Marvel Select
Marvel Select is a line of action figures from the Marvel Universe and Marvel Cinematic Universe manufactured by Diamond Select Toys.
Diamond Select uses the "Select" label for other brands, including Universal Monsters, Star Trek and The Munsters, to indicate the 1:10 scale and comes in similar packaging.
Figures are sculpted in a strict 1:10 scale. Larger characters can stand as tall as 9-10 inches.
History
At its inception in 2002, the line was designed, sold, and marketed by Diamond Select Toys. Development and production was handled by Toy Biz until the company went defunct. Figures were originally limited to Ultimate Marvel and Marvel Knights. Focus was on sculpting over articulation and included large display bases and accessories, sometimes an additional figure, which necessitated large display packaging in the beginning. These pack-ins helped establish a collector-targeted line, although the dioramas were minimized or eliminated once the line began to tackle larger characters such as the Hulk.[1] Packaging features distinctive decoration with comic artwork of each character.
Released
- Ultimate Spider-Man with a burglar webbed to a wall base
- Punisher with smashed pinball machine, arsenal of weapons and thug victim figure
- Elektra with castle tower display base, ninja arsenal and additional hand and leg attachments
- Ultimate Captain America with flag, shield and WWII battlefield base
- Black Widow II with cave wall base, pistol, rifle, knife and storage drums
- Origin Wolverine with forest display and wolves
- Black Cat with apartment wall base, safe, jewels and unarticulated crawling Spider-Man
- Ultimate Iron Man with removable forearm armor and recharging station
- Ultimate Hulk with printed scenic city base (Black/Gray initial release/matte gray reissue)
- Ultimate Venom (classic Venom variant) with an unmasked Spider-Man webbed to the wall base and symbiote jar
- Ultimate Wolverine with injured Magneto
- Classic Green Goblin with goblin glider, pumpkin bomb and tied-up unmasked unarticulated Spider-Man accessory
- Ultimate Thor with Mjölnir and defeated Giant-Man base
- Dr. Doom with goblet hand, pistol and detailed throne with banners
- Dr. Octopus with removable flexible tentacles and articulated Spider-Man
- "Here Comes Tomorrow" Phoenix (fiery transparent Phoenix variant) with flame base
- Emma Frost (diamond transparent Emma variant) with detailed fireplace and mantle display base
- Black Costume Spider-Man with rooftop gargoyle ledge
- She-Hulk with crushed car (ToyFare poll winner/convention tour exclusive)
- Ultimate Carnage with Gwen Stacy corpse
- Thanos with alternate Infinity Gauntlet hand and Death (with separate face-mask)
- "Days of the Future Past" Wolverine with Katherine Pride and wanted poster ruins base
- Uatu the Watcher with moon stand
- Spider-Woman I (first appearance variant with full cowl) with detachable web shot, Hydra Agents and Hydra mansion base
- Spider-Woman II 2006 SDCC exclusive with Hydra Agents and Hydra mansion base
- Moon Knight with crescent blades and Khonshu Statue
- Cloak & Dagger with light knives
- Iron Spider with rooftop gargoyle ledge (ToyFare exclusive repaint of the Black Costume Spider-Man)
- Mephisto with throne
- Ghost Rider with fiery highway base
- Alien Legends: Skrull and Brood 2-pack
- Zombie Spider-Man with detachable leg and Silver Surfer pieces base
- Zombie Colonel America with removable skull, shield and Silver Surfer pieces base
- Zombie Hulk with Silver Surfer pieces base
- Skrull Elektra and Skrull repaints (2010 SDCC exclusive)
- Modern Costume Thor with Mjölnir and Asgard base
- Incredible Hulk with rubble-strewn base
- Iron Man with blast-off base
- Stealth Iron Man (blue Iron Man repaint) with blast-off base
- What If...? Captain America (red-white-and-blue Iron Man repaint) with blast-off base (Big Bad Toy Store exclusive)
- Captain America (unmasked|| variant) with pistol, canteen, sheathed blade, and eagle ledge
- Red Hulk with rubble-strewn base (Big Bad Toy Store exclusive)
- Arachne from Best of Marvel Select Series 3, with Hydra Agents and Hydra mansion base
- Skrull Three-Pack from Best of Marvel Select Series 3
- Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell variant and Genis-Vell variant with Kree navy uniform with pistol) with crashed Skrull ship base
- Anti-Venom with symbiote base
- Wolverine (first appearance variant) with Weapon X base
- Brown Costume Wolverine with samurai armor base (Big Bad Toy Store exclusive)
- Unmasked Brown Costume Wolverine with samurai armor base (Phat Collectibles/Hastings Entertainment exclusive)
- Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers variant) with half of the Xavier mansion gate
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine with dumpster
- Sabretooth (first appearance variant) with damaged Weapon X facility base
- First Appearance Sabretooth with damaged Weapon X facility base (CMDStore.com exclusive)
- Daredevil (unmasked variant) with cathedral roof top
- Spider-Man with destroyed car base
- Iron Man 2: Iron Man Mark VI with armory base
- Iron Man 2: Iron Man Mark IV with armory base (Borders exclusive)
- Iron Man 2: War Machine blue arc reactor, with Hammer armory base
- Iron Man 2: War Machine red arc reactor, with Hammer armory base, (Borders exclusive)
- The Thing with printed group scene Fantastic Four base
