Holiday Geekbook 2011: Avengers Minimates

Still looking for the perfect gifts? We've got the answers, starting with big scale action in a lil bitty package! Today we'll take a look at two series of Marvel Minimates in stores now and ready to be plucked for the geek you love this holiday season. This year saw our fill of Marvel movies and Diamond Select captured every moment within their amazing Minimates line with Captain America and Thor movie specific pieces.

The Captain America line includes...

- Captain America in his early and final battle outfits, complete with a retro shield for the die hard comic crew. You also get parts to pop his helmet off! Sadly, Diamond left the ladies out of the equation and failed to include parts for Cap's shirtless transformation scene. We did our best but lacked shirtless arms, so our shot is the stuff of LEGO like hilarity. Build-a-super soldier, indeed!

Licensing Show Bits: Conan, Captain America and Spider-Man

The Licensing Show was never a major source of news bits, but it was a New york event and there was always some eye candy to shoot, a celeb to harass and some good news to dig up if you were willing to reaaaaally get the most out of the show. Then they moved to Vegas so they could hit on showgirls and I disowned them. ..And yet, the show goes on. We just had some eye candy drop in our bulging mail box showing some art and 1 full character reveal for upcoming films, all related to Marvel in some way, coincidentally. Yes, Conan counts. He was totally a Marvel Comic.

Pic 1 is Jason Momoa in full on Conan gear. We've seen the outfit before, but I don't think a full body shot and with all the garb seen here.

Pics 2 and 3 are just teasers for Spider-Man 3D, coming July 2012, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

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