Tomb Raider Minimates series 1 arriving in stores this week

Fans of the latest Tomb Raider title have something to add to their game shelf this week as the first assortment of Tomb Raider Minimates are making their ways into retail stores.

The newest series will have both comic/specialty store and Toys R Us variations and will focus on reboot Tomb Raider game that saw a young and inexperienced Lara Croft trying to survive and make it off a dangerous and mysterious island. Very much not the superhero-like Croft that players were used to, Tomb Raider was a critical hit as well as a fan favorite and sits near the top of the best games of the year so far.

Loaded up in series 1 for comic and specialty stores (which includes online retailers) are two-packs featuring:

• Lara Croft and Scavenger Scout
• Battle Damaged Lara Croft and Armored Scavenger
• Roth and Storm Guard General
• Sun Queen and Father Mathias

As for Toys R Us, fans who purchase there will be in for:

• Lara Croft and Scavenger Scout
• Battle Damaged Lara Croft and Armored Scavenger
• Scavenger and Scavenger Archer
• Storm Guard and Storm Guard Stalker

Now, not all of the figures will be in stores this week. Diamond Select Toys is shipping series 1 to comic shops and specialty retailers first, so they’ll have their assortments in this coming Wednesday. TRU’s stock won’t be arriving till sometime later this month, which isn’t too far off, but isn’t two days from now either. If you’re looking to grab ’em all though, that at least gives you some time to get raise some more funds for the harrowing expeditions to both comic and toy superstore. A challenging quest for any man, woman or child.