Bioworld's Heroes & Villains Reveals Exclusive San Diego Comic-Con Experience with New Star Wars Merch and Marvel Booth Featuring Comic-Inspired Apparel

Heroes & Villains, the premiere collector-forward lifestyle brand from global pop culture merchandiser Bioworld Merchandising, is celebrating fandom in style this year at San Diego Comic-Con. Fans will have access to their favorite franchises with officially licensed products from the iconic Marvel and Star Wars pop culture juggernauts. 

In Stores This Week From DST: Star Wars, Marvel and the Green Hornet

It’s time for another shipment of toys and collectibles to arrive at your local comic shop, courtesy of Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD! This week, there are busts and statues from Marvel, Star Wars and the Green Hornet – it’s the best of all worlds! Find a store near you at comicshoplocator.com, or order online at diamondselecttoys.com and gentlegiantltd.com!

Green Hornet Kato 1/7 Scale Resin Mini-Bust

A Diamond Select Toys release! Gangsters beware! Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato is battling his way into the Diamond Select Toys line of mini-busts! Standing approximately 6 inches tall, this 1/7 scale bust of Kato is based on his appearance in the 1960s TV series, and sits atop a detailed pedestal base. It will look great next to your Batman 1966 mini-bust collection! Limited to 1,000 pieces, it comes packaged with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity in a full-color box. Designed by Barry Bradfield, hand-sculpted by Jean St. Jean! SRP: $59.99

https://www.diamondselecttoys.com/kato-mini-bust/

Hot Toys Luke Skywalker

The finale of the second season of The Mandalorian™ thrilled Star Wars fans worldwide with the shocking appearance of Luke Skywalker.

Single-handedly dispatching an entire platoon of Moff Gideon's™ Dark Troopers™with ease, fans saw how Luke, who rose from humble beginnings as a farmboy on Tatooine™, became one of the greatest Jedi™ the galaxy has ever known.

This screen-accurate Luke Skywalker collectible figure features a newly developed hand-painted headsculpt, a skillfully tailored Jedi outfit and cloak, a lightsaber™ with LED light-up function, a display base, a 1/6 scale Grogu™ figure, and much, much more...

 

The Deluxe Version of the figure also includes a battle-damaged Dark Trooper bust with LED light-up elements to enable fans to re-enact the memorable moment when Luke crushed it by using the Force!

And that's not all — the Sideshow Exclusive Special Edition also includes a hologram figure of Moff Gideon’s light cruiser and holoprojector as bonus accessories.

See more images, and find out more about each version of this astonishing new collectible, HERE. Available to pre-order now.

Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant Ltd. Hit Star Wars Celebration

Star Wars Celebration arrives in Anaheim, California next week, and Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant Ltd. will be there! Come check them out at Booth 1719, where they’ll have tons of prototypes on display, as well as a wide range of new products for sale! Plus, swing by the Star Wars Collectibles panel at 2:30 on Thursday to see even more in-the-works products! While at the booth, you’ll have the opportunity to pre-order the two Celebration exclusives, read on for details!

Star Wars The Mandalorian Remnant Stormtrooper 1/6 Scale Mini-Bust

A Gentle Giant Ltd. release! Once, the Imperial Stormtrooper was a proud breed, serving the Empire faithfully and relentlessly. But now that the Empire has fallen, so has the Stormtrooper, often selling their services to the highest bidder. This 1/6 scale, approximately 6-inch mini-bust of a battle-scarred Remnant Stormtrooper includes interchangeable arms holding an E-11 blaster and a DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle. It is limited to only 1000 pieces, and comes packaged in a full-color box with a numbered certificate of authenticity. ($120)

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Imperial Commander 12" Jumbo Figure

A Gentle Giant Ltd. release! From the glory days of the Empire, it's the Imperial Commander! Faithfully reproducing the vintage Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back figure from 1980, but in a 12-inch scale, this 1/6 scale figure includes his original blaster, and comes packaged on a resealable clamshell blister card, with vintage-style artwork. Limited to only 500 pieces! ($80)

FIRST LOOK - HOT TOYS MOFF GIDEON

 

Just ahead of the figure's worldwide release, Sideshow's newest UNBOXING VIDEO gives fans an up-close look at the Moff Gideon™ 1/6 Scale Figure by Hot Toys.

Moff Gideon is unrelenting in his hunt for the The Child, Grogu™. Using every asset at his disposal, from the remnants of the once legendary Imperial stormtrooper™  battalions to the highly advanced top secret third-generation Dark Troopers™, he pursues his quarry across the galaxy.

