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Diamond Select Toys' latest Marvel Minimates star the X-Men vs. the Brood. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Rick and Dale from Diamond Select Toys' The Walking Dead Minimates fight off a group of miniature zombies. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Diamond Select Toys' latest group of Minimates includes the Mummy, Wolverine, Quasimodo, the Brood and various zombies from The Walking Dead. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Diamond Select Toys' Retro Cloth Bride of Frankenstein admires a scary selection of Minimates. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

Collin O'Mara briefs Gov. Jack Markell, right, and Lt. Gov. Matt Denn as they tour Delaware's shores by National Guard Blackhawk helicopter in the wake of Sandy, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 30, 2012, in Bethany Beach, Del. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, William Bretzger)

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A building on S. Union Street is seen with flood water from the Potomac River late into the night in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The National Guard blocks flooded Compromise Street in Annapolis Tuesday. Nearly 1½ feet of water flowed along Dock Street, but store owners were worried that more water would come when the tide rose at 5:45 p.m. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Pleasure boats pile up 30 yards or more from the waterÃs edge in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen, N.J. The storm's high winds and the high astronomical tide paired up to rip the boats away from their dock and deposit them on shore. (AP Photo/Peter Hermann, III)

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John O'Leary, 41, from Annapolis, Md., looks out of Armadillos restaurant front door at Dock St. which had nearly a foot and half of water, Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The storm left early a foot and half of water along Dock St. but the stores are more worried about the tide which rises at 5:45pm and could bring another two feet of water. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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A man passes by a fallen tree on 14th Street SW on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Autumn Orme, of Hyattsville, Md., poses for a friend on a fallen tree on 14th Street SW, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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People pass by a fallen tree on 14th Street SW on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Autumn Orme, of Hyattsville, Md., poses for a friend on a fallen tree on 14th Street SW, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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People pass by a fallen tree on 14th Street SW on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A man passes by a fallen tree on 14th Street SW on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vince Gray visits a residential area affected by hurricane Sandy, where a downed tree has blocked the road in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Mayor Gray surveys the damage as part of his job as Mayor of D.C., to ensure residents are taken care of. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)