Raving Toy Maniac

New Thundercats Minimates Have Landed! Series 3 is In Stock at AFX!

March 2013 - ThunderCats fans have been lapping up Icon Heroes' new ThunderCats products like a kitten lapping up milk, and now the company has released a third set in their popular ThunderCats Minimates line. Produced in conjunction with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, the Series 3 box set rounds out the main band of Thunderan refugees, with Minimates of Tigra, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat, as well as a mini-figure of RoBear Bill.

Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics and Diamond Select Toys Partner on Tomb Raider Minimates

March 2013 - On March 5th, Square Enix launched Tomb Raider, which stars one of the world's most popular video game characters, Lara Croft. The game tells her origin story, and depicts her journey from untried and untested 21-year-old to hardened survivor. To mark this new vision of a global icon, Diamond Select Toys have teamed up with developer Crystal Dynamics to create a line of Tomb Raider Minimates for their long-running toyline.

Marvel Minimates Strange Tales Box Set Gets Even Stranger Packaging!

February 2013 - The strangest set of Marvel Minimates ever just got a little stranger! Sorcerer Dr. Strange takes the spotlight on the new packaging for the Strange Tales box set, featuring Strange, First Appearance Blade, Werewolf by Night and Morbius the Living Vampire!

Due to arrive in April, the set of four Minimates includes some new, character-specific accessories, like Blade's wooden stakes (including one with a throwing effect), a flight base for Morbius, and Dr. Strange's spell-casting hands. Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall and has 14 points of articulation to re-create all of the classic Marvel covers of the 1970s. Check out the comic-book-inspired packaging below!

Klingon Disruptor Gets New Packaged Pics, Demo Video and Exclusive Variant!

February 25, 2013 - Is Diamond Select Toys defecting to the Klingon Empire? First they gave Star Trek fans two insanely detailed Klingon Bird of Prey electronic ships, now it's two electronic replicas of the Klingon disruptor!

With three different settings, the thumb trigger can activate single shot, rapid-fire and "disintegrate" sound effects, with a flickering red LED at the muzzle. The standard model is based on the weapon's appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but Action Figure Xpress will have an exclusive Star Trek III version of Commander Kruge's weapon of choice! Check out the packaging and the demonstration videos below!

Link to AFX-exclusive Kruge edition:
http://www.shopafx.com/afxexsttr3kl.html

Link to Standard edition demonstration:

On Sale This Week: Marvel Select Venom and the U.S.S. Enterprise-E

February 21, 2013 - Never before has there been a new toy day more highly anticipated than today! Not only did Diamond Select Toys' latest, greatest Marvel Select action figure ship to comic shops and specialty stores today, those store also received DST's newest electronic Star Trek ship! Both toys have been long-coveted by collectors, and both are already getting rave reviews! Read on to see what makes these two items so amazing!

Marvel Select Venom Action Figure

Walking Dead Minimates Series 3 Will Rise this Spring

February 2013 - The dead cannot be stopped, and neither can the Walking Dead Minimates! With Series 2 in Toys "R" Us, comic shops and specialty stores now, Series 3 is gearing up for production from Diamond Select Toys! And like the first two series, it includes popular lead characters, short-lived favorites and zombies straight from the comic book pages!

Coming in Spring 2013, look for the following figures to hit comic shops and specialty stores:

Rick in Riot Gear and Guard Zombie
Dexter and Dreadlock Zombie
Prison Hershel and Farmer Zombie (comic shop and specialty store exclusive)
Prison Tyreese (Battle Damaged) and Farmer Zombie (comic shop and specialty store exclusive variant set)

At the same time, Toys "R" Us will get their own exclusive assortment:

The Disney Store Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Peter Pan with Exclusive Minimates!

February 2013 - In 1953, the Walt Disney Company delighted audiences with its full-length animated feature Peter Pan, an adaptation of the 1911 novel about a magical boy who wouldn't grow up. Now, with the first-ever Blu-Ray release of the film in stores now, the Disney Store has teamed up with Diamond Select Toys to release the first-ever Disney Minimates, based on Peter Pan!

Top Secret Iron Man 3 Minimates Revealed at New York Toy Fair!

February 2013 - Now that the latest trailer for Iron Man 3 has been viewed by millions of people, it's time for another unveiling... of Iron Man 3 Minimates! Diamond Select's 49th consecutive assortment of 2-inch mini-figures will include four 2-packs, two exclusively at comic shops and specialty stores, and two shared with Toys "R" Us!

War Machine with Maya Hansen and Aldrich Killian with Cowboy Tony Stark will only be available on the comic specialty market, while Iron Man with the Mandarin and Iron Patriot with a top-secret figure will be shared with Toys "R" Us. Still under embargo are two more sets made exclusively for Toys "R" Us, to be revealed later, and an exclusive box set, at a retailer to be announced!

Battle Beasts Series 1 Hits Toys "R" Us with New Battle Beasts Animated Short!

February 2013 - The Toys "R" Us-exclusive assortment of Battle Beasts Minimates has started to pop up in stores, and Diamond Select Toys is celebrating with a new stop-motion animated short film!

Featuring alternate paint schemes from the specialty assortment, as well as two different characters, fans of the existing figures will want to expand their Battle Beast collections with this new batch of Beasts from Toys "R" Us! The line-up includes:

- Vorin the Ram vs. Scorpus the Scorpion (new decos)
- Merk the Falcon vs. Spidron the Tarantula (new decos)
- Gruntos the Walrus vs. Scalpus the Snake (new decos)
- Antalor the Moose vs. Nychirix the Bat (exclusive)

A Variant on the Klingon Bird of Prey Ship De-Cloaks!

February 2013 - When Diamond Select began developing the first alien ship in their electronic Star Trek ship series, they knew that they couldn't just make one version of the iconic Klingon Bird of Prey. The ship has such a rich film history that to pick just one appearance would be an affront to its honor! So while the Star Trek VI version of the Bird of Prey is out in stores now, DST has created a special Star Trek III version exclusively for Action Figure Xpress!