- Abomination with destroyed ground base
- Cyclops (X-Factor variant) with interchangeable mask-less head and danger room base
- Deadpool (unmasked variant) with rifle, pistol, two swords and two sais with shot-up back alley base
- Magneto (no helmet variant) with destroyed Xavier mansion base
- Juggernaut (no helmet variant) with printed rubble base
- Thor Movie: Loki with Heimdall's sword and half of Bifröst gate base
- Thor Movie: Thor with Mjölnir and half of Bifröst gate base
- Gambit (long-haired variant) with interchangeable hands, charged-cards, staff and danger room base
- Captain America: The First Avenger: Captain America with shield, pistol and half of a Cosmic Cube base
- Captain America: The First Avenger: Red Skull with pistol and half of a Cosmic Cube base
- Hawkeye with perched Wasp arrow and slain Ultron base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Classic Thor with rock base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain America with platform base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Black Widow with Ant-Man and slain Ultron base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Colossus with danger room base
- Modern Green Goblin with glider base
- The Avengers: Hulk
- The Avengers: Hawkeye with Pershing Square railing base
- The Avengers: Chitauri Footsoldier with Pershing Square railing base
- The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VI with interchangeable hands, removable mask and armory base - re-issue of Iron Man 2: Iron Man Mark VI
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Lizard
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Man with interchangeable hands and awning base
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Unmasked Spider-Man with interchangeable head, hands and awning base (Disney Store exclusive)
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Metallic Spider-Man with interchangeable hands and awning base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Ultron with Ant-Man and Wasp (fallen heroes) base
- Storm (short hair variant) with torch attachment Danger Room base
- Unleashed Hulk (Disney Store exclusive)
- Flash Thompson as (Agent) Venom with revolver pistol, modern pistol and wreckage base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Lizard with brick wall base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Barbarian Hulk
- Rhino
- Venom (Eddie Brock) with interchangeable heads/hands and multiple headed attachment
- Nightcrawler with teleportation base
- Iron Man 3: Iron Man Mark 42 with interchangeable unmasked head, alternate hands and armory base
- Iron Man 3: War Machine with interchangeable unmasked head, shoulder cannon and armory base
- Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot with interchangeable unmasked head, shoulder cannon and armory base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Iron Man 3: Iron Man Battle damaged Mark 42 with interchangeable unmasked head, alternate hands and armory base (Disney Store exclusive)
- The Wolverine: Wolverine with two interchangeable heads, bone claw hands, adamantium claw hands and plain hands and a sword
- Thor: The Dark World: Thor with Mjolnir and half of a rocky display base
- Silver Surfer with surfboard, energy blasts, infinity gauntlet and energy trail base
- Winter Soldier with pistol, machine gun, sniper rifle, crate and shattered window display base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Thor: The Dark World: Jane Foster with interchangeable aether possessed head, dark elf sword and half of a rocky display base
- The Superior Spider-Man with display base depicting the aftermath of a battle with the Sinister Six (Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Captain America in stealth suit with helicarrier-inspired display base
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Unmasked Battle Damaged Captain America in stealth suit with interchangeable full cowl head and helicarrier-inspired display base (Disney Store exclusive)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Unmasked Spider-Man with interchangeable head and hands with web swings (Disney Store exclusive)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Spider-Man with interchangeable hands, web swings, fire helmet and fire hose nozzle
- Savage Hulk with rubble-strewn base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Black Widow with Ant-Man and slain Ultron base (Black repaint of Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Falcon with battle damaged helicarrier-inspired display base
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Spider-Man with interchangeable right hand, web swings and awning base
- Electro with transformer tower display base (Disney Store exclusive), also available in two-pack with Spider-Man re-issue and two transformer towers
- Zombie Magneto with rubble base and severed green goblin limb
- Bleeding Edge Iron Man with a demolished plane wing display base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain America with unmasked interchangeable head and platform base (Disney Store exclusive)
- The Mighty Thor with an alternate head and fist, Mjölnir, spinning Mjölnir accessory and peg stand (Disney Store exclusive)
- Cable with a defeated Stryfe base, pistol, shoulder mounted gun, oversized gun, two large guns and a knife.
