The Press Release:
Strap on those badges and slip into something a bit more cosplay-ish, it’s time for New York Comic-Con! Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD are loading up the trucks with exclusives, giveaways, and a life-size R2-D2 for NYCC 2024 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. From October 17th-20th, swing by Booth #3135 and talk to DSTChuck and DSTZach about the best of all worlds, plus check out all the new and upcoming projects and collectible lines on display! So what’s going on with DST and GG LTD at NYCC? Let’s find out!

PANEL!
Join President DSTChuck, marketing supervisor DSTZach, designer Nelson X. Asencio, sculptor Chris Dahlberg, sculptor Jean St. Jean and MORE at 5:15 on Saturday in the River Pavilion – that’s on the top floor of the convention center! Get the rundown on all of our upcoming products, from Marvel, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Godzilla, The Walking Dead and more, plus you can ask the team whatever’s on your mind!

EXCLUSIVES!
This year, DST and GG LTD bringing two spooky exclusive items to New York just in time for Halloween! One is their Marvel Animated-Style Hallows’ Eve Statue ($65) – measuring 6 inches tall, it depicts the new supervillainess with a mask in each hand atop a gravestone. Limited to only 500 pieces, it comes packaged in a full-color box with a numbered certificate of authenticity.
The other exclusive is the very nice, very evil AEW Danhausen Vinimate vinyl figure! Standing 4 inches tall, this blocky figure of the inscrutable wrestler is limited to only 666 pieces, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. And if you’re a big Danhausen fan, stay tuned, because…

SIGNINGS!
…Danhausen will be signing your exclusive Vinimate at no charge from 1-2 PM Friday and Saturday October 18-19! Purchase your figure at the DST Booth 3135 to receive a ticket and register for the signing on whichever day you choose, space allowing. (Danhausen will not be signing any other items.)
Are you a Marvel fan? DST designer Nelson X. Asencio will be signing free prints of his designs for the Peter, Miles, and Venom Gallery Dioramas from Marvel’s hit video game Spider-Man 2! The signing starts at 3 PM on Saturday October 19th at booth 3135, and check out the prototype display with all three connecting Galleries!

GIVEAWAYS!
Minimates fans, conglomerate! This year, DST will be giving out a free 2-inch Minimate celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary! Come by booth 3135 while supplies last and ask a DST staff member! Not a Minimate initiate? Take it out of the bag and play with it, you will fall in love!

CONTESTS!
While you’re checking out the display case at booth 3135, keep an eye out for the Minimate of DSTZach, which will be hiding among the prototypes! Snap a picture of it with your phone, show it to a DST staff member and you’ll win a prize! Plus, enter to win a graded Cobra Kai collectible from DST! Just stop by the front table to put your hat in the ring!

Can’t attend in person? You can follow @collectdst on socials to get live updates of their booth, prizewinning opportunities and more, all from the comfort of home!

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PiercingMetal Thoughts: I don’t think that I need to tell you that we love what is coming down the pike from our friends at Diamond Select Toys and they are always a visit when we get to attend Toy Fair and do our assorted appointments. While we hope to be repeating that process in the New Year 2025, the registration has not yet opened and we are more focused on the New York Comic Con that we are indeed attending. I look forward to seeing what they have on display at the convention as well since I’ve not seen them since last years comic convention. There was no Toy Fair in 2024 based on how they scheduled their post-COVID return. Oh yeah so shameless plug, if you have not seen my closing with this intel in it already, PiercingMetal will be covering the New York Comic Con and I’ve already posted a number of pre-convention announcements. If you want to see all of those and watch along as the new stuff gets posted you’ll want to click NYCC 2024 as that will launch a new browser tab with everything in one place. That’s all I’ve got for now so I’ll wrap it up. If you readers feel like chiming in about these exclusives and the rest please do so down below in the comments.

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