Marvel Select Figures

Today at supanova I picked up a marvel select hulk and I'm considering starting a collection of marvel select figures. Does anyone on the boards collect them? if so I've got some questions

Whats the distribution like in Australia? do all of the waves get released here or are they hit and miss like transformers are at the moment? Some of the figures are pretty heavy and will cost a fair bit to import so if I can buy locally I'd be happy.

which of the retailers have the best prices?

Is there anything I should know about specific figures, do they have qc issues? are some ridiculously rare?

I'll be doing research during the week but I thought I'd start by asking questions here

i have some but mainly the big guys like hulk, abomination, thor, venom, rhino and some favorites like gambit and deadpool.

distribution is ok depending on your comic book shop if they order them but in sydney they are quite consistent with there distribution in my comicbook shop. dont think i have ever seen one in toysrus though.

new ones are ok but if you want to look for the older lines then thats where the pricing is quite dear. have you got in minde on what to collect? i only have but a few dont collect all of em. tehy seem to have improve in there articulation lately though.

ask away and see if i can help

You may find that you have to get them online from now on.
I went to my local comic shop and was told that apparently diamond select, have said they will no longer distribute to Australia but this isn't too bad as most online stores can at a price comparable if not cheaper than buying from a comic retailer.
Try bigbadtoystore that's where i usually get mine.:D

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Originally Posted by trevorlucks

You may find that you have to get them online from now on.
I went to my local comic shop and was told that apparently diamond select, have said they will no longer distribute to Australia but this isn't too bad as most online stores can at a price comparable if not cheaper than buying from a comic retailer.
Try bigbadtoystore that's where i usually get mine.:D

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I'm heading to my lcs next weekend so I'll have to see what they say about this but it good to know. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Deceptic_Optic

i have some but mainly the big guys like hulk, abomination, thor, venom, rhino and some favorites like gambit and deadpool.

distribution is ok depending on your comic book shop if they order them but in sydney they are quite consistent with there distribution in my comicbook shop. dont think i have ever seen one in toysrus though.

new ones are ok but if you want to look for the older lines then thats where the pricing is quite dear. have you got in minde on what to collect? i only have but a few dont collect all of em. tehy seem to have improve in there articulation lately though.

ask away and see if i can help

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I'm not sure what else I need to know right now but if I think of something I will post it.

you can try these guys
http://www.ikoncollectables.com.au/Comic/c13/index.html

the are wholesalers for collectibles in australia

ikon is the wholesaler that the comic shop i went to used, that's apparently where they got the info that diamond select weren't going to ship to australia anymore in the first place.
can anyone else out there confirm this.?????

I asked my comic shop guy and he said that they don't stock the marvel select figures and that it wouldn't surprise him if diamond stopped shipping them. Apparently over the last 5 years diamond has gradually reduced the amount of stuff they offer Australian retailers but they do still ship here.

i simply love marvel select range of toys especially Hulk

I have managed to collect

Red Hulk
Grey Hulk
Green Hulk
Abomination Hulk
Thanos
Dr. Doom
Juggernaut
Thing
Captain Marvel


Zombie series
Spiderman
Hulk
Captain America

Huge Marvel Select fan collector, I have:

Deadpool
Magneto
Thor
Iron Man
Hulk
Juggernaut
Thing
Iron Man 2 Mark 4 Iron Man
Iron Man 2 War Machine

Hoping to get the new Eddie Brock Venom, and still deciding on whether to get the Iron Man 3 wave.

Disappointing to here Diamond may have ceased shipping to Australia :(

Is the Eddie Brock venom u referring to that has multiple venom heads? Seen it before and I must say it is nice! Got it shipped over international so looking forward to it.

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Originally Posted by XMan

Huge Marvel Select fan collector, I have:

Deadpool
Magneto
Thor
Iron Man
Hulk
Juggernaut
Thing
Iron Man 2 Mark 4 Iron Man
Iron Man 2 War Machine

Hoping to get the new Eddie Brock Venom, and still deciding on whether to get the Iron Man 3 wave.

Disappointing to here Diamond may have ceased shipping to Australia :(

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