All your miscellaneous questions get answered in this week’s Q&A! Come on in!
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We all remember where we were when first saw Back to the Future, and we all remember the joyous feeling of watching that movie for the first time. Well, Diamond Select Toys has brought that feeling back… to the future! The second assortment of Minimates Vehicles is in stores now, and not only does it have a new, customizable MAX Tech Stealth Jet and the first highly detailed Pirate Raiders pirate ship, it also has a time machine! Featuring hover-mode wheels and the Mr. Fusion modification in the rear, the new Back to the Future II car comes in regular and “phasing” versions, and can glide across the floor like it’s flying! The regular version comes with Doc Brown and is exclusively at Toys “R” Us, while the phasing version is at specialty retailers and comic shops, and comes with the first-ever Jennifer action figure! While each car seats two, we managed to get Jennifer to sit on Marty’s lap, for emergency trips to the year 2015. Check out our gallery of BTTF Minimates photos, and pick one up today!

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Everyone already knows that Minimates make great stocking stuffers, but what if you have a lot of Minimates, and want a fun new way to show them off to your friends and relations? Well, we’ve got an idea — why not trim the tree with them? Due to the interchangeability of Minimates, it’s actually pretty easy. Here’s how you do it:

1. Remove the Minimate’s head.
2. Clip the loop end of an ornament hook onto the exposed neck peg. (In a pinch, you can also unfold a paper clip into an S shape, and wrap the smaller end around the peg.)
3. Place the head back on, as well as the Minimate’s hat or helmet.
4. Bend the hook/clip upwards, so the hook can be seen over the Minimate’s head.
5. Place on tree.
6. Repeat.

At about $7 for a pack of two, that’s cheaper than most ornaments, and you can show your love of Marvel Comics and movies, Capcom games, Halo, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Universal Monsters, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, pirates, fireman, policemen, SCUBA diving and much more! Beat that, Hallmark!

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October has been a big month for Diamond Select Toys, from the Munsters to the Universal Monsters to X-Men: Curse of the Mutants. Well, we’ve got one more specialty-market ship date left in October, and it’s a doozy! Not only will comic book shops and online retailers get the first box set of Femme Fatales Minimates (with Dawn, Darkchylde, Tarot and Lady Death), they’ll also get the long-awaited specialty assortment of Minimate Vehicles Series 2!

The blue MAX Tech Stealth Jet with Pilot, the glow-in-the-dark Pirate Raiders Ship with Cartographer and the Back to the Future II Hover-Mode TIme Machine (phasing version) with Jennifer will all arrive at stores this Wednesday, so hit up you LCS or your favorite online retailer for your set. Check out the pictures below, and check out the glowing ship’s debut in the first episode of “Calico Jack’s Pirate Raiders”!

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We have a lot of fun taking pictures of our toys, and we know you do, too. We’ve seen the evidence. Which is why we’ve decided to have a photo contest! Take your best shot of a Minimate — or a group of Minimates — post them to our Facebook wall, and you could win a Minimate 2-pack, 4-pack or vehicle from every line we currently produce! Here’s what you have to do.
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Back to the Future II Hover Mode Time Machine

With the second wave of Minimates vehicles hitting stores soon, there are a dozen different ways for Minimates to get around, and they certainly do get around in style. Each Minimate vehicle, be it an adaptation of a famous conveyance from television, movies, the newspapers or the history books, takes the original design and adapts it to accommodate the blocky little bodies of multiple Minimates. So how does Minimatization happen? It’s a multi-step process, but we talked to project manager Robert Yee and vehicle artist Mark Wong to find out how much is planned and how much is just a series of happy accidents. (Larger pictures at the end)
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Since we all know that Minimates are always looking for new and exciting ways to get around, we are bringing you a second wave of vehicles! In addition to the Pirate Raiders pirate ship (seen in detail here), Toys “R” Us will also get a “Back to the Future II” Hover-Mode Time Machine with Doc Brown and a translucent black version of the Minimates MAX Stealth Jet! And comic and specialty stores get their own exclusive versions of each vehicle: a glow-in-the-dark version of the pirate ship with an all-new, map-tattooed lookout figure; a translucent blue version of the Stealth Jet; and a partially translucent “phasing” version of the Time Machine, with a Jennifer figure! Look for them in stores in July! And check out the currently available Wave 1 here!

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We’ve shown you lots of pretty pictures of Calico Jack and his Pirate Raiders, but who are these Minimate adventurers? Their tale is a familiar one, full of betrayal and revenge and swashbuckling and marooning and plotting and zombies and dark magics. It’s pretty standard stuff… if you’re a pirate! Read on for the tale of Calico Jack — Minimates MAX style!
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Unbelievably it has been a little of 25 years since Back to the Future first graced movie screens. Celebrate a quarter century with this Minimates four pack. You get Marty McFly, Doc Brown, Biff Tannen, and the first ever Principal Strickland Minimate. Look for it in a specialty store near you.

We do at Diamond Select!

That’s why we’ve created our newest vehicle after Doc’s science experiment from Back to the Future 3!

The Back to the Future 3 Time Machine!

It includes sound effects and light-up effects,  but what makes this one really special is the hood-mounted components and the white-wall tires! Straight from the film!