It’s been over two years since I last attended a convention, but some things never change—including Diamond Select Toys being one of my first and most-anticipated booths to visit at any event I attend. And just like old times, there was plenty of goodness to be found at NYCC 2022 Diamond Select Toys booth—including upcoming statues of Apocalypse and Invisible Woman from their Marvel Premier Collection and Gallery lineup!
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Diamond Select Toys is putting a lot of emphasis on their newer properties like Darkwing Duck, Transformers Beast Wars and AEW Wrestling in the newest batch of solicits, but they still have ample love and goodness to share with Marvel fans! In addition to the previously discussed Marvel Select Beta Ray Bill figure, Marvel Gallery Venompool and Animated Hawkeye statues are now up for order!
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Funko Marvel Collector Corps boxes have managed to live on for far longer than I ever, ever expected—so much so that I was only vaguely aware Amazon was still distributing them at all. But I’m a sucker for Baby Groot, which is why I must have ordered two (and forgot about them until they showed up on my doorstep) of the Funko Marvel I Am Groot Collector Corps box. Was this MCC box worth returning for? Here’s my unboxing and review…
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It’s almost time to turn the page on another month on the 2022 calendar, which means it’s time again for a fresh batch of Marvel Diamond Select Toys solicitations! And this time out, there’s a spread containing classic and modern characters from a multitude of corners of the 616: a Legends in 3D Magneto bust, Animated She-Hulk statue, and Gallery Kraven & Daredevil Elektra PVC Figures are now up for order!
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I’ve been collecting the Skottie Young inspired Marvel Animated statues since their inception over half a decade ago, so I figured it was high time I review one of the several dozen little buggers I have. And what better place to start than the recently-restocked Marvel Animated Logan statue, an X-Men Wolverine piece I wasn’t even sure I even needed myself…?
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The once-unthinkable happened last week, when longtime niche “B-List” fan-favorite character Moon Knight became a household name to millions and millions of Disney+ viewers who had never been exposed to the character previously. And a new boost in notoriety also means new merch! Hasbro, Diamond Select Toys, Funko, Hot Toys and more are all answering the call with newly-revealed Moon Knight figures, including Marvel Legends, Marvel Select and even POP Vinyls!
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Deadpool was actually the very first character I ever bought a full-body resin statue for, way back in 2005 (from Bowen Designs). So you could say I was a Deadpool-collecting fanboy before Deadpool was cool—or at least since before he was gratuitously merchandised. As such, I was primed and ready to buy whatever Deadpool Iron Studios put out as soon as they announced it was on the way. Deadpool turns out to be one of the most expensive entries in the whole X-Men BDS statues lineup… but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily one of the best…
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Carol Danvers’ popularity has had its ups and downs since her live-action MCU movie came out in 2019, with some fans quickly burning out on the character due to the copious amounts of merch suddenly available for her. But one version of Captain Marvel a lot of collectors have still been asking to see in Hasbro 6” figure form is her ultimate comic-based form: Binary! Her limited release was announced last year, but after initially only being available at EBGames in Canada, while supplies last (which won’t be long if she follows the trends of Quasar and Nova), the Walgreens Exclusive Binary figure is now up for order online domestically!
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I really, really hate zombies. I think they’re ugly and gross and all-around unpleasant to look at or think about. But something about “Paragon of Good” Captain America as a gruesome, flesh-eating, corpse-colored zombie holds a certain juxtapositional appeal, even to me. And so, I had little doubt in my mind that the Marvel Legends Zombie Captain America figure would be a top seller, regardless of how the What If? show was ultimately received. And, well—he has indeed sold like wildfire! Is this brain-eating Sentinel of Liberty’s success deserved? Here’s my review…
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Sometimes an upcoming Marvel Legends wave is rather predictable and it’s easy to guess what characters will comprise the series. And sometimes… not so much. Such is the case with the latest wave of ML just announced yesterday morning via Hasbro livestream: the all-comics Marvel Legends Controller Series, featuring long-awaited niche figures of Speedball, Blue Marvel and more that is now up for order!
Individual Figure Pre-Order Links:
Rhino Retro ► ML Rhino ►Entertainment Earth
Speedball ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Herald of Galactus Thor ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Madame Hydra ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Iron Man Model 70 ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Quake/Maria Hill ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
US Agent ►Entertainment Earth
Blue Marvel ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
general consensus I’m hearing about the new Marvel Legends Sabretooth figure that went up for pre-order this week is that fans think the first appearance look is novel… but what they really want is a buff 90s styled Sabretooth. While it may be another year (or more until Hasbro gets to that iteration, fans wanting a killer representation of Creed in this approximate scale sooner aren’t entirely out of luck. The recent X-Men Iron Studios Sabretooth statue is just about the right size figure, and a real beauty of a 1:10 statue as well…
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It was when Iron Studios actually solicited a resin statue of Pyro that I knew they were dead serious about making their 1:10 scale X-Men Battle Diorama Series the deepest range of X-Men statues ever made–and also when I started to get really, really excited about the line. Now that he’s in-hand at an affordable-ish ~$160, is this fiery former member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants worth his price-tag?
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The long-running and prolific Marvel Gallery PVC statues series and Marvel Animated statues line (based on Skottie Young’s designs ) took a rare break last month with no new pieces solicited, but both lines are BACK with all-new entries as part of the Diamond Select Toys February 2022 solicitations: the Marvel Animated Sam Wilson Captain America statue and Marvel Gallery Psylocke statue are now up for pre-order!
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hardcore X-Men fanboy-ism was born in the early 90s, so I have vivid memories of thinking Bishop was the coolest and most badass dude ever. The ripped, arms-wielding enforcer from the future was a central character and plot element for years after his arrival, and I was delighted to buy his first-ever mini bust and statue from Bowen Designs a good decade-plus ago. And now, I’ve added another resin Bishop to my collection. The 1/10 scale Iron Studios Bishop statue is now shipping—is it worth having this time-traveler travel to your home? Here’s my review…
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One thing about Marvel collecting we can count on reliably as we head into 2022 is that Diamond Select Toys will keep consistently churning out all-new Marvel collectibles basically every single month, just as they’ve been doing for just about two decades now. And while their latest round of solicits included just one pair of Marvel-themed items, both are good sculptures that will appeal highly to value-priced collectors: the X-Men Animated Professor X and deluxe Marvel Gallery Green Goblin statue are now available for order!
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