Awesome Toys

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.

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.

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.

It’s been 20 years since we first met Pokémon’s winningest loser, Ash Ketchum. Good Smile Company celebrates Ash and Pikachu’s long friendship with this action figure set. It comes with lightning effects, a Poké Ball and extra faces for both Ash and Pikachu.

Artist Ashley Wood has been designing the most well-dressed action figures by way of his company 3A for nearly a decade. This upcoming three-pack of monochrome 12″ street samurai are no exception. The set will be available only from 7/14-7/16/17 at Bambaland for $420.

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY. Time to get out the toys and hope that you don’t lose your mind. These awesome POP! figures of Wendy, Danny, and an axe-wielding Jack Torrance should do the trick just fine. We only wish the Danny figure came on a tricycle.

In 2011, Walter Mason built the world’s longest marble run out of wooden modular tracks. Now he’s raising funds on Kickstarter for smaller sets of his tracks. The Boa set works with ping pong balls (or similarly sized balls), while the Anaconda works with larger balls.

Beyond the Brick’s Joshua Hanlon met up with builder Carter Baldwin at Philly Brick Fest to check out the section dedicated to glow-in-the-dark creations. Seeing these constructions under black light gives a whole new dimension to LEGO that we never knew existed.

Three sets of educational children’s toys designed to teach basic electronics. Dough Universe comes with colorful conductive dough and circuits that let kids learn about and play with light, sound and motion. The sets are also available separately.

Korean company Airo is working on a lifelike decorative robot fish called Miro. It can swim on its own and avoid obstacles, and can be customized with skins. It can also be remote controlled and equipped with a camera. It lasts up to 10 hours per charge.

At nearly 8 lb. and made of 2,863 pieces, The Mountain Cave is LEGO’s biggest Minecraft set yet. It packs a ton of features and figures, including a track and an elevator for its two minecarts, a light brick, a slime with two mini slimes inside it, and Steve and Alex minifigs.

(PG-13) “These are fire trucks. And fire trucks are a-holes.” Peter Sripol spliced a remote-controlled fire truck with an off-road RC car and modded it to spit flaming gasoline. If you’re crazy enough to replicate this, at least have some water on hand.

The latest addition to Max Factory’s Table Museum is based on Ōtani Oniji III in the Role of the Servant Edobei, one of the most famous woodblock prints of 18th century Japanese artist Sharaku. It comes with swappable arms as well as samurai swords.

Kidrobot improves its line of Marvel Phunny plush toys with the help of The Man Without Fear and the man who uh, doesn’t want a plushie version of himself. These two are the first Marvel Phunnies to have longer limbs and a seated pose.

“Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!” Rally your evil figures with Kotobukiya’s tenth-scale statue of Star Wars’ villain. Palpatine can be removed from the throne, in case you want your stormtroopers to taste power for once.

Hot Toys’ latest Iron Man action figure is based on Iron Man’s appearance in Spider-Man Homecoming. The 13″ tall figure has 28 LED light up points and has tons of interchangeable parts and accessories, including a new weapon that was hinted at in the movie’s trailers.

Hong Kong startup PlaySomeToys is working on a line of figures inspired by product designs from the ’80s and ’90s. Their first toy is this anthropomorphic computer that looks like the original Apple Macintosh. The 3.9″ tall plastic figure comes with a font suitcase and a mouse.

Funko’s latest Stranger Things merchandise are a pair of three-packs consisting of 3.75″ action figures. Pack 1 has Eleven, Lucas and Mike, while Pack 2 has Will, Dustin and the Demogorgon.

We don’t recommend giving little kids Jecka’s tiny building blocks, especially since these kits look like food, but if you’re a grown up, there’s no reason you can’t have these cool and colorful fast food sculptures on your shelf.

The Mad Track Brothers put some flammable cargo on a Hot Wheels car, then let it loose to spin through numerous loops on their twisty Darda track. It’s a cool idea, but the best part is the long-exposure image they captured of the car’s fiery ride. More here.

Hot Toys continues its Batman Arkham collection with a sixth scale action figure of Batman: Arkham Knight‘s titular nemesis. Aside from an array of weapons, the 13″ tall figure also comes with an alternate head and armor parts so you can turn it into the Red Hood.

Pixar animator and robot designer Alonso Martinez dropped by Tested to show off prototypes of his upcoming robot toys. Alonso wants Mira and her siblings to evoke empathy and joy through nonverbal cues, and we think you’ll agree that he’s on the right track.

Funko provides the perfect figure to help keep your other POP! figures calm and relaxed. The officially-licensed Bob Ross figure is ready to paint happy little trees using his happy little painter’s pallette.