Raving Toy Maniac

On Sale This Week: Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Domo and the Walking Dead!

June 2013 - New Toy Day is here, and there's a big shipment coming in to your local comic shop this Wednesday! New items from Diamond Select Toys include offerings from Star Trek, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Marvel Comics and Domo, and cover products from action figures to Minimates to banks to bottle openers! You can even pick up a work of art! Check out what's due, and find your nearest retailer at http://comicshoplocator.com!

Domo Metal Bottle Opener

The Walking Dead Minimates Series 3 is Breaking Out in New Photos!

June 2013 - This week sees the release of The Walking Dead Series 3 Minimates at comic shops and specialty stores, and they're all from the famous prison story arc of the hit comic book by Robert Kirkman!

Rick, Hershel and Dexter face off against a trio of zombies in three different two-packs, and be on the lookout for a short-packed Battle-Damaged Tyreese! Hershel and Tyreese (both with Farmer Zombie) are exclusively at comic shops and specialty stores, while Rick and Dexter (with Guard and Dreadlock Zombies) are shared with Toys "R" Us stores. Two additional sets, Glenn and Carol (with Vest and Pole Zombies), are exclusively at Toys "R" Us.

Check out some new pictures of the Minimates in action below, and reserve a set at your local comic shop! Find your nearest retailer at ComicShopLocator.com!

The Walking Dead Minimates Come to Life in a New Short Film

June 2013 - The third series of The Walking Dead Minimates hits comic shops and specialty stores on June 12th, and has already been spotted at Toys "R" Us. To commemorate the occasion, Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum have put together a short film starring all of the TWD Minimates to date, and it's not for the faint of heart!

With photography and editing by Alex Kropinak (Marvel's What the...?!), a voiceover by Chris Ward (the band Acorns to Oaks) and music by Matt Takacs, the film draws on Rick's famous speech from the prison arc of the groundbreaking comic book, setting it to some of the most horrifying Minimates images you have ever seen. Check out the film below, and look for Series 3 in your local store!

Star Trek Legacy Minimates Series 1 Is Now Mint-on-Picard!

May 2013 - Check out packaged shots of the specialty and Toys R Us two-packs for Star Trek Legacy Minimates Series 1, fully articulated 2-inch mini-figures with plenty of weapons and accessories. They're heading to stores in June, but here's a sneak peek!

To refresh your memory, the following are at comic shops and specialty stores:

- Admiral Kirk & Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
- Captain Picard & Borg Queen (Star Trek: First Contact)
- Captain Sisko & Jem Hadar (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Captain Archer & Xindi (Star Trek: Enterprise)

Then, at Toys "R" Us and toysrus.com:

- Captain Kirk & Kahn (gold shirt) (Star Trek: The Original Series)
- Captain Picard (captain's jacket) & Hugh (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Captain Sisko (vest) & Gul Dukat (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

The Hulk Smashes Through the Ages in His Own Marvel Minimates Box Set!

May 2013 - Fans love the Marvel Minimates "Through the Ages" box sets because they offer a chance to collect some of the coolest alternate looks for the character featured in each set. But in Diamond Select's next box set, Hulk Through the Ages, you can collect four of the Hulk's coolest alternate personalities!

From Las Vegas enforcer Joe Fixit to futuristic despot The Maestro, from the peace-seeking Barbarian Hulk to the rage-filled Composite Hulk, the four Minimates in this set represent the Hulk at his best and worst, and thanks to the Hulk's unique psychiatric problems, each could be called a different character, and not just a costume change. (Although the Maestro does come with an interchangeable cape and helmet, while Joe Fixit has a interchangeable shirt and hair.)

Check out packaged photos below, and pre-order the set today at your local comic shop!

The Voyage Continues With Star Trek Legacy Minimates!

May 2013 - Anticipation for the newest Star Trek film invariably leads us to think about the legacy it is a part of. All of the Star Trek films, TV series and other stories that have ever been told in the Star Trek universe have led us to this moment. So what better way to celebrate the legacy of Star Trek than with a toy line that touches on all eras of the franchise?

In June, the first series of Star Trek Legacy Minimates will hit stores, and no matter what era of Trek you hold most dear, there is a two-pack of 2-inch mini-figures just for you. Two separate assortments will be available, each with different uniforms, characters and species, not to mention a shipload of weapons and accessories.

At comic shops and specialty stores, both movies and TV shows will get figures:

- Admiral Kirk & Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
- Captain Picard & Borg Queen (Star Trek: First Contact)

Iron Man 3 Minimates to Hit Stores May 8th! New Product Photos!

May 2013 - The third Iron Man film is finally here, with a star-studded cast of characters and an array of awesome armors. But where can you find a toy line that will allow you to bring home all of the characters and armors in the movie? The Marvel Minimates line, naturally! And the first assortment hits comic shops May 8th!

New ThunderCats Get New Minimates in the Thundercats Ho! Box Set!

April 2013 - Fan reaction to Icon Heroes' line of Classic ThunderCats Minimates has been phenomenal, and Art Asylum has been putting everything they have into their designs for the two-inch mini-figure line. Now, they've put together a brand-new box set based on the TV-movie ThunderCats Ho!, and Icon Heroes is making this set more widely available than ever!

Featuring "new" ThunderCats Bengali, Lynx-O, Pumyra and Ratar-O, as well as a non-poseable minifigure of the Berbil named Ro-Bear Bert, this box set is available to all comic shops and specialty store retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors' Previews catalog. Now available for pre-order, the set will ship in the fall.

Marvel Minimates are In the Now With Two Marvel NOW Assortments!

April 2013 - As if the Marvel Universe couldn't get more exciting than it was, the universe-wide reshuffling known as Marvel NOW has made things even cooler in the MU! Not only are we seeing team-ups we've never seen before, we're seeing brand-new looks for some of the universe's biggest heroes. And Diamond Select is bringing those looks to the Marvel Minimates line!

Series 51, which is exclusive to comic shops and specialty stores, will include the following two-packs:

- Superior Spider-Man and Nova (Sam Alexander)
- Shanna the She-Devil and a Reaper
- Nick Fury Jr. with Heavy SHIELD Agent (includes Commander Rogers parts)
- Maria Hill with Heavy SHIELD Agent (rare variant)

Diamond Select Toys to Exhibit at Chicago's C2E2 April 26-28

April 2013 - Diamond Select Toys certainly does get around. New York Toy Fair brought them to the East Coast in February, and San Diego Comic-Con will have them headed to the West Coast in July, but in between they get to spend a fun-filled week in one of their favorite cities, Chicago! The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) will take place from April 26 to 28 this year, and DST will be exhibiting, paneling, freebie-ing... you name it!

At booth #603, DST will have all (well, most) of their upcoming products on display, so you can check them out in person before they reach the stores. They'll also be giving away free posters, and selling selected items in the company store. Spend $18 and you can build your own Minimate at the Build-a-Minimate station! (Station open after 1:00 each day.)