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Minimates
Minimates are a block-styled miniature action figure originally created by Art Asylum in 2002, and released by Diamond Select Toys as of 2007. The basic Minimate figure design has a tall humanoid body with 14 points of joint, articulation. Released in both specialty stores as well as mass-market retailers, Minimates are made for both kid-friendly and adult-oriented properties. The toys are primarily based on licenses from a wide range of comic books, television series, movies, and video games. The longest-running series of Minimates is based on Marvel Comics, with over 85 waves of figures released to date. History Designed and produced by New York City-based sculpting and design house Art Asylum, Minimates began in 2002 with multiple lines of 3" Minimates based on several different licenses. These included ''Dark Angel (2000 TV series), Dark Angel'', ''Star Trek'', ''Kung Faux'', ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', and the films of Bruce Lee, along with a Rock and roll, Rock li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Select Toys
Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles, LLC was founded in 1999 by sister company Diamond Comics Distributors to create collectibles for adult collectors, and has since licensed a variety of pop culture properties, including Marvel Comics, ''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', ''Transformers'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''Halo (series), Halo'', ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Indiana Jones'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''The Muppets'' and ''Back to the Future''. While they have made collectibles in numerous product categories, including action figures, plush, banks, busts, statues and prop replicas, many of their licensed properties are released in the form of Minimates mini-figures. In 2025, they filed with chapter 11 bankruptcy. Minimates Minimates were created by New York-based design house Art Asylum, who produced them at a 3-inch scale on their own beginning in 2002, then in 2-inch and 2.5-inch sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Faux
''Kung Faux'' is an international action comedy television series and audiovisual art assemblage created by Mic Neumann, an American creator–developer showrunner, conceptual artist and multimedia entrepreneur, who remixes classic kung fu films with popular music and comic book style editing along with video game style visual effects and new storylines featuring voice acting by contemporary art stars, hip hop personalities, and pop culture icons.Kipnis, Jill (October 19, 2002). Tommy Boy Branches Out With Film/TV Division'. Billboard Magazine. Page 6.Matthews, Mark K. (March 28, 2004)The Orlando SentinelRetrieved August 23, 2012''KungFauxSite'' The Official Kung Faux Website. August 19, 2010The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invincible (comics)
Invincible is an American comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, and published by Image Comics. Set in the Image Universe, ''Invincible'' follows the coming of age of superhero Mark Grayson / Invincible, a Viltrumite and first-born son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on Earth. The series began publication on January 22, 2003, before coming to a close on February 14, 2018, with 144 issues. Several spin-off series were released over its run: '' Brit'', '' The Pact'', ''Atom Eve & Rex Splode'', and '' Guarding the Globe''. An animated television adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 25, 2021, while an additional spin-off interquel, '' Battle Beast'', will begin publication in 2025. Plot synopsis Mark Grayson is a normal high schooler whose father, Nolan Grayson, is an extraterrestrial from the planet Viltrum—on Earth, he is known as Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. At age sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Racer
''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Yoshida. It was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in form by Sun Wide Comics and later re-released in Japan by Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Production, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji Television from April 1967 to March 1968. In the US, the show aired in Broadcast syndication, syndication at approximately the same time. The anime was later re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008. Selected chapters of the manga were released by NOW Comics in the 1990s under the title ''Speed Racer Classics''. These were later released by Wildstorm Productions, a division of DC Comics, as ''Speed Racer: The Original Manga''. In 2008, under its Americanized title, ''Speed Racer'', ''Mach GoGoGo'' was republished in its entirety in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and was released as a box set to commemorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |