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: Classics, Metallic, Chillin', Heroes, Robo, Spooky, Racers, Dinos, Old School, Neon, DC Super Friends, Christmas and Warriors, the latter two being exclusive-only themes. The 2 methods of distribution for the Minis were surprise bags and visible packs, the latter only being sold in the U.S. The surprise bags had codes to identify and distinguish which bag contains which Mini model. The surprise bags were released in 4 series throughout 2015, each with it's own unique set of Minis.

Because of the immense popularity and demand of the Minis, the range was continued in 2016 with Mattel incorporating more themes and characters into the popular toy-line. The brand new themes include: Sweets, Electrified, Sports, Creatures, Graffiti, Racing Course, Tootsie ® and Core Moments. Established themes also got brand new additions. New characters were introduced and rolling stock was also added to the range. The surprise bag series in 2016 contained many previously released Minis, titled 'returning favourites' as well as brand new introductions mixed into each series. The codes were also re-generated, starting again from Code: 01.

Classics

 * 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)

Metallic

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

Heroes

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

Robo

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

Racers

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

Neon

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

Chillin'

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

Dino

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

Old School

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

Spooky

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

DC Super Friends

 * 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)
 * Stephen as Sinestro (currently only sold in multi-pack: ' DC Super Friends 4-Pack 1' and playset: 'DC Super Friends Collector's Playwheel') 
 * Diesel 10 as the Joker (Code: 58)
 * Millie as Harley Quinn (Code: 59)
 * Millie as Catwoman  (currently only sold in multi-packs: 'DC Super Friends 9-Pack 1' and 'DC Super Friends 4-Pack 2')

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

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

DC Super Friends
Exclusive to Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive to DC Super Friends 9-Pack Exclusive to DC Super Friends 4-Pack 1 Exclusive to DC Super Friends 4-Pack 2 DC Super Friends Collector Case
 * Spencer as Cyborg ( Clear Blue Smoke Box)
 * Diesel as Batman (the Dark Knight version)
 * Edward as Black Adam
 * Iron 'Arry as Shazam!
 * Paxton as Lex Luthor
 * Sidney as the Penguin
 * Flynn as Firestorm
 * Henry as Green Arrow
 * Emily as Wonder Woman
 * Luke as Beast Boy
 * Gator as Green Lantern

3-Packs

 * 3-Pack A (includes: Thomas, Spooky Emily and Hero Victor)
 * 3-Pack B (includes: Percy, Robo Charlie and Neon Bash)
 * 3-Pack C (includes: Dash, Dino James and Old School Scruff)
 * 3-Pack D (includes: Diesel 10, Racer Gordon and Chillin' Sidney)
 * 3-Pack E (includes: Paxton, Chillin' Edward and Racer Bill)
 * 3-Pack F (includes: Salty, Dino Ben and Hero Hiro)
 * 3-Pack G (includes: Iron Bert, Old School Spencer and Dino Stephen)
 * 3-Pack H (includes: Millie, Neon Toby and Chillin' Skarloey)
 * 3-Pack I (includes: Victor, Neon Henry and Old School Luke)
 * 3-Pack J (includes: Charlie, Dino Gator and Hero Diesel)
 * 3-Pack K (includes: Emily, Scruff and Spooky Porter)
 * 3-Pack L (includes: Bash, Sidney and Hero Samson)
 * 3-Pack M (includes: Racer Dash, Bill and Hero Thomas)
 * 3-Pack N (includes: Spooky Percy, Spooky Diesel 10 and Ben)

8-Packs

 * 8-Pack 1 (includes: Spencer, Hiro, Porter, Robo Edward, Metallic Gordon, Neon James, Dino Percy and Old School Diesel)
 * 8-Pack 2 (includes: Gordon, Toby, Gator, Racing Thomas, Robo Henry, Metallic James, Neon Iron Bert and Spooky Salty)
 * 8-Pack 3 (includes: Henry, James, Stephen, Luke, Metallic Edward, Robo Toby, Old School Salty and Chillin' Paxton)
 * 8-Pack 4 (includes: Edward, Samson, Diesel, Skarloey, Chillin' Gordon, Metallic Percy, Racer Spencer and Robo Millie)

DC Super Friends Packs

 * DC Super Friends 4-Pack 1 (includes: Thomas as Batman, Henry as Green Arrow, Emily as Wonder Woman and Stephen as Sinestro)
 * DC Super Friends 4-Pack 2 (includes: Percy as Robin, Charlie as The Riddler, Luke as Beast Boy and Millie as Catwoman)
 * DC Super Friends 5-Pack  (includes: Thomas as Superman, Spencer as Cyborg, Diesel as Batman (the Dark Knight) [Exclusive], Diesel 10 as The Joker and Millie as Harley Quinn; Exclusive to Comic-Con 2015)
 * DC Super Friends 9-Pack  (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)

