Like many lines of Marvel collectibles, it’s been a slow start to 2020 for the long-running Marvel Select range of 7″ action figures. The only new figure shown in the first months of the year was a Black Widow movie Taskmaster Select in the spring. But in a surprise move this week, the second new release of the year was also revealed–and it’s also Taskmaster (this time, comic book-styled)! The Disney Store Exclusive Marvel Select Taskmaster is now up for order–but he’s carrying the highest price-point ever in the line! Let’s take a look…
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Earlier this weekend, I discussed the two brand new items in the latest round of Marvel Diamond Select Toys solicitations—but that pairing isn’t all that DST has up their sleeves! While we haven’t seen an actual new Marvel Select figure announced since movie Taskmaster at the start of the year (a new one is expected to be revealed next week, though), Diamond has two mass re-releases of previously hard-to-get exclusive figures: Marvel Select Planet Hulk & Modern Thanos figures are now up for order!
Continue Reading →2020 has been a slow year thus far for Marvel Select figures, with only a singular figure (Black Widow movie Taskmaster) revealed during the first 5 months of the year. And while Diamond Select Toys hasn’t announced or rolled out any more all-new figures just yet, they do have something of a treat for newer collectors to help fill the void: reissues of the previously-exclusive Marvel Select Hulkbuster Iron Man and Mighty Thor figures are now up for order! And on an unrelated note–there’s an all-new Marvel Gallery Spider-Man PVC as well…
Continue Reading →While Diamond Select Toys brought a plethora of showings to New York Toy Fair 2020 in February (as always), one line that was definitely a bit underrepresented at NYTF was the long-running Marvel Select figure series… which had exactly zero new figures displayed at the event. It’s been pretty quiet Select-wise ever since, but finally there’s some news to get excited about: the Marvel Select Taskmaster movie figure currently up for order has now been revealed! And Black Widow movie delay or no, he’s still scheduled to arrive this summer!
Continue Reading →When Diamond Select Toys debuted their humongous Archangel statue at NYCC 2019 last October, I had my doubts they could keep it below the usual $199 Premier Collection price-point regardless of what the placard said at the event. And I was right, as Warren is actually priced at a surprising $399 MSRP! Thankfully, EE has the Marvel Premier Collection marked down a more $319 shipped for pre-orders. But that wasn’t the only surprise in the new solicits—a Marvel Select Taskmaster movie figure is also on the way!
Continue Reading →Collectors have been calling out for Diamond Select Toys to make a movie Thanos action figure since long before Avengers Infinity War ever came out—and now, they’ve got their wish: Disney Store Exclusive Marvel Select Thanos, Captain Marvel and Hulk figures are now up for order!
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Do these have any advantages over the Hasbro Marvel Legends versions? Let’s take a look…
Continue Reading →Just when many collectors had written off the possibility of any new Diamond Select Toys 7″ figures from the latest Spider-Man movie as “not happening”, one such figure quietly and accidentally slipped out into a few Disney Stores last week. And now it’s official—the Disney Exclusive Far From Home Spider-Man figure is up for order online! If you’ve ever dreamed of buying a Spidey action figure that came with a Union Jack flag, this is your time! And as it so happens, it’s also the last day to take 25% off on the Shop Disney website using code “DISNEYPAL”–don’t miss it!
Continue Reading →Diamond Select Toys has come out strong over the last several weeks, with what seems like a new Marvel Select figure being released in stores every other week! Last month it was the exceptional Psylocke Select figure and a comic-based Sandman I think is pretty underrated. And now, the Marvel Select Captain Marvel figure in her Starforce uniform is starting to ship out via online and comic book stores! But can she compete with the Target exclusive Legends version released many months ago…?
Continue Reading →We don’t get anywhere near the number of Marvel Select figures as we do Marvel Legends each year, but Diamond Select Toys is on a mini-roll right now! Hot on the heels of the excellent Psylocke Select figure being released a couple weeks back, this year’s addition to the Spider-Man villains lineup is now arriving: Marvel Select Sandman is beginning to ship out for online orders and arrive in comic book stores! How’s he look? I checked him out thoroughly in-store today myself…
Continue Reading →It’s the summer of Psylocke, as not only did the Sideshow Premium Format figure of her begin arriving this month, but now her first-ever (and almost certainly only ever) Marvel Select figure has started hitting comic book stores as well! Amazon delayed their own pre-orders to September for whatever reason, but EE has Marvel Select Psylocke in-stock for shipping right now: did DST’s Betsy Braddock 7” figure turn out good enough to own?
Continue Reading →When you’ve been collecting Marvel toys for over two decades, you’re bound to have some regrets of pieces you’ve missed. One of mine is the comic-based Bowen Designs Hela statue, which is the only large scale statue of the character ever made… until now! Diamond Select Toys is diving deep again, and their Marvel Premier Collection Hela Statue is now up for order! And that’s not all—a Marvel Select PS4 Spider-Man figure, new Animated Thanos statue, Gallery Morbius figure and more are in this month’s solicitations!
Continue Reading →It’s not just a good week to be a Hulk collector—it’s a great week to be a Hulk Collector! Not only did we get the announcements of a Hasbro SDCC Exclusive and a US release for the Bandai SH Figuarts movie figure, but Diamond Select Toys is getting in on the love for the Jade Giant as well! Whether you’re an action figure or bust collector, DST has you covered with their newly-orderable Marvel Select Endgame Hulk (with Nano-Gauntlet!) and 1:2 Scale Ragnarok Bust!
Continue Reading →In the wake of the mega-success of Avengers Endgame, We’ve seen Marvel movie collectibles being rolled out at breakneck speed over the past month. But one company whose focus this month hasn’t been MCU-centric at all this month is Diamond Select Toys, whose fresh solicitations this month are all classic comic book-based: the resin Marvel Premier Collection Carnage Statue, Red Hulk and 90s Spider-Man Gallery PVC statues, X-Factor Minimates and more are now up for order!
Continue Reading →When Hasbro finally released an updated Marvel Legends Rogue Jim Lee-styled figure in the inaugural X-Men Legends series in 2016, fans went wild for her and devoured her off shelves for months. 3 years later, that figure is in such demand it can fetch $100+ on the aftermarket! Many collectors who missed out can’t afford her these days, but DST’s potential substitute is flying in to the rescue: the Marvel Select Rogue figure is now in-stock online with free shipping!
Continue Reading →UPDATE 5/23/2019: …Well here’s a reissue that’s been a long time in the making…! When Diamond Select Toys released Carnage back in 2015, he was instantaneously sold out pretty much across the entire internet. After years of selling for double MSRP or more online, the DST Marvel Select Carnage figure is finally back up for order! 4 years and a couple Hasbro Carnages later, will this symbiote be as popular today as it was way back when?
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