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!

Share our announcement on Facebook and Retweet it Twitter!

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!

Our Minimates photo contest is over, and we got a ton of great entries! Over 50 shots from around the world, featuring Marvel, Halo, Universal Monsters, Pirate Raiders, Ghostbusters, Minimates MAX, Back to the Future, Terminator and Playstation characters! While we loved them all, only one could win, and that was Les Koting of the Philippines. He’ll be getting Minimates from every line we make for his shot of Captain America and the Red Skull brawling, above! We’ll also send swag to the three runners-up — Don Brosius, Philip Mailloux and Brad Martin — but there were so many great shots we had to share some of them here!

Check ‘em out in the gallery, then head over to Facebook to enter our Marvel and Universal Select Photo Contest, starting soon!

We have a lot of fun taking pictures of our toys, and we know you do, too. We’ve seen the evidence. Which is why we’ve decided to have a photo contest! Take your best shot of a Minimate — or a group of Minimates — post them to our Facebook wall, and you could win a Minimate 2-pack, 4-pack or vehicle from every line we currently produce! Here’s what you have to do.
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