Tag Archives: Diamond Select Toys

Marvel Select Silver Surfer Figure Released & Photos!

Posted on by November 21, 2013
Marvel Select Silver Surfer Figure Released

Something unexpected and absolutely stupefying happened this week: not only did the Marvel Select Silver Surfer ship out on time, it actually shipped out early. While retailers were listing a December 2013 release date for the Silver Surfer Marvel Select figure, Diamond Select Toys snuck him out the door and into stores–even before the still-delayed Thor 2 Jane Foster! Though I’m waiting for the Diamond Select Toys Silver Surfer I ordered online to arrive, I ventured out to a local comic book store today to snap some photos and see him in person…

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Toys R Us Marvel Minimates Series 17 Released & Photos!

Posted on by November 20, 2013
Toys R Us Marvel Minimates Series 17 Rescue & Robot Hulk

I saw reported sightings of the new set of exclusive Toys R Us Marvel Minimates Wave 17 for the first time this morning, and decided to make it my new quest to see the Minimates wave in person. But, well… It wasn’t much of a quest. I drove to one Toys R Us, walked down the action figure aisle, and all four two-packs of the TRU Marvel Minimates Series 17 figures were just sitting right out front on the pegs…

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Marvel Select Captain Marvel & Spider-Woman Reissues in 2014!

Posted on by November 18, 2013
Marvel Select Spider-Woman Figure Packaged

One of the best things about Diamond Select Toys’ Marvel Select action figures line is that DST regularly reissues older figures from the line, thus giving new collectors a chance to collect Marvel Select figures that have been out of print (sometimes for years) without having to max out their credit card bill. Sometimes Diamond Select makes character choices to reissue that are sensational, and sometimes the picks are less exciting. The impending 2014 reissues of Marvel Select Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman fall into the more boring latter category…

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Marvel Select Captain America The Winter Soldier Figures Announced

Posted on by November 15, 2013
Marvel Select Captain America The Winter Soldier Falcon Figure Preview

On the same day that they announce the comic book-inspired Marvel Select Winter Soldier action figure, Diamond Select Toys has also announced via MTV the pair of characters that will make up their Marvel Select Captain America: The Winter Soldier figures to be released in the spring. And–surprise! The movie version of the Winter Soldier himself isn’t one of them…

UPDATE 11/15/2013: The Marvel Select Captain America: The Winter Soldier figures are now up for pre-order!

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Marvel Select Winter Soldier Figure Exclusive Revealed & Photos

Posted on by November 13, 2013
Disney Store Exclusive Marvel Select The Winter Soldier Figure

Does the dearth of new comic-inspired Marvel Select figures in 2013 got you down? Thus far, Diamond Select Toys has released zero comic book-based Marvel Select figures in the second half of 2013, as all of the recent figures have been based on Marvel movies like “The Wolverine”, “Iron Man 3” and “Thor: The Dark World”.

But this morning DST announced the cure for what ails comic-based Marvel fans: an all-new Marvel Select Winter Soldier figure–and surprise–he’s coming in December 2013!

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Captain America: Winter Soldier Marvel Minimates Lineup Confirmed

Posted on by November 13, 2013
Captain America The Winter Soldier Poster

Yesterday, news leaked out regarding the previously-unknown lineup of Marvel Minimates Wave 55, the Captain America: The Winter Soldier Minimates movie series.

It’s rather appropriate that that news came out on Veteran’s Day, but some collectors were upset with the revealed lineup and a glaring omission from it. Those fans may be in luck, however, as it turns out that the rumored Marvel Minimates Winter Soldier lineup circulating is apparently incorrect…

UPDATE 11/13/2013: Diamond Select Toys has now confirmed the configuration of the Marvel Minimates Captain America: The Winter Soldier Wave 55 series to be as follows…

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Marvel Zombies Villains Minimates Box Set Arriving By Halloween!

Posted on by October 4, 2013
Marvel Minimates Zombies Villains Collection Box Galactus Red Skull Magneto Green Goblin

Sometimes we have to wait months upon months for Marvel Minimates to come out once they’ve been revealed… and sometimes we don’t! Though Diamond Select Toys only unveiled their upcoming set of Marvel Zombies Villains Minimates back in July 2013, they’re already produced and on their way over to America to be sold.

In fact, DST is hoping to have the Marvel Minimates Villains Zombies Collection box set on shelves before Halloween…

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Marvel Select Thor The Dark World Figures Officially Revealed!

