Today is one of those days you absolutely have to go to your local comic shop. And not just because it’s New Comic Day — because it’s a big day for Diamond Select Toys! Three new DST products (or six, or ten depending on how you count them) hit stores today, and they’re all worth making the trip to your LCS. Don’t have one in your area? Check comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one, or look up your favorite online retailer!

Marvel Select: Green Goblin Action Figure
A Diamond Select Release! Designed and Sculpted by Art Asylum! Marvel Select gives their take on one of the Marvel Universe’s most popular villains! Spider-Man’s longtime nemesis, Norman Osborne, has never looked more menacing, wearing a detailed, modernized sculpt of the classic Green Goblin costume. Equipped with 16 points of articulation, this 7-inch figure can perch on top of his included base, a perfectly balanced Goblin Glider wrapped in smoke. The Green Goblin comes in oversized collector packaging, ready for display. Suggested retail price: $21.99

Femme Fatales: Snow White PVC Statue
A Diamond Select Release! Sculpted by Sam Greenwell! Following up on its earlier PVC statues of Little Red and Alice, the “Femme Fatales” figure series continues with a new take on yet another classic fairy tale character: Snow White! Standing 9 inches tall, this Sam Greenwell sculpt envisions the shy girl from the tale of “Snow White and Rose Red” all grown up, with scissors at the ready to snip off the beard of any entangled dwarf. SRP: $45.00

Marvel Minimates: Best of Marvel Minimates
A Diamond Select Release! Designed and Sculpted by Art Asylum! Marvel Minimates have been around for ten years, and DST has made hundreds of different characters, but at the end of the day everybody wants their favorite hero or villain. So for those of you just getting into Marvel Minimates, or simply looking for the best version of a Marvel icon, DST presents a “Best of” wave of two-packs: Wolverine and Sabretooth, Spider-Man and Green Goblin, Captain America and Thor, and Iron Man and Thing. A great jumping-on point for any collector or retailer! Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and a variety of removable and interchangeable parts and accessories. SRP: $8.99/two-pack

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New York Toy Fair is over, and the DIamond Select Toys booth was a whirlwind of activity the whole time, thanks to a bunch of cool new license announcements, as well as some great reveals from their existing lines. Since the show isn’t open to the public, DST sent over some shots from around the booth, and the first batch is their offerings from The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel Comics! Check out the gallery here, and check back for more pics from the show!

As Diamond Select Toys reveals more and more of their Avengers movie toy line-up, fans have started to ask, where’s Iron Man? And while DST released a couple different versions of the Iron Man armor as part of their Iron Man 2 line, they were retailer exclusives that have long sold out, leaving new collectors Starkless. But no longer! The Mark VI armor, which Tony developed at the end of Iron Man 2 to utilize a newer, less toxic energy source, plays a role in the Avengers movie, so we’ll be re-issuing that figure in new, Avengers-branded packaging in April. The 7.5-inch figure will include the same display base as the previous version, as well as the same flip-up mask display feature, revealing the face of actor Robert Downey Jr. underneath. Look for Iron Man to make his debut in comic shops and specialty stores in April, around the same time as the new Hulk figure and slightly in advance of Hawkeye and the movie’s mystery foe! Pre-order him later this month from Diamond Comics Distributors’ Previews catalog!

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This past weekend, Superbowl watchers were treated to the new Avengers trailer, showing off the heroes in action, including our first full look at the gargantuan Hulk. Well, the Marvel Select toy line has been making waves lately with its larger figures, which tower over other entries in the 7-inch-scale line, and last week they finally unveiled their movie version of the Hulk! Standing 8.25 inches tall, he stands a good inch taller than the rest of the movie-based Avengers DST has made, and features 16 points of articulation for a full range of smashing. He’s available for pre-order now from your local comic shop and from online retailers, as are Hawkeye and DST’s figure of one of the movie’s mystery foes! Here’s your Avengers checklist:

Captain America (WWII outfit): Available now
Thor (Thor movie outfit): Available now
Loki (Thor movie outfit): Available now
Hulk: Coming in April
Iron Man Mark VI (Iron Man 2 movie re-issue): Coming in April
Hawkeye: Coming in May
Mystery Foe: Coming in May

Marvel Select figures are sold at comic shops, specialty stores and most online toy retailers, so start collecting them all today!

