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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Power up your collection with these 2-pk figures from life-changing episodes!

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Just when you thought we didn’t have any more Original Series figures up our sleeves! (more…)

“New Retro”?  Did I really just say that?  Yes I did.  You’ve been seeing a lot in the news lately about the fantastic things that EMCE Toys is doing with the Mego-style figures.  This has prompted people to wonder if perhaps there was some kind of parting of the ways between DST and EMCE since there haven’t been any new announcements from our camp.  Well, fear not gentle reader, DST and EMCE are just as close as ever and we’ve got exciting things coming up for you.  These images are VERY rough, so no comments and no reposting, but I wanted you to see what we’re up to.  In development we have 4 Trek (Captain Pike, Vina, Nurse Chapel, and the M-113 Salt Vampire) as well as 4 Universal Monsters (Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, and Mummy).  More details will be revealed as they are available (and I can already tell you that at least one of these is getting a complete overhaul and another has a variant in the works).  Enjoy the super early look at the future…

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Check out this video featuring the Star Trek: The Motion Picture phaser, exclusively available from Entertainment Earth and now in stock!

We’ve got a slightly-belated edition of AskDST this week focusing on your MASSIVE amount of Star Trek questions!  So if you want to discover the fate of Kang, discuss the new TWOK Phaser and scan for cryptic clues about the forthcoming 3 3/4 inch figures - you can read it all after the jump! (more…)

I gotta say, playing with the Original Series Phasers was pretty durn cool… (more…)

We’re back with another installment of  your favorite blog segment - Ask DST!  This week DSTChuck tackles your pressing Star Trek questions, which are surprisingly upbeat this week.  See if you can glean any clues from his cryptic responses!  Look for hidden codes in the first letters of every word!  Or… you can just read it and find out what’s going on in the world of Trek… there’s that too. (more…)

For your viewing pleasure, here are the new Star Trek action figures from DST. Available at Toys “R” Us!