However, the foundling is not alone. The Mandalorian™, Din Djarin™ vows to protect Grogu from harm, and together they form a clan of two against Gideon and his troopers...

This highly accurate collectible figure is shipping soon, via sideshow.com.

 

Inspired by the character of Moff Gideon in the hit Disney Plus series The Mandalorian™, the figure features a hand-painted portrait, a meticulously tailored outfit and cape, and multiple accessories, including the fabled Darksaber™ of Mandalore™!

Check out the first unboxing video, and find out more about this new 1/6 scale Star Wars™ figure and its accessories.

 

Pre-Order Moff Gideon HERE.

In Stores This Week from DST: Nightcrawlers, Death Troopers and More

It’s May the Fourth, but there’s more than just Star Wars products hitting comic shops across North America. There’s also some great Marvel items from Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant Ltd.! Read on for details, then find a store near you at comicshoplocator.com, or order online at diamondselecttoys.com and gentlegiantltd.com!

 

Marvel Animated-Style Gamora Statue

A Gentle Giant Ltd. release! The deadliest woman in the Galaxy is now the cutest! With two knives on her hips, this approximately 5-inch resin statue is based on the Marvel Comics variant cover artwork of Skottie Young and features detailed sculpting and paint applications. Limited to only 3,000 pieces, it comes packaged in a full-color box with a certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Paul Harding! (Item #FEB211932, SRP: $49.99)

https://www.diamondselecttoys.com/gamora-animated-style-statue/

HOT TOYS, SIDESHOW, AND UNRULY INDUSTRIES REVEAL NEW STAR WARS COLLECTIBLES

Happy May the 4th! Check out the new Star Wars reveals from Sideshow, Hot Toys & Unruly Industries! 

HOT TOYS

In Attack of the Clones™, the protocol droid C-3PO™ left for Geonosis™ with Anakin Skywalker™ and R2-D2™, where he had a bit of a misadventure ... accidentally swapping heads with a battle droid! C-3PO found he was “quite beside himself,” literally on the wrong side of the first battle of the Clone Wars™.

The all-new 1/6 scale C-3PO collectible figure is skillfully crafted in diecast material and features LED light-up eyes, a blaster, an interchangeable battle droid head, and more!

The C-3PO 1/6 Scale Figure is available to pre-order now, via Sideshow.

 

 

R2-D2 is a loyal and dependable astromech droid who has bravely served both Padmé Amidala™ and Anakin Skywalker. A skilled starship mechanic and fighter pilot's assistant, he has an unlikely but enduring friendship with the fussy protocol droid C-3PO.

Hot Toys has unveiled a highly detailed R2-D2 collectible figure, featuring a diecast metal dome and a movie-accurate body as well as several articulated panels and a retractable robotic leg. Accessories include R2's rocket thrusters, a tether cable, and a wide selection of attachable mechanical arms and tools.

The R2-D2 1/6 Scale Figure is available to pre-order now, via Sideshow.

 

HOT TOYS TRANSPORT TROOPER

Just ahead of the figure's worldwide release, Sideshow's newest FIRST LOOK VIDEO gives fans an up-close look at the new Transport Trooper by Hot Toys.

The Transport Trooper was seen in season 2 of the hit Disney Plus series, The Mandalorian™. As the pilot of an Imperial Combat Assault Transport, the Trooper was responsible for transporting highly volatile and explosive rhydonium™ to the remnant Imperial refinery on the planet of Morak™, where his mission quickly proved to be dangerous and deadly…

 

Check out the first unboxing video, and find out more about this new 1/6 scale Star Wars™ figure. Pre-order Hot Toys' Transport Trooper HERE.

Hot Toys Unveil New Star Wars and Marvel Figures

Hot Toys has unveiled an exciting collection of brand-new 1/6 scale figures from the worlds of Marvel™ and Star Wars™ – bringing fans and collectors their favorite characters from comic books and concept art, as well as the films and hit Disney+ television series.

Inspired by Marvel concept art that depicts an alternate scene from Avengers: Endgame reveals that depicted the Master of the Mystic Arts in Iron Man’s armor!

Tony Stark’s high-tech Nano Suit is deployed to protect Doctor Strange and enable his escape from Ebony Maw™’s torture needles. The Eye of Agamotto™ then effectively burns a glyph into the chestplate, turning it into a magically powered suit!

 

Expertly crafted based on the appearance of Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, this new addition to Hot Toy’s Concept Art Series features a newly painted head sculpt and an interchangeable LED light-up helmeted head; a specially painted Nano Suit with the Eye of Agamotto pattern on the chest plate; multiple LED light-up functions throughout the suit, and numerous swap-out weapons and accessories combining Nano technology with the mystic arts!