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Diamond Select Toys Announces Star Trek Select – Mr. Spock Beams Down Early 2013

I absolutely love my Art Asylum Star Trek figures, so I am glad to see Diamond Select Toys bringing Trek back to stores next year. DST borrows part of its playbook for its successful Marvel Select line – it will have Select-style packaging and diorama pieces, and will be available in comic book shops and online retailers. However, in place of some points of articulation, they’ve opted for interchangeable body parts. The first figure, Mr. Spock, will come with alternate head, hands, and a swap-outs for standing and crouching legs.

Although James T. Kirk is the next Select figure in line, with their claim to bring us characters from across the Trek universe, I suspect DST will look beyond the original series for character selection. We’ll see if they can work their way up to Marvel Select’s frequency of one figure a month. I just hope they eventually get to Nurse Chapel and Yeoman Janice Rand.

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Art Asylum Star Trek – with Cheap DIY Light Reflector

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Art Asylum’s Star Trek figures for the original series are still a stand out in my collection. I love how they customized each figure for the character’s physical attributes – Spock is taller than Kirk, who is taller than Sulu. Today, we’d probably just get one single body reused over and over. The head sculpts are spot on too – Shatner’s is probably the toughest to capture, and I think they did a great job with it.

I’ve wanted to take some shots of these guys for a while now, and this also became an opportunity to test out a quick and cheap light reflector I whipped up a while back. It hadn’t really done anything for my indoor shots, as I often have plenty of light available with my “studio” set up. So I took a little away team to the surface of planet RBY (Ron’s back yard) to see what the reflector could do with natural sunlight.

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Diamond Select Toys Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates Series 3 are a Blast

Hats off to whoever has been taking the pictures for the recent Diamond Select Toys reveals. These shots of Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates Series 3 capture all the fun that can be had with Minimates. There’s some real dream match-ups here.

And if this shot doesn’t sell you on a Minimates MODOK, I don’t know what will.

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Diamond Select Toys Avengers Movie – Marvel Select Hulk and Minimates

You might think that the price point on the Hot Toys Avengers movie figures is a little too rich for your blood. Or maybe you want something to satisfy that Avengers craving *today*. If so, DST has a couple of new releases on shelves now.

I’m thinking that the Marvel Select Hulk could capture Mark Ruffalo’s likeness a little better, but I don’t really mind. This Hulk has an ab tilt and swivel, two fists, bicep swivels, and DC Universe Classics hips. Innovation is allowing DST to cram more functional points of articulation into the limit prescribed by their license. Kudos to the designers!

And if you’re looking to army build a Chitauri invasion force, Minimates might be the way to go. Might also be the only way to get a movie Maria Hill figure.

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Marvel Select Gambit Packaged Pics

I am not a Gambit fan. He was introduced in X-Men during the explosion in comics “investing” – let’s face it – there weren’t a lot of good comic books or comic book characters that came out of that period in the early 90’s. That said, there’s something about these figures that capture the douchebaggery that I envision when it comes to Gambit. I suppose that’s probably a positive for the Gambit fans out there.

Get Ready for the Gambit Marvel Select Figure

Here it is, the newest Marvel Select Figure: Gambit! Available as the regular edition or a variant long hair version. This figure features Marvel Select’s standard 16 points of articulation, as well as multiple hands and accessories.  Gambit comes with a similarly themed Danger Room base to our Cyclops figure, allowing collectors to create a mini diorama! Look for it at a specialty store near you!

via Art Asylum Blog » Get Ready for the Gambit Marvel Select Figure.

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