Minis

Minis are a range of Thomas and Friends toys produced by Mattel, Fisher-Price. It was introduced in 2015 as part of the 70th Anniversary of Thomas and Friends.

History
In 2015, Mattel released a brand new Thomas & Friends toy named Minis, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the entire Thomas & Friends franchise. The range features numerous characters from the show in a vast variety of different themes. They are small models, each acquiring a 4-wheeled chassis configuration and a hook and loop coupling system. The tender engines have their tenders moulded onto the overall unit, behind their cabs and boilers. The Minis released in 2015 included the themes: Classic, Metallic, Chillin', Heroes, Robo, Spooky, Racers, Dinos, Old School, Neon, DC Super Friends, Christmas and Warriors, the latter two being exclusive-only themes.

Because of the immense popularity of the Minis, 2016 will see the continuation of the range. Mattel have continued to incorporating more themes and characters into the range. The brand new themes and characters currently announced includes: Sweets, Electrified, Sports, Creatures, Graffiti and a currently Unknown theme that consists of episode inspired variants of selected characters. Established themes are also to get brand new additions.

2015

 * Thomas (Code: 01)
 * Edward (Code: 05)
 * Henry (Code: 08)
 * Gordon (Code: 64)
 * James (Code: 40)
 * Percy (Code: 20)
 * Toby (Code: 67)
 * Bill (Code: 53)
 * Ben (Code: 75)
 * Emily (Code: 47)
 * Spencer (Code: 44)
 * Hiro (Code: 71)
 * Charlie (Code: 73)
 * Bash (Code: 69)
 * Dash (Code: 11)
 * Scruff (Code: 16)
 * Stephen (Code: 14)
 * Porter (Code: 78)
 * Gator (Code: 77)
 * Samson (Code: 37)
 * Diesel (Code: 27)
 * Iron Bert (Code:18)
 * Diesel 10 (Code: 12)
 * Salty (Code: 24)
 * Paxton (Code: 49)
 * Sidney (Code: 32)
 * Skarloey (Code: 34)
 * Victor (Code: 51)
 * Luke (Code: 55)
 * Millie (Code: 30)

2016

 * Rosie (coming soon)
 * Stanley (coming soon)
 * Ferdinand (coming soon)
 * Belle (coming soon)
 * Iron 'Arry (coming soon)
 * Flynn (coming soon)

2015

 * Gold Thomas (Code: 61)
 * Edward (Code: 23)
 * Gordon (Code: 22)
 * James (Code: 03)
 * Percy (Code: 62)

2015

 * Thomas (Code: 19)
 * Hiro (Code: 29)
 * Samson (Code: 79)
 * Diesel (Code: 46)
 * Victor (Code: 15)

2015

 * Edward (Code: 42)
 * Henry (Code: 45)
 * Toby (Code: 26)
 * Charlie (Code: 31)
 * Millie (Code: 72)

2015

 * Thomas (Code: 38)
 * Gordon (Code: 04)
 * Bill (Code: 17)
 * Spencer (Code: 65)
 * Dash (Code: 48)

2016

 * Percy  (coming soon)

2015

 * Henry (Code: 68)
 * James (Code: 63)
 * Toby (Code: 07)
 * Bash (Code: 28)
 * Iron Bert (Code: 54)

2015

 * Edward (Code: 66)
 * Gordon (Code: 41)
 * Paxton (Code: 13)
 * Sidney (Code: 74)
 * Skarloey (Code: 76)

2015

 * James (Code: 21)
 * Percy (Code: 39)
 * Ben (Code: 33)
 * Stephen (Code: 50)
 * Gator (Code: 36)

2015

 * Spencer (Code: 25)
 * Scruff (Code: 52)
 * Diesel (Code: 09)
 * Salty (Code: 43)
 * Luke (Code: 35)

2015

 * Percy (Code: 02)
 * Emily (Code: 10)
 * Porter (Code: 56)
 * Diesel 10 (Code: 70)
 * Salty (Code: 06)

2016

 * Edward (coming soon)

2015

 * Thomas as Superman  (Code: 57)
 * Thomas as Batman (Code: 81)
 * James as the Flash (Code: 82)
 * Percy as Robin (Code: 83)
 * Spencer as Cyborg (Black Smoke Box; Code: 60)
 * Charlie as the Riddler (Code: 80)
 * Diesel 10 as the Joker (Code: 58)
 * Millie as Harley Quinn (Code: 59)

2016

 * Henry as Green Arrow (coming soon)
 * Toby as Blue Beetle (coming soon)
 * Emily as Wonder Woman (coming soon)
 * Rosie as Supergirl (coming soon)
 * Belle as Raven (coming soon)
 * Stephen as Sinestro (coming soon)
 * Gator as Green Lantern (coming soon)
 * Victor as Hawkman (coming soon)
 * Luke as Beast Boy (coming soon)

