Awesome Toys

If you think Jaimie Mantzel’s Attacknids are cool, check out what DIY Laser Guy did to the toy robot. He attached a 5W blue laser to a Stryder Attacknid and made it so he could fire the blinding beam via remote. Pew pew at 1:05.

A battery-operated rubber band gun that can carry up to 672 bands and fire up to 14 at once. But perhaps the best feature is not in the gun itself. It has an accessory that makes reloading much easier and faster than if you did it by hand.

A kit that lets you control paper airplanes with your smartphone. It has a propeller, a rudder and a Bluetooth antenna, all connected via a durable carbon fiber frame. It has a range of 180ft. and lasts up to 10min. per charge.

Anki Drive toy cars drive on their own. You use an iOS app to tell them to fire weapons, speed up and more. The cars have different strengths, and they level up and gain abilities. The starter set drops 10/23/13 for $199 at Apple Stores.

It would have been fun to get in some oversized beer pong at the beach this past Summer with the BearPong portable set but it looks like those of us stuck in cooler climes will just have to settle for playing at our next tailgate.

Hot Toys will soon release these awesome 1/6th scale collectible action figures based on the silly Batman TV series from the 60s. Both action figures have 30 points of articulation and a variety of extra hands and props.

Build sand castles without a beach using Kinetic Sand. It behaves like a more malleable version of putty. It’s made of ordinary sand with a little bit of silicone. It’s non-toxic and is easy to clean up. Seems mighty similar to SAND.

Hex is just like a tiny RC car, except it flies. It’s cheap, it’s easy to control and it’s easy to customize. It uses 3D printed shells with different shapes, sizes and number of propellers. It can also be fitted with a camera.

Sami Mustonen’s proposal for an official LEGO Jurassic Park playset. It includes the park’s gate and vehicle, three minifigs and of course a T-Rex. Vote for it on Cuusoo; it’s where the BTTF and Minecraft sets were born!

Designed by Candylab Toys, these wooden car toys are truly wonderful, capturing the styling of 1960s pony cars, along with a vintage cop car to chase them. Each 7″ long car is finished with water-based paint and a durable urethane coat.

A limited edition of the AR.Drone 2.0 personal quadcopter. It comes with customized inner and outer hulls, four sets of different colored propellers and two 1500mAh batteries for a total of 36 minutes of flight time.

A brief profile on a group of toy sculptors. Jason Frailey, Adrienne Smith and their colleagues make prototypes and molds of action figures, bobbleheads, busts and other toys and collectibles. Filmed by Anthony Ladesich.

If you didn’t get Citizen Brick’s Walter White minifig, don’t fret because they now have something way better. The Superlab Playset includes parts for the infamous laundry shop plus minifigs of Walt, Gus and Mike.

Enter by 8/11/13 to win a set of four custom LEGO car models from Ichiban Toys – Bullitt’s 1968 Fastback, Jurassic Park’s Jeep, an MI6 Spy Car and the DeLorean from Back to the Future. Readers save 15% with code “AWESOMER”

Travel back to the 80s with the official Back to the Future LEGO set. It comes with the DeLorean time machine, minifigs of Marty McFly and Doc Brown plus Marty’s hoverboard. The car has movable doors and wheels.

He is the one who bobbles. This 6″ bobblehead doll of Walter White is from Mezco’s new line of Breaking Bad toys. He comes in a hazmat suit and his glasses are removable. Images taken by Nerdy Rotten Scoundrel.

Custom action figures of Bill and Lance from Konami’s classic run and gun game Contra. They were made by John Harmon, who imagined what Stallone and Schwarzenegger would look like if they starred in a Contra movie in the 80s.

While LEGO has made a number of architectural kits of famous structures, this 1210-piece set embraces the spirit of LEGO, encouraging you to build numerous structures from real-world examples, as well as your own.

The largest Transformers toy ever made, the Titan Class Metroplex is 2ft. tall and comes with a Scamper action figure. The 2013 SDCC variant has chrome accents, an extra gun and additional figurines. Pic with pug via Comics Alliance.

Make your presentations deadlier with ThinkGeek’s Shark With Frickin’ Laser Pointer. Sure, they’re not as awesome as actual sharks with laser beams on their heads, but you’re not actually Dr. Evil either.

Think Play-Doh meets Silly Putty meets a day at the beach, and you’ve got a good idea what to expect from a container of SAND. This non-toxic stuff can be molded and shaped ad-infinitum, never dries out, and only sticks to itself.

As if an F1 racer wasn’t enough, the boys bots of Daft Punk personally oversaw the design of their very own action figures. The very posable figures of the duo in their cool leather Random Access Memories outfits come out this winter.

Citizen Brick calls its minifigure the “Chemistry Enthusiast.” Word. We all know it’s based on The Danger, The One Who Knocks, Heisenberg: Walter White. Sadly it’s out of stock right now, though Fancy claims they have some for $25.