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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Our Minimates photo contest is over, and we got a ton of great entries! Over 50 shots from around the world, featuring Marvel, Halo, Universal Monsters, Pirate Raiders, Ghostbusters, Minimates MAX, Back to the Future, Terminator and Playstation characters! While we loved them all, only one could win, and that was Les Koting of the Philippines. He’ll be getting Minimates from every line we make for his shot of Captain America and the Red Skull brawling, above! We’ll also send swag to the three runners-up — Don Brosius, Philip Mailloux and Brad Martin — but there were so many great shots we had to share some of them here!

Check ‘em out in the gallery, then head over to Facebook to enter our Marvel and Universal Select Photo Contest, starting soon!

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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