Diamond Select Toys and Collectible has announced a licensing agreement with MGM Consumer Products for prop replicas and Minimates based on the Rocky movies.  DST will have the rights to distribute its Rocky-based collectibles in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany and the UK.

DST plans to create both full-scale and mini-prop replicas from the Rocky movies, including boxing gloves, boxing shorts, title belts, robes and pendants.  Thirty years after the debut of the first Rocky film in 1976, the sixth and final film in the franchise, Rocky Balboa, will be released on December 22nd, and should generate renewed interest in the long-lived series.