One of the highlights of New York Comic Con is spending time with the good people at Diamond Select. They had a couple of panels this year and Zach Oat was hospitable enough to show us around the booth. Diamond Select announced some new properties that are coming to their toyline and some of the great names are: Alien, Pulp Fiction, Godzilla, and Sin City!
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Universal Monsters:
Black & white 3rd Legacy Series Box Set 3-pack coming. Figures based on last years releases.
Vinyl Banks – Bride of Frankenstein, Wolfman
Van Helsing (vampire base), Son of Frankenstein, Creature of the Black Lagoon – Fall 2014 $24.99
Pulp Fiction:
Select 7″ figures and minmates on their way!
Sin City:
Select and Minimates anounced
The minimates line may be out earlier
Marv and Nancy announced for Select. June 2014 $24.99 Toys “R” Us exclusives
Star Wars:
Cad Bane, Commander Thire (Clone Wars) are getting vinyl banks
Darth Vader Metal Bottle Opener – coming end of 2013
More Commanders possible
Boba – 2014
Walking Dead:
Rick Grimes Bust
One-eyed zombie bottle opener – 2014
Star Trek busts, ships, and Select figures
Excelsior Electronic ship – George Takei voice – early 2014
Battle Damaged Enterprise-B (TNG)
Bird of Prey – Star Trek IV – dialog and sound effects, landing gear will say bounty, flight base
New classes of ships coming
Captain Picard 7″ – ball jointed shoulders, left arm mid bicep cut
4th Figure works with Picard base
Spock bust– early 2014
Silicone Trays TNG
Marvel Select:
Thor and Jane
Silver Surfer with Infinity Gauntlet and amazing base!
Ghostbusters:
24″ Vinyl Stay Puft Marshmallow Man $125 in 2014
More Ghostbusters Minimates are coming
7″ Light-up Firehouse in the works
Aliens:
Practically every Aliens character will be getting a minifig
Newt and Ripley and Alien minimates were on display
Figures ship in May 2014
A lot more Avengers related figures are on their way
Knight Rider and Munsters will be getting more releases as well!
We will be seeing Godzilla!
More silicone trays for Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Thor
More figures from Robert Kirkman’s, Thief of Thieves and Invincible
Kevin Smith will have a big presence with Minimates. Jay And Silent Bob and Clerks are getting figure releases, more possible in the future
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Here’s a look at the Diamond Select Booth!
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- Sin City Diamond Select Minimates Poster
Finally, we had a chance to chat with Zach Oat and he talked a bit more about his time with ToyFare and his transition to Diamond Select. He also chatted about more great stuff to expect coming up!
Keep an eye out here at DFAT as more Diamond Select comes in on all these fantastic projects! Thanks again to Zach Oat to showing us around the booth and giving us a chance to chat about Diamond Select’s fantastic toys!
~Chaz