Other Packs

 * 50 MINIS! (includes: Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, Percy, Toby, Spencer, Hiro, Charlie, Dash, Scruff, Stephen, Porter, Gator, Samson, Diesel, Iron Bert, Diesel 10, Salty, Paxton, Sidney, Skarloey, Victor, Millie, Robo Edward, Robo Henry, Robo Toby, Robo Charlie, Dino Ben, Dino Gator, Hero Hiro, Hero Diesel, Hero Victor, Racer Thomas, Racer Gordon, Racer Bill, Neon Henry, Neon Toby, Neon Bash, Neon Iron Bert, Chillin' Paxton, Old School Spencer, Old School Scruff, Old School Diesel, Old School Luke, Warrior Thomas, Warrior James, Warrior Percy, Warrior Diesel and Warrior Millie)
 * Advent Calendar (includes: Thomas, Percy, Victor, Diesel 10, Charlie, Dash, Salty, Chillin' Skarloey, Chillin' Edward, Chillin' Paxton, Chillin' Sidney, Old School Scruff, Old School Spencer, Old School Diesel, Dino Stephen, Neon Toby, Robo Henry, Robo Charlie, Christmas Thomas, Christmas Toby, Christmas Diesel, Christmas James, Christmas Henry, Christmas Ben)
 * Toys 'R Us Australian Exclusive Giveaway Pack (includes: Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Bill, Ben, Emily, Spencer, Hiro, Charlie, Bash, Dash, Scruff, Stephen, Porter, Gator, Samson, Diesel, Iron Bert, Diesel 10, Salty, Paxton, Sidney, Skarloey, Victor, Luke, Millie, Gold Thomas, Metallic Edward, Metallic Gordon, Metallic James, Metallic Percy, Chillin' Edward, Chillin' Gordon, Chillin' Paxton, Chillin' Sidney, Chillin' Skarloey, Old School Spencer, Old School Scruff, Old School Diesel, Old School Salty, Old School Luke, Dino Percy, Dino James, Dino Ben, Dino Stephen, Dino Gator, Hero Thomas, Hero Hiro, Hero Samson, Hero Diesel, Hero Victor, Racer Thomas, Racer Gordon, Racer Bill, Racer Spencer, Racer Dash, Spooky Percy, Spooky Emily, Spooky Porter, Spooky Diesel 10, Spooky Salty, Robo Edward, Robo Henry, Robo Toby, Robo Charlie, Robo Millie, Neon Henry, Neon James, Neon Toby, Neon Bash, Neon Iron Bert, Thomas as Superman, Thomas as Batman, James as The Flash, Percy as Robin, Spencer as Cyborg, Charlie as The Riddler, Diesel 10 as The Joker and Millie as Harley Quinn)

Play-Sets

 * Collector Case  (includes: Gold Thomas)
 * Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set  (includes: Exclusive Mining Percy; Walmart Exclusive)
 * DC Super Friends Collector Case  (includes: Stephen as Sinestro and Gator as Green Lantern)

Classics
Returning Favourites New Releases
 * Thomas (Code: 01)
 * Henry (Code: 06)
 * James (coming soon)
 * Ben (coming soon)
 * Charlie (Code: 09)
 * Bash (Code: 07)
 * Scruff (Code: 10)
 * Stephen (Code: 05)
 * Porter (coming soon)
 * Diesel (coming soon)
 * Diesel 10 (Code: 08)
 * Paxton (Code: 03)
 * Sidney (coming soon)
 * Victor (coming soon)
 * Rosie (coming soon)
 * Stanley (Code: 19)
 * Ferdinand (coming soon)
 * Belle (coming soon)
 * Iron 'Arry (coming soon)
 * Flynn (Code: 11)
 * Troublesome Truck (coming soon)

Racers

 * Percy (Code: 02)
 * Flynn (coming soon)

Spooky
Returning Favourites New Releases
 * Salty (coming soon)
 * Thomas (coming soon)
 * Edward (Code: 12)

DC Super Friends

 * Toby as Blue Beetle  (coming soon)
 * Emily as Poison Ivy  (coming soon)
 * Rosie as Supergirl  (coming soon)
 * Ferdinand as Martian Manhunter  (coming soon)
 * Belle as Raven  (coming soon)
 * Victor as Hawkman  (coming soon)

Sweets

 * Emily (Code: 17)
 * Charlie (coming soon)
 * Ferdinand (coming soon)
 * Sidney (Code: 16)
 * Skarloey (coming soon)

