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!

Thanks to the Star Wars prequels and novels, we now know the origin of Boba Fett, the famous Mandalorian bounty hunter. But what are the origins of our Boba Fett bust bank? Well, we sculpted the 8-inch bust, made a mold, filled it with plastic and cast it up. But before we painted it, we checked out every detail to make sure the casting it came out just right — and now you can, too! Our new Boba Fett bust bank is an amazing addition to the Star Wars bust bank line, but this test-shot of the Fett in basic white and grey will be an amazing addition to any Star Wars collection! And we’re giving it away, along with the production model! Simply follow @CollectDST on Twitter and tweet #FreeFettFriday, and you’ll be entered to own a piece of history! Well, banking history, anyway! Tweet all weekend to win, don’t forget to follow us, and check your messages on Monday!

With the holidays fast approaching, it’s important to remember how lucky we all are. For starters, none of us are vampires. (Presumably.) Secondly, we haven’t had our body parts harvested for scientific experiments. (As far as we know.) And thirdly, we all have internet connections, which means we can all enter the latest giveaway from Diamond Select Toys! This time they’re giving away a monster-themed prize package, including an exclusive box set and some rare prototypes!

The grand prize winner will receive:
- a Universal Monsters Legacy Series Box Set (exclusive to Hastings and RedfordFilms.com)
- a set of Universal Monsters Series 2 prototype test shots (Dracula with wolf, Frankenstein with table, and the Toys “R” Us-exclusive Bride)
- a pair of Herman and Grandpa Munster test shots in preliminary Select packaging

One runner-up will receive
- the Toys R Us-exclusive Series 2 Frankenstein and Dracula
- a test shot of Grandpa Munster in mock-up preliminary Toys “R” Us packaging

Simply like this post on Facebook, Tweet #DSTXmas on Twitter, or +1 this post on Google+ before Friday, December 16, and you’ll be entered! (Contest not open to the legions of the undead.)

While Minimates have a primarily North American fan base, collectors the world over have discovered the joys of the highly poseable 2-inch mini-figures from Diamond Select Toys. To show how far and wide that joy has spread, we want you to send in your photos! Take a picture of a Minimate in front of a famous attraction — or a scenic vista only found in your area — and post it on our Facebook page. Better yet, take it on vacation with you! Mount Rushmore! The Great Pyramids! The Kremlin! The Gateway Arch! Mount Fuji! One winner a month will get spotlighted our newsletter as well as on Minimates.com, so be sure to tell us your name and where you shot the photo, and we’ll also contact you to send you a cool prize! We’ll post them as long as we keep getting them, so there’s no time limit, but don’t let someone else beat you to the best attractions! (Note: All submitted photos become the property of Diamond Select Toys.)

2001 is a special number. It’s the year the original Halo game, Combat Evolved, first graced our Xboxes, but it’s also the number of “likes” Diamond Select Toys recently passed on Facebook! And just as Microsoft recently re-released Combat Evolved in an updated anniversary edition, we wanted to celebrate the number 2001 in our own way. So we’re giving away a copy of the new game, Halo: Combat Evolved… plus a set of Halo Minimates Series 1 prototypes! This Halo two-pack and four-pack come in preliminary mock-up packaging, with unpainted test-shots in the trays, and we’ll even throw in a mocked-up test package of the Warthog boxed set — which actually contains a production-model Minimates Warthog with driver! Simply “like” this posting on our Facebook page and you’re entered, but “like” it soon, because this contest ends Monday at 5pm PST!

The Avengers movie has been getting everyone all excited of late, but we’ve still got months to go before the movie — and its sure-to-be-awesome toys — actually materialize. What to do in the meantime? Break open a set of Marvel Select Avengers figures from Diamond Select and re-enact your favorite storylines of old! Only available at the Disney Store, Thor, Hawkeye, Captain America and the Black Widow look like they jumped straight off the comics page (they even come with tiny versions of Ant-Man and the Wasp!), and we’re giving you the chance to win a full set! Simply follow @CollectDST on Twitter, use the hashtag #DSTAvengers, and we’ll pick one Tweeter at random! It’s that simple! [Note: This is a Twitter-only contest.] Contest ends Thursday, November 24 at 9 AM!

