Awesome Toys

Lego’s Digital Designer allows you to minifig-away virtually; it’s also a smart upsell, as it connects to their Factory where you can order real-life custom LEGO sets based on your creations.

Short of becoming a Jedi, this voice-activated R2D2 does it all; it’ll respond to simple commands, act as a room sentry and even play tag using an infrared sensor to detect motion.

Alright, so these Transformers Mighty Muggs don’t actually transform, but we’re really digging Hasbro’s versions of our favorite Cybertronian robots; it’s a set of 4 individually packaged figs.

Han, old buddy, the flash-frozen look really suits you: this sweet 12″ Han Solo piece is made from polystone, not Carbonite, but it is suspended from the wall using a magnet and pin.

Arriving this month, Nineballs Seraph should have Armored Core fans excited: this snap-together kit stands 8″ tall and features 30 articulation points; it’ll even accept parts from other ‘bots.

Spooky Daddy’s Eyeball of Doom is a bit too soft for world domination, but we do want one for our office; there’s nothing quite like 3′ wide, all-seeing eye to brighten up your day.

Dynasty Warrior’s frenetic hack and slash gameplay comes to life with these sweet chibi-style urban vinyl figures; due to release in late Feb. 2009, you can preorder a box of 12 of them now.

Ernesto Carrillo has taken LEGO’s Technics to the next level with real-life and fictional supercars, modeling everything from the frame down to the suspension and engine block.

We’re having a hard time choosing just one of these three Batman Uni-Formz urban vinyls; thankfully, you can get ’em in a limited-run “Statues Case” that includes six of the 8″ figures.

TFAW.com is having an incredible 50% off sale for their Star Wars Kotobukiya vinyl statues; to get the discounted price, click on the various 50% off coupons or enter SWKOTOS at checkout.

We’re only just getting acquainted with Claudio Sanchez’s Kill Audio vinyls; available in three versions, “Bloody” is our top pick and soaked in crimson goodness: DO WANT.

Itching to waste office resources? PaperCritters.com lets you make your own paper perversities and print them out; you can also see and “repurpose” other people’s creations.

Don’t be fooled by the diminutive size of the photo above; this Brotherhood of Steel statue for Fallout 3 stands nearly 8 feet tall. Curiously, you’ll need to bid on it through Sam’s Club.

Not content with Lego’s stock minifigs, Morgan19 has crafted an army of customized characters; from pumpkin-headed Harvester to four-handed Shira, they’re perfect for a Halloween diorama.

Similar to Marka’s Mini-Gods, Headphonies are portable speakers with an urban vinyl twist; they’re actually made with ABS plastic and will be released in limited editions of 500-1000 in November.

For the Trekkie in your life: these Star Trek Nutcrackers feature our favorite overacted captain and his pointy-eared sidekick. Keep those long Vulcan fingers to yourself, Spock.

As if the regular Dark Knight Blu-ray version wasn’t compelling enough, this two-disc limited edition set is available 12/9 and comes with a Bat Pod and display stand: daddy wants.

And a thousand physicists squealed at 3×10^8 m/s: Particle Zoo is a collection of subatomic particle plushes. They include everything from quarks and electrons to the elusive Higgs Boson.

Styled by McFarlane Toys and affordably priced in $7 two-packs, these 2″ tall Guitar Hero II figs have just the right mixture of cool and cute; we’re def gonna pick these up in February.

If last week’s 11″ Mechagodzilla wasn’t enough, this 20″ variant is a walkin’, wrist twirlin’, head swivelin’, screechin’, roarin’ and LED flashin’ monster worthy of the name Gojira.

Think Cylon meets Silver Surfer: using two counter-rotating fans, the Cyber Surfer R/C Spaceboard is a pretty sweet flying toy; an accelerometer keeps him hanging ten instead of wiping out.

They won’t be released until March 2009, but this 400% Daft Punk Be@rbrick twin pack is all kinds of awesome; they stand 28cm tall. If you can’t wait, you can get ’em in Japan on 10/24.

We haven’t figured out a way to man them up yet, but these tiny 3.4cm tall Tomy Robo-Qs will be sure to delight the ladies by navigating around obstacles and just being ridiculously cute.