Awesome Toys

You might have seen the hack a couple of years ago of a Big Mouth Billy Bass rigged to answer as Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. Because life is amazing, that hack has become an actual product. You do need to pair it with an Amazon Echo device though.

What better gift to give a LEGO fan than an official and limited edition LEGO gift box? This collectible set was originally given away to customers who purchased sets at LEGO stores. It contains a living room with two minifigs, a fireplace, a chair, and a toy train.

Mezco Toyz’s latest One:12 Collective action figure features John Stewart as the Green Lantern. It comes with two heads, 11 interchangeable hands, a light-up Power Battery and an Energy Ball effect.

You can now hug one of video games’ classic characters with Fangamer’s officially-licensed Bomberman plush. The toy is 11″ long and is poseable. It comes with a bomb that magnetically attaches to its hands. It also has removable eyebrows.

First 4 Figures made this sick statue of Fullmetal Alchemist‘s adorable living armor, Alphonse Elric. The statue comes in gray and silver variants, as well as deluxe editions that come with a light-up Philosopher’s Stone. The statue also comes with an extra comical head.

Casio Japan teamed up with toy maker Takara Tomy to create a collectible figure of Optimus Prime and a matching red and blue G-SHOCK 6900 chronograph that stores in the Transformers’ chest when not being worn. Sadly, it’s a Japan exclusive at this point.

LEGO Ideas contributor SleepyCow created this 2,798 piece model of a grand piano which features 25 working keys, complete with strings, pedals, and dampers. It doesn’t actually play music, but it’s still a mechanical marvel. If you’d like to see it produced, vote here.

Overwatch‘s outlaw McCree has an oversized hat to go with his oversized head in this cute Nendoroid action figure. It also comes with an extra face, his cape, his Peacekeeper revolver, a flashbang grenade, Deadeye effects, a tumbleweed and a highlight intro sheet.

Get a taste of Mini Materials‘ awesomely realistic construction miniatures with their latest product bundle. It comes with mini cinder blocks, different kinds of breeze blocks, and red bricks, all with matching pallets. That’s a total $140 in value.

The Phantom Menace was arguably the worst Star Wars film, but it did give us some memorable vehicles with its podracers. A group of R/C enthusiasts built their own custom podracers and buzzed them around in an exhibition, captured here by RC Media World.

Designer and fabricator Chaz Capobianco shows off a cool creation, a large, flat spiral cut from a sheet of aluminum, which produces mesmerizing patterns as its center is moved about. It’s sort of like giant, flattened Slinky, and so much cooler than a fidget spinner.

PlaySomeToys follows up on the adorable ClassicBot Classic (aka the Macinbot Classic) with a collectible toy inspired by the original iMac G3. Unlike Jony Ive’s original, this version has detachable arms and legs, and eyeballs on its CRT. In Bondi Blue or Tangerine Orange.

Rejoice, mon ami. The latest action figure in Revoltech’s Amazing Yamaguchi line is the X-Men’s charismatic Cajun, Gambit. The figure stands almost 7″ tall and has an articulated coat. It comes with an extra face, three pairs of hands, a staff, and four card effects.

Do-it-all craftstman The Q shows us how he made a huge machine gun using mainly cardboard, wood, and lots of glue. It has an electronic mechanism that lets it fire long paper bullets, as well as a swappable cartridge.

Do you aspire to someday make an awesome LEGO railway like this one? Holger Matthes’ book could be the place to start. The hardcover book features 248 pages packed with the history of LEGO trains, and instructions for building your own working LEGO railroad.

Hot Toys’ new R2-D2 sixth scale figure comes with a ton of pop-out arms and tools, a Death Star data plan card, Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber hilt, and two Princess Leia hologram figures. It also has remote controlled sound effects and LED lights.

Funko will soon offer POP! vinyl figures based on Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May, and John Deacon. Freddie gets three outfits – a harlequin jumpsuit, his 1986 Wembley Stadium look, and a FYE exclusive shirtless look based on their 1982 Madison Square Garden shows.

Destroyer of things Daved Windestal built a totally insane RC car. By attaching a powerful model rocket engine to the middle of a HobbyKing Desert Fox racer, it’s able to jump over obstacles without a ramp. Perhaps a parachute would be a good addition next time.

Ansty Labs’ Pixl is a unique and fun take on building block toys. Instead of pieces with grooves or studs, each Pixl block has a magnet inside that automatically rotates so that it will always stick with another Pixl block. Pixls comes in four sizes and 52 colors.

Overwatch‘s bearded weapons engineer Torbjörn gets his own Nendoroid action figure. The collectible comes with his trusty turret, a Rivet Gun, a Forge Hammer and an Armor Pack. Torbjörn and his turret can also transform into their Molten Core versions.

Kotobukiya’s Weapon X Fine Art Statue is an impressive sixth-scale statue depicting Wolverine’s escape from Department K in Canada, where his bones were injected with adamantium and his memories erased. The statue comes with an extra unmasked head.

The extravagant 21″ tall Deluxe version of Hot Toys’ sixth-scale Hulkbuster action figure comes with new interchangeable pieces – a jackhammer left arm, a locking forearm and a battle damaged chest plate. It also comes with a Hulkbuster pod.

Only Japan could turn an egg yolk into a hilarious mascot for adulthood. The Gudetama Lazy Egg plush sees the unproductive icon hiding in a zippered egg shell marked “Grade A Lazy.” When you take him out, you’ll see him on an egg white that says “Leave Me Alone.”