2016

 * Emily (coming soon)
 * Charlie (coming soon)
 * Ferdinand (coming soon)
 * Sidney (coming soon)
 * Skarloey (coming soon)

2016

 * Gordon (coming soon)
 * Victor (coming soon)

2016

 * Hiro (coming soon)
 * Iron Bert (coming soon)
 * Luke (coming soon)

2016

 * Porter (coming soon)
 * Salty (coming soon)

2016

 * Stanley  (coming soon)
 * Dash (coming soon)
 * Gator (coming soon)
 * Samson (coming soon)

2016

 * Breakfast Thomas (coming soon)
 * Fruit Chew Henry  (coming soon)
 * Double Bubble Gordon  (coming soon)
 * Blow Pop James  (coming soon)
 * Bumble Bee James (coming soon)
 * Sugar Daddy Toby (coming soon)

2015
'Exclusive to 50 MINIS! Pack'
 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Diesel
 * Millie

2015
Exclusive to Advent Calendar Pack
 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * James
 * Toby
 * Ben
 * Diesel

2015
Exclusive to Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive to DC Super Friends 9-Pack
 * Spencer as Cyborg ( Clear Blue Smoke Box)
 * Diesel as the Dark Knight
 * Edward as Black Adam
 * Iron 'Arry as Shazam!
 * Paxton as Lex Luthor
 * Sidney as the Penguin
 * Millie as Catwoman
 * Flynn as Firestorm

2015

 * 3-Pack A (includes: Thomas, Spooky Emily and Super Victor)
 * 3-Pack B (includes: Percy, Robot Charlie and Neon Bash)
 * 3-Pack C (includes: Dash, Dino James and Mono Scruff)
 * 3-Pack D (includes: Diesel 10, Racing Gordon and Winter Sidney)
 * 3-Pack E (includes: Paxton, Winter Edward and Racing Bill)
 * 3-Pack F (includes: Salty, Dino Ben and Super Hiro)
 * 3-Pack G (includes: Bert, Mono Spencer and Dino Stephen)
 * 3-Pack H (includes: Millie, Neon Toby and Winter Skarloey)
 * 3-Pack I (includes: Victor, Neon Henry and Mono Luke)
 * 3-Pack J (includes: Charlie, Dino Gator and Super Diesel)
 * 3-Pack K (includes: Emily, Scruff and Spooky Porter)
 * 3-Pack L (includes: Bash, Sidney and Super Samson)

2015

 * 8-Pack 1 (includes: Spencer, Hiro, Porter, Robot Edward, Special Gordon, Neon James, Dino Percy and Mono Diesel)
 * 8-Pack 2 (includes: Gordon, Toby, Gator, Racing Thomas, Robot Henry, Special James, Neon Bert and Spooky Salty)
 * 8-Pack 3 (includes: Henry, James, Stephen, Luke, Special Edward, Robot Toby, Mono Salty and Winter Paxton)
 * 8-Pack 4 (includes: Edward, Samson, Diesel, Skarloey, Winter Gordon, Special Percy, Racing Spencer and Robot Millie)

2015

 * Super Friends 5-Pack (includes: Thomas as Superman, Spencer as Cyborg, Diesel as the Dark Knight [Exclusive], Diesel 10 as The Joker and Millie as Harley Quinn; Exclusive to Comic-Con 2015)
 * Super Friends 9-Pack 1 (includes: Thomas as Superman, Edward as Black Adam, Percy as Robin, Iron 'Arry as Shazam!, Diesel 10 as the Joker, Paxton as Lex Luthor, Sidney as the Penguin, Millie as Catwoman and Flynn as Firestorm)

2016

 * Super Friends 4-Pack (includes: Thomas as Batman, Percy as Robin, Emily as Wonder Woman and Diesel 10 as The Joker; coming soon)
 * Super Friends 6-Pack (includes: Thomas as Batman, Henry as Green Arrow, Emily as Wonder Woman, Stephen as Sinestro, Charlie as the Ridder and Luke as Beast Boy; coming soon)

2015

 * 50 MINIS! (includes: Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, Percy, Toby, Spencer, Hiro, Charlie, Dash, Scruff, Stephen, Porter, Gator, Samson, Diesel, Bert, Diesel 10, Salty, Paxton, Sidney, Skarloey, Victor, Millie, Robot Edward, Robot Henry, Robot Toby, Robot Charlie, Dino Ben, Dino Gator, Super Hiro, Super Diesel, Super Victor, Racing Thomas, Racing Gordon, Racing Bill, Neon Henry, Neon Toby, Neon Bash, Neon Bert, Winter Paxton, Mono Spencer, Mono Scruff, Mono Diesel, Mono Luke, Warrior Thomas, Warrior James, Warrior Percy, Warrior Diesel and Warrior Millie)
 * Advent Calendar (includes: Thomas, Percy, Victor, Diesel 10, Charlie, Dash, Salty, Winter Skarloey,  Winter Edward, Winter Paxton, Winter Sidney, Mono Scruff, Mono Spencer, Mono Diesel, Dino Stephen, Neon Toby, Robot Henry, Robot Charlie, Christmas Thomas, Christmas Toby, Christmas Diesel, Christmas James, Christmas Henry, Christmas Ben)

