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| - The Skylander Minis started off as regular "Sidekicks," assisting the Skylanders on many exciting adventures. And what they lacked in size they more than made up for in courage. Ultimately determined to become full-fledged heroes, they trained at the Skylands Academy - honing their powers and skills until they were ready. Now, they stand side by side with their full grown counterparts, ready to defend Skylands against Kaos and his evil minions.
- Other than being a companion to your Powerpet, minis are also needed as a requirement for Elite Status in the Power temple. In addition, you can armour your mini, which is required if players are to access the gate behind Barkchem, as only a mini can get past the gate and obtain the rewards.
- In 2015, Mattel released a brand new Thomas and Friends toy range called Minis, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Thomas & Friends. The range features numerous characters in a variety of different themes. They are small sized, each acquiring a 4-wheeled chassis configuration and a hook and loop coupling system. Tender engines have their tenders moulded onto the overall unit, behind their cabs and boilers. The two primary methods of distribution for the Minis are blind bags and visible packs. The blind bags have individual codes to identify and distinguish which bag contains which Mini. The blind bag releases in 2015 were split into 4 separate waves, released gradually throughout the year, each with it's own unique set of Minis. Play-sets with exclusive Minis and various multi-packs were
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| - The Skylander Minis started off as regular "Sidekicks," assisting the Skylanders on many exciting adventures. And what they lacked in size they more than made up for in courage. Ultimately determined to become full-fledged heroes, they trained at the Skylands Academy - honing their powers and skills until they were ready. Now, they stand side by side with their full grown counterparts, ready to defend Skylands against Kaos and his evil minions.
- Other than being a companion to your Powerpet, minis are also needed as a requirement for Elite Status in the Power temple. In addition, you can armour your mini, which is required if players are to access the gate behind Barkchem, as only a mini can get past the gate and obtain the rewards.
- In 2015, Mattel released a brand new Thomas and Friends toy range called Minis, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Thomas & Friends. The range features numerous characters in a variety of different themes. They are small sized, each acquiring a 4-wheeled chassis configuration and a hook and loop coupling system. Tender engines have their tenders moulded onto the overall unit, behind their cabs and boilers. The two primary methods of distribution for the Minis are blind bags and visible packs. The blind bags have individual codes to identify and distinguish which bag contains which Mini. The blind bag releases in 2015 were split into 4 separate waves, released gradually throughout the year, each with it's own unique set of Minis. Play-sets with exclusive Minis and various multi-packs were also released in parts of the world, gradually becoming available internationally during the end of 2015 and early 2016. The themes released in 2015 were: Classics, Robo, Dino, Chillin', Racers, Old School, Neon, Spooky and Metallic, with Christmas and Warriors joining the line-up during the end of the year, as exclusive Minis to 2 multi-packs. Mattel also released a cross-over theme, DC Super Friends, that included multiple characters dressed up as various Superheroes and Supervillains from the DC Comic range. The Thomas and Friends Minis have been one of the most successful toy ranges for Mattel, and statistics show, within the first 10 months of 2015, in Walmart Stores alone, they sold more than 5 million Minis. Internationally, the Minis have also achieved astounding sales. Because of the immense popularity and demand of the Minis, Mattel continued to expand the ever-growing and highly successful toy range in 2016, incorporating a variety of new themes and characters into the popular toy-line, as well as creating new Minis for some previously established themes from 2015. The brand new themes introduced for 2016, included: Sweets, Electrified, Sports, Creatures, Graffiti and Core Moments, joined with an exclusive theme for the US/Canada called Tootsie, as well as Glow in the Dark and Insects, that will be released during late-2016. Mattel Continued the much loved DC SuperFriends theme with a plethora of new additions to the line-up. In late-2016, came along the newest cross-over theme SpongeBob SquarePants, that featured a variety of Minis dressed up as popular characters from the hit TV Show. A majority of the Classics theme was rereleased, and also received new characters into the line-up. Metallic, Spooky and Racers also got brand new additions to their lineup, as well as a few rereleases. Rolling stock was also added to the range for the first time in 2016. Many Play-sets were also released, that contains exclusive Minis, along with 4 (with a fifth released in 2017) small Speedy Launchers, that also arrived with exclusive Minis each. The blind bag waves in 2016 contain previously released Minis, titled 'returning favourites' as well as brand new introductions mixed into each series. The codes were re-generated, starting again from Code: 01. 2017 will be the third year for the Minis range, and Mattel is set to release brand new Minis themes including: Steel, Construction, Aquatic, Night Time, Space, Monster and Animals, as well as new characters incorporated into the Classics theme. It will be the second year for the Tootsie theme (exclusive only to the US/Canada), as new additions are also announced. A new crossover theme was also announced for 2017, that being the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. For the first time, road vehicles were added to the range also.
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