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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Thor. Iron Man. Captain America: The First Avenger. The Incredible Hulk. Diamond Select Toys has made Minimates for each of the key Marvel Studios films so far, and now they’re making Minimates for the most action-packed Marvel movie yet! Hitting stores this spring will be two assortments of figures, one exclusively available at Toys “R” Us stores and on toysrus.com, and another only at comic book shops and specialty stores. Look for them in late April/early May, and be sure to collect them all!

Marvel Minimates - The Avengers Movie (Toys “R” Us/toysrus.com)
- Captain America & Thor
- Iron Man MK7 & Hulk
- Hawkeye & Black Widow (exclusive)
- Loki & Nick Fury (exclusive)

Marvel Minimates Wave 45 (Specialty stores/comic shops)
- Captain America & Thor
- Iron Man MK7 & Hulk
- REDACTED & REDACTED (exclusive)
- Maria Hill & REDACTED (short-packed exclusive)

[We can't show you the mysterious Avengers foes who will be in Wave 45, or even tell you their names, but be sure to pre-order them through your local comic shop, because once you see the movie, you won't want to miss out on them!]

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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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Diamond Select Toys’ partnership with Toys “R” Us has given Marvel fans 12 waves of great Marvel Minimates, each containing exclusive characters from across the broad diaspora of the Marvel Universe. Well, this spring will bring us the lucky 13th wave, and with Avengers movie merchandise otherwise dominating the pegs, this wave will showcase the worlds of Spider-Man, Daredevil and the X-Men!

Spider-Sense Spider-Man & The Punisher
DST revisits gun-toting vigilante The Punisher for the first time since Punisher: War Zone, and goes back to his first appearance, when he took on Spider-Man! Spidey gets a removable spider-sense effect, to let him know the Punisher has him in his sights.

Daredevil & Kingpin
Crime lord The Kingpin was one of the earliest Minimates DST made in the Marvel line, so he’s long overdue for an update! This version incorporates the new big-body design used on characters like the Hulk, and comes with his old sparring partner Daredevil.

Mirage & Magma
These two New Mutants used to be trainees at the Xavier School, and they recently got the old team back together, taking an apartment in downtown San Francisco, near the mutant haven on the island nation of Utopia.

Boomer & Rictor
Cable took the training of new mutants in a different direction than Professor X, and the mutant strikeforce X-Force was known for their risky tactics, as well as their risky fashions. Our first figures of Boomer and Rictor show them in their amazing ’90s costumes.

Look for this wave to show up at Toys “R” Us and on toysrus.com in March!
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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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One of the biggest comic events of 2011 — one whose effects are still rippling through the Marvel Universe — was “Fear Itself.” The massive Marvel Comics crossover, which saw eight mystical hammers fall into the hands of the world’s worst villains (and some of its greatest heroes, as well), gave us some amazing battles… as well as some sweet new costumes! To commemorate the Earth-shattering storyline, Diamond Select Toys is releasing two box sets of Marvel Minimates: The Worthy and The Mighty!

The Worthy box set includes Cul, The Serpent (the Asgardian god of fear); his herald Skadi (a.k.a Sin, the Red Skull’s daughter); Mokk, Breaker of Faith (formerly the Grey Gargoyle); and Angrir, Breaker of Souls (formerly the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing). The Mighty box set includes Asgardian All-Father (and Cul’s brother) Odin, as well as Spider-Man, Hawkeye and Iron Man in their final battle costumes, with their dwarf-forged uru-metal weapons. (Iron Man not shown.) Look for these to arrive this summer at comic shops and specialty stores near you! Pre-order today!

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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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