entirity up to wave 3, but also shows the prototypes for Bullseye and Battle Damaged Daredevil. Whilst Daredevil did not change, the blue and grey Bullseye prototype is pictured in the section below.
Lord of the Rings Minimates Promotional Pictures
A promotional shot of the first wave of Lord of the Rings Minimates.
A Minimatized movie-style poster for the Lord of the Rings Minimates.
This was a promotional pic from online toy retailer AFX, showing off most of the first wave of LOTR Minimates.
Another AFX picture, this shot was nixed by Art Asylum because it featured a prototype Gollum with a hairpiece.
C3 Minimates Promotional Pictures
A promotional picture of the cancelled wave 1 Javelin 7.
An advert for the second wave of C3 Minimates.
Another promotional pic from online toy retailer AFX, this time showing off the C3 Miniflyers.
An Art Asylum promotional shot of the wave 2 Batcopter.
An Art Asylum promotional shot of the wave 2 Batcycle.
Street Fighter Minimates Promotional Pictures
A promotional picture of the upcoming Street Fighter Minimates first shown at WWLA 2005.
Magazine Pictures and Artwork
Some really cool artwork of the Minimates fighting Galactus. This piece featured in Toyfare 80 as an intro to their Marvel Minimates price guide feature and was done by R Hunter from www.MillionairePlayboy.com
Marvel Minimates bursting from the front cover of Previews magazine.
Two scans from Previews magazine concerning the giveaway of free blank Minimates on Free Comic Book Day.
Prototype Pictures
The much more subdued tones of the prototype Bullseye.
Prototype picture of the C3 Chemical Warehouse set. Notice that the set is larger and has a "HazMat" suited Batman which didn't make it into the final version.
All the following pictures are of the Art Asylum C3 display at Toy Fair 2005, comprising sets based on the Batman Begins movie and "The Batman" cartoon. Sadly none of these sets were picked up by retailers.
The Tumbler!
The Batcave.
Ninjas and places to fight.
Another cool-looking play set.
This one would have come with a Scarecrow figure.
Erm, a van.
A 60s-influenced Joker's Lair.
The car looks similar to the Mini-Batmobile but does feature some different pieces.
The Batman Batmobile. This is where the cartoon-accurate Batman would have been featured.
Look at the size of that Batplane!
A platform for all your Bat-vehicles.
These next two shots are of the Star Trek Minimates wave 3 and beyond, sadly these weren't picked up either. I suspect the TNG stuff would have been a surprise hit, but there you go.
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