You’ve seen the figure loose, but here she is in her rabbit hole: the Alice Minimate! The first toy from the long-awaited sequel to “American McGee’s Alice” will debut at the Diamond Select Toys booth (#2607) at San Diego Comic-Con in her single-figure box, and will be the only Minimate made for the game. This 2-inch, highly poseable mini-figure is based on Alice’s look from “Alice: Madness Returns,” has 14 points of articulation and is sculpted by Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum. Don’t be late for the very important date of July 21-24!

As promised, here is the second Minimate box scheduled to debut at San Diego Comic-Con! From the pages of Thor comes… “Stormbreaker”! This set commemorates the storyline in which alien Beta Ray Bill crossed paths with the God of Thunder, hefted the enchanted hammer Mjolnir and was granted the power of Thor himself. With everyone in the Marvel Universe picking up hammers nowadays, we thought it would be appropriate. Available only at the Action Figure Xpress booth, #3345.

While we’re best-known for our highly detailed “Select” figures and our hyper-stylized Minimates, Diamond Select Toys is one of several modern-day companies who continue to embrace the 8-inch “retro” figure. Popularized by the Mego and Remco figures of the 1970s, DST has two “retro” lines currently in production — the era-accurate Star Trek: The Original Series line and the more modernized Universal Monsters line. We talked to Chris Schaff, one of the guiding forces behind both lines, about how he balances nostalgia with making the best toys possible.
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In the wake of that highly informative Ask DST, I thought I’d post the latest out-of-package pics of classic Hawkeye and Thor, the first pair in Diamond Select’s line of Disney Store-exclusive Marvel Select Avengers figures! Hawkeye and Thor hit in August, while Cap and Black Widow will follow in September.

It’s a MAMMOTH version of the Q&A this time around, so strap in as DSTChuck takes on every topic you can think of after the break! (more…)

These dates represent our best estimated in-store dates and may change as production warrants. We’ll be updating these dates through our blog in an effort to bring customers the most up-to-date information possible. See the full list after the jump.

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From the arenas of “Marvel vs. Capcom 3″ come the tiniest, deadliest fighters ever! The first Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates will be available in a box set at San Diego Comic-Con 2011, but the first full wave of mini-figures hits stores in October. What’s more, within that first wave there will be some two-packs that are exclusive to either specialty stores or Toys “R” Us, as well as two-packs that will be available everywhere. So, to sort out where you’ll have to go to get who, we thought we’d break down the first round, bout by bout.

Toys “R” Us will get:
- Magneto VS Zero (from “Mega Man Zero”)
- Hulk VS Mike Haggar (”Final Fight”)

Specialty stores will get:
- Dark Phoenix VS Morrigan (”Darkstalkers”)
- Dormammu VS Trish (”Devil May Cry”)

Both venues will get:
- Iron Man VS Arthur (”Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins”)
- Deadpool VS Dante (”Devil May Cry”)

Minimates each stand 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation, and are designed and sculpted by Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum.

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Diamond Select Toys is proud to announce the exclusive products they will be offering for sale at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, July 21-24, 2011. With an emphasis on DST’s popular Minimates brand of mini-figures and Femme Fatales line of statues, there will be plenty of products to appeal to fans of comic books, video games, fairy tales, beautiful women, pirates and toys in general. All will be available for purchase at the Diamond Select Toys booth, #2607, as well as at other select booths on the show floor.
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