Diamond Select Toys and Skybound officially announced Series 3 of The Walking Dead Minimates, which focus on characters from the comic book's prison storyline. We have release information, details on a minimates contest, and photos of Rick Grimes in Riot Gear, Dexter, Hershel, Tyreese, and multiple zombies:
"Diamond Select Toys, the leader in toy manufacturing for the comic book specialty market for 2012, andThe Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman and his Skybound imprint at Image Comics bring youThe Walking Dead Series 3 Minimates coming this Spring, based on Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning, groundbreaking comic book series and graphic novels. To celebrate, Kirkman and Diamond Select Toys will judge a contest featuring fan videos utilizingThe Walking Dead Minimates toys already available. The videos should tell an original story based on the universe ofThe Walking Dead, the leader in all original graphic novels for 2012.The Walking Dead 100 was the year's top selling issue of any comic book for 2012. Each video should be no more than 60 seconds in length and the winner will receive a personally autographedThe Walking Dead Compendium and an autographed set ofThe Walking Dead Minimates Series 3 set. All videos will be the property of Skybound and the winning video will run on www.Skybound.com with the winner's name. The contest will end on February 5th and the results will be announced February 10th on www.Skybound.com.
THE RULES: Use The Walking Dead minimates to create a cool video. The video should be no more than 60 seconds long. Post the video on YouTube and then email the video link to contests@skybound.com. The best video as selected by Robert Kirkman will receive a signed The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol 1 and a set of signed The Walking Dead Series 3 Minimates. The deadline for entries is February 5th at 11:59pm PST. The winning video will be announced on February 10th at 10:00am PST on www.skybound.com. Any questions regarding the contest, please send them to: contests@skybound.com
The Walking Dead Minimates debuted in 2012 with Diamond Select Toys and sold out on both sides of the Atlantic.The Walking Dead Minimates Series 3 will feature the prison storyline fromThe Walking Dead and will include Rick Grimes in Riot Gear, Dexter, Hershel and Tyreese, each in a two-pack with a different zombie. All of the sets will be available at your local comic book store, your favorite online retailer and the Rick and Dexter sets will also be available at Toys "R" Us. All Minimates come from the pages ofThe Walking Dead comic book series. Pre-order the set now, find your local comic book store at: http://comicshoplocator.com."
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