The year 2012 may be humanity’s last, so why not stop by your local comic shop and pick up your own harbinger of doom? The light-up Ghostbusters Terror Dog Statue hits comic shops today, along with Marvel Minimates Wave 43, focusing on the landmark Spider-Man storyline “The Death of Jean DeWolff,” and the Marvel Select Punisher figure! They’re only available in comic shops and specialty stores, so read more below, then find your nearest comic shop at comicshoplocator.com!
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While one high-profile superhero movie is hogging all the attention right now, another one is waiting in the wings, ready to swoop into the spotlight once it has the summer all to itself. That movie is The Amazing Spider-Man, and it looks like it’s going to take the Spider-Man film franchise to a whole new level of action and excitement! Plus, the movie is going to be getting some of Diamond Select’s best Minimates mini-figures yet!
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You’ve faced Round 1 and lived, now get ready for Round 2! The new batch of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates hits comic shops, online retailers and specialty stores on Wednesday, and the line-up includes some of the most popular characters from Marvel Comics and the world of Capcom gaming.

- Spider-Man vs. Chris Redfield from Resident Evil
- Wolverine vs. Viewtiful Joe from Viewtiful Joe
- Super Skrull vs. Crimson Viper from Street Fighter (specialty exclusives)
- Storm vs. Jill Valentine from Resident Evil (specialty exclusives)

Plus, in the near future, Toys “R” Us will get their own version of Wave 2, with their own exclusive two-packs:

- Spider-Man vs. Chris Redfield from Resident Evil
- Wolverine vs. Viewtiful Joe from Viewtiful Joe
- Taskmaster vs. Nathan Spencer from Bionic Commando (TRU exclusives)
- Sentinel vs. First Appearance Ryu from Street Fighter (TRU exclusives)

Check out the packaging below, and look for the specialty wave this week. And if you haven’t already, pick up Series 1 now!

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It’s the 10th anniversary of Minimates, and one of the brand’s longest-running lines is about to celebrate its 43rd assortment! Trickling out to retailers now, Wave 43 of Marvel Minimates is entirely based on the “Jean DeWolff Saga” from the pages of Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110, written by the now-legendary Peter David. Bringing us the first Minimates of Jean DeWolff, Aunt May, the Sin-Eater and the classic SHIELD Agent, this wave also features new versions of Black Costume Spider-Man, Daredevil and J. Jonah Jameson that will become new favorites in any collection. Check out the packaging shots below, and ask for them at your local comic shop or specialty store on Wednesday!

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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!
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We know, we know — you really, really wanted to go to the New York Toy Fair this year, but once again, you found yourself to be neither a buyer nor a member of the press. Well, we’ve got an idea — we want to give you a couple of pieces of artwork from our booth that you can use to turn your room into your own private Toy Fair! From outside the booth, we’ve got a big, 8-foot-tall by 3-foot-wide Marvel Minimates poster (a snippet seen above), and from the inside we’ve got an 8-foot-by-3-foot Minimates MAX poster (a snippet seen below). Then we’ve got three pieces of original Minimates control art, used to show buyers what Minimates will look like before they get made. (Don’t worry, we’ll pick good ones.) Plus, we’ll throw in a couple of sets of Minimates for you to hang around the room to simulate a retail environment! It’s like a Toy Fair in miniature, and it’s all yours! Simply share this coverage of our Marvel showroom on your Facebook page and you’ll be entered! Contest ends Friday at 4 pm EST!

Another batch of pictures from the Diamond Select Toys booth at New York Toy Fair 2012: Mobile Action Xtreme! The rescue-themed Minimates line is back for a third series, and this time it’s not Toys “R” Us exclusive — that’s right, MAX is going nationwide! In addition to showing off the third wave (with new Arctic and Night Ops sets, and new Soldier and Smokejumper paint schemes) DST showed off the updated Armored Personnel Carrier (now with battle station conversion) and debuted the second animated episode of Mobile Action Xtreme! Check out the episode above, and the new toys below!

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!

Robert Kirkman, creator and writer of Image/Skybound’s hit comic, The Walking Dead, and writer/Executive Producer on the international hit television show based upon it, has joined forces with Maryland-based Diamond Select Toys. DST has a 13-year-long history of producing quality toys and collectibles, many based on established comic book and horror properties, and is happy to be able to bring the book’s intense characters and gruesome zombies to three-dimensional life as a line of Minimates and figural banks. 
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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/mid-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
- Maria Hill & Loki’s Army Foot Soldier (exclusive)
- Loki’s Army General & Loki’s Army Foot Soldier (short-packed exclusive)

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