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This year marks the tenth anniversary of Diamond Select Toys’ Marvel Select figure line, featuring the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel universe, and the first new figure of the year hits stores today! Colossus, the X-Men mainstay who transforms into living steel, checks in at a towering 8.25 inches tall, and sports 16 points of articulation for a full range of movement. He comes with a giant, spiked panel that can be displayed with the other X-Men’s Danger Room display bases, and both he and the panel come in oversized collector packaging, seen here for the first time. Pick him up in comic shops and specialty stores today, or order him from your favorite online retailer!

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Last week, we showed you this week’s new Marvel Select figure of Colossus, in action, and now we’re showing off the Marvel Select figure who’s headed to stores next week. The Green Goblin stands 7 inches tall with 16 points of articulation, one interchangeable pumpkin bomb hand and a removable satchel, and his detailed Goblin Glider display base has an 8.5-inch wingspan and sits perched atop a coil of smoke. Check out the gallery here, and look for him to arrive at comic shops, specialty stores and online retailers on Wednesday, February 8th!

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The Avengers movie is almost upon us, and Diamond Select Toys is building up the team in their Marvel Select action figure line! First up is the Avengers’ newest recruit and the world’s greatest marksman, Hawkeye! Based on the likeness of actor Jeremy Renner, this 7-inch-scale Marvel Select figure comes with his trademark bow and arrows, and will look perfect alongside your other Select Avengers. Plus, he features 16 points of articulation, for a variety of action poses! Not shown is Hawkeye’s detailed display base — it combines with the base of our mystery movie villain figure to create a scene from the movie — and everything comes in oversized collector packaging, so you can show off the figure without opening it. But Hawkeye is only available on the specialty market, so pre-order him today through your local comic shop or favorite online retailer, and expect him to hit stores sometime in May. Avengers Movie Hulk and the movie’s mystery villain are also available for pre-order now, and Thor, Loki, WWII Captain America and the Red Skull are in stores now! Info about Avengers Movie Iron Man coming soon!

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The next two Marvel Select figures, Colossus and the Green Goblin, are almost here (they hit stores February 8), and Diamond Select Toys want to give you a chance to own a piece of toy history! Before each toy gets put into production, DST gets sent an unpainted “test shot” of the figure, so they can see how all of the articulation works. Well, they’ve got one test shot of Colossus (with his base) and two test shots of the Green Goblin (with his glider), and they want to give them away to a few lucky winners! Simply like this Facebook post, and you will be entered to win! Winners will be chosen Monday morning!

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At the end of the summer, the world will be treated to a new Spider-Man movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, featuring a new villain, a new costume, a new Peter Parker and a new take on the wall-crawler’s origin. Diamond Select Toys has been hard at work on their toys and other merchandise for the film, and with their Marvel Select figures of Spider-Man and the Lizard now available for pre-order, we thought we’d talk to some of the people who worked on them to see what went into creating these highly detailed, 7-inch-scale toys.
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Diamond Select Toys has released over 60 figures in their Marvel Select line, all in a consistent 7-inch scale, and the year 2012 marks the line’s tenth anniversary. To celebrate, DST has several great figures planned, including figures based on the movies Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man, but the first figure to hit stores during our anniversary year is Colossus! The X-Men mainstay who transforms into solid steel checks in at a towering 8.25 inches tall, and his 16 points of articulation give him a wide range of movement. To see how he stands up against another Marvel Select figure, we sent him and Gambit to the Danger Room, to get in some practice sparring. We even tested him against the giant spiked panel that he comes with! Check out the photographs in our gallery, and look for Colossus to hit stores in mid-February, followed by the Green Goblin. (Gambit available now!)

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