Works that have received the Minimate treatment include:
- Marvel Comics
- DC Comics
- Star Trek
- The Lord of the Rings
- Battlestar Galactica
- Ghostbusters
- Back to the Future
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Rocky
- The Dollars Trilogy
- Halo
A comprehensive list of almost every official Minimate ever produced can be found here
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Tropes demonstrated by this toyline include:
- Alternate Company Equivalent: to Kubricks, by Japan-based company Medicom Toy.
- Art Evolution: The figures' height shift from the original 3-inch scale to the more familiar 2 inches.
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Cash-Cow Franchise: the Marvel Comics line. - Fun Size
- Kibbles and Bits: Translating the Hulk to block form is harder than it sounds.
- LEGO Genetics: Minimates lend themselves surprisingly well to quick customization.
- Long Runner: Again, the Marvel line. 65 waves and counting, and that's not even including the boxsets and exclusives...
- Massive Multiplayer Crossover: The line's unified scale means you can have the Justice League and The Avengers team up to fight Gozer and the Cylons, all while [[Franchise/Rocky Rocky Balboa]], the T-800 and the Man With No Name slug it out in the background. Or you can induct Marty McFly into Starfleet while Hannibal Lecter and Sauron are plotting to... what?
- Offer Void in Nebraska: Due to Minimates being a US-based line, this makes some exclusives hard to find for overseas collectors.
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Older Than They Think: the line predates Superhero Squad by at least three years. - Show Accuracy/Toy Accuracy
- Spell My Name With An S: "Minimates" getting spelled as two words instead of one. Also with or without an S.
- Toyless Toyline Character: rattling off whole lists of these is practically the fandom's national sport. See Memetic Mutation for when this goes overboard.
- Not just specific characters either... whole properties, even.
- Unexpected Character: Ambush Bug and Ma Hunkel from DC Comics, not to mention Desperately Seeking Susan.
- What Could Have Been: Some of the non-starter sets, including Doctor Who, The Godfather, wave 2 of Street Fighter II and wave 3 of The Lord of the Rings.
- Wolverine Publicity: The variations on main characters in the popular lines almost take this to Environment-Specific Action Figure levels.
- The Marvel line's three most prolific characters are Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Wolverine.
- Naturally, Batman from the currently-defunct DC line.
- Kirk and Spock in the Star Trek line.
- The T-800.
- Even Ghostbusters isn't safe from this, if the number of versions of Peter, Egon and Ray are any indication.
