We’re just one week away from the event that Kingdom Hearts fans have been waiting over 13 (yes, THIRTEEN) years for: the sure-to-be-epic release of Kingdom Hearts III. And you can’t have a milestone this figure without some new toys, right…? And so, Diamond Select Toys has just started shipping their Kingdom Hearts Select Series 3 Figures, including Tron Sora, Sark, Hooded Mickey Mouse and more! Let’s see how they turned out…
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Although it’s one of the most popular video game franchises of the 21st century (and perhaps of all-time), Kingdom Hearts fans suffered while a relative drizzle of new toys from Square-Enix were all that were released for years. But several other companies obtained the Kingdom Hearts license in 2017 and started putting out new figures, including Diamond Select Toys. And at New York Toy Fair 2018, DST showed off all the goodness they’ve got planned for 2018, including more Kingdom Hearts Select figures and Minimates!
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Some of the biggest—and most surprising—news going in New York Toy Fair 2018 this month was the announcement that Diamond Select Toys had obtained the license to produce Sonic the Hedgehog figures and statues. Coupled with the upcoming IDW Publishing Sonic the Hedgehog comic book, and it’s clear that a new day is dawning for the Blue Blue! I was excited to be among the first collectors in the world to see the DST Sonic toys at the 2018 Toy Fair. What did I see and learn and how impressed am I? Read on…
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Kingdom Hearts fans have been crying out for statues for many years now, but complicated licensing and Square-Enix’s stranglehold on the franchise mostly kept other companies out of the KH merch game until last year. But after releasing their first waves of action figures in the line last year, Diamond Select Toys brought along the first three entries in their Kingdom Hearts Gallery PVC Statues series to this month’s New York Toy Fair!
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