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Diamond Select Toys to Unveil New Products, New Licenses at Toy Fair International

February 2013 - This weekend, Toy Fair International begins at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. Not open to the public, the event allows toy manufacturers to present their new offerings to buyers from retail stores around the world, and it always offers fans the first look at the hottest toys of the year. Well, this year Diamond Select Toys will once again be in attendance, and once again they will have plenty on display to dazzle fans!

On display at booth 4905 will be new items from DST's broad array of licenses: Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, The Walking Dead, Star Wars, Star Trek, Universal Monsters, The Munsters, Knight Rider, Ghostbusters, Pathfinder, Tomb Raider and Invincible. Products will include highly detailed 7-inch action figures, 2-inch Minimates mini-figures, Femme Fatales PVC statues, Granix art plaques, vehicles, light-up statues, banks, prop replicas, bottle openers, kitchenware, neon signs and more.

DST will also announce two new licenses at the show:

Two New Series of Marvel Minimates are in Stores Now!

February 2013 - The 48th assortment of Marvel Minimates, available now in comic shops and specialty stores from Diamond Select Toys, is dedicated entirely to the world of the Fantastic Four! Team leader Mr. Fantastic comes with manipulative foe the Puppet Master, the hotheaded Human Torch comes with the explosive Blastarr, the force field-wielding Invisible Woman comes with a Moloid, and the rare variant set includes a Moloid and blind sculptress Alicia Masters!

On Sale This Week from DST: Marvel, Star Trek, Star Wars and Lenore!

January 31, 2013 - It's a big week for Diamond Select Toys! Comic shops and specialty stores will get in a variety of new products from DST this Wednesday, including the latest Marvel Select, Marvel Minimates and Star Trek electronic starship releases! It's the best of all worlds! Check out the full list below!

Star Trek Electronic Enterprise B
The long wait is over! The Enterprise B is finally ready to leave drydock! One of the most fan-requested Star Trek ships, the Excelsior-class starship is finally on its way as an electronic ship replica from Diamond Select! Packaged in a "Try Me" window box so customers can test its movie-accurate lights and sounds, the Enterprise B measures 16 inches long and comes with a display stand. SRP: $60.00

The Rhino is Loose in Manhattan! Marvel Select Rhino Ships this Week!

January 29, 2013 - Nothing can stop the Rhino... from smashing into comic shops and specialty stores this week from Diamond Select Toys! The Marvel Select action figure of classic Spider-Man villain the Rhino stands 9 inches tall, so he'll tower over your other Marvel Select figures. He also features 16 points of articulation, so you can get him in all sorts of dynamic poses. Whether you want your Rhino charging, goring, punching, kicking, wrestling or grazing, this is the Rhino figure for you! Check out these shots of the Rhino loose on the streets of New York and reserve your figure today at your local comic shop or favorite online retailer!

On Sale This Week: The Star Trek Klingon Bird of Prey!

January 23, 2013 - It's finally here! The Klingon Bird of Prey is shipping to comic shops, and Star Trek fans are already calling it one of the greatest starships Diamond Select Toys has ever made!

Based on the iconic alien ship's appearance in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, General Chang's unnamed, experimental Bird of Prey features adjustable wings, light-up weapons and engine, and plenty of dialogue from General Chang himself, as voiced by Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer. The Bird of Prey measures over a foot long and over 18 inches wide with its wings level!

Pick one up at your local comic shop or your favorite online retailer, and if they're sold out, tell them you want to order one!

Also shipping: New editions of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D and the "All Good Things" Enterprise-D!

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On Sale This Week: Battle Beasts Minimates Series 1!

January 16, 2013 - The long wait is over! This week, New Toy Day will finally bring to the masses Series 1 of Battle Beasts Minimates! With characters and paint schemes exclusive to comic shops and specialty stores, plus new packaging with artwork by Dan Brereton, this assortment of Diamond Select Toys' most detailed Minimates ever is not to be missed!

This assortment of two-inch warrior animals includes four different two-packs: Vorin the Ram with Vachonus the Scorpion, Merk the Falcon with Fenruk the Tarantula, Gruntos the Walrus with Tate Reynolds and Strictus the Rattlesnake with Bliss Reynolds. The Beasts are all depicted in exclusive comic- accurate color schemes, and human characters Tate and Bliss are only available in this assortment – they each come with one of the two Dread Weapons, so don't miss out!

On Sale This Week: Walking Dead Silicone Tray and Expendables 2 Action Figures

January 9, 2013 - It's New Toy Day, and new products are making their way to comic shops and specialty stores from Diamond Select Toys! One is their Walking Dead Silicone Tray, where you can cast up your own body parts and eat them, and the other is the heavily armed first series of DST's Expendables 2 Action Figures! Neither is for the faint of heart!

Walking Dead Silicone Tray

Two Generations of the U.S.S. Enterprise are Headed Home in New Packaging!

January 2013 - Diamond Select Toys is moving two more Star Trek ships out of drydock, and this time their packaging is getting the refit! The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B (from Star Trek: Generations) and NCC-1701-D (from Star Trek: The Next Generation) are headed to stores in the next month, with lights and sounds from their screen appearances, and DST has revealed their new packaging design. Check out both new ships in their boxes below, and pre-order them from your local comic shop or your favorite online retailer!

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Marvel Select's Rhino Charges Towards Stores This Month!

December 31, 2012 - Watch out, Spider-Man fans! One of the web-slinger's pointiest and most unstoppable foes is heading your way! The leather-skinned Rhino will arrive in comic shops and specialty stores in January, packaged in Diamond Select's familiar Select-style packaging, suitable for shelf and wall display. Designed and sculpted by Gentle Giant, the Rhino nearly 8.5 inches tall with 16 points of articulation, and is ready to tear through your Marvel Select collection like tissue paper. Reserve one today at your local comic shop or your favorite online toy store, and look for him to hit stores in early 2013!

In Stores January 2, 2013: The Hulk, The Walking Dead, Alice: Madness Returns and Street Fighter X Tekken!

December 30, 2012 - We survived 2012! This calls for a celebration! Diamond Select Toys will kick off 2013 with one of their biggest New Toy Days in a while, including action figures, Minimates, statues and bottle openers based on Marvel Comics, The Walking Dead, Alice: Madness Returns and Street Fighter X Tekken! Check out the long list of what's coming to comic shops and specialty stores on January 2nd!

Walking Dead Minimates Series 2 Asst.