Awesome Toys

A fighter and a helper. The Mambo has two detachable accessories: a tiny cannon that carries up to six ball bearings, and a grabber that can carry items weighing up to 0.14oz. It has an auto-pilot that automatically takes over when you let go of the controls.

Counter656’s latest stop-motion romp features not only the creatures in the title, but a Sandtrooper and Boba Fett cruising in the Batmobile, and Darth Vader being devoured, among other crazy sights. The least plausible part? The Sandtrooper’s precise aim.

Kidrobot’s Halloween treat is a collection of spooky but still cute plushies based on Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Itchy, Scratchy and undead versions of the Simpsons family.

Star Wars junkies will have to have Hot Toys’ jolly little renditions of R2-D2, C-3PO, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and more each with a disproportionately big head. We especially love the dusty droids, fresh from the sand dunes of Tatooine. Like bad guys? Grab this set.

YouTuber 5MadMovieMakers used over 200ft of Hot Wheels tracks, a GoPro Hero4 Session and sharp editing to make it seem like his toy car was teleporting across a wide array of locations – including underwater! – in this fun video.

Issue 648 of K.C. Green’s webcomic Gunshow turned into an enduring meme. Now Green is cashing in with a plushie of the dog, complete with its coffee cup. There’s also a bundle that comes with stickers, a magnet and a house on fire background.

A subscription box we can truly get behind. Delivered quarterly, each Nick Box includes over $100 worth of toys, games, apparel, and other collectibles. From Ren & Stimpy to Rugrats, from Rocko to Real Monsters, all your favorites are here. (Thanks Ian!)

Half-demon, half-human, all vampire. Mondo’s Marceline statue is the cutest way to add darkness to your life. The polystone statue is 9″ tall and features Marceline floating on her hair along with her snacks. The limited edition version comes with a Hambo figurine.

3A’s sixth scale action figure is a realistic take on the DOOM Guy’s armor and arsenal. The 13″ tall figure has 27 points of articulation and comes with a plasma rifle, a combat shotgun, a super shotgun, a chainsaw and three pairs of interchangeable hands.

Godzilla returns as a cuddly kaiju. Kidrobot hops in on the hype generated by the Japanese Godzilla reboot with this stubby 8″ tall plushie that’s ready to take on all your other toys.

Qixels are tiny plastic blocks which fuse together permanently when you wet their sides. The new Qixels 3D kit now lets you create 3D voxel models one layer at a time, giving you a sort of Minecraft IRL 3D printer. Includes 600 blocks. 1200 additional blocks go for $18.

Designed by Matt Cavanaugh for Kontextür, these awesome vinyl models offer lots of points of articulation, and a fun and easy assembly process using plastic screws to attach their parts. The shark and diver each measure 14″ long when swimming.

LEGO master Sariel made this badass model of the Defender 90. It moves like a turtle even in fourth gear, but yeah, it has a fourth gear. It also has 4×4 drive, a working winch, locking differentials, and can be controlled from up to 160ft away thanks to the SBrick module.

Candylab makes wooden models of cars from the ’50s and ’60s. They’re crowdfunding their latest batch of toys, which consists of a station wagon, a pair of race cars and building blocks to complement their cars.

We love BattleBots, but we don’t all have the skills and resources for that. GJS’ Ganker is a promising alternative. It’s a highly mobile and articulated robot with customizable weapons and armor and sensors to detect hits and keep score.

Tested visited Quantum Mechanix’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con to look at the toymaker’s upcoming spaceship scale models. The highlight of the booth is definitely the cutaway Millennium Falcon, but the Star Trek Beyond ship and Star-Lord’s Milano are awesome too.

We absolutely love builder Thommy92’s concept design for LEGO’s Architecture series, based on Tom Wright’s iconic, sailboat-like design of Dubai’s swanky Burj Al Arab hotel. Help get it produced with a vote on LEGO Ideas.

Licensed quadcopters based on the 74-Z speeder bike, the Millennium Falcon, the T-65 X-Wing and the TIE Advanced X1. Each quad is equipped with lasers and will have a game mode where three hits with a laser will make the quad land. More here.

Our heroes don’t appear on no stamps, but now they’re action figures thanks to this retro set designed by Hip Hop Family Tree creator Ed Piskor. The set also comes with four comic book style stickers of Chuck D, Flava Flav, Professor Griffin and Terminator X.

Kidrobot celebrates the new Ghostbusters reboot with three adorable plush toys. Choose from the Ghostbusters logo, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Venkman and company’s friendly ghost Slimer.

LEGO designer Jason Allemann is working on a remote-controlled monowheel. Initially a proof-of-concept for a LEGO BB-8, Jason is using a pair of Power Functions motors and a counterweight to propel and steer the toy.

Team up with the headstrong Avatar Korra with Good Smile Company’s cute 4″ action figure. The Nendoroid Korra has joints in her hair, and the included water and fire bending effects have their own stands to give you a variety of posing options.

YouTuber Jason “Ossum” Suter shows off his one-of-a-kind remote-controlled hot rod. He mostly used off-the-shelf RC parts – modifying a couple to suit his needs – but he designed, printed and painted the body and designed and laser-cut the aluminum chassis.