Gaze Into Pac-Man’s Yearning Maw in The Best Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest updates in the world of wallet-draining geek merch. This week Bandai attempts to turn Pac-Man into a superarticulated nightmare, Jennifer Walters is at long last green with envy, and Lego celebrates 10 years of Ninjago. Check it out! Lego Ninjago City Gardens Playset…
Yeah, This Is the Week for a Centipikachu Plush
Christmas is out of the way, and covid-19 has cancelled New York Toy Fair, but also: It’s Been a Week. So your regular check-in with all things toy this week on io9 is a little light, but really—what more do you need than a distressingly long Pikachu to cuddle? New Wave Toys Asteroids X RepliCade…
Swing Into the New Year With Even More Wonderful Toys
Welcome to back, to the first Toy Aisle of the year! The date may have changed but the fact that there’s even more awesome toys for us to gawp over hasn’t. This week, ring in 2021 with a classic Spider-Man, some stylish The Mandalorian cards, and a distressingly delicious looking Rubiks cube. Check it out!…
It May Be Christmas, But There’s More Mandalorian Toys to Put On Your 2021 Lists
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest new merch on the internet. While today you might be celebrating some new toys under your Christmas trees, the tie-in train doesn’t stop—this week we’ve got even more Mandalorian goodness, McFarlane taking on the DC gaming world of Injustice, and an ambling Mario.…
At Last, Mandalore’s Rightful Heir Gets the Figure She Deserves
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all the coolest nerd merch around the internet. This week, Wonder Woman 1984‘s glorious golden armor enters the Bandai Figuarts line, the finest Jurassic Park homeware arrives, and we’re all going to start rhythmically chanting about Star Wars eggs. Check it out! Hot Toys Star…
The Original Power Rangers Get Amazing New Figures, and More of the Morphinomenal Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest and greatest toy news online. This week: it’s morphin time in a whole new scale, while McFarlane expands its action figure Bat-family, and a lavish new Enterprise-D warps into view. Check it out! Threezero FigZero Hasbro Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Sixth-Scale Figures Hasbro…
The Cutest, Weirdest Toy of the Week Is a Spider-Drone From the Unopened Avengers Disney Park
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately! This week, Disney’s inability to open its Marvel-themed park isn’t stopping it from selling expensive merchandise from said park, Hot Toys continues to plumb The Mandalorian’s depths for all they’re worth, and more. Check it out! Disneyland Resort Avengers…
Transfomers and X-Men Collide, and More of the Most Mutagenic Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of all things good and plastic. This week: Hasbro turns its transforming eye to another nostalgic mashup. Mando Monday reinforcements bring The Mandalorian’s big bad to the Star Wars Black Series. Also? Warm Kirby. Check it out! Hasbro Transformers Generations Collaborative: Marvel Comics X-Men Mash-Up, Ultimate X-Spanse…