Minimates

Following in the footsteps of last year's Heralds of Galactus box set, Diamond Select Toys has once again teamed with Toys 'R' Us for a pack of Marvel Minimates chosen by collectors. This year's box set is set for a fall 2012 release and will hone in on Marvel's Avengers vs... Read More ... Read More ...

Diamond Select Toys has revealed its lineup of exclusive toys and collectibles for San Diego Comic-Con International 2012 and it packs some serious plastic appeal for collectors of Minimates, busts and statues. Come July 12, The Amazing Spider-Man movie fans will be able to pick up both a metallic bust and a "sewer battle" Minimates two-pack that pits Spidey against the Lizard... Read Mo

If you haven't picked up Diamond Select and Art Asylum's 44th line of Marvel Minimates, MarvelStore.com's exclusive box sets may give you reason to consider waiting another week or so. Timed to drop right around the May 4 release of The Avengers movie are two sets that include a few of the Wave 44 mainstays, along with the first Minimate versions of Kang the Conqueror and the Grim Reaper, along wi

Following last week's premiere of The Avengers in Hollywood, many spoiler hungry fans have already learned the identity of Loki's mystery army in the film. But guess what? We're going to keep on calling them "Loki's Army" until the movie comes out in a small effort to keep your potential moviegoing experience intact until May 4...

Fresh (or in the case of the zombies, ripe) from their initial preview at Toy Fair, Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum's The Walking Dead Minimates have received their retail marching orders. Come September the line's first assortment of two-packs will arrive in stores, pairing Rick with a Roamer, Tyrese with a Roamer, Andrea with a Lurker and a very literal pack featuring two Herd Zombies... Read

Unlike The Avengers, which consists of an almost completely costumed cast, Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum had far more civilian style characters to make into Minimates for Marvel's The Amazing Spider-Man movie line this summer. Having debuted both Spider-Man and the Lizard last month at Toy Fair, it's kind of nice to see so many plainclothes characters get blocky figures...

Cosplay: Samuel Lee and Prince Armory's awesome custom armor worn by Carlos M. Blanchard is like Kenner's Legends of Batman action figure line come to life. Creators: Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilkas, who depicted the prophet Muhammad as a dog in 2007, was egged by Karlstad University students while giving a lecture on free speech at the school on Tuesday...

Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum showed off quite a few new additions to the collective Marvel Minimates line this past week at Toy Fair. Among the new cylindrical faces shown were The Amazing Spider-Man movie Minimates of Spidey and the Lizard, Brood Wolverine, and new Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales...

Upcoming: IDW's revealed another cover for May's Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 eight-issue miniseries, which will pit the Enterprise crew and The Doctor against the Borg and The Cybermen. Oprah: Craig Thompson's Blankets has been named one of "The 8 Greatest Love Stories of All Time" by Oprah...

Suits: UD Replicas' new Captain America: The First Avenger motorcycle suit looks like ready for conditions beyond recreational cosplay, but I guess it should for around $1,300. TV: David Ramsey has been cast as bodygaurd John Diggle in CW's Green Arrow pilot, "Arrow...