{"id":6708,"date":"2012-08-22T03:27:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T07:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2012-08-22T03:27:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T07:27:39","slug":"equipment-battle-beasts-minimates-series-1-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=6708","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Battle Beasts Minimates Series 1 Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of planning, Diamond Select Toys has opened up pre<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TarantulaMerk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6721\" title=\"TarantulaMerk\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TarantulaMerk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>-orders for their first series of Battle Beasts Minimates! Appearing in the September issue of Previews, the first series of specialty figures will follow the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series, with characters and color schemes that will only be found at comic shops and specialty stores.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vorin the Ram vs. the Scorpion<br \/>\nThe leader of the the heroic band of rebels faces off with the leader of a nasty band of desert Beasts!<\/p>\n<p>Merk the Falcon vs. The Tarantula<br \/>\nVorin&#8217;s deadly comrade takes on one of the creepiest Beasts he&#8217;s ever encountered!<\/p>\n<p>Gruntos the Walrus and Tate Reynolds (exclusive)<br \/>\nThe trio&#8217;s good-natured powerhouse teams up with his newfound human compatriot!<\/p>\n<p>Bliss Reynolds (exclusive) vs. The Snake<br \/>\nThe human heroine is hunted by a slithering Beast for her knowledge of the Dread Weapons!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6708 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=6725'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/VorinScorpion-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=6724'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SnakeBliss-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 landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=6723'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GruntosTate-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=6722'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BattleBeastsWHite1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BattleBeastsWHite1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BattleBeastsWHite1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BattleBeastsWHite1.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><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=6721'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TarantulaMerk-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Coming this December! Pre-order the assortment today from your local comic shop or your favorite online retailer, and stay tuned to see the Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us exclusive assortment! Battle Beasts #2 on sale now from IDW!<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicshoplocator.com\" target=\"_blank\">comicshoplocator.com<\/a> to find the nearest comic shop, 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>After years of planning, Diamond Select Toys has opened up pre-orders for their first series of Battle Beasts Minimates! Appearing in the September issue of Previews, the first series of specialty figures will follow the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=6708\">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":[3,9],"tags":[208,1298,88,206,332,164,659,14,159,353],"class_list":["post-6708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-hard-copy","tag-action-figures","tag-battle-beasts","tag-comic-book","tag-diamond-select-toys","tag-dst","tag-idw","tag-idw-publishing","tag-james","tag-toys","tag-toys-r-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708","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=6708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6728,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708\/revisions\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}