Graffiti

 * Gordon (Code: 04)
 * James (coming soon)
 * Toby (coming soon)
 * Victor (coming soon)
 * Luke (coming soon)

Electrified

 * Spencer (coming soon)
 * Hiro (coming soon)
 * Iron Bert (Code: 15)
 * Luke (Code: 14)

Sports

 * Bill  (coming soon)
 * Porter (coming soon)
 * Bash (coming soon)
 * Salty (Code: 18)

Creatures

 * Stanley  (coming soon)
 * Dash (coming soon)
 * Gator (coming soon)
 * Samson (Code: 13)

Tootsie®

 * Dots Thomas (coming soon)
 * Fruit Chew Henry  (coming soon)
 * Double Bubble Gordon  (coming soon)
 * Blow Pop James  (coming soon)
 * Sugar Daddy Toby (coming soon)
 * Junior Mints Emily (coming soon)

Core Moments

 * Breakfast Thomas (coming soon)
 * Bumble Bee James (coming soon)
 * Chocolate Percy  (coming soon)
 * Patchwork Hiro (coming soon)

3-Packs

 * 3-Pack O (includes: Flynn, Patchwork Hiro and Graffiti Gordon)
 * 3-Pack P (includes: Stanley, Porter and Electrified Luke)
 * 3-Pack Q (includes: Henry, Skarloey and Graffiti Toby; coming soon)
 * 3-Pack R (includes: Spooky Edward, Graffiti Luke and Electrified Spencer; coming soon)
 * 3-Pack S (includes: Victor, Creature Gator and Sports Bash)
 * 3-Pack T "(includes: Chocolate Percy, Creature Samson and Classic Salty)"

7-Packs

 * 7-Pack 1 "(includes: Classic Gordon, Spooky Percy, Classic Luke, Creature Dash, Classic Paxton, Classic Sidney and Graffiti Victor)"


 * 7-Pack 2 "(includes: Breakfast Thomas, Classic D-10, Classic Stephen, Sports Salty, Sports Bill, Classic Scruff and Creature Stanley)"

Mini Launchers

 * Exclusive Speedy Thomas
 * Exclusive Speedy Percy
 * Exclusive Speedy Diesel 10 (coming soon)

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 Batman [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 of them.
 * 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 Steamworks, 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 surprise bags has its own respective item code. This can be used to distinguish a particular theme and engine apart.
 * 2015 had a total of 4 series released. They each included their own set of codes, respectively. They are as follows:
 * Series 1 - Codes: 1-18
 * Series 2 - Codes: 19-37 (Code 12: Classic Diesel 10 was present in Series 2, it is unknown why it was repeated from Series 1)
 * Series 3 - Codes: 38-60
 * Series 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 (Series 1); Code 12 (Series 2)
 * Super Victor is Code 14
 * Racing Bill is Code 16
 * Winter Paxton is Code 12
 * Spooky Emily is Code 18


 * Characters in the surprise bag releases can be clearly visible in certain areas of the bag.
 * Multiple prototypes differed from the final model:
 * Gator and Neon Iron Bert had black wheels, Racing Spencer had grey wheels, and Metallic James had red wheels.
 * Charlie had a purple roof.
 * Mono Scruff had a grey bufferbeam/footplate. The colour is similar to Mono Luke's.
 * Mono Salty had a white face area, as well as dark 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 yellow one.
 * Spooky Porter's prototype has a black cape instead of a brown one.
 * Robot Millie had a special pattern on her wheels.
 * Racing Percy had black wheels.


 * Because every model use the same buffer-beam/footplate moulding:
 * Gordon and Diesel 10's models have round buffers instead of their 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.
 * Racers names have been switched with Heroes names.


 * Although all of the models have visible buffers, they do not have any buffer detailing.
 * The Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set and its Exclusive Mining Percy, were only released in the US and Canada, as Walmart-Exclusives. They are currently not released anywhere else in the world.
 * The original DC Super Friends 9-Pack 1 includes Rosie as Supergirl and Millie as Harley Quinn instead of Percy as Robin and Millie as Catwoman.
 * In 2016, the surprise bags received a very slight alteration, now displaying the series number at the top left-hand corner of the bag. All of the item codes were also re-generated, starting again from Code: 01.
 * 2016 releases contains many previously released Minis, titled as 'returning favourites' as well as newer models.
 * 2016 currently has 1 series released, codes were re-generated back to Code: 01 for these new releases. The code numbers for each series in 2016 are as follows:
 * Series 1 - Codes: 1-19
 * The Troublesome Truck is the first rolling stock in the Thomas Minis range.

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