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) with interchangeable heads and tendrils
- Avenging Hawkeye with alternate bandaged head, interchangeable pistol grip hand, crossbow pistol, compound bow and Lucky the Pizza Dog (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: Hulk
- Hulkbuster Iron Man (Disney Store exclusive)
- Ant-Man: Unmasked Ant-Man with interchangeable helmet, hands and unarticulated Ant-Man figurine (Disney Store exclusive)
- Ant-Man: Ant-Man with interchangeable hands and unarticulated Ant-Man figurine
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: Thor repaint from Thor: The Dark World with half of rubble base
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: Black Widow with two escrima sticks, pistol and half of rubble base
- Zombie Sabretooth with rubble base featuring a damaged chunk of Green Goblin’s Goblin Glider
- Doctor Strange with Eye of Agamotto amulet, energy blast and Sanctum Sanctorum window base
- The Spectacular Spider-Man with unmasked head, loose mask, interchangeable hands and camera (Disney Store exclusive)
- Black Panther with tree base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avenging Captain America with Hydra base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain America: Civil War: Iron Man XLVI with interchangeable hands and part of Avengers Facility base
- Captain America: Civil War: Captain America with interchangeable hands and part of Avengers Facility base
- Captain America: Civil War: Winter Soldier with rifle, interchangeable hands and part of Avengers Facility base
- Captain America: Civil War: Unmasked Captain America with interchangeable hands and part of Avengers Facility base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Doctor Strange Dr. Charles Benton/Asmodeus Masked variant with Eye of Agamotto amulet, energy blast and Sanctum Sanctorum window base. (Disney Store exclusive)
- Destroyer with interchangeable Odin head and sword
- Doctor Strange Movie: Doctor Strange with interchangeable hands, magic sphere and Sanctum Sanctorum window base
- Star-Lord with interchangeable unmasked head and hand, two blasters, rock fragment, jet-flame boots, flight stand and interlocking environment base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Groot with interlocking environment base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Drax with battle axe, sword, interchangeable hands and interlocking environment base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Gamora & Rocket Raccoon with three sets of interchangeable hands, sword, knife, laser rifle, two laser pistols; Rocket includes two blasters with the interlocking environment base (Disney Store exclusive)
- Lady Deadpool with two katanas, shotgun, waist knife, bazooka, interchangeable hands and base with Headpool.
