This Weeks Toys Rip, Tear, Swindle, and… Comfort?

Welcome again to Toy Aisle, io9’s common spherical up of the best toys round on the web. This week: Star Trek’s 1/6 determine line goes to Deep Space Nine, the most well liked anime of the season will get a sizzling new determine, and sit again and chill out Pokémon type. Check it out!

EXO-6 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Quark Sixth-Scale Figure

The newest addition to EXO-6’s Star Trek line tackles its first main alien addition to the collection: Deep Space Nine’s beloved, irascible Ferengi bar supervisor, Quark. Aside from a number of alternate arms, Quark naturally comes with a number of bars of gold-pressed latinum so as to add to his coffers, a Ferengi-style PADD system, and even a ebook of the principles of acquisition. He’s set to launch in autumn 2023, and can price round $215. No haggling! [TNI]

Pokémon Slowpoke Armchair

With a big chunk of the 1,000+ Pokémon creatures being amorphous blobs, we’ve seen fairly a number of of them mish-mashed into furniture pieces, together with Slowpoke who’s now a beanbag arm chair that appears like a comfortable place to plop down and let life decelerate. Inside the pink polyester sack is nothing however polystyrene beads which signifies that over time Slowpoke’s form might be going to shift and alter, probably trying nothing like an arm chair ultimately. We’ve received nothing in opposition to bean bag chairs, however dropping $200 on one is a troublesome promote. Ikea’s low cost furnishings may not final ceaselessly, however at the very least a chair will at all times seem like a chair.

S.H. Figuarts Chainsaw Man

Bandai can be hopping aboard one of many largest anime of the season with its personal determine of the titular satan looking fiend. Unlike Figma’s latest reveal, the Figuarts Chainsaw Man is strictly that—no elements to swap him between Denji and Chainsaw varieties. What you get as a substitute is different hand elements to have Denji with closed fists or splayed out and able to carve, an alternate tie posed to seem like it’s fluttering within the air, and an alternate decrease jaw to show Chainsaw Man both with an open or closed mouth. The determine will price round $50 when it releases in Japan subsequent April—however good luck discovering pre-orders nonetheless out there for it. [AmiAmi]

Blitzway Kurt Cobain Sixth-Scale Figure

Action determine makers have a tendency to stay to fictional characters, however many real-life personalities have had simply as a lot an affect on their fan bases. So whereas we’re used to seeing Marvel heroes or DC villains painstakingly recreated as detailed and lifelike 12-inch collectibles, Blitzway has given musician and alt-rock icon Kurt Cobain the identical therapy. The worn sweater and torn denims are an ideal recreation of Cobain’s iconic look, whereas Blitzway has created a pair of swappable head sculpts impressed by Cobain’s performances. The $319 determine, expected to be available sometime in the second quarter of 2023, additionally comes with all of the equipment wanted for posing the determine as if it was performing, together with stage gear and an electrical guitar.

Rubik’s Phantom

The secret to the Rubik’s Cube’s enduring success is an easy design that may proceed to make it a problem to puzzle solvers for generations to return. It doesn’t get any simpler to unravel with age. But that’s not stopping corporations from arising variations to extend the problem, like a Rubik’s Cube with tiles that change coloration as you progress it round. The Rubik’s Phantom’s twist is tiles printed with thermochromic ink that every one look black till warmth from the solver’s fingers causes them to vary coloration, revealing how the dice is scrambled. It’s diabolical, and for $15, a strong present for that one member of the family who’s satisfied they’re a genius.