2016

 * Exclusive Speedy Thomas (coming soon)
 * Exclusive Speedy Percy (coming soon)

Play-Sets
2015
 * Collector's Playwheel (includes: Gold Thomas)


 * Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set (includes: Exclusive Muddy Percy)

DC Super Friends™ MINIS Mash Ups Origin Story!
A video, also known as Thomas and His Hero Friends, on the Thomas & Friends YouTube channel shows a special story about Thomas and his friends in Minis form.

Plot
Thomas dreams that he, Spencer and Diesel are super heroes while Diesel 10 and Millie are the super villains.

Characters

 * Thomas (as Superman)
 * Spencer (as Cyborg)
 * Diesel (as The Dark Knight)
 * Diesel 10 (as The Joker)
 * Millie (as Harley Quinn)
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Assistant #1
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Assistant #2
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Rocky (cameo)
 * Mr. Bubbles (mentioned)

Locations

 * The Windmill
 * Dryaw
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Sodor Steamworks
 * Sodor Dieselworks
 * Sodor Jail

Cast

 * Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Glenn Wrage as Spencer
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Matt Wilkinson as Diesel 10
 * Teresa Gallagher as Millie
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt and Sir Topham Hatt's First Assistant
 * Rob Rackstraw as Sir Topham Hatt's Second Assistant

Trivia

 * This video is made in the style of a DC comic book.
 * In this video, Teresa Gallagher voices Millie instead of Miranda Raison.
 * Annie, Clarabel and Rocky appear, despite currently not having a Minis model.
 * The Narrator in the dream sequence is a nod to William Dozier, the producer and narrator of the 1966 Batman Television Series.

Goofs

 * When Thomas, Spencer and Diesel arrive at the Dieselworks, Thomas is missing his number.
 * When Diesel 10 and Millie are at the Sodor Jail Diesel 10's right (viewer's left) wheel is separated.
 * Annie and Clarabel's names are not written on their sides.

Trivia

 * Every engine that has been released has a classic model and at least one other model in a different theme.
 * In Australia, the Minis were never released as various pack items.
 * Each character in the blind bags has its own respective item code. This can be used to distinguish a particular theme and engine apart.
 * There have been 4 blind bag waves of Minis released thus far, that included it's own set of codes, respectively. They are as follows:
 * Wave 1 - Codes: 1-18
 * Wave 2 - Codes: 19-37 (Code 12: Classic Diesel 10 was present in Wave 2, it is unknown why it was repeated from Wave 1)
 * Wave 3 - Codes: 38-60
 * Wave 4 - Codes: 61-83


 * In Japan, there are various characters with a different code compared to the rest of the world. Such as:
 * Classic Dash is Code 10
 * Classic Scruff is Code 15
 * Classic Stephen is Code 13
 * Classic Iron Bert is Code 17
 * Classic Diesel 10 is Code 11 (Wave 1); Code 12 (Wave 2)
 * Hero Victor is Code 14
 * Racer Bill is Code 16
 * Chillin' Paxton is Code 12
 * Spooky Emily is Code 18


 * Characters in the blind bag releases are clearly visible in certain areas of the bag.
 * Multiple prototypes differed from the final model:
 * Gator and Neon Bert had black wheels, Racer Spencer had grey wheels, and Metallic James had red wheels.
 * Charlie had a purple roof.
 * Mono Scruff had a black bufferbeam/footplate.
 * Mono Salty had a white face area, as well as grey bufferbeam/footplate and wheels.
 * Bash and Dash's prototypes have different wheels.
 * Multiple prototypes have much narrower front couplings.
 * Robot Toby's prototype has a black chassis instead of the gold one.
 * Spooky Porter's prototype has a black cape instead of a brown one.
 * Robot Millie had a special pattern on her wheels.


 * Because every model use the same buffer-beam/footplate moulding:
 * Gordon and Diesel 10's models have round buffers instead of oval shaped ones.
 * Bash, Dash, Flynn, and Millie's models have buffers.
 * Toby's model doesn't have side plates.


 * There are a few printing errors on the Series 3-4 checklist.
 * Metallic James is missing his checkbox.
 * Racer Gordon is named "Thomas" when Super Thomas is named "Gordon".


 * Although all of the models have visible buffers, they do not have any buffer detailing.
 * The Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set and its Exclusive Muddy Percy, were only released in the US, as Walmart-Exclusives. They are currently not released anywhere else in the world.
 * The prototype of the DC Super Friends 9 Pack 1 includes Rosie as Supergirl and Millie as Harley Quinn instead of Percy as Robin and Millie as Catwoman.

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