2022’s Toy News Is Kicking Off With Some Staring Into the Void

Welcome again to Toy Aisle, io9’s common spherical up of the most recent toy information. We’re kicking off 2022 with a veritable eyeful of recent toys to gawk over. Simpsons eyes! Playmobil eyes! Heavily eyeshadowed eyes! Mr. Potato Head eyes! Check it out! With your eyes!!

Super7 The Simpsons Ultimates! Wave 1 Figures

Just a couple of months after revealing the preliminary assortment, Super7 has shared the next lineup for its The Simpsons Ultimates! figures, and as soon as once more it fails to ship common variations of the Simpson household itself. Instead, the closest we get is a masked Bartman determine who’s joined by Duffman, Krusty the Clown, and Homer’s former employer, Hank Scorpio. Each $55 figure features a mountain of equipment highlighting jokes from the animated sequence and two swappable alternate facial expressions. If you possibly can’t resolve which to get, you possibly can as soon as once more pre-order all four in a multi-pack and save your self zero {dollars} within the course of.

Lego BrickHeadz Stranger Things Demogorgon & Eleven

While nonetheless nowhere close to near the staggering variety of pop culture-inspired Funko figures you possibly can accumulate, Lego has been slowly however steadily increasing its line of BrickHeadz buildable caricatures, with the most recent additions that includes two of Netflix’s largest stars: Eleven and the Demogorgon from Stranger Things. You gained’t be capable of seize them till February 1, however the 192-piece set contains show stand plates, and what seems to be the primary Lego Eggo waffle piece.

McFarlane DC Universe The Batman Drifter Bruce Wayne and Motorcycle

Look, today a film tie-in motion determine line goes to discover a approach to highlight the principle character as usually as potential. So with McFarlane having sorted its The Batman Batman determine, in fact it’s going to make one other that’s Bruce out of his go well with. Hence, we’re getting this, a 7″ scaled action figure that is frankly more hoodie than man, depicting a “drifter” Bruce that seemingly decided to fight crime looking like he was on the way to a My Chemical Romance gig before he decided that bats were scarier. The Drifter Bruce will be available in two variants, one “masked” (at least, the lower half of his face, presumably not for covid reasons) and an “unmasked” variant exclusive to Target.

However, you’re most likely going to need the bike to go along with this model of Bruce. Alas, it’s a separate buy, one which solely comes with the bike itself, a stand, and a helmet for Bruce to carry however seemingly not truly match over his head. All three figures are due out February, with the Drifter Bruce (both variant) costing $20, and the bike $30. [Toyark]

Playmobil Knight Rider K.I.T.T.

Playmobil continues to dig deep into the retro ‘70s and ‘80s toy bin and while previously it delivered playsets featuring the A-Team with their van, Doc and Marty and a time-traveling DeLorean, and even the original cast of Star Trek aboard the USS Enterprise, this summer fans of the Hoff will finally be able to add a Playmobil version of Michael Knight—aka David Hasselhoff—to their collections. The new set also comes with Devon Miles and Bonnie Barstow figures, but most will be hunting it down for its excellent version of K.I.T.T., which includes a working LED scanner, pop-up headlights, and quotes from the popular ‘80s show. You can pre-order it now from Entertainment Earth for $90, with shipping expected sometime in August.

Hasbro Star Wars: The Mandalorian Potato Head The Yamdalorian and the Tot

This is arriving a little late now that Grogu’s off to Jedi college with Luke, and Boba Fett has stolen the Disney+ highlight from Mando, however we’re not one to show our noses up at one other cute Potato Head character. We can’t verify or deny if this helmeted spud works as a bounty hunter, however we do know this set comes with 14 items together with equipment like a Mandalorian helmet, a Grogu—err, the Tot—in a sling, and different facial adornments for these fortunate sufficient to see the Yamdalorian with out his helmet on. It’s available for pre-order from Entertainment Earth for $16, with transport anticipated subsequent month.

Lego BrickHeadz Looney Tunes Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote

Lego has long avoided vehicles of war in its playsets—you won’t find buildable tanks or fighter jets for sale—but one of the latest additions to its BrickHeadz collectibles line is a pair of the most notorious offenders of cartoon violence ever to hit the small screen. The 205-piece set includes buildable versions of the scheming Wile E. Coyote and his constant target, the always one-step-ahead Road Runner. Available starting February 1 for $20, the set disappointingly doesn’t include a single Acme accessory, not even a bomb or paintable tunnel.

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