Don’t Be a Square, This Week’s Toy News Embraces Cubes and Bricks

Welcome again to io9’s Toy Aisle: our common weekly spherical up of the toys and collectibles worthy of a spot in your cabinets. San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing this week, and even with all the conference’s unique toys and collectibles already revealed, we’ve nonetheless obtained Hasbro debuting its new Dungeons & Dragons determine line with what is certainly not a determine, a life-size Pokémon plush Spheal that guarantees to assist maintain you cool throughout this warmth wave, and a T.rex from Mattel and not using a lawyer to snack on. Check it out!

Dungeons & Dragons Golden Archive Gelatinous Cube

Although it makes the briefest of appearances within the first trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro has chosen the ominous, but additionally oddly scrumptious sounding, gelatinous cube as the primary reveal for its new Dungeons & Dragons determine line. You assemble the six-walled dice your self after which adorn it with 14 included snap-in equipment together with weapons, spell books, and varied skeletal components, whereas the dice can be giant sufficient to carry a six-inch scale determine inside, held aloft with an invisible stand. It’s available for pre-order now from Hasbro Pulse for $34, with delivery anticipated in March of subsequent 12 months, proper when the film hits theaters.

Mattel Jurassic World Hammond Collection Tyrannosaurus Rex

Mattel’s San Diego Comic-Con unique T.rex snacking on Donald Gennaro Jurassic Park set goes to be in steep demand this weekend, however like most followers of the unique movie, all we actually care about is the dinosaur. So for those who can maintain out till subsequent month, you’ll be able to pre-order the latest addition to Mattel’s Jurassic World Hammond Collection: an elaborately detailed and extremely articulated 21-inch long Tyrannosaurus Rex from on-line shops like Entertainment Earth. Even the T.rex’s tail is segmented and poseable, however for those who’ve learn this far, you in all probability don’t want any extra causes to drop $54 on this one.

Hot Toys Morbius Morbius Sixth-Scale Figure

As Sony struggles to determine how one can flip Spider-Man’s supporting characters into equally profitable movie franchises, Hot Toys managed to ship a model of Morbius that followers would possibly really embrace. The 12-inch figure version of Michael Morbius features a new head sculpt with purple eyes, sharp pointy tooth, and a greyish white wrinkled pores and skin texture, and a physique with 30 factors of articulation wrapped in a black coat with purple lining that’s poseable too because of embedded wires. The determine additionally boasts alternate swappable fingers in varied poses, however most significantly, two swarms of bats: an adjunct that basically goes with any determine. Pricing particulars are TBA, and supply isn’t anticipated till nicely into late 2023.

Lego Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight, Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch, Jake Sully & his Avatar, and Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson

It’s been 13 years since Avatar confusingly shattered field workplace data, however with 4 sequels enroute, together with the repeatedly delayed Avatar: The Way of Water hitting theaters this December, we’re about to be saturated in Avatar merchandise, with Lego being among the many first to open the floodgates. We’ve already gotten a preview of 1 Lego Avatar set, however for San Diego Comic-Con, the corporate revealed 4 others based mostly on characters and occasions from the unique movie.

The $20, 246-piece, Jake Sully and his avatar BrickHeadz set is the most affordable level of entry, adopted by the $45, 560-piece, Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch that includes one of many movie’s menacing mechs. The $60, 572-piece, Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight could be our favourite of the lot with a pair of vibrantly coloured winged banshees, whereas the $100, 887-piece, Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson is the costliest of the lot. All of the Lego Avatar units will likely be obtainable beginning on October 1, however solely the First Banshee Flight is available for pre-order right now.

Mondo Masters of the Universe Sixth-Scale She-Ra Figure

Although Mattel’s ‘80s He-Man line was targeted squarely at boys while She-Ra was marketed towards girls, both were iconic toy lines with equally engaging characters, and while most boys in the ‘80s would never admit it, She-Ra was just as awesome a hero as He-Man was, if not moreso. There has been a major Masters of the Universe revival over the past few years, including a new animated She-Ra series, but Mondo has drawn inspiration from Princess Adora’s authentic look for its new sixth-scale She-Ra figure, with a number of minor updates. The 12-inch determine options 20 points of articulation, a number of weapons and swords, a cloth cape, and even a Kowl determine, and even with a $250 price ticket it’s understandably already offered out, however you’ll be able to join notifications from Mondo’s on-line store for restocks.

Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars: The Clone Wars Ahsoka Tano Sixth-Scale Figure

A 12 months after Sideshow Collectible’s Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi figures debuted, they’re lastly being joined by a matching sixth-scale Ahsoka Tano. Standing 10-inches tall, the determine options a number of however seamless articulation joints, two lightsabers with blade attachments, a full material outfit based mostly on the character’s look in later seasons of the animated collection, swappable fingers, and a holoprojector with a hologram of clonetrooper Captain Rex. The determine is available for pre-order now for $260, however delivery isn’t anticipated till round mid-2023.

Pokémon Center Lifesize Spheal Plush

If you’re barely surviving the warmth waves making life insufferable in lots of components of the world proper now, you’ll be able to spend $350 on a pleasant air conditioner parked subsequent to you, or $350 on this life-size Pokémon Spheal plush constructed from material that feels cool to the touch. At 40-inches in measurement it’s not precisely one thing you’ll be able to cuddle as much as in mattress, however it may possibly simply be repurposed as an enormous squishy chair you’ll be able to sink into and overlook in regards to the world going to hell, and actually changing into a scorching hell. Just keep in mind that price ticket (49,500 Yen) doesn’t embrace delivery, duties, and export charges for those who’re making an attempt to order one outdoors of Japan.

threezero Game of Thrones Sandor “The Hound” Clegane Sixth-Scale Figure

The hacked collectively remaining season of HBO’s Game of Thrones understandably left numerous followers upset, though it kind of gave fan-favorite Sandor Clegane a satisfying demise as he fought and killed (with a facet of vengeance) the zombie model of his brother, Gregor Clegane, because the Red Keep got here crashing down round each of them. But for those who weren’t happy with The Hound’s ending, you’ll be able to recreate it repeatedly with threezero’s new Sandor Clegane sixth-scale figure, based mostly on his look in season seven of the present. The $199 figure, expected to ship sometime later this year, consists of an impeccably detailed however weathered tiny wardrobe, in addition to equipment like a sword with scabbard, a dagger, an axe, and two additional pairs of swappable fingers with alternate poses.

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