Diamond Select Toys has confirmed that the Battlestar Galactica Minimates will indeed be back with a first wave of figures, which will contain updated versions of fan favorites as well as never before seen characters, available this summer exclusively at Toys ‘R’ Us stores. 

Since the line debuted in 2007, more than 60 different minimate versions of the characters from the revamped BSG series have been released, though several key characters from the last seasons of the show such as the human-model Cylons and the Final Five survivors of Earth have yet to appear in minimate form, an oversight that this new series will no doubt begin to correct along with presenting new versions of popular BSG characters such as Admiral Adama, Lt. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, and Lee “Apollo” Adama.  The first wave will include five different 2-Packs (MSRP $6.99) and will ship in June.  A second Toys “R” Us exclusive wave of BSG Minimates will follow.

Speaking for Diamond Select Toys, Chuck Terceira, Director of DST, noted that collectors would now be able to complete their collections, and that “working with Toys’R’Us on this project has been a dream come true for all of us.”