Nostalgia sells. It has to. Younger generations who grew up on smartphones don’t care much about toys like Transformers. But we folks from the ’70s and ’80s fall for nostalgia easily. That’s why we have the Transformers Studio Series MTMTE Collection The Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Class Autobot Hound. Released […]
The LEGO and Nintendo collab for The Legend of Zelda kinda went radio silent after the Great Deku Tree in 2024. But in case you are wondering if the collab between the Danish toymaker and the iconic video game is over, well, it is not. LEGO and The Legend of […]
Static display is for the grown-ups and the boring people. For kids, the kids at heart, and the fun ones, we demand dynamism. We are not satisfied with admiring a model of the NASA Artemis Space Launch System; we want to see it mid-flight after launch, and in the process […]
Also kicking off 2026 for Takara Tomy is a major change to the Transformers series. It is the biggest change since the retirement of the Masterpiece series and the introduction of the new MPG series in 2021. The Masterpiece series, focusing on movie-inspired collectible figures, Masterpiece Movie, or MPM, has […]
Takara Tomy is kicking off 2026 with the first Transformers MPG of the year: Takara Tomy MPG-20 Hot Rod Style Gen [JP]—hot on the heels of MPG-19, a toon recoloring of the Soundwave Masterpiece figure from eons ago. As the reference designation suggests, it is the 20th Masterpiece G figure […]
Takara Tomy’s Missing Link line, a modern reimagining of classic Generation 1 (G1) Transformers toys with more details and articulation, has just welcomed another fan-favorite character: Grimlock. The leader of the Dinobots, which was introduced in 1984, will soon join the retro team of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Sunstreaker, Arcee, […]
Most RC hobby demands that you step out of the comfort of your home to enjoy. But thanks to miniaturization, there are tiny RC vehicles that let you put pedal to the metal in your living room. Now, Axial Adventure has miniaturized its rock crawler so you can do the […]
Something exciting in the world of RC flying happened last September when Razordon, in partnership with FLISHRC, launched the FLISHRC FL500 Black Hawk UH-60 500-Class 2.4GHz 6CH Scale RC Helicopter. Yes, that entire sentence is also the product name, and it is that long because it doubles as the spec […]
Now that two more Hondas have joined the Mattel Brick Shop, I can stop holding my breath. I thought the NSX was it for Japanese rides in this series. Thankfully isn’t. Two iconic Hondas have joined the garage, and they are none other than the 2007 Honda S2000 and a […]
Hell must have frozen over for Mattel when LEGO went into partnership with The Pokémon Company. Then again, Mattel’s MEGA rights to produce Pokémon building sets ended last December, so there is nothing to be sore about, right? Anyhoo, you heard it is happening, well, it has happened now. LEGO […]
One Piece season 2 is dropping on March 10, so it is time to get all hyped up, and wielding Zoro’s katana and Going Merry blaster seems like a good idea. Well, if you concur, Hasbro’s NERF and Netflix have you covered with the franchise’s first-ever line of blasters and […]