November has started, and now we’re in that uncertain time between the end of Halloween and the beginning of the Christmas season. Since it’s hard to get TOO excited for Thanksgiving, we’re going to keep Halloween going for a little while longer! How, you may ask? Well, Series 2 of Universal Monsters Minimates is out at Toys “R” Us stores now, and we’re going to give you the chance to win a full set! How do you win? Simply find the Diamond Select Toys page on Google Plus, add us to your circles by Nov. 21, and we’ll pick one of our followers at random! It’s that simple!

Well, the triumphant return of Ghostbusters to the theaters is coming to a close, and this Halloween will be the last day you can see the heroes of Central Park West on the silver screen (for a while, anyway). In honor of the boys in beige, Diamond Select Toys is giving away a massive Ghostbusters prize pack to three lucky winners! Simply share this contest announcement on Facebook or Retweet it on Twitter and you’ll be entered! Just be sure to do it by Friday at 5 pm!

Grand Prize: One Light-Up Mr. Stay Puft Statue, two Ghostbusters Series 2 two-packs, three GB T-shirts (L and XL) and one GB hat.

Runner-Up Prizes (two winners): One Ghostbusters Series 2 two-pack, one GB T-shirt (L) and one GB hat.

Shirts and two-packs will be chosen at random. Facebook post to Share is here, and the Tweet to Retweet is here! Good luck!

Check out more of DST’s great GB products below, and at diamondselecttoys.com!

History was made earlier this year with the epic World War II saga Captain America: The First Avenger, and this week sees that history set in stone with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the movie! But what’s history without a monument? Our miniature monuments to the movie can be yours in this week’s contest — simply go to our Facebook and/or Twitter page and share or Retweet the contest announcement! The winner will get a set of Captain America and Red Skull Marvel Select action figures (with combined Cosmic Cube base display), as well as a set of Cap Movie Minimates! One prize package will be given out on Twitter and one on Facebook (winners chosen at random), and a third randomly chosen entrant will get a Disney-store-exclusive comic-style Captain America Marvel Select figure! Share or Retweet right away, and we’ll pick a winner Wednesday morning at 10:00!

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The Minimates fans have had their shot, now Select fans get to take theirs! The official Diamond Select Toys Marvel and Universal Select photo contest starts today, and goes until next Thursday, August 18! The grand prize winner gets a set of Captain America and Red Skull Marvel Select movie figures, and three runners-up will also get a rare Marvel or Universal Select figure. Here’s the rules:

- Take a photo in which one or more Marvel Select or Universal Select figures is the central character. You can mix them up or stick with one property, and you may use other Diamond Select toy lines in the background, but all of the figures and accessories in the photo should be from Diamond Select Toys. No toys or accessories from other toy companies will be allowed.

- Shots can be indoors, outdoors, on miniature sets, on human-sized sets, whatever. But they should be in focus, and you should be able to tell what’s going on in them.

- Photoshop is allowed for touch-ups or to duplicate a character, but not to alter the character extensively. Word balloons are allowed, but the photo will be primarily judged on its visuals, not any spoken dialogue.

- Photos should be at least 4 by 6 inches at 72 dpi (288×432 pixels). They can be vertical or horizontal.

- Post your photo on the Diamond Select Toys Facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/diamondselecttoys between now and August 18th at 9 AM EST.

- Only one entry is allowed per person, so make sure your best shot is on the wall come Thursday morning.

- The winner will get a set of Captain America and Red Skull movie-based Marvel Select action figures. Three runners-up will also be chosen to receive special/rare Marvel or Universal Select figures or figure prototypes.

- By submitting the photograph to the contest, you give us permission to publish them on our Website.

Start shooting!