Diamond
Select Toys and San Diego Comic-Con '08!
 
From DST:
This year’s San Diego Comic Con promises
to be one of the largest undertakings in
geek and pop-culture history! DST’s
plans for this record-breaking event include
several convention exclusives, contests,
panels, a blood drive, free giveaways and
the launch of a brand new website! Below
is a schedule of events as well as a summary
of this year’s exclusives and activities
scheduled for the Diamond Select Toys booth
(#2607).
Preview Night opens on
Wednesday, July 23rd and gives convention
attendees their first chance to pick up
their favorite Comic Con exclusive items.
Transformers G1 Animated
Optimus Prime Bust (limited to 1,000 pieces)
will be on sale for $60.00.
Marvel Select Skrull Elektra Two-Pack action
figures will be available for $20.00.
Marvel Minimates Invaders Box Sets will
be sold for $16.00.
Battlestar Galactica’s “Valley
of Darkness” Cylon Centurion will
be available for $16.00.
Fan-favorite online retailer
Action Figure Xpress (Booth #4045) will
be revealing new future exclusives in addition
to offering these DST-produced SDCC exclusives.
Marvel Minimates Iron Man
Through the Ages Box Sets will be available
for $16.00.
Transformers Skywarp Bust (limited to 400
pieces) will be on sale for $60.00.
Battlestar Galactica’s
Bodie Olmos will be appearing at the DST
booth on Friday and Saturday and will be
signing autographs in both the mornings
and afternoons of each day. Autograph tickets
will be included in one of two packages:
1) $20 for one autograph ticket and one
8x10 photo or 2) $25 for one autograph ticket
and one “Hot Dog” action figure.
Attendees of this year’s
San Diego Comic Con will also be able to
see several upcoming releases for the first
time, including the official debut of the
Ultimate Quarter Scale Star Wars line! Other
highlights include the next assortment of
Battlestar Galactica action figures, Marvel
Minimates box sets, Transformers busts,
Marvel Select action figures and more!
Also debuting during this
year’s show will be the all-new Art
Asylum web site, designed to give fans a
look inside the operations at DST headquarters
like never before! Expected to launch on
Wednesday, July 23rd, fans can visit www.artasylum.com
during the show for exclusive news, product
debuts and more!
From 1:00 – 2:00
pm on Saturday, July 26th, join Diamond
Select Toys director Chuck Terceira and
the rest of the Minimate creators for a
glimpse at what’s to come for the
number one block figure brand in the world.
Ask your questions, make your requests and
get a sneak peek at future Minimate designs
during this must-see panel discussion located
in Room 3. Diamond Select Toys will also
be appearing on the Action Figure Times
Toymaker Q&A panel (07/24 in Room 3
from 5:30pm – 6:30pm) and the Action
Figures Insider: Plastically Incorrect 2008
panel (07/26 in Room 30AB from 4:30pm –
5:30pm).
Diamond Select Toys has
continued its support of the annual Robert
A. Heinlein Blood Drive, which will be held
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In exchange
for participating, all donors will receive
a strictly limited Battlestar Galactica
Season 3 Chief Tyrol action figure only
available at this year’s show! The
only way to receive one these rare collectibles
is to roll up your sleeve and donate!
ABOUT
DIAMOND SELECT TOYS AND COLLECTIBLES, LLC
Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles, LLC
was founded in 1999 by sister company Diamond
Comic Distributors, Inc. Envisioned to create
unique and exciting collectibles for children
and adults alike, the company has licensed
a variety of pop culture properties to be
turned into merchandise. With partners such
as Marvel Enterprises, CBS, Viacom, Universal,
Capcom, Twentieth Century Fox, Hasbro and
MGM, Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles
produces a large range of products based
on a wide variety of properties, and is
headquartered in Timonium, MD. For more
information, visit www.diamondselecttoys.com
or www.artasylum.com.
About
Comic-Con International
With attendance in 2007 over 125,000 people,
the San
Diego Comic-Con is the largest pop culture
and comic event in North America. The annual
convention is organized by Comic-Con International
which is a nonprofit educational organization
dedicated to creating awareness of, and
appreciation for, comics and related popular
art forms, primarily through the presentation
of conventions and events that celebrate
the historic and ongoing contribution of
comics to art and culture.
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