Those rascally Minions are invading theaters once more this summer. However, that’s not the only place you’ll be finding the ubiquitous yellow hench-creatures; they’re also coming to a store near you. Collider is proud to present an exclusive first look at the Minions & Monsters merchandise that’s headed your way from Moose Toys this spring.
Parents beware: the signature item in the line is the Fart Blaster Pro ($29.99 USD), which is exactly what it sounds like. It blasts “fog rings” up to six feet with both sound and stink. Odors include “Yum Yum Bubble Gum,” “Garbage Gusher,” and “Nacho Nasty,” and refill packs ($9.99 for a four-pack) are available. For those with more delicate constitutions, the Mini Fart Blaster ($9.99) features pocket-sized sound effects, but no odor. Other offerings include Cast and Crew minifigures ($3.99) of all your favorite Minions; they’re blind-packed in individual boxes, so you’ll want to hunt them all down, including two chase figures that glow in the dark.
To go with the movie’s film-making theme, Moose Toys is also introducing miniature Sound Stage playsets ($9.99); they include minifigures and props, and can connect with each other and the larger Studio Lot ($24.99) to form a whole studio complex. And don’t forget the “Monsters” half of the title, either: in the new Quest for Monsters set ($24.99), you can complete a secret ritual and reveal a hidden monster. Finally, stretchy/goopy/squishy versions of James the Minion and Cthulhu-like monster Goomi will be available in the Goo Jit Zu line ($13.99 each). All this and more will hit store shelves this spring.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Do We Know About ‘Minions & Monsters’?
Taking place before both Minions and Minions: The Rise of Gru, Minions & Monsters features the titular creatures (all voiced by Pierre Coffin) attempting to make a monster movie in the early days of Hollywood. It features the voices of Trey Parker, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Allison Janney, Bobby Moynihan, Phil LaMarr, Christoph Waltz, and Jeff Bridges. Coffin, the helmer of the first three Despicable Me movies and the first Minions, will direct, and also co-wrote the script with Brian Lynch (Puss in Boots).
The Despicable Me/Minions franchise has grossed over $12 billion dollars since launching with Despicable Me in 2010. It centers around the mad scientist Gru (Steve Carell), who gradually becomes a family man and a reluctant hero over the course of the series: the Minions spin-offs center around the Minions, a race of Twinkie-shaped creatures that are instinctively driven to serve villainy, with Gru as their latest master.
Minions & Monsters will hit theaters on July 1. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
