Awesome Leisure

At a savings of $15, the Doctor Who Helmet Pack consists of three of WETA’s first 1/4 scale helmets from his worst enemies: the Sycorax, Sontaran Officer Linx and Ice Warrior.

Gung-ho American patriots are going to wince at this savagely disastrous Squad Stories trailer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but don’t worry: the Reds get theirs in the end.

Due out 9/9/09, Abbey Road Remastered is the result of a four year effort that used new tech alongside vintage equipment; the result is the highest fidelity Beatles catalog ever.

This Omega trailer for Mass Effect 2 starts off about a mining facility, but “Grunt” steals the show: he’s a reckless Krogan with a penchant for making a mess out of everything and everyone.

Those freaky robo-squid from The Matrix still give us nightmares, but they’ll be out later this year in wicked 1:16 Sentinel figures; each sports fully articulating tentacles and mandibles.

Learn how to build your own Dry Ice Cannon above, which can send objects up to 80 m with 22 bar of pressure by mixing dry ice and water; red beret not necessary for max range.

It’s not very pretty, but armchair space admirals would be remiss to not to try AI War: Fleet Command; it’s a 2D space RTS with up to 30k ships at once and 1-8 players. Demo here.

Available 9/22, Star Trek: TNG Movie Collection is a five-disc set with Picard and crew (Generations, First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis) plus a fifth bonus disc; Blu-ray or DVD.

The McQuarrie set of 13 action figures is a piece of Star Wars history; it’s based on the pre-concept character designs commissioned by George Lucas and created by Ralph McQuarrie.

We’re still sore over the delays, but the deities at Blizzard have thrown us a two meaty bones: the first cinematic trailer with Zeratul and an old foe, and 4 minutes of SP gameplay.

PS3 and Xbox 360 owners don’t have a monopoly on turtle nostalgia: check out the features trailer above for TMNT: Smash Up, a Wii/PS2 2.5D fighter due out September 2009.

We almost lost it when Fox threatened to replace the original voice actors, but this set of sixteen 3″ Futurama Mini Figs makes up for it; as Bender would say, buy my shiny metal ass!

Coming to XBLA soon, Serious Sam HD is mostly a graphics tweak but we’re still excited over the trailer above; hordes of goofy monsters and gobs of destruction = count us in.

Available 8/18/09: Ursa Major is Third Eye Blind’s first album in six years and an independent release to boot; it’s received mix reviews, but should be familiar fun for loyal fans.

Multitask doesn’t look like much–it’s pretty basic–and the gameplay seems simple, but things get hairy fast as it torture tests your multitasking skills to their limits. Thanks, Mike!

While the real and virtual worlds are easy to discern in this Rally Reality trailer for DiRT 2, it’s still amazing just how amped up the graphics are; the game hits all major platforms 9/8/09.