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6 on Jason Todd is ready for action in Diamond Select's new Red Hood GalleryFor most of the past two years, I've had a steady a stream of Diamond Select statues coming through my house. Before the world retreated behind its collective mask, I was reviewing almost everything that was shipping. But then things stopped shipping for a bit! Well, the world is slowly peeking its nose out, and…
Diamond Select Toys makes a wide assortment of DC-related Gallery statues—that's their affordable, plastic line—but the cream of that particular crop is their GameStop-exclusive stuff. If the Gallery line has a consistent weakness, it's paint detail, but the GameStop statues tend to have much better application. Recently, Diamond has been pushing former GameStop-exclusives into the…
Toy Fair 2020 is only weeks away, but Diamond Select is getting an early start on the festivities by revealing some of its DC products. Diamond is promising hundreds of products will be shown at Toy Fair, and it's just giving us a taste of what will be shown. To kick things off are four…
Ripped from the pages of Batman: Knightfall, it's that venom-pumped, Croc-hating, Bat-breaking pile of man meat, BANE. And when I say "ripped from the pages of Knightfall," I mean it: Look at all his majesty. And as if that weren't enough, DST has even given him his most endearing feature: BACK HAIR Look at it, peeking over those…
Justice League is a distant memory. Maybe you're one of those people who would rather forget it; or, maybe you're one of those people who thinks that Warner Bros. should spend millions of dollars completing, promoting, and #ReleasingTheSnyderCut. Whichever broad generalization applies to you, I'm sure you would consider Wonder Woman a bright spot in…
I've reviewed a crap-ton of Diamond Select Toys' products in the past few years, and I've generally loved all of them. Their Vinimates line is a personal favorite, but their Batman: The Animated Series resin busts are a close second, and their Gallery PVC statues are an incredible value. But short of some Batman '66 stuff a…
Diamond recently released a pretty sweet Batman statue in their Gallery line, and now they've got a GameStop-exclusive of his biggest bad. I was very excited when this one was announced, because Diamond's GameStop stuff tends to be their best. So how about Joker? Watch the video, or read the transcript below to find out.…
I'm not exactly the world's biggest Batwoman fan, but I can still appreciate a good visual adaptation of a character. And honestly, I don't know that there's been a better live-action visual adaptation of a comic book character than the CW's take on Batwoman, with the exception of the Christopher Reeve Superman. Diamond Select now…
Diamond Select just added another evil Batman to its lineup of Dark Nights: Metal Dark Multiversal madmen, and this time, it's the Dawnbreaker—a nightmare Bruce Wayne who—on that fateful day in Crime Alley—acquired a Green Lantern ring and used it to exact vengeance on Joe Chill and, indeed, the world. I've been fairly impressed with each of…
I'm not quite sure why, but I love the Green Arrow. Maybe it was my childhood affection for all things Robin Hood, maybe it's something else, but regardless, I just do. So when I saw this puppy at Toy Fair this year, I knew it had to be mine. Diamond was kind enough to send…
I first saw Diamond's Comic Gallery Batman at Toy Fair 2018. At the time, I was happy that DST was bringing Batman to the affordable gallery line, but I wasn't nuts about his head—especially the face, with its teeth gritted in constipation. I kind of felt the same way at this year's Toy Fair—after all,…
The Babsgirl of Burnside is something I would rather forget. 30-something issues into the New 52, DC went all silly with Barbara Gordon, and it took a long time for her to get anywhere close to serious again. Don’t get me wrong—I like fun; but DC had turned Barbara into something of a caricature of…
I wasn’t the biggest fan of Dark Nights: Metal—but I’m probably repeating myself. I still did enjoy a number of the designs and backstories of the Dark Batmans, though. But not The Drowned. Honestly? I think it’s all about names for me: “Bryce Wayne” and “Sylvester Kyle” just sound dopey. Gender-swapping our well-known characters? Sure.…
Okay. This doesn’t happen often, but I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news: this one isn’t very good. Say it ain’t so If you’re making a statue replicating a famous actor from a film, so much of your success depends on how well you replicate the likeness of said actor. Diamond did it will with…
Diamond Select is going to have numerous San Diego Comic-Con exclusives this year, but two, in particular, will be of interest to DC fans. First up is a very limited Harley Quinn status that is sure to be in high demand with only 200 of them being produced. DC Premier Collection Harley Quinn Gem Edition…
Diamond Select's Gallery line is usually an amazing value for the $45-$50 retail price. I've had quite a lot of them, and with a few exceptions, I've always felt like you were getting a lot more than what you paid for—if only in terms of expectations. But their GameStop-exclusive Gallery pieces have been a cut…
And to think I used to call these things gross! Since getting a few Vinimates for review last year, I got hooked. Now I’ve got quite a few on my shelf, and I’m always eager for the next batch. This latest trio is a particularly nice one, with iconic poses for Darkseid and Shazam, and…
Dark Nights: Metal was far from my favorite event, but I sure loved a lot of Greg Capullo’s designs for those evil Batmen (sorry Bryce). Diamond’s Red Death Gallery is out now, and it’s a great take on this particular evil Bruce. The Speed Force energy looks like it was made of Fruit Roll-Ups, but…
Diamond Select has been slowly releasing some DC Comics-based Gallery statues since last year’s Toy Fair. I’ve taken a look at Superman and Aquaman, and now we have the Flash. I would rank this one with Superman, in that it looks very good from certain angles, but from others, there’s just something about the anatomy…
I know the response to Metal was somewhat mixed here in the Batman News comics community, but I can’t imagine anyone being cold on the crazy imagery created by Greg Capullo for the series. Diamond Select has already done a fine version of the Batman Who Laughs, and I’ll have a review of their Red…
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