This week, DST Chuck answers your myriad Minimates questions! It all starts after the break!

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Spider-Man has met so many interesting characters in his many adventures. He has also had to battle many a nefarious villain along the way. Picking the all time favorites is a herculean task to say the least! To help you along the way and help expand your Minimates collection we are bringing you the Friends and Foes 4 pack. Featuring a battle-ravaged Spider-Man, and new version of Black Cat, the evil Doc Ock, and Vulture! Build your Marvel Minimates Universe to even greater heights!

Quite a few of you wrote in to request a high-resolution image of our upcoming Toys “R” Us exclusive Secret Wars Minimates set, so feast your nerdly peepers on this Minimate masterpiece!  Now you might have noticed the ship date for the Secret Wars Minimates box set being pushed back a little (now due out in November). We ran into some production delays unfortunately, but we’re working as hard as we can to get this highly-awaited set into Toys “R” Us stores nationwide. So check out the final artwork and stay tuned for more exciting Minimates news as the release date approaches, including the fate of a certain weather-witch.

Without a doubt, working on the Minimate control art is a great deal of fun, it’s very much like a roller coaster ride, where you have your exciting high points, your pulse-pounding dips and the pleasant straight-a-ways. If there were a moment that I could describe as icing on the cake, it would be when I get to draw a Minimate poster.

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T2 Cyberdyne Assault 4 pack.

Includes:

Cybernetic T-800

Sarah Connor

Scorched Endoskeleton

Myles Dyson

Get it at SDCC!

Get ready for the best toy news of the year! In celebration of Marvel Comics’ 70th Anniversary, Toys R Us and Diamond Select Toys are teaming up to conduct a poll where, for the first time ever, YOU the fans will decide which new Marvel Minimates will be featured in an exclusive box set! And because this first-ever Minimates Poll needed that little something extra, all ten potential Minimates have been taken from one of the most popular Marvel events of all time - Secret Wars!

UPDATE 06/01/09
Voting for the Secret Wars Minimates is now closed.  We’ll be busy tallying the results and combining your votes with those cast on ToysRUs.com, so check back later this week for more Secret Wars news!
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In case you haven’t been following the craziness, we’ve been revealing the next waves of Marvel Minimates in a top secret near-unbreakable code! Well, semi-unbreakable… OK, you guys cracked the code within a matter of hours every single day… So here are the translated lineups for Marvel Minimates Series 29 and 30 plus a little extra bonus for you code-breakers out there!

Series 29
Jim Lee Storm & Black Panther
Moon Knight & Armored Daredevil
Hydra Agent & X-Force Wolverine
World War II Wolverine (variant)

Series 30
Electro & Insulated Spider-Man
Scorpion & House of M Spider-Man
Vault Guard & Spider-Girl
Ultimate Spider-Woman (variant)

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Update: Thanks to everyone who has correctly deciphered our secret message. The first ten winners will be receiving their prize packs shortly. Everyone else, thanks for playing along!

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