- Planet Hulk with axe and shield (Disney Store exclusive)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming: Spider-Man with interchangeable hands and rooftop base.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming: Unmasked Spider-Man with interchangeable hands and rooftop base. (Disney Store exclusive)
- Netflix Daredevil: Daredevil with interchangeable hands, detachable baton, elevator base and flight stand
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Starlord & Rocket Raccoon with blaster
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Drax The Destroyer & Groot with knives
- Spider-Gwen with interchangeable hands, defeated robot base and unmasked head
- Thor Ragnarok: Gladiator Hulk with interchangeable head and hands with axe and hammer
- Thor Ragnarok: Thor with interchangeable hands, swords and lightning effect piece
- Thanos with interchangeable head (Disney Store exclusive)
- Black Panther: Black Panther with vibranium rock display base
- Beast with hanging bar attachment danger room base
- Avengers: Infinity War: Iron Man Mk50 with interchangeable hands, two sets of nanotech handblades and nano repulsor cannon (Disney Store exclusive)
- Venom (Eddie Brock) with interchangeable heads, hands and backpiece tendril attachment (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Infinity War: Spider-Man Iron Spider costume with interchangeable hands
- Avengers: Infinity War: Thor & Groot with interchangeable hands, stormbreaker and Groot's handheld videogame
- Avengers: Infinity War: Captain America with grass display base, interchangeable hands and shields
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Hope van Dyne / Wasp with interchangeable hands and miniature Scott Lang Ant-Man & The Wasp figures (Disney Store exclusive)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Scott Lang / Ant-Man with interchangeable hands and miniature Hope van Dyne Wasp and Hank Pym as Ant-Man and Sub-Atomic Ant-Man figures (Disney Store exclusive)
- Rogue with interchangeable hands, mounted gun attachment danger room base
- Psylocke with psy-blade, psy-energy mask effect, interchangeable head and hands and wing chun dummy attachment danger room base
- Sandman with interchangeable hands, sand spiked hammer, sand spiked flail with sandstorm base
- Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in Starforce uniform with interchangeable cowl head, hands, blast-off base and Goose
- Spider-Man: Far From Home: Spider-Man with Union Jack flag pole and interchangeable hands (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Endgame: Hulk with interchangeable hands (Disney Store exclusive)
- Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel with interchangeable cowl head, hands, energy blasts, two flight stands and Goose (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Endgame: Thanos with interchangeable Infinity Gauntlet and blade (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Endgame: Hulk with interchangeable hands (Disney Store exclusive)
- Avengers: Endgame: Nano-Gauntlet Hulk with interchangeable nano-gauntlet and hands
- Avengers: Endgame: Iron Man Mk85 with interchangeable hands, nano-gauntlet and snapping fingers hand
- Spider-Man with spider-drone and web shield
- Taskmaster with sword, shield, pistol, bow and arrows, interchangeable head and hand (Disney Store exclusive)
- Black Widow: Taskmaster with sword, shield, bow and arrows and interchangeable hands.
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) with interchangeable heads and tendrils (Disney Store exclusive)
Announced
Rampaging Hulk with interchangeable head and hands
Iron Man MKVII Silver Centurion armor with interchangeable unmasked head and blast effects
Human Torch Johnny Storm with fire effects and flame base
Titanium Man Boris Bullski with interchangeable head
Disney Store Gift sets
All figures were also released individually.
| Set | Characters | Universe | Release | Accessories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fearsome Foes of Spider-Man | Green Goblin | Earth-616 | holiday 2012 | |
| Lizard | ||||
| Spider-Man | ||||
| Venom | ||||
| Electro and Spider-Man | Electro | summer 2014 | 2 transformer towers | |
| Spider-Man |
Best of Marvel Select
"Best Of Marvel Select" allowed retailers to re-order popular, sold-out figures, sometimes repainted or repackaged. Arachne and the Skrull 3-Pack were originally offered in this configuration.
| Year | Character | Universe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Green Goblin | Earth-616 | |
| Thanos | |||
| Hulk | Ultimate | ||
| Spider-Man | |||
| 2007 | Emma Frost | Earth-616 | normal |
| translucent diamond form | |||
| Phoenix | Earth-15104 | normal | |
| translucent orange | |||
| Venom | Ultimate | ||
| 2008 | Hulk | Ultimate | |
| Iron Man | |||
| Julia Carpenter | Earth-616 | Arachne | |
| Punisher | |||
| Skrulls | 3-pack | ||
| 2010 | Black Cat | Earth-616 | |
| Doctor Doom | |||
| Thanos | |||
| 2011 | Hulk | Ultimate | |
| Hulk | Earth-616 | ||
| Red Hulk |
External links
- Marvelous News Database - Marvel Select Checklist
- DiamondSelectToys.com - official DST site
- ArtAsylum.com - official DST blog
- Facebook - Diamond Select's official Facebook page
- @CollectDST - Diamond Select's official Twitter account
References
- "Superheroes Base Review: Marvel Select Hulk" Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
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