{"id":4371,"date":"2012-04-22T02:39:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T06:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2012-04-22T02:39:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T06:39:25","slug":"equipment-stallone-becomes-a-minimate-when-dst-releases-expendables-minimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4371","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Stallone Becomes a Minimate When DST Releases Expendables Minimates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On-screen, the stars of the instant-classic action film The Expendables are all larger-than<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ExpendablesSpec1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4379 alignright\" title=\"ExpendablesSpec1\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ExpendablesSpec1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>-life, but in the real world, many of them are no bigger than you or me. Jason Statham? Five-foot-nine. Sylvester Stallone? Five-foot-nine-and-a-half. Jet Li? Five-foot-six-and-a-quarter. So translating all of them into 2-inch Minimates minifigures was a piece of cake!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This summer, DST will release two sets of Expendables Minimates, one at Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us and one at comic shops and specialty stores.<\/p>\n<p>The Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us set will feature:<br \/>\n&#8211; Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone)<br \/>\n&#8211; Trent Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger)<br \/>\n&#8211; James Munroe (Eric Roberts)<br \/>\n&#8211; Paine (Steve Austin)<\/p>\n<p>And the Specialty set will feature:<br \/>\n&#8211; Lee Christmas (Jason Statham)<br \/>\n&#8211; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)<br \/>\n&#8211; Mr. Church (Bruce Willis)<br \/>\n&#8211; Tool (Mickey Rourke)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Expendables_TRU1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4380\" title=\"Expendables_TRU1\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Expendables_TRU1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each set will come packed to the rafters with weaponry, with a dozen guns in each 4-pack, plus various knives and batons. As a bonus, DST will release two more sets based on Expendables 2 when the sequel hits theaters on August 17! Haven&#8217;t seen the first Expendables? Rent it tonight, and find out more about the characters below!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find your nearest comic shop at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicshoplocator.com\" target=\"_blank\">comicshoplocator.com<\/a>! And get regular DST updates on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diamondselecttoys\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/CollectDST\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-screen, the stars of the instant-classic action film The Expendables are all larger-than-life, but in the real world, many of them are no bigger than you or me. Jason Statham? Five-foot-nine. Sylvester Stallone? Five-foot-nine-and-a-half. Jet Li? Five-foot-six-and-a-quarter. So translating all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4371\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,1361,206,332,14,1362,628,1360,541,1359,1358,159],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-action-figure","tag-bruce-willis","tag-diamond-select-toys","tag-dst","tag-james","tag-jet-li","tag-mickey-rourke","tag-movie-sequel","tag-movie-tie-in","tag-sylvester-stallone","tag-the-expendables","tag-toys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}