{"id":5600,"date":"2012-06-18T02:24:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T06:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2012-06-19T00:35:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T04:35:53","slug":"equipment-the-expendables-are-back-for-another-mission-from-diamond-select-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=5600","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: The Expendables Are Back For Another Mission from Diamond Select Toys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, you&#8217;ve picked up the first two sets of Expendables Minimates mini-figures, one at comic shops and specialty stores, the other at Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us. Well, Diamond Select Toys<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Exp2MMSet11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5611 alignright\" title=\"Exp2MMSet1\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Exp2MMSet11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a> has even more products coming out for the newest action-movie franchise, including action figures and more Minimates, and we&#8217;ve got pictures!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First up are two new box sets of Expendables Minimates, this time drawing on the characters of <em>Expendables 2<\/em> (opening August 17). Due out in October, the specialty-market box set will include team members Ying Yang, Gunner Jensen and Toll Road, plus the aptly named new villain Jean Vilain (played in the movie by Jean-Claude Van Damme!). At Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us, we&#8217;ll see another box set starring team leader Barney Ross, Trench Mauser, Mr. Church and Booker (played in the movie by Chuck Norris)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5607 alignleft\" title=\"ExpendablesAFSeries1\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a>Then, in November, DST will present the first three figures in their 7-inch-scale Expendables 2 action figure line! The line kicks off with Gunner Jensen (featuring the likeness of Dolph Lundgren), Hale Caesar (featuring the likeness of Terry Crews) and both beret-wearing and beret-free versions of Barney Ross (featuring the likeness of Sylvester Stallone). All are wearing their mission gear, and each will feature character-appropriate weapons and details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order the Minimates and action figures today, online or at your local comic shop! To find a comic shop near you, visit <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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5600 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=5611'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Exp2MMSet11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=5610'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/BarneyBeret-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=5608'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Exp2MMSet2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=5607'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ExpendablesAFSeries11.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, you&#8217;ve picked up the first two sets of Expendables Minimates mini-figures, one at comic shops and specialty stores, the other at Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us. Well, Diamond Select Toys has even more products coming out for the newest action-movie &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=5600\">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":[208,206,332,14,209,541,1358,159,353],"class_list":["post-5600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-action-figures","tag-diamond-select-toys","tag-dst","tag-james","tag-minimates","tag-movie-tie-in","tag-the-expendables","tag-toys","tag-toys-r-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600","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=5600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5624,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions\/5624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}