Awesome Toys
Ripple Rug Cat Playmat
Give your cat a different happy place every day with the Ripple Rug. It consists of a base rug and a detachable top layer peppered with holes. The top layer has Velcro strips that let you reshape it on the base rug. It’s made from recycled plastic bottles and is non-toxic.
Grand Moff Tarkin Action Figure
“You may fire when ready.” Hot Toys shows why it’s one of the best toymakers in the business with this incredible likeness of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin from Star Wars: A New Hope. The 12″ action figure comes with a high-back chair and three pairs of hands.
NERF Rival Nemesis MXVII-10K
Perhaps the ultimate NERF blaster, this fully-motorized play weapon features a large gravity-fed hopper that holds up to 100 soft rounds at nearly 100 feet per second. It comes in red and blue versions for team play.
Kidrobot Powdered Toast Man Figure
He has firm buttocks! He flies in any direction! He has formidable farts! He’s Powdered Toast Man! Kidrobot and Nickelodeon present this 8″ figure based on the super smelly hero from Ren & Stimpy. Powdered Toast not included.
Death of a Notebook
A group of minifigs go from master builders to master destroyers in animator Reto Hochstrasser’s amazing stop-motion short, in which LEGO anarchists demolish his laptop using fire and explosions. Forget Batman and Ninjago, we want The LEGO Destruction Movie.
Todd McFarlane: Business Serving Art
Todd McFarlane reinvented Spider-Man, created Spawn, and helped revolutionize the comics industry by co-founding Image Comics. Now he has a toy empire. He sat down with Complex to share tons of practical tips for success based on his passion and experience.
Tearribles Plush Dog Toys
Tearribles are dog toys that your dogs can tear apart over and over again. Their limbs and tails or eyes are attached to the body via hook and loop strips, so you can easily put them back together. They’re made of tough plush and mesh to resist holes and tears.
Making Stiff But Safe Foam Swords
Steel weapons are badass, but they’re not safe or kid-friendly, and they could get you in trouble at conventions or other public places. Foam swords are cheaper to make and easier to shape, but how do you make them rigid? Odin Makes has one answer: graphite golf clubs.
McLaren P1 Ride on RC Car
Mere mortals can’t own a P1, but at least your kid can get a little closer to McLaren’s supercar. This officially licensed ride on car can also be operated with a remote control. It has kickass vertical doors, LED lights, a fan, and even an MP3 player.
Amusien 3D Metal Model Kits
While we’re not sure the designs are officially licensed, the metal model kits from Amusien are still pretty awesome – especially the ones with color. Among their flat-pack kits are a Peterbilt 389 truck and Optimus Prime, along with a Scorpion Gunship straight from Avatar.
World’s Smallest Working Train Set
The Museum of Working Miniatures is jampacked with tiny versions of stuff. One of our favorites has to be this miniature model train set which actually works. It cheats by using electromagnets instead of wheels to move the railcars around the track.
Die-Cast Spirograph Set
The classic Spirograph is a childhood favorite drawing toy, but its plastic discs are easy to crack. This special edition includes nine drawing wheels and a gear wheel made from sturdy die-cast metal, as well as sticky Spiro-Putty to eliminate holes in your paper.
Batman 1966 Shakespeare Bust Bank
To the Batpoles! This awesome 20″ tall replica of the Shakespeare bust from the 1966 Batman TV series doubles as a coin bank. Like the prop, the coin slot (along with the customary dial and button) is hidden inside the bust’s neck. See it unboxed on video here.
Funko x Spider-Man Homecoming
This summer’s hit Spider-Man flick gets the Funko POP! treatment with big-head versions of Spidey in his homemade suit, his upgraded suit, with headphones, and as plain old Peter Parker. There’s also a cool winged Vulture, and a bespectacled Tony Stark in his kitty shirt.
Low Budget Wall of Death
We’ve seen footage of drivers racing real cars around those insane sideways “wall of death” tracks in India, but this enterprising YouTuber figured out that you can replicate the same effect at home, using an inexpensive RC car, and a plastic washtub.
Star Wars AT-ACT Walker Bookends
Transport your books to the tropical planet Scariff with Gentle Giant’s awesome pair of AT-ACT Walker polystone bookends. The walker measures 9.5″ x 5″ x 12″ when both halves are together. Each pair is hand-painted and individually numbered.
LEGO My Old Basement Kit
LEGO master Chris “PowerPig” McVeigh makes lots of awesome custom kits, but our favorite is this one, which includes a classic gaming console, a boxy old TV set, and lots of tiny accessories. If you prefer work to play, check out his sweet My Old Desktop kits.
Micro But Many Micro Machines Museum
Tim Smith of ustwo Auto and his friends are making a slick online museum for his Micro Machines collection. He currently has 1,172 Micro Machines cars, but so far he’s uploaded pictures and details of “only” 107 of them. He’s also looking for donors and sellers.
Play and Displays
Give your kids (or yourself) a place to play with action figures and other toys with these fun shelving units, which offer backdrops for acting out scenarios. They come in a wide variety of themes, ranging from superhero to Star Wars to TMNT, to The Walking Dead, to My Little Pony.
RoboCop vs. Terminator Action Figures
Halt, Resistance! NECA’s action figure two-pack features the 7″ tall EndoCop and his best bud, the Terminator Dog. The figures were inspired by Frank Miller and Walter Simonson’s RoboCop vs. The Terminator comic books.
South Park Phunny Plush Toys
Kidrobot turned the world’s most infamous kids into 8″ plush toys. The collection includes Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Dead Kenny, Butters, and the spirit of Christmas himself, Mr. Hankey. Plushies of a dead kid and poop in a mug. What a time to be alive.
NERF Modulus Tri-Strike
This over-the-top NERF gun can fire three different types of projectiles, including Elite darts, oversize MEGA darts, and our personal favorite, the giant MEGA Missile ammo. Its modular design lets you use the blasters individually as well.