Awesome Toys

Atomisers have come a long way since the days of the Blunderbuss and Death Ray; the Victorious Mongoose 1902a is for stylish steampunkers who prefer a pocket-sized ray pistol.

USA Today has a first look at new toys from the upcoming Star Trek movie, including action figures, gadgets and our favorite: a replica of the Enterprise bridge; they’ll be available 4/19.

Nothing says “Don’t eff with the USA” like a lightsaber-swinging, pistol-packing Obama action figure; he’s also got an array of hand gestures and ties when disguised as the President.

Disguised as a Saleen ‘Stang, Barricade was easily one of the hottest Transformers in the ’07 movie; uber-brick guru Gyuta (who also did Wall-E) is back with an amazing LEGO version.

We’re still trying to count all the turrets on this monster LEGO replica of Space Battleship Yamato; this classic anime actually bested Star Wars at the Japanese box office in 1977.

Ignoring their obvious phallic properties, these Chubu Mechatrobots by Kazushi Kobayashi are from an alternate reality 1950s; they’re on display at the Tokyo Cultuart shop.

Terminator: Salvation isn’t even out yet, but this T-600 bust from the upcoming movie is already available for preorder; measuring 6″ x 5″ x 5″, we dig the creepy base made out of skulls.

Anyone can build a simulacrum of Wall-E out of Legos, but Korean brick fanatic Gyuta has built a version that can transform itself into Wall-E’s cube form as well as motor around on treads.

Okay, so you won’t be tossing X-Wings around anytime soon with The Force Trainer, but it does read your brain waves and “train” you to move a ball upwards by merely concentrating.

WowWee’s Roborover is like Wall-E meets Oliver Twist, and that’s not a bad thing: this tread-based explorer bot uses IR sensors to navigate, and will even try to follow you in the dark.

Assembled from other figures, this custom 6″ Fallout 3 Power Armor figure is one of a kind and will be featured in Playstation Magazine. Learn how he got the worn armor effect here.

There’s a whole mess of spoilers over at /Film today for Terminator: Salvation in the form of Playmates action figures; they ain’t pretty, but they give a peek at the various robot models.

Pushing our couch potato habits to their limits, this radio controlled beer buggy is a 1:12 scale dune buggy which will hold up to two beer cans, minus the hot volleyball beach chicks.

Steampunk enthusiasts, meet the real deal: the Strenco ST-2 Steambot is a German-made robot that uses a Wilesco steam engine to run on water and Esbit hexamine fuel tablets.

Specially created for the 25th anniversary of Casio’s venerable G-Shock brand, these three figures (limited to 100) aren’t for sale but are on display at various Casio stores in Japan.

While we’re sad that SG-1 is no longer with us (at least in episodic form), this 1:129 scale F-302 replica keeps our Goa’uld butt-kicking memories alive; it measures 8″ by 4.5″.

Get medieval on your coworkers with this Desktop Onager, which hurls erasers and thumbdrives 10-20 feet. It ships as a DIY kit which means ample modding opportunities.

Move over, Justice League and X-Men: these scientist action figures by Oddfellows are the real deal, with posed 2.5″ vinyl versions of Einstein, Tesla, Newton, Darwin and Curie.

Few monster films are as revered as 1954’s Godzilla, and this innovative 3-D Poster (part of the Real Artwork Series) brings the venerable kaiju film to life; it measures 11.5″ tall.

We’ve seen many customs, but Methamphibian’s 12″ post apocalyptic and counter terrorism figures rank high on the badass scale; he’s actually best known for sneakers.

Basically a lattice of spherical rare earth magnets, NeoCube appeals to both left and right brainers with its ability to be reshaped into a seemingly infinite variety of objects. Thanks, Ian!

V&A Steamworks’ Steampunk Lego Robots are detailed yet actually work, with motorized claws and gun mounts; also checkout their Batmobile-esque Steam Carriage.

While we’ve never seen the Overman King Gainer anime series, this poseable Revoltech XAN figure looks good enough to eat, with a metallic blue paintjob and 3 sets of extra hands.