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In Store this Week: Jay & Silent Bob, Lost in Space, Star Trek and ThunderCats!

December 2013 - Minimates, Minimates, Minimates! That's what's turning up at your local comic shop today, because this week New Toy Day brings not one, not two, but three new sets of Minimates! Plus, a new Star Trek-themed silicone tray that will make you reconsider drinking your Earl Grey hot! Check out what's shipping below, and track down your local comic shop at www.comicshoplocator.com!

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Minimates 2-Pack

November 2013 - Funko has announced several new POP! Television vinyl figures based on Thundercats - Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Mumm-Ra, and Snarf.

Expect to see these new POPs in stores around December 17th.

In Stores This Week: New Universal Monsters Banks! Plus: ThunderCats Minimates! Star Trek Minimates "The Cage" Enterprise!

October 30, 2013 - Happy Early Halloween! It's the last New Toy Day before The Big Day, and Diamond Select Toys is putting out some more horror products just under the wire! Their two latest vinyl banks of classic Universal Monsters are finally here, just in time to join your Halloween party decorations! Plus, the latest ThunderCats Minimates set from Icon Heroes hits comic shops! Stop by your nearest location today!

Universal Monsters Wolfman Vinyl Bust Bank

New ThunderCats Get New Minimates in the Thundercats Ho! Box Set!

April 2013 - Fan reaction to Icon Heroes' line of Classic ThunderCats Minimates has been phenomenal, and Art Asylum has been putting everything they have into their designs for the two-inch mini-figure line. Now, they've put together a brand-new box set based on the TV-movie ThunderCats Ho!, and Icon Heroes is making this set more widely available than ever!

Featuring "new" ThunderCats Bengali, Lynx-O, Pumyra and Ratar-O, as well as a non-poseable minifigure of the Berbil named Ro-Bear Bert, this box set is available to all comic shops and specialty store retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors' Previews catalog. Now available for pre-order, the set will ship in the fall.

Heroes Return in Thundercats Classic Minimates Series 3 by Icon Heroes

Honolulu, HI, March 20, 2013 – It's time for Thundercat reinforcements! Icon Heroes, LLC just released the highly anticipated third series of Thundercats Classic Minimates. A whole new line of heroes come to Minimate life with Tygra, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat. As a special bonus feature, this set includes a mini RoBear Bill figure.

Produced in conjunction with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and key character accessories. Tygra has his bolo whip, Cheetara and her staff, and the Thunderkittens with their smoke bombs, lassos, and hoverboards. This make a great addition to the Series 1 heroes set of Lion-O, Panthro, Jaga and Mumm-Ra and Series 2 villains set of Slythe, Jackalman, Vultureman, and Monkian.

New Thundercats Minimates Have Landed! Series 3 is In Stock at AFX!

March 2013 - ThunderCats fans have been lapping up Icon Heroes' new ThunderCats products like a kitten lapping up milk, and now the company has released a third set in their popular ThunderCats Minimates line. Produced in conjunction with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, the Series 3 box set rounds out the main band of Thunderan refugees, with Minimates of Tigra, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat, as well as a mini-figure of RoBear Bill.

Action Figure Xpress Brings New Thundercats and Alpha Flight Minimates to NYCC

October 2012 - Visitors to the Action Figure Xpress booth at the San Diego Comic-Con were treated to two unprecedented Minimates box sets: the first Minimates of the Marvel super-team Alpha Flight and the first Minimates ever for the original Thundercats cartoon! Well, response was so strong for those sets at SDCC that AFX is continuing those two lines at New York Comic-Con!

NYCC attendees will have the chance to pic up an entirely new Alpha Flight-themed Marvel Minimates box set at the show, featuring Sasquatch, Aurora, Snowbird and Shaman. In addition to the SDCC set's Guardian, Puck, Marrina and Northstar, the Canadian superteam will also get a two-pack of Vindicator and Box at Toys "R" Us this fall.

Thundercats and Alpha Flight Join this Year's Exclusive Minimates at SDCC!

July 6, 2012 - Next week's Comic-Con International in San Diego just got two more awesome Minimates exclusives! Only available at the Action Figure Xpress booth (#3345), two all-new four-packs will make their debut at the show, one from the long-running Marvel Minimates series, and one from the brand-new Thundercats line!

Mezco Reveals Summer Exclusives

June 2012 - New York - As the world prepares for San Diego Comic Con (July 12th-15th) Mezco Toyz adds to the excitement by revealing their 2012 Summer Exclusive lineup:

Dark Knight Mez-itz Mega Scale Batman

Perhaps the greatest summer exclusive in the universe, Mezco proudly presents the Mega Scale Dark Knight Batman Mez-Itz. This 300% Batman Mez-Itz is based on Batman's look from the award wining blockbuster trio of films from Christopher Nolan. He measures 20 inches from the tip of his ears to the soles of his boots.

He features a real cloth black cape. Just like the standard Mez-Itz, he features 5 points of articulation and 1000 points of fun.

Mez-Itz Mega Scale Batman is securely packed in a sturdy full color box.

This is a non-numbered limited edition item. Edition size TBD.

6" Metallic Wonder Woman Mez-itz

Warner Bros. Consumer Products Lights Up Licensing International Expo 2012 With Major Content Support For Entertainment Licensing Portfolio

Man of Steel and the Two Films Based on The Hobbit Ignite Film Merchandising Opportunities

BURBANK, Calif., June 12, 2012 -- With an impressive marquee line-up - anchored by three tent-pole films, and highlighted by pop-classic favorites, diverse animated fare and the global expansion of its themed entertainment business - Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) brings unmatched content support to this year's Licensing International Expo, offering a rich portfolio of entertainment properties for fans around the world. A powerhouse roster of partners and a myriad of programs will help drive the company's licensing, merchandising and retail business in 2012 and beyond.