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New York Toy Fair 2025: Diamond Select Booth including new Muppets and Lord of the Rings Series to release Azog the Defiler

  • Writer: Mephitsu
    Mephitsu
  • Mar 1
  • 2 min read

Updated: Mar 5

New York Toy Fair is underway and in one of the early booth images shared by Diamond Select (Gentle Giant) is a look at a wall of Select figures from House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings.


Within the Lord of the Rings setup we could see Series 8's Eowyn and Witch King, Series 9's Tauriel and Bilbo, and the newly announced Series 10 King Aragorn and Lady Galadriel. There was a 7th figure to the far right of these, which was confirmed as Azog the Defiler who would be one of the Series 11 figures. Azog was shown with two heads, extra hands, a spear and a chain and block.



Diamond have also confirmed two new Muppet figures with Lew Zealand and Lips joining the collection. Lew Zealend comes with a variety of fish accessories, while Lips has his trumpets and microphone with stand.



The Marvel Select display include the upcoming releases such as Deadpool, Wolverine, Archangel, Annihilus and War Machine. There was also an in person look at Hobgoblin who was announced back in December 2024. He will feature an unmasked head, and a hooded head with alternate face plates - an enhancement since the original promo photos were circulated.




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