Posted on by October 2, 2013
Marvel Select Thor The Dark World Thor Figure Packaged

I don’t think Diamond Select Toys was exactly keen on people taking photos of the Thor: The Dark World Marvel Select Jane Foster figure at SDCC 2013 back in July, but we got our first glimpse of the Marvel Select Natalie Portman (and Thor) figures at the show anyway.

It’s been a few months, but Diamond Select is finally ready for the (non-dark) world to see the Dark World figures–it’s the official unveiling of the Thor: The Dark World Jane Foster and Thor Marvel Select figures!

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Thor 2 The Dark World Minimates Wave 53 Figures Lineup & Photos

Posted on by October 2, 2013
Thor The Dark World Minimates Malekith Figure

It’s pretty hard to believe that it’s October now, which means we’re only a month away from the Thor 2 movie hitting in theaters, as “Thor: The Dark World” will be released on November 8, 2013. Unfortunately, Thor’s been getting snubbed a bit when it comes to Thor: The Dark World figures and collectibles. The good news is that Diamond Select Toys isn’t totally ignoring Thor 2 and is releasing eight Thor The Dark World Minimates figures to specialty stores. The bad news is that the best four figures planned for Thor: The Dark World Minimates aren’t going to be released at all…

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Marvel Select Hawkeye Classic Figure Reissue Announced for 2014!

Posted on by September 13, 2013
Marvel Select Classic Hawkeye Figure Packaged March 2014 Reissue

I guess “exclusives” just aren’t what they used to be. Last month Diamond Select Toys announced that they were bringing back the formerly Disney Store exclusive Marvel Select Classic Thor 7″ action figure as a mass market regular release.

Now, that trend is set to continue in 2014 as the Marvel Select Hawkeye Classic figure will make its way back to stores…

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Marvel Minimates Wave 50 Released w/ Onslaught Songbird & Zemo!

Posted on by September 12, 2013
Marvel Minimates Songbird & Cyborg Spider-Man Figures

In 2012, Diamond Select Toys gave fans the opportunity to vote for the lineup of Marvel Minimates wave 50. A year later, the figures selected by over 30,000 fans have finally hit stores! I had a bout of hubris today, as I thought I’d just stroll into my local comic book store the day after Marvel Minimates Wave 50 was released and snatch up a complete set of the Minimates Fan’s Choice Series. As you may have guessed by the way I framed that sentence, things didn’t go exactly as planned…

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Marvel Minimates The Wolverine Movie Figures (Wave 52) Released!

Posted on by September 9, 2013
The Wolverine Movie Marvel Minimates Wave 52 Figures Set

Many toy manufacturers would cower in terror before turning tail and running away from the prospect of producing action figures for a superhero movie in which only one character has super powers, the main cast is full of civilians and women, and no one wears a costume. Diamond Select Toys is not one of those companies, and is in fact the only toy company to make a near-comprehensive figure line based on this summer’s “The Wolverine” movie–The Wolverine Marvel Minimates Wave 52 figures have now been released in stores!

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Marvel Select The Wolverine Movie Figure Released!

Posted on by September 7, 2013
Marvel Select The Wolverine Figure Packaged

My expectations were set pretty low for the not-quite-summer-blockbuster 2013 “The Wolverine” movie, but this Wolverine movie ended up being a far more satisfying experience than its predecessor. Even so, wary toy companies didn’t exactly flock to make merchandise for “The Wolverine”, and we got a grand total of zero mass-market action figures in time for the movie. However, Diamond Select Toys has finally swooped in to the rescue, beginning with this super-impressive 7″ Marvel Select The Wolverine figure that has just been released!

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Marvel Select Thor Classic Figure Reissue Announced!

Posted on by August 20, 2013
Marvel Select Classic Thor Figure Disney Store Exclusive

In some welcome (albeit unexpected) news this week, Diamond Select Toys has announced the surprising reissue of a Marvel Select figure which was first released last summer as a limited store exclusive.

Scheduled to be re-released in October 2013, just in time for the arrival of “Thor: The Dark World” in theaters, it’s the Marvel Select Classic Thor action figure!

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Thor 2 Marvel Select Thor & Jane Foster Figures Photos! SDCC 2013

Posted on by July 21, 2013
Thor 2 Marvel Select Jane Foster Figure SDCC 2013 Natalie Portman

San Diego Comic Con 2013 has come and gone now, and while I’m extremely pleased with most of what was shown for Marvel figures (for the most part), one line that I felt a little let down by was the usually awesome Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select display. That’s not to say the 2013 SDCC Marvel Select display was a total loss. Though DST didn’t show anything previously unannounced at SDCC 2013, they did debut the movie Thor 2 Marvel Select figures of Thor and Jane Foster from “Thor: The Dark World”!

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