The Transformers: The Movie Returns With a Mysterious Twist
The 1986 animated classic returns to theaters in 4K with a new post-credits chapter—and its latest trailer suggests Optimus Prime may not be finished yet.
GoPro’s Interchangeable-Lens 8K Cinema Camera Is Now Up for Pre-Order
The MISSION 1 PRO ILS gives GoPro owners a new excuse to collect lenses. It keeps the earlier PRO’s 8K recording capabilities, but trades underwater readiness for more control over what—and how—you shoot.
Tamashii Nations Gives Business Cards a Robot-Anime Entrance
Business card exchanges in Japan deserve care and respect. Tamashii Nations adds a little theater with a case that unfolds, turns your card around, and presents it at the press of a button.
Godzilla Meets Evangelion in a Monster Figure You Can Actually Pose
Crossing Godzilla with Evangelion’s Unit-01 produced a monster too good to leave in one pose. Tamashii Nations turns the X-Plus statue design into an articulated action figure, letting you rearrange its rampage without surrendering an entire shelf.
Missed the Godzilla Minus One SteelBook? This Edition Adds a Glow-in-the-Dark Cover
Missing the original Godzilla Minus One SteelBook might have worked in your favor. The new US$35 edition adds an English dub and a glow-in-the-dark slipcover, giving collectors another chance without having to entertain a reseller’s asking price.
Quick Byte: Godzilla Minus Zero Behind the Camera
Before Godzilla can tear through Japan again, someone has to build the streets. A new two-minute featurette visits the sets of Godzilla Minus Zero, offering a glimpse of the work behind the sequel to the Oscar-winning monster movie.
Cities: Skylines Video Game Gets LEGO-lized in LEGO Skylines
Building a LEGO city is one thing. Keeping its residents happy is another. LEGO Skylines puts you in charge of a brick-built metropolis, where snapping apartment blocks into place is easy; explaining the power plant next to someone’s beach house might be harder.
Peter Cullen, the Voice of Optimus Prime, Dies at 85
For generations of Transformers fans, Peter Cullen’s voice made Optimus Prime a hero worth believing in. As we remember the man behind that voice, we say goodbye to a cherished part of our childhood.
Transformers’ Rhinoceros Robot Gets an Evil Makeover—and a US$225 Price Tag
Turning a dependable hero into a villain made for a memorable Beast Wars episode. Now, Takara Tomy is giving that corrupted version of Rhinox, the Transformers character who turns into a rhinoceros, a collectible figure of his own. Bad news for the good guys—and completists with a budget.
LEGO Super Mario Finally Gets Proper Minifigures—and Eight New Sets
After six years of chunky electronic figures, Mario no longer needs firmware. LEGO’s refreshed Super Mario range introduces traditional minifigures across eight sets filled with karts, castles, familiar characters, and the Mushroom Kingdom’s usual disregard for workplace safety.
LEGO’s New Star Wars Flagship Is a 6,130-Piece Display Monster
Darth Vader’s flagship returns as the longest LEGO Star Wars model ever, stretching 1.36 meters and packing nearly twice the pieces of its predecessor. It even reduces the Millennium Falcon to a single 1×1 tile just to demonstrate how enormous the Executor is.
Kanoa Igarashi’s New G-Shock Now Tracks Your Cardio Between Waves
The last Kanoa Igarashi G-Shock told surfers when the tide was coming. Its successor still does that, but now it also tracks heart rate, sleep, training, and blood oxygen—so the ocean is no longer the only thing being monitored.