This Was Inevitable
“If you try hard enough, any popular line of toys can be turned into a successful cinematic franchise.” - Old Hollywood…
Chris Pine Still Has Hopes for His Star Trek Future
Kevin Feige wants more female-led Marvel movies. Get a few more looks at Halloween, Venom, and The Predator. Plus,…
Sony Can Keep Its Plastic Dog, This Robotic Raptor Is My New Perfect Pet
With the first Jurassic Park, we were all content to just stare in awe at what appeared to be living, breathing…
Star Wars, Transformers, Robot Horses, and Comic-Con's Other Wildest Toys (So Far)
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly round up of all things toy. This week, we’re shipping ourselves off to San…
The Most Awesome Toys and Collectibles That Will Destroy Your Wallet at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
If you’ve heard a rumbling sound recently, it’s probably the tumultuous herald announcing that, oh god, San Diego…
The Animated Justice League Assembles, and More of the World's Finest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys we’ve seen on this here internet lately. This…
Even More Weird and Wonderful Comic-Con Exclusives, and the Rest of the Best Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the newest, coolest toys we want to add to our collections. This…
I'm Too Big for This Miniature Jurassic Park Jeep, But That's Not Keeping It Out of My Garage
If you’re a longtime fan of the franchise, 2018 is the perfect year for another Jurassic movie because it also happens…
Hot Wheels' Joy-Riding Porg Exclusive Is the Only Reason You Need to Visit Comic-Con
The breakout star of Star Wars: The Last Jedi wasn’t Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico, it was those half-bird-half-pug…
All the Solo: A Star Wars Story Toys Available at Midnight Tonight
As inevitable as the sun rising and setting, a new Star Wars movie is coming, and with it, tons of new toys—ready and…
Hot Wheels Used Lando Calrissian to Prove That Cars With Capes Are a Wonderful Idea
All my life I’ve been told that a car with a cape is an incredibly stupid idea. Magnificent childhood doodles were…
All the Cool News and Shiny Toys You Might Have Missed From Toy Fair 2018
New York Toy Fair has come and gone, leaving us with even more fancy bits of plastic to get excited over in the coming…
Rocket League is a Lot Easier When You're Playing It In Real Life
Rocket League seems like a game that wouldn’t translate well to real life. It’s super intense, with cars that seem to…
Jurassic Park Would Have Been an Even Bigger Hit If All the Dinosaurs Were Also Cars
It’s probably greedy to stop and wonder what could make a movie like Jurassic Park—which made over a billion dollars at…
Your Kid Can Now Live Out My Dino-Riding Fantasy
Jurassic Park didn’t exactly tone down its violence and make its dino-stars seem like friendly petting zoo fodder, but…
Hot Wheels Made a Real-Life Version of Rocket League With Tiny RC Cars
With Rocket League having already arrived on the Nintendo Switch, Psyonix and Mattel have teamed up to create the…
A Very Fancy Emperor Palpatine, and More of the Coolest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly roundup of all the cool new toys that could drain our wallets in the near…
I Have Concerns About This Image of Teela From David Goyer's Masters of the Universe Movie [Updated]
In nearly all of her earliest appearances throughout Mattel’s various branches of the Masters of the Universe franchise,…
Sony Wants David Goyer to Direct He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Everyone’s favorite loincloth-wearing, sword-wielding, bowl cut-having, insanely muscular prince of Eternia is coming…
Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You
Every kid knows the best way to get almost every item on your Christmas list is to include one outlandish,…