By Indiana Jones, Wolverine and the Human Torch!
In Stores This Week From @CollectDST : Indiana Jones, Wolverine and the Human Torch!
It’s almost Wednesday, which means it’s time for a new shipment to comic shops from Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD! This week, the first ever Indiana Jones Gallery Diorama hits stores, as do two new Marvel busts in two different scales! Read on for details, then find a store near you at comicshoplocator.com, or order online at diamondselecttoys.com or gentlegiantltd.com!
Indiana Jones Gallery Raiders of the Lost Ark Escape DLX PVC Diorama
A Gentle Giant LTD release! Run for your life, Indiana! In this all-new Gallery Diorama, Doctor Jones sprints past launching arrows, idol in hand, racing against time as the tunnel caves in behind him. Standing approximately 10 inches tall, this sculpture is made of high-quality PVC and comes packaged in a full-color window box. SRP: $80.00
Marvel Comic Brown Wolverine 1/7 Scale Mini-Bust
A Diamond Select Toys release! Snikt! The berserker X-Man known as Wolverine is the newest 1/7 scale mini-bust in the Marvel Comics line! Wearing his classic brown costume and with his claws bared, this resin mini-bust of Logan stands approximately 5.5 inches tall atop an adamantium claw base, and features real metal claws! Limited to only 3000 pieces, it comes packaged in a full color box with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Designed by Nelson Asencio, sculpted by Juan Pitluk!
Mini-bust SRP: $90.00
https://www.diamondselecttoys.com/wolverine-comic-mini-bust/
Marvel Comic Human Torch 1/6 Scale Mini-Bust
A Gentle Giant LTD release! Flame on! The Human Torch winds up a flaming fireball in this new 1/6 scale mini-bust from Gentle Giant LTD! Measuring approximately 7 inches tall, this detailed bust of the hot-headed Fantastic Four member is cast in translucent resin, allowing the light to shine through. Limited to only 2000 pieces, it comes packaged with a numbered certificate of authenticity in a full-color box. Designed by Chris Sears, sculpted by Anissa Tchoub!
Mini-Bust SRP: $130.00
https://www.diamondselecttoys.com/human-torch-comic-mini-bust/
Daniel Pickett
AFi founder and Editor-In-Chief Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he ever collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Super Heroes line back in the 70s. He has been surrounded by collectables ever since.
In 1999 he was confounded by a lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he couldn’t find the information he decided to pursue it himself thinking other people might also be interested in the same news. He started writing a weekly column on the toy industry and action figure for a toy news site and in a years time he tripled the sites daily traffic with his updates, reviews and product features.
He built relationships with every major toy manufacturer and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a world wide expertise that the industry has embraced.
In 2004 he teamed up with his toy buddy Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com.
Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media press outlets. Over the years Daniel and AFi have been sought out as experts in the field. Daniel was regularly featured on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 network as the primary contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our front page has been linked to from USA Today’s
“Pop Candy” Blog twice. Daniel’s content has also been featured on Bloomberg News, MSNBC.com, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, CNN.com, AssociatedPress.com
Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the Official
Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet and Toy Fare magazine, among many
others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and TV shows.
But all of that really just sounds snooty and “tootin’ his own horn” – the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and he LOVES talking about them.
