Welcome again to Toy Aisle. This week we return to the Spider-Verse with Miles and Gwen figures from S.H.Figuarts, begin the Transformers Rise of the Beasts merchandising onslaught with Arcee, and start our Valentine’s Day planning with a Pokémon Love Ball Poké Ball duplicate from the Wand Firm. Test it out!
Lego Concepts A-Body Cabin
Lego’s newest fan construct turned actual set is Andrea Lattanzio’s Lego Concepts A-Body Cabin, which is as a lot an architectural deal with as it’s a masterclass in repurposing Lego items for unintended makes use of. Is that layers of the Thor minifigure’s Mjölnir hammer used to create rustic-looking stone work? The 2,082-piece set contains 4 sweater-wearing minifigures, varied woodland creatures, and a cabin design with sloped roofs and an higher flooring which are simply eliminated to entry the extra options inside. Will probably be out there beginning February 4 for $180, however Lego isn’t accepting pre-orders for it.
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S.H.Figuarts Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and Spider-Gwen
Whereas Bandai stayed out of figures for the primary Spider-Verse movie, it’s swinging into motion for Throughout with figures primarily based on Miles and Gwen’s up to date hero fits within the upcoming film. Each figures function further palms, alternate unmasked heads, customized stands, and webbing FX items, and the power to have a number of masked head expressions—with Miles’ showing to be attachable eye items, whereas Gwen’s comes within the type of an alternate squinting masks print. The 2 figures are set to be out there in Might, simply earlier than the brand new film, and can value round $65 apiece.
Hasbro Nerf Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves Themberchaud, Palarandusk, and Rakor Blaster
It’s a tricky time to be releasing a Dungeons & Dragons film, and a great deal of D&D film merchandise, and asserting a D&D TV collection, with all of the controversy across the up to date D&D Open Gaming License, however capitalism rolls on, and so does Hasbro, revealing some new Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves themed additions to its Nerf line. Wanting like a fire-breathing pink dragon, the $28 Themberchaud crossbow is well the very best new addition, firing a single dart utilizing an precise elastic wire that’s primed and launched. The $17 black dragon Rakor blaster doubles the hearth energy to 2 darts in a row utilizing a extra conventional priming plunger within the deal with, whereas the $12 Palarandusk is one other addition to Nerf’s simply hidden Microshots line. All three blasters might be out there someday this spring.
Hasbro Transformers Studio Sequence Core Class Terrorcon Freezer and Arcee
The sluggish drip of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts merchandise is beginning to flip into a gradual drizzle as we creep nearer to the movie’s launch. This previous week, Hasbro revealed two additions to its Transformers Studio Sequence Core Class line with the 3.5-inch Terrorcon Freezer that transforms from a robotic to 3 totally different Cybertronian weapon equipment for different bots, in addition to the 3.5-inch Arcee, which matches robotic to motorbike modes in 11 transformation steps. Each figures are now out there for pre-order from Hasbro Pulse for $12, with out there beginning April 1.
Pokémon Love Ball Poké Ball Reproduction
The Pokémon Firm and the Wand Firm are persevering with their partnership into 2023 with the very appropriately-themed Love Ball Poké Ball duplicate, primarily based on the accent first launched within the Pokémon Gold and Silver video games. This particular Poké Ball is meant to make it simpler to draw Pokémon, however with Valentine’s Day approaching, it may very well be simply as efficient IRL with a fan of the long-running collection. As with the Wand Firm’s earlier Poké Ball replicas, the $100 Love Ball has contact and proximity sensors to activate lighting and sound results when approached and dealt with, and is available in a show case that has its personal lighting results.
Hasbro Indiana Jones Whip-Motion Indy
This previous week, Hasbro revealed a museum’s value of Indiana Jones toys, together with every little thing from kid-friendly whips to retro-styled figures of shirtless German mechanics. The gathering additionally included this 12-inch Indy determine with a passing resemblance to Harrison Ford and an motion function that can positive to be the bane of youthful siblings. The $34 determine contains over 10 “iconic sound results and phrases from the Indiana Jones movies,” but in addition a proper arm that winds up and cracks a bullwhip on the press of a button, making it one more enjoyable method to sneak up on and annoy members of the family who mistakenly trusted you. “Whitiiiiish!!”
Super7 Animaniacs ReAction Figures Wave 1: Wakko, Yakko, Dot and Dr. Scratchansniff
One other occasion the place the restricted articulation and detailing in Super7’s ReAction Determine line doesn’t matter is wave 1 of its Animaniacs line, which launches with 3.75-inch variations of Wakko, Yakko, and Dot Warner, in addition to Dr. Scratchansniff. Regardless of the restrictions and an entire lack of equipment, every of those figures will set you again $20, or you may purchase all 4 directly for $80 and save your self completely no cash within the course of.
Toyota AE86 Preliminary D Wi-fi Mouse
Arguably one of the vital well-known autos to ever come out of Japanese manga (proper behind Shotaro Kaneda’s motorcycle in Akira), now you can spend all day driving Takumi Fujiwara’s Toyota AE86 round your desk whereas nonetheless being a productive member of the company world. This wi-fi mouse seems to be to be a really genuine duplicate of the boxy Preliminary D drifter. It’s formally licensed by Toyota, and whereas performance is pretty restricted so far as trendy wi-fi mice go, you do get a scroll wheel coming out of the hood, and fog lights and tail lights that glow when the mouse is operating on a single AA battery. No wi-fi charging right here. If you would like one, you’ll should import it from Japan’s Camshop for round $50.
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