Earlier this month, the purveyor of blind boxes, POP MART, decided to make collectors’ wallets weep in celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8) and Barbie’s birthday (March 9) with the POP MART Barbie Style Icon Series Figures. This collection features 9 miniature Barbie dolls, each decked out in outfits […]
The benevolent, self-sacrificing leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, has been many things—even as chibi-fied figures like a rubber ducky and BE@RBRICKs. But I bet it is never as adorable as the MEGA SPACE MOLLY Optimus Prime. It is quite possibly the cutest take on the Autobot leader yet. The […]
Well, it turns out that we may be wrong. The rumor about the LEGO Lord of the Rings Sméagol & Déagol (40761) being the Gift With Purchase (GWP) for LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: The Shire (10354) might actually be true. While The Shire listing indicates that the […]
LEGO’s Gift With Purchase (GWP) is an ongoing thing, so it’s usually not worth making a fuss over—unless it has a special theme like Star Wars, Mickey Mouse, Harry Potter, or maybe Lord of the Rings. Speaking of LOTR, the next LEGO GWP is, in fact, all about Middle-earth. Specifically, […]
Fans of Japanese mecha culture—especially those who love LEGO-style brick-built sets—rejoice, because one of the OGs of the mecha genre, Mazinger Z, has been given the plastic brick treatment! Thanks to Chinese plastic brick toy maker Pantasy, we now have not one, not two, but three Mazinger Z sets featuring […]
Another update from MegaHouse, and this one should have OG Metal Gear Solid fans buzzing—well, as long as they’re cool with a chibi war machine. The Variable Action D-Spec – Metal Gear Solid: Metal Gear REX: RE is here, taking the towering, nuclear-capable behemoth and giving it the “Q” treatment. […]
Fans of 70s and 80s sci-fi anime will fondly remember Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato. If you’re one such fan, Japanese toy maker MegaHouse has just presented a new opportunity to own the iconic space battleship again. Folks, meet the Cosmo Fleet Special: Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love […]
I want to tell you about a knife that may not be the most practical but is guaranteed to be the coolest blade you’ve ever seen. Folks, this is the Poikilo Blade AL-Khem, a knife so sci-fi you’d never imagine it was real. At first glance, the AL-Khem looks like […]
Need some inspiration for making medieval music with your EP-1320 Medieval? Teenage Engineering has you covered. The Swedish wizards of sound have just dropped EP–1320 Medieval Vinyl, a 10” record packed with authentic medieval sounds, played on real medieval instruments by real medieval musicians—despite it being the very non-medieval 21st […]
MACROSS/Robotech fans, we bear glad tidings! Remember the 1/3000 SDF-1 MACROSS toy from 2010 by Yamato Toys and, later, Arcadia? Here’s your second chance if it has been on your wishlist but you’ve put off buying it on the resale market due to the exorbitant asking price. Arcadia, best known […]
If you didn’t already notice, yesterday was Mario Day. How? Or why? Well, March 10—or Mar 10—kind of looks like “MARIO” if you squint and use a little imagination. Anyhoo, LEGO used this unofficial holiday to declare kart freedom. Just kidding. They didn’t. But the Danish toymaker did reveal something […]