
Welcome again to Toy Aisle, io9’s common spherical up of the newest and greatest in toy information on the internet. This week, Godzilla brings a flowery good friend to Super7’s Ultimates line, Mattel takes on Jurassic Park’s most horrifying scene, and extra dinobots roll out into Hasbro’s Transformers line. Check it out!
Super7 TOHO Ultimates Godzilla and Biollante
Super7’s line of Ultimates motion figures has turned its eye to the world of Kaiju with a brand new launch celebrating an entire new spinoff sequence within the line: Toho Ultimates. Kicking of with a callback to the 1989 film Godzilla vs Biollante, the primary two releases are, properly, the 1989 Godzilla design and Biollante. Measuring in at roughly 8″ tall each, Godzilla comes with an alternate closed mouth head, as well as several alternate hands, including one featuring a nasty gaping hole from an attack from Biollante, which itself comes with similarly two heads (close-mouthed and roaring), six poseable attack vines for all over its body, and then two sets of removable, posable vine “mouths,” with one set normal and another featuring battle damage. Each figure will cost $85, and are currently expected to start shipping in winter 2022. [Toyark]
Mattel Jurassic World Legacy Collection Kitchen Encounter Pack
As we creep closer to the June 10 release date of Jurassic World Dominion, the slow trickle of new Jurassic toys is starting to turn into a deluge. This week Mattel revealed a new assortment being added to its Jurassic World lines, including the Hammond Collection and toys specifically based on the new movie, but the standout is this addition to the Legacy Collection that includes Lex and Tim Murphy dealing with off towards a velociraptor, impressed by the notorious kitchen scene from the primary movie. Target has it listed as coming soon for simply $20, which explains why the one included accent is a frying pan.
McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Batman Beyond Build-a-Figure 5 Pack
If you missed out on McFarlane Toys’ assortment of four Batman Beyond figures final yr, which included a build-a-figure model of the Bat from Future’s End, Target is now exclusively selling a box set that includes all 5 of them together with Batman Beyond, Batwoman Beyond, Blight, Shriek, and the Batman: Future’s End BAF. There’s no availability date on the Target website, however the field set is available for pre-order for $80.
Hasbro Transformers Studio Series 86-15 Leader The Transformers: The Movie Dinobot Sludge
The Dinobots will always be a fan-favorite among Transformers enthusiasts because not only are dinosaurs cool, all of the dinobots brought their own unique but distinct personalities to their squad. Sludge, quite possibly the dimmest bulb of the bunch, enjoyed a memorable moment in the animated movie when he crashed the courtroom where the Quintesson were holding their trial. This 8.5-inch Studio Series Sludge figure goes from bot to dino in 31 steps, and includes a blaster that mounts beneath his belly in dino mode. It’s $56 on Hasbro Pulse, but won’t ship out until August.
Premium DNA Banjo-Kazooie Banjo & Kazooie Two-Pack
Banjo-Kazooie was one of several groundbreaking titles that made the N64 such a memorable console, and yet another masterpiece brought to Nintendo’s hardware by Rare. If you can’t find a way to play (or replay) the originals, the next best thing might be Premium DNA’s new Banjo (the bird) and Kazooie (the bird) figure two-pack. The figures stand over 10 inches tall with Kazooie on Banjo’s back, and 12 inches wide with wings open. That scale allows Banjo to include an impressive 28 points of articulation, as well as swappable heads with an optional smiling expression. The duo is available for pre-order from the BigBadToyStore for $75, with delivery expected in early 2023.
Mattel Games UNO Ultimate Marvel Card Game
Mattel continues to push the classic card game UNO into strange new places, but this new Marvel-themed edition isn’t just about slapping some popular Marvel characters on the backs of cards. The $15 game includes a specific deck for each player that features one of four Marvel heroes: Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Iron Man, and Thor. Each deck gives each player special powers they can use at every turn, but winning is further complicated by an additional Danger Deck that includes “event” and “enemy” cards that make it harder for